After the establishment of the puppet Manchukuo in another time and space, how miserable the Chinese life in Manchukuo is, how miserable the life of the current Japanese is, as the protection of the Japanese, Tokugawa Liyan himself is one of Bai Qi's accomplices, after the Meiji government overthrew the shogunate, the descendants of the shogunate were brutally retaliated, and now Tokugawa Liyan has returned the previous hatred to the Japanese.

In comparison, it is good that ordinary Japanese can sell their lives to Bai Qi, at least Bai Qi can still give them some meager salaries, so that they can get some remuneration, if they sell their lives to the current Japanese magnates, then there is no penny to take at all, and there is naturally no pension after death.

Therefore, these mercenaries recruited by Bai Qi are still guaranteed in loyalty, because Bai Qi gave them some promises, as long as they fight for Yan Shun for five years, they may join the Ryukyu nationality, although the hope of living to five years is very slim, but hope is hope, as long as there is sustenance, people will not despair.

"To give them nutrition, their bodies are still too thin." Li Mu has never been stingy with his own people, even if he is Japanese, as long as he works hard for Li Mu, Li Mu will also give a good price.

According to American standards, these mercenaries are too thin, the weather in November is not hot, but it is not cold, the mercenaries are all shirtless in training, there are not many muscles in their arms, the ribs are clearly visible, they are obviously adults, but they all look as thin as children, which makes Li Mu very worried about whether they can receive high-intensity training.

In another time and space, the physical fitness of the Japanese began to increase, and it was only in the late Meiji period that the results were achieved, Japan in this time and space was more sad, the Meiji Emperor had not completed the Restoration, the government did not have the reparations of the Qing Dynasty, there was no blood transfusion in overseas colonies, the Shogunate Restoration destroyed everything, Japan was poorer than another time and space, and the life of the Japanese at the bottom was more difficult, so it was really easy to recruit mercenaries in vain, and most of the mercenaries' requirements were just to be able to eat enough, and it would be better if they could have a little salary.

"This is already the result of supplementation, since they arrived in the Ryukyus, they have been supplementing their nutrition, you haven't seen them when they first came, it's just a gust of wind that can blow people there, there has been a serious famine in Japan in the past two years, we bought a lot of women from Japan and sent them to Alaska and Vladivostok respectively, and those women are very popular." Selling people in vain did not have the slightest psychological pressure.

Human trafficking during the famine is not actually a crime, but can be regarded as accumulating virtue and doing good, Li Mu has not experienced a famine in his two lives combined, so it is difficult to understand how far the famine can be, but it can be understood from the literature that it is really not an exaggeration to eat a child, at this time, as long as you give food to eat, there are people who are willing to commit to slavery, compared with life, dignity or something is really not so important.

Taking 10,000 steps back, people in this era have a different understanding of dignity from the 21st century, Japan and the Qing Empire are both feudal countries, and people in feudal countries have no dignity, even if they are officials, they have no dignity in front of higher-level officials.

"Then continue to add, even if it is cannon fodder, you must be a qualified cannon fodder." In Li Mu's memory, most of the Japanese are extremely vicious, but the extremely vicious Japanese in his memory are really incompatible with the thin, obedient and obedient Japanese in front of him.

The Japanese in this time and space basically have not done anything to hurt Li Mu's feelings, on the contrary, it is more Li Mu who is hurting the Japanese, so Li Mu is very contradictory now, in the United States, even if it is a black person, as long as he is willing to work for the Junma Group, Li Mu will give them a bite to eat, for the Japanese, sometimes Li Mu is reflecting on whether he treats them too harshly.

Well, just thinking about it, these thoughts flashed away and didn't stay in Li Mu's mind for long.

Li Mu really knows the Japanese too well, and the Chinese in this time and space have no hatred for the Japanese, that's because they don't know what these obedient Japanese will become once they gain power, and Li Mu is too clear about this, so Li Mu will not give the Japanese a chance, and he will not give a chance at all.

