Chapter 742: Liu De

, the Benevolent One As Bai Tu has been a loyal minister for almost a year, it is definitely not the case.

There were only two main reasons for his surrender to the Great Zhou: one was to survive, and the other was to avenge his motherland.

Later, through his understanding of the strength of the Great Zhou, his loyalty began to slowly increase.

However, until just now, when Zhou Xu used the "Eye of Secrets" to look at him, Bai Tu's loyalty was only 78 points.

In the past, when he couldn’t see loyalty, he didn’t have so many thoughts about it, but now that he can see it, sometimes it becomes a situation where he can’t help but think about it.

As a normal citizen, this level of loyalty is not low. It means that one is already loyal and will not easily betray.

But if one wants to become a general commanding an army here, these 78 points of loyalty are obviously not enough.

According to Zhou Xu's current thinking, if you want to lead an army alone, you must have at least 80 points of loyalty to obtain his qualification certificate for leading troops.

However, what he didn't expect was that his casual words of comfort actually made Bai Tu's loyalty increase by two points, and it suddenly passed the 80-point mark, reaching the standard of a loyal minister.

Faced with this unexpected surprise, Zhou Xu was very satisfied.

At the same time, to a certain extent, it also gave him some new ideas.

[Would you like to give Bai Tu a chance to perform later? ]

After I have comforted him like this, if I continue to do this, Bai Tu will definitely know that I am giving him a chance, and then his loyalty will definitely increase!

Of course, considering the possible risks involved, Zhou Xu has not made up his mind yet and needs to think about it further.

After leaving Green Forest City, Zhou Xu headed straight for Xianyang City.

During this period, in Xishan City...

Just as Zhou Xu guessed, Liu De was worried about the internal food problem, and he survived until now only by relying on the food he had stored.

Having finally survived the winter, Liu De was happy for a while as spring was approaching and they could start spring ploughing. He felt that the refugees could finally be put to use and that he had finally made it.

Little did he know that his troubles had just begun, and he soon realized that under this situation, spring ploughing would only further increase his burden.

Before the spring, the refugees in the city only had one bowl of porridge every day, but at least they didn't have to work. Their daily routine was to queue up for porridge and lie around, so there wasn't much consumption.

But once they need to farm the fields, this bowl of porridge is not enough, and they all ask for more food, otherwise they will not have the strength to farm.

However, Liu De didn't have enough food to eat himself, so how could he give more food to the refugees? At first, he simply ignored these requests.

But as time went on, the refugees, who had to drink a bowl of thin porridge every day but were forced to work hard in the fields, became increasingly dissatisfied.

During an unexpected conflict later, a Yasukuni soldier who was in charge of watching the refugees cultivate the land drew his sword and killed a refugee who was secretly cursing under his breath because of dissatisfaction, thus triggering a wave of unrest.

The unrest resulted in the deaths of seven refugees and injuries to more than thirty refugees.

Upon hearing the news, Liu De was furious and extremely annoyed.

He was angry at the soldier who had done something stupid and at the ungrateful refugees.

"Those bastards, don't they think about who allowed them to live until now? Without me, they would have starved to death! Now that I ask them to till a few plots of land, they complain about being tired and make trouble for me?! They are just a bunch of unruly people!!"

Liu De yelled and cursed while smashing things at hand to vent his emotions.

But no matter how much he was cursed and smashed, considering the "benevolent" reputation he had erected, Liu De must do enough superficial work.

The next day, facing the angry refugees, Liu De cried in public, blaming himself for not being able to control his subordinates, which led to this incident.

"At this point, I am too ashamed to face the people!"

As he spoke, Liu De pulled out the sword from his waist and was about to commit suicide, which caused a burst of exclamations at the scene.

At the same time, the guards on both sides rushed forward to stop them, and the subordinates knelt down and shouted...

"Your Majesty, this cannot happen! If you die, how will the people of Jingguo survive?!"

The refugees down there have long been starving to the point of skin and bones, not having enough food to eat every day, and even their brains can hardly function.

In addition, everything happened too quickly at that time, and they did not understand how Liu De's life or death had anything to do with how they lived, so they knelt down for no apparent reason and started begging together.

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Liu De had no intention of committing suicide, but now that he saw that his goal had been achieved, he threw away his sword and acted as if to say, 'I was going to commit suicide to atone for my crime, but you all begged me not to die, so I'll do it reluctantly', which made Kong Daqian roll his eyes at him.

By the way, this idea was not his. In some matters, Liu De is gifted and does have some operational skills.

"Please rest assured, I will severely punish the soldiers who committed the crime! The civilians who unfortunately died will all be buried with honor. As for the injured, I will arrange a place for them to find doctors to treat them and let them rest in peace."

After all this, the refugees had no reason to cause trouble, and the matter was successfully covered up by Liu De.

If he had been more magnanimous and really did what he promised, everything would be fine for the time being.

Unfortunately, Liu De’s vision is really not that great.

The soldier who committed the crime was indeed severely punished, mainly because he was also angered by those soldiers.

The dead civilians were given a grand funeral, but in fact they were just buried in a pit dug outside the city.

But in this era, this is roughly the case. Even if the people know about it, they generally don't have any thoughts about it.

The most terrible thing was the injured civilians. He gathered them all in one courtyard under the pretext of arranging a place for them to rest, and then turned around and killed them all! If their family members came to ask about it, they would say that they followed the doctor's advice and that the injured should rest well and not see outsiders. After a period of time, they would say that they had recovered from their injuries and left on their own.

By then, even if the injured's family members have not seen the person, there will be no evidence.

After all, in times of famine, people die every day and some disappear. It's all normal.

But there is no such thing as an impenetrable wall in this world. As soon as Liu De ordered the killing, the news leaked out and spread like wildfire in the city...

(End of this chapter)