Chapter 33: The Devil Arrives, Shocked Tenants

The arrows went straight to the door.

The swaying arrow tail frightened all the tenants into silence.

In this era, a powerful crossbow is no less than a Desert Eagle to them.

Tianyu's shot was as effective as a warning shot.

Everyone looked at the sky in horror.

The Zhu brothers knelt down with a plop, kowtowed with horror and said:
"I deserve to die! I didn't complete the task assigned by the land god, I deserve to die!"

All the tenants stared with wide eyes.
What? God of the Land? Is this the deity that Zhu Yuanzhang met in the mountains?

At this moment, the crossbow in Tianyu's hand disappeared instantly under the gaze of everyone.
He took a step towards the yard, and stones immediately appeared out of thin air under his feet, holding him up in mid-air.

Just like a magic trick, as Tianyu walked along, pieces of raw stones appeared under his feet.
Until he was right above Zhu Yuanzhang, Tianyu jumped down amid everyone's exclamations and landed straight on the ground with a thud.

"Hiss~ Quick! Kneel down! God! This is a god!"

Someone cried out in surprise, and all the tenants below fell to their knees.

Building a road in the void is one thing, but falling straight down from a platform more than 10 meters high without even bending his knees, this is nothing but a god.

Even if you are not a god, you can't defeat him.

"God, please spare me! God, please spare me!"

Everyone kowtowed in fear, and a few who were planning to take advantage of the situation to steal something were shaking with fear.

Tianyu narrowed his eyes and glanced at the group of skinny farmers below, and a domineering aura came over him.

However, he was not as domineering as he appeared on the surface. He glanced at the status bar and muttered in his heart:

"Fuck, I lost 5 drops of health just for showing off. It seems that I need to press the water block below before jumping off a cliff next time. Otherwise, the dozens of drops of health I have now will not be enough to build it."

At this time, Tianyu raised his level to 35 through the experience of livestock breeding, and his health point also reached 40 points.

Although leveling up in Minecraft is basically useless and will not enhance any of the player's attributes, the main function of experience points is to enchant.

However, each time a player levels up, they will gain one more drop of health, which is a little consolation. At least when they are beaten, they can withstand a few more blows.

Although there are no major changes in defense, strength, agility, etc., having more health still has some benefits. At least you don't have to worry about being killed by falling when you are trying to show off like now.

Tianyu said coldly to the tenants below:

"This recruitment was ordered by me, Chongba. Anyone who dares to act rashly will be punished!"

Tianyu said, and took out a shovel from his gaming backpack in a flash.
He dug three times in the ground at a speed almost like an afterimage, and in an instant the soil under the feet of several tenants in front of him disappeared.

To everyone, Tianyu just waved his hand casually, a white light flashed, and 7 or 8 people screamed and fell directly into a 1 meter square deep pit.
Tianyu transformed into a charlatan and spoke to the terrified tenants:

"If there are any more troublemakers, I will dig your graves."

There was a crash,
Everyone knelt down inside and outside the yard.
"I don't dare! I don't dare! Please, Lord of the Land, spare my life!"

Zhu Chongba and Zhu Chongliu breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this.

The chaotic situation was finally contained.

Tianyu did not communicate with Zhu Chongba.

He once again used the method of lifting himself up from the spot, using the raw stone as a cushion for his feet as he quickly soared into the sky and flew away into the distance.

Soon the sky disappeared from everyone's sight, leaving only the row of raw stone cubes extending to the sky.

It took at least half an hour before everyone dared to get up from the ground.

Everyone looked at the original stone road in shock, and then turned to look at Zhu Yuanzhang, their eyes already filled with fanaticism.

Zhu Yuanzhang also showed a proud expression, we are watched by gods!
Then he pulled out the stone sword given to him by Tianyu from behind and chopped it with his hand, leaving a long crack on the ground.

"Everyone line up! If anyone dares to push in, we won't admit them!"

This time the tenants did not dare to act rashly again. They consciously lined up in two long queues waiting for Zhu Yuanzhang to register.

Zhu Chongba took out the book given by Tianyu and a pencil made of coal and a wooden stick and began to register the many tenants.

He shouted loudly to the crowd:

"Everyone, send a representative from each household to register, and register the population, age, gender, and specialties separately!"

"After registration, everyone will receive a free meal, enough to last you three days!"

