From eunuch to emperor

Zhang Qian escorted Chen Zu, Song Tongyang, and Tao Zhigang over. Everyone was wearing prison uniforms, with wooden signs tied to their backs, with the word "cut" written on them.

When the criminals arrived, Long Chen said loudly: "These people are pretending to be officials of the imperial court and harming the common people. I will execute them in public today!"

After finishing speaking, Long Chen took a machete, chopped off Chen Zu's head, and beheaded the others one by one.

"Hang the head up for everyone to see!"

Long Chen ordered that the soldiers hang the heads high.

"Everyone, I know that many of you used to be dependent on the Third Patriarch. Now that the Third Patriarch is dead, let the past be the past. From now on, you must be law-abiding people!"

"If anyone dares to collude with pirates again, these people will end up!"

Long Chen paused every word, speaking very harshly.

There were quite a few people in the crowd who used to hang out with the third ancestor, and when they heard Long Chen's words, they trembled in their hearts.

"Okay, everyone can continue to do business."

"Yesterday, during the fight in the city, if any house or property was destroyed, report here now, and I will compensate you one by one!"

This is Long Chen's method of buying people's hearts.

It is true that many houses were damaged yesterday, and it is reasonable to compensate them.

At the same time, as an outsider, Long Chen must get the support of the people.

After killing the Three Patriarchs, the pirates will surely retaliate. This battle is just a prologue, and the real confrontation is yet to come.

Long Chen doesn't expect the people in the city to help him fight, as long as they don't act as internal support.

After Long Chen finished speaking, the people below murmured in low voices, they didn't believe that Long Chen would be so kind as to compensate.

After a while, an old lady came out and said: "My lord, I am a resident next to Longtan. Yesterday when my lord was catching the thief, he broke the window of my house. There is also a jar of salted fish."

After hearing what the old lady said, the people below burst into laughter:

"Old Chun Po, you are too stingy to ask the government to compensate you for a jar of salted fish."

"What a big deal, I didn't even mention that my house burned down. You only need to pay for the damage of one window."

"That's right, be careful to say that you are a troublemaker."

But Long Chen said very seriously: "Old man, it is true that we broke your things yesterday, how much do you always want to pay?"

The old lady said: "Not much, 80 Wen is enough."

Long Chen turned around and waved, the soldier immediately ordered 80 Wen and came over, Long Chen held it in both hands and gave it to the old lady.

"I'm sorry, old man, this is your money."

The old lady was so happy that she could not close her mouth from ear to ear, she said with a smile: "This is the official, those people used to eat and drink for free, they are just robbers."

"Thank you sir, thank you sir."

The old lady happily took the money and left, and the other people saw that Long Chen was serious, and those who had lost asked for money.

Of course, there are also many fake ones who cheat money, Long Chen doesn't care, and even the fake ones.

His purpose is to buy people's hearts, and he doesn't care about giving more money.

Anyway, the money belongs to the third ancestor.

I was busy until the afternoon, and spent more than 20 taels of money confiscated from the third ancestor's house, and more and more people gathered in the city to watch.

Those who were reluctant to go out at first came when they heard the news.

After paying the money, Long Chen shouted to everyone: "The damaged money is all lost, now I make an announcement!"

Long Chen deliberately paused, and the people below all held their breath.

"All the property left by the third ancestor belongs to the current people!"

When the people heard this, they all showed expressions of disbelief.

Long Chen pointed to the owner of the Yuelai Inn and said: "Shopkeeper Li, your Yuelai Inn is the property of the Wang family, and now I announce that the inn is yours."

"It's the same for everyone else, as long as I'm still alive, the things are yours!"

After Long Chen finished speaking, the people below burst into cheers as if waking up from a dream, shouting long live!

These people were selected by the Three Patriarchs to be small bosses in the past, and they are all capable people.

After the death of the third ancestor, they were the leaders of Qianjiang County. Long Chen used the method of beating local tyrants to divide the land, and distributed the property of the third ancestor to them.

