Late Qing Dynasty Executioner

Chapter 144 I Don’t Want to Give Money
As it was getting dark, Chen the Judge ordered that all the gamblers, smokers and prostitutes be released, and the rest of the relevant practitioners be detained on the spot. There was naturally not enough space to detain hundreds of people, so they had to send people to guard them on the spot.

There were indeed too many people. Chen Gu hesitated for a moment, then called Yun Hua over and ordered, "Select those who are guilty of the most heinous crimes, take them outside the city, and execute them immediately."

As for what is considered a heinous crime, all those involved in the opium business were counted, as were those who committed too many evil deeds in brothels and gambling dens and used ruthless means. Out of four to five hundred people, more than half were directly selected, had their hands and feet tied, and were taken out of the city.

Bai Wencheng heard everything clearly at the side, but he didn't even dare to raise his head, for fear that Chen Gu would say that he was signaling to others. He could only watch as more than 200 people were taken away, including some of his men.

Chen Gu was never merciful when killing people. Except for the two young girls, all the people who were ambushed by Addis were killed. The 500 elite troops led by Delentang who entered the city for revenge last time were almost all killed. Even Delentang himself was beheaded by Chen Gu himself. Lebao led several thousand people to attack the city, and half of them died in the first battle.

Bai Wencheng felt extremely powerless in front of Chen Gu, and he couldn't even muster the slightest desire to resist. But he still had to say what he had to say, because he felt that the atmosphere was continuing to become more solemn.

Bai Wencheng secretly glanced at Chen Gu and found that the look in Chen Gu's eyes when he looked at the remaining two hundred people was very dangerous. He was probably thinking in his heart whether he should kill these people as well.

"Leader, although these people are guilty, their crimes do not deserve the death penalty. I beg you to let them go!" Bai Wencheng said again with a stiff upper lip.

Chen Jue's eyes flickered a few times, and he said, "One hundred thousand taels of silver, these people, including their properties, you can take them back, but you can't work in related industries in the future, sex, gambling, and drugs must all be banned."

Bai Wencheng estimated the value of those restaurants, brothels, and opium dens, which far exceeded 100,000 taels of silver, and it could also save lives, so he immediately agreed, "I can pay the silver tomorrow morning!"

"Okay, then you can discuss and distribute the money among yourselves. You don't have to give the collected silver to me. Just keep it in the government office as treasury silver. You can withdraw it when you need to spend it. As for the silver and materials seized this time, the army will keep 10% for the brothers to share, and the rest will be kept in the government office as treasury silver.

There are many places to spend money, such as the salaries of so many people and the purchase of land for the people. I don’t know when I can get enough money! " Chen Ju couldn't help but sighed.

"Or, just divide the land equally!" Bai Wencheng said tentatively. The salary must not be reduced. It was obvious from what Chen Gu said that he didn't want to pay for the land.

Chen Gu did regret spending money to buy land. At that time, he just wanted to reduce the resistance to equal distribution of land, but he did not take the number of acres of land into consideration.

Not to mention other things, the cultivated land in Jiangjin County alone is probably no less than one million acres, and the market price is three to five taels of silver per acre. Even if it is calculated at only three taels of silver per acre, and then a 20% discount, it would still cost more than two million taels of silver.

If we count the money that needs to be spent to purchase the hundred that are in the hands of the big families, that would be more than one million taels of silver.

Jiangjin County alone would cost more than one million taels of silver, what about the entire Chongqing?

What about the whole Sichuan?
Or even the whole world?
How could Chen Gu have so much silver? If he had some silver, wouldn’t it be better to use it to make guns and ships to fight the Qing Dynasty or to fight abroad?
"Then let County Magistrate Bai handle the distribution of land." Chen Gu said without hesitation, "When we go to Chengdu, the Bai family can send more of their children to follow us. It will be no problem for our army to capture Chengdu.

Chengdu is so big, and there are more prefectures and counties along the way. These places need someone to govern, and someone needs to communicate with the local noble families. "I thank the leader for his trust. The Bai family will follow the leader's lead!" Bai Wencheng said hurriedly. Chen Gu was obviously giving him a piece of cake. This overwhelming wealth naturally had to be accepted. Compared with the whole Chengdu, or even the whole Sichuan, the gains and losses of Jiangjin were obviously nothing.

Chen Gu nodded in satisfaction and said, "Very good, remember our sixteen-character foundation, especially the first four words, people-oriented, any business, any money-making business should not be done at the expense of others.

Oh, and we must not buy and sell people. As for the issue of women's foot binding, forget it. I won't say more about it, but I'll tell you first that from now on, no one in the army, from top to bottom, can marry a woman with bound feet, or they will be expelled from the army."

Bai Wencheng couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. He didn't expect that Chen Ju would even care about women's foot binding. Although there was no explicit order, an order not to allow soldiers to marry women with bound feet was enough.

After all, the more powerful one is, the more he wants to get involved in military power, otherwise he won't even sleep well. Even if his own children don't join the army, at least he will try to win over one or two people in the army through marriage.

Now Chen the Judge directly ordered that soldiers were not allowed to marry women with bound feet, which hit the powerful people right in the sore spot, and they had to agree even if they disagreed.

However, thinking about the pain his sisters suffered from foot binding, Bai Wencheng was not very disgusted with the order. He even thought about taking off the foot bindings of the girls when he got home.

"Leader, you are wise!" Bai Wencheng flattered him.

"Okay, that's it. Time is urgent, so we need to hurry up and do many things. It only takes one day, and you won't get too tired if you rest less and do more!" After saying this, Chen Gu got up and left.

"Farewell, Leader!" Bai Wencheng straightened up only after Chen Gu had completely left. After hesitating for a moment, Bai Wencheng did nothing but hurried back to the Bai family.

Too many things happened today, and Bai Wencheng felt that he was a little out of control. He had to talk to his old man.

White House.

After listening to Bai Wencheng's report, Bai Yunqing pondered for a long time, and finally smiled and said: "Very good, Liu, Guan and Zhang have accepted a good apprentice. It is hard to say whether it will succeed or not, and it mostly depends on God's will, but his plans are still very feasible. If they succeed, the dynasty will last longer.

You don't need to worry about the affairs of Jiangjin County. Tell him that I have taken over the position of the county magistrate of Jiangjin County. I will handle everything he asks me to do. You can take your children with him to Chengdu.

If he attacks Chengdu directly, then you can take your children with you and follow the army to find a way to get money. If he first fights the landlords outside the city and distributes the land equally to the people, and then takes Chengdu, then you can find a way to stay in Chengdu, and many of your children can also stay in Chengdu, and you can develop well in Chengdu in the future.

This is an opportunity for our Bai family. If we succeed, we will become a top family. If we fail, we will follow Chen Gu into the mountains. Anyway, the Qing Dynasty is already on the decline. Even if we fail once, there will still be opportunities in the future!"

(End of this chapter)