Section 438 Bewitched
Three days later, the madness of Maca City finally ended.
The whole city is filled with blood and stench. The former comes from the streets, houses, and blood flowing everywhere in every corner. There is too much liquid. Although the surface has dried up, the inner layer still remains moist and semi-solidified. The grooves of the stone slabs on the ground are almost completely filled. When you step on your feet, a large piece of black dirty blood will always stick to it. As the half-wet blood skin is brought up, the sticky and slippery and wet part will be immediately exposed.
The stench comes from corpses. According to rough statistics, about 60,000 people in Maca City were killed. All nobles and wealthy merchants were killed, and no one could be spared. All the audiences in the arena also suffered the same fate. The slaves had unusual hatred for these people, and the range of killing quickly spread to the neighborhoods around the arena. The slaves instinctively regarded the residents nearby as objects of fighting for fun with their own lives. They did not care whether the other party was a civilian or aristocrat, and under the fierce impulse of being furious and released, they killed them all without any scruples.
In the city, almost all young women were violently insulted. The number of residents in Maca City was about 300,000. Except for the city lord Baron Sorant, other slave owners owned more than 110,000 slaves. The riot initiated by slave gladiators caused a storm in the city, and outside the city also attacked at the same time under the induced storm of Mengqi and other "worker bees". According to the plan formulated in advance, many civilians were swept by slaves to join them. Although a large number of civilians refused to participate in the riot, they were forced to kill people with swords by slaves. Among them, there may be nobles and neighbors who get along well with them. But in the chaos, personal thinking has become no longer important. They are forced to kill people and become members of the rioters. Only in this way can they ensure that their families are not insulted and their property is safe.
This is the revolution. Maybe you don't want to be involved at all, but the situation forces you to do so. Otherwise, there will be only a dead end.
Su Hao used this simplest method to tie all the people in Maca City to their chariots.
The order in the city is gradually recovering. The bodies were cleared out from all corners and loaded into the cart to burn or landfill outside the city. The carriages transported huge wooden barrels filled with clear water, and washed the blood-stained streets over and over again. The goods stored in advance were also transported into the market in the city in batches. There was no famine, and slaves killed people and eaten meat, etc., after all, they were just special cases of the riot period. After fear and fear, people suddenly felt that such a life was actually not much different from the past, but there were only fewer annoyances.
Other members of the Mengqi family began to join the anti-rebellion army and assisted Su Hao in the military and political management. The reorganization of the slave troops was basically completed, and Su Hao ordered all slaves in and outside Maka City to be free. In order to make the decree he issued is in line with the orthodox Labangka continent, Su Hao inherited the Baron title of Sorant and added a prefix, calling himself "Red Dragon Baron".
It is almost impossible to eradicate the influence of aristocratic rule overnight. Although the slaves were free, they still had a subconscious fear of the nobles and kings. Su Hao could only inherit the title of Sorant's dead ghost to be recognized by the slaves. Riots can also be regarded as a power struggle between the two nobles. Of course, this situation will continue to change over time and people's awareness of society. But for now, the slaves still hope that Su Hao is a nobleman, not a rebel with the same identity as him.
Two weeks later, the reorganization of slaves was initially completed. Su Hao obtained more than 60,000 strong slaves, including gladiators, criminals and bankrupt civilians, as well as prisoners of war captured from other countries in the mainland. 110,000 to 60,000, the selection ratio was nearly 50%. This was entirely due to the greed of slave merchants and nobles. In the Labangka continent, in addition to craftsmen with special skills, most of the old and weak slaves were executed. Only young and strong slaves could be traded on the market.
Daily training and reorganization were all handed over to the "worker bees" who followed Su Hao from the earth. The earth's civilization exceeded that of the Labangka continent, and for now, there were far more than that of the world in technology, fighting skills and tactics. Su Hao's previous reputation in the slave camp and his magnificent gladiators made the first batch of slave supporters appear around him. Although there were only seventeen people, the emergence of this batch of "worker bees" means that the Labangka continent does have the same foundation as on earth and build a new "hive-hive".
The new household registration management system was fully implemented in Maca City. The original residents were divided into two parts: "civilians" and "civilians". The former was the people who clearly expressed their support during the riots, and their identities and property were retained, and even obtained extremely generous returns. The latter was a group that was judged to be hostile to the rebel army. The specific judgment criteria were determined by the "worker bees" and the slaves in the leadership position of the squad. It is undeniable that among the people listed as "civilians" there must be misjudgment or misjudgment. However, no one can change the current situation with clear hierarchy in the entire Maca City.
All the property of the sinners was confiscated, and all the population of the whole family was converted into serfs. For them, Su Hao formulated a detailed reward and punishment system. The established social components can be gradually changed through military achievements, farming, or handing over property, and transformed from sinners into civilians.
