Chapter 229 Jinjiang Exclusive Release

Lu Xuan said meaningfully to the heads of several families, "No matter how influential a prominent family is, or how numerous they are, can they ever outnumber the people of Licheng? Even when an emperor is incompetent, some people will rise up in rebellion, let alone a mere prominent family."

"hiss--!"

There were gasps from the crowd of onlookers, and their eyes were filled with shock as they looked at Lu Xuan.

The audience was also amazed, thinking that this was too bold a statement.

Isn't this blatantly inciting the victims to oppose the prominent families and relying on human wave tactics to deal with them?

After hearing Lu Xuan's intention, the family heads were so angry that they trembled all over.

The head of the Feng family glared at Lu Xuan fiercely, then looked at the victims who seemed to be really moved with a bad expression.

"We wanted to seize the grain so that we could provide it to the people in the city. But we were easily instigated by those with bad intentions. What an ungrateful bunch."

"He's an outsider, do you really think he would care about you?"

"He incited civil unrest here and then just walked away. But you still want to continue living in the city. Do you really want to go against our families?"

Not everyone has Lu Xuan's ability, so he doesn't believe that these untouchables who only worry about food and clothing every day have the courage to go against them.

Sure enough, when the victims thought of the influence of these prominent families and the fate of those who had opposed them in the past, the resentment on their faces could not help but subside and their eyes became hesitant.

Lu Xuan curled his lips slightly, his eyes mocking, "Do you really think that after the disaster, no one can control you because the emperor is far away? The capital has already taken action, and the Huo family army will be here soon. The reckoning may be delayed, but it will come eventually."

The disaster victims who had just retreated were cheered up.

Capital?

Huo's army?

Compared with the nationally famous Huo family army, these prominent families are still not good enough.

The government officials in the crowd who had originally wanted to step out and mediate immediately retracted their steps and quietly retreated further to the back.

Forget it, they decided not to get involved.

When several family heads heard the key words "Beijing" and "Huo Family Army", their skin twitched slightly, and a trace of guilt and nervousness flashed across their faces.

But on second thought, I felt that if the capital really wanted to take action, it would have done so long ago.

Lu Xuan, an ordinary citizen, can see Licheng with his extraordinary means, so why doesn't he come to the capital?

It must be that Lu Xuan is using chicken feathers as a token of authority and making alarmist remarks to deliberately scare them.

With his mind determined, Patriarch Fan looked at Lu Xuan viciously and said, "Boss Lu is determined to go against us, right?"

Don't think they don't know where those strange weapons that have been in the hands of the small forces organized by the disaster victims in the city for more than a month, which can make people fall asleep or cry, come from.

He had good stuff in his hands but instead of trading it with them, he gave it to a group of untouchables to make them rebel against him. It was clear that this guy surnamed Lu had ulterior motives from the beginning!

Some victims, unable to see through the crowd, couldn't help but shout, "If you weren't trying to steal Boss Lu's food, there wouldn't be so much trouble! You say it's our food, but when the harvest comes, I'm afraid we'll have to beg for mercy to get even a few scraps."

The other victims couldn't help but chime in, "Exactly! You took advantage of the disaster to loot and seize fertile land, forced people into prostitution, and did all sorts of immoral things. Now you have the nerve to blame others for going against you."

"If you really want to help us, return the land you've taken and tear up the indentures you've forced others to sign!"

The faces of several family heads became increasingly ugly.

The head of the Shi family was furious: "Shut up! You are really rebelling! Are you all trying to rebel?"

Lu Xuan sneered, "You are neither emperors nor nobles, yet you talk about rebellion. It shows that you really think of yourselves as the emperors of Jiangnan. You are the ones who are truly rebelling against Tiangang."

Lu Xuan was too lazy to continue talking to them, so he turned around and gave some shocking news to the victims who were becoming more and more indignant.

"You need food, you want to stay alive, you don't need to wait for these prestigious families to give you food. I'm offering a reward to all the people in the city. If you can capture a direct descendant of any designated family, each person will take away 1,000 kilograms of food. Non-direct descendants will receive 500 kilograms, and trusted stewards and guards will receive 100 to 300 kilograms depending on their importance."

Everyone present: “!!!”

The heads of each family stared at Lu Xuan in disbelief, and the victims also opened their mouths in shock.

If you capture one person, you can get a thousand kilograms of food?

Even a guard can get at least 100 kilograms?

As far as they knew, every prominent family had at least a hundred or eighty members, and with the guards, the number could reach thousands.

If they could catch a few more, wouldn't they not have to worry about running out of food in the next few years?

