Chapter 22: The Death of the Aristocrats

"Noble?" said one of them. Others also looked at Kong Ming with strange eyes, you must know that in Huatian Continent, aristocracy is one of the most important parts of a country, all people are proud of their noble births, and in a country, there are usually big nobles leading small nobles, and the country leading big nobles, so that a system has been formed. Once a person becomes a nobleman, he will begin to introduce his ancestors to how precious his blood is, and he will have such brilliant achievements as he is now, and those commoners in the middle will add some titles to them to prove how noble his blood is. Of course, the formation of this situation also has a lot to do with the cultivation system on the Huatian Continent, especially the elves and beasts. Among the elves, only the bloodline of the Elven Emperor can use the artifacts of the Elven Clan, while many of the magic in the Elven Clan must be the bloodline of the Imperial Family to be used, and other elves cannot use these things. The same is true for the orcs, just like the tiger people, the power of their bloodline can give them high strength and speed, as well as many unique abilities, like this, the orc race, the lion race, the Beamon race, etc., the bloodline of these orcs makes them dominate the entire continent, so they attach great importance to the bloodline. And the same is true among the human race, some such as the dragon human race, the phoenix human race, and other human races are easier than ordinary people in terms of cultivation and other aspects. And the royal families of various countries are not to mention, how many masters have been piled up with groups of medicines on the Huatian Continent, which is a big strength. I don't know, but even a pig can pile it into a great swordsman. The smarter ones can be stacked into a sage, but the god-level doesn't need to think about it. Because it's not something that can be piled up with medication. Of course, in order to consolidate their position, their unified external voice is that they have excellent blood. And this kind of argument has penetrated into everyone's hearts in the past tens of thousands of years.

So on this continent, the nobility is definitely an untouchable place, no matter who touches this bottom line, then there will be countless nobles, that is, their accomplices, who will drown them with saliva and force, even in the war, a nobleman who dies in battle can also get a high burial. And those who are alive can redeem them with money. But Kong Ming really doesn't care much about these so-called nobles, even if he is a nobleman from the root, but he has never enjoyed the things of the so-called nobles, although he is now also hanging the title of a baron of the Huayuan Empire, plus he was sold by those so-called nobles more than once when he was in the Chu State, so that Kong Ming hated these so-called nobles very much, and after coming to Harvey, Kong Ming once again let a big nobleman and three devils to pit, so Kong Ming hated them lightly. Although this hatred is very nonsensical. Therefore, when Kong Ming said this sentence today, all the people were shocked, how could it be possible to collect money and grain from the nobles? It is not that such words have not been said in history. But they all died without exception, either by beating or by making people die. Of course, there are also those who escaped and died of old age.

"Yes. Just pick up things from those eight cakes, there are always five people and six people on weekdays. Good things are gone, bad things are done, are they born nobles, Lao Tzu doesn't believe it!" Duns said hatefully. Duns's sentence was later changed by some literati, and the meaning did not change, but the words changed, and in our words, it was "the king and the general, rather there is a kind!" The sentence has also been handed down. Of course, the scene at that time was not so heroic, it was just a grumbling word from the leader of a mercenary group.

"In this case, isn't it too much trouble? You know, all the nobles are together, once we get rid of these, will the other nobles come to us for trouble?" Wen Yue said.

"I've had some dealings with the nobles, and I know that although they say that they always kill each other in normal times, they all fight against us commoners without exception. If we take down all the nobles of Fangneng City now, they will definitely join forces against us. Li Yao said that he was indeed telling the truth.

"I'm afraid of a bird, and a dead bird is facing the sky. Dead, pull down!" Duns said annoyedly.

"Kong Ming, this may not be very appropriate, why don't you think of other ways?" Yi Yiyi said on the side. She was from an aristocratic background, and she had only come here to fulfill some of the purposes of the Huayuan Empire here. She didn't want this damn idea to trap her here for the rest of her life.

