Chapter 562
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At the end of the morning, when it was almost noon, the Li family's farmstead delivered another 'breakfast'.
"Get up and wash up. Each of you will get a set. Your good days are coming." The Qianniu Guards had already arrived.
They knew what happened last night and began to wake the captives up to wash up and eat.
When the captives opened their eyes from the thick straw mats on the ground, they realized that yesterday was not a dream.
They could finally find a warm place to sleep and eat.
The soldiers from the southwest were also woken up. They rubbed their eyes in a daze.
"What will you do if there is a war? Hurry up. Yesterday, each of you was given two taels of baijiu. Rest here for two days. You have to bring the money back. "
The Winged Knights patiently said. They were all their brothers.
To be honest, these people from the southwest were seriously unqualified. If the Winged Knights reacted quickly, they would have been punished to tears.
Everyone got up. The southwest captives learned how to brush their teeth. The first time they brushed their teeth, almost everyone bled.
They had never brushed their teeth since they were young. Once they did, the probability of bleeding was very high.
However, it did not delay anything. It was just that when the toothbrush touched the gums, it would bleed normally.
After washing up, it was time to eat breakfast.
The Li Family Zhuangzi reacted quickly last night, and it was even better during the day.
They made tofu soup, steamed yellow rice, and pickled vegetables.
They gave them a spoon and told them not to pour the soup on the rice and eat with their hands. They also gave them a pair of chopsticks and told them to eat with chopsticks and pickled vegetables.
They could not learn immediately. It was impossible that they could not learn.
The Qianniu Guards also ate at the side and taught the southwest captives how to use chopsticks.
It was their first time using chopsticks. The captives wished that they could use one chopstick in each hand to pick up the pickled vegetables.
The soup was easy to make. There was a clay spoon. The yellow rice could be eaten with the spoon and chopsticks.
"Eat and practice slowly. It's good that I haven't made beans and pickled vegetables for you. You are not allowed to use your hands to pick them up. Are you babies? "
The Qianniu Guards corrected the way the captives used chopsticks. It was too stupid.
Li Longji did not go to the morning court today. He had a reason. He was looking after more than ten thousand captives.
He said that he wanted to watch the captives eat, so Zhuangzi set up a table and surrounded it with glass frames that could be pieced together.
This operation was very natural. Under normal circumstances, the Li Family Zhuangzi could set up a table at any time and maintain the temperature.
It was so normal that Li Longji left the Li Family Zhuangzi and didn't like anyone else. Why were they so slow? How is this a problem for my Brother Yi?
"You don't even know how to use chopsticks. As expected of a barbarian."
Empress Wang had finished feeding the baby an hour ago and changed the baby's diaper. Now she despised the captive.
This time, the little fellow didn't cooperate and fell asleep.
He was lying in the pram, his two small arms hugging a giant panda doll that was about the same size as him. It was made of silk and cotton.
"Yes, sister-in-law is right. Anyone who doesn't know how to use chopsticks is a barbarian." Li Yi agreed with this point.
"Brother Yi." Li Longji picked up the spine from the pickled cabbage stew with vermicelli. There was too much meat and he didn't want to eat it.
Li Yi reached out his chopsticks to help. He and Li Longji controlled their strength at the same time.
The two worked for a few seconds. Li Longji got the meat he wanted and Li Yi went to pick up something else.
This was the essence of the Chinese people using chopsticks. Ordinary people couldn't learn it.
Picking up beans with chopsticks was nothing. That was a routine operation.
Two people using chopsticks to tear the meat was the real test of their basic skills.
If they didn't use enough strength, they couldn't tear the meat. If they used too much strength, the meat would splatter everywhere.
Both parties needed to control their strength at the same time to reach a balance.
"Many people don't know that the most awesome moment is when they use chopsticks to divide the food. It's just that everyone is used to it."
Li Yi sighed and praised the chopsticks.
"How is it awesome? Isn't it just like that? "Empress Wang didn't understand.
"It's different, sister-in-law. When a few people eat fish, they have to flip it over. Oh, it's called rowing. They need to control their strength at the same time. Tearing the meat is a kind of cooperation.
We Chinese people, even if we don't know each other, each person has a pair of chopsticks. We can know the strength of both parties in a few breaths. "
Li Yi said with a smile. He was too proud. When he thought about it carefully, he understood that it was a foundation.
"Brother Yi, is it easy to manage ten thousand people?" Li Longji looked across the river with a pair of binoculars and showed a worried expression.
"There are so many people in the Tang dynasty. Is it easy to manage?" Li Yi asked.
"It's not easy." Li Longji shook his head.
"My ten thousand captives are easy to manage. They won't move around. They will only be in a certain area. Arrange for people to supervise and select the people among them to form a hierarchy."
Li Yi didn't care. Captives were people who were deprived of political rights.
Bai Qi was able to kill so many people because they had lost the will to resist.
Many people would always think that if they were obedient, they would be good to them.
This was a classic case of Stockholm syndrome.
During Li Yi's time, many criminals used this to bully people.
In fact, the real bully was not the criminals, but the law.
Many people knew that murder was illegal, so even if they were bullied, they didn't dare to do it. They were afraid of being punished by the law.
Therefore, when an organization with the power to enforce the law was corrupt, it was the most terrifying.
For example …
"Dongzhu, someone reported that someone wanted to take advantage of the situation." Li Yi was thinking about the psychology of the people when Song De ran over.
"Okay, let the person who reported it be the patrol. He can choose a hundred of his people to patrol together."
Li Yi smiled. Sure enough, the captives might not appreciate it if you treat them well.
"What about the person who wanted to cause trouble?" Song De asked.
"Take him away, isolate him, and then … then tell others that the person who wanted to cause trouble is living a happy life."
Li Yi's smile didn't change as he told Song De what to do.
Song De ran off and followed Li Yi's instructions.
"Uncle, aren't we killing those people?" Empress Wang understood.
"They are labor, bought for fifty thousand each. Put them alone and don't come into contact with others. Their ambitions can be used."
Li Yi didn't care at all. There were more than ten thousand captives. Was he not allowed to have the spirit to resist?
Those who stood up could be heroes, or they could be tools to help stabilize the other captives.
He didn't want to play tricks with the people and soldiers of the Tang dynasty, but it didn't mean that he didn't know how to play tricks.
A leader with no ability would find an opportunity to kick out the troublemakers.
A leader with ability would turn the troublemakers into tools.
Ostracizing them and making things difficult for them only proved that the leader was useless and didn't have any other ability.
The true essence of politics was the power struggle behind the victory of the alliance and the victory of the alliance.
There were too many things involved, including each person's background, compromise, and attack.
"Not everyone can stand in that position. It's too tiring. Those who play with people lose their will, and those who play with people lose their virtue."
Li Yi muttered. At the same time, he felt that he wasn't a good person. He had to use tricks to deal with the captives.
Moreover, these tricks would be a blow to his own heart. After a long time, people would get used to it and wouldn't feel anything wrong.
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