"Why don't you use this tactics in Iraq? I heard that you have been in Iraq before." Yu Zhiqian suddenly asked.
"If there is no thing called 'World ***'; if there is no so-called '*** correct' caused by the Nuremberg Trials; if there is not a group of old Europeans who only talk nonsense about themselves as moral saints; if there is not a group of all-pervasive reporters...
..." Xue Ziliang said, "We have already started working hard."
"Actually, I still did it."
"Can being restrained and unscrupulous be the same thing?" Xue Ziliang smiled, "I love Lingao, I love the Senate. I also love this time and space."
Chen Lianjian was lame on one leg and slowly walked to the construction site carrying a large rattan basket. The basket contained today's lunch: sweet potato flour, "steamed buns" made of rice flour and pickles. His wife was carrying the load, and was in front of him.
One behind and two large iron buckets with lids.
At an infrastructure construction site in Zhonghe Commune, newly relocated villagers from Wangpu Village were digging earth under supervision. All of them, both men and women, had their heads shaved and only used straw hats to protect themselves from the sun. Their bodies were made of recycled cloth.
They wear standard work clothes, with a blue triangle cloth on the chest. The people of Zhonghe Commune don't know the meaning of this blue triangle. But in the imperial order of the empire, the blue triangle means "requires public supervision"
.
They were told that they could not tear off the triangle cloth at any time, otherwise they would be charged with being a bandit. The crime of being a bandit would have a terrible outcome no matter what era it was.
Since arriving in Zhonghe Commune, the villagers, both men and women, have been busy at the construction site every day, and their faces are covered with dust. The twelve hours of continuous earthmoving work a day and the daily quota of earthmoving per person have made Wang, who just moved here,
The villagers in Pucun felt extremely miserable - they were even more tired than during busy farming days.
All the young men in the village were arrested within a few days after they arrived here - as soon as they arrived at Zhonghe Commune, Australians came to register and select them. All young men aged 18 to 25 who were not missing arms or legs were taken away.
gone.
"You don't have to be afraid. You are serving as a soldier for the Australian Prime Minister. Being a soldier is the most glorious thing. You have food, drink and military pay. When you retire, you will get retirement pay."
After an Australian man in a straight-fronted coat blew a whistle, the young people in the village were tied up by their arms one by one, bundled in a bunch, and taken directly to the port and put on the ship.
Many people began to cry - being captured by the soldiers means they will never come back. Although every family whose someone was taken away received a stack of colorful pieces of paper: Australian money.
Australian money can indeed buy all kinds of things in Zhonghe Commune. Families whose family members were taken away to serve as soldiers quickly bought all kinds of goods from the cooperative agency store in Zhonghe Commune, from household items to
Tools and daily necessities. The pain of having my son taken away to serve as a soldier is also a little less painful.
However, a greater disaster struck again. No one expected that the next turn would be the children of the village. All the children between the ages of seven and seventeen, regardless of gender, were taken away.
Heartbreaking cries were heard everywhere, but bright bayonets were shaking in front of the villagers' eyes. This was not the original village. The villagers were not familiar with the terrain, and no one could be hidden in the temporary shacks. These children were
Take them all away.
The Australian who came to capture the soldiers last time came again this time and gave the following words of comfort to the villagers: "Don't worry, the children will have food and drink when they arrive in Lingao, and they will still attend school and receive pocket money. This way.
Where can I find the good days?"
"Master, you don't want your children to go to school, you just want them to stay with you -"
"The younger children are still young and have no one to take care of them when they study alone."
…
The Australian's face darkened and he reprimanded: "What are you crying for? Your children will naturally come back to see you during the Chinese New Year. If you don't bother anymore, the earthwork quota will be doubled tomorrow!"
Everyone is silent - now, even if they work for six hours a day, they can barely complete the workload every day. How can they still survive if it is doubled?
The call to end work finally sounded on the construction site. Village workers from Wangpu Village came down one after another from the construction site to eat and rest for a while. The total time did not exceed half an hour.
"We are not asked to farm, we are asked to dig the land. What kind of thing is this? Are you going to stop paying the national tax on royal grain?" Someone complained while eating mixed noodle steamed buns.
"At least I'm digging in Danzhou and I didn't get you to dig in Lingao."
"The Australians are here, and they still have to pay royal taxes on food!" A man in his forties patted his butt, picked up a piece of salty radish and started chewing it.
"Don't Australians want to collect grain? I heard that they were also collected in Lingao last year."
"Our land has been harvested by them, so why should we pay for it?"
"I don't know what happened to our daughter after she passed away?" A person sighed. "She wouldn't have been sold to the Australians. If I had known this, I would have arranged her marriage first, and she would still be able to get married.
