Chapter 181 Men
Hearing this, the man sat down opposite the young man in purple clothes.
His eyes followed the gaze of the young man in purple attire out of the window until they came to rest on a group of women across the street.
The man frowned in confusion, and asked naturally as he thought about it.
"Why are there so many women gathered outside?"
"Are the two rows on the side wearing guard uniforms? They... do look quite impressive, as if they have just started practicing martial arts. The one in the middle... looks more like a disaster victim."
But...why wasn't there a man?
The young man in purple clothes kept his eyes fixed on a spot outside the window, and said in a calm voice: "Alms are being distributed there, and only women and children are allowed to receive them."
When the man heard this, he lowered his head and fell into deep thought.
After a while, he said with a complicated expression: "During the famine years, women and children were the ones whose resources were robbed because of their physical strength."
"And they are placed at the border as goods for trading."
"The people who give out porridge are really thoughtful. They actually noticed this."
After finishing speaking.
The man carefully observed the expression of the young man in purple, but his expression remained indifferent and no emotion could be seen.
The man tactfully shut his mouth and absentmindedly sipped the teacup, his eyes occasionally drifting towards the group of people opposite who were getting porridge.
"This time the Huns took advantage of the sudden natural disaster in the country and came with such force. If there were no accomplices in the country, how could the Huns have seized the opportunity so well?"
"The contract that the Xiongnu negotiated and signed with us has become a piece of waste paper."
"Gongming, what do you think about this?"
Hearing the purple-robed young man's question, the man put down his teacup with a heavy face and answered angrily: "Fight!"
"The Xiongnu tore up the contract between the two countries without permission. How long has it been since the contract was signed? It seems that they had bad intentions when they came to visit the DPRK some time ago. Otherwise, why would they suddenly invade the Central Plains?"
"If we don't fight, the Xiongnu will probably become even more aggressive and think that there is no one in the Central Plains."
The purple-robed young man's eyes swept over the man, and his tone was calm but with a sense of oppression: "We in the Central Plains have strong soldiers and horses, so we are not afraid. But if we go to war, the common people in this world will suffer."
Having said this, the young man in purple finally showed a hint of expression. He frowned but quickly relaxed his brows.
The Xiongnu and the Central Plains have always been incompatible. Even if a temporary contract was signed, it would be torn up within a few decades.
He had anticipated this.
They were also preparing to attack the Huns within the next few years, but they did not expect the Huns to attack first, and they did not expect a natural disaster to occur at this time.
There was something else that bothered him even more, which was that the exotic item that Weiwei had once told him about was not found after searching for so long.
He remembered what Shen Wei had said, if he didn't find it in those two places.
Then the only option is to sail to the West!
If he had found something exotic that could solve the food shortage, he would not be so upset about the Huns' attack at this moment.
The timing, location and people are not on my side, so this battle is destined to be difficult.
But - we must fight!
Otherwise, once the Huns broke through Jiaguan, they could march all the way north.
"I would like to lead the troops to attack the Xiongnu immediately."
Afraid that the young master would disagree, the man immediately pleaded.
The purple-robed young man looked out the window thoughtfully at Shen Wei who was distributing porridge to disaster relief.
He told himself countless times in his heart that he and Weiwei could only be strangers in this life, and the deal between them had been reached.