"We are out of bank notes; I only have twenty taels of silver on me. The imperial edict stated that we are being exiled to military service and all our family property has been confiscated."
Qin An was only sixteen years old this year and served as Qin Hu's personal page. He was frail, already worn out by the torment, and looked as though he had only one breath left in him.
In truth, Qin Hu was in no better shape. Over the past few days, the vanguard camp had marched thirty miles every day, performing tasks such as clearing paths through mountains and building bridges over rivers, gathering firewood, stoking fires, digging trenches, fetching water, and setting up camp.
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