"We have no bank-notes left, I only have twenty taels of silver on me. The imperial edict stated that we are banished to military service, and our family property is confiscated."
Qin An was only sixteen years old this year, serving as Qin Hu's personal page. He was very frail, already worn out by torment, and looked as though he had only one breath left in him.
In truth, Qin Hu was in little better shape. Over the past few days, the Vanguard Camp had marched thirty li every day, performing tasks such as clearing paths through mountains and building bridges across rivers, cutting firewood and stoking fires, digging trenches and fetching water, and pitching encampments.
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