Finally, the porridge in the big pot was cooked, and bowls were taken out one by one. The military households didn't care about boiling it, and ate it hungrily.

Although these people were hungry, under the supervision of officers and soldiers, they queued up to receive porridge in an orderly manner.

Naturally, the meat Zhang Yongnian brought was not enough for everyone, and was only for his own people.

Wang Xiao did not go to eat. He listened to the grunts of satisfaction, and the anger in his heart subsided slightly.

Then, he glanced around and found that a group of more than 200 military households were squeezed aside and could not eat a bowl of porridge from beginning to end.

Those people didn't fight for it, they just stood aside and stared at the iron pot expectantly. There seemed to be some worry in their eyes, as if they were afraid they wouldn't be able to eat.

After a while, some of the children took a few steps towards the iron pot, but were stared at by several military households and fled back in fright.

Wang Xiao then rode over and asked a military household: "Why don't you let them eat?"

The military household was startled, holding the bowl in his hand and not daring to answer.

Lu Bang scolded him in a very rude manner: "The Marquis is asking you a question!"

"They... they are from Liao..." the military household muttered.

"What happened to the Liao people?" Wang Xiao frowned.

The military household hunched its shoulders and didn't know how to answer. He looked at Wang Xiao with admiration and fear.

Obviously, the social status gap between the two parties has led to psychological barriers to communication.

Wang Xiao could only turn his head and glance at Lu Bang.

Lu Bang said quickly: "My lord, this... is not of my race, and its mentality must be different. Of course, let the Han people eat it first, and then let the Liao people eat it. This is the same principle everywhere."

"Liao people are not of my race?" Wang Xiao asked rhetorically.

Lu Bang was stunned and murmured: "This, this..."

Wang Xiao had already rode up to the two hundred or so Liao people and asked, "Why don't you go and eat?"

The Liao people were also stunned, looked at each other a few times, lowered their heads and did not dare to answer. One of them, a big man who was holding a baby girl, said: "Your Majesty, let's wait for them to eat first."

"No need to wait." Wang smiled and said, "Eat."

The big man put down the child in his hands, stood up, clasped his fists and bowed deeply, saying, "Thank you, Lord Marquis, for your kindness."

Wang Xiao just nodded and rode his horse to the middle of the field. When he saw all the Liao people scooping up porridge and drinking it, he said: "I have a lot to say to you, but I don't know how to say it, so I'll start from the beginning."

Let’s start talking about the topic of ‘Liao people’ first.”

The military households, officers and soldiers on the field all raised their heads to look at him.

Especially the more than 200 Liao people looked at him with some anxiety in their eyes.

"Just now Lu Qianhu said, 'Those who are not of my race must have different minds.' I was very confused." Wang laughed and said: "When Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty attacked Goguryeo, in Hebei, the athletes of the mountains and rivers sang "The Death Song of Wuxiang Liaodong Wandering" and would rather die than

When they wanted to conquer Liao, they said, "If Liaodong dies, beheading will not hurt." However, just a few decades later, it was these athletes from Hebei and Shandong who enthusiastically joined the army. They fought from the East China Sea to the Tianshan Mountains. They were the leaders of the time.

The prosperous Tang Dynasty established a stable foundation for hundreds of years."

"It was they who, by throwing their heads and blood, established the territory of our Han nation a thousand years ago. At that time, people called them 'the good sons of the borderland'. After that, their descendants stayed in

In the land of Liaodong."

Wang Xiao pointed at the two hundred Liao people on the field and said loudly: "Now, more than a thousand years have passed, and this is how you treat the descendants of these passionate men who opened up new territories?"

"Because they are separated by a Great Wall, and because they live a life covered by loess, you can call them 'foreigners' without restraint?"

"Since the rise of the army, the bullying and slander of the supporting soldiers has left the Liao Dynasty without peace, and the Liao people have one hatred; the military men's bankruptcy and selling their children, which makes the chariots and oxen tired, the second hatred; to the extent that they chase away the prostitutes and merge with them, it will be difficult to move for two hundred years.

