"We have no bank notes left; I only have twenty taels of silver on me. The imperial decree stated that we are exiled convicts and our family property is confiscated."
Qin An was only sixteen years old and served as Qin Hu's personal page. He was very skinny, already worn out by the torment, and looked as though he only had a breath left in him.
In truth, Qin Hu was in no better shape. Over the past few days, the vanguard battalion had been marching thirty miles daily. Their duties consisted of clearing paths in the mountains, building bridges over rivers, gathering firewood, stoking fires, digging trenches, fetching water, and setting up camp.
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