Chapter 132 Control of Four Cities

When Feng Tianzong saw this scene through the Eye of Exploration in Liaoyuan City, he thought to himself: "I still underestimated these gentry. They are not lacking in the courage to fight to the death, but this is only the means of mortals after all. In front of powerful immortal cultivators, it seems clumsy."

With a thought, fifteen bone spirit puppets have already flown over the city. The two cities are only more than a hundred miles away. For the bone spirit puppets, it only takes a few breaths to fly at full speed.

With huge mana, a small earth hill outside the city was lifted up. After flying over the city, the earth and rocks fell into the fire sites like rain.

The fire was almost extinguished by a huge amount of sand and soil as soon as it started.

These fire sites are all private residences of these gentry, and they are also where they store grain.

When the army enters the city, it will naturally take over the treasury in the city, but the treasury belongs to the court. After breaking the city, the Liaoyuan army can naturally take it over. But those private things have not been confiscated yet.

The gentry's own homes and the food stored in their homes were prepared to be destroyed together with the enemy as early as when the city was attacked. They poured kerosene on their own food early.

There were people holding flames to guard at any time, and as long as a signal was given, the food could be ignited immediately. Just burn the food.

The little food in the treasury was not enough for the people in the city. If these people really succeeded, even if Feng Tianzong had a high level of cultivation, he would not be able to supply food for tens of thousands of people.

Fortunately, Feng Tianzong opened the exploration eye and took control of the entire city, otherwise this would be enough to plunge the entire city into chaos.

Liaoyuan City still has a shortage of food, not to mention supporting other places.

"Gu Peng, all the gentry in the city who participated in this matter, their families will be demoted to slaves. The women will be sold, and the men will be sent to the mines like those Hu slaves." Feng Tianzong said to Gu Peng through voice transmission.

These gentry, including their families, are family slaves. There are more than 10,000 people. It would be a waste if they were all killed.

It would be good to demote them to slaves. They can work as a labor force and provide tax revenue for Feng Tianzong. It can be regarded as a due contribution.

"Yes, my lord." Gu Peng knelt down and kowtowed to the sky.

"When you confiscate the homes of those gentry, be careful of the gangs in the city. These gangs are the running dogs of the gentry. Put the city under martial law first. Anyone who walks on the street at this time will be arrested." Feng Tianzong ordered.

Ordinary people would not run around in the streets during such a chaotic time.

The army of Liaoyuan City was led by Feng Tianzong's iron and wooden puppets. The combat effectiveness was quite strong, and the other two cities were quickly taken down.

The entire land in the northeast of Daxia's northern border fell completely into Feng Tianzong's hands.

It's not just one city that is in trouble. The other two cities are in a similar situation now. Who made Feng Tianzong's reputation notorious among the gentry?

Although the other two cities did not set fire, the gentry were also uncooperative. Eighty percent of the shops in the city were closed.

All kinds of supplies were in short supply and were hoarded by the gentry.

Although the gentry in these three cities did not collude, their actions were surprisingly consistent. They were all uncooperative and uncooperative, and of course they did not break the law.

They hoped to make Feng Tianzong compromise in this way. They hoped to keep their family's land, property and transcendent status.

"My lord, those gentry just want to keep their property. If all these gentry are killed, I'm afraid the whole Daxia will be excited.

The big families in the Central Plains are different from these small gentry in the northern border. They all have monks in their families. If all the gentry in Daxia boycott our Liaoyuan City, our next actions will be difficult." Wang Mingyuan persuaded with a worried look.

In the past few days, news has been coming back from the three cities one after another, especially the gentry in Ningyuan City, who have all been demoted to pariah slaves because of arson.

The gentry in the other two cities also followed suit. Most of the gangs in the city had been cleared out by Feng Tianzong's iron puppets.

The rest of the people were all dormant. Feng Tianzong's detection eye could detect everyone's movements, but the other party was dormant and did nothing bad. Feng Tianzong had no way to tell whether the other party was a gang member.

As long as the other party was sabotaging, Feng Tianzong could kill him, but now those who took action were dead, and the rest had learned their lesson and were all honest. They were originally civilians in the city. As long as they didn't commit any crimes, Feng Tianzong couldn't do anything to them.

After listening to Wang Mingyuan's words, Feng Tianzong was also thinking. He could certainly use the detection eye to monitor the public security of the four cities.

But this kind of detection eye was very mentally exhausting, more tiring than working. It was okay to take a look occasionally, but he didn't have the patience to keep watching.

"Send a notice that the gentry's property, shops, and houses can be retained. As long as they abide by the rules of my Liaoyuan City, they can be forgiven. But the land under their names must be handed over." Feng Tianzong ordered.

These gentry are all big landlords. 70 to 80 percent of the land in a city is in the hands of these gentry.

That means that the food is in the hands of these people. How can Feng Tianzong tolerate this situation? Food is the most important strategic material for the people.

"My Lord, they can't possibly agree to this. Most of the property of these gentry is land. If their land is confiscated, what's the difference between that and depriving them of their property? How can these people not make trouble?" Wang Mingyuan wanted to persuade him again.

Feng Tianzong waved his hand and said, "No need to say more, go and pass on my order. Those who agree will be fine, but if they disagree, we will directly enforce it by force. Those who dare to resist will be demoted to pariahs."

The land must be controlled in his own hands. He can set a lower rent to make the tenants' lives better.

Land represents food, and food represents the stability of rule.

Wang Mingyuan knew that with the issuance of this order, countless bloody conflicts would inevitably arise in the next period of time.

After Feng Tianzong gave the order, he opened the Eye of Exploration and put all the four cities under his rule under surveillance.

Monitoring the four cities consumes a huge amount of mental energy, but Feng Tianzong also discovered that this kind of monitoring has an excellent effect on the training of spiritual consciousness and mental energy.