"This is actually very easy, not as difficult as you think!" Kong Ming said slowly, thinking as he spoke, he actually didn't realize how amazing his words just now were on the mainland, he just thought it was just an ordinary word of discussion, but now looking at the reactions of these people, Kong Ming also reacted, as a commander, some things cannot be taken back after they are spoken, but the right to interpret is in his hands. Therefore, the current words must not only implement the matter, but also not hurt those who oppose this sentence, which is indeed a difficult thing for Kong Ming, a person with low emotional intelligence.

"Easy?"

"Easy?"

"Easy?"

"Easy?"

Everyone looked at him in surprise, wondering what Kong Ming's next words would be?

"We don't need to think about anything for them, because this is not what we have to do, we just need to send troops, go to their homes, take away what we want, and requisition them directly, and cripple all the strong people above the third level in their families, remember to be disabled and not killed, and then, we don't have to do anything, just go back to the camp, and the others should continue to do what they want. If they make any moves, they will be directly punished for collaborating with the enemy and killed!" Kong Ming's words were naked threats, not conversations, and everyone felt that Kong Ming was too domineering, how could he be like this, but after thinking about it, this is the only way to do it. Because, our mercenary army is just requisitioning money and food, and other things have nothing to do with us. In fact, what Kong Ming didn't realize was how his side-kick policy had hurt Harvey's aristocracy. And what kind of fighters were also brought.

"Shall we go now, then?" one of them asked.

"Go and draw up a list of the richest nobles in the city. Then follow these lists, act quickly, get all the things in your hands, and forget about the rest of the ordinary life, and tell our people, don't touch those qualified businessmen. ”

"Why?" asked Che Yu, puzzled.

"Although the merchant has money, most of it is earned by himself, and this kind of person should be our friend, at least when we are in tune. You can sell them something to get what we need, otherwise we may not be able to get something when we need it. So, don't beat you to death with a stick. ”

"Wen Yue, you quickly go to the magician workers' union here, get the information of the magicians here, and then start recruiting magicians. Be sure to recruit more magicians. ”

"Commander, why are we recruiting so many mages for?" Wen Yue asked.

"Hehe, didn't you realize the value of a mage during last night's battle?" Kong Ming looked at them with a smile, and everyone suddenly realized.

"What about those wounded soldiers?" asked Lian Ping. This is a concern for everyone. If it is not arranged, then there will definitely be a phenomenon of unstable morale among the mercenaries, and over time. No mercenaries will fight for the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army anymore.

"According to the rules of the mercenaries, those who died are buried on the spot. The wounded were led by a thousand mercenaries and returned to the camp of Haicheng City by the way they came. There, let them take care of the wounded, and if they want to continue to do it, let them be organized, if they are unwilling or unable to do it again, they will be given three times the standard of mercenaries to support their families, let them go home, and let the three regiments be responsible for this matter, after the people get there, bring the 1,000 mercenaries back to me, give the money to a trustworthy person, and then bring 50 mercenaries there to be responsible for the aftermath of the wounded soldiers, of course, now you collect the money first, and tomorrow the wounded soldiers will set off, transported by carriage, and the snow wolf will stay. ”

An hour later, everyone else went to work according to the division of labor, only Kong Ming and Yi Yiyi were still sitting in the hall, Kong Ming kept looking at the map on the table, still constantly analyzing, and then kept thinking about the next plan for the information collected by those cars. Obviously, after beating the city, they can get ten or so days of rest, and these breaks must be carried out quickly.

