The September sun was not scorching, but it was still very hot under the sun. 24 autumn tigers were no joke, and it was the same this morning. The sun was shining on people, but they still felt flustered.
Liu Chuan was wearing a Japanese military uniform with a commanding sword at his waist. Although he didn't like to wear these clothes, he knew that he had to wear them outside. Since he had already put on the mask, he shouldn't take it off when he wasn't confident. That would only cause trouble for himself.
There were more than 30,000 captives standing on the training ground. They stood in a mess and watched Liu Chuan walk step by step to the high platform in front of them. How could they not know this person?
They hated this person to the core. This person had deceived the commander and all of them. The commander told them that they could only survive if they surrendered to Liu Chuan. Liu Chuan had promised the commander that as long as they surrendered, not only would their lives be guaranteed, but they would also be free to return to being civilians.
However, they had been locked up the whole time. Liu Chuan did not even have the interest to look at them. It was as if he had completely forgotten about them. The freedom that he had promised them was just a lie.
" Look at their eyes. They don't seem to be friendly to me."
Liu Chuan looked at the group of people below for a while. There were more than 30,000 people. At a glance, it was simply endless.
If it weren't for the loudspeaker, his words probably wouldn't have reached the back.
"I know that all of you don't like me and say that I betrayed you and the commander.”
Liu Chuan rubbed his military boots as he spoke and leisurely lit a cigarette. It seemed like he didn't care about these people at all.
"I'm wondering if your heads have been dug by pigs? Or are you a bunch of pigs? Oh, damn it. Sorry, I accidentally insulted a pig.
You're a bunch of idiots and pigs. You're only worthy of being locked up here by me. What betraying the commander? What betray you? Who are you?
Who else would I sell you to if not you? Who am I?
I'm the director of the Luxi government of the empire, and the current administrative director of the Huabei government. I'm very noble. I'm loyal to the empire, and you guys are loyal to that big baldy.
Tell me, why should I pledge allegiance to a big bald man? If I don't betray you, wouldn't that be unreasonable? You deserve to be locked up here. Who asked you to be as stupid as pigs?”
Liu Chuan started with a set of words, which made the people below feel agitated. They all cursed and cursed. Liu Chuan's 18 generations of ancestors were all cursed by this group of people.
The Japanese soldiers with machine guns and weapons saw the excitement and took a step forward. The weapons in their hands were ready to shoot at any time!
"Hey! What are you guys doing? Don't be so nervous. These are all my laborers. If I kill them, who will they belong to? If they wanted to scold him, then let them scold him. What was a few words? Incompetent rage!"
Liu Chuan told the Japanese not to be so nervous, then looked at the people below and continued,""You pigs, calm down for me. If anyone doesn't calm down, I'll drag him out and cut him into pieces for three days.”
After saying this, the people below were silent for less than three seconds before they suddenly became even more agitated. All of them looked like they were about to rush up.
Liu Chuan waved at a Japanese man holding a light machine gun beside him. He placed a crooked light machine gun on the podium and aimed the muzzle at the ground in front of him, firing a shuttle of bullets.
This time, the crowd quieted down. Liu Chuan looked at them and said lazily,""Is it quiet this time? So what if my words don't work? Listen up, you are now my prisoners. You have to listen to whatever I say.
Originally, I was planning to shoot all of you with my gun so that I wouldn't have to listen to all of you. However, after thinking about it, I decided that it would be a waste not to use 30,000 free labor.
Now that the empire is building a military factory in Xu Prefecture and is short of labor, I've thought about it and decided that it's you pigs. In a while, you will be given tools to build your own houses here.
If the house is repaired well, you can sleep soundly at night. But if it's not repaired well, it's autumn and there's a lot of rain. You can just get drenched in the rain at night ~ I don't care.
Now that you're not working, you only have two meals a day. Porridge pickled vegetables, cornbread pickled vegetables, just these two. You can eat them or not. If you don't eat them, you'll be hungry.”
Liu Chuan lit a cigarette for himself, took a puff, and blew out a smoke ring before continuing,""The Empire's experts should be here in a few days.
"When the time comes, you can start building the factory first. Someone will send over the construction materials. You have to build it well. If it's built well, I'll provide you with three meals a day.
Congee in the morning, rice and flatbread in the afternoon, and soup and dishes at night. If you can't fix it, then go hungry. If you can't even do such a small thing, why waste food while you're alive?”
The people below were completely silent this time. Their faces darkened. They were actually going to become laborers for the Japanese.
"Building the factory and installing the machines is fast. I estimate that it will be done before October. At that time, someone will divide you into zones.
"You have to use all 30,000 people. Divide them into a few districts. Whichever district does a good job, the production increases, and the food level increases.
As for the amount of food you eat, whether you eat one bowl of rice or two bowls of rice depends on yourself. The amount of food is calculated according to the work points. If you work more, you eat more. If you work less, you eat less.
If you don't do it, then starve. I won't give my food to trash. If you don't want to live, just let me know. I'll get someone to bury you alive and let you enjoy the joy of death ~"
After saying that, he threw the cigarette butt on the ground and called out to the Japanese around him,"Watch them. If they cause trouble, shoot them. As long as they don't kill them, cripple them or whatever.”
After saying that, they left. These people looked at each other, all of them dispirited. After a while, the Japanese drove over in a truck and threw the wooden boxes on the ground before leaving. They opened them up and took out tools.
Saws, axes, ink stoves, and so on. There was a huge pile of them, all tools needed to build a house. The Japanese were all monitoring them from outside. As long as they didn't cause any trouble, they could do whatever they wanted.
When Liu Chuan returned to the government and was about to deal with some matters, Xiang Menghe strode in.
"Why did you insult them like this? They shouldn't be insulted ~"
Xiang Menghe looked at Liu Chuan and asked.
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