It Was Time Again for the Government to Send Wives to the Countryside

"Those officials who don't care whether the border troops live or die and only care about getting promoted and growing rich are just wasting food and air by living in this world," Zhou Yao said to Wuying.

"You're to investigate them thoroughly. If any of those officials are guilty of heinous crimes, wipe out their entire families. Don't leave a single one alive. Even if there's a rat, kill it too."

"Yes... Wuying will obey your orders, young master." Wuying's words clearly carried an excited expression.

In Zhou Yao's eyes, all the officials who obstructed and delayed supplies for the border troops were traitors. They all deserved to die, and the families of those guilty of heinous crimes should all be wiped out.

Of course, the most, most heinous of them all were the second prince, Zhou Xian, and the chancellor, Pei Yuanli: one a little bastard, the other an old bastard.

Heh heh heh... we have all the time in the world to play. I'll pluck out the people around you one by one, like plucking feathers from a chicken. In the end, I'll leave you two bastards without a hair on your bodies, nothing but two bald commanders without troops. Then I'll deal with you two bastards, young and old.

In the blink of an eye, it was November first. Early that morning, the gongs began to sound: the government's second wife-delivery campaign of the year had begun.

The one leading the way was once again the same government runner who had delivered wives to the countryside last month. This time, however, he led a pair of slender twin sisters straight to Zhou Yao's home.

Ever since Zhou Yao had said last time that he liked petite, frail women, the runner had been overjoyed. When women like that were sent to the countryside, no man would ever choose to take them home as wives.

They were simply too thin and petite. One look was enough to tell they had no strength for work and were weak and sickly. Most importantly, they looked like the type who would have a hard time bearing children.

The runners could do nothing when they were assigned women like that. It was a task handed down by their superiors, and everything came down to luck. If they were unlucky enough to be assigned two such women, they had only their own bad luck to blame.

If these petite, frail women couldn't be married off and were sent to the army camps as military prostitutes, the runners' silver bonuses would be deducted.

That was because there were rewards for every wife-delivery campaign. The runners would only receive them if every woman in the group sent to the countryside was married off. If any women failed to marry and no men wanted them,

they would be sent to the army camps as military prostitutes, and the runners would have their bonuses docked for failing to complete their task. That was not something the runners wanted to see, because many of them never managed to get those rewards.

Last time, this runner had actually managed to marry off that pair of frail, petite twin sisters and had received his reward. The other runners had been green with envy.

And this runner had always remembered and kept Zhou Yao's request from last time firmly in mind: Zhou Yao liked slender, petite women.

The runner understood at once. Zhou Yao was tall and handsome, so if his wives were slender and petite, it would feel very different.

So when the runner came to Happiness Village this time, he headed straight for Zhou Yao's house first. He could leave the rest to the other runners who had come with him.

Zhou Yao knew that today was another of the government's wife-delivery campaigns, so he had gotten up early. After breakfast, he waited at home for the runner to bring the women to his door.

Sure enough, before long, someone knocked on the courtyard gate. When Zhou Yao opened it, he saw the runner from last time standing before him, all smiles.

The runner smiled and said, "Zhou Yao, today I've brought you the kind of slender, petite women you said you wanted last time. What do you think of these twin sisters? Do they meet your requirements?"

Zhou Yao smiled and replied, "Sir, let me take a look first."

"Of course. Go ahead!"

Zhou Yao walked over and looked at the twin sisters. Both were 1.5 meters tall. He circled the two of them, then used his hands to lift their chins and see their faces. They were just his type.

The twin sisters had thought they were going to marry an old man! Instead, they saw that they were to marry a tall, handsome man. He's so handsome! Their hearts nearly melted on the spot.

The sisters also knew that no one liked slender, petite women like them. In the end, they would be sent to an army camp as military prostitutes and tortured to death. That was not what either of them wanted, but there was nothing they could do about it.

Now, looking at the tall, handsome Zhou Yao before them, their hearts were filled with longing. Both wanted to marry him.