Chapter 255: Become bigger and stronger, create greater glory
Xianyang Prison.
Gan Luo was furious.
He pointed at Ying Chengjiao who opened the door and roared, "Go back to your cell!"
Ying Chengjiao closed the cell door with a smile, and placed the food box next to Gan Luo.
"I'm here to bring you food, why are you barking?"
The hungry Gan Luo glared at Ying Chengjiao angrily, opened the food box, and found a bowl of millet rice, a plate of chicken bones, a bowl of fish bones, and an empty plate.
The food in Xianyang Prison was supposed to be rice, one meat dish, one soup and one vegetable dish. Now, except for the rice, there are no more meat dishes, soup or vegetables.
I knew it was like this, why doesn't this guy just die?
Gan Luo really wanted to throw all these chicken bones and fish bones at Ying Chengjiao's face, but he knew that he was no match for Ying Chengjiao.
If he really did that, there was a high probability that Ying Chengjiao would stuff chicken bones and fish bones into his mouth.
He picked up the last remaining millet rice with great displeasure and shoveled it into his mouth in big mouthfuls, as if he was eating Ying Chengjiao's meat.
Gan Luo, who was used to eating delicacies from land and sea, initially refused to eat millet rice. The day before yesterday, he overturned the food box sent by Ying Chengjiao, shouting that it was too much.
Then he went hungry for a day, and the next day he just shoveled food into his mouth.
Gan Luo stared at Ying Chengjiao angrily and asked, "Can you please get out? You are doing fine outside. Why are you in Xianyang Prison?"
"I just like Xianyang Prison. It's quiet."
"Then let me out. I don't like it here."
"No, I just like being with you. Seeing you eating so deliciously makes me hungry."
Ying Chengjiao took out a palm-sized lotus leaf bag from his arms and peeled it off layer by layer. The aroma coming from inside made Gan Luo look straight at it and swallow his saliva.
On the lotus leaves were strips of roasted chicken that had turned golden brown, a food that Gan Luo had long been tired of eating outside.
Ying Chengjiao picked up a piece of chicken and put it in his mouth, chewing it gently.
Noticing Gan Luo's look, he slapped him on the head.
"What are you looking at my chicken for? Eat your meal."
"That's my chicken! Mine! You cut it off my drumstick!"
Gan Luo roared, picked up the plate of chicken bones in the food box and threw it to the ground.
The plate hit the fresh hay but didn't break.
The chicken bones in the plate fell all over the place, staining the clean hay with oil.
Ying Chengjiao looked down at the scattered chicken bones, chewed the tender chicken and said, "No one will come to clean for you in the future, so you should pay more attention."
This is too much!
This is too much!
Gan Luo was so angry that he trembled coldly.
After his food was exploited, even his place of residence was exploited. If Gan Luo could defeat Ying Chengjiao, he would fight Ying Chengjiao now!
"What are you angry about?" Ying Chengjiao picked up another piece of chicken and put it into his mouth, saying, "Because you haven't eaten meat for three days?"
Gan Luo did not answer. He stared at the rice bowl with his chopsticks and put the tasteless millet rice into his mouth with force.
"Give."
Ying Chengjiao handed the lotus leaf to Gan Luo's mouth.
Gan Luo ignored it at first, but after two breaths he suddenly took one bite and ate all the chicken shreds on the lotus leaf.
Fragrant, tender and delicious. Gan Luo, who had only eaten rice and water for three days, had never thought chicken was so delicious.
"You didn't even pull your hand back."
Gan Luo was suspicious. Based on his understanding of Ying Chengjiao, even if his actions were sudden, Ying Chengjiao should not be unable to react.
As far as Gan Luo could remember, after Ying Chengjiao turned twelve, no one of his age could beat him.
Suddenly, Gan Luo thought of a possibility and said with an unpleasant expression, "You wouldn't poison me, would you?"
"What kind of poison?" Ying Chengjiao threw the chicken shreds on the lotus leaf that Gan Luo had messed up into Gan Luo's bowl and said, "I didn't eat it in front of you?"
Gan Luo used chopsticks to mix the millet rice and the remaining shredded chicken again and again , feeling a little regretful.
