HLnovel Chapter 551: A Taunt and a Scold
Chapter 551: A Taunt and a Scold
The Eightfold Son of God looked at Gu Chen steadily:
"Lord Gu Chen, isn't it a bit unkind of you to let the Qianyan Army win over the people of Bayun Island?"
Gu Chen's expression was innocent, and his tone was matter-of-fact:
"What's wrong with me doing this? It's normal for me to do this!
Even though the people of Yayun Island hate the rebels to death now, they actually don't have a very good attitude towards your shogunate and the shogunate army.
It is true that they did have many friends and relatives who died at the hands of evil spirits.
However, they also had quite a number of friends and relatives who died in the war, died under the swords of your shogunate army!
Not to mention that I accidentally discovered another thing when I was on Bayun Island."
Yaejinko was inevitably taken aback:
"Ah? What's going on?"
Speaking of this, Gu Chen had a clear look of sarcasm and sneer on his face:
"That was when the evil spirit on Bayun Island was wreaking its worst havoc.
Being in such a horrible environment invaded by evil spirits, and with wars breaking out from time to time at Mingzhui Beach, the people on Bayun Island were so frightened that they had no choice but to leave Bayun Island with their families.
But they are refugees, and Bayun Island is surrounded by the sea. How can the refugees leave Bayun Island?
They had no choice but to ask the local shogunate to manage them.
The shogunate agreed to the people of Yasumi Island's request to escape and promised to send several large ships to take them out of Yasumi Island.
The shogunate did indeed do so and sent several large ships to carry the refugees from Yasumi Island.
But did this ship take them out of Bayun Island?
No.
These ships carrying refugees had just sailed out of Bayun Island and just when they came to the sea... they were sunk by the brutal shogunate army's artillery fire along with the ships and people!
Those were several boatloads of refugees from Bayun Island, countless people, buried at the bottom of the sea!"
Upon hearing this, Paimeng, who was beside Gu Chen, was terrified and felt cold all over.
The Eightfold Son of God, who was sitting opposite Gu Chen, also widened his eyes and was stunned and speechless for a moment.
As for Ray's movie...
She sat on her throne, closed her eyes, and sighed heavily.
The solemn atmosphere lasted for a while, and Yaejinko finally couldn't help it:
"Those shogunate troops...are they out of their minds?
Why did they do this? Why did they kill innocent refugees from Bayun Island!? "
Gu Chen crossed his arms and said in a more sarcastic tone:
"My guess is that they were ordered by the Kujo family to take the blame for Yainjima."
"what?"
"The reason is very simple, you can understand it if you think about it carefully.
Although the evil spirit on Bayun Island was released by the rebels, it did delay the progress of the shogunate army and dragged the war between the shogunate army and the rebels into a quagmire.
However, the existence of the evil god may not be detrimental to nobles like the Kujo family.
Because these nobles just want to make money from the war!
The longer the war drags on and the more intense the fighting, the more time they have to profit from the war, and the more money they can make and gain more benefits!
Therefore, those foolish nobles preferred to be dragged into the quagmire of war, and therefore kept the fact that the evil spirit disaster occurred on Bayun Island a secret.
If the situation of the evil spirits on Yae Island is exposed, the shogunate will have to suspend the war and deal with the evil spirits on the island.
Doing so would go against the interests of these bastard nobles.
So they chose to put the blame on others, and so they turned a blind eye to the many people on Bayun Island who were struggling to survive.
So much so that when many refugees from Yagyu Island tried to escape, the shogunate troops, under the orders of the Kujo family, fired cannons and sank the ships, killing so many innocent people."
At this point, the atmosphere became increasingly heavy.
In this atmosphere, Gu Chen continued to speak slowly and steadily:
"This is the cause and effect of this matter, and this is the attitude of the shogunate army towards Yamyou Island.
And I dare to assert that there are definitely more than one similar incidents. The Shogunate army has caused serious harm to the people of Yasumi Island!
There is a cause for every effect.
How could the people of Yagyu Island still support the shogunate and lean towards the shogunate army when the shogunate army treated the people of Yagyu Island like this?
From this point of view, your shogunate has lost the support of the people on this small piece of land of Yayun Island.
The people's hearts, which your shogunate had discarded like a worn-out shoe and completely looked down upon, have now been picked up by our Qianyan Army and are being carefully protected by us like a treasure.
What? Now you're not happy with it?
If you don’t like it, then just don’t like it. What were you doing before?
When the shogunate army massacred the people of Yamashita, you did not cherish their hearts.
When the war was raging and the people of Bayun Island were living in dire straits, you did not cherish their hearts.
Now, I'm the one being blamed.
What about the face?
After this scolding, Yae Shinto was left with a disgraced face.
This vixen rarely encountered a situation where she could not refute anything, but today she did.
Not only was she unable to refute, she was also scolded so hard that her ears drooped.
At the same time, Yae Shinko also deeply understood one thing.
It is obviously impossible to win the hearts of the people of Bayun Island away from the Qianyan Army.
Their shogunate has hurt the people of Bayun Island too deeply. The people of Bayun Island no longer just distrust them, they hate them to the core!
That's why the Qianyan Army was able to take advantage of the opportunity.
Alas... I really can't blame them.
Ultimately, we can only blame the stupid shogunate and stupid aristocrats of the past!
These are all historical issues.
And if these problems are left behind, I am afraid they will never be solved!
With a deep sigh, Yae Shenzi could only say:
"I'm sorry, I'm speechless."
Looking at the silent Lei Dianying and Yae Shenzi, Gu Chen, who had completely gained the upper hand, sneered:
“Okay, I’m not here to lecture you.
After all, things have passed, and there is no point in dwelling on the past.
Back to business.
Regarding the shrine we want to build, won't your shogunate express any opinion?
Even if you don't give money, at least you can provide some support for the current lack of wood and timber, right? This can be considered as making up for the mistakes made by the shogunate before.
Only to see Yae Shenzi sighing tiredly again:
"I see.
Don't worry, the shogunate will provide money, materials, manpower and effort to make up for the previous mistakes."
Unexpectedly, Gu Chen waved his hand:
"Need not.
We have manpower and labor on Bayun Island, and they are sufficient, so you don't have to worry about it.
If you send people to help on Bayun Island, I'm afraid that the people on Bayun Island will get angry with you and get beaten to death.
So, let’s just simply contribute money and things.”
Yaejinko was choked and could only nod helplessly:
“Okay, the shogunate will provide money and supplies.
Fortunately, after raiding so many nobles' homes, the shogunate's treasury is quite wealthy, so taking out this much money is nothing more than a drop in the bucket."