Chapter 399 399: Ten Crows Henghuo (9) [Two in One]
Bai Su is riding on the war horse.
He glanced indifferently at the captured horse bandits.
Her lack of imagination could not think of any way to make people "worse than death" for a while, but she felt that the known torture was not enough to vent her anger and establish her power. Then he cast a curious look at his lord, and Xu Quan also looked over.
Xu Quan guessed: "Towed by horse?"
Then he asked: "The city gate is hung to dry?"
Bai Su added: "Three thousand six hundred swords Ling Chi?"
When Xu Quan heard this, he thought it was impossible and curled his lips to refute: " There are so many horse bandits, each using knives to slice their flesh, how can there be so much time wasted? "
In layman's terms, Lingchi's torture takes too long and the labor cost is too high? , The horse bandits don't deserve this treatment.
Bai Su raised her eyebrows and asked, "What do you think you can do?"
Xu Quan pondered, thinking about the plan: "First disembowel the belly, take out the fat and light the sky lantern, and peel the remaining last grass?"
This method is not cruel.
You must know that the previous Longwu County Sheriff was also captured on the way to defend the city. His body was split open and his internal organs were eviscerated. He was then beheaded, and his head and body were hung separately from the city gate to be exposed to the sun. What happens if the leftover entrails are fed to jackals.
For an inhumane existence like Shiwu...
Only more iron-blooded and cruel methods can be used to intimidate people. As for gentleness and comfort, they can completely subdue or defeat people. "Pity" when you are on the verge of annihilation. It is the sporadic sympathy that the strong gives to the weak.
Before that, the only option was to fight!
Any gentle approach will be regarded as cowardice by the enemy.
Bai Su did not respond, but looked at the lord whose face was cold as if covered with a layer of frost. The other party's voice was filled with laughter, and said sinisterly: "Those are too bloody, just bury them alive, only the exposed A head has a good meaning of 'getting ahead'."
Both Bai Su and Xu Quan were surprised.
It is more intimidating than building the Jingguan Temple. It is a way to make the enemy unable to survive or die. Is this it?
Yes, that's it.
But——
That’s enough!
Shen Tang’s eyes were dim. There was a killing intent in his eyes that was rare among Qi Shan and others. He Yin has kept a low profile for the past two years, causing too many people to think that she is just a "benevolent gentleman", but ignore her decisiveness in killing before putting on this mask.
The governance of Longwu County is in Ruyao.
Due to its geographical location, Ruyao has strong folk customs and huge economic fluctuations. If the military strength is strong and Shiwu dare not offend easily, the economy will prosper. Because Shiwu's side has backward productivity and lack of resources, many daily necessities cannot be obtained by plundering, so they can only barter, which is more expensive. local specialties in exchange for cloth, salt and grain.
Naturally, Ruyao’s economy is not much worse.
In its heyday, the city was bustling with traffic and there were a lot of Shiwu merchants who traveled thousands of miles to do business. Merchants from all over the world would exchange local items that were not very rare with them, and they could make profits of more than ten times or even dozens of times. There are also those who are brave enough to secretly go deep into the hinterland of Shiwu to engage in smuggling, where the profits are even higher.
They also have the awareness of "eugenics and good education".
In order to improve the genes of the tribe, tribal women who are in short supply during peacetime will also be encouraged to intermarry with men from Longwu County, and the children they give birth to will generally be stronger than the children of the tribe.
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This is not difficult to explain.
There are many natural resources in Shiwu, but there are really not many food resources, and the diet structure is still simple.
In addition, more than two hundred years after the thief star descended from the sky, this wave of people in mainland China have gone through generations of inheritance and crazy involution struggles. Their average height, physical fitness, and qualifications are all higher than Shiwu, and literary scholars have emerged. The proportion of brave warriors is also higher.
It is normal to "borrow" excellent genes from one's own family.
Of course——
This "harmonious scene" is limited to when the military strength is strong.
If the military strength of Longwu County is weak, or the country behind Longwu County is weak and corrupt, let alone resisting Shiwu's harassment, if you still need to bow to Shiwu to please, then there will be no business. People came directly to do a wave of zero-yuan group purchases.
In the past, cloth, salt and food that were exchanged for things were all robbed directly, and tribal women were not encouraged to "borrow seeds" and rob other women's women into their own nests. In a word, the burning, killing and looting were not spared, and were even more cruel.
What Shen Tang saw at this moment was naturally Ruyao, which had been devastated by wars over and over again. It was even more miserable and desolate than Fugu City in Heyin. The huge city wall was destroyed to pieces, and the buildings and ruins in the city The same, and the official office...
The official offices in Fugu City are still in dilapidated condition.
Ruyao's official office is directly in ruins.
When Shen Tang arrived, the large army had already entered the city half a day earlier, clearing out an open space barely enough to stand on the ruins of the government office. The army skillfully used the tools and began to repair the city wall, which barely gave Ru Yao a little more life.
Qi Shan and others have already made clear their division of labor.
Send people separately to inquire about news in the city.
Gather the scattered common people as much as possible.
