Chapter 279 Raising Private Soldiers
"The Prince of Huainan is constructing a large-scale courtyard near Magnolia Lake. I've made overtures to the Prince on behalf of my master and have asked the people on the farm to volunteer to help build the house!"
Zhou Yunshu looked at Fu Ze who was asking for praise in front of her and really wanted to slap him.
"Master?" Fu Ze felt a little nervous when he didn't receive Zhou Yunshu's praise.
He felt that he had done everything perfectly and was a good subordinate who helped his master solve problems. But why didn't his master look happy at all?
He shrank his neck inexplicably, feeling that the master in front of him seemed to be suppressing an unspeakable anger.
Fu Ze swallowed and said nervously, "Master?"
"When will they come back?" Zhou Yunshu was indeed suppressing her anger.
"Finish the building."
Zhou Yunshu looked at Fu Ze coldly without saying anything.
"Can you please tell me clearly at once when you went there, how long it took to build it, and when you will be back!" Chunque was impatient with Fu Ze's nagging.
"So many people are building houses for King Huainan, but what about the fields in the farm? Are they not caring about them?" Chunque wanted to call the person in front of her a fool.
"I went there in early April. It has been under construction for almost a month and a half. I should be able to come back once it is completed." Fu Ze looked at Chunque's ugly expression and was sure in his heart that he had not done what his master wanted.
But he did all this for the good of his master!
"Although all the young men on the farm have gone to build houses, you don't have to worry, my master. The fields on the farm have not been abandoned, and the women and children are working very well in the fields."
Zhou Yunshu looked at the tired and numb women below and waved to Fu Ze.
Fu Ze took a step forward, and Chun Que slapped him in the face, sending him flying, which showed how strong she was.
The villagers who were originally numb around showed an indescribable joy on their faces after seeing the head of their own village being blown away by the spring bird.
Why should the men in their family go out to do hard labor, while the women and children have to stay on the farm and work as workhorses, while the Fu family can live better than them without doing anything? Why!
Zhou Yunshu looked at the villagers who, except for Fu Ze's brother and daughter, found that no one was willing to stand up for Fu Ze, and thought that this man's popularity in the village was not as good as Wan Dahe from Qishui Village.
"Master." Fu Ze got up from the ground. The right side of his face was so red and swollen that it was difficult for him to speak. "I..."
Zhou Yunshu asked Yan Shilei to let go of Fu Rong and Fu Ya. The two came to Fu Ze and knelt down together.
"Do you know why I hit you?"
Zhou Yunshu said this to Fu Ze, who didn't know where he was wrong, as well as to Fu Rong and Fu Ya who were kneeling beside Fu Ze, and even more so to all the villagers of Fujia Village around.
"First, you said that everything in the village is done according to my instructions, but my instructions are that all children, regardless of gender, aged five to fourteen, must attend school. Yet, you are secretly discriminating against them here."
"Secondly, all the villagers on the farm are my people, and you, the so-called village head, sent the villagers out to do hard labor without even asking for my permission."
"Master, I did this all for you. At that time, the Prince of Huainan was in urgent need of people, and I sent the young and strong men from the farm to you so that you could leave a good impression in front of the Prince of Huainan. I really did this for your own good!" Fu Ze cried aggrievedly.
Zhou Yunshu snorted coldly, staring at Fu Ze's aggrieved face and said, "Are you sure this isn't for yourself?"
"It's not for you to show yourself in front of the Prince of Huainan and use my people to curry favor with him!"
Zhou Yunshu looked at Fu Ze's clothes and said, "The material of your clothes is better than mine. It seems that the Prince of Huainan has given you a lot of rewards."
Fu Ze's legs went limp as he knelt on the ground.
"Ha." Zhou Yunshu sneered, "Building a house?"
"Are you sure they can return safely after the construction of the house is completed, and not become the private soldiers raised by the Prince of Huainan?"
When the word "private soldiers" was heard, the originally numb villagers suddenly became lively, angry and lively.
"How could they be private soldiers? Mr. Fu, you said they were just going to build houses!"
"Yeah, didn't you say they would come back after they finished building the house?"
"My husband and son have just become grandfathers and fathers. They can't be taken away to be private soldiers. They must come back alive!"
"Give my man back!"
Zhou Yunshu lost her mind in anger, looked at the stones and rocks thrown at Fu Ze, and silently took two steps back.
"I was wondering why the men in your family didn't go. You knew that the men who went would become private soldiers for other families, right?"
"Fu Ze, you wicked bastard, give me back my son!"
Fu Ze wanted to explain, but the rocks kept crashing down on him. Even Fu Rong, who was also implicated, looked at his elder brother in disbelief, "Is what the master said true?"
That's not what his elder brother said when he brought people back.
“Big Brother!”
Fu Ze curled up in silence. This shouldn't have been the case.
He should have taken the master's people to curry favor with the Prince of Huainan, received the Prince of Huainan's reward, and registered his name with the Prince of Huainan.
As for the main family, they only come once a year at most. By the time they come, the people who went to build the house will have returned long ago. Even if they can't come back, it's their bad luck. They can just find a reason to deal with it instead of incurring public anger like they are doing now.
"alright."
Zhou Yunshu looked at Fu Ze, whose head was bleeding, and asked the people from Fujiazhuang to stop.
But how could such angry people easily listen to Zhou Yunshu's words? It was only when Yan Shilei, Peng Tianhe and his group drew their knives that they stopped.
By this time, Fu Ya had already dodged away, and Fu Rong was also injured, but the most seriously injured was Fu Ze.
"master!"
A tall, square-faced woman who looked to be around thirty years old came forward with a hoe and knelt in front of Zhou Yunshu.
"Please save my men! They didn't go there voluntarily. They were forced to go by Fu Zhuangtou!"
One person knelt down, and the rest of the women, children and the elderly also knelt in front of Zhou Yunshu.
"Please, Master, save them!"
It would be fine if they really served the master and risked their lives for him, after all, the indentures of their entire family are now in the master's hands.
But if the village head tricked them into using their lives to gain benefits for him, they would never agree!
"What's your name?"
Zhou Yunshu looked at the woman who came out first and asked.
"My name is Danier, Li Danier."
"There are five people in our family. My father and the children's father are gone. Now it's just me and my two children in the village."
"We are from Nanchuan. We sold ourselves to live in the village two years ago because we couldn't make a living there anymore. My father used to be the village chief, and my husband is a stonemason. We thought that selling ourselves to live in the village would allow us to live a stable life."
Why would an innocent person sell himself if he really couldn't survive? Isn't it just to seek shelter?
"Master, we really want to live a good life. Please rescue my father and my man. They are very useful. Please, Master!"
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