Bai Erlang wrote the article first. Originally, he wanted to write a long article, but halfway through writing, he felt that the people in the inner city might not be able to appreciate his literary talents.
So he crossed it out, and after scratching his face, he simply used his best style to write threatening words.
Before Bai Shan and the others went to the gate of the city to persuade them to surrender, there were not a few charges against the King of Goguryeo and the royal family of the Gao family. He copied it directly, and then wrote the battle of the city gate. If you can give up, how do you know that he will not give up on you for his own power and wealth in the future
Whether it is outstanding ability like Shen Ming, or loyalty like those two thousand soldiers, King Goguryeo can give up;
He also threatened that the emperor was very angry at the king of Goguryeo's perverse behavior, especially the emperor's favorite general Qibi Heli was injured in this battle, so are you sure you want to bear the anger of Dajin with the king of Goryeo
After threatening, he turned around and made a comparison between how the king of Goguryeo treated his people and how the emperor from afar treated the people of Liaodong.
In the past two years, the royal family of the Gao family has not reduced their taxes. This year, in order to use troops against Dajin and Silla Baekje, they have increased a lot of taxes. In the past three months, they have paid taxes three times in a row.
The people in the inner city are better off, and they have raised the donation twice so far, but they also know about the outside situation. They heard that in places farther away, they not only have to pay the royal court’s tax, but also pay an extra part to the local government. , the days are even more sad.
These are all data, the specific date and the extra tax that each household has to pay. Of course, Bai Erlang cannot have time to look up the data, this is what Bai Shan told him.
At this time, he was sitting on the table not far from Bai Shan's bed and writing hard, handing one to Bai Shan after he wrote one.
Bai Shan propped his arms on the bed and watched with relish, and said to him: "Write a few more specific stories, such as the stories of those refugees who went to the city gate to receive relief porridge every day because they had no rice at home."
Bai Erlang scratched his head: "But wouldn't that mean pushing Feng Shangshu out?"
Bai Shan glanced at him and said: "Skip this matter aside, just write about the three additional donations made by the King of Goguryeo, how they prepared food for each additional donation, and then jump directly to the matter of porridge relief."
Bai Erlang nodded, having some clues, "Drawing is also drawing these stories?"
"Yes," Bai Shan said, "You write out the drafts and draw them, and I will ask Mr. Fang to find some documents for you, and transcribe these drafts and drawings."
Bai Erlang was not very confident, "Can Kongming lanterns really bring these papers into the inner city?"
"You can try it outside the city first," Bai Shan said, "Go and ask Qin Tianjian."
Bai Erlang nodded and stared at Bai Shan, "You recovered from your injury so quickly? Can you get up now?"
Only then did Bai Shan realize that he was about to sit up for the convenience of reading the manuscript, so he immediately lay down again, "The medicine prescribed by Man Bao is good."
Bai Erlang was very skeptical, "General Qibi has only been awake for two days, and his body is so hot that he can barely drink water. Why..." You looked like you were about to get out of bed and jump around
Bai Shan lay on the bed and said, "I am young and recover quickly."
Bai Erlang curled his lips and stopped asking, that's all, they are brothers, so he just doesn't ask.
Bai Erlang spread out the paper, thought for a while and wrote the story. He spent the past two days squatting at the city gate to watch the refugees receive porridge, so he naturally talked to them and knew some things about them;
When Man Bao comes back, he can just ask the stories of some hard-working soldiers in the prisoner camp.
"I can't draw well. Since your back injury doesn't affect your arm much, then you can help me draw."
After thinking for a while, Bai Shan said, "You can keep the written story."
Bai Erlang stayed happily.
Bai Shan looked at him, waited for a while and saw that he didn't respond, and asked, "Why don't you leave?"
Bai Erlang said: "I'll wait for Man Bao to come back."
Bai Shan then continued to lie on his stomach without moving.
There is indeed a lot of material in Manbao, and there are tragic stories about the wounded Goguryeo soldiers who can fall into her hands.
It is very pitiful to be abandoned on the battlefield by Goguryeo.
Man Bao spoke with gusto, Bai Erlang held a small notebook and remembered it with gusto, even Bai Shan was engrossed in listening.
Enthusiastically speaking, Man Bao went to Bai Erlang's side to read the story he wrote, and said, "Let me draw too. I am very good at drawing now."
Bai Erlang was disgusted, "Your paintings are not as good as mine."
"Just say if you want me to help."
Bai Erlang was decisive, "Yes!"
But the main force was still Bai Shan. As soon as Bai Erlang left, he got up from the bed, closed the doors and windows, spread out the drawing paper, and drew according to the story written by Bai Erlang.
The three of them worked together to finish the story and the drawing in one night, and then Bai Shan handed the things over to Daji and asked him to take it to Mr. Fang to find someone to copy...
Man Bao and Bai Erlang went to the field with a stack of white paper and the Kongming lanterns that Bai Shan had made in the house.
Together with them, an official from the Qin Tianjian pointed to the small town and said, "The east wind is blowing now. Standing in this position, the Kongming Lantern will be able to float to the small town after it is lifted into the sky."
Man Bao put the stack of white papers in the half-open cloth bag, fixed the tied ropes, and then lit the candles with Bai Erlang...
The Kongming lantern rose up wobbly, and when it reached the same height as Zhou Man, the car went up and down for a while, and couldn't fly for a long time.
Everyone: ...
The officials of Qin Tianjian couldn't help but said: "Is the thing you brought too heavy?"
When Bai Erlang heard this, he quickly pulled out half of the paper.
The Kongming Lantern was about to fall to the ground, but with this lightening, it flew unsteadily. Get up, and fly higher and higher, farther and farther under their earnest expectations.
A not-so-obvious wind blows, and the official of the Qin Tianjian: ...
He turned his head and looked at the two people who were looking up at the Kongming Lantern in amazement. He was about to talk when a gust of wind blew, Qin Tianjian shut up immediately, and watched the flying farther and farther with piercing eyes. The Kongming Lantern…
It's okay, it's okay, I won't lose face in front of my colleagues.
A strange thing happened in the small town that day, and the sky scattered paper for no reason.
The emperor felt something strange when he heard it, and thought it was Goguryeo who made a move, so he quickly called Yin Li over for questioning. Before the person came, he had already crushed the Goguryeo king several times in his heart.
Yin Li said: "Those blank papers were blown into the city by the son-in-law and Zhou Man on the Kongming lantern."
Emperor: "Why?"
Yin Li said that he didn't understand either.
So when Zhou Man and Bai Erlang returned happily, they were stopped by the guards of the imperial army waiting at the street, and even the Qin Tianjian who was traveling with them were brought to the emperor.