Chapter 109: Third-Class Citizens of the Great Han Empire

Soon, a quarter of an hour passed in a flash.

Now, those who came out were all gathered together.

And those who didn't come out, I guess they wouldn't come out.

And the Han army also fulfilled their words; immediately, a large number of Han soldiers walked toward the houses where the Qiang people lived.

Those who hid at home and didn't take the Han army's words to heart were all found out.

Then, in front of those who came out, they were killed on the spot.

Looking at the scene of blood gushing, these Qiang people who had never seen such a scene only felt cold all over.

Some timid ones were so scared that they collapsed to the ground on the spot.

Soon, every resident's house had been visited.

At this time, seeing that the matter had been handled almost the same, Pang De came to these people.

He first scanned them with sharp eyes, and immediately after, used a majestic voice to shout loudly to these Qiang people:

"First of all, you should feel fortunate that you chose to stand out!"

"Congratulations, you can live."

After saying these two sentences, Pang De paused and looked at the reaction of the crowd below.

And upon hearing that they could live, everyone showed joy.

Many people collapsed to the ground; just now they were all holding their breath and supporting themselves.

Now, while breathing a sigh of relief, a sense of powerlessness also came.

After taking in the reactions of the crowd below, Pang De continued:

"Originally, your Qiang tribe dared to take advantage of the internal chaos of my Great Han Empire to offend the heavenly might of my Great Han, and you should have been exterminated."

After Pang De finished saying this, everyone was so scared that they knelt to the ground and cried bitterly:

"General, spare our lives! Those things were all done by Che Liji and the others!"

"We are just ordinary people, how dare we go against the Great Han!"

"Please spare our lives, General!"

"General, spare our lives..."

For a time, the entire scene was filled with pleas for mercy, and crying sounds echoed everywhere.

Looking at the panicked Qiang people and the noisy sounds, Pang De immediately shouted:

"Quiet!"

Everyone was frightened by Pang De's shout and stopped crying, all becoming quiet.

They looked at Pang De carefully, fearing that they would hear the words to kill them from his mouth.

Looking at the crowd that had become quiet, Pang De glared at them fiercely and continued:

"Our Great Han Empire's Emperor is benevolent and does not want to create more slaughter, so he has specially spared your lives."

Hearing this, the Qiang people below breathed a sigh of relief and thanked him gratefully:

"We thank the Great Han Emperor for his grace of not killing!"

Looking at them thanking Liu Bian, Pang De nodded with satisfaction.

"However, the death penalty can be avoided, but the living penalty is hard to escape; after the Emperor's decision, you are now demoted to slaves."

"After you labor for my Great Han Empire for ten years, you can obtain the status of Third-Class Citizen of the Great Han Empire."

At this time, when the Qiang people heard this, they felt as if the sky had fallen.

These were slaves! Once they became slaves, it was really worse than death.

Whether they could survive the hard work was a big problem.

Immediately, they cried bitterly to Pang De:

"Please have mercy, General; we are willing to submit to the Great Han Empire, please ask the Emperor to take back his order!"

"We are willing to submit to the Great Han Empire, please forgive us, Emperor!"

They still had some fantasies in their hearts; after all, they had more than one hundred thousand people, and these Han soldiers wouldn't kill them all, would they!

So, everyone's thoughts at this time were unusually unified, as if they had discussed it beforehand.

"Hehehe!"

Looking at the group of Qiang people who wanted to coerce him, Pang De was laughed at by their thoughts.

These people's thoughts were really too ridiculous.

To be honest, if the Emperor of the Great Han Empire were not Liu Bian, it might really be the same as what they thought.

The Great Han would accept their submission; after all, it was operated like this before.

However, they miscalculated; if this matter were known to Liu Bian, he would definitely not accept the coercion of these people.

Originally, in his initial plan, he didn't intend to keep the Qiang tribe, but after being persuaded by Guo Jia and others, he decided to keep them.

And at this time, they still wanted to use this to threaten Liu Bian; wasn't this courting death?

"Hmph!"

Yue Ji sneered at them, and then said in an icy voice:

"This is not a discussion with you, but a notification!"

"Moreover, this matter is an edict personally issued by the Emperor; do you want to resist the edict?"

After speaking, Pang De looked coldly at the ignorant Qiang people in front of him.

These people were really ignorant; they didn't think about it, would someone who could not accept their Qiang surrender and slaughter all the Qiang soldiers accept their coercion?

They really thought that with many people, the law would not punish the masses.

Hearing this, a few bold ones gathered their courage: "Please General, let us go; we are willing to submit to the Great Han Empire!"

"Please General, let us go; we are willing to submit to the Great Han Empire!"

Seeing someone take the lead, others followed and shouted loudly.

Looking at that style, it felt like they were going to die generously!

"Hmph, you are really courting death!"

Seeing their reaction, Pang De snorted coldly.

He waved his hand toward the army behind him.

In an instant, they stepped forward, and the bows and arrows in their hands were aimed at those Qiang people.

And those holding close-combat weapons like long spears also aimed their weapons at them.

Seeing the Han army's formation, the Qiang people were immediately deterred.

They huddled together instantly, their faces full of fear, and their eyes looked at the soldiers with vigilance.

"Now, is there anyone who wants to object, stand out quickly!"

Pang De looked at everyone's reaction, glanced at them coldly, and said in an icy tone.

After seeing Pang De ask, those people looked at each other, and no one dared to stand out.

"Since no one objects, then it is decided; from now on, you are slaves of my Great Han Empire!"

"If anyone dares to disobey the arrangements of my Great Han Empire, they will be killed on the spot!"

"After you labor for my Great Han Empire for ten years, you can redeem your sins."

"By then, the government will issue you the status of Third-Class Citizen of the Great Han Empire."

"You can also enjoy all the rights enjoyed by the Third-Class Citizens of my Great Han Empire!"

Seeing that no one came out to make trouble, Pang De didn't intend to waste any more words with these people.

He immediately told them all the matters of the Great Han Empire's treatment of them in one breath.

"As for what is a Third-class Citizen?"

"Let me tell you simply, that is, like you, slaves captured after being defeated in attacking my Great Han Empire."

"After completing the labor reform task, you will automatically be promoted to Third-Class Citizen of my Great Han Empire."

"And your Third-class Citizen status, unless you make a major contribution to my Great Han Empire, you cannot be promoted to Second-Class Citizen."

"Moreover, your descendants will be the same as you!"

"This is the price for daring to attack my Great Han Empire!"

Pang De didn't care whether they heard clearly or not, and explained the status of Third-class Citizen to them, who were already full of gray faces.

After speaking, he arranged for the army to break them up into several batches and send them to different cities in Liangzhou.

There, what awaited them would be ten years of labor... ===== CHAPTER 110 =====