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After Emperor Jiahua and Wu Mian decided on how to deal with the fall of Denglai and Denglai, they would not directly issue decrees to the local area according to Wu Mian's words, but had another explanation.

That is, it takes time for the Chu imperial court to mobilize troops and generals and raise money and food. The governor of Shandong must first send troops to the garrison, patrol camp and other places to prevent the pirates from continuing to plunder the interior of Shandong.

At the same time, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses will be dispatched from Jiangbei and Jiangnan to support Shandong first.

As for the real response method of the Dachu court, only Emperor Jiahua and a few cabinet ministers knew it.

Even though Goldman Sachs and Xu Wei were angry, they also knew that the matter must not be leaked, otherwise the government and the public would be upset, and Emperor Jiahua would not let them go.

Therefore, they can only feel guilty and hope that the people in Denglai and Denglai will not suffer too much.

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As a citizen of Dawang Village on the outskirts of Dengzhou City, Wang Dacheng was digging a ditch. Although he was exhausted and sweating profusely, he did not feel that this kind of life was suffering at all.

On the contrary, before the arrival of Liu Haizhu, the life he lived was called suffering.

For as long as he could remember, the taxes in this country had become heavier year by year.

His family originally had more than ten acres of farmland, but his mother fell ill due to overwork and died.

Last year, his father also fell ill from exhaustion. Wang Dacheng couldn't bear his father leaving like this. He also thought about the poor harvest and heavy taxes, so he wanted to sell part of the land in exchange for some money to treat his father's illness.

Later, he was deceived by the landlord Wang Youcai and turned into borrowing money at usury by mortgaging his land.

However, my father's illness could not be cured.

In the end, not only did his father pass away, but his family's land was also taken away by Wang Youcai because he could not repay the loan sharks.

He even owed Wang Youcai a huge debt, so he could only work as a tenant farmer for Wang Youcai and pay it back slowly.

A normal sharecropper pays the rent with his annual income. If the year is good, he may still have some left over.

But a tenant farmer like him, who is almost selling himself, is no different from a serf. If he can only eat a few full meals a year, it is considered a kind owner.

As for marrying, having children, and carrying on the family line, don't even think about it.

If nothing else, his family will be destroyed by him.

In the past few days, Wang Dacheng felt guilty every time he thought of his father's angry and unwilling eyes before his death. He felt that he had failed the family and was sorry for his ancestors.

Of course, he also hated Wang Youcai, and even hated the bad doctor who might have colluded with Wang Youcai.

But he didn't dare to express this hatred, otherwise he would be beaten to death by Wang Youcai's thugs.

Originally, Wang Dacheng thought that this revenge would never be avenged in his lifetime, and that would be the way it would be for the rest of his life.

As a result, Liu Haizhu came, and the sky was clear!
When he first learned that the pirates had captured Dengzhou City, he was as panic-stricken as everyone else, fearing that the pirates would come to Dawang Village to burn, kill, and loot.

But then he thought about it, he had nothing but this dead life and three shabby thatched huts, and he was afraid of eggs.

Even if the pirates really came to kill him, it would still be considered a relief for him.

Then he thought, could he surrender to the pirates and let them help him take revenge?

However, he was not very courageous, and he only dared to think about it, but he did not dare to actually join the pirates.

Unexpectedly, a few days ago, a large group of pirates came to the western suburbs. They arrested Wang Youcai and several other landowners who usually had a bad reputation, and ransacked their homes.

Later, they gathered these poor people together and held a meeting.

He said that he wanted to return to everyone the fields that Wang Youcai and other landlords had taken advantageously.

He also burned several boxes of IOUs on the spot, indicating that no one would have to repay the usurious loans owed to Wang Youcai and these bullies.

At this moment, Wang Dacheng was confused. He did not expect to encounter such a good thing.

What surprised Wang Dacheng even more was that among these "sea pirates" there were actually scholars. Based on Wang Youcai's family's account books, the scholar returned all his family's land.

