Chapter 470: 470 Retrograde
Chapter 470 Chapter 470 Retrograde
Seeing that the other party still didn't know how to praise him, Liu Yuan's face turned gloomy again. He sneered and said, "The war is in chaos. I'm just trying to protect myself against bandits. Don't be offended, sir."
“It’s my fault for failing to maintain law and order.” The platoon leader said in a business-like manner: “Then Mr. Liu should go to the city and complain to the new consul.”
“My lord, you are joking.” Liu Yuan was not interested in the consul’s complaints and said with a smile.
"Tell your people to put down their weapons..." The platoon leader stopped smiling and scolded in a cold voice: "Point a gun at me?"
"What if I don't?" Liu Yuan relied on his large number of people and decided to give these Qiu Ba a powerful blow.
"Unreasonable? Let's talk about swords and guns first?" the platoon leader asked while nodding.
“Swords and guns, aren’t they just principles?” Liu Yuan raised his eyebrows.
“That makes sense.” The platoon leader nodded in agreement.
“Chug, tug, tug!” The soldiers of the Tang Army who had already been holding submachine guns immediately pulled the trigger. Without any warning, the bullets swept towards the guards who were holding weapons.
Before the nursing staff, who were accustomed to being arrogant, could react, a large group of them fell down. Some of the handyman slaves who came to make up the money also suffered great misfortune.
After a burst of rapid gunfire, there were not many servants and guards left standing behind Liu Yuan, who was originally outnumbered.
“I have something to say! I have something to say!” A squire was so frightened that he peed his pants. He covered his crotch and screamed like a ghost.
“Look, when it comes to argument, I have a point.” The platoon leader, who had drawn his pistol and stared into Liu Yuan’s eyes, walked up to Liu Yuan and pressed the muzzle of his gun against Liu Yuan’s shoulder.
Liu Yuan had never seen such a terrifying weapon before, and he was completely frightened. He only heard that Zheng's army was defeated and was completely defeated. He only heard that Zheng's situation changed in more than a month, but he had never seen a real automatic weapon.
The remaining people behind him had long ago thrown away their swords and guns, fearing that the terrifying gunfire would sound again. There is nothing wrong with letting them bully the villagers and start group fights. But it would be a joke to let them challenge the regular troops of the Tang Army.
"Sir... I have something to say! I have something to say!" The old housekeeper said with a sad face, and quickly stood in front of the gun, lowering his voice: "My lord is just here to ask for money! It's easy to discuss! It's easy to discuss!"
"You're really right. I'm here this time mainly to ask for money." The platoon leader smiled and put down his pistol, because he had already seen that the soldiers who had gathered around him had already defeated the remaining soldiers. Machinery.
The situation was under control and everything was safe, so there was no need for him to point his gun at people's faces.
"We have prepared a small gift a long time ago! The general must accept it, accept it!" When the steward heard that it seemed like something was going on, he quickly said: "Twenty thousand gold coins! Twenty thousand!"
“Well, it’s not that little.” The platoon leader nodded. His words were heard by the woman behind him, and her daughter’s face instantly turned pale.
However, just when she was desperate, the platoon leader in front of her continued: "But if you dare to give it, I dare not accept it... To be honest, I am not as good as you, I am afraid of death."
After speaking, he turned aside, pointed to the woman behind him, and continued to ask: "Also, how are you going to calculate the blood debt of her family?"
"Sir, you can't believe the words of these unruly people!" Liu Yuan also reacted at this time. He regretted very much that he had used swords and guns with these evil stars before. He felt that he should defeat his opponents in the field in which he was good at.
Since the other party wants to be reasonable, then just be reasonable! After being fooled through this level, he had a buffer and time to deal with these troublemakers who dared to make mistakes.
After dealing with these unruly people, he then colludes with local officials, bribes senior generals, and then kills these **** soldiers in front of him! Let’s see who dares to make trouble in Liu’s Mansion again! Let's see who dares to go against Liu!
This is his familiar tactic, this is the area he is familiar with! Therefore, he quickly pretended to be pitiful and shouted: "Sir! These people are just greedy and unruly people! They covet the wealth below, so they came to make false accusations against you. They have no evidence!"
"He lied!" The woman pointed at Liu Yuan and shouted through gritted teeth: "He lied! His housekeeper led people to beat my man to death! He also threw my child to death! He lied!"