Even if one person's strength is not enough, if three or five people join together, each of them can get a lot.

The victims, who had figured out the account, began to breathe faster and their eyes turned frantic as they looked at the family heads and guards present.

The look in his eyes, as if he was looking at prey, made the person being targeted shudder.

When Lu Xuan added with a bit of evil humor, "You can get 5,000 kilograms of food if you capture the heads of each family," the victims in the audience were completely excited.

The victims were only thinking about capturing people and distributing food. They no longer cared about who was right or wrong. They rushed towards the heads of various families and guards with their eyes almost glowing green.

"What are you doing!"

"Stop! Stop them!"

The family heads looked at the disaster victims who were dazzled by the "bounty" and were anxious and panicked. They shouted for the guards to protect them while crawling to get into the carriage.

The carriage was too far away and they had no time to move around, so they could only flee in a panic under the protection of the guards. The scene was in chaos.

The audience in the live broadcast room were stunned.

[I thought the anchor would have a big fight with these aristocratic families, but I didn't expect him to use a borrowed knife to kill someone. Awesome!]

Using the food that originally belonged to Licheng to deal with these prominent families, is this what they call defeating magic with magic? 666!

[Hahaha, all the talk is just empty talk, interests are the most real thing.]

The news that a bounty was put on the heads of the prominent family spread rapidly throughout the city as the disaster victims chased further and further away.

Many disaster victims who had been hiding in their houses due to the heat and were unwilling to come out joined the arrest in order to receive food.

The once prominent family of Jiangnan local tyrants suddenly became rats crossing the street, and everyone wanted to catch them.

…

While the city was in chaos, Lu Xuan in the greenhouse continued to control the harvester step by step to harvest grain.

Halfway through, a group of people appeared outside the greenhouse and expressed their willingness to help.

The leaders were the leaders of several civilian forces to whom Lu Xuan had provided the evolution liquid last time.

Lu Xuan opened a hole in the protective shield and let them in.

After having his agricultural robots teach people how to use the tiller, he stepped aside and asked a few leaders about the confrontation between him and the prominent families after he left.

One of the leaders felt a little ashamed.

"Although we have caused some trouble to several families with the weapons left by Boss Lu, it is ultimately not as great as Boss Lu's feat today."

After their leaders took the evolutionary liquid, they awakened their strength, speed and water abilities respectively.

The Central Plains has never lacked talented people throughout history, and the body-enhancing ability may not seem to bring much shock or deterrence to people on the surface.

The attack power of the water system is too weak, not to mention that there is no shortage of water in Jiangnan, so it is not very practical.

If not for this, these people would be able to stir up a lot of trouble in Licheng just by relying on their God-given abilities as a gimmick.

Unfortunately, in the end Lu Xuan had to take action himself.

The burly man who had awakened his strength ability also said, "Boss Lu is still the one with the guts!"

The rewards for food are often hundreds or even thousands of kilograms. I am afraid that within two days, all the famous families that have been passed down for hundreds or even thousands of years will become a thing of the past in Licheng.

Lu Xuan glanced at them and asked, "Aren't you going to arrest anyone?"

These people have a lot of manpower under their command, so how can they not be tempted by so much food?

Several leaders grinned and said, "We've already sent people over. We stayed here specifically to help Boss Lu."

They knew how many good things Lu Xuan had in his hands. While capturing people in exchange for rewards was important, they couldn't put the cart before the horse.

Seeing that they knew what was going on, Lu Xuan didn't ask any more questions.

…

With the interests at hand, in less than a day, more than 80% of the direct descendants and branch children of the prominent families, as well as the managers and guards, were brought to the greenhouse.

A huge crowd of well-dressed people, tied up with ropes and huddled together in a mess, was an indescribably spectacular sight.

Many family members still don’t know what happened.

Some of them were suddenly caught when they were sleeping, some were taken away when they were visiting brothels, and some were even beaten up by countless people before being tied up when they were bullying the people on the street.

Looking at these children of big families who were like turtles in a jar, whether they were small folk forces or ordinary people, or the government officials who were entangled and hesitated and did nothing, they all realized that the situation in Licheng was about to change.

The victims who had captured people looked eagerly at Lu Xuan in the greenhouse, waiting for him to fulfill his promise. Their pressing and burning eyes left no doubt that if Lu Xuan could not produce the food he promised, the next target of the victims' riot would be him instead of the aristocratic families.

Of course Lu Xuan had no intention of defaulting on his debt.

After half a day of harvesting, a batch of grain has been successfully harvested.

Among them, rice and wheat have not had time to be dried and threshed, but it is not a big problem. They can be used for payment directly based on a 70% rough yield.

