Qin Tian had just walked out of the courtyard house where he was resting when Li Weiguo and Pu Tianzhen surrounded him with the soldiers.
"Master, you're on the cover of World Weekly. The whole world knows that you're the hero who fought against the Japanese!”
Qin Tian laughed.
"Good! Today was a happy day. Someone, take out the food from the warehouse!”
"Instant noodles, canned beef, canned pork, canned fruit, chocolate, candy, ham sausages, biscuits, as much as you want!”
The soldiers cheered, and so did the newly recruited 5,000 soldiers.
In the past, these soldiers could only eat plain white rice during the New Year. The rest of the time, they would only eat brown rice.
When they saw the dazzling array of food, they jumped up excitedly.
When Pu Tianzhen and Li Weiguo saw the food that Qin Tian took out from the warehouse, their worries of not having enough food were swept away.
"Master is mighty! Master is mighty!"
The entire Suzhou Garden's temporary military camp was filled with the shouts of soldiers.
Qin Tian did not expect that food was more able to make these soldiers loyal and supportive than oceans.
The soldiers received instant noodles, canned beef, and other food. They squatted on the ground and imitated Qin Tian, adding hot water to the lunch boxes.
After a while, the soldiers began to eat like Qin Tian.
"Yes! Delicious! Master, what noodles are these? Why is it so delicious?"
Qin Tian's face was black. He thought for a moment and started making things up.
"Legend has it that thousands of years ago, there was a guy called Doctor Kang who grew flowers. He made this noodle and called it instant noodles! It was called junk food by many people thousands of years ago, so it did not spread much! In fact, instant noodles were high in calories and were a must-have convenience food for soldiers!”
The soldiers seemed to understand.
"Master, these instant noodles are so delicious! Why was it called junk food by people thousands of years ago?”
Qin Tian was very helpless. These soldiers were all curious warriors.
" Because it's not nutritious!"
The soldiers laughed.
"Master, as long as you can eat your fill, it's enough. Why are you still thinking about nutrition? People from thousands of years ago are really strange!"
Qin Tianzheng was eating happily.
Bang ~
Gunshots were heard on the street. Qin Tian put down his lunch box.
"What happened? Why are there gunshots in the city?"
"Master, don't worry. I'll bring a few soldiers to take a look!”
In less than five minutes, Li Weiguo ran over, panting.
"Teacher, the grain merchants in Suzhou City are causing trouble. They killed two of our soldiers who were selling rice and flour! They even want to burn down our shops that sell rice and flour!”
Qin Tian frowned and punched the wall.
"Damn, are grain merchants so arrogant?”
Li Weiguo brought a commoner over.
"Old man, what was the price of grain in Suzhou City before?”
"10 cents, sometimes 90 cents. Ever since the war with the Japanese Song Hu broke out, the grain merchants in Suzhou established the grain merchant association and raised the price of grain all the way up to 30 cents per catty! If it weren't for you guys selling a large amount of food, we would probably only eat a ton of rice a day and spend the rest of our time digging wild vegetables!”
Qin Tian's gaze was firm as he patted Li Weiguo's shoulder.
"These grain merchants are profiteering from the national disaster. If we don't kill them today, the country will not be at peace!”
Li Weiguo and the guard Zhou Chao stopped Qin Tian.
"Master, there are a total of twenty-eight grain merchants. If you kill them without asking for permission, I'm afraid it will cause a huge storm!”
Qin Tian's gaze was firm. Not killing the traitor was not enough to appease the people's anger.
"No, we must kill him! Anyone who profited from the national disaster would be shot to death!”
Qin Tian took the M1911 pistol given to him by his division commander and led 200 soldiers towards the grain merchant who was causing trouble.
Xie Fugui's son was leading the local ruffians of Suzhou City to destroy the shops selling rice and flour.
Xie Fugui's son panicked when he saw the army approaching.
"Everyone, split up and run! Retreat!" Xie Fugui's son rode his horse and ran towards his courtyard.
Xie Fugui was smoking a pipe, waiting for the good news from his son.
Bang bang bang ~~~
In the city, gunshots rang out.
The local ruffians and hooligans who were smashing things were shot dead.
Boom ~~~
Xie Fugui's super large courtyard door was blown open.
Qin Tian held a pistol and led 200 soldiers to blow up the door of Xie Fugui's house with explosives.
Looking at Qin Tian who barged into the courtyard, Xie Fugui panicked.
"You bumpkins! I'm going to sue you for trespassing!"
"Capture them and hand them over to the people!”
The soldiers rushed forward. A few servants wanted to stop them, but they were knocked unconscious on the ground.
Xie Fugui and the other grain merchants of the association were all arrested.
Within a day, the remaining grain prices in Suzhou City had risen. The merchants and local ruffians who had destroyed the armored division's grain stores had all been arrested.
Suzhou City Center
The grain merchants and local ruffians were tied up and placed on the square.
The surrounding area was filled with commoners. The commoners were pointing and gossiping. They hated these merchants who raised the price of grain to the bone.
"Commoners, these are all merchants who profited from the national crisis and took advantage of the outbreak of war to wantonly raise the price of food. These local ruffians are their accomplices! What do you think we should do?"
"Shoot, shoot!"
In the entire square, the voices of the people resounded through the clouds.
Qin Tian was very excited. He had won over the hearts of the people all of a sudden. Most likely, there would be a lot more people joining the army.
"Alright, men, shoot all these people who profited from the national disaster!”
Bang bang bang ~~~
In less than ten minutes, the merchants and local ruffians who profited from the national disaster all collapsed on the square.
Qin Tian was very satisfied. Towards these merchants and local ruffians who disgusted him, he should cut the Gordian knot quickly.
"Master, you executed so many merchants. How do you explain it to Chairman Chang Kaishen?”
Looking at Zhou Chao's worried look, Qin Tian patted his shoulder.
"Remember, I have the final say in Suzhou City! There was no need to consult Chairman Chang Kaishen about everything!”
Zhou Chao nodded.
"Master, what should we do next?”
"Immediately recruit soldiers! Now, the people's recognition of us must have reached a new height!”
Pu Tianzhen immediately beat the drums.
"Commoners, our master is wholeheartedly serving the people! Right now, our armored division is lacking soldiers, and we urgently need your support!”
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