"Sir, I am willing to use 50,000 gold coins as a guarantee! I am not lying." Liu Yuan offered a naked bribe. As long as the other party is willing to accept the money, he will be completely safe today. In his opinion, the other party has no reason to refuse! That's 50,000 gold coins! All the soldiers present can get hundreds of gold coins, and those who are officials can get more.
No one would refuse such a sum of money! That’s a lot of money for anyone! Imagine that a few years ago Tang Mo couldn't even afford a few hundred gold coins.
“Hehehe.” When a squad leader heard Liu Yuan say this, he immediately laughed. In his opinion, this kind of bribery is a farce, because the officers of the Datang Group have no record of corruption or bribery.
First of all, their welfare benefits are very high, and secondly, their supervision is very strict. These grassroots commanders who have received strict education in schools are simply unwilling to give up their future for a sum of money that they cannot spend.
If you take this money, you will easily be found out and punished. It will be more beneficial to you if you don't take it.
So, when Liu Yuan said this, the squad leader laughed subconsciously. But in Liu Yuan's opinion, this laughter was the monitor's greedy reaction.
"Sir! Fifteen years ago! He took advantage of the nearby floods to usurp my farmland! He took away my land title!" An old man who was still watching outside heard the gunfire and bravely followed in. At this time, he pointed at Liu Yuan and cursed: "It's this bastard! It's him who made me homeless!"
“You’re talking nonsense!” Liu Yuan’s face turned ugly, and he already felt that something was wrong. The other party came to the door with so many people, maybe he was interested in all his net worth!
He is very familiar with this kind of thing, it is a method he often used in the past. The other party didn't ask for his filial bribes at all, but 80% of his family's entire property!
So, he was afraid. He denied with a trembling voice: "You have no evidence! You are making false accusations!"
"I am the evidence!" Another farmer broke in and shouted loudly from a distance: "My daughter was taken away by you, and now there is no one alive or dead body! I am the evidence! Give my daughter back!"
"Yes! This Liu Yuan has done many evil things! He tricked my illiterate husband into signing the paperwork for selling the land! He gave our family a bag of rice and ninety coppers! Ninety!" Another old man said While crying, the wife pointed at Liu Yuan and cursed: "He is just an old beast! Old beast! Back then, my husband couldn't take a breath and hung himself at home... We were wronged!"
"Nonsense! Nonsense!" Liu Yuan was completely panicked. He pointed at the farmers and common people who exposed his evil deeds and yelled: "Tricksters! They are all trolls! They are all false accusations! False accusations!"
"These two people are falsely accusing you. You say they are false accusations and I believe them. But in these ten miles and eight villages, everyone is falsely accusing you... Do you believe it yourself?" The platoon leader stared at Liu Yuan with a sneer and asked.
"Of course it's a false accusation!" Liu Yuan gritted his teeth and still insisted - he knew that if he didn't bite the bullet that he was innocent, his Liu family would probably suffer today.
"I don't think it's a false accusation!" The leader of the platoon leader had a lot of experience in this area. When he spoke, he looked at the housekeeper beside Liu Yuan: "There are still female relatives in the back house of Liu Mansion, and there are also the nursing home who were just disarmed and captured. More than a dozen...and your butler here...and your accomplices."
As he spoke, he glanced at the frightened squires. Finally, his eyes fell on Liu Yuan: "Do you think that if so many people are arrested and interrogated one by one, they will all be tough and say nothing?"
Liu Yuan was so angry that he was trembling all over. He pointed at the platoon leader leading the team and said, "You are just giving in to a trick!"
The face of the platoon leader leading the team suddenly turned completely gloomy. He approached Liu Yuan and whispered in a voice that sent chills down his back: "Don't worry! We will investigate slowly!"
After speaking, he took a step back and waved his hand: "Take them all away! Interrogate them one by one! All properties are seized!"
On the fifth day after the Tang Dynasty destroyed Zheng, a campaign to rectify land annexation and crack down on landlords, local tyrants and evil gentry began.
As this movement progressed, tens of thousands of large landowners in the countryside were punished, some were directly sentenced to death, and some were directly captured and made into slaves.
For a time, the reputation of the Tang Kingdom was even worse than that of the Zheng Kingdom at its worst. Among some people, the Tang Kingdom was simply a purgatory.
But it was such a perverse and inhumane kingdom that made the lives of the people in Zheng become more and more prosperous.
(End of this chapter)