Chapter 373: Diverting the Disaster

"Presumptuous!"

"Stubborn and unyielding! For those who resist stubbornly, kill without mercy!"

Wang Zhan revealed a ruthless murderous intent and ordered his various subordinate commanders.

"Yes, General Wang."

Regarding Wang Zhan's orders, none of the officers dared to refute them. They knew that Wang Zhan's orders were the orders of the Agriculture Director.

So one by one, they immediately led their troops and galloped toward various villages.

In just a few days, they had taken down several clans, and more than a hundred resisters were beheaded, with nearly a thousand captured.

These prisoners crowded the jails of Sanghai Cheng to the brim.

Wang Zhan had no pity. He had investigated these people clearly; they were all those gentry, and also the biggest stumbling blocks to their progress.

So he specifically ordered that as long as there was resistance, they should strike hard. In these few days, most of the people killed were disciples from their various clans.

Some were even directly raided and exterminated.

And they also acted according to Qin law, with reason and evidence.

This kind of slaughter also stunned many people. The former never expected that they would strike so ruthlessly.

So the several chief officials in Sanghai Cheng were surrounded by a group of gentry.

Because of Su Fan's ruthlessness, they were somewhat terrified. Now, not to mention resisting, they were still thinking about how to get their people out, or at least not get implicated themselves.

"Sigh! What's the use of coming to me?"

"I warned you before not to confront him. He came with an army; how could you dare?"

The chief official of Sanghai Cheng looked at these gentry representatives, his head instantly growing large. The intention of these people was nothing more than to ask him to come forward. However, could he come forward?

Letting him face that person—he didn't dare at all. The status gap between the two was too great.

The other party was a figure comparable to one of the Nine Ministers; what did he count for? Only the Prefect of their Donghai Commandery was qualified.

"I say, everyone, you should go and ask Prefect Yang. Coming to me is useless. Do you think I am qualified to speak for you? I don't even have the qualification to see Agriculture Director Su."

The chief official said to the crowd with a bitter smile.

"Prefect Yang, we can't see him either."

The crowd heard this and was also full of helplessness. How could they not have thought of it? However, as the head of a commandery, Yang Lan was not someone they could see just because they wanted to.

The other party had long guessed this situation, so he left Sanghai Cheng early and returned to his Prefectural Office.

They went, but they were all shut out, so helplessly they could only find the latter.

"Then I am powerless. I advise everyone to honestly go and accept the punishment. I believe Agriculture Director Su will not kill them all."

"Not kill them all?"

The crowd heard this and sneered. Originally, there were more than thirty of them, but now only half remained.

Where did the other half go?

Where else could they go? Either in jail or already beheaded. Those Qin troops, facing them, these "highly respected" people in the local area, were not like the government officials—so easy to talk to. If you dared to resist, that was death.

They killed until they were terrified.

The Qin troops were too ruthless, and that Agriculture Director was also too ruthless. He didn't give those dead people any chance at all and directly raided and exterminated their clans.

He didn't even say a word.

When had they ever encountered such a fierce person before?

"Master Li, please help us. You don't want to see all of us captured, do you? When that time comes, how will the various villages be governed? That Agriculture General can just pat his butt and leave, but you can't leave."

Seeing that talking nicely didn't work, someone started to threaten.

These people were all "highly respected" people in the counties and villages. Even if some were not officials, their clans had disciples serving as local officials.

Their words were even better than those people's.

Once they didn't cooperate, then his chief official of Sanghai Cheng would find that his orders would almost never be carried out.

The threat of these people made his face turn cold instantly. He wanted to retort hard, but then considering their words, he felt a deep sense of helplessness.

Because the other party's words were indeed true; they hit his Achilles' heel.

If he really left these people, his orders would indeed not be able to flow smoothly.

That would be troublesome.

"I really have no way here. Agriculture Director Su doesn't see me at all. I suggest you go and see if you can find Young Master Fusu."

Unable to be hard, he could only think of other ways.

"Young Master Fusu?"

"Correct! Young Master Fusu is benevolent. If you can find Young Master Fusu, perhaps he can help you solve this problem."

"Right, right, right, go find Young Master Fusu."

"Please Young Master Fusu."

The crowd heard this and suddenly realized.

"Hoo!"

Seeing these people leave, the chief official of Sanghai Cheng also breathed a sigh of relief. He was really afraid that these people would continue to pester him.

Asking him to plead for these people—he really didn't have the guts, nor the qualification.

Apart from the banquet that day, he saw that Agriculture Director Su once; these days, he hadn't even left the military camp.

And the military camp was not a place these people could enter and exit at will.

The gap between the two was too great, and he didn't think that Agriculture Director Su would give him face. These days, he also saw clearly that the other party was clearly killing the chicken to warn the monkey.

If those people before had accepted the other party's orders properly, even if they lost part of their interests, there would be no danger.

It was a pity that these people were too greedy and also thought too highly of themselves, thinking that the other party wouldn't dare to take action. As a result, once the army came, the reputation they were so proud of couldn't protect them at all.

As for them wanting to incite the common people to resist with them, apart from a few people, no one was willing to follow.

So many clans were raided and exterminated; these were all their own fault.

It was a pity that as the chief official of this Sanghai Cheng, he couldn't do anything about these people, because if he wanted to govern Sanghai Cheng, he had to rely on these people.

So although he was very angry about the secret threats of these people just now, he could only be impotently furious.

But then thinking that these people were going to find Young Master Fusu, he was happy.

Young Master Fusu—was he someone these people could see? Maybe they would even suffer a loss.

Of course, if Young Master Fusu really met them, it wouldn't be a bad thing for him.

Instead, if Young Master Fusu listened to their words and wanted to take action against that Agriculture Director Su, he would be even happier.

Who told this Agriculture Director Su to bring him so much trouble?

Originally, Sanghai Cheng was quiet, but as soon as he came, Sanghai Cheng became completely restless.

Even in the future, many remnants of the Empire would come, which would have a great impact on the public security of Sanghai Cheng.

These things, for him, were naturally not good things. ===== CHAPTER 374 =====