This notice from the General Headquarters of the Pioneer Army to assist in conscription was sent to all departments under the jurisdiction of the Crossing Regime. Among them, there are really some waves, or in places like Taipei.

Without him, Interest.

In Taipei, these people, whether it is Wu Sanye or Young Master Yusheng, although there is not much difference between their lives and other places, and they get a lot of wages, but these people have a hidden shackle: they are not allowed to leave this place.

To put it bluntly, they are treated as exiles.

Wu Sanye won't talk about it, he is a real violent labor prisoner. And people like Yusheng, although they did not say it publicly, everyone knew that the clan elements who were immigrated to Taipei were actually exiles in disguise, and "they were not allowed to take a step out of the north without reason".

In the words of later generations, it was "the deprivation of political rights for a period of time." ”

This punishment is quite severe at some point. Or Wu Sanye: After he came to Taipei before, he had actually applied for the demolition money for his family's land acquisition in Shanghai.

However, the answer he finally got was: When the labor camp period expires, you will be qualified to go to the senior officer to deal with this matter.

The same is true of Yusheng: theoretically, he will not be able to leave Taipei in his life, and perhaps when the regime of the crossing people is stabilized, the descendants will flee from this place and remove this shackle.

Therefore, when the conscription notice of the pioneer army was conveyed to Taipei, it immediately caused an uproar among these second-class citizens - the document clearly stated that all those who joined the pioneer army would be cleared of their previous crimes, and their status was equivalent to that of "ordinary people".

Everyone is still familiar with this routine, because since ancient times, the emperor will not only grant amnesty to the world when the change of term, but also conscript criminals, sons-in-law, and petty officials to serve in the army in foreign wars.

And the identity of this ordinary person in the document is the identity of a cadre exile who has been thinking about it for a long time.

Wu Sanye and Yusheng seriously considered this matter for the first time.

Judging from the general introduction in the document, the formation of this Laoshizi Pioneer Army was to attack the natives who "refused to accept the king" in Nanyang. And this kind of work, in fact, they have already done it on the natives of Taipei before, and they are familiar with it, and there are no obstacles to implementation.

As for saying that everyone has never been to Nanyang...... Joke, everyone hasn't been to Taipei before, aren't they all places outside the world? No matter how bad it is, what's the difference?

So after a brief discussion, Wu Sanye, Yusheng, and a few younger brothers who came with him decided to seize this opportunity to clear their names and serve in the pioneer army.

That night, the impatient people boarded a small boat to Sulphur Harbor overnight, and along the coastline, according to the lights from the distant Sulphur Harbor Lighthouse, they rushed from Jinguashi to Sulphur Harbor Town overnight.

Early the next morning, there was a long queue outside the door of the human resources department of the sulfur gang branch of the Second Construction Company: the act of applying for the transfer of the pioneer army was quite marketable in this place where re-education through labor prisoners were gathered.

The manager of the human resources department, who had a goatee and gray hair, opened Wu Sanye's file not long after.

The staged comment on the file reads: Wu Meng was able to abide by the laws and regulations during his sentence, be positive, and work hard to reform. Seeing this, the manager didn't do much to make it difficult, saying that Wu Meng passed the audit, so the third master got a letter of introduction with a red seal.

Several others also made it through.

Next, those who pass the review have two days to settle down.

Wu Sanye and his few bachelors have nothing to settle down, in addition to handing over the work in the past two days, that is, spending money on wine, asking former colleagues to practice, and celebrating getting rid of the sea of suffering.

Yusheng is a little troublesome here, he still has his mother and little sister to settle down.

But speaking of which, apart from some sorrow and worry, Yusheng and his mother don't have anything to worry about.

Through the territory under the rule of the people, the minimum life and dignity of the people have been well solved, and there is no problem for a mother and daughter to maintain the grocery store, and there will be no all kinds of bullshit in the Ming society.

In particular, Taipei is a penal colony for criminals, and it has strict control over public security. Whoever commits a second offense here, no matter how big or small, will be sent to the depths of the jungle to be equivalent to a slave. Therefore, although the town of Sulphur Harbor is said to be a place of exile, the law and order can always be called a night of non-closure.

As for Yusheng's mother, this middle-aged woman is a traditional woman who still adheres to the three obedience and four virtues, "husband dies and obeys son", so it is impossible for her to interfere with Yusheng's choice.

What's more, Young Master Yusheng also made it clear to his mother that this is a good opportunity, as soon as he returns from the army, or if he has made some achievements, he can take his mother and little sister to live in the bustling Tainan, where there are big hospitals and streets, everything.

In the end, Yusheng also promised that he would write a letter to his mother in time. Anyway, now that the postal service is developed, the letters sent within the general's palace are all by boat, and there will be no delay.

In this way, after two days of sorrow in the face of two crying women, Young Master Yusheng joined Wu Sanye and his gang at the dock with two big heads and two big ones, carrying full luggage.

At the Sulphur Harbor wharf, a team of almost 200 people boarded a passenger ship that came to pick up people today.

