The purges in Lujiang and Jiujiang continue under the auspices of Chu Nan, and they probably won’t stop this winter. Chu Nan has thought about the issues Liu Ye mentioned, but what will happen in a few hundred years is really not going to happen. No one knows whether they will live to be eight.
Ten people should consider it.
Don't give up the happiness you can get now because of tomorrow's misfortune.
"Madam, you really want to take her two in?" Chu Nan, who was cleaning the little white dragon by the river, couldn't bear it when he saw Lu Lingqi coming back disappointed. His wife is the kind who will insist on doing something if she believes in it, but these two women
...Actually, Chu Nan is not too optimistic about it.
First of all, there is the identity. The Qiao family is a big family in Lujiang. Now Chu Nan has killed almost all the famous people in Lujiang and Jiujiang. Even if the two girls are not deeply involved in the world, it is impossible for their father to swallow this breath, right?
You can't kill someone else's father and ask him to be loyal to you. There is no reason for this. Chu Nan is more inclined to get rid of these two women and let them go. If they are released, these two women are quite talented. With a little training, they will be pointed out in the future.
Not sure how destructive it can be.
But seeing that his wife was still so persistent, Chu Nan felt a little distressed.
"I..." Lu Lingqi opened her mouth. Seeing her husband hesitate to speak, Chu Nan felt a little distressed.
"I will help you, but you have to listen to me on how to do it." Chu Nan looked at Lu Lingqi and said, "Don't worry, no coercion will be used."
"Thank you, husband." Lu Lingqi leaned closer to Chu Nan.
"This is the first step. You can't go to them anymore. They are now disgusted with you. The more you go to them, the more they will reject you." Chu Nan thought for a while.
"If you don't look for it, how can you convince me?" Lu Lingqi asked doubtfully.
"The effect of reasoning is definitely the worst when people understand the truth." Chu Nan smiled and said, "It's up to you, madam."
Next, Chu Nan issued a decree: Spring plowing was about to begin, and God had good intentions. In order to avoid the lack of labor in the fields, those who had committed official crimes and were outside the direct line could have their crimes reduced if they were willing to work for the government office.
We have already killed almost all the people, and if we continue to kill them any more, it would be an overkill. We just take this opportunity to let them go, but we cannot let them go directly. They have to work as laborers to reduce their guilt.
These people were naturally willing to avoid death. Then Chu Nan dispersed these people in batches and distributed them to the countryside. Before spring, they had to make their own homes.
In this way, three days later, large-scale resettlement operations have begun.
"General Qiao, this is the first time you and I have met." Chu Nan wrote on the note, looked up at him, continued to bury his head in the letter, pretending that he was very busy and you were not very important, and said calmly:
"Actually, I'm a little hesitant about how to deal with the general. Ordinarily, he is a group that should be cleaned up."
"Kill if you want, why bother talking?" Qiao Rui snorted coldly.
"Since I asked you to come, I am not planning to kill you." Chu Nan raised his head: "But if the general insists on dying, Nan can also help."
Qiao Rui frowned and looked at Chu Nan without saying anything.
Chu Nan finally finished writing the article, hung the pen on the pen holder, and then looked at him and said: "You have no children, only two daughters. To put it bluntly, you are already a destitute family. Whether you kill or not kill does not matter.
There is no difference. The Qiao family's property has been confiscated. Don't ask why. You raised an army to fight our army and were unwilling to surrender. It is impossible to leave these things to the Qiao family."
"If this is the case, I can save my father's and my father's lives, and take some of my family wealth." Qiao Rui snorted coldly.
"Don't worry, I told you that you will be classified as common people. You will be exempted from death penalty but will not escape from living crime. You will farm for the imperial court for three years. Within three years, your family will be divided into 20 acres, and 50% of the land tax must be paid.
, you can dispose of the rest by yourself. After three years, if you are willing to keep it, you can continue to cultivate the 20 acres of land, and the tax will be reduced to 20%. In addition, the tax will be increased by 10%. If you do not cultivate, the government office will automatically take it back. If you can
Accept it and you can leave at any time. If you can't, Zhou Cang will take your father and daughter to the execution ground to behead their heads later." Chu Nan said it casually.
"I..." Qiao Rui sighed and said, "I have long wanted to live this pastoral life. Thank you so much for making it happen."
"Then go and prepare. Someone will take you to the farming area tomorrow. General, don't even think about running away. The general cannot leave within the Lujiang River!" Chu Nan looked at Qiao Rui and said with a smile.
"Don't worry!" Qiao Rui snorted coldly: "My Qiao family still has some credibility."
"That's good." Chu Nan nodded and said, "Zhou Cang is seeing off the guests."
After saying that, he continued to unfold a roll of bamboo slips and went about his own business, as if Qiao Rui's affairs were really just handled casually.
Qiao Rui walked out of Chu Nan's government office, looked back in the direction of the government office, and then breathed a sigh of relief. It was better to be alive than dead. After staying here for three years, he went to Jiangdong to visit his relatives. Lu Bu and others
The method of governance cannot last long after all.
When I returned home, I saw that the two girls had also been released.
"Then did Chu Nan bully you two?" Seeing that the two women were safe and sound, Qiao Rui put down the last stone in her heart, but then she became vigilant again and took the two women to look carefully. If Chu Nan let him go, he would not
Is he using this to bully his two daughters?