A betrothal gift."
"Your daughter has been taken over by an Australian master."
"That would be great. I don't see such a good thing!"
"Forget it if the girls want to go, why do you want to get rid of all the young men?"
"Don't you know the brother and the brother? Maybe Australians are good at this."
…
Chen Lianjian said nothing - after he arrived at Zhonghe Commune, all three daughters of his family were taken away. He originally thought that his wife would not be spared, but Australians were obviously not interested in *** because he was disabled.
, let the couple take charge of cooking for the entire Wangpu labor team.
The triangle cloth worn by Chen Lianjian and his wife is blue with black edges. If he knew what it meant, he would be frightened - it means "potentially dangerous elements". Theoretically, as long as such a person makes the slightest move
will be killed.
Although he didn't know what the triangular piece of cloth meant, he could guess that it was a symbol. There were many people in the Zhonghe Institute, some of whom were military households in the area, and some who had migrated from other places, but they won
Most people don't have cloth triangles sewn onto their bodies.
At first, he couldn't figure out whether this mark was good or bad, until he discovered that not all the sons of other villagers were forced to serve as soldiers. A few of them were also soldiers and militiamen in the local "security company". Children also
There was no force to go to Lingao school - except for a few orphans and children from families with many children, most children went to national primary schools run by the commune itself. Chen Lianjian realized that they were put into a separate register. The reason why he wore
It must be this distinctive blue triangle, which is obviously related to being a bandit in the past.
Needless to say, if there was even the slightest sign of trouble, he would be dragged out and beheaded. Thinking of this, Chen Lianjian's liver and gallbladder were split, and he simply wanted to run away immediately.
Of course, escaping is impossible. Not to mention his inconvenient legs and feet, even if he can escape, how will he make a living? Besides, all the houses in Wangpu Village have been demolished, and there is no one to take care of the crops.
It had been ruined long ago. All that was left on the village homesteads were a lot of bamboos hanging with rotting corpses.
There were people in Ponde Village who secretly ran back to their original village, but they were all caught. These people were then put on blue triangles and worked with the people in their village to dig earth and transport wood.
A few days ago, he met another worker wearing a blue triangle with black trim at the construction site. The other worker was stunned when he saw him. When no one was paying attention, Chen Lianjian said something like a bandit's cut. The two immediately
It's online right now.
It turned out that the other party was also a house bandit, and the work team found him when they went to the village to conduct a large-scale household registration check.
"It's so tragic. They have confiscated everything I have." The bandit said while looking around in fear.
"Are your wife and kids okay?"
"My wife is fine. They have kidnapped several of my sons. They said they were going to 'study'. Alas!" The former bandit sighed, "Who knows what they took them for! If things go wrong, they have been sold to them.
Gone to Australia!”
"Sold to Australia?!" Chen Lianjian shuddered. This was something he didn't expect.
"Yes, why else would they arrest the little boy?" He sighed, "It's like I got retribution for being a bandit!"
Chen Lianjian looked around: "How are the shopkeepers doing now?"
"Li Manzi was beaten to death a few days ago. He and a few of his cronies were caught going down the mountain to collect grain and salt. The heads of his and his subordinates are hanging at the gate of Danzhou City!"
"What about the rest?"
"I heard they are all hiding. Australians have been killing people like crazy recently..." He looked around again with his neck scrunched up, and said hurriedly, "There are heads hanging outside Danzhou City. It doesn't matter if you are a big boss or a small guy.
If caught, they will be beheaded. Many people like us have also been killed."
Chen Lianjian felt a chill on the back of his neck. He quickly asked: "Why kill?"
"You can kill people if you want to - don't you know, the Australians have carried out a 'liquidation' in every village. As long as ten villagers accuse you of being a bandit, if you are dragged out, you will be killed. Grandma, you are crazy. Anyway, you are usually popular.
It’s so good that nothing will happen easily…”
"Dare they bite?"
"Who wouldn't dare to bite you in front of your face? Australians are so crazy!"
As he spoke, he saw some infantrymen approaching, and quickly blinked his eyes and ran away. Chen Lianjian's already anxious heart became more and more uneasy. The Australians had suffered a loss in Wangpu Village, and this time they had to pay back a thousand times a hundred times.
It's time to come. Even pond fish like me will inevitably suffer.
In the evening, while he and his wife were washing the pots, several fake men wearing blue collar badges suddenly came to the large kitchen on the construction site.
"Are you Chen Lianjian?"
"Yes - the little one is." Chen Lianjian looked at their murderous faces and the Australian spinners in their waists. He felt something bad in his heart and his calves felt weak.