What happened next did not surprise them, after the mercenary army recruited those nobles, a large number of people who were usually oppressed by these nobles and their servants rushed in and killed them. For a nobleman, they can easily get a lot of cultivation resources, so their strength is generally higher than that of the local commoners, and because of their high rank, long life, and great danger, many people who oppose them are forced to die, and those who are lucky enough to escape are mostly living in the land of chaos. And now the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army came out from there, a team of 20,000 people, think about it, you know that there are many people who went out from here, and now they are coming back with a large army, it is really revenge and revenge. All of a sudden, the entire Fang Neng City became a sad place for these nobles, because their cultivation made the mercenary army directly disabled, and there was no longer a threat to the capital of the civilians, plus now the mercenary army is sitting here, it is clearly for the civilians to be brave, those civilians under the hint of some mercenaries, have been ruthless, and they were directly killed, this time, the status of the nobles has completely lost its mystery in the eyes of these people, and Kong Ming's decision to wipe the edge has also made many nobles have nothing to say, because although Kong Ming asked for the money of these nobles in Fang Neng City, he did not ask for their lives, from this point of view, is in line with the principle of fighting between nobles, that is, everything is left alone, so later other nobles could not be difficult to be clear in this matter when they saw Kongming.

The next city of Fang Neng has undergone the biggest change in history, the mercenary army has taken control of the entire city, and most of the nobles who once ruled the city have been killed or expelled by civilians, and almost all the things in their mansions have been taken away, and there is nothing to prove that they were once nobles, only the remnants of the mansion. And from this time on, most of the people finally knew. After pulling these nobles down, they are nothing. No more the feeling of being on top, and no more the deceitful behavior. Some radical literati seized this rare opportunity at once, so there were more and more descriptions of the negative side of the aristocracy, which spread to the Quartet from Fangneng City to GuΓ² in various ways. And these remarks also made all the human nobles deeply jealous, because they were really nothing except for a few people similar to the dragon people, but they only relied on some of the shadow blessings of their ancestors to have a sense of superiority, and once this shadow blessing was used up, even the people around them would look down on them. And Kong Ming's unintentional move only for money made this qiΔ“ exposed to the sun. And Kong Ming has also become famous on the mainland, not for the art of war, but for money.

Two days later, many rumors suddenly appeared in the city, saying that the third son of Emperor Harvey wanted to command troops to attack the city of Fangneng and to arrest and execute those who had killed the nobles, because they had trampled on the dignity of the nobles and hurt the good hearts of many noble nobles. and so on, and so on, so that many civilians can no longer dare to be indifferent. Because some of them killed the nobles with their own hands, some shaved the nobles, some kicked the nobles, and some just kicked the nobles in one of the doors of their homes. Others just touched one of the thighs of the nobleman's maid, and some did not come out to rescue the nobles when they were attacked, all of which was a violation of the dignity of the nobles. They will all be liquidated when the time comes, and all this qiΔ“ is only because of the dignity of the nobility. There are even some people who say. Harvey's generals wanted to slaughter the city of Noh because it had been corrupted by the devils. It's no longer the clean, kind Fang Neng City it once was. These rumors deeply hit the civilians of Fang Neng City who were immersed in the happy and forgetful mood of bullying the nobles, because they had no future, so after these rumors appeared, there was an unprecedented wave of immigrants in Fang Neng City, many civilians left here with their families, and ran to the chaotic place along the direction they came from, preparing to go there to avoid the ambitions of the Harvey Army, some directly participated in the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army, and some stayed because they were too old, this qiΔ“ was just because of some rumors。 This is the role of rumors, which are nothing more than exploiting people's hearts, extending and amplifying them, and turning those possible things into inevitable things. Perhaps, people say that as long as you don't believe it, there is nothing to do, but you must know that there is a saying called panic a thousand times into the truth, and as long as it is implanted in people's hearts, even if it is a small point, then the rumor is successful, and its power lies in its possibility, not inevitability, because it is possible, so there will be a lot of speculation, because it is possible, so people will have no choice among the many choices.

Looking at the people in the city walking towards the chaotic place, Kong Ming couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and Yi Yiyi also had unspeakable words in his heart, no matter who left his hometown, it was not a happy thing, so the atmosphere between the entire team of immigrants seemed very dull.

"Don't you think there's some shame in doing that?" Yi Yiyi angrily scolded Kong Ming.

"Are you talking about me?" asked Ku Ming strangely.

"How else can there be? Aren't you all letting go of these rumors?" Seeing Kong Ming's innocent face, Yi Yiyi couldn't wait to slap him.

