Chapter 458 Ruler of Tongniu Town

In war years, it is not uncommon for the citizens of a city, especially a city with considerable independence, to expel its original rulers and defect to another force.

After the collapse of heaven and earth and the great changes in the world, although it was not a war era, it was far beyond any war era.

Flynn took over a town without a lord, especially this town, which Flynn personally saved from bandits.

Such behavior is simply justified!

If Flynn keeps refusing, Tongniu Town will be frightened and sad!

After all, in this era, the city belonged to a certain lord, and it was common practice for the lord to collect taxes and protect the city.

Seeing that it was difficult to refuse such hospitality, Flynn was too lazy to be modest and generously announced that he would take over the rule of Tongniu Town.

Of course, Flynn did not forget to make some promises to these frightened residents.

Flynn promised that he would ensure the safety of Copper Bull and demonstrated his low, generous and benevolent tax rate.

and various policies to improve people’s living standards.

People in Tongniu Town were very excited after seeing the various cakes painted by Flynn, especially the low taxes!

Originally, they thought that as long as they could free themselves from the rule of the bandits, it would be fine if any serious lord came to protect Tongniu Town.

Better than a robber.

As a result, the Flynn Knight came, although his title was not high, but he had tens of thousands of elite soldiers.

The brave men under his command even possess immortal magic and superpowers, and their fighting power is astonishing.

While powerful, Lord Flynn is also a generous and benevolent lord.

Not only will the taxes collected be low, but they will also promise to assist in the construction of Tongniu Town and the construction of various military and civilian facilities.

If Flynn can really fulfill his promise, then it is obvious that the living standard of Tongniu Town will be greatly improved.

Pie?

maybe.

But Flynn seems to be a reliable lord, which makes people in Tongniu Town feel that maybe the promise given by Flynn... is not impossible to realize?

This made them full of expectations.

After Flynn easily defeated the bandits and gained control of Tongniu Town, he came to the temporary prisoner of war camp.

Here, there are thousands of captured bandits, as well as a few traitors who catered to the bandits and oppressed the townspeople during the bandit rule.

In fact, it was not Flynn who wanted to pursue these puppet troops, but when the Tudou County army entered Tongniu Town, the local people had already risen up and kidnapped the so-called traitors.

With such public dissatisfaction, it was natural for Flynn to say nothing more.

After all, although these traitors in Tongniu Town have their own difficulties, they can never be said to be innocent.

The punishment they get now is quite reasonable in this day and age.

Flynn does not intend to kill all of the more than a thousand prisoners here.

After all, compared with the wandering bandits who had previously attacked Mercury Bay, the bandits who stayed in Tongniu Town had actually gone their separate ways and could not be considered a group.

And these people did not do too many bad things during their rule in Tongniu Town.

Flynn plans to send these people to the underground world for mining and logging, and they will be specially supervised by NPCs.

In the dangerous underground world, the success rate after escape is inherently low.

After these prisoners realize the horror and danger of the underground world, they all need to understand and reflect before escaping - whether they will really have a chance to escape.

At the same time, in order to give these captive workers a little hope and prevent them from thinking about running away or resisting all day long, Flynn also explained the rules to these prisoners.

"You are prisoners, and the fate of prisoners is often death."

When Flynn said this, there was an uproar in the temporary prisoner of war camp. Many prisoners at the scene cried for mercy and peed on the spot.

Flynn let the bullet fly for a moment.

The prisoners were frightened for a while, and then he said the follow-up words that gave them hope.

"However, this time I plan to give you a way out."

"You need to work to atone for your sins."

"As prisoners, you need to assist Tudou County in working and use your labor to atone for the crimes you have committed!"

"You are not slave labor, but you need to work for free!"

Flynn kept saying that the captives would not become slave labor because Tudou County, which was once part of the Iron Hill Kingdom, had already signed an abolition agreement.

There were no slaves in Potato County.

Even if the other party is a prisoner, Flynn is not willing to openly declare that they are slaves.

But to be fair, the captives are criminals from Tudou County, and if the criminals participate in labor, it doesn’t count as slavery, right?

Flynn successfully convinced himself, and then Flynn continued to say to the prisoners: "There are no slaves in our Tudou County. You are not slaves. You are just workers who voluntarily participated in the construction of Tudou County in order to atone for your sins."

Of course, immediately there was a usually unruly robber who shouted desperately: "Bah! Hypocrisy! Don't you just treat me as a slave!"

"Stop talking about things that are available and not available, I'm annoyed by this!"

He was obviously a prisoner, but he shouted so arrogantly, which did not give Flynn any face at all.

This is an obvious act of seeking death.

And Flynn decisively let him die.

After killing the chicken to scare the monkeys, Flynn shook off the blood drops on his sword and continued calmly: "You are prisoners, you are criminals, and you are also workers!"

"Due to your special status, I will not pay you wages."

"But don't worry, I will ensure your food supply."

"Give me Flynn work. If nothing else, at least you can eat enough."

Flynn then told a few more rules, basically letting the prisoners understand that safety and food could be guaranteed when working here.

At the same time, those who actively participate in the transformation will also have the opportunity to gain freedom.

In fact, Flynn could be more ruthless and use strong coercion to scare the restless elements among the prisoners.

However, considering that it was necessary to give the prisoners some hope, which would stimulate work enthusiasm and reduce security costs, Flynn deliberately spoke to them in a softer tone.

Putting these prisoners to work underground can increase Potato County's output and increase Flynn's income.

Then even if an accident occurs, the prisoners escape or rebel, or a slave uprising occurs in the underground world, there will be no accidents.

Anyway, in the underground world, apart from those monsters and monsters, there are only the brave men and NPCs of Tudou County.

If there is a loss of life, it is still acceptable.

Taking in prisoners to work was actually an experiment of Flynn's.

This time there were more than a thousand slave labor captives, and next time there may be more.