Hu Cong found that these barbarians were becoming more and more righteous, and everything was going according to his ideas.
"I can give you one month's salary in advance and buy food for your family."
Hu Cong considers himself not a philanthropist, so it is impossible for him to give free food to those families. However, after they take the pills, he can advance one month's wages to them.
At that time, these people can buy what they need.
The barbarians who voluntarily stayed behind originally only wanted to avoid starvation, and they usually saved more rations to find ways to send them home.
Unexpectedly, they would still receive wages.
Not only that, but they can also get one month's salary in advance, which is a piece of cake for them.
If you can bring some food back to your family, not to mention letting them take poison, it's worth it even if you die immediately.
"We are willing to take the poison and be loyal to you forever."
"Yes, we are willing..."
Seeing that these people were getting such generous treatment, those who were hesitant just now regretted it.
"I want to stay too."
"Me too."
In other words, Hu Cong is more strict in selecting people!
These people had just hesitated and not stood up immediately, and they had already been eliminated by Hu Cong.
Hu Cong doesn't want to stand up now when he hears that there are good conditions. Such a character is not what Hu Cong wants.
He ignored those people at all, but carefully counted the number of people left behind, forty-five in total.
Although there were five fewer people than expected, it didn't matter.
He needs someone whose character is guaranteed.
Hu Cong called the forty-five people who stayed aside and then came to Meng Huaining.
"Mr. Meng, my men have been selected. I suggest that they carry the remaining bodies back."
Meng Huaining was a little unwilling to let go of those who harassed the people under his rule, but he couldn't think of any good way to deal with them at the moment.
It is estimated that if he keeps these people in detention for a period of time, he will flatter their thoughts and at least they will have free food to eat.
"In this case, just do what Brother Hu said. The barbarians came to rob and killed so many people. It must be a lesson to them. The people of Dashun are not what they can rob if they want, but they will pay the price with their lives."
Hu Cong agreed: "That's true."
After the two discussed it, Hu Cong went to Mo's house to get the pills from He Zhiran.
He Zhiran heard that Hu Cong used this method to keep a group of barbarians behind, and he actually agreed with his method.
No matter which country people are, there are good and evil people, as long as Hu Cong can distinguish them clearly.
Hu Cong took the pills and hurried back to the foot of the mountain.
The officials there were watching the barbarians carefully cleaning the battlefield.
This is the territory of the Mo family, Meng Huaining's future Yue family. He will take advantage of the absence of his two uncles to show off and restore everything here to its original state.
The barbarians had completely lost their fighting spirit, and they all followed the orders of the officials.
The people selected by Hu Cong were still standing where they were. Hu Cong distributed the pills to them. After seeing them take them with his own eyes, he indeed gave each of them fifty cash as wages.
What makes these people even more happy is that the large bowl of white-flour steamed buns just now became their breakfast.
Hu Cong did not know the true efficacy of the pills made by He Zhiran. He thought they were really the poison he said he would take regularly. Therefore, he felt very at ease with these people.
Leaving the barbarians here to eat white-flour steamed buns made the barbarians cleaning the battlefield envious. Unfortunately, they didn't know that they could really eat such good white-flour steamed buns if they stayed here.
Hu Cong didn't care about the thoughts of those barbarians. Seeing that his men were full, he once again gave him a great benefit.
"You can now take your wages and go to the city to purchase."
He pointed to the barbarians cleaning the battlefield and said, "If there are trustworthy people among them, you can ask them to bring food to your families."
When everyone heard this, their eyes suddenly lit up, thinking that their poison was worth it, they all knelt down towards Hu Cong, thanked him profusely, and then went to the city to buy together.
By noon, the barbarians had cleaned up the stained areas of the Mo family. Under Meng Huaining's arrangement, they returned to the barbarians with the corpses and the food that the people who had stayed behind had asked them to bring to their families.
Meng Huaining did not leave immediately. There are no troops stationed in Yuncheng now. The only ones who usually maintain law and order in the city are his subordinates.
Including Mo Chuhan, the head catcher, the number of official officers was only thirty.
Today, it was the Mohist brothers who blocked the barbarians in Xiling Village, preventing them from taking advantage of the situation.
If the Mo brothers were not here, the consequences would be disastrous.
Now that he lets these barbarians go back, it is equivalent to letting the tiger return to the mountain.
But what if I don’t let go?
He can't take all these barbarians into custody, can he?
No matter how wise Meng Huaining is, he will still scratch his head when encountering such a thing.
At this time, Mo Chuhan and Seventh Brother had already settled down the old troops who had come to defect, and they were now temporarily living in the Cui family's former house.
The Cui family was already better off than the other two families, and their houses were basically made of bricks and tiles. Although they were more than a little inferior to the newly built courtyard house of the Mo family, they were good in that they could protect them from wind and rain.
In the future, when their brothers make money, they will consider helping their subordinates renovate the house.
The two Mo brothers knew that Meng Huaining was still dealing with the barbarian affairs at the foot of the mountain. After settling down their old troops, they came over here to find him.
Seeing Meng Huaining's frown, Mo Chuhan stepped forward to ask.
"Brother Meng, have you encountered any difficulties?"
Meng Huaining smiled bitterly and expressed his worries and how to deal with the barbarians.
Meng Huaining thought of such a situation, and so did the two Mo brothers.
It's not that they are unfounded. I heard from the villagers that the barbarians used to come and rob, at most dozens of people.
If they found out in time, the barbarians would not be able to grab anything at all, but would be beaten severely.
If that were the case, his Mo family would certainly not be worried.
But everything has surprises. Just like today, hundreds of barbarians came, and they even had such a terrifying commander.
Once this happens again, it will be a headache.
If the home where you live is harassed like this, anyone would have a headache.
What's more, Ninth Brother and Ninth Brother and Sister have more plans. In the future, more and more poultry and livestock will be raised at home. If they are not protected well, they will be ruined by these barbarians, which will be more than the loss.
Although Mo Chuhan and Mo Yuance had some countermeasures in mind, they were only for the protection of their own homes. If they had more, they could protect Xiling Village.
As for Yuncheng as a whole, they probably don't have that ability, and they don't want to have that ability.
