Chapter 1234: The Good Emperor and the Good "Great Boss"
In fact, Qin Gu thinks that she is more careful, from the construction of the workshop to the recruitment of workers, to the purchase of materials, she has turned them all over.
planned to dismantle this "iron plate" step by step through the economy, but she didn't expect the other party to directly set fire to her workshop and raw materials.
The only thing that is fortunate is that no one was hurt, otherwise Qingu would have to bear this cause and effect - after all, she brought everything in, and the workers were also recruited by her.
This also completely provoked Qingu, so let's be ruthless!
Qin Gu wrote a letter and handed it to one of the guards beside him.
said: "Turn in the speed and tell the people above that if you want to take Wuzhou, you have to be fast!"
The escort was her vice president of the Chamber of Commerce who came to Wuzhou to "guide" the revival of the business arrangement, and Xiao Z had already deduced the true identity of the other party, and the other party had the right to listen directly.
She used to work here, and the local forces were suppressed by new public opinion before they could get up, and it was their credit.
From this point of view, their interests are the same: the people above not only use her as a pawn, but also need to protect this pawn.
Feedback was not long in coming.
-- Several officials eagerly reported that a large number of robbers had been found in Wuzhou, and that they had committed murder and arson, and that the local government had asked the imperial court to send troops to arrest the robbers.
When the emperor heard this, he was furious in court: Ya, I am a dignified country, the country is rich and the people are safe, and there is such a small chaos.
Immediately ordered: send 5,000 elite soldiers to the purge.
The court was shocked, but those who knew the emperor's tricks expressed their support, and said that they must wipe out these villains who harassed the people.
The Great Yao Kingdom seems to have been unified, but the internal pattern of local power like Wuzhou still exists, which seriously dilutes the imperial power, affects taxes, conscription and so on. When the country encounters foreign incursions, there is no money to use, no soldiers to send, and it is in danger. As far as local heroes are concerned, whether the country is changed or not has little impact on them, and it is the same for whoever comes.
In fact, in the past, the imperial court also used force in order to include the land of local powerful people in the scope of taxation, and in the end they were all attacked back by the local armed forces.
As mentioned earlier, the local forces have been formed into an iron plate, except for the construction of tall fortresses everywhere.
The fort covers an area of tens of acres and thousands of acres, and is inhabited by powerful private soldiers and tenant farmers of the landlords, and on the outside is a high wall, even higher and thicker than the city wall. The situation in the fort is very complicated, there are secret passages and the like, and there are a large number of grain storage, so the troops sent in front have returned in vain.
The landlord Haoqiang even tied the people at the bottom to his own interests, and unless he killed everyone, he could not disintegrate their power.
...... When Qiangu knew the news, the landlord class in Wuzhou also knew about it, which shows that their information is also very accessible.
The leader of Haoqiang snorted coldly: Now that kid has finally torn off his hypocrisy, but if he wants to take our Wuzhou, five thousand elite soldiers will take us?
The other stroked his beard and echoed: No, I wanted to fool us with a random female streamer before, even if she was the star of the sky, she didn't want to meddle in our Wuzhou affairs!
Another groaned: "But why do I always feel that something is wrong this time?
Leader: What's wrong?
- Big Boss.
- It's just a woman, maybe it's a puppet made up by that little child, and it's just a guise to fool people. One year there was a drought, didn't that little boy get a heavenly master to come to us to do it, in fact, he secretly wanted to give "things" to the people in our fort and then let those soldiers drive straight in, but our people found out and then got si.
- No, that's not what I'm talking about. Do you remember the assassinations that the "big boss" carried out after he arrived here?
- What's wrong?
- The people who went to assassinate them all fell into bed one after another. Although he is not dead now, he is not far from death.
Everyone's expressions couldn't help but become solemn, and they all looked at the middle-aged man: ...... do you mean?
The middle-aged man: I mean, maybe that woman really knows some kind of magic. Although the 5,000 elite soldiers sent by the imperial court are nothing, if that woman takes the opportunity to come up with any demon magic, she will not be able to prevent it.
Leader: The woman and everyone else around her are under our watch, but come back as soon as possible to report wherever you go. Also, it is strictly forbidden for her to go near those places......
Everyone nodded. Although they were under their close surveillance during this time, except that they seemed to act more neatly and decisively than ordinary married women, there was really nothing out of the ordinary, and there was nothing unusual about it.
Either way, this is a time of great vigilance.
............
It was rainy for days, and people looked at the rainy sky outside, and as soon as they walked out, they were covered in mud, and it was impossible to work.
The steward told them to brave the rain to defend the fortress road, and the more times like this, the more they needed to be prepared.
But they found that the weather not only made people feel inexplicably depressed, but also began to feel weak and drowsy, even if they stood in the rain and were not paying attention, they could fall asleep.
At first, everyone didn't feel anything, but after three days, almost everyone in the fort looked weak.
The landlords themselves began to feel weak and lethargic. They finally felt that something was wrong.
The water source and food are not controlled very strictly, but they didn't expect to be tricked, which made them feel a trace of fear in their hearts - could it be that woman really has some demon magic?!
At this critical moment, the elite soldiers of the imperial court entered Wuzhou, knocked on the local fortresses one by one, and searched for the robbers who burned, killed and looted one by one.
Qin Gu is now on this boat, and simply handed over the list of several backbone lackeys in the places where Xiao Z retrieved, and sorted them out one by one.
The territory of Wuzhou is relatively wide, and there are more than ten large fortresses and thirty or forty small ones, and it took a month to sort them all out.
Cutting off the powerful henchmen, only a lone cadre remained, and then pressure them to hand over the land in the name of assisting the imperial court's land division policy, and give them the name of loyal monarchs.
On the bright side, the imperial court sent troops to Wuzhou to kill robbers this time, and killed thousands of "robbers" who committed heinous crimes.
As for the Qiangu area, it also continued to engage in construction, build workshops, and implement advanced planting technology.
Everything is gradually getting better, harmonious and thriving.
Except for the local tyrants and their benefit recipients whose interests and power have been violently impacted, the rest of the people applauded the imperial court's action to suppress the robbers.
In order to stabilize the situation and win the hearts and minds of the people, the imperial court distributed the land donated by the gentry to the people of Wuzhou on its "initiative", and at the same time reduced taxes.
On the other hand, the workshops built in Qingu provide a large number of jobs for the locals.
People said that the emperor was sympathetic to them, so that they finally had their own land and could finally live and work in peace and contentment.
Oh, the workshop built by the big female owner allows the majority of women to earn money, so that more small families can live better and better.