When he received the deed to his land, Wang Dacheng cried with joy and couldn't help but kowtow to the "sea pirates" in front of him.

In his mind, these people were no longer pirates, but heroes sent by God to save poor people like them.

Therefore, when the people sent by Liu Haizhu called on everyone to take advantage of the drought to repair canals and rivers and provide three meals a day, he was the first to respond in Dawang Village.

Because of this, he became the team leader of more than a dozen young and strong laborers in Dawang Village. Although Wang Dacheng was only in his twenties and didn't know much, he had worked in the fields with his parents since he was a few years old, and he knew how important good ditches were to the fields.

Among other things, during the droughts in recent years, if the ditches and rivers near their home were clear, they might be able to harvest more food.

Therefore, Wang Dacheng not only worked actively himself, but also did not forget to encourage the young people from the same village in his team.

"Everyone, please work harder and dig this ditch before lunch!"

"Not only did Liu Hai organize us to repair the canals, but he also took care of three meals a day, two thin and one dry. Every meal has oil stars and enough salt."

"We don't even have such good food at home. Now we are building canals for our own fields, but we can eat so well. Is it worthy of Liu Haizhu that we don't work hard?"

Wang Dacheng had never been able to speak like this before, and he was also timid.

But since being appointed as the squad leader by Liu Haizhu's people, his potential seems to have been stimulated. Not only has he become more sharp-tongued, but he has also become bolder.

These words made most of the team smile and agree, shouting slogans together, and work harder.

Until noon.

Wang Dacheng took his team to queue up for meals.

I found that today not only was there soup with oil stars, but also a large piece of sea fish for everyone.

Although they live in the coastal areas of Dengzhou, fish from the sea is much cheaper than other places, but poor people cannot afford it.

Therefore, Wang Dacheng and others prepared to work harder in the afternoon.

After lunch, Xu Chong, a scholar from Liu Haizhu's team whom Wang Dacheng met before, came.

"Everyone should take a rest. You don't have to get up. Just listen to what I have to say."

Although Xu Chong is a general under Liu Haizhu, he is an easy-going scholar. Although he has only been here for a few days, he is already familiar with Wang Dacheng and many other people in the western suburbs.

After hearing what he said, Wang Dacheng and others continued to rest with a smile.

Xu Chongdao: "The government of Da Chu slandered our Majesty as a pirate, and the people of Dengzhou called him the Lord of the Sea. But in fact, our Majesty is the Supreme Emperor of the overseas country."

When these words came out, Wang Dacheng and others were stunned.

What?
Liu Haizhu is the Supreme Emperor?
In fact, many people cannot react at the moment.

Xu Chongze continued: "Our Majesty originally came to Dachu for sightseeing and seeing the severe drought in Shandong, so he bought grain in Jiaoxi to help the victims."

"I never thought that instead of helping the people, the local government was greedy for our Majesty's money and wanted to arrest him, torture him, and steal the money."

"Our Majesty also has a temper. Seeing this, he simply sent troops to occupy the two prefectures of Denglai and Denglai. He arrested the corrupt officials, evil gentry and bullies in the two prefectures, conducted public trials, ransacked their homes, and restored peace to the people!"

At this point, Xu Chong deliberately stopped to give everyone time to digest the news.

After a while, Wang Dacheng and other people came to their senses one after another, and started talking buzzingly——

"Master Liu Hai is actually the Supreme Emperor?"

"How can General Xu be lying when he says this?"

"Is the Supreme Emperor greater than the Emperor?"

"That's not."

"Listen to General Xu, is Liu Haizhu planning to rebel against Da Chu?"

"It's not considered a rebellion, right? Master Liu Hai is the Supreme Emperor of some kind of country, and he's not from our country, so how can he be considered a rebel?"

"Then we are all under Liu Hai's rule now, wouldn't it mean that we have changed from Dachu people to Damei people?"

"seems like it."

“···” (End of this chapter)