Compared with Japanese men, for Japanese women, Li Mu is still more welcome, all the time when the Pacific Company immigrated from the Qing Empire, they wanted to send more women to the United States, but the effect was not good, there are many girls who immigrate to the United States, but there are very few women, and it is very simple to immigrate women from Goryeo and Japan.

"In fact, they can not only be cannon fodder, these Japanese are very obedient, hard-working, not afraid of hardships and dangers, even if it is a task that they know will die, they do not have much resistance to carry it out, we have hired a lot of Japanese in Vladivostok, they are very useful, sometimes more obedient than us Chinese." Bai Qi feels good about the Japanese, although he does not resist Li Mu's task, but it can also be seen that Bai Qi is still more sympathetic to the Japanese.

Regarding the cruelty matter, in fact, it should also be looked at separately, from Li Mu's standpoint, in another time and space, Japan really committed too many murders in the Qing Kingdom, and it is not too much to treat the Japanese.

But if you stand on the Japanese standpoint, then they are very acceptable, after all, it is a war, no one will treat the enemy mercilessly in the war, the Chinese in the war, the killing is not much compared to the Japanese, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement a few decades ago, the population of the five provinces south of the Yangtze River was reduced by at least 65 million, the Hunan army broke through the cities of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom at that time, and often artificially created massacres, each time the death population was more than tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, and the killings committed by the Hunan army were no less than the Japanese, the red tops of the "shaved heads" are all stained red with blood, but because the Hunan army is also Chinese, those massacres are habitually ignored by people.

"If it's not my race, its heart will be different, these Japanese are obedient now, because without us, they can't live, these are all a group of wolf cubs, so you must be careful when using them." If you are simply more obedient, in fact, many Chinese are inferior to the Japanese, but this will not be a reason for Li Mu to let the Japanese go.

"Obedient" this point has actually been verified, because of Li Mu's efforts, the United States has now passed the "Anti-Japanese Act", so it is difficult for the Japanese to enter the United States, Panama companies in order to dig the Panama Canal, they used to hire a large number of Japanese, at that time Panama companies also gave those Japanese promises, as long as they work hard for the Panamanian company, then it is possible to get the opportunity to join the Panamanian nationality, now several years have passed, and the Japanese workers who have obtained Panamanian nationality are not one in a hundred miles, Many more Japanese workers were buried in the jungles of Panama, dying silently, without even a tombstone, just like the Chinese who built the Pacific Railroad in the first place.

It's just "at the beginning", also because of Li Mu's efforts, now many cities through the Pacific Railway, have erected monuments to those workers who died because of the construction of the Pacific Railroad, because of the lack of some information, many people still have no names, but they are no longer unknown, San Francisco has decided to set May 10 as the Chinese Workers' Memorial Day, May 10, 1869, the Pacific Railroad Helong, the Chinese Workers have made great efforts for this, but they are not even qualified to participate in the Helong Celebration, Now that they have been compensated, the U.S. Congress is considering a national commemoration of this day in the future.

"I know that the people who supervise the work in Vladivostok are the Koreans we have hired, and the people who train here are white instructors from the Far Eastern Company, so it is absolutely safe to use them." Bai Qi is now deeply involved in Li Muzhen's biography, and this hand is perfect for playing with others, even if the Japanese hold a grudge, they will also hate the Korean people who oversaw the work and these white instructors, and they have nothing to do with the Chinese.

Sometimes it's so strange, hatred can actually be transferred, this is also a kind of Stockholm syndrome, the Japanese in another time and space dealt with the Chinese like this, and now Li Muyuan was originally taken back to deal with the Japanese, which is really a good reincarnation.

"Remember, don't use a whip when overseeing the work, but use a stick." Li Mu will definitely not forget the exclusive weapons of the "sticks", it seems that the Koreans of this time and space will also get the nickname "sticks", but at this moment, the unforgettable ones have become Japanese, so let them hurt each other.

"No whips, only sticks." Bai Qi is still a little strange, there are many forests in Vladivostok, wooden sticks are everywhere, and whips are relatively rare, and the Vladivostok government should not be willing to use fur as whips for those Koreans, the cost is too high.

