Chapter 160 Buying People's Hearts
Zhang Qian escorted Chen Zu and Song Tongyang, Tao Zhigang and his group came over, each wearing prison uniforms, with wooden signs tied behind him, with the word "kill" written on it.
When the prisoner was brought to him, Long Chen shouted: "These people pretended to be officials of the court and killed the people. I will kill them in public today!"
After saying that, Long Chen took a big machete, cut off Chen Zu's head with one knife, and then beheaded the others one by one.
"Hang the head up and let everyone see it!"
Long Chen ordered the soldiers to hang their heads high.
"Everyone, I know that many of you who used to rely on the Third Patriarch are dead now. Everything is gone. From today on, you must be a law-abiding citizen!"
"If anyone dares to collude with the pirates again, these people will end up!"
Long Chen said it very harshly.
There were many people in the crowd who had been following the Third Ancestor before, and when they heard Long Chen's words, their hearts were trembling.
"Okay, everyone can continue to do business."
"I was fighting in the city yesterday. If any houses and property were destroyed, I will report it here now and I will compensate you one by one!"
This is Long Chen's way of winning people's hearts.
I did damage many houses yesterday, and it is reasonable to compensate them.
At the same time, as an outsider, Long Chen must receive support from the people.
Killing the Third Ancestor, the pirates will inevitably take revenge. This battle is just the prelude, and the real battle is still to come.
Long Chen did not expect the people in the city to help him fight, as long as they did not act as internal supporters.
After Long Chen finished speaking, the people below whispered, not believing that Long Chen would be so kind to compensate.
After a while, an old lady came out and said, "Sir, I am a resident next to Longtan. Yesterday, when I caught the thief, I broke the window of my house and a can of salted fish."
After hearing the old lady's words, the people below burst into laughter:
"Old Chunma, you need compensation from the government for a can of salted fish, which is too stingy."
"What a big deal, I didn't say that my house was burned. You only broke one window and you would have to compensate."
"That's right, be careful to say you're a mess."
But Long Chen said seriously: "Old man, we did break your stuff yesterday. How much do you always have to pay?"
The old lady said, "Not much, 80 words are enough."
Long Chen turned around and waved his hand. The soldier immediately ordered 80 cents and came over. Long Chen held it in both hands and gave it to the old lady.
"Old man, I'm sorry, this is your money."
The old lady was so happy that she couldn't stop talking and said with a smile: "This is the official. In the past, those people were just robbers."
"Thank you, thank you."
The old lady happily took the money away. When the other people saw that Long Chen came, they asked for money if they had any losses.
Of course, there are also many fake money frauds. Long Chen doesn't care at all, and he gives fake ones too.
His purpose is to win the hearts of the people and don't care about giving more money.
Anyway, all the money belongs to the Third Ancestor.
I was busy until the afternoon, and spent more than 200,000 taels of money confiscated from the Sanzu's house, and more and more people were watching in the city.
At first, I didn’t want to go out, but I heard the news.
After paying the money, Long Chen shouted to everyone: "The damaged money has been paid off. Now I will announce something!"
Long Chen deliberately paused, and the people below held their breath.
"All the industries left by the Three Ancestors belong to the people today!"
When the people heard this, they all looked incredible.
Long Chen pointed to the boss of Yuelai Inn and said, "Shopkeeper Li, your Yuelai Inn is the Wang family's property. Now I announce that the inn is yours."
"The same goes for others. As long as I am still alive, things are yours!"
After Long Chen finished speaking, the people below woke up as if they were dreaming, bursts of cheers burst into tears, shouting long live!
These people were chosen by the Third Ancestor as little leaders in their work, and they were all capable people.
After the Third Patriarch died, they were the leaders of Qianjiang County. Long Chen used the method of defeating local tyrants to distribute the land and spreading the land of the Third Patriarch to them.
Among these people, there must be the inner support of the Third Patriarch, but in order to protect their property, they will stand with Long Chen.
If the pirates attack into the city again, their property will be confiscated and they will become slaves again.