Among these people, there must be internal support from the Third Patriarch, but in order to keep their property, they will stand with Long Chen.

If the pirates invade the city again, their property will be confiscated and they will become slaves again.

Hitting the local tyrants to share the land is the best way to buy people's hearts.

"Okay, let's all go back!"

Long Chen waved his hand, and the people went home cheering, saying that Long Chen was a good official.

Bai Tingting said in admiration: "You are so good at buying people's hearts! No wonder Bai Qiulian died in your hands."

Long Chen asked strangely: "After all, you were born, why do you say that?"

Bai Tingting called her mother by her first name without any sense of respect.

Bai Tingting said disdainfully: "A person without shame is not worthy of being my mother!"

Long Chen was a little curious, and asked: "Why did you follow me this time? You didn't seek revenge on me."

At first, Long Chen thought that Bai Tingting was here for revenge, but now he realized that it was not at all.

Bai Tingting said: "I'm here to kill pirates and make meritorious service. I want to fight for the Bai family."

"Let me tell you, I killed twelve last night, and I have the military merits of twelve heads, you have to remember!"

Long Chen was stunned, Bai Qiulian's three views were not correct, Li Junjun was weak and incompetent, how could he give birth to a daughter like Bai Tingting?

Is it really Sedum Lie's species?

"What are you looking at me for? You don't want to eat my tofu!"

Bai Tingting knew that Long Chen was lustful and wretched, she thought that Long Chen was going to touch her.

Long Chen was amused by Bai Tingting, and smiled wretchedly on purpose: "Don't tell me, you look pretty good dressed as a man, I'm interested in you."

Bai Tingting thought that Long Chen was coming for real, so she instinctively put her hands on her chest and scolded: "Shameless, disgusting!"

Long Chen shook his head and smiled, turned around and entered the back office.

Zhang Qian saw Bai Tingting's self-disciplined appearance, and said with a smile: "Miss Bai, there are so many beauties in the harem, you think too much."

As she spoke, Zhang Qian puffed out her invincible chest on purpose, and gave Bai Tingting a disdainful look.

Bai Tingting looked at Zhang Qian's proud scale, and looked down at herself in shame.

In fact, Bai Tingting is also good, but Zhang Qian is too invincible.

Back in Houya, Dugu Jiali and Wu Jian are discussing the follow-up 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. We killed the three ancestors, and the pirates on Guidao will definitely retaliate. We must find a way to defend Qianjiang County."

Looking at the crowd, Long Chen spoke with a heavy tone.

This time, the extermination of the Three Patriarchs relied entirely on Long Chen's tricks, causing the three forces to fight each other, and he reaped the benefits.

The follow-up battle will be a head-on battle, and tricks may be useless.

Wu Jian said worriedly: "According to their confession, there are 3 pirates on Ghost Island, and there are many of their accomplices on the shore. The total number is about 6. Our current strength is only 1. If they besiege, I'm afraid. ..”

Last night, Feng He interrogated the main culprits, such as Chen Zu, and they told them all about the situation.

Now the situation of the pirates is completely clear.

Most of the pirates on the ghost island are the defeated soldiers of the eastern sea country, and the leader is Mendaro.

In addition to Mendorang, there is also a Nanliang man named Xiangtian. This person used to be a fisherman. Later, when he saw that the looting was profitable, he colluded with Mendorang and established a stronghold on Guidao.

Men Duorang and Xiang Tian are the masterminds, and there are other leaders under his command, such as Wang Da, the second son of Wang Li, and Xu Yuan, the younger brother of Xu Zhi.

Based on Guidao, these people often plunder coastal counties and counties. Qianjiang County is their stronghold for selling stolen goods and buying daily necessities.

Now that Long Chen has pacified Qianjiang County, they will definitely counterattack.

"I think it is necessary to recruit soldiers now. There are more than [-] people in the city, and at least [-] soldiers can be recruited."

Dugu Jiali's suggestion is to conscription.