If there are disaster victims who do not want rice and wheat, they can also settle the bill with corn, sweet potatoes, etc.

Soon, the victims began to line up to receive food, each carrying the "trophies" they had captured.

Each direct descendant of the Feng family received 1,000 kilograms of grain.

Three sons of the Yu family branch and 1,500 kilograms of grain.

The Fan family had six guards and 1,200 kilograms of food.

The Shi family, the Feng family, the Fan family, the Feng family, the Yu family, and the Gao family, the Huang family, the big salt merchants...

Each disaster victim or each small group of disaster victims can receive at least 500 to 600 kilograms of food.

Those who are a little more capable can easily get two or three thousand kilograms of grain.

There were also those who were particularly lucky enough to catch a group of people visiting a brothel and took away nearly 10,000 kilograms of food in one go, which attracted the envy of countless victims.

Lu Xuan also had a bad taste in his mouth and asked the person who was helping with the calculation to record and announce loudly at the same time.

When the people from each family heard their family names and their own names being revealed, their already embarrassed faces turned red with anger.

As he read on, he finally came across a few family heads who had also been captured.

"The head of the Feng family, the head of the Fan family, the Yu family, the Shi family..."

All the family heads who had previously shouted at Lu Xuan were captured by the victims. Looking at the clothes of those who captured the victims, it was clear that they were in the same group as the small forces that helped Lu Xuan.

Sure enough, none of these small forces are stupid enough, and they immediately set their sights on the most valuable people.

Lu Xuan did not interfere with their distribution of food to each other, but just looked jokingly at the heads of the families whose faces were bruised and swollen, and who had obviously been beaten during the arrest.

"You have always boasted of your noble status, but you never imagined that one day you would stumble upon the common people you look down upon."

The family heads were furious, "If you hadn't tempted them with benefits, how could these untouchables dare to attack us!"

"Asshole! We Feng family have our own people in Beijing. I advise you to let us go! Otherwise, I will make you pay!"

"We were careless today and fell flat on our face, but I will definitely take double the humiliation I suffered from you tomorrow!"

Lu Xuan looked at the sternly threatening Fan Family Master with a mocking look, "Tomorrow? Do you think there will be a tomorrow after being arrested? Say a few nice words now, and maybe I'll show mercy and burn some paper money for you on this time next year."

The expressions of several family heads changed drastically.

Isn't this just a curse that they will die today?

How could the family heads who were used to living a high and mighty life tolerate such a curse? They immediately started cursing again, calling them "low-class people", "desperate to die", "bastard", and kept cursing them over and over again.

Their expressions were so ferocious as if they wanted to eat someone, and their tone was filled with murderous intent that gave people goosebumps.

Unfortunately, it is hard to feel fear when you see their hands and feet tied, their faces bruised and purple, their clothes torn and covered in dust from being captured, like fish on a sticky board, at the mercy of others.

The onlookers looked at their helpless and furious expressions and suddenly realized that these family heads, whom they had been afraid to provoke, were actually nothing big.

As long as they work together, the prominent family can be brought down!

During the settlement process, Lu Xuan took the time to hypnotize and interrogate several families to get the list of families involved in the grain hoarding and debt default plan.

When they discovered that there were innocent members among the families of the captured victims, they simply had them released.

The fair attitude made some of the disaster victims who were secretly observing and the released families feel relieved.

People who are willing to follow the rules are always more reassuring than those who completely disregard them.

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The process of claiming the reward lasted for an hour.

The total number of people captured exceeded 10,000, and Lu Xuan eventually gave out 3 million kilograms in bounty alone.

The disaster victims who received the food were so happy that their mouths were about to split open with laughter. Even though they were soaked in sweat after working hard for most of the day, it did not affect their joy at all.

Three million jin sounds like a lot, but it is actually only one-tenth of the total output of the greenhouse.

The remaining grains of various kinds still add up to more than 30 million jin.

Because these aristocratic families were extravagant by nature, they bought many luxury items during the first transaction that other people in other gathering places would not even look at. Even though part of the payment had been settled during the first transaction, the remaining debt was still as high as 20 million kilograms.

The fall of a prominent family does not mean that all debts can be written off.

Lu Xuan took 10 million from the more than 30 million kilograms of grain harvested this time to offset his debts.

The officials in the provincial capital were ready to take action against the remaining 20 million jin.

Seeing Lu Xuan's generous attitude of casually taking out several million kilograms of grain as a reward, they speculated that the other party was not really prepared to take away all the grain.

Now that the prominent families are on the verge of collapse, shouldn’t the government take back the rights that originally belonged to them?

