readx; The news that Chen Shuihong, Li Daying, and other "influential" local gentry were detained, and that the big landlord Qiao Jingchang was killed on the spot, quickly spread. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Shocking, totally shocking!

The first to get the news was the big clan of the Bunun clan, and after hearing that Qiao Jingchang was killed and all the gentry were detained, these Bunun people still didn't dare to believe it.

"Killed, really killed?" Juhani asked incredulously.

"Really, Qiao Jingchang, the villain, was really killed!" Kamayun nodded affirmatively: "The corpse is really on display outside the mouth of the Taiwan Legion Command!" The charges are collusion, hoarding materials, and resisting the Fujian Provincial Political Axe Military Jurisdiction Regulations, a total of seven crimes! And Chen Shuihong and Li Daying have also been arrested! ”

Juhani and Isikalanth looked at each other, looking at each other. Juhani said "really did it" a few times in a row, and even he didn't know what to do.

"What are you waiting for, it's time for us to cooperate with the Han people!" Kama said loudly.

"Wait, wait," Juhani still hesitated, "Maybe, maybe there's something in this that we don't know." ”

"You," Kama sighed heavily, and squatted on the ground

Early in the morning after Qiao Jingchang was killed and Chen Shuihong, Li Daying and others were detained, the situation changed abruptly.

"Commander, Commander!" Ding Changjian hurriedly rushed in: "Qiao Jingchang's wife, children, and relatives, dressed in linen and filial piety, set up a mourning hall at the entrance of the headquarters with an empty coffin, saying that they would collect Qiao Jingchang's body and exceed. And the families of those who were detained, as well as a large number of Taiwanese locals, gathered at the door of our headquarters! ”

"How many are there?" Ma Debi, who was eating breakfast, did not raise his head.

"There are thousands of people!" Ding Changjian's face was solemn: "Many of them are tenants, workers, and clerks of those gentry families, and they were so troubled last time!" ”

"Oh, got it," Ma Debi picked up an egg, peeled off the shell, put it in his mouth and chewed it deliciously.

The commander's attitude made Ding Changjian a little confused: "Commander, they said that they would punish the murderers and release all the detainees, and at the same time they would have a face-to-face conversation with you." ”

With just a mouthful of porridge, Ma Debi swallowed the egg: "Punish the murderer? Lao Tzu is the murderer, do you want to punish Lao Tzu? Well, this millet porridge is good, get me another bowl. ”

"Commander" Ding Changjian couldn't cry or laugh.

"Set up the machine gun for me, but remember, as long as they don't act aggressively and don't attack my headquarters, they are not allowed to shoot, and then let the new 8th Division stand by." Ma Debi took the Xinsheng millet porridge and took a sip: "Go and tell those people that Commander Ben is busy with official business, let them wait for a while, Commander Ben will definitely meet them today!" ”

"Yes!" In desperation, Ding Changjian could only say.

Ma Debi didn't care, finished breakfast slowly, and stretched: "Bring a newspaper to Commander Ben!" ”

"Report to the Commander, no!" The orderly Guan Xiaozhuo said without thinking about it.

"Fuck, no newspapers? Culture, culture is very important! Ma Debi scolded stupidly, walked around the room twice with his hands behind his back, and suddenly said, "Hey, bring me my chess." ”

Guan Xiaozhuo seemed to be very unhappy, and took out the chess piece slowly.

"Come, come, kill a game." Ma Debi put on a posture with great interest.

"Not coming!" Unexpectedly, the little orderly Guan Xiaozhuo gave the commander face at all: "You will cheat!" Last time, I regretted so many moves, but what about the money I lost? ”

Ma Debi was embarrassed: "Don't worry, Lord Ben is willing to gamble and lose, and if you lose, you will lose." This commander is not very convenient for a while, next month, next month will definitely pay you back! Come on, let's have a few more games, and the loss is still 5,000 fiat currency! ”

Commander Ma is setting up an alternative "battlefield" here, but Ding Changjian, who is outside, is anxious.

With so many people gathered outside the headquarters, it is possible to provoke a popular uprising at any time and place. Once you get to the point where you are forced to give the order to shoot, then things will become out of hand.

But the commander's indifferent appearance didn't know what he really thought!

After waiting for an hour, seeing that there was anxiety and impatience in the crowd, Ding Changjian didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly turned around to report.

Who would have thought that before entering the commander's room, he heard the voices of Ma Debi and Guan Xiaozhuo coming from inside:

"Hey, wait, wait, this horse is on the wrong step."

"Commander, don't take you so recklessly, say that you are not allowed to regret chess!"

"Just one step, just one step, hey, it's right for the horse to go this way."

"One step more? You will regret a dozen moves in a game of chess! ”

As soon as Ding Changjian entered, he was dumbfounded. Thousands of people outside are ready to move, and the people will change at any time, but the commander is here to play chess with the orderlies so leisurely!

"Commander!" Ding Changjian, who couldn't cry or laugh, said loudly: "There are some changes outside"

"How's the mood of those people?" Ma Debi's attention seemed to be completely focused on the game of chess in front of him.

"Those people are very agitated and have some twitching, and I'm afraid something is going to happen."

"Oh, wait, I made a mistake with this cannon, and if I regret it, I will take one step" Ma Debi said to his orderly as if flattering, and then scratched his head: "Eat your soldiers." Long build, add two more machine guns, and add them at the gate! ”

"And a machine gun?" Ding Changjian was stunned for a moment, and said anxiously: "Those people's emotions have become uneasy, plus machine guns, I'm afraid they will explode on the spot!" