Three Kingdoms: defect to Liu Bei and backhand intercept Mrs. Hu Mi

The next day.

In the state pastoral office.

Families from all walks of life in Jingxiang gathered together.

Almost all the family heads came here with great fanfare and swagger.

Because everyone felt that Jing Xiang was delivered into Lin Fan's hands through their planning. Now that Liu Biao is dead and Cao Cao is forced to retreat, now is the time to pick the fruit.

Many family heads came from all directions, just to make it more advantageous for their family to harvest the fruits of victory.

In the main hall, guests gathered.

They all hang out in the land of Jingxiang, and most of them know each other.

Even if there were occasional problems in the family before, there will be no conflicts this time.

But everyone knows that when benefits come out, no one will show mercy.

The first rule of survival of the aristocratic family is to do whatever it takes for profit.

There are no permanent enemies, no permanent friends, only permanent interests.

"Master Cai, Master Kuai is here!"

With the shouts of the guards outside the hall, the heads of the family immediately fell silent.

Nowadays, Cai Mao and Kuai Yue are influential figures in Jingxiang, and no one wants to leave a bad impression on them because of a trivial matter.

Cai Mao and Kuai Yue entered side by side and sat down.

The two of them looked at the familiar faces present. Cai Hao was the first to speak: "Everyone, the Jingxiang Rebellion can finally be completely quelled because of the lord's strategic planning and victory thousands of miles away."

"Although we turned from darkness to light at critical moments, our real contribution was not great."

The basin of cold water that came up immediately made everyone dry.

Everyone looked at Cai Hao with confusion in their eyes.

Not here to receive merit? Why do you say you don't have much credit when you come up?

Is it

Many old and cunning family heads already had a different kind of glint in their eyes, secretly guessing what Cai Mao and Kuai Yue meant today.

Cai Hao seemed not to notice these questioning glances and continued: "If nothing else, my Cai family surrendered to the lord at the last moment. In fact, even if I didn't have this idea at that time, I would have been devoured by countless soldiers in an instant."

"It's not me who helped the lord, but the lord saved my life."

"I'm incredibly grateful for that."

Seeing that the family heads present were getting more and more confused, Kuai Yue, who had not spoken yet, also spoke: "Everyone must be confused. What do you think is going on with the Cai family? Why do you push the credit outside?"

"But let me tell you something, the world has changed. My lord is not a corrupt imperial court, or an incompetent person who just eats nothing. If you want to use the previous methods to deal with your lord, you will only die."

"We live together in Jingxiang, and there is more or less a relationship between us."

"I would like to remind you that you should not look at the current situation through the eyes of the past, otherwise you will suffer the consequences!!"

Cai Mao's beating had already made many people feel bad. At this moment, Kuai Yue's beating made almost all the family heads understand that today was the 'Hongmen Banquet' and it was not easy to come by.

They even regretted why they were so obedient. If they didn't come, what could they do to themselves?

But there is no regret medicine in the world, and it is impossible for them to regret it.

"Master Cai, Master Kuai, what do you mean? But it doesn't matter!"

"That's right, our family has been on the same page for so many years, so why don't you feel safe telling us?"

"Yes, but it doesn't matter!"

Cai Mao and Kuai Yue looked at each other and said seriously: "What is passed on next is the order of the lord, and it is not something I can change."

"So please don't make things difficult for me."

"From now on, all the fields in the family will be handed over to the state and animal husbandry government for re-dividing, and they will be divided equally among everyone. The fields assigned to everyone will be equal."

As soon as these words came out, the whole hall exploded instantly. "What does this mean? We bought all those lands with real money, why should we give them away? Isn't this robbery?"

"That's right, those unscrupulous people are usually too lazy to work, so they sold off all their property. What do they have to pity? Why do they want to divide our land?"

"We have finally waited for Mingzhu to come, is he just trying to suck blood from us?"

"We don't agree, we don't agree"

All the household heads, who were not too young, had red faces, exposed veins, and protested loudly.

These had already been anticipated by Cai Mao and Kuai Yue.

Kuai Yue cleared his throat and continued: "In addition, all families will hand over all their wealth according to the different timelines of surrendering to the lord."

"Follow my Kuai family and surrender, participate in the battle of Xiangyang, pay 80% of the wealth, and eliminate 90% of the servants in the family."

"The rest of those who surrender later will pay 90% of their wealth and eliminate 90% of their servants!!"

When these words came to light, all the family heads were furious, looking like they wanted to fight Kuai Yue directly.

Kuai Yue ignored the objections of these people and continued: "Everyone, this is the intention of the Lord, not what Brother De Si and I think."

"And our Kuai family and Cai family will also pay their dues, and we are no exception."

"therefore."

Speaking of this, Kuai Yue paused and continued: "I know the dissatisfaction and anger in your hearts."

"But if you want to survive in troubled times, you must follow the rules."

"Our Lord is not a good-tempered person. He was really fighting his way through mountains of corpses and seas of blood."

"If you disobey his order, I'm afraid..."

The words were not finished, but the meaning was very clear.

All the family heads who had been fiercely opposed showed a look of fear.

It was obvious that he was afraid of Lin Fan from the bottom of his heart.

But there is really too much wealth to hand over. Each of their families has accumulated wealth for several generations and hundreds of years. Some of them are even reluctant to spend it themselves. How can they be willing to hand it over to others?

"Master Cai, Master Kuai, we have always been on the same page. When you were about to welcome Liu Biao to Jingxiang, we didn't hesitate at all and directly helped him pacify Jingxiang."

"Later, he said that he wanted to submit to the northern court, and we also had no second thoughts."

"In the end, you have to support the Lord. I don't have much to say."

"Not to mention the huge credit, at least the hard work is there, right?"

"Why can't you speak for us?"

"It's understandable that the army is short of food and pay, but isn't it too much to just take it away like this?"

"If every family hands it over, I'm afraid the entire Xiangyang City and Jingxiang land will turn into a mess."

"After all, our business involves all walks of life and causes fluctuations. What should we do?"

"It's not peaceful outside now, there's a commotion inside, I'm afraid."

Originally, Cai Mao and Kuai Yue were a little bit intolerant of what they said, but upon hearing the faint threatening voice at the end, both of them had a flash of coldness in their eyes.

He snorted coldly and said loudly: "This is not our intention, you wish for your own happiness!"

"We don't have the ability, so we can't afford this!"

"go!"

Cai Mao and Kuai Yue looked at each other and left in a puff of their sleeves (End of Chapter)