newbobooks Chapter 203 Free Labor
Chapter 203 Free Labor
The Japanese pirates were defeated and fled, without even taking the injured but not dead with them, leaving them howling outside the city gate.
Yunye led people to clean up the battlefield. Those who were farming outside saw the city gate open and hurried back carrying hoes and shovels.
When the Japanese pirates attacked before, they all hid in the mountains.
Liang Wen raised his hoe and was about to hit a wounded bandit on the head. Seeing that the man only had some knife wounds on his arm, Lin Yinan hurriedly stopped him.
"Liang Wen, don't beat him to death."
When the man saw Lin Yinan on the city wall speaking for him, he quickly knelt down and kowtowed to him, "Thank you, Lord City Lord, for not killing me!"
Seeing this, the others knelt down and begged for mercy.
"The city lord is very generous. We were forced to do this."
"We will remember your kindness forever."
Yunye, Liang Wen and others were confused and didn't understand why Lin Yinan didn't kill these people.
Lin Yinan stood on the city wall, looking down at them, smiling and saying, "Don't keep it in mind. I didn't say I would let you go."
The bandit who had kowtowed and begged for mercy at first suddenly changed his expression and pointed at Lin Yinan and cursed, "I knew you wouldn't be so kind. Come on! Kill me if you dare. In eighteen years, I'll be a hero again."
"I didn't say I wanted to kill you." Lin Yinan said slowly.
The bandit was so nervous after being teased by her that he almost collapsed.
"What on earth do you want to do?"
"Sister-in-law, do you want to lock them up?" Yun Ye asked.
Lin Yinan said, "Yes, let the doctor bandage those whose injuries are not serious, lock them up and let them starve for two days, then let them open up wasteland and farm. Find a few skilled secret guards to keep an eye on them. If they are lazy, they will not be given food. Only those who complete the mission will be given food."
"It's time for our cows to rest."
After arriving in Longtan County, their cattle never rested unless it rained.
Traitors exist in every dynasty. Being too nice to them is simply a waste of food.
"Good! Anan, your idea is great!" Yunye couldn't help but applaud.
Liang Wen stepped forward and kicked the Japanese pirate who was tied up like a dumpling, causing the pirate to curse.
"Lord City Lord, are these Japanese pirates also like this?"
"Yes, if they don't obey, just kill them."
As Lin Yinan spoke, he raised his gun and shot the cursing Japanese pirate in the head.
The huge impact of the bullet blew off his entire skull, and his brains splattered all over the Japanese pirates next to him. They were so scared that they dared not talk anymore and just stared at Lin Yinan on the city wall with resentment.
Seeing this, Yunye flashed the sword in his hand, and the man immediately covered his eyes and screamed.
"Yun Yi, starve these pirates for three days. If they are still so unruly, just kill them directly."
Yun Yi took the order and took the secret guards to drag the man away.
Liang Wen pointed at some seriously injured people on the ground and asked, "Second Master Yun, what should we do with these people?"
Yun Ye said in a cold voice, "Kill him. Don't waste our medicine. It will take at least ten days or half a month to cure him. I'm afraid he won't be able to get out of bed."
As soon as he finished speaking, a secret guard came forward with a knife and slashed the throat of those who were not yet dead.
Four of the cowardly bandits could no longer pretend, and they jumped up from the ground, kowtowed and begged for mercy.
Liang Wen and his men rushed forward and pinned them to the ground, and then the secret guards took ropes and tied them up like dumplings.
As for the confiscated swords, the villagers put them in baskets and carried them back to the county government office.
Seeing that there was nothing left here, Lin Yinan and Qianxia Qianwu came down from the city wall and walked back slowly.
Qian Wu carried Lin Yinan's gun and walked without recognizing any relatives, which made Qian Xia laugh.
"Walk carefully. If your brother sees you, he will scold you again."
"I think it would be more impressive if I walked like this while holding this weapon of the girl's." Qian Wu said proudly.
After saying that, she imitated Lin Yinan's action of holding a gun, and kept imitating the sound of the sword "Swish~Swish~" with her mouth.
Lin Yinan was walking and watching the two sisters bickering. Suddenly, her stomach felt tight. She stopped and subconsciously put her hand on her stomach.
"Girl, what's wrong?" Qianxia immediately noticed that something was wrong with her and asked nervously.
After waiting for more than ten seconds, the tense feeling disappeared, and then the little thing kicked hard twice, as if to express its dissatisfaction just now.
Lin Yinan shook his head, "It's okay, the baby kicked me."
Qianxia was worried, so she walked over and held her arm, "Maybe those pirates scared him. I'll help you go back and let Doctor Lu take a look."
Qianwu also put away her playful mood and followed beside him with great concern.
Counting the days, she was already thirty-six weeks pregnant. Lin Yinan knew that the tight feeling just now was false labor and the fetus would be full-term in a week, which meant she could give birth at any time.
Thinking of giving birth, she felt inexplicably anxious.
When a woman gives birth, she is like stepping on the "gate of hell". Even in a hospital with advanced medical technology in the previous life, the risks still exist, not to mention the ancient times when there was nothing.
From the time of pregnancy until now, there has been no check-up, and the child was conceived after Yun Mo was drugged. I don’t know if there will be any problems?
After having this thought, Lin Yinan became even more confused.
It was not until Doctor Lu finished feeling her pulse that she asked nervously, "Doctor Lu, how is the baby?"
"The child is in good health and there is nothing wrong with him," Doctor Lu replied.
Lin Yinan was still worried and asked, "Is there anything I should pay attention to?"
"The baby is not big, you should eat and drink as needed." Doctor Lu seemed to see her anxiety and said, "The baby is about to be born. I see that my wife has found a midwife for you. You can ask the midwife to check whether the fetus is in the right position later."
Doctor Lu comforted her before leaving, "Madam San is in good health and will give birth smoothly. Don't worry too much before that."
"Thank you, Doctor Lu!"
After seeing off Doctor Lu, Qianxia went to ask Yunmu to find a midwife. She was one of the first refugees who came with the merchants. Due to her poor health, she was assigned to do light work.
After carefully examining Lin Yinan, the midwife said, "Don't worry, Madam San. The young master is considerate of you and has corrected the fetal position early. You will definitely suffer less pain during childbirth in the future."
"Thank you, Madam."
Lin Yinan asked Qianxia to get a pack of baked meat patties for the midwife. The midwife took it, put it close to her body, and went out happily.
The results from the examinations by Dr. Lu and the midwife were both good. In order to stop herself from having any wild thoughts, Lin Yinan forced herself to stay busy.
As the pregnancy progressed, she had several false labor contractions every day. She had overheard many middle-aged women talking about their birth histories, either in the fields or in the wild forests.
Lin Yinan was so scared that she never dared to go out again, for she was really afraid of giving birth to a child outside.
She was in charge of the command in the county government office. Anything that needed to be done was done by Lin Yiheng or the person in charge of each other team. The progress of the work was then checked by a monitoring group consisting of the clan leader and several prestigious elders.
That afternoon, she was fanning herself as she watched Lin Fu, Liu Ji and Pan Qingshui copying the book "The Exploitation of the Works of Nature".