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Chapter 1248: Chapter 540: The Method of Suppressing Rebellion Chapter 1248: Chapter 540: The Method of Suppressing Rebellion The monks descended from the mountain, the royal teachers went on patrol, but the unrest in Chaochang had not abated.

For the freemen of Chaochang were unlike those elsewhere in Longzhou. In other places, freemen were mostly peasants with their own fields and land, at the very least working as tenants.

The cause of their rebellion was nothing more than the oppression by the gentry, or a disaster year with no harvest to speak of. There were also a few young men who had lost sight of their future and went mad, but most were honest and compliant.

However, the freemen of Chaochang were different; they had neither land nor a business. Once they lost their jobs, they lost everything.

What made matters worse was that the farming lands in Chaochang were all private properties of clans. These freemen could not even steal some food to eat, let alone rob a grain depot or granary—it was a pipe dream.

They did not have the strength to survive on their own, yet they refused to die of hunger. Those who were good and law-abiding might choose to give up their freedom, but some idle youths, under the incitement of wandering warriors, chose to take risks.

The law of the jungle was the nature of animals, and in the chaos of the times, it was vividly played out.

The elite troops of the Forest Department initially thought that it was just some people struggling to survive being driven crazy by hunger, but after suppressing a few rebel groups, they discovered that things were not as simple as they had imagined.

“Father, something’s off about the uprising in Chaochang,”