Seeing the helpless noble lady being violated by a rude and lowly man, some of the soldiers and slaves who had surrendered could not bear to look at each other, some of them showed undisguised disgust in their eyes, and some of them had a strong urge to join in......

Zhang Cheng silently observed everyone's reactions without saying a word, and then categorized them separately.

Those who can't bear to look at it show that they still subconsciously sympathize with the fate of the Florentine family, and they must be careful for a long time, and must not hand over important positions to them.

And those who show disgusted expressions show that they still retain a conscience and a high moral bottom line in their hearts, and can be given a certain degree of trust, and can be entrusted with the work of maintaining law and order, eliminating bandits, etc.

As for the last one, they are completely degenerated to the point of being dominated by desire, and they don't care who they work for, let alone what legal morality they have, as long as they have money and women, they don't even mind committing heinous atrocities, and they are the ideal doglegs and thugs.

Just when Zhang Cheng lowered his head and considered whether the next step should be to directly sweep away the small nobles who were effectively loyal to the Florent family with a thunderous force, or to control the area around Liangshui City first, Blanco came to his side at some point, and asked in a low voice: "My lord, I don't understand, why do you give this traitor such a generous reward?"

"What, are you jealous?" Zhang Cheng asked with a smirk.

"Jealous?" the old mercenary smiled wryly and sighed as he glanced at the white body that was enough to evoke the man's infinite reverie. "Well, well, I have to admit, I'm a little jealous. You know, it was a noble lady, and she was so young and beautiful, I had never dreamed that I would one day be able to marry such a woman. You can ...... You threw her to a rude soldier, and I think you should at least keep it for yourself. ”

Zhang Cheng sneered and shook his head: "Hehe, no, you're wrong, Blanco." Perhaps for ordinary men, coveting beauty is not a big deal, but for a person in power, if he can't control the desires of his lower body, then lust will become a fatal weakness and be exploited by the enemy. From now on, you'd better start learning restraint, or even if I promote you to a nobleman, you'll soon be defeated in all kinds of intrigues. Also, what do you think I am rewarding Babi for?"

"Purpose?" Blanco paused.

He obviously hadn't thought about it, and he didn't know how to answer for a moment.

You see, everything I do, I have a strong purpose. Think about it, after I uproot the Florentine family, how many people will hate me to the core, and how many people will secretly wait for the time to overthrow my rule? But now, if you look at the expressions and eyes of everyone in the hall, do they hate Babi more than me?" Zhang Cheng explained with a playful expression.

Blanco subconsciously swept through the hall, and sure enough, he found that many people looked at Babi with hatred in their eyes, and a few even clenched their fists tightly, as if they might burst out at any time to kill.

"I see...... You are trying to use him to deflect hatred. He touched the thick stubble on his chin and muttered thoughtfully.

"That's right, but that's just the first half of my plan. In the next period of time, I will give Babi a lot of power to do all the hated things for me. When this hatred and hatred accumulate to a certain extent, I will find a random crime to execute him in public. At that time, the people living in this land will no longer be hateful to me, but grateful and respectful. Many people think he was a brutal executioner, but few know that everything the executioner did was dictated by the Lannisters. Remember, most people in the world are stupid and very easily misled and fooled, and as long as you master the method, you can easily control their emotions and even their behavior......"

Zhang Cheng didn't mean to hide it at all, and generously told his arrangements for Babi.

Although this method of "raising pigs" and "killing pigs" has long been played by the rulers of the Celestial Empire, it is still a small secret of a very small number of rulers in the Westeros continent.

"Thank you for your teachings, I think I understand. The old mercenary touched his chest with one hand, bowed deeply, and then looked at the man not far away who was venting his desires with sympathetic eyes.

He finally realized that the reason why the other party was able to enjoy the extraordinary reward in advance was not to be reused, but to be thrown out as a sacrifice to divert the attention of the civilians.

In this way, with the help of the "Belt and Road Party" among the surrendered soldiers, Zhang Cheng quickly occupied Liangshui City and began to count and receive the wealth accumulated by the Florentine family over hundreds of years.

In addition, the army of more than 2,000 troops was divided into three teams, one of which was 600 men stationed at the castle, and the remaining two teams of 1,000 men each, swept along the main road and swept the knights' territories within a radius of 150 kilometers.

For these guys who are at the bottom of the ruling structure of the pyramid of the feudal system, Zhang Cheng does not intend to leave any of them.

To be exact, he didn't think these so-called "knights" were of any use at all, and instead of wasting time and money on them, it was better to recruit more mercenaries, as long as there was enough salary and food supplies, these guys performed impeccable on the battlefield.

With the absolute superiority of "Dragon Flame" and the number of soldiers, in about half a month, the vassals who were originally loyal to the Florentine family were completely wiped out, leaving only empty castles.

In order to fill the vacuum of his rule, Zhang Cheng rewarded these castles and the surrounding lands to mercenaries who pledged their allegiance to him, including Blanco, and promoted them to nobility.

However, in order to prevent these idiots from making a mess of the territory, he also formed a small bureaucracy himself, keeping administrative and economic power firmly in his hands.

When the news of the little devil's marriage to Sansa Stark reached Brightwater City from King's Landing, Zhang Cheng finally completed the integration of the territory, and although there were still a few rebels who had fled into the mountains and forests, most of the area had settled down.

After all, for ordinary people, the new lord's methods of dealing with nobles may be cruel, but it has not affected their lives, so they have gradually accepted the name Mason Asplin.

Little did they know that their lord had quietly carved a hidden cavern in the cliff of the mountain behind the castle, inhabited by nothing but a dragon that grew bigger and more hideous......