Chapter 153: Seeing Through the Painted Skin (Part II)
As if sweeping over an inconspicuous fallen leaf, Yukikure Jiro's gaze hardly stayed on the white leper who was standing on the chair with his support, but stared at the old lady Jiang who was guarded by everyone: "Not long ago, some soldiers in the imperial army had some misunderstandings with everyone present because of the grain requisition! But rest assured, such a misunderstanding will never happen again! For this, I can solemnly assure you below! β
With another deep bow, Yukikure Jiro coughed lightly twice before slowing down his tone and saying, "Before explaining the detailed rules and regulations for the Imperial Army's distribution of food to you, allow me to ask you a question - in the past years, even in good harvest years, were you able to eat enough every day?" β
Looking at each other and gathering together, among the principals of the villages, a few bold ones cautiously answered Yukikure Jiro's question: "The village family looks at the sky and harvests, and it is rare to have two years of harvest in ten years. Even if it's a good year...... It's also two meals of wild vegetable porridge a day, and I can't eat dry food for a few days......"
"In this year, there are many donations and taxes, and a sweat fell on the ground and fell eight petals in exchange for food, and the donations and taxes were paid, but there was nothing left. Eat well...... It's hard to ......."
"The year has been bad for three consecutive years, and there are more and more people going out to ask for food in the village every year, not to mention being full, and if you don't starve to death, it will be considered a great creation!"
A smug look flashed on his face, and Yukikuin Jiro only waited until the obviously timid voices had subsided before he raised his voice and said, "The hard-working farmers can't eat, the diligent craftsmen can't make ends meet, and the business is getting harder and harder...... Guys, have you ever seriously thought about who caused all this?! β
Before anyone could answer, Yukikure Jiro had already waved his hand violently and shouted in a categorical voice: "All this is caused by the incompetent national government that can only survive by colluding with the white race!" It's the corrupt officials! They have taken away the food and wealth that should belong to you from you under various pretexts and miscellaneous taxes, and they have unceremoniously exploited you, so that you have to go out and ask for food to survive! β
"The government and officials of this country are endlessly demanding of you. But when you need help, they never pay attention to you! A country that doesn't even love its own people shouldn't exist at all! β
"To help you ordinary people who are oppressed by the white race and a corrupt government, the Empire of Japan has sent its best samurai to help you rebel against this corrupt government! At the same time, in order to help you live a better life, the Great Japanese Empire has spared no effort and spent huge manpower and material resources to build the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere! In the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, under the light of His Majesty the Emperor's kindness, the beautiful days you once longed for will soon come! β
As if sensing that the silent villagers could not show the slightest interest in his words, Yukikuin Jiro coughed lightly a few times, and then pointed back to the mountains of grain piled up in the freight yard behind him: "In order to help His Majesty the Emperor's Shunmin survive the poor harvest year, the Imperial Japanese Army has mobilized a large amount of military rations, which will be distributed to everyone soon!" In order to distribute grain accurately, each village had to report the accurate number of people and household registration in its own village to the Imperial Japanese Army! For the first five villages to complete the declaration, the Imperial Japanese Army will also give corresponding rewards......"
"In order to maintain the stability of the establishment of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere and the establishment of a new order in the Paradise of Kings, each village should immediately form a maintenance committee to cooperate with the imperial army to maintain local order and eliminate the bandits who disturb the order......
Listening to Xue Yin Jiro's chatter endlessly about the detailed rules and regulations for applying for food, among the village leaders who gathered around Mrs. Jiang, the person in charge of Panma Village suppressed his voice and whispered: "Taigong, listen to the meaning of the devil's words...... Do you want to touch the details of the people in our villages? β
Nodding slightly, the old lady Jiang, who had half-closed eyes, replied in a low voice: "Not only do we have to find out the details of the people and household registrations of each village, but I am afraid we also have to find out who the main figures of each village are!" The snake beats the seven-inch wolf and hits the waist, the devil's abacus is good!? β
"So what are we going to do? If you don't report your household registration and people, you won't receive food? β
Before Mrs. Jiang could speak publicly, Mo Tianliu, who didn't know when she got to Mrs. Jiang's side, suddenly responded to the words of the person in charge of Panma Village: "Why don't you report your household registration and people?" We must repay it, we have to work hard to repay it! β
Twisting his face to look at Mo Tianliu, who was standing beside him with his head drooping, Old Lady Jiang asked in a low voice, "Tianliu, what is your idea for this?" β
Raising his head slightly, he looked at Xue Yin Jiro, who was chattering endlessly, Mo Tianliu smiled at Old Lady Jiang: "This devil has been nagging for a long time, and to put it bluntly, it is for two things." First, I want to find out how many people there are in each village of Qingle County by distributing food, and when the time comes, they will be able to have this account in their hearts, and they can scratch and scratch with their hands. Secondly...... Didn't this devil say that he wanted each village to establish a maintenance association, and this number of roads was almost the same as the joint defense of 100 villages made by our Eighth Route Army Martial Arts Team. It's just that we are a hundred villages to fight devils, and the devils want to rely on them to maintain the Eighth Route Army Martial Arts Team! β
With his eyes widened, the person in charge of Qingyan Village shouted in a muffled voice: "Do work for the devil? Do you want to help the devils scourge the Eighth Route Army? We can't do anything about this unconscionable thing! The Eighth Route Army is good for us, and we can't be ungrateful! β
Shaking his head very lazily, Mo Tianliu laughed in a low voice: "Why don't you do it?" The devil gives money and food, let's be polite at all, just take it! Anyway, the money and food in the hands of this devil were originally snatched from us, and it is only natural for us to take them back! Besides...... Isn't there a saying in these three kingdoms? In Cao Ying, in Han? β
After pondering for a moment, Old Lady Jiang nodded lightly: "Tianliu's words also have some truth!" The Eighth Route Army's martial arts team has a hard top with the devil, let's be soft with the devil! It's just that this report of household registration and people still has to be carefully considered......