The resource allocation of slave soldiers is mostly land. Each member of the Rebel Army owns a piece of legal arable land outside the city of Maca. According to the military merits obtained on the battlefield, the land area will also increase or decrease accordingly. The two major regulations "rewards for merit" and "punished for guilt" are listed as systems, and officers at all levels continue to preach within the Rebel Army. Although the slaves are almost illiterate, addition and subtraction of more than ten are difficult to understand. But they can fully understand the statements such as "cutting a head of a person and rewarding a silver shell" or "killing a noble to reward one acre of land".
In addition, there are more simple and easy-to-understand propaganda temptations, such as: killing aristocrats, living in his mansion, sleeping in his women, etc.
Isn’t the goal of striving for enjoyment?
Without practical life goals, who will take the initiative to pay blood, sweat, and even life?
Many people understand this principle, but there is no written or theoretical thing formed in the Labangka continent. This is not the fault of the slaves, but the kings and nobles hope that they will remain ignorant forever. Only fools will be satisfied with filling their stomachs with unpalatable sok tubers every day. Religious gods and Buddhas can anesthetize their thoughts and beg for glory in the next life, and endure humiliation and hard work in this life, and yearn for the wonderful pleasure of the future world in pain.
Based on the first batch of "quasi-worker bees", a solid propaganda team was established within the anti-rebellion army.
"Who gave you freedom? It's not the gods, nor the king, but our greatest Red Dragon Baron
"Why can nobles eat and drink every day? Why should we eat braised vegetables? We fight to death on the arena just to make money for them, but in the end we get nothing. This is unfair, this is a fucking damn world."
"Do you want to go home in a glorious way? Or do you want to be slaves forever? The Red Dragon Baron can give you everything you want. Women, wealth, and land, you can eat and drink for life, and even the next generation can lie in bed and enjoy it comfortably. This is the fucking life. What are you still thinking about? Take up your weapons and join the army, this is what you really should do."
Propaganda is not just a verbal statement. If you want to gain more support from people, you must show real benefits. Under the guidance of the "worker bees", the vigorous land division movement began, and batches of captured slave owners and nobles were hung, and wooden signs were inserted in the arable land outside the city, with the name of the new owner engraved on it.
All this shocked many people and made more people cheer. Of course, there were also many people who were worried and wait and see, thinking that this distribution was not logical. However, the latest order from the Red Dragon Baron made everyone see a way out: "As long as the Red Dragon Army exists for a day, all systems will continue. The stronger we are, the more legal everything we do will be."
This principle is very simple, and it is easy to understand if you put it bluntly. After a sudden realization, the crowd who were originally waiting and watching also gradually supported the rebel army, either openly or secretly.
All the property collected from the city was concentrated in the Baron's mansion. Su Hao gave Meng Qi the greatest authority in the use of money. The merchant's fanatical pursuit of interests made Meng Qi fully understand the new economic theory from the earth in a short period of time. This newly opened door was the divine realm for him. Meng Qi almost absorbed this knowledge like a dry sponge in an extremely greedy state. Under his operation, the role of money was exerted to the extreme, and the principle of goods exchange became a new source of profit. Perfume, porcelain, novel styles of clothing, women's favorite
Cosmetics... In just a few months, a large number of new workshops appeared in Maca City. There were as many as hundreds of caravans traveling between neighboring cities or countries. They transported batches of luxury goods and industrial products, bringing back an extremely large amount of precious metals and grain. With sufficient supply of ore raw materials and coal, the metal workshop had almost no rest time, a large number of weapons were built, and a large number of slave troops began to be equipped. The sufficient food allowed everyone to get enough nutrition. They trained more, became more proficient in killing skills, and became closer in cooperation.
As the only surviving noble in Maca City, the Knight Barth began to constantly communicate between neighboring cities and act as an envoy. His job was to contact the owners and nobles who were swaying or had a good impression of the rebels, and persuade them, to show off their strong relationships and make their own camp stronger.
The nobles are not a monolithic part. The owner of the manor is hostile to the higher nobles because they have more privileges and more exemptions in taxes. What Barth has to do is to explain the decree issued by Su Hao to the target he is interested in. Tell the other party the theme of the anti-rebellion army is not to kill, burn it up, or grab it, but to completely change the world by violent means. If you want to participate, it is still time to change your mind now. If you refuse or resist stubbornly, once the army arrives, you will never have room to bargain with me.
This is an extremely dangerous task. But the opportunity is equal. Su Hao specially equipped Bart with two "worker bees" to take care of his safety. This is entirely because Bart himself is eloquent and is very familiar with the structure of the Labangka continent. He is a local and has an innate advantage in communicating with others. Even if the negotiation fails, he can escape unscathed.
If you want to unify the mainland in a short period of time, you must win over more supporters. Su Hao can of course directly wave the army to level all the resistance forces. But it can be imagined that doing so will only turn the passing areas into scorched earth, and more people will be killed in battle or killed, and even cities and villages will all turn into ruins.