After saying goodbye and waving to the family who came to see him off, the passenger ship set sail, and Wu Sanye hurriedly left the place where he was imprisoned and went straight to Tainan, which symbolizes freedom.

Two days later, the 200 or so people who came with the ship had been placed in a vacant military camp in Tainan.

There was a lot of noise in the chaotic barracks. There are not only heroes from Taipei, but also applicants from all over the world, and the total number of applicants has reached 500.

It's still a long queue. Wu Sanye, who was holding a letter of introduction and personal information, stood on the playground and lined up patiently, until a middle-aged civilian man sitting behind a wooden table, wearing tortoiseshell legs and myopic glasses, and wearing an olive green military uniform, took over the information in the hands of the third master.

After inquiring about the registration process, the third master finally received the small "temporary pass" that he had been thinking about day and night.

It will take some time for the regular military status to be completed, but now with this small certificate, the third master can freely enter and leave the barracks, "restore political rights", and operate in the society created by the traversal as a normal person.

A group of people who received the documents quickly left the barracks - military discipline here was not strict, after all, the pioneer army was not a regular army, but a half-army and half-civilian reclamation regiment.

As soon as the younger brothers went out, they happily went to Chikan Street to play. And the third master and Yusheng don't have that idle time: there are still big things to do.

In the next two days, Yusheng accompanied the third master in and out of several yamen in Chikan and Dayuan Island, including but not limited to the Chikan District Government, the Port Authority, the Land Resources Bureau, and even the terrifying No. 76 Street.

There is no way, Wu Sanye's personal advocacy about the demolition and relocation money of Zhang Su's private port is really too troublesome. First, a long time has passed, and second, there are many twists and turns, he also broke the road and went to Taihu Lake to become a hostile element, and now he has no skin and no face to come back to ask for money, and various departments also love to ignore it.

In addition, this matter also involves Master Xiong, who is far away in Shanghai, as well as the intelligence department and the port construction department, so it is very troublesome, and it cannot be explained clearly by one or two yamen and a few words.

Fortunately, when the government system was first established, it was a vigorous and prosperous sunrise moment, and there was no neglect of government in the public service system. So trouble is trouble, after all, things are still slowly pushing.

So a week after Wu Sanye came to Tainan, a clerk from the Land Resources Bureau came to the barracks and found Sanye.

This clerk's surname is Zhang, and he is not very old. What he brought was good news: Shanghai Master Xiong had replied to the telegram, not denying that Wu Meng had a private port of Zhang Su before, and reported the actual area of that private port.

Although this area is not large, there are only four acres of land in total, and the nearby Zhangsutan is not included, but this is four acres of land in the core area of Shanghai Port!

When Clerk Zhang said this, he told the third master with envy in his tone: In the end, there should be 30,000 to 50,000 taels of silver for the demolition of commercial real estate to be returned to the third master. However, the process will be very long, because everything will have to wait for the paperwork to travel back and forth between Tainan and Shanghai, and then go through multiple departments to review it, which will take about two or three months.

After hearing this, there was a frantic commotion in the temporary dormitory of the third master. A few younger brothers excitedly picked up the basin and jar and began to knock randomly: "Big brother, we are rich, we are the boss, but we have a hard life!" ”

"Thank you Director Zhang for informing me!" Wu Sanye, who has been in battle for a long time, will naturally not mess up at this time.

He knew that under the rule of Cao Dashuai, there were many civil servants in Taipei who were exiled after corruption, so Wu Sanye did not dare to bribe Officer Zhang at this time.

While sending Director Zhang out, he was full of good words, and took out the high-end Heilanzhou, which he used to do business, and invited Secretary Zhang to smoke, and asked Secretary Zhang to keep an eye on this matter: "In the future, if you have silver, you will have to invest in it after all, and then you will have to trouble Director Zhang to guide you through the maze, there is a good road, and everyone will have wealth together." ”

In this way, after making a little implicit promise, Wu Sanye sent Officer Zhang out of the barracks with a smile.

After returning to the camp, the third master and Yusheng and their group first sighed about Cao Dashuai's benevolence and exquisiteness: just his skinless and faceless style, replaced by Daming, after becoming a thief, he still dared to manage the government to ask for demolition money? Tens of thousands of taels of silver, a thief like him, don't talk about silver, he has already been cut off by the officials and wiped his head.

I don't want to be here in Cao Dashuai, but Ding is Ding Mao is Mao, one yard is one yard, it's really amazing!

There's nothing more to say about the next, just work in the pioneer army with peace of mind, and wait for the money to be distributed.

Wu Sanye knows very well that the so-called being the boss when he has money is not shown - the reason why those yamen can take care of him is because he signed a five-year contract with the pioneer army, which can be regarded as a state of meritorious service.

Once he took the money and went to be the boss and did not fulfill the contract, then he would be prosecuted in minutes and return to Taipei as an exile.

Wu Sanye now has a good understanding of the operation laws of the crossing regime, and it is still the same sentence: Ding is Ding Mao is Mao.

In any case, he had to earn his life in the pioneer army and live for five years.