To them, Great Qin was also giving them one final chance. As lowly people, their treatment would be extremely poor; even the term itself carried the meaning of being base and inferior. They absolutely would not receive the same preferential treatment as ordinary Great Qin citizens. If they wished to raise their status, they could only serve Great Qin. If they dared harbor the slightest disloyal thought, they would be killed without mercy.
After Zhao Fu announced the punishment for the countless players, he turned and left. The innumerable players kneeling on the ground finally breathed a sigh of relief. Their lives had been spared.
Afterward, Great Qin's civil officials began handling these players, arranging where they would go and dealing with all related matters.
Zhao Fu returned to the court and tallied the gains from this war. First were the territories of the four nations: a total of 137 regions, providing Great Qin with 3,500 major cities, 1,000 minor cities, and a terrifying native population of 1.5 billion. In addition, there were 200 million players.
The regions to the east and west—the remaining regions in northern Huaxia—had also collapsed without a fight and been absorbed by Great Qin. A total of 1,500 major cities surrendered, providing Great Qin with another 600 million people.
Added together, that made 6,000 cities and a population of 2.3 billion. Great Qin's total population had now reached 7 billion.
The number of regions under its control had reached 3,720, with 8,428 major cities and 2,921 minor cities. The cities alone numbered over ten thousand. Great Qin's strength after unifying the north was truly terrifying, enough to fill people with boundless fear.
Next came the rewards. Every meritorious official was rewarded, and then a large group of women was brought forth. These women were the