This is not the result that Su Hao wanted. The turmoil in Maka City was just an indispensable source of the beginning. He had to let the slaves see the actual interests and let blood and death serve as memorials at the beginning of chaos. When everything gradually got on the right track, chaotic violence would be constantly replaced by the legal system. The generals and nobles born from slave gladiators were all dead. Su Hao would never allow a new class of powerful people to appear. He was the king, the emperor, and the highest ruler who controlled the world of Rabangka.
Things have to be done step by step, and people have to be killed one by one. Now, we will win over the lower aristocrats and manor owners only for a peaceful transition and to gain the dominance of the region without going through war. When the war to seize power comes to an end, it is time to fully reconcile with these guys.
Now, just the beginning.
Therefore, slaves can kill people without restraint, play with the women they like at will, and rush into civilian homes to rob.
This is their current power and the motivation for the formation of the army to support Su Hao.
The influence of this terrifying trend was extremely powerful. Su Hao organized 60,000 slave warriors into three legions, with Maca City as the core, and began to expand into the surrounding areas.
The city of Savis was captured, and the city lord Baron Willoughson and his family were killed. More than 6,000 soldiers guarding the city were captured, and more than 2,000 people were killed in battle. The turmoil in the city lasted for two days. When the Mengqi caravan and the administrative officials assigned by Su Hao arrived in the city, the bodies and bloody scenes were almost the same as the previous appearance of Maca City. However, because the leader "Worker Bee" firmly implemented Su Hao's orders, most of the residents in the city survived, and the killed objects were also identified by slaves. In this battle, in addition to obtaining a large amount of resources and money, Su Hao also obtained more than 20,000 new slaves.
Slankensonmo City is a big city in the east. The tall city walls repeatedly blocked the attack. The leader of the "Worker Bee" did not show strong strength enough to smash the city wall with his fists, but sat behind and watched the slave soldiers rushing. The 20,000 slave legion lost more than half of the attack. Thanks to the propaganda force formed in advance, the order of the legion did not collapse, but its combat power became weaker and weaker. When the casualties of the slave soldiers exceeded 70%, the legion commander "Worker Bee" finally took action. He smashed a whole section of the city wall in the south alone, and the slaves whose eyes were so red by the propaganda team suddenly rushed forward. The city lord Earl Weilong was captured alive, and then was cut alive by a knife in the middle of the square. A large number of liberated slaves supplemented the legion, and the number of soldiers jumped over 50,000.
The Third Legion swept all the manors west of Maca City. Thanks to the persuasion of the Knight Barth, about half of the manors swore allegiance to Su Hao. They released all slaves and turned the slaves into peasants according to the decree issued by the Red Dragon Baron. At the same time, they paid full food and taxes to the Third Legion according to the agreement. The huge contribution made these manors feel painful, but they soon found that their decision was extremely wise. The Third Legion ran through the entire plain like a hurricane and destroyed all the manors and castles that had resisted. A large amount of fertile land became unbearable. The manors of course refused to miss such a rare opportunity and immediately sent private armies to divide them.
Not everyone participated in this locust-like land plunder. Only a few smart and clear-headed people chose to wait and see, and sorted out the occupied land into a book and handed over it to the Red Dragon Baron Su Hao in Maca City. They did not know that doing so would be equivalent to self-destruction, but the surrounding area had been occupied by the slave army and the manor was completely isolated from the outside world. Instead of showing too ugly eating at this time, it would be better to be crisper and win the favor of the cruel and tyrannical new baron.
A month later, Su Hao had already mastered the entire southern part of the Jinka Kingdom. The actual controlled area exceeded one third of the Jinka Kingdom's land area. During this process, nobles kept sending warnings to the king and asking for help, but reinforcements from the capital were unable to arrive for a long time. Su Hao was like a hyena, starting from one city and one place, constantly devouring the surrounding prey, obtaining enough nutrition and supplements, and eventually growing into a fearsome powerful lion.
All of this was Meng Qi's credit. From the beginning, he sent out powerful men to deal with the various nobles and generals in the royal capital. All kinds of luxury goods and money were sprinkled out like water, and the bribery targets were not spared from top to bottom, from officials to the minor officials below. As many as millions of gold shells flowed into the pockets of nobles and officials, and a large number of luxury goods that had never been seen before became the most precious collection in various luxury houses. Countless sweet words made noble officials and bribers friends, and police messages from other cities were put aside, or Yu Qian was intercepted by slave troops on the road.
In short, in the past period of time, the riots in Maka City have not attracted any attention from the rulers of Jinka Country. Of course, this country has not been numb to the point of being outrageous. The kings and nobles have more or less known about the changes there, but they do not know the inside story. They only think that it was a slave commotion caused by famine.
Chapter completed!