If I had known that this guy would give it to me, I wouldn’t have eaten so much.
"Maybe you should take the antidote first. That's what it says in the novel."
The millet with shredded chicken tasted many times better than dry rice, and Gan Luo was very happy.
Ying Chengjiao watched until Gan Luo finished eating, put the bowl into the food box, and drank a few sips of water.
"Is it delicious?" Ying Chengjiao asked.
"It's okay." Gan Luo nodded reservedly.
"Is that okay? Then you'd better just eat millet rice tomorrow." Ying Chengqiu said with a smile.
"Brother, it was just a joke." Gan Luo said with a smile, his expression changing rapidly.
"Brother Luo, do you know that most people in Qin can't even eat millet rice, which you don't like? You feel so uncomfortable without meat for three days, can you imagine what it's like for those who can't eat meat for a month?"
Ying Chengjiao was tidying up the food box and asked suddenly.
Gan Luo squatted down, picked up the scattered chicken bones and put them on the plate.
"But what does that have to do with me? If they can't eat, I will give them my flesh."
Gan Luo looked up and smiled.
"Brother, this world is won through fighting, not charity. There is only so much meat, and if they want to eat meat, they come to fight with me. If they beat me down, they can eat meat. They don't have the mind or courage to do so, so why should you worry about it?"
Ying Chengjiao patted Gan Luo's face and said, "The contradictions and conflicts between the people and you have not reached a critical point. As long as they can still eat a bite of food, they will not think of fighting with you."
Every peasant uprising in history was caused by the peasants not having enough food to eat and unable to survive.
Although the laws of the Qin State today are strict, they can ensure that most people can live a stable life.
Under such circumstances, it is impossible for the people themselves to create a democratic wave; the situation does not allow it.
Whether it is Chen Sheng who shouted "Are kings, princes, generals, and ministers born of different species" at the end of the Qin Dynasty, or Cao Cao who said "Use the emperor hostage to command the princes" at the end of the Han Dynasty.
In essence, they all emerged under the premise that the dynasty's regime was so corrupt that the people could not survive, and the officials were rotten to the core, and the world was desperate for change.
Throughout history, no revolution has been able to be successfully carried out in a prosperous era, because prosperous times do not seek change but maintenance.
And this is the most difficult point for Ying Chengjiao.
Before the imperial power, official power, and civil rights form irreconcilable conflicts, wanting to change the entire world is going against the will of heaven.
Being half a step ahead is a genius, being one step ahead is a madman.
And someone like Ying Chengjiao, who was ahead by two thousand years, even if we count ten years as one step, he was still two hundred steps ahead.
In the eyes of similar people, he is far inferior to the First Emperor who unified the world.
They were willing to become believers of Ying Chengjiao. As long as it was beneficial to Ying Chengjiao, they would die for Ying Chengjiao and for the beliefs in their hearts.
In the eyes of others, he is a madman, a crazier than even the famous madmen like Lie Zi, Mo Zi, and Zhuang Zi combined.
He is obviously enjoying wealth and glory, but he wants to break it all. If this is not insanity, then what is insanity?
Gan Luo is the latter.
Just a bowl of rice and a plate of chicken, and you want me to follow you, a madman?
"If you want to repeat what happened in Han in Qin, His Majesty will not allow it. Even if you can suppress His Majesty, brother, do you want to cause chaos in the world for what you want?"
The intelligence network of the Qin family is not only distributed in Qin, but also all over the world.
Selling old weapons to the remnants of the six nations in various places brings in more than just money.
By using such lucrative benefits to bind Gan Luo, the entire Qin family, as long as time is sufficient, he will be able to know the major events in the world.
Gan Luo knew about the changes in Han before he was imprisoned in Xianyang. The moment he heard about it, he was sure that it was the work of Ying Chengjiao.
This style of playing with people's hearts, slowly laying out the moves in the dark, and finally slaying the dragon before the opposing player can react, is very similar to his sinister and treacherous brother.
"You are right. I really don't dare to let the incident in Han happen again in Qin and cause chaos in the world."
Ying Chengjiao sighed.
Gan Luo breathed a sigh of relief.
Although he spoke with confidence, the leader of the aristocratic family was actually not sure.
