Chapter 1570: Killing Two Birds with One Stone
"What? Can't you bear to see your own kind killed, and ask me? A hint of pride appeared on Wen Zhiruo's face, and she said, "As long as you promise me that I won't stay in Xiangxiang Country, I won't kill these slaves." β
Lin Tian shook his head and said with a smile: "I didn't mean to ask you, I just felt that you were doing this against the interests of some people." β
"Are you kidding me? It is really inconvenient for us to leave the Xiangxiang Country with two million slaves, and it is in the best interests of all the people of our Xiangxiang Country to correct the law on the spot. β
Wen Zhiruo thought that Lin Tian would say some reason, but it turned out to be this broad but unconvincing reason, which was really naΓ―ve.
As soon as Taishi Wen's words fell, the housekeeper in the house hurriedly walked in, but he was not very reckless, and still said respectfully: "Taishi, there are many people at the door, and they all say they want to see you." β
"Who is so ignorant of the rules? Is this master said that he will see it when he sees it? Wen Zhiruo shouted angrily, "Get rid of them all for me, I don't want to see anyone today." β
The housekeeper was a little embarrassed, and at the risk of being scolded by Wen Zhiruo, he continued: "They are all slave owners, and they have tens of thousands of slaves in their hands, and when they heard that you were going to take away the slaves in their hands, they were very angry and came to you to ask for an explanation. β
"Looks like someone has already done this to you." Lin Tian said with a smile.
Wen Zhiruo's eyes showed a look of hatred, and in the depths of her eyes, there was a faint hint of killing and brutality, but she still forcibly endured this potential violence in her heart. These slave owners are all white-eyed wolves, and the reason why they have tens of thousands of slaves in their hands is not because of the strength of her master. All the men of the country were imprisoned and then divided into them, and now the state wanted to take back these slaves, and they were not happy.
Outrageous! Wen Zhiruo scolded angrily in her heart, and then said to the housekeeper: "Go, sue them, these slaves are going to be decided." And they were given half a day to hand over all the slaves, and if they harbored any of them, they would not be spared. β
She didn't believe it yet. Someone dared to disobey her orders, although the country was ostensibly guarded by Le Shitong, but Le Shitong was only responsible for resisting foreign invasion, and the most important thing in the country. It was she, the princess, who was carefully assisting the Empress of Water Fragrance. If it weren't for her, the Empress of Shuixiang would have proposed drastic reforms to make men reappear in the Xiangxiang Country, maybe now the men have mastered the power of the Xiangxiang Country.
Therefore, she is the patron saint of the entire Xiangxiang Country!
"The minions obey." The housekeeper naturally didn't dare to object to Wen Zhiruo's words, and immediately ran out, but soon came back. He said anxiously, "Master, I have already conveyed your order to them. But they all refused, not wanting to hand over the slaves in their hands...... And they kept saying that after they were no slaves, what would they do to continue to run the workshops and mines......"
"This ......" Wen Zhiruo was dumbfounded, she didn't expect the attitude of the slave owners to be so resolute this time, but what they said was also the truth, if there were no these slaves, the workshops and mines of Xiangxiang Country would be closed.
At this time, she really didn't pay attention, she originally wanted to have a dismount in front of Lin Tian, but in the end, she was given a dismount by the slave owner of her own country.
At this time, Lin Tian smiled faintly and said, "Master, are you in trouble?" I have a good idea. β
Wen Zhiruo's eyelids rolled, and from her black and white eyes, two disdainful lights flashed, and she snorted coldly: "You? What can you do about it? β
Lin Tian smiled lightly and said, "I do have a good idea...... Aren't these slave owners worried that they will suddenly run out of slaves and have no way to run their own workshops and mines? The Taishi could use a gentle way that would make them surrender one-third of their slaves while the other two-thirds remained in their hands. β
Although Wen Zhiruo was very angry with Lin Tian, she very much agreed with his statement, such a gentle method can completely control the slave owners, this time to transfer the people of the whole country to the Nanyan Kingdom, it is already exhausting all the national strength, plus with two million slaves, the burden of the country is too huge, so it is necessary to reduce the number of slaves carried.
Wen Zhiruo originally planned not to take any slaves away, but now it seems that she is too naΓ―ve, the people of Xiangxiang Country have long been accustomed to the days of slaves, and suddenly there are no slaves, and they don't know how to live.
But she said that it was obviously not advisable to take all the slaves with her, and even if she wanted to bring slaves, it could not be all of them, and some of the slaves had to be left behind.
Therefore, Lin Tian's method is quite good, which can not only reduce the pressure on the country, but also play a role in appeasing those slave owners.
"Go on." Wen Zhiruo motioned for Lin Tian to continue.
Lin Tian smiled, two wise lights faintly shone in his eyes, and said: "Two-thirds of the slaves in the hands of the slave owner, they can naturally deal with them freely, and the remaining one-third, the Taishi can completely dispose of them as he wants, it is no problem whether he kills them or chops them...... But I have a better way, which is to let one-third of the slaves follow me to the Southern Yan Country, go to the front line to fight, and resign life or death to fate! β
"Oh?" Wen Zhiruo suddenly became interested, and asked again: "What good is it for me to do this?" β
"There are so many benefits." Lin Tian said with a smile: "If you kill the one-third of the slaves now, you will indeed be relaxed, but if the Taishi takes them to the battlefield, then the situation will be different, first, to fight for the Nanyan Kingdom, I and Prime Minister Le Shitong originally went to help, and now suddenly there are hundreds of thousands of troops to help in the war, and the Nanyan Kingdom still wants to thank us?" Cession of the city, gold and silver are not obediently sent to the country of Xiangxiang? Second, the Taishi can also earn a good reputation, these slaves go to the front line to fight, and if they die, their fate should be like this, but those who survive, you can pardon them and let them regain their free body, except for Xiangxiang Country, they can go to any country to settle down...... And these pardoned people will naturally be grateful to you, Master. β
Syllable... Syllable!
After listening to Lin Tian's words, Wen Zhiruo couldn't help but clapped her palms and said with a smile: "He is worthy of the man that Her Majesty the Empress has taken a fancy to, and he has such an ingenious method, and he really kills two birds with one stone." (To be continued......)