Qiao Ying and Qiao Shu looked at Qiao Rui blankly after hearing this: "Why does father ask this? My daughter only met Chu Nan during the battle that day, but Chu Nan has never seen her daughter."
"He hasn't seen you these days?" Qiao Rui was a little surprised. What do his two daughters look like? He knows better than anyone else that there are men who are not attracted to his two daughters.
The two women shook their heads in confusion, Qiao Shu frowned and said: "His wife, on the other hand, often comes and wants us to work for her. Humph, she beat me so hard that day. My sister still feels a dull pain in her abdomen!
"
During the fight that day, Qiao Ying was punched away by Lu Lingqi. Her internal injuries are still not fully healed, which shows how cruel the punch was.
"Effective!?" Qiao Rui looked at his two daughters strangely.
"Well, she said that women can actually kill enemies and make meritorious deeds, but her daughter didn't have this idea, so she never agreed." Qiao Ying nodded and said, "Later, she seemed to have given up and never came again."
"Hmph, she is indeed Lu Bu's daughter, yet she is so deviant!" Qiao Rui snorted coldly.
"Well, my daughter doesn't think it's bad. Who said women are inferior to men? During the battle that day, the soldiers under Liu Xun were not better than my sisters." Qiao Shu was a little dissatisfied with this. She felt that what Lu Lingqi said was actually true.
That's right, I just hate her for being too harsh, so I'm quite repelled by her.
"Damn it, how dare you say such deviant words! Just like that daughter of the Lu family, doesn't that mean you have lowered your status?" Qiao Rui snorted coldly.
"Although I hate her, but..." Qiao Shu looked at his father and said: "She is really capable. I intercepted it with one person that day. Not only my sisters, but also Liu Xun and Liu Ye combined were no match for me, right?
, and daddy~"
"..." Qiao Rui glared at her daughter: "A woman is so gentle and cruel, how can she find a lover? Even if she is forced to marry, it will be difficult for her to live in peace."
"Dad, isn't her husband Chu Nan? I heard that the relationship between the couple is very good." Qiao Shu glanced at his father strangely and said, "I heard that Chu Nan is also a very talented man!"
"Huangkou Zhuzi!" Qiao Rui sneered and said, "If you have been ambitious for a few days, you will definitely die a bad death!"
Qiao Shu wanted to say more, but his sister knocked him on the head: "Don't make father angry anymore."
Then he turned to look at his father and said, "Father, our home has been confiscated. What should we do next?"
All their property has been confiscated. For the two girls, who have had no worries about food and clothing since childhood, they don't quite understand what this means. What they are most concerned about right now is where to live.
"Although I am pardoned this time, I have to work for the imperial court for three years. Chu Nan will send someone to send us to our residence tomorrow. We will live there for the next three years." Qiao Rui sighed, feeling more miserable for himself.
It's nothing, it's just a pain for my two daughters.
"It's okay. It's a lot better to be able to avoid death this time. My daughter heard that many families are gone~" Qiao Ying helped the three of them organize their salutes and said with a smile.
"I can still stay for one night, but it will be difficult to find such a place tomorrow." Qiao Rui sighed. Their daughters have never lived a hard life. Maybe they just want to eat less every day. They don't understand Chu Nan's trick.
The real meaning is that sometimes life may not be really good, but looking at her two beautiful daughters, Qiao Rui really can't bear to let them die.
After these three years, it should be much better.
Early the next morning, someone came over to urge the father and daughter to go on the road. As expected, there was no special treatment. As for where to go, it was decided by drawing lots. After Chu Nan captured Lujiang, many places were broken up and reorganized. Some were made up of refugees, and some were made up of refugees.
The ones are locals, a lot of them anyway.
The place they were chosen to go to was a widow's village, mostly made up of widows of dead men. In this era, with the continuation of the war, more women than men has become the biggest situation. There are not many places full of widows like this.
But there are always one or two places everywhere.
"Where should I stay?" Qiao Shu called out quickly when he saw that the official was about to leave.
"This is it. If you want something bigger, you can build it yourself. The twenty acres of land in the southwest belong to your family, so you can build a house there." The Yamen official had obviously never seen such a beautiful woman before, lowering his head.
Don't dare to look at people.
"Build it yourself!?" Qiao Shu said in shock.
"Thank you!" Qiao Rui sighed, motioned for the other party to leave, and then took the two girls into the thatched house.
There is only one room with two crumbling straw mats and not even a table. Outside the thatched house, there are a few simple kitchen utensils. This...
Qiao Shu looked at his father and then at his sister. This is where they will live in the future? It feels like the toilets at home are wider than here.
"Father, why don't you leave?" Qiao Shu looked at his father and said, they are not ordinary people, so if they want to leave, there is no problem.
"There should be a table here!" Qiao Rui waved his hand, but saw green energy surging in his chest, but the green energy was mixed with a black energy, and the words did not take effect.
"Public resentment?" Qiao Ying frowned and said, "How can father have public resentment?"
"There is public grievance. If we can't eliminate this public grievance, we will leave. I am afraid that I will suffer from the backlash of public resentment for the rest of my life!" Qiao Rui sighed.
The three fathers and daughters looked at each other in silence...