Not to mention how to deal with the thieves, the public security in Liwu County needs to be taken over as soon as possible.

Lu Yan didn't even need Liu Tao's other instructions, and immediately ordered Shangguan Yu to take his men to the city wall to be on guard. At the same time, Liu Ge, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's subordinates took turns to inspect.

If someone takes advantage of the situation, has strange whereabouts and illegal behavior, he will be imprisoned and wait for punishment at the least, and if he is seriously beheaded directly. Even if Liu Tao has clearly stated that these thieves are truly surrendering, such things cannot tolerate any sloppy.

"Brother, you can't recruit these thieves anymore..." Lu Yan arranged these things and was forced to persuade Liu Tao with Jian Yong.

"I don't plan to incorporate, you can see that they themselves do not think that we will let them go with kindness. But if they kill them like this, what will their families, especially those children, think? The seeds of hatred have been planted. Even if they are sold to them as slaves, who knows if they will become Avengers when they grow up?" Liu Tao shook his head.

"What the lord said is very true. Do you have to eliminate evil and don't tolerate it!" Jian Yong felt it made sense and it should be safe to kill them.

Now, Lu Yan was a little embarrassed. Wouldn't he want to kill five or six hundred people in one breath?

"The problem is here. We kill them all. Then the thieves from other counties will probably have two reactions after knowing this. Either they scatter and we can capture the county town without bloodshed. It is not ruled out that the other party will loot the county town again before escaping... The second possibility is that they drive away the people in the city and stay away from us..." Liu Tao compared two fingers.

After all, no matter where you go, you will be dead. You either run away with the money and try it out, or you will go crazy and fight to find a way out. As long as you are a human being, in the face of this situation, these two options are probably the same.

On the other hand, if these people survive, can the other county towns also be reduced by chance? They can conquer several county towns without a single soldier and without war, and the cost is almost zero, which is really a huge profit.

"That brother means..." Lu Yan didn't understand Liu Tao's plan.

"Let them select by themselves and screen according to the standards we used to recruit thieves earlier. The remaining people will be sold to various major families in Zhongshan as servants." Liu Tao had already had an idea.

The biggest advantage of using this method is that there will be beheadings that should be there, and at the same time, by selling thieves, you can obtain a military expenditure. The past five or six county towns have all been counted, and the income will definitely be quite large.

"It's not good to do this..." Lu Yan hesitated a little. Although his family has bought a few servants since Lu Zhi became well-developed. He didn't even mention Zhang Fei's family, there were many servants. But he couldn't bear to buy and sell the population himself.

"This is the method with the least hidden dangers!" Liu Tao replied, "It is also the method with the greatest benefits!"

He is not the original one of the Yellow Turban Thiefs. Before reading the novel through time, he saw many "predecessors" doing it. I don't deny that there are some hidden dangers to do this, but it is not a big problem to do it on a small scale.

The key is that he needs money, a lot of money. Since the public sale of officials in Luoyang four or five years ago, even if he fights against the thief this time, he will become a county magistrate or county magistrate. If he wants to take office, he must pay money.

Liu Tao did not pay attention to the specific amount of money at that time. He just felt that even if he was a relative of the Han Dynasty, he would probably not be able to exempt the money he should pay. Of course, it is possible that he would not need to pay it. He just had some money on hand and could spread the situation as soon as possible after taking office.

"The lord is kind, and these thieves must be grateful." Jian Yong weighed the matter and came forward to agree.

He was originally a wild person and did not have so many compassionate thoughts. He would support him if he did the benefits!

"Since brother has made a decision, Yan should comply." Lu Yan was confused for a moment, and finally took the initiative to discuss.

The next day, Liu Tao announced the decision in front of these two hundred people. These two hundred thieves did not expect that he would still have a chance to survive. Even if he was a servant, he could save his life and be with his family. No matter how hard the future life is, there would still be hope. At least, being a servant will not be so easy to starve to death.

So after Liu Tao announced the start, they took the initiative to report their colleagues who did not meet Liu Tao's requirements. After the sudden hope of survival, they had the past charisma and said that they would not want it. If they die, they would not die. If they do not die, they will live in vain.

After the selection, there were 63 people who met the requirements, and 137 people who did not meet the requirements. Liu Tao did not speak nonsense, and threw down a ring-headed knife, so that each person would kill two people who met the conditions, and those who did not meet the conditions.

"Brother, I'm sorry!" Soon, the brave one jumped out, picked up the ring-headed knife, and killed the two of them.

It is worth sighing that Liu Tao originally thought that those who did not meet the conditions would struggle, resist, and not want to die. As a result, no one resisted until the last person was killed, and no one even begged for mercy.

"They decided to die generously, and death no longer poses a threat to them." Liu Tao looked at everyone around him.

Everyone nodded, thinking of what Liu Tao said yesterday, he felt emotion in his heart. If they were really killed and their family members, they would be afraid that the thieves from other counties would really go crazy.

That night, Zhen's reply also came, which was the letter sent to Lu Nu last night.

"My cheap father-in-law is already contacting the merchants and powerful men in Zhongshan. As for this group of thieves, he plans to book all of them." Liu Tao handed the letter to Lu Yan and said with a smile.

Zhen Yi was very good at buying all these 300 people. After all, they were young and strong. Those who lost their husbands could be remarried as a reward for outstanding servants in the family. And the ones born were also the sons of Zhen’s family.

The key is that in order to support Liu Tao, the Zhen family, Zhang family and Su family also sent a lot of servants, and were thinking about replenishing a batch. In terms of price, of course, it is impossible to make the original price. After all, there are risks in purchasing the thief themselves. Zhen's intention is to give half the price!

"After all, Is it the largest grain merchant in Zhongshan..." Lu Yan couldn't help but sigh after reading the contents of the letter.

There are at least 200 young and strong men and dozens of children. Especially men have martial arts skills and can guard the house. As caravan guards, the price is definitely higher. In fact, under normal circumstances, there are no five hundred stalemates, and they cannot buy nearly three hundred people.

However, in the past two years, there have been too many refugees and many refugees have sold their own products, so the price has been reduced. The maximum price of these 300 people is 400 guan. According to Zhen Yi's half price, that is 200 guan, which is already considered a "baby price".

"Anyway, I picked it up for free, I sold it!" Liu Tao didn't care. Anyway, he was a cheap father-in-law, and it was not bad to be cheaper. "The key is that they sell it cheaply, and they will have the ability to save money and redeem themselves in the future."

In addition to the specific existence and no redemption is allowed, most household slaves can save money to redeem themselves. After buying them all, two or even three or three pennies can be redeemed. The money you sell is small, making it convenient to redeem them.

"It's true..." Lu Yan was stunned, then realized that he felt a little embarrassed.

"I have only one request to ask them to send someone to hand over the deal." Liu Tao also expressed his conditions.

"Zhen's family has sent a supervisor and some servants to come here. I believe that they will arrive tomorrow at most..." Lu Yan reminded.
Chapter completed!