It is the three hatreds to live in a household; to bring in barbarians and live in the houses of the people, to make them lustful and molest their wives and daughters, and to seize food and drink, is the four hatreds!"

"You are so contemptuous and contemptuous, and you still ask them why they couldn't defend the Liao territory? You also ask them why they defected to the Jurchens who almost killed their entire clan? Have you ever thought about who made the heroic people of the Han and Tang Dynasties,

The athletes who opened up new territories turned into traitors and cowards that you avoid?"

"Why do you despise them and despise them? Why do people in Chu live a good life, while people in Liao live a miserable life? Isn't it true that people who are poor will be despised?"

"You're all talking, yes or no?!"

There was silence.

Someone in the Liao people's team sobbed softly.

They have experienced Nurhachi's "Destroy the Liao Order", and they have also experienced the strife of the Han people... This journey has been painful, and most of them have already become numb by now.

But tonight, someone finally mentioned the glory of their ancestors, and someone stood up and asked a question for them.

"Why?!"

Wang Xiao looked around, his expression getting colder and colder, and shouted: "You can bully them because you are better off than them? Then, Tian Honghua, Ma Yongwang, these people who are more powerful than you can bully you at will, you deserve to be exploited

, yes or no?”

There was silence again.

This time, Wang Xiao raised the gun in his hand, fired a shot at an uninhabited place on the river, and shouted: "Answer me!"

"boom"

Everyone was shocked and lowered their heads, thinking: "This Lord Marquis is making too much of a fuss."

Even the shepherd was a little confused, and increasingly felt that the person in charge was moody and elusive.

In fact, Wang Xiao was not really as angry as he showed, but he needed to spread such words.

He needs two hundred Liao people to hear it, four hundred Liao people to hear it, eight hundred... He needs thousands of Liao people and Chu people to hear such words. In this way, bit by bit, try to

The scattered hearts are gathered together again.

This thing is very difficult. But no matter how difficult it is, only when you start doing it can there be hope for success...

It was quiet for a while.

The more than two hundred Liao people could no longer hold back, and they all knelt on the ground and howled loudly, as if they wanted to cry out the misery of a whole world at once.

The big man who responded earlier solemnly knelt down in front of Wang Xiao, kowtowed three times and said: "Master Marquis, we are so kind that we would die to pay for it... But please, Master Marquis, please don't embarrass them for us untouchables anymore, at least they treat them well."

We are much better than the Chu people elsewhere."

Wang Xiao had his own opinions in his heart and ignored such persuasion. He just responded: "Get up. I have my own reasons to talk about."

After he finished speaking, he shouted to the military households in the field again and asked: "Answer me, it is natural for powerful people to bully you, right?"

"No..." someone in the crowd responded timidly.

Wang Xiao looked around and saw a thin young man standing up, walking to him and kneeling down in front of him.

"Young...Fang Yongyong, pay your respects to the Marquis."

Wang Xiao nodded and asked, "Why not?"

"Because Ma Qianhu and the others... did something wrong."

Wang Xiao asked again: "Then you are right to bully the Liao people?"

Fang Yongyong whispered: "They are cowards if they can't defend the vast territory."

"Then if one day the slaves invade the Great Wall, what will you do?"

"Of course it's to drive out the Tartars!"

"What if I can't beat him?"

Fang Yongyong was stunned and said with a firm expression: "That little one will die in battle, it's definitely not like them."

"You can die in battle," Wang Xiao pointed to the military household kneeling over there, and asked: "Then will they all die in battle with you?"

He smiled softly and asked patiently: "If all the soldiers of the Chu Dynasty can fight to the death with you, they will not be able to defeat Jiannu. But do you think they are willing? Tell the truth."

Fang Yongyong's eyes widened and he was a little confused. It was obviously the first time he thought about this problem.

After a while, he whispered: "I think they can't do it."

"Why?"
Chapter completed!