"right."
I immediately yelled in frustration, "Brother Ying, Bangzi, stop drinking! Come over here and let's talk things over!"
I continued reading and saw a note in the Three Kingdoms section: "There should be 18,000 people, currently there are 18,150." I asked, "What's going on with this Three Kingdoms section?"
Liu Laoliu said, "Never mind that for now. We now have an extra 150,000 men. Liu, Sun, and Cao are preparing for the Battle of Red Cliffs. Once that's over, it'll be about time."
I wiped my sweat and said, "These 150,000 people are the ones who were burned to death?"
"Pretty much, Sun Quan and Liu Bei also lost quite a few."
I exclaimed, "What if too many die and there aren't enough to count? Brother Tiandao won't just take care of the extras, will he?" The extras are easy to handle, but if too many die, that's a problem. Should we encourage childbirth?
Liu Laoliu said, "No, they won't. Don't forget that Guan Yu is now half as good as Zhuge Liang. They won't mess up this battle."
I murmured, "That's too tragic, isn't it?" 150,000 lives! Just watching them die like that?
He Tiandou said helplessly on the other end of the phone, "What can we do? History is built up from blood and bones."
Is history like Mei Chaofeng?
Then I looked at the Qing Dynasty, and it said, "There should have been 23,000 people, but there are currently 23,050." I made a connection: "The Qing Dynasty goes without saying; Wu Sangui and Li Zicheng hadn't even fought their battle yet, had they?"
Liu Laoliu said, "After the battle is over, the extra 50,000 men will be those who died during Kangxi's pacification of Yunnan."
I said, feeling very uncomfortable, "Do all these people have to die?"
Liu Laoliu said, "He must die!"
I exclaimed, "Brother Tiandao is too callous to human life! We've all been given a second chance at life, wouldn't it be better for everyone to live peacefully? It's better to just watch the show as people fight each other!"
Liu Laoliu said, “The Way of Heaven is a kind of destiny. It has no feelings and doesn’t care about right or wrong. You can’t reason with it. Besides, it’s not its fault. Whether the things in the past were absurd or correct, they have already happened. It just wants to maintain the original order. Forget about all that and deal with the extra people first.”
"...Let's leave it at that for now. By the way, are these people who have been sent to foreign countries never going back in their lifetime?"
Speaking of this, Liu Laoliu said excitedly, "No, if there are no problems, the Heavenly Dao will be completely restored to peace in another three months. At that time, it will be our world! As long as the Heavenly Court does not cause any more trouble, we will have passed this test! Then we can tell them to go back to their homes, and I will take back the military strategy and that will be the end of it."
"Was everything back to normal in our human world by then?"
"Yes, once you've finished serving the last few groups of clients, there's nothing more for you to do. Then you can enjoy your life as a rich person. Consider it a gift of wealth from the organization."
"Pah! I earned all my wealth and status myself."
Liu Laoliu said, "No way, this is our last collaboration in the human world, so be a little more polite to me—isn't Baozi pregnant? Don't you want to know if she'll have a boy or a girl?"
You know what, when Baozi first got pregnant, we weren't really concerned about this, but the closer it got to the due date, the more excited we became. It's like buying something online; right after you pay, nothing's wrong, but after three or four days, you're constantly hoping the delivery will knock on your door. I said, "Then you calculate it for me." I said this partly to flatter Liu Laoliu; he shouldn't have trouble with this little thing, and it would satisfy his vanity. His words, "this is the last time we'll work together," made me a little sad.
Liu Laoliu muttered something to himself and fiddled with it for a while, then suddenly exclaimed, "Oh dear!"
I was startled: "What?"
Liu Laoliu said, "Congratulations! It's either a man or a woman." Me: "..."
Liu Laoliu said again, "Don't scold me, I mean it. It's better than giving birth to a child who is neither male nor female, right?"
I:"……"
Liu Laoliu said, "Alright, alright, I'll try my best to calculate it for you, but I'll have to tell you the result a month from now."
I said with satisfaction, "Hey. That's more like it...bullshit!" Then it suddenly occurred to me: a month from now, my son (daughter) will be 20 days old!
Before I could scold him, Liu Laoliu hurriedly hung up the phone.
I've already summoned Qin Shi Huang and the others. The fat man asked, "What's up?"
I said, "I don't know whether to call it a good thing or a bad thing. Brother Ying, as long as you're willing to pay the wages, I've found people to help you build the Great Wall." I explained the situation in detail, and Liu Bang's first reaction was to scratch his head and say, "How come I have more than 50,000 extra people?"
I rolled my eyes at him and said, "Can't you even figure this out? Brother Yu didn't really want to hit you." Xiang Yu smiled slightly. The Qin Dynasty's population increase was due to the Qin army's advanced equipment. They fought a war of unification, aiming only to defeat the enemy. Once the situation became one-sided, fewer people died. In addition, Fatty's temper had improved considerably, so fewer people died in prison. Xiang Yu's intentional or unintentional leniency during the Liu-Xiang conflict became the reason for the Han Dynasty's sudden population increase.
Liu Bang exclaimed "Oh dear!" and said to Xiang Yu with unusual seriousness, "Forget about this. Big guy, you always say you owe me a favor, but now it seems I'm the one who owes you..." Xiang Yu stopped him and said, "Don't say that. We've both been wrong. Let's even things out from now on."
Qin Shi Huang asked, "Then what should we do?"
I said, "Now I have to go find those emperors. You guys can discuss it. Anyway, there are both inflows and outflows, so just keep track of the import and export balance."
Liu Bang said, "Then let's bring them all here. Qin and Han are not separate entities. I'll borrow Brother Ying's place and make a small part of it."
I nodded, and as I passed Jin Shaoyan, I patted him on the shoulder and said, "Shaoyan, come out with me for a moment."
Jin Shaoyan seemed to have a premonition as well. He followed me outside in a daze, and as soon as we stepped out, he couldn't wait to ask, "Brother Qiang, has something happened? What does 'three months' mean?"
I sighed and said, "You should spend these three months with Shishi."
"……What's the meaning?"
I said helplessly, "In three months, we will all have to go back to where we are. It's time to make a decision: whether to stay in ancient times to continue accompanying Shishi or go back to be your rich young master."
Jin Shaoyan immediately exclaimed, "Why?"
I hesitated, "How can I explain this..."
“Let me speak.” Li Shishi suddenly appeared in the doorway. She gracefully approached Jin Shaoyan, took his hand and placed it on her face, and said softly, “Logically speaking, we should both be buried by now, but heaven has given us this opportunity to meet each other, which is the greatest fortune. I am content to have you in this life, to have this experience with you—Shaoyan, go back and take good care of Grandma and your family. They need you more than I do…”
Jin Shaoyan turned to me and said resolutely, "I've made up my mind. I'm going to stay and keep Shishi company."
I spread my hands and smiled wryly: "Well, this is good. Your old lady will be asking me for people again."
Jin Shaoyan said, "Actually... I have already left a will. If I don't show up within six months, my lawyer will make it public."