"From now on, we will provide two meals a day for employees. One for yourself and one for your family. It will ensure you are full!" "Those with special skills will be given priority, and their rations will be doubled as appropriate! There is no limit to the number of employees we are recruiting this time, and there is no need to squeeze! Anyone who squeezes or creates chaos will be disqualified from being employed!"

The tenants below started to make a commotion when they heard this, but no one dared to make a loud noise, for fear of angering Zhu Yuanzhang and losing their qualification to employ them.

Zhu Chongba nodded with satisfaction.

Then he asked the representatives of each family to stay in the yard, and the rest of the people went to wait outside the yard.

Fengyang County belongs to Shang County, has a county magistrate, and has more than 6,000 households.

Even though Zhu Yuanzhang was located in just a subordinate township, there were nearly hundreds of households.

Excluding the rich peasants who owned land and some semi-self-cultivating farmers, there were at least a hundred poor peasants gathered here by Zhu Chongba.
Even if only one person is left in each household, the entire yard will be packed.

"Name!" "Wu Liuyi."

"How many people are there in your family?" "There are seven of us, my parents, my wife and my children. We can all work, so please register us."

Zhu Chongba glared at the man who was begging in front of him and scolded:
"Just answer whatever you are asked! Don't talk nonsense!"

The man was so scared that he nodded repeatedly and dared not say anything more.

"Your age, gender, and any special skills, such as bricklayer, carpenter, etc." "..."

Zhu Chongba wrote down the information in a book with a pencil.
The tenants below were whispering to each other, watching Zhu Yuanzhang writing and drawing on the books with envy.

"Hey, he must be blessed by the gods. It's only been a short time. The last time I saw Zhu Chongba, he didn't have money to make a coffin for his parents, but now he can write."

"Look at the book. The paper looks really new. The Zhu family is really prosperous."

"It's more than just getting rich, it's a god! Helping a god as a housekeeper, didn't you see the gods walking on flat ground? Those stones are still floating in the sky."

"Look, look! Here comes the food, taken out of that box. Hiss, steaming soup, and that thing called bread, it looks delicious!"

"Dad, are we considered to be working for the gods from now on? The gods won't count us as forced labor, right?"

"That's impossible. Have you ever seen a corvée give us food first?"

As for the corvée labor in the Yuan Dynasty, it was good enough that you didn't have to pay for it, let alone distribute food. As for things like paid work, the "experts" in the Yuan Dynasty would arrange it for you properly.

Not only did the officials divide up all the relief funds and food, they also required the people doing corvée labor to bring their own dry food to work.

Some even went so far as to capture people from various villages to perform corvée labor.

What? You don't want to go?

Then give money.

In short, the reason why the Yuan Dynasty was attacked by everyone was that
A large part of it is because of this group of extremely corrupt officials.

After Tuotuo ordered the construction of the Yellow River, their method of draining the pond to make money became one of the two fundamental reasons for the demise of the Yuan Dynasty.

Facts have proved that those who oppose the construction of river embankments are not necessarily corrupt officials, and those who advocate the construction of river embankments are not necessarily heroes.

The corrupt officials of the Yuan Dynasty were no longer enough to implement Prime Minister Toghto's decrees.

Therefore, the construction of the river embankment seven years later would become the last straw that broke the camel's back.

But Zhu Chongba's case is completely different.

The tenants were extremely delighted to receive an advance on their wages before they even started working.

Tianyu’s sudden appearance from the sky filled them with shock and excitement.

Under the dual effects, all tenants soon completed the registration in an orderly manner.

It was not until midnight that the group of tenants reluctantly left the yard at the urging of Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Chongba sat down on the chair, shaking his sore fingers with a sad face:
"Brother, this is too dangerous. If it weren't for the land god, we would have been screwed."

Zhu Chongliu, who was standing beside him, was also breathing heavily.

"At least there is no trouble. The next step is to discuss the next work plan with the land god."

The two men thought they had food.
It is easy to achieve personnel integration and management.

I didn't expect that just a moment of carelessness would almost lead to this group of tenants demolishing my house.

All I can say is that it's hard to be a good person. In this world, simply being a good person will only result in being eaten up until nothing is left.

Just as the two were discussing what to do next, Tianyu descended from the sky again like a ghost.

(End of this chapter)