allonlinenovel Chapter 216 Failed to Escape
Chapter 216 Failed to Escape
The desperate refugees in Jiujiu County finally had to sign a contract to sell themselves. Just as the boss said, they had become disobedient people.
Only slaves who can be beaten or killed at will are easier to control, because they are not trusted.
Those who signed the indenture not only had to do heavy work in the mines, but also received even less wages.
Don't do it? Then wait for death, no one forces them anyway.
Want to resist? Even the old, weak, and sick like them are not enough to feed the swords of the guards of the Jiang family workshop.
Why was the Jiang family workshop able to operate in the middle of winter, with the ground frozen? It was entirely because the weapons and tools they had were far more advanced and sophisticated than ordinary ones.
No one could defeat the Jiang family caravan, not even the five princesses' forces at the beginning, let alone them, ordinary refugees.
So later on, all the refugees signed the indentures, and naturally regained their access to food and medicine, and finally came back to life.
However, having to do heavy and tiring work every day really makes people feel extremely indignant, and the Jiang family can't resist, so they can only find the culprit.
Those are the disaster relief workers from all over the country. If they hadn't misled people in the beginning, they would have been able to live in warm and beautiful houses by now. Why would they have to go through all those hardships?
As a result, the angry beastmen attacked the rescue workers.
This kind of thing definitely cannot be done openly, and there is still work to do during the day.
So at night, the males covered their faces and broke into the disaster relief site together, stealing food, beating up the officials, and destroying their accommodation.
This kind of thing doesn't just happen in Jiujiu County, but is a common occurrence in the disaster-stricken areas to the west.
"Pfft, the Fifth Princess's place of stay was splashed with feces again today."
The noble princess cannot be beaten or scolded, but there is absolutely no problem in secretly playing a prank on her. Making the princess lose face is more important than anything else.
In the private room on the second floor of the Jiang Family Inn in Bawu County, Xuanmu and Yunlao were enjoying the snow and making tea. Oh no, they were enjoying the farce at the Fifth Princess's accommodation diagonally across the street.
The scene was so fragrant that Mr. Yun couldn't help but laugh. He deliberately sipped the fragrant tea, looking a bit gloating.
"It's to be expected. If heating is scarce, I think people would be more inclined to set fires or something."
There was a lot of noise downstairs, and many dirty refugees gathered there. They were all angry and were throwing feces and stones into the yard.
He was cursing the Fifth Princess.
"You evil creature! Why are you trying to stop us from working in the workshop? Why don't you let us work?"
"Just because you're a princess, you can bully the beastmen at will? Are refugees not worthy of being human beings? It was fine when they gave us disaster relief grain smeared with sand at first, but now they won't even give us stones? What exactly does the Fifth Princess want?"
"Evil woman, return my son's life to me! You killed my child! Come out and die!"
"She's a disaster relief worker, and every day there's the aroma of meat coming from the courtyard, but she won't give us any food. Let's charge in and take back what belongs to us~"
The refugees banged on the gate. If the wall of the yard had not been raised, they would have definitely climbed over it to get in.
However, there was no movement in the yard at all, and even the door was blocked by a large rock.
"Could the Fifth Princess have already escaped?" Otherwise, she would never have left those refugees alone, and naturally, she couldn't take care of them.
The princess could not massacre the refugees in public, unless she no longer wanted to be a princess.
Just when Mr. Yun was wondering, a magpie flew in from the window. Upon closer inspection, it was found that there was a letter tied to its foot.
Xuanmu picked up a few grains of millet and spread them on her hand to feed her. The magpie soon landed on her hand and asked her to take the letter off her foot.
Spreading out the letter and taking a look, Xuanmu couldn't help but curl her lips and smile, "Escaped from the city."
The Fifth Princess had indeed escaped long ago. In this case, not only would her disaster relief efforts have failed, but her reputation would also be ruined. She would probably be punished when she returned.
"It's good to desert the battlefield. We can let the Fourth Princess send a letter to see if we should kill him?" Mr. Yun's eyes were a little cold when he spoke.
After fighting with the Fifth Princess for so long, I have really experienced the despicable tactics of that female. The Fifth Princess usually just wants to win, no matter who she hurts.
She doesn't care about the lives of the refugees at all, so those people are right to curse her. The Fifth Princess is a complete troublemaker.
Only when this great scourge is killed can more beasts survive.
"The assassination mission previously posted on the black market has not been revoked, but in the end no one was able to kill the Fifth Princess, so this mission will remain.
You know Changle, she focuses more on construction and probably doesn't want to waste her manpower on these meaningless things."
Jiang Changle would only decide to fight when absolutely necessary.
"Well, you are right. It's better that the fifth princess is gone. No one will stop us from building in the future." Then the Jiang family's business will develop faster and faster.
"The Fifth Princess is very insidious. We must be careful of her final counterattack."
Soon, Xuanmu's words were confirmed.
The gate of the courtyard opposite the downstairs was finally destroyed by someone, but when the orcs broke in, not only did they not find food and the five princesses, but a plague was also waiting for them.
"Ah! Dead!"
"So many bugs!"
"Plague! It's the plague!"
For a moment, there was chaos downstairs, and the refugees fled in all directions. Dozens of people died in the pushing and shoving.
"Damn it! She's a princess! How dare she? Isn't she afraid of being punished by the Queen?"
Mr. Yun stamped his feet in frustration and hurried over to close the window tightly to prevent any dirt from flying in.
"The Fifth Princess is not afraid of the Queen. She must have thought of a way to escape the scourge, so she dared to do this." Xuanmu's face was solemn.
At this moment, the flying orc came up from downstairs with a message, "Madam, there's a letter from Jiuer County."
"Great, great, it's just in time." Xuan's mother opened the letter quickly and saw several imperial edicts.
After reading the contents clearly, she couldn't help but be overjoyed, "Master Xuan, it's done! It's a fiefdom. The Bawu County where we are is one of my Dabao's fiefdoms. One person owns three counties!"
Old Xuan also widened his eyes in excitement. Although he had a wide range of knowledge, he had never seen an imperial edict regarding fiefdom, let alone the kind that granted one person three counties.
"Okay, okay, this has set a precedent. Now that this is the Jiang family's true territory, we must protect it for our young master."
"That's right! Come, fully armed, and go eliminate the plague area.
Then arrange for preventive and infection-fighting medication, and keep all the animals under surveillance and receive treatment."
They had treated the plague at the beginning, so they were naturally not afraid at this time, but they still had to act with caution to reduce unnecessary losses.
"Let's go and take the imperial edict to the county lord to take over this place."
First fight the plague, then continue construction, and also, mining!