Lin Feng helped her teacher Chu Yao. The master and apprentice were discussing something. Tu Rong took off his armor, half of his arms were bare in the cold wind and cold weather, and followed other soldiers to fight against the debris of the building. Gotta break out into a sweat.
“I have met my lord.”
Shen Tang arrived at the government office on a motorcycle.
Chu Yao straightened his clothes that were stained with light dust, and saluted her together with Lin Feng. Shen Tang jumped off the motorcycle: "No need to be polite, how is the city being cleaned up? How could the government office..."
Speaking of this, Chu Yao also sighed.
The former governor of Longwu County fell into the enemy's plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain. In addition, Shiwu and his group of "horse bandits" had been planning for that revenge for a long time. Taking advantage of the inability of the troops in Longwu County to return reinforcements, He led thousands of people to massacre Ru Yao - to say massacre, it means to kill on a large scale and for several hours, setting a big fire as he left. The whole government suffered even more disasters...
Shen Tang raised his eyebrows solemnly: "No one is left alive?"
The accident in Longwu County happened in midsummer, and Shen Tang took office a few days after the autumn harvest. No one was cleaning up the aftermath during this period?
Unless everyone died in that catastrophe.
Chu Yao said: "It's not that..."
"That's why?"
"It's because I'm so disappointed..."
Chu Yao doesn't need to be too careful. , Shen Tang could also hear it. Longwu County suffered such a catastrophe, and the corpse of a county governor was so humiliated. The royal court was not only furious but sent troops, at least it wanted to show its stance. In the end, if you don't talk nonsense, you are still on good terms with the Shiwu brothers... Most of the soldiers guarding Longwu County are from Longwu aborigines. When they heard this, they would naturally feel chilled...
They simply started to mess with it.
It's just that, after everything was put to waste, we still couldn't relax on the fight against Shiwu. However, without Wang Ting's money to supply military supplies and grain, life was extremely difficult, and many places didn't care at all - such as the massacred Sangouli Village.
They can only guard the level and not break it.
As for those little Shiwu thieves who secretly penetrated the city wall, crossed the increasingly weakened national border barrier, and sneaked over to burn, kill, and loot, they were also not strong enough.
I can’t even lift the pot, let alone repair it.
This situation is really sad for everyone who hears it and sheds tears for everyone who sees it.
There is a very big trouble here.
Shen Tang was nominally sent by Wang Ting Zheng Qiao.
So——
Shen Tang will most likely be boycotted by these people. Thinking of all these troubles, even Shen Tang was a little older than him.
The difficulty of this start is several times higher than that of He Yin!
At that time, He Yin only needed to clean up one-third of an acre of her own land, and she didn't have to worry about anything else. Because although the neighbors next door like her, they are obviously good brothers, and they cannot harass her home base without a good excuse.
It is true that she has not been harassed in the past two years, and Shen Tang used a lot of human resources for nothing -
Although the "wedding dress" of more than two years was finally cheaper for Xu Yes, but Shen Tang doesn’t just focus on the one point in front of him. A person who has only one gain or loss, she has a longer-term view - at least, this incident attracted Xu Jie, a rich man, to invest in herself, and also deceived the other party into sending Xu Quan, who was carefully cultivated by the Xu family. Additional investment will be inevitable in the future, and she is willing to do so. Be Shen Tang's ATM machine. When he gets stronger and fights back in the future, He Yin is equivalent to returning to his own pocket in a circle. To achieve such a bright ending, she must first deal with the troublesome Longwu County before her, and survive under Shiwu's iron heel.
“…Oh, money is hard to make and shit is hard to eat…”
The top priority is to clean up Ru Yao first, collect the remaining refugees, and have a foothold that is barely bearable, and then go to negotiate with the original soldiers and horses of Longwu County in person. Just because they fought tooth and nail to guard Longwu County does not mean they are friendly to her.
It is also possible to stab someone behind the scenes.
It happened to be drizzling at this time.
Everyone was so busy that they hit the back of their heads. Even Jiang Sheng’s family members didn’t even bother to rest and came out to help clean up.
After all the busy work, I can finally drink hot soup.
Shen Tang was nestled in a makeshift tent, with the biting cold wind blowing. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and the angrier he became.
Gu Chi came back with a lawsuit on his head, and from afar he heard his lord's heartbeat: [Endure the ovarian cyst for a while, take a step back to breast hyperplasia... This evil spirit must come out! Gan! How could I be a doormat? 】
Gu Chi: "..."
More than two years...
He also knows what "ovarian cyst" and "breast hyperplasia" mean, although every Every time I hear it, I want to complain, "Does his lord have such a thing? It seems that he does." But considering that this may be a slang term from the lord's hometown, I don't worry about it anymore.
Compared with the words "take a step back and open up the sky", he prefers the master's words. He can't bear it anymore and doesn't need to bear it anymore!
"Lord."
Gu Chi was ready to come in.
Shen Tang said: "Looking at the tide comes just in time."
As soon as Gu Chi heard this, he knew he had come to work.
"My lord, do you have any orders?"
Shen Tang: "Send people to dig dozens of holes on the road at the city gate and bury the horse bandits I captured one by one. Just expose one head, and then send If you put someone on guard and write a notice, all the people in Longwu County can kick you!"
