12dz Chapter 381: What a good bargaining chip this prisoner is?
Chapter 381: What a good bargaining chip this prisoner is?
After Yu Jiuer finished speaking, she immediately turned around and told the Black Wind Society assassins: "Don't hurt the villagers. Although those villagers followed the arrangement and came here to live, their hands are not stained with the blood of our Dadong Dynasty. Their crimes can be forgiven! Control them first and wait for the prince to deal with them."
"Wouldn't that cause trouble for the prince? Why don't we just kill them with a single blow?" Xiao Tianquan was stubborn and expressed his opinion foolishly.
Yu Jiuer rolled her eyes at him and said, "Kill, kill, kill! You only know how to kill! You have to make it clear to me! First of all, this is a human life after all, can you please respect the goddess Nuwa a little? Is it easy for her to create humans?
Secondly, when the two armies are at war, what good bargaining chips would this prisoner be? Wouldn't it be a pity to let him fall under your sword for nothing? Wouldn't it be better to exchange him for slaves or supplies in the Western Regions?"
Lin Yishan immediately stood in awe and gave Yu Jiuer a thumbs up: "Great, really great!"
The people suddenly understood and nodded in agreement: "This is good!"
Yu Jiuer continued, "As for those captives who committed serious crimes, as well as the Western Region generals and their families in various mansions..."
Before she finished speaking, the people were already kneeling in front of her and crying, "Princess, those Westerners in the palace are not good people. They tortured us and harmed us. We must not let them off easily!"
"Don't worry, those with blood on their hands will certainly not be spared easily! Why don't I hand over those family members who don't know martial arts to you for disposal! As for those who know martial arts..." Yu Jiuer paused, looked at the Black Wind Society killer, and asked, "Lin Yishan, how did you deal with him?"
"Kill all those who know martial arts and resist fiercely, and keep the rest in their respective homes." Lin Yishan replied with a bow.
"Drive them to the forest quickly and take care of them together. Don't waste manpower." After Yu Jiuer gave Lin Yishan instructions, she turned around and asked the slaves, "Do you want to deal with them yourself?"
"Yes! They have tortured us for more than thirty years. We wish we could suck their blood and drink their flesh! Things have changed. This time, I want them to go home and work for me until they die!"
"Yes! I also want them to go home and serve me. Let them have a taste of what it's like to be a slave. This is the retribution they deserve!"
"Wow, wow, that deputy general in the Western Regions made me serve as a horse for his children every day, saying that I was their servant. I was tortured to the point that my kneecaps were all broken and I had difficulty walking. It was even more painful on rainy days. This time, I want to make him taste the humiliation, too."
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Yu Jiuer listened to their angry accusations, her mouth twitched, and she advised: "Don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you. Don't do those things that insult others. However, they deserve to die, and it is a good idea to gather them together to work on the land for us.
As for those children, forget it, they are innocent, let them gather together with the people of the Western Regions, and then exchange them for supplies with the Western Regions!"
This suggestion was unanimously agreed by everyone.
Yu Jiuer was very pleased that they could put aside the strong hatred in their hearts and support her. She smiled and said to them: "You can rest here for a night. At dawn, I can bring your 'new slaves' back to Yinshan County to help you tidy up your houses and farmland!"
Everyone cheered happily.
Yu Jiuer took advantage of the night and brought three thousand assassins from the Black Wind Society to Xiaofang Village. Within two hours, they had controlled all the villagers, without leaving a single one behind.
There were still two hours before dawn. Yu Jiuer ordered the people from Yinshan who came to help to use local materials, start a fire and cook in Xiaofang Village, kill chickens and sheep, and send them to the front before dawn to reward the soldiers.
The rescued people were not idle either. They took the initiative to ask to join the logistics team and refused to rest no matter what.
The people worked enthusiastically and were even happier than during the Chinese New Year.
While plucking the chicken feathers, Lu Liu's mother joked with Yu Jiu'er, "Sir, so this is what it feels like to be a master? After decades, I almost forgot what it feels like to be free!"
"From now on, you will be a free person! Your son-in-law Lu Zhishen is now the top carpenter in our Yinshan County. You can enjoy the blessings of your children and grandchildren!" Yu Jiuer responded to her with a smile.
Niu Mang had just slaughtered a pig and wiped his sweat as he said, "Is it so exciting to seize other people's things? Sir, I have decided. I will follow you to sweep the area and not return to Yinshan County yet!"
Old Hu quickly interrupted and said, "What do you mean by seizing other people's things? Everything along the coast of the Western Regions belongs to our Yinshan County.
Thirty-five years ago, they were driven here by the army of the previous emperor. Do you know how much things from Yinshan County they took away?
Our entire Yinshan County was almost emptied by them! Even the vegetables in the fields were uprooted. Now we can return them to their original owners!"
He knows everything very well!
Another old woman also wiped her tears and said, "What about the things that were taken away? Thirty-five years ago, the people from the Western Regions occupied our northwest area. Wasn't it enough that they took away everything along the entire coastal area of the Western Regions? Even if they compensate us with everything, it still wouldn't be enough!"
"Yes! You youngsters may not know that Niu Mang was still in his infancy when he was brought to the coast of the Western Regions. You don't know how rampant they were at the time? They were even more rampant than locusts!" An old man with white hair recalled the sufferings of the past and accused the people of the Western Regions in tears, "They are simply not human!"
Niu Mang also shed tears at this moment: "Since I can remember, I have been living on the coast of the Western Regions with my mother. Ten years ago, my mother was tortured to death by the people of the Western Regions in order to let me survive.
Today, I finally got my revenge!"
As soon as the topic came up, everyone was outraged:
"The people of the Western Regions are completely heartless. They have no shame in seizing our things and have never shown mercy in killing our compatriots! I wish I could kill them all!"
"We are slaves along the coast of the Western Regions, worse than animals! They deserve to die!"
"They took away everything in Yinshan County, leaving us with an empty shell. Half of the people in Yinshan County starved to death that year. A full half of the people! My old man starved to death that year just to give my mother and I something to eat so we could survive the winter."
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The people became more and more excited as they talked. If Yu Jiuer hadn't stopped them, they would have probably jumped up and tore apart the families of the Western Region generals that the killer had just escorted over!
Yu Jiuer raised her hand to comfort the people: "Don't get excited, your suffering is over. The prince and I will seek justice for everyone! We will definitely get back what they owe us, so please rest assured!"
"We believe in the prince, and we also believe in the princess!" Some of the people comforted Yu Jiuer, "Princess, don't worry about us, we will go home and behave ourselves and start over!"