my wonderful zoo

Chapter 32
Invite these hungry people to Chenjiazhuang, wait until they become familiar with Chenjiazhuang, and let them know that it was you who sent people to pretend to be pirates to attack Lantau Island, making them homeless and separating them from their relatives. What will happen then?

The middle-aged man continued to talk about the tragic experiences of these people. Perhaps he heard Chen Xun's promise and saw hope that the situation would improve, so the surrounding hungry people also relaxed.

Many hungry people had put away their weapons, and many others couldn't control their emotions and started crying as the middle-aged man narrated.

"What should I do?" Lu Hui asked quietly, standing behind Chen Xun. He also realized the problem.

"Actually... we people stay here in Daling Mountain mainly because we don't trust the government. Those county soldiers are more hateful than pirates..." The middle-aged man continued, gradually feeling that something was wrong. The two people opposite him People are too quiet.

As the middle-aged man stopped talking, the scene gradually became quiet.

Chen Xun was extremely embarrassed. As soon as he made the promise, he immediately found it difficult to keep it and slapped him in the face too fast.

Looking at the expectant eyes of the hungry people across from him, Chen Xun couldn't say any words of rejection.

The conscience carried by the soul from later generations made him unable to make the decision to massacre this group of hungry people.

Maybe it's kindness, maybe it's weakness.

But with such a nature, no one in the future can really easily wipe out the lives of these hundreds of poor people with a wave of his hand?

"Mr. Lang has changed his mind?" the middle-aged man asked first.

From the perspective of middle-aged people, in this world, everyone's life is difficult. It is normal for the two people on the opposite side to regret it if they increase their own mouths for no reason.

"No." Chen Xun said a little embarrassed, not knowing what to say next.

"If Mr. Lang is in trouble, just give us some money and we can buy some food in the villages ahead. I won't thank you for the kindness. We will definitely return it in the future." The two of them did not kill their sons, and the middle-aged man continued to rob. I couldn’t do it anymore, so I had to beg instead.

Chen Xun raised his head and looked at the hungry people. His eyes turned from expectation to disappointment, and the little girl even cried in frustration.

Thinking about it again, these people are in the miserable state they are in today because of their own decisions.

If they didn't have their own orders, if they didn't want to take shortcuts, they might have a difficult life, but they wouldn't have to go home and flee to other places.

People live two lives, and they still have to take responsibility.

My goal is lofty. There will definitely be more and more cases like this in the future. There will definitely be thousands of families who have lost their families because of my decision. Do I have to eradicate it from now on?
Relatives are connected with relatives, who doesn’t have some close relatives?How can we finish cutting off the weeds and roots?

For these hungry people, even if they know the whole story from now on, I will just find a way to compensate them.

In this world where people cannibalize people, what else can't be done with money?
"The elders are overly worried. It's just because the two of us have urgent matters and need to go to Dongguan, so we can't send you to Chenjiazhuang in person." Chen Xun explained: "But don't worry, I have other ways to inform Chenjiazhuang and ask them to send people there. Come to pick you up, we still have some food here, you can share it first to fill your stomach, I believe that by night, you will all be able to eat hot rice porridge."

"Lu Hui, give them all the food on your horse."

"Yes, Langjun." Lu Hui let go of the strong man and started to get food from the horse.

The middle-aged man stepped forward and took it gratefully.

There was only enough food for two people for a day, which was not enough to share with dozens of people. Besides, there were hundreds of women and children in the forest who were also waiting for food.

Chen Xun once again took out some coins from his bag and handed them to the middle-aged man.

"Send someone to the surrounding villages to buy some food. People from Chenjiazhuang will be there soon. Just wait here."

"Thank you, Sir!" The middle-aged man was about to kneel down to Chen Xun in excitement, but Chen Xun quickly supported him.

"No need, you have to work when you go to Chenjiazhuang. Only when you work can you have food. It's not for free." Chen Xun said.

"As long as our family can have a stutter, we people will do whatever we can." The middle-aged man stood up and promised.

After giving a few instructions again, leaving a token, and sending a homing pigeon back on the spot to pass the order back to Chenjiazhuang, Chen Xun and his two men just set off for Dongguan.As soon as he got on the road, he saw dozens of hungry people approaching each other. They must be ambushing on the road ahead. Seeing that some of them were also holding hunting bows, Chen Xun was a little scared.

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The two people who were on the road again were a little worried and their horses were not going fast.

"Lang Jun, nothing can stop the fire. These people will one day know that those pirates are from our Chenjiazhuang." Lu Hui said worriedly.

Indeed, among the pirates who attacked Lantau Island, the proportion of sea guards was too high. These sea guards are the backbone of Chenjiazhuang's naval power. If they do not break up in the future, they will definitely rise step by step with the development of Chenjiazhuang's naval power. They will inevitably be recognized by these hungry people. come out.

"Can't we kill them all?" Chen Xun was also a little aggrieved. These things were too coincidental, as if they were arranged by God: "Yesterday Ke Lei wrote to me and reported in detail the attack on Lantau Island. Not many people died in their hands, most of those salt households did not resist, and now they are just captured by the pirates."

When they attacked Lantau Island, the pirates prohibited rape, adultery, women, and children, and shouted "surrender without killing", so there were not many people who resisted with arms. The salt households either surrendered on the spot or escaped across the sea by boat. Arrive at Daxi Mountain (Hong Kong Peninsula, connected to Shenzhen by land).In the end, Curley counted no more than ten people who had died at the hands of pirates.

On the contrary, according to the middle-aged man's narration just now, dozens of people who fled to Yanhu in Daxi Mountain died at the hands of the county soldiers.

"Although we killed less, we still killed, and the salt households who died at the hands of the county soldiers were indirectly killed by us." Lu Hui was also straightforward, and these words directly made Chen Xun unable to come to Taiwan.

If I don’t kill Boren, Boren will die because of me. The truth is right.

"It's my fault." Chen Xun stopped defending.

These salt households are innocent, they are the lowest level of exploitation, and they should not suffer this wave of disasters because of themselves.

"Lang Jun, that's not what I meant."

"Needless to say, it was indeed my fault." Chen Xun interrupted Lu Hui.

Chen Xun secretly vowed in his heart that he would never do such self-deception again.

This pretended pirate attack on Lantau Island was ostensibly for the development of Chenjiazhuang, but in reality it made the people of Yanhu Village suffer even more pitifully than the people of Chenjiazhuang. This is really undeserved.

Chen Xun decided that if he faced criticism from the government again in the future, he would resist if he could;

"I'll make it up to them."

"Oh"

The two stopped communicating.

Chen Xun was asked to pay for his own life, but he couldn't do it. He understood that he was not a gentleman.

He couldn't ask his subordinates to pay for their lives. After all, it was his own order. He had no shame in letting the people below him take the blame.

So I can only be a real villain for once.

At that time, we can only provide pension benefits to those who were killed and injured in Yanjiazhuang to make up for the pain of losing their family members.

The weak eat the strong, this is the way of the world.

At the same time, this incident also woke up Chen Xun.

Is it possible that one day, due to the friction between the two major forces, Chenjiazhuang will become a fish in the pond and become a victim of the struggle between the two major forces?

Now that I think about it carefully, Chenjiazhuang has been targeted by a force. It is difficult to say that this force has no opponents.Just dealing with the Dongguan County Magistrate has already made Chen Xun self-defeating. If another force comes and the two tigers fight, his own side will definitely be finished first.

I have to change my thinking.

(End of this chapter)