The thought that his life was no longer in danger made King Gao Ding smug. His shift from fear to disdain was instantaneous.
He assumed Lu Ming needed something from him, so he scoffed, "Is this how you ask for favors?"
"Ask for favors?"
Lu Ming looked at Gao Ding with an expression as if he were a fool.
He said to Li Kui, "Go and chop off his right hand. Remember, chop it off completely."
"Yes, my lord."
Li Kui grinned maliciously as he walked over, pinned Gao Ding to the ground, and ordered the guards to hold him down. Ignoring Gao Ding's struggles, he raised his axe and brought it down hard, severing Gao Ding's right hand in one fell swoop.
"Ah!"
Gao Ding screamed in agony. He hadn't expected Lu Ming to act so suddenly and was completely bewildered as to what the other man intended to do.
"You, ah!"
"Give him two slaps."
Lu Ming's expression remained gentle, but his words sent chills down everyone's spine.
Even Li Kui felt a cold shiver; his loyalty and awe for Lu Ming only intensified.
Slap! Slap! Slap!
Li Kui indeed slapped Gao Ding repeatedly, one slap after another, leaving him seeing stars. Coupled with his severed arm, he nearly suffocated.
"I'm giving you an order, not begging you.
Stupid trash, unable to even see this, what use are you?
Drag him away and feed him to the dogs!"
Lu Ming disliked cooperating with idiots because they couldn't understand their place, thinking themselves important when they were nothing!
"No!
Your Majesty, spare me! Your Majesty, spare me! I... I can persuade the others to surrender, don't kill me, ah, don't kill me!"
Gao Ding was practically urinating and defecating.
Ignoring his pain, he could only quickly submit to Lu Ming. If he refused, he feared he would die!
"Where is the Zhurong clan?"
Lu Ming asked his first question. Besides suppressing the rebellion in the south, he also wanted to see if there were any beautiful women.
"Ah, this humble servant, it hurts! I don't know. The Zhurong clan is in Yongchang County, but I don't know their exact location.
However, in the Dingzha area, there is a leader of the Zhurong clan called the Lord of Dailai Cave. He is a member of the Zhurong clan and should know where they are."
Gao Ding dared not conceal anything.
He was now absolutely certain that this King Qin before him was a ruthless and merciless character!
Afterwards, Lu Ming asked a few more questions, then waved his hand, ordering Gao Ding to be taken away.
Gao Ding was a genuine Yi king in the rebellion, while the rebels in the other two counties were mostly Han Chinese powerful clans.
Therefore, Gao Ding held a special significance: he was used to persuade them. His original plan was to use powerful clans to suppress other powerful clans, but now it seemed...
This plan needed to be revised.
He would find a place, turn it into his private territory, cultivate land there, and use it as a base to gradually and completely rule the Southern Region.
Of course, he would need the support of the local faction, but he needed to carefully distinguish who was genuine and who was feigning loyalty.
That very night, Lu Ming brought Gao Ding's wife and daughters to him, making them serve him in bed.
Gao Ding's wife wasn't beautiful...
And she was quite old.
However, she belonged to a prominent clan among the Yi people, and her family could play a significant role, so Lu Ming also took her in as part of his conquest of the Southern Region.
In the following days, Lu Ming sent people with Gao Ding to persuade the rebellious leaders to surrender.
He promised them land to cultivate, ensuring they would obediently follow him.
As long as they worked diligently, they would have food and clothing.
The technological level of the Southern Central Plains couldn't be described as backward, but rather quite primitive.
Therefore, textile machines were incredibly advanced and astonishing to them. Firstly, the powerful clans could obtain silk and clothing, which would persuade their subordinates to obey.
Secondly, there was food. Although it consisted of two meals a day of sweet potatoes and potatoes, it was enough to fill their stomachs.
Building bridges and roads, constructing cement roads, etc., was a good way to wear down those who were unruly.
If they refused to cooperate, they could simply find a reason to eliminate the troublemakers.
Making an example of someone to scare others was often extremely effective!
Starting from Yuesong County, they first swiftly conquered it, then advanced towards Yongchang County.
Ten thousand men were assigned to Li Hui to fight westward. There were still two counties there to quell rebellions, and even with Hua Rong's assistance, they couldn't take them.
Then he would never have a chance.
Li Hui was a local, familiar with the details of the situation, making him the most suitable person to marry him. That day, Lu Ming was still having sex with women in the prefect's mansion. These women were all carefully selected, some young girls and some mature women, specifically for venting his lust.
Gao Ding, knowing Lu Ming's lust and that he had even slept with his own wife and daughters, not only showed no anger but also happily flattered him, helping to find more women.
Although he had lost an arm, he still maintained his wealth and at least lived well.
"Husband, Gao Ding is here."
Hu Sanniang entered the room and said to her husband, who was riding on the bed.
Beneath Lu Ming was a charming young girl, delicate and youthful, her breasts just beginning to develop, before Lu Ming had defiled her.
At this moment, she was biting her lip, enduring Lu Ming's increasingly rapid thrusts. Her vagina was being penetrated by an unusually large penis; the sensation was unbearable, completely stretched open!
"Okay, tell him to wait!"
Lu Ming grabbed the girl's delicate feet and began to thrust harder. The girl gritted her teeth, looking at Lu Ming pleadingly.
She felt like she was being torn apart. It felt amazing, but after each time she was fucked, she felt a burning pain!
He gritted his teeth and thrust hundreds of times, his large hands, which had been kneading the girl's breasts, suddenly tightened their grip.
His penis plunged into her core, the glans throbbing, and hot semen erupted, filling the girl's pure womb.
Pop pop pop!
Waves of ejaculation, like bullets accelerating through the urethra, shot powerfully through the glans into the girl's body, directly impacting the depths of her vagina!!!
"Ah!"
The girl also screamed, her mouth open, her eyes vacant.
Her body convulsed under the influence of pleasure, and the abdominal muscles were still visible on her lower abdomen.
Her fair toes splayed wide, seemingly declaring her inability to withstand such intense pleasure.
Hu Sanniang remained inside from the moment she entered until Lu Ming ejaculated, silently watching.
The private soldiers of the Hu family manor were dispatched to Yizhou County to quell a rebellion.
While this was an opportunity to achieve great deeds, it was also a time fraught with peril.