Su Qi'an quite understands Wu Yong's excitement. In Jiaozhou, on any piece of land, it is impossible to achieve true unification of counties and counties like in other states.
They are all divided into jurisdictions by local priests and appointed officials. Only in Jiaozhou can such a weird scene be seen.
And this time with the arrival of Su Qi'an, Tucheng County is the first place to realize the integration of one county. I am afraid that this matter will cause shock in Jiaozhou again soon.
Wu Yong and Huang Wenyan led their men, and after a thorough inventory, the handover of the land by the little priest was basically over.
But there is one thing. Su Qi'an needs to go to the little priest city and go through the appointment process to announce that Su Qi'an has officially succeeded the little priest and become the next master.
Su Qi'an did not refuse. He only brought Su Yong's special team and left with the person who sent the message.
At this time, basically everyone in the Little Priest City knew that the Little Priest had died, and also that a new master was about to be appointed.
Everyone gathered in front of the Little Priest City, silently waiting for Su Qi'an's arrival.
The wait didn't take long. In about two-quarters of an hour, Su Qi'an arrived at the Little Priest City.
Gathered in the small priest city, most of them are local indigenous people, and there are very few Liang people.
After all, the little priest is a local native and has no sympathy for the Liang people. During his long reign, the Liang people have long been moved to the marginal lands No. 8, 9, and 10 by him.
Liang people are prohibited from leaving these three lands without the permission of the little priest. Only those who are trusted or appreciated by the little priest are qualified to live in the little priest's city.
As Su Qi'an came on stage, the person who came down to deliver the message introduced the people below.
Although none of the natives present voiced any objection, Su Qi'an noticed a hint of evil in their eyes.
That look was filled with hatred, and he was obviously very dissatisfied with Su Qi'an. Su Qi'an turned around and looked at Su Yong calmly. Su Yong understood instantly, while the person who gave the order was still introducing.
Su Yong and some people quietly left the high platform and disappeared from everyone's sight.
After explaining the process, the man stepped aside consciously and motioned for Su Qi'an to step forward.
Su Qi'an stood in the middle, looking around at everyone. Many natives below knelt down to pay their respects to Su Qi'an.
Not long after the worship service, suddenly, several malicious voices sounded from the crowd.
"Everyone, this person, relying on his status as a marquis, maliciously lured the young priest to Qi'an City, brutally killed the young priest, and occupied our land. If we follow such a person, how about we go to Qi'an City? If you take it down, you can still find a way out for yourself."
"That's right, brothers, now is the perfect time. Let's go together and take down this person. There is still a chance of survival. Think about it, he is a cool person. How does the cool person treat us?"
"Come on! Kill him!"
Several strange voices floated among the crowd, planting seeds of doubt in everyone's minds and causing everyone's eyes to flicker.
Especially the last sentence about Su Qi'an being a cool person immediately made many people make up their minds. The next moment, the crowd immediately became commotion, and many people surged towards the high platform in front.
The natives who were able to gather in the little priest city were more or less favored by the little priest, and they were more or less disgusted with the Liang people.
The conflict that broke out between them and Liang Ren was not small, and the grudges continued in their bones.
The Marquis of Liang in front of them is their new master. Think about it, they had so many conflicts with Liang before, and this man is from Liang, how could he speak for them?
If we are 100% on Liang Ren's side, will their life be better then?
It's better to take a risk, capture this person, and give yourself a way out.
The natives in the little priest's city gradually became violent. On the high platform, half of the special forces surrounded Su Qi'an to protect him. As for the person who had given the order before, he had already fled in advance, and there was no sign of him.
Feeling the emotions of the indigenous people, Su Qian's face was calm.
, no wonder Wu Yong had asked him to bring more people with him before going to the Little Priest City to avoid any accidents.
The result, as Wu Yong expected, was that the Little Priest City had been run by the Little Priest for many years, and everyone in the city was loyal to the Little Priest.
But as long as someone is secretly fanning the flames, a riot is inevitable.
How could Su Qi'an not be prepared for this? If he couldn't deal with a mere few thousand people, how could he manage the 70,000 to 80,000 natives in Tucheng?
Looking at the natives who were getting closer and closer, and gradually rushed to the high platform, it was at this critical moment.
Suddenly, an arrow shot from a distance and struck directly on the high platform, less than a foot away from the nearest native.
The arrow feathers shook, and the faces of the natives who rushed to the nearest changed immediately.
They could feel that the power of this arrow was at least one-third, and it would penetrate deeply into the high platform. That kind of terrifying power would be shot on their bodies.
I'm afraid they are just cold corpses now.
The sudden arrows made everyone who was a little excited calm down a little.
