Boss Cao finished speaking, and Jiang Siming nodded. "Very good. Guards, castrate all these men, strip them naked, and hang them from the city tower. Don't give them food—only water—until they die!"
"Yes, sir!" The Black Armored Army immediately dragged the few Qingzhou Army soldiers away.
"Also, Cao Cao, although your subordinates committed this offense, you're their commander, so you can't escape responsibility either. I order you to compensate each of these ladies with one hundred taels of silver. Any objections?"
"Of course not. Cao Ren, go give each of these ladies one hundred taels of silver, and apologize to them properly."
Boss Cao was extremely displeased, but outwardly, he could only swallow his anger.
What Jiang Siming had done had thoroughly humiliated him.
But what could he do? Jiang Siming was the Prime Minister, while he was merely the Governor of Qingzhou. In terms of official rank, Jiang Siming was countless levels above him.
Besides, Cao Cao was in the wrong. No matter how dissatisfied he was, he didn't dare say a word.
Jiang Siming walked into the middle of the soldiers again and said loudly:
"If there are any scum like this in my Black Armored Army, they will be dealt with the same way. We are soldiers, not bandits. If you use the name of the army to commit banditry, how are you any different from beasts?"
Those words immediately won the hearts of the people throughout Yuzhang City, as well as the respect of countless soldiers.
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, in particular, admired Jiang Siming even more.
Liu Bei could only envy him. These were the things he had dreamed of doing, but Jiang Siming had done them all instead.
He understood all too well the principle that whoever won the people's hearts would win