Li Mu laughed, and didn't explain why, he moved from the training ground to the cafeteria to check the food of the mercenaries.

"When these dwarves first came, they saw that the food was simply terrible, the rice bowls they used did not need to be brushed at all, licked cleanly, now the staple food is rice, lunch is usually roasted potatoes and cabbage, there will be a supplementary meal every week, generally salted dried fish, our meat supply is still very rich, but we can't open it to them to eat, we must keep them hungry, so that they will be obedient." Bai Qi has a lot of experience in dealing with the Japanese, and both soft and hard are the king.

In fact, there is no shortage of food in the Ryukyus, even Japan is not short of food, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and relying on the water to eat, the island countries, the aquatic products in the surrounding waters are simply not too rich, many of the 21st century has been eaten up delicious, and now it is very common, what is lacking in this era is labor, only relying on manpower to fish, the harvest is very limited, and many fishermen have not eaten the last meal.

The Ryukyus side is different, the biggest role of the industrial age is to fully liberate the labor force, and the Japanese fishermen who still use primitive means of fishing, the Ryukyus side has begun to use powered fishing boats, the efficiency of trawling is not one or two times higher than that of fishing nets, an ordinary fishing boat, it is good to catch 100 catties of fish a day, and the trawl may be tens of thousands of catties, so there are a lot of salted fish on the Ryukyu side, even if it is an open supply, it can make those mercenaries eat enough.

The logistics of the mercenaries are still very good, the rice is not mixed with sand, and the oily can be seen in the roasted potatoes, in contrast, the meals specially prepared for the instructors next to it are more abundant, beef, eggs, bread, and more seafood, but seafood is not very popular here, so although there are many types, the portion is not large.

"Instructors and mercenaries in the cafeteria together?" Li Mu is not a saint, he will not engage in any equality, inequality is the universal value of these years, if the canteen of instructors and mercenaries is put together, it is estimated that many instructors will think that they have been insulted.

The army is a place that pays great attention to the superiority and inferiority, many generals among the Chinese will love the soldiers like sons, and the soldiers are really regarded as brothers, the Japanese and the Americans will not be like this, Japan is a country that attaches great importance to the superiority and inferiority, the concept of hierarchy has penetrated into the bones, the United States is also very excessive, officers can have pets in the army, can take servants, and even bring family members, rashly changing all this, will make everyone unaccustomed.

"No, of course not, the instructors will eat in a separate restaurant, mercenaries who perform well in training can get a part of the food reward, but they are not eligible to enter the restaurant to eat, unless their level reaches the corresponding level, but the mercenaries know what the instructors eat every day, I take this as an incentive, if you want to improve your status and get better rewards, then you have to meet our requirements, only the best mercenaries will enjoy the best treatment." Bai Qi is also divided and co-opted for mercenaries, there is a difference to be motivated, when everyone eats a big pot of rice, then people have no motivation, only the rewards that can be seen can move people's hearts.

Incentives can be useful in many situations, especially in the military, where a bunch of half-sized kids who have nowhere to vent their energy is normal to be competitive, and it is only necessary for them to vent their energy on the training ground.

Of course, Li Mu did not forget to remind Bai Qi that he must strengthen the sense of discipline of the mercenaries, bandits are like combs, soldiers are like grates, soldiers often can't control themselves on the battlefield, especially the Japanese, this is a big taboo, Li Mu doesn't want to see mercenaries go to the Qing Kingdom to harm the Chinese, especially these mercenaries are trained by Li Mu himself, which will make Li Mu even more unacceptable.

"Of course, we have been emphasizing discipline, we must build a mighty army, a civilized army, and defeat the Qing government in a dignified manner, this is a matter of our reputation, and whoever dares to break military discipline will definitely be punished with the most severe punishment." Bai Qi's words were conclusive, but Li Mu suddenly felt that something was wrong.

If it weren't for intentional indulgence, then Li Mu believed that the mercenaries could control themselves.

This may cause a problem, if the mercenaries do not commit any crimes in the Qing Dynasty in the future, will it establish a good image of the Japanese among the Chinese?

Quite possibly.