"So what's the matter?" asked Kong Ming, still puzzled.

"Don't you have a little remorse for letting them leave their homeland?"

"Hehe, for this matter, if you think it's sad, you can cry, but if you're them, I think you'll emigrate, because what I'm talking about is not a rumor. Said solemnly.

"Isn't it a rumor, is it still kind?" Yi Yiyi was still angry, and her empty expression made her even more angry.

"Be calm, otherwise you will still feel incredible even if you listen to my explanation. Kong Ming smiled.

"Say!" Yi Yiyi kicked directly at Kong Ming weakly. Kong Ming saw that this kick had no strength, so it didn't flash, a look of surprise flashed in Yi Yiyi's eyes, but the foot still kicked on Kong Ming's foot, "Alas!" Yi Yiyi shouted, "You won't get out of the way, I really don't know how to be considerate of girls at all." Go ahead. ”

"Do you think that nothing like today has happened in history?" Kong Ming said.

"Yes, how do I not know?"

"Harvey has had this experience countless times in history, but he has been blocked by those in power, and their only means is to slaughter the city. Sora said sternly.

"Are you listening to the alarm again?" said Yi Yiyi.

"In the year 800 of Huali, there was a massacre of nobles in Tieyucheng, and afterwards, the Harvey army invaded Tieyucheng and then slaughtered the city. It is said that there is a plague in the city of Tieyu. In June 835, there was a massacre of nobles and an uprising in the city of Zhuzhi, and all the rebel armies, including the city, were slaughtered. In March 678, Liu Xiancheng robbed the nobles' property, and afterwards, all the participants and bystanders were slaughtered, trampling on the dignity of the nobles. There are many more, and I will not list them all. ”

"How do you know?" Yi Yiyi looked at Kong Ming, when she heard Kong Ming say the time, she already had some faith, but she was still unwilling to let Kong Ming pass like this.

"You can check these incidents in the library of Huayuan Comprehensive University, of course, your responsibilities and powers must be sufficient, otherwise there is no way to find out, and there are many such incidents, not to mention the far away, and there are more than a dozen of them near, almost all of them are slaughtered or slaughtered by those who know. Kong Ming explained.

"Why is this happening?" Yi Yiyi asked puzzled.

"I don't know why, there have been many speculations, many theories, but none of them can convince people, and then a more reliable theory is that someone is trying to subvert the Harvey Empire by means of subverting the aristocracy, and every time this kind of thing happens, it is when the mysterious organization is at its most active. ”

"So you're doing it too, and are you a member of that organization?" asked Yiyi strangely.

"Hehe, I'm not that great, to do this kind of thing, I'm just doing my duty as a mercenary. ”

"What responsibility?"

"It's just a matter of fulfilling the employer's mandate. ”

"What a mandate. ”

"In this way, when we were in Hairong City, we made a verbal agreement with the Lord of Haicheng that they would be responsible for our activities in Haicheng City, and our military camp there would also be our permanent military camp in the future, and it would not be changed again, but in return, we would do two things for it, the first thing, as everyone knows, is to let us lure away the Harvey Army and prevent them from harassing Haiwei again this winter. And the second thing is to bring as many civilians as possible to the city of Hailuo, otherwise, they may not be left with anyone in the near future. ”

"Why?"

"In order to escape the war, many civilians have moved to live in the Land of Chaos, and the population of Tahairong City is gradually decreasing, so I thought of such a way to let them go to Haicheng City on their own under our guidance. And with the propaganda of these people after they arrived in the Land of Chaos, more and more people wanted to join our mercenary army, instead of being like now, only from captives and civilians, there were too many single sources of soldiers. ”

"I guess that's what you're going to end up with, right?" said Yiyi.

"It's not. Kong Ming shook his head.

"And what is your ultimate goal?"

"Let those Harvey people understand that if you want to cheat me, you will have to pay the price of cheating, and my life is very valuable. Kong Ming said with a stern face. (To be continued......)