Soldiers Come From Commoners
When Lin Fei led his horse and led 3,000 soldiers past, tens of thousands of people consciously made way for him, forming a two-mile-long corridor.
Nobody spoke in the corridor formed by tens of thousands of civilians. This unprecedented sacred and solemn scene made the soldiers stand straight and proud.
A sense of honor was something that even the elite Xuanwu Army of the Great Tang did not know. Now, these three thousand soldiers understood, and they had it, but not for the Xuanwu Army, but for Lin Fei, for themselves, and for this army of three thousand.
Li Chengqian's heart skipped a beat when he saw the soldiers looking at Lin Fei with fervent eyes. At this moment, he had no doubt that if Lin Fei wanted to rebel, none of these 3,000 people would rebel with him. Even Cheng Chumo and Qin Yuhuai might follow.
However, he soon remembered that before he and Lin Fei flew to Shandong, Li Shiming had talked to him once. At that time, Li Shiming's evaluation of Lin Fei was that Lin Fei was a wise man, but not a good leader.
This operation had also proved this point. If Lin Fei was really a good leader, he should have roped in Governor Chen at this time instead of turning a blind eye to Governor Chen's goodwill.
While Li Chengqian was still thinking about what Lin Fei had done in Shandong, the last soldier of the team walked into the corridor surrounded by the common people. The scene of the needle suddenly became lively. The common people stuffed the silk or linen in their hands into the arms of the soldiers, but none of the soldiers accepted it.
At this moment, Lin Fei was suddenly stopped by an old man. When the old man saw Lin Fei stop, he said to Lin Fei with a little resentment,"General, why don't you let the soldiers accept a little token from us commoners? Could it be that you don't like these things?”
Lin Fei cupped his hands at the old man and said in a very sincere tone,"Old man, you've misunderstood. It's not that I don't like your things, but that I can't take your things.”
"Why?" The old man's tone softened, clearly believing Lin Fei's words.
"I asked the old man, where did these soldiers come from?”
"I heard Lord Chen say that your soldiers are from the Great Tang's most elite Xuanwu Army.”
"Then let me ask you again, where did the Xuanwu Army come from?”Lin Fei's tone did not change. It was still so sincere and did not give anyone any discomfort.
"Xuanwu Army? The Xuanwu Army was the Xuanwu Army. Where did they come from?”The old man's eyes widened. He obviously did not understand what Lin Fei meant.
"No." Lin Fei nodded gently and pointed at the tens of thousands of people around him."The Xuanwu Army came from you!"
"General, you must have remembered wrongly. There is no one serving in the Xuanwu Army in Shandong.”The old man thought that Lin Fei had remembered wrongly and reminded him with a smile.
At this moment, Lin Fei felt that the people of this era were too naive. They were so naive that they didn't even know how to fight for their own rights. They didn't even know how to resist when they were oppressed.
"I'm not talking about the Xuanwu Army coming from the Shandong region, but the Xuanwu Army coming from the people themselves. We come from the people themselves, and it's our duty to protect you. The disaster relief food was robbed, and it's already caused us to neglect our duty. Now that we've recovered the disaster relief food, it's just to make up for our mistakes. How can a group of people who are trying to make up for their mistakes accept your gifts?”
After seeing the lovely faces of these people today, Lin Fei felt that they should not be oppressed too much. They should obtain some of the natural rights that they deserved.
Thus, he had decided to spread the ideas of this descendant in the Great Tang ahead of time. Even if Lin Fei knew that the Great Tang did not have the soil for such ideas to be born, he would still try. After all, the common people had never changed their pursuit of power.
This time, the old man understood what Lin Fei meant. He was not praising Lin Fei because he knew that praising this young general at this time was the greatest insult to him.
The old man bowed deeply to Lin Fei. At this moment, Lin Fei did not object. He knew that the old man was not thanking him for finding the food for the people of Shandong, but for the reason he said it.
After the old man stood up, Lin Fei also cupped his hands and bowed to the old man. This was his apology for letting the people starve for a few days after the food was robbed. The old man also accepted it.
After all this was done, the old man was still pushing the half piece of cloth back and forth with the soldiers. Suddenly, the old man shouted,"Whoever brought the things back, bring them back. Don't humiliate these soldiers anymore.”
The old man's voice was loud enough for the human wall to hear him clearly.
At this moment, everyone stopped. Other than Lin Fei, everyone looked at the old man in confusion.
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