"That's it! How?"
Shen Tang thought for a while and added fiercely: "Pluck a hundred hairs from the horse bandit and reward him with one or two corns."
Gu Chi thought for a while and made a suggestion: " Pour some gold juice into the pit, and you can raise money from people’s homes.”
Just bury the person in the soil and kick the head...
How many days can the person live comfortably?
Killing can only happen with a nod of the head.
But these horse bandits can only grind their flesh with a dull knife.
The people of Longwu County also need an outlet to vent their emotions, and at the same time, they can use this method to quickly recognize Shen Tang as the new Sheriff of Longwu County - let them know that the previous Sheriff's orders Together, Shen Jun will not only protect Longwu County, but also lead Longwu County to knock Shi Wu's brains away.
These horse bandits are just "voting certificates".
It doesn’t matter how they die.
What matters is how the people of Longwu County vent their anger.
Shen Tang: "...that's okay."
Shen Tang asked again: "...seems you are very skilled at watching the tide?"
Gu Chi was not surprised and said: "Similar things will always be seen after marching and fighting for a long time. This method of intimidating and humiliating the enemy is also very similar. As long as the lord doesn't feel disgusted and cruel...you can't be merciful to Shiwu!"< br>
Why doesn’t Shen Tang know this truth?
Creating a good reputation in Heyin was also a protective act. The neighbors could not do anything to her out of concern, but to maintain this persona in Longwu County was to seek death. Gu Chi added another sentence.
"Let Chi Lai take up this matter..."
Shen Tang: "Huh?"
Gu Chi looked serious: "Because my lord is the future 'benevolent lord', not the 'tyrannical lord' like Zheng Qiao, your approach is different. This method can only be regarded as a small trick. Use it once or twice to achieve the goal." It only serves the purpose of shocking and humiliating the enemy, but if you use it too much, it will cause the outside world to criticize the protagonist for having sadistic tendencies... The real power must be established on the battlefield."
Shen Tang smiled. eye.
"This is natural, don't worry about watching the tide."
Gu Chi nodded.
He didn't worry about this at first. He understood his master's character better than Qi Shan and Chu Yao.
However, the environment has a great influence on people, Shiwu has no bottom line in his actions, and there are countless crimes that are outraged by humans and gods. If his protagonist is completely angered and uses the same method to retaliate again and again, his temperament will change over time.
In the words of the lord -
It means that the boy who slays the dragon eventually becomes a dragon.
Shen Tang found Lin Feng and Yu Zi again.
Ask the two of them how much food and grass they have. Shen Tang's current family fortune is definitely considered substantial, which is different from two years ago. Especially in food, there is no shortage at all. It is enough to feed the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses under him for four to five years.
Shen Tang said: "Allocate two thousand stones."
Yu Zi recorded carefully: "What to do?"
"Send it to the Longwu troops guarding the pass."
"Now?"
Yu Zi and Lin Feng looked at each other.
They had been busy with Chu Yao for the past half day, and they had a general understanding of the situation in Longwu County. They knew that sooner or later, they would come into contact with the garrison. But I couldn't wait to give away two thousand stones of grain and grass on the first day...
They would most likely not be grateful, and they would even scold them and spit on them after receiving the grain.
Shen Tang said: "This is called courtesy before fighting."
She showed her attitude first.
If you still don’t appreciate it and then use force, it will be a shame.
Besides——
No matter what, they have a common enemy.
Shiwu's large army cannot cross the checkpoint. Shen Tang only has room to operate in the government office. At least the city defense of the government office must be repaired first, otherwise the enemy won't even have a decent defense when they attack. Isn't it a food delivery? Two thousand stones of food and grass, I won't feel bad if I give it away.
Yu Zi and Yu Zi nodded and ordered: "Wei."
Of course, before execution, Shen Tang would have to ask Chu Yao for some details to make sure it was feasible before implementing it.
With the construction experience of Heyin County, Ruyao saved a lot of trouble this time. Although there are only three or two kittens left among the common people in the city, and the manpower seems to be seriously insufficient, the young men brought by Shen Tang are all experts in infrastructure construction, "old craftsmen" with two years of experience!
Big changes in just five days!
Let a small group of people go out to make a living in search of food, but the refugees who were so hungry that their chests pressed against their backs and returned empty-handed thought they had gone the wrong way——
Wait, Is this still Ruyao? ? ?
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I have read everyone’s messages. I tossed and turned and thought a lot yesterday. I was feeling sulky. I even had a chat with the editors in the morning. This welfare change cannot be changed, so I hope that a patch will be added in the future.
Alas, the most important thing is that there are still two years left to quit my serialization. This is still relatively optimistic. If the spores develop smoothly, it is estimated that it will be delayed for a few months. The serialization cannot be discontinued at will, nor can it be spoiled.
As for dividing the novel into volumes, it is not feasible at present.
Shiitake mushrooms don’t want to retreat. I am dragging my appendix like the army girl who was doing well back then.
Therefore, I should serialize it, and everyone will continue to follow up.
That's it for the time being, waiting for the wind and rain to dissipate.
(End of this chapter)