They turned their heads sharply and looked around.
At some point, there was a group of people on the high walls and buildings around them.
These people occupy the best commanding heights, holding bows and arrows, and arrows emitting cold light are aimed at them. If they make any move that is detrimental to Su Qi'an, they will be shot without mercy.
These commanding heights were originally built specially by the little priest to control the natives in the city. Unexpectedly, this outsider had been in the little priest city for a long time and immediately seized the commanding heights.
These commanding heights have an excellent view. Only twenty or thirty people, intertwined with each other, can control the entire small priest city.
Feeling the light behind them and wanting to attack the high platform, the faces of the natives changed and their bodies became a little stiff.
At this time, a few erratic voices sounded again from the crowd.
"Everyone, have you seen this? This Liangren Marquis has finally revealed his ambition. He wants to kill us all."
"For our lives, brothers, let's rush together!"
Only this time, before everyone could make a decision, the next moment, several wind-breaking sounds sounded at extremely high speeds.
Immediately afterwards, wailing sounded, and everyone turned around and found that three people had been shot by arrows on the spot and died immediately.
This move shocked everyone, and then Su Qian spoke.
"If they continue to fan the flames, they will be punished."
Occupying many commanding heights in the Little Priest City and having the best view, those who hid in the crowd and maliciously incited the natives to riot and had ulterior motives had their positions exposed under the gaze of Su Yong and others.
Su Yong and the others would not spare a hand against such a person and would shoot him on the spot.
After shooting the person who took the opportunity to cause trouble, the commotion just now obviously calmed down.
Su Qian waved his hand and walked out of the protection.
Standing in front of the high platform, it can be said that Su Qi'an is completely exposed to everyone's sight at this time. If someone wants to take action against Su Qi'an at this time, the chance of success is very high.
But after the shock just now, no one dared to take any action. After all, all their actions were being monitored.
Whether it was Su Yong and others behind him, or the group of soldiers standing behind Su Qi'an, looking around with eagle eyes, they felt a huge sense of oppression just by looking at them, making them dare not look at them.
Not to mention launching an attack on Su Qi'an at this time. They were sure that if they did it at this time, they would definitely be shot into a sieve in the next moment.
Su Qi'an stood on the high platform, looked around everyone, and then said loudly.
"I came to Tucheng. What I want to see is peace and that the people can live and work in peace and contentment. You can think of what I said as hypocrisy."
"Many of you have been favored by the little priest and want to avenge him. I can understand, but before taking action, I hope that you can have the minimum ability to judge right and wrong, so as not to end up like the little priest. Someone else’s chess piece!”
Su Qi'an's words made everyone remain silent. Although there were still loyal little priests among them, many people's eyes flickered and they had other ideas.
Su Qian didn't expect that with just a few words, he could change these natives' views on him.
But he will definitely say what he needs to express.
"This prince takes over Tucheng, whether you like it or not, this is a fact. As for the little priest, if he is really caring for his subordinates and allows the people to live and work in peace and contentment, will he still die?"
"You know who the little priest is better than I do. If you can tell me one good thing that will benefit the people of Tucheng, I can withdraw from the little priest city immediately. Is there one thing you can do?"
Su Qi'an's voice was high-pitched, like a bell, resounding in everyone's hearts.
These natives wanted to retort, but they opened their mouths and remained silent in the end.
Su Qian'an is right. After all these years, the little priest has never done anything good, even if he is a henchman who follows him, if something is not done well, he might be pushed out and killed in the next moment.
If you expect the little priest to do anything good, it will undoubtedly be the sun rising from the west.
Su Qi'an saw everyone's silence and continued, "What is the Qi'an City owned by me and what is the life of the people in the city like? You can go and take a look."
"Is this the kind of life you want when you are blindly controlled in a piece of land and cannot leave for the rest of your life?"
"I will put my words here today. From today on, all of you will be lifted from your status as slaves and treated equally with the people of Qi'an City. Moreover, there will no longer be any geographical restrictions and you can go anywhere in Tucheng."
"Is this... is this true?" Some people looked surprised and asked subconsciously.
When he said the words, he suddenly realized something and looked behind him unconsciously at a certain native, with a bit of fear in his eyes.
Su Qi'an naturally noticed this person's performance.
He knew that the main reason why this group of natives followed the riots was because of the remaining troubles left by the little priests.
The reason why they dare not resist is probably because they have the leverage to be manipulated by these disasters.
And because he was not familiar with Su Qi'an, the new controller, he did not dare to put all his treasure on Su Qi'an, and these disasters took advantage of him.
When Su Qian came to Little Priest City, the first thing he did was to solve these remaining troubles.