Hehe chuckled a few times, Mo Tianliu squeezed his eyes at Mrs. Jiang grabbly: "What else do you have to think about?" Every village opened its mouth, and doubled the number of people and household registration to report to the devils. The devil distributes food according to the number of people and household registration, and the more we report, the more food we get! β
Hesitantly shaking his head, the principal of Qingyan Village retorted in a low voice: "Devils are not stupid? When the time comes, so many people and household registrations have been reported, and the devils have caught Ding and sent errands, won't we have to suffer a big loss? β
"I have a way to deal with ......."
Mo Tianliu didn't finish speaking, but Yukikuin Jiro, who was standing on the stool, had already stopped talking and jumped off the stool. And Masao Iwasato, who had been standing by the stool, also raised his voice at this time, "Everyone should understand what His Excellency Yukikushi Jiro said?" Then start declaring the household registration and number of people in each village now! After the declaration is completed, you can start to receive the food distributed by the Imperial Army according to the number of people who declared! β
Flatteringly towards Yukiin Jiro and Iwasato Masao, the white leper turned his head and shouted to the shopkeepers who were trading in several Qingle counties: "Didn't you listen to the orders of the imperial army?" Hurry up and bring the guys you have prepared, and start registering these dirt buns! I can tell you clearly - the work that the imperial army has given you must not be wronged! Otherwise......"
Shaking the southern-style pistol in his hand at the sad-faced shopkeepers like a demonstration, the white leper stood sideways to a table of eight immortals that had just been moved, and pointed at the head of Youfang Village who had been broken by himself and shouted: "Just youβthe first one!" Hurry up and roll over to Lao Tzu! β
Covering the wound on his head that was still oozing blood, the person in charge of Youfang Village subconsciously looked back at Mrs. Jiang, then stood up tremblingly, walked towards the Eight Immortals Table in a further and half a step back, and said to a shopkeeper sitting behind the Eight Immortals Table with a bitter face: "I am from Youfang Village, and our village is ....... A total of ...... Two hundred and twenty households, seven hundred and thirty-two people......."
Before he finished speaking, the white leper standing at the table of the Eight Immortals had already widened his eyes, and shouted at the principal figure of Youfang Village in a loud voice: "Put your mother's shit!" You are a big village in Youfang Village, and if you are full, you will be a hundred and ten households, and you will be 400 people! Do you dare to falsely report your household registration and people in front of the imperial army? Don't you want to live anymore? β
Gritting his teeth fiercely, the head of Youfang Village covered the faintly painful wound on his head, and boldly whispered: "Originally, there were not so many household registrations and people, but since the last time I went back to the village and saw the battle, many of the original families have run away. In order to keep the handicraft work in Youfang Village, many people who fled from outside the country were taken in and settled down in the village. Right now, you are in the village...... That's 220 households, 732 people! β
Seeing that the white leper was still questioning, the heads of several other villages standing on the side suddenly shouted: "In this chaotic year, no village dares to say how many household registrations and Ding Zhuang can be stabilized if they die......"
"In recent years, there has been a great famine in Henan, and the whole world is going out to escape the famine and ask for food, and they can do all the work for stuttering! There are some people left in the village, so that they can pick up the abandoned land and lay some food to live! β
"Write it down quickly, and tell us to get food!" This year, all the grain collected from the fields has been donated and taxed, and some villages have been robbed, so they are waiting to receive this grain and go back to the pot......
After staring at his eyes several times, the slap holding the southern-style pistol was faintly dripping with some sweat, but looking at the boldness of the village leaders who were helping them, and then listening to the higher and higher voices, the white leper could only grit his teeth fiercely and twist his neck hard: "And let you be proud today....... In a few days, when you will send a family registration and a person to send a person to arrest Ding, Lao Tzu will not have any good fruit for you to eat! β
Contrary to the white leper who had eaten hard and swallowed a stomach full of evil qi, Yukikuin Jiro and Iwasato Masao, who had retreated far away, had a sneer on their faces, and looked at the heads of the villages who had gathered in front of a few tables to declare their household registration and people, and almost said in unison in Japanese: "Let's eat...... When you're fattened, you'll be able to kill and eat meat......"
Standing also far away from the crowd, Mo Tianliu and Sha Bang squinted their eyes at the villagers who had declared their household registration and people, and then led Ding Zhuang from all villages to the freight yard to receive food, and they also whispered to themselves in unison: "After you are full of food and drink, you can fight devils, but you can add a little more strength......