Beating the local tyrants and sharing the land is the best way to win people's hearts.
"Okay, go back!"
Long Chen waved his hand and the people cheered and went home, saying that Long Chen was a good official.
Bai Tingting said in admiration: "You are so awesome to buy people's hearts! No wonder Bai Qiulian died in your hands."
Long Chen asked strangely: "After giving birth to you, why do you say that?"
Bai Tingting called her mother by her name, without any respect at all.
Bai Tingting said disdainfully: "A shameless person is not worthy of being my mother!"
Long Chen was a little curious and asked, "Why are you here this time? You won't seek revenge on me."
At first, Long Chen thought Bai Tingting was here to take revenge, but now he found that it was not at all.
Bai Tingting said: "I'm here to kill the pirates and make meritorious contributions. I want to win the breath for the Bai family."
"I tell you, I killed twelve last night, and I have twelve military achievements at the head, you must remember!"
Long Chen was shocked. Bai Qiuxuan’s three views were not correct and Li Junjun was cowardly and incompetent. How could he give birth to a daughter like Bai Tingting?
Is it really the species of Jing Tianlie?
"What do I do? Don't think about eating my tofu!"
Bai Tingting knew that Long Chen was lustful and obscene, and she thought Long Chen was going to touch her.
Long Chen was amused by Bai Tingting, and deliberately smiled with a wretched look on his face, "Don't say, you look pretty good when you dress as a man and a woman. I'm interested in you."
Bai Tingting thought Long Chen was really here, so she instinctively covered her chest with her hands and cursed: "Shameless, disgusting!"
Long Chen shook his head and smiled, turned around and entered the back yamen.
Zhang Qian saw Bai Tingting looking like she was as beautiful as a jade, and smiled and said, "Miss Bai, there are so many beauties in the harem, you are thinking too much."
As he said that, Zhang Qian deliberately straightened her invincible chest and gave Bai Tingting a look of contempt.
Bai Tingting looked at Zhang Qian's proud standards and looked down at herself in shame.
In fact, Bai Tingting's is not bad either, but Zhang Qian is too invincible.
Back at Houya, Dugu Jiali and Wu Jian were discussing the subsequent battle.
Long Chen sat in the yard and several people sat down to discuss the follow-up actions.
"The pirates in the city have been pacified, but the war has just begun. If we kill the Third Ancestor, the pirates on Guidao will definitely take revenge. We must find a way to defend Qianjiang County."
Long Chen looked at everyone with a heavy tone.
This time, the destruction of the Third Ancestor was entirely based on Long Chen's tricks, allowing the three forces to fight each other, and he reaped the profits.
The subsequent battle is head-on battle, and tricks may be useless.
Wu Jian said worriedly: "According to their confession, there are 30,000 pirates on the Ghost Island, and there are many of their accomplices on the shore, which totals about 60,000. Our current troops are only 1,000. If they siege, I'm afraid.
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Last night, Feng He raided the main culprit, such as Chen Zu, and they told him everything.
Now I have a thorough understanding of the situation of the pirates.
Most of the pirates on the Ghost Island were defeated soldiers of the eastern sea country, and their leader was Mendoro.
In addition to Mendor, there was also a Nanliang native named Xiangtian. This man used to be a fisherman. Later, when he saw that he had made a lot of profit from robbery, he colluded with Mendor and established a stronghold on the Ghost Island.
Mendoro and Xiangtian are masterminds, and they also have other leaders under them, such as Wang Li's second son Wang Da and Xu Zhi's younger brother Xu Yuan.
These people used Guidao as their base and often plundered coastal counties. Qianjiang County was their base for selling stolen goods and purchasing daily necessities.
Now that Long Chen has pacified Qianjiang County, they will definitely fight back.
"I think I want to recruit soldiers now. There are more than 100,000 people in the city, and at least 10,000 soldiers can be recruited."
Dugu Jiali’s suggestion is to recruit soldiers.
Chapter completed!