kingnovel Chapter 366 The whole village is out (2)
Chapter 366 The whole village is out (2)
"There are only a few hundred people in our village, and that includes men, women, old and young. There are only a few dozen young people who are really capable of fighting back, and they are all the support of their families. In this critical moment, we need to build up our own strength to protect our homes. Our ambitions are not big, we just want to protect our small home and keep our parents, wives and children from getting hurt." Fang Chen stood in front of the crowd and said seriously.
"Although I was once a general, I also have selfish desires. I want to have a family, marry a wife, and have a baby. I am the same as you." After Fang Chen said this, everyone understood and couldn't help laughing.
"Even some of the elders have watched me grow up. I grew up eating at many people's homes, so I resigned from my official position. The world is so big, but I just want to come back here and settle down." Fang Chen's words were very straightforward, but they made many of the older generation's eyes tear up. Looking at Fang Chen's eyes, they were filled with mixed feelings and felt a little heartwarming.
"This is where I was born and raised. I started a family with everyone's witness. I originally wanted to live like this, but I never expected that the emperor could not distinguish between loyalty and treachery, and could not manage his family or the country well. Even his sons wanted to kill him one by one. Now he has been killed by his own son, but the country cannot be without a ruler for a day. The princes have their eyes on the throne and have made the country a mess. They want to grab the throne, but it is us ordinary people who suffer." Fang Chen's words were full of anger, and everyone was angry after listening.
That is, if an emperor cannot govern the country well, what is the point of marrying a bunch of wives? If he cannot control any of them and his own sons also want to kill him, it is really useless.
Besides, those princes all want the throne, and when they can’t get it by themselves, they form gangs and start wars. If these were my own sons, I would have broken their legs long ago!
They want to go to war, but in the end it will be the common people like them who suffer. It makes me even more angry just thinking about it.
"Everyone knows me, and I tell the truth. I don't care about anything. I don't want to care even if they beat me to death. But even if we don't care, we have to protect ourselves. In a war, swords are blind. If we don't have the ability to protect ourselves, we will die in vain. I want to protect the village and everyone, but now I am like a housewife without rice, I have no soldiers!" Fang Chen sighed.
"I won't say anything empty words to you today. I just want to borrow my sons from you and train them to be soldiers. We don't seek to make achievements on the battlefield. We just want to protect this city and our home from being bullied by others. Those princes can fight however they want, but just don't mess with us. If they dare to make plans against us, we will give them a blow." Seeing that the atmosphere was almost right, Fang Chen began to recruit soldiers.
"The general is right. I, Old Wu, am the first to support you. We don't want to be a high official. We just want to let those useless princes know that if they dare to bully us, we must teach them a lesson! Son, your old man won't bother you with any trouble. You go for me! Protect our family and don't let anyone bully us." After Fang Chen finished speaking, an old man immediately responded and pushed his son out.
"Old Wu, you are the only son in your family, right? Aren't you afraid that something might happen and your family will be cut off and there will be no one to take care of you when you grow old?" Someone couldn't help but say when they saw that Uncle Wu had pushed out the only son in his family.
Everyone else looked at Uncle Wu; they were also concerned about this issue.
"Let me ask you, if a war really breaks out, who do you expect to protect you? If they really invade our village, and we can't protect ourselves, who do you expect to collect our bodies?" Uncle Wu asked back directly. He had experienced two famines and knew too well that in a war, no one would recognize their relatives, and it was not certain who would collect whose bodies!