It is not surprising what a person who dares to say such crazy words as "If I don't die, there will be no sky in Qin" and "Your sky is a birdman" during the wax sacrifice to the sky does.
"It seems that it is difficult for me to convince you. Then let's follow the rules of Qin State and I will fight with you."
"You're not the only one."
Gan Luo picked up the hay stained with oil and piled it in a corner of the cell, saying, "If His Majesty knew that you were going to limit the royal power in the end, he would definitely not help you."
Three days ago, Ying Chengjiao was taken to Xianyang Prison. His first stop was the prison where Gan Luo was imprisoned. He told Gan Luo that he and his cellmates had become cellmates.
At first, Gan Luo thought that Bao Bailingzhi had conveyed his order and that Ying Chengjiao was brought in by the aristocratic family.
On second thought, no matter how powerful the aristocratic family is, they don't have the ability to send Ying Chengjiao in so quickly.
In addition, Ying Chengjiao acted without restraint and acted recklessly in prison.
Gan Luo concluded that the First Emperor was from a noble family, and Ying Chengjiao chose the latter.
"My brother has not made up his mind to help me. Otherwise, given my brother's character, he would have convened a court meeting to announce the reform."
Gan Luo recalled that when the First Emperor announced the county system, announced the burning of books, and announced the promotion of simplified Chinese characters, there was widespread opposition.
The First Emperor continued to act arbitrarily and without any hesitation, he directly announced the decree and implemented it without regard for anyone or any force.
He agreed, "This is indeed what His Majesty did. Did His Majesty send you to Xianyang Prison because you were too noisy?"
"No, I want to come in."
Gan Luo looked puzzled.
you?
What are you doing here?
The situation outside is in full swing. Can you kill all the nobles by coming to Xianyang Prison?
What else can you do besides torment me?
Closing the lid of the food box, Ying Chengjiao said, "If I don't come in, how can I get out of your sight and go to Han? If the emperor doesn't send officials to Han and hands Han over to me, it will definitely scare the emperor."
Gan Luo said in a deep voice: "Han is the place where ironware is produced in the world. You should go to Han to refine colored glaze, and use the colored glaze plan on the noble families to collect their wealth!"
Fortunately, I have asked Bao Bailingzhi to go out and spread the word that you have the method to make glass, so your plan will not succeed!
Gan Luo had an unpleasant expression on his face, but his heart was as calm as an old dog.
The manufacture of colored glaze requires precision equipment, and precision equipment requires massive amounts of pig iron. Gan Luo, who had personally seen the equipment used to manufacture colored glaze, made a reasonable guess.
"Stop pretending. You are just thinking about Bao Bailing. He is in the first floor of Xianyang Prison. Do you want me to take you to see him?"
Gan Luo's heart was pounding, and his expression was really ugly this time. He took a step forward and growled, "You spied on me! How dare you spied on Xianyang Prison!"
When he was talking to Bao Bailingzhi, they were the only two present.
And now, Ying Chengjiao's tone clearly showed that he knew what the two were talking about.
If it was Bao Bailingzhi who informed on the crime, then Bao Bailingzhi would not be in the first level of Xianyang Prison, where ordinary people are imprisoned.
Since Bao Bailingzhi did not inform on anyone, the only answer is that Gan Luo was being monitored.
"Why are you reacting so strongly? How did you get in? If I dare to eavesdrop on you from the tower, why should I be afraid of eavesdropping in Xianyang Prison?"
Ying Chengjiao picked up the food box and walked towards the prison door.
"Even so, your poisonous plan of making colored glaze will never succeed! The Baili family, the Bai family, the Meng family, all the noble families that were summoned by the late King Zhuangxiang for discussion, all know that you can make colored glaze!"
"Hey, please, can you make some progress and stop talking about Liuli all the time? I was able to make Liuli more than ten years ago, but more than ten years later I'm still holding on to Liuli? How much progress have I made?"
"Ying Chengjiao!" Gan Luo shouted behind Ying Chengjiao, who was holding the food box without looking back.
Ying Chengjiao responded and turned around with a smile.
"Why, you changed your mind and want to become bigger and stronger with me and create greater glory?"