Lu Xuan: You wish.

After the disaster, the government office has been suppressed by local prominent families. It can be seen that the people in charge of the government office now are not able to control the situation.

After asking the victims for their opinions, Lu Xuan immediately nominated several prestigious and powerful organizations in Licheng to jointly manage the output of the greenhouses with the government office, supervise each other, and use the food to the greatest extent possible for the victims.

In addition, he also plans to leave behind a group of robots.

Humans may make mistakes for various reasons, but robots will not. Coercion or inducement will be of no use to them, and they can be the most fair supervisors.

Once someone is found trying to emulate the prominent families and engage in corruption... the fate of the prominent families caught today will be the future of the corrupt officials.

Although the officials in the government office were somewhat dissatisfied, they did not dare to raise any issues after seeing the fate of the prominent family.

"As for how the food will be distributed to the victims, you can discuss it among yourselves."

Lu Xuan said calmly, "My only request is that when we send people from the capital, the population of Licheng cannot be less than 80% of its current level."

The 20% margin is given because even if there are sufficient supplies during a disaster period, accidents cannot be completely avoided, and this does not leave room for them to exploit.

If too many people die, they will naturally determine whether there are any abnormalities and then conduct another reckoning.

The officials in the government office were startled.

Why mention the capital again?

Could it be that Lu Xuan had really contacted the capital before, and was not trying to scare the aristocratic families?

One of the officials was a little puzzled. Glancing at the children of the noble families scattered on the ground, he thought for a moment and asked tentatively, "I wonder how Boss Lu plans to deal with these family members?"

Lu Xuan raised his eyebrows, "Of course I have to ask His Majesty to find out."

The official was astonished: "Your Majesty?"

The victims who did not leave the scene were also stunned.

Lu Xuan didn't explain much, but directly dialed the new emperor's number and even connected the screen projection.

The new emperor attached great importance to Lu Xuan's contact and answered the call immediately. The projection image of the new emperor instantly appeared above Lu Xuan's head.

"ah!"

"What is that!"

“Someone!”

The victims' faces turned pale with fear.

The officials in the government office, their hearts skipping a beat, noticed the new emperor's vibrant yellow dragon robe and exclaimed, "Your Majesty!?"

The victims who were trying to escape froze in their tracks, their expressions stunned.

Emperor, Your Majesty?

Immediately afterwards, someone in the government office recognized the new emperor and shouted again, "Third Prince—!? You, you have ascended the throne?"

The victims now didn't know how to react.

Is he the prince or the emperor?

But no matter which one it is, shouldn’t they all kneel down and kowtow?

The new emperor did not expect to see a large group of disaster victims. Looking at the people tied up on the ground and the people in official uniforms, his expression became confused.

It wasn't until Lu Xuan adjusted the camera and appeared on the side of the camera that he breathed a sigh of relief and asked gently, "What are they doing?"

Lu Xuan said: "I am in Licheng, Jiangnan."

The new emperor was shocked. Jiangnan?

Lu Xuan briefly explained the whole process and consequences of the incident, and finally asked, "So, Your Majesty, what do you think should be done with these people?"

The new emperor didn't speak for a long time.

He really didn't expect Lu Xuan to act so recklessly...

Use food as a reward to let the people capture all the prominent families?

It's simply unheard of.

However, when the heads of the various families saw the new emperor, they were first shocked by the fact that the emperor had replaced him. Then, as if they had seen reinforcements, they excitedly shouted: "Your Majesty, we are wronged!"

"Our respective families have been passed down in Jiangnan for hundreds of years. How can a young boy like him bully us? This is simply too much!"

"Lu Xuan is so audacious and presumptuous, Your Majesty must punish him severely!"

The new emperor became impatient and said coldly, "Are you telling me what to do?"

The family heads froze.

The new emperor looked at these prominent families in Jiangnan with a cold eye, and a cold gleam flashed in his eyes.

The aristocratic families in Jiangnan have always been a thorn in the hearts of those in power. Even when his father was in power, he could only be lenient with them. Did his father not want to suppress them?

This is because these prominent families have been rooted in Jiangnan for too long, their status is deeply entrenched, and their power is complex. Every time they want to make a move, they can only get rid of a few insignificant minions in the end, which is not worth the loss.

Lu Xuan's unusual behavior seemed rebellious, but it solved a big problem for him.

He was so happy that he didn't even have time to be punished.

The new emperor sneered at the heads of the various families and glanced at the other people on the screen. "Is there anyone else in the Licheng government office?"

An official from the government office immediately stepped forward and said, "The prefect passed away suddenly due to an illness during the rainy season, and Judge Li also had an accident a few months ago. Now, I am temporarily in charge of all government affairs."

It was a fact that the prefect died of illness, but Li Tongpan lost his life because he was deceived and fought against a prominent family.

The new emperor asked, "Who are you?"

Official: "I am He Hongde, the deputy governor of the government office."

New Emperor: Never heard of it.

The new emperor looked at Ho Hong-tak's gray hair and guessed that he must have worked hard to reach his current position.

The new emperor said in a deep voice, "Lu Xuan is the Marquis of Yunxian, who was personally appointed by me. He is favored by the immortals. While Marquis Yunxian is in Licheng, no one is allowed to neglect him in any way."

Yunxian Hou! ?

He Tongzhi and the victims were shocked again by the new emperor's words.

Lu Xuan is actually still working for the Marquis! ?

And also got the favor of the immortal?

The leaders of the civilian forces suddenly realized that it was no wonder that he could produce such a treasure as the Evolution Liquid!

The new emperor continued, "As for the treatment of the various families, we will first interrogate them to determine what other crimes they have committed besides attempting to steal Yun Xianhou's grain. Any victims in the city who have grievances against these families may also file a complaint. Once their crimes are confirmed, they will all be dealt with according to the laws of this dynasty. Those who deserve death will be executed, and those who deserve exile will be exiled. No mistakes will be made."

The victims were ecstatic when they heard this, as they had so many things to report and sue.

Those who felt wronged could not help but kneel down on the spot and shout "Your Majesty is wise" and "Long live the emperor".

Afterwards, countless victims began to speak out.

The lawsuit accused the son of a certain family of forcing women into prostitution; the son of a certain family of raping women; the head of a certain family of seizing land and beating the victim to death; and there were countless other crimes committed by the head of the family, his direct descendants, and his branches.

The number of criminals and crimes committed is so great that it is difficult to list them all.

Lu Xuan had experienced so many things in the apocalypse that it didn't make much of a difference when he heard about them, but many of the audience in the live broadcast room gnashed their teeth and shouted at the host to enforce justice and kill all these scumbags.

The new emperor's face also turned pale when he heard this.

"No, that's not the case!" The family heads listened to the accusations coming from all sides and loudly defended themselves: "Slander! It's all slander!"

"We have never done those things. Your Majesty, please be clear-headed!"

"That's right! These unruly people have set their sights on our family business and are deliberately trying to harm us!"

"They took the food given by Lu Xuan, so they will naturally support him."

But before they could finish a few words, Lu Xuan's hypnotic ability came into play, and the group of people's mouths began to lose control. The sophistry words on their lips turned into: "I did it, so what."

"They are just a bunch of peasants. If they die, they die. How can they be compared with the noble status of us?"

"Let me pay for the lives of a few untouchables, do they deserve it?"

The victims were furious when they heard this and wanted to pounce on them and strangle them to death.

[Damn, these bitches are really mean. They have no guilt at all after killing people.]

[When it comes to profit, they certainly don't care if a few people they don't know or care about die.]

[No matter how noble you are, can you be nobler than the emperor? The emperor still dies, so you are nothing!]

[They met the anchor, their good days are over, it's time to pay with their lives! ]

[You'll have to pay for what you've done, host. Kill them now!!! I'll give you a hundred 'Glory Star Crowns'!]

Not only did the family heads confess to the crimes brought up by the victims, they were arrogant and unrepentant, and they also took the initiative to confess many crimes that were not even brought up by the victims.

These include illegal mining, reselling salt and iron outside the Great Wall, and other capital crimes.

The new emperor was furious when he heard this. "How dare you sell salt and iron to the enemy? You bastards deserve to die!"

The crimes committed by the family heads deserve their death eight or ten times over.

The new emperor was so angry that he ordered the government to execute these criminals on the spot.

Lu Xuan said: "Why not leave it to me."

As he said this, he ordered all the criminals who had committed the crime of murder to be brought out.

In addition to the head of the family, nearly half of the direct descendants of each family, plus branches, a total of hundreds of people were finally arrested.

[Good fellow, I really am a good fellow. There are less than ten families combined, but there are so many who have killed people. What kind of a century-old family, a murderous family?!]

"It's a waste of food to keep these scum alive. Streamer, please take action! I feel sick just letting them live any longer."

Lu Xuan didn't hesitate. He looked coldly at the family heads who were frightened after being caught, said "I'll send you off", then raised his arm and slashed at them.

Almost at the same time, dozens of thunderbolts fell and accurately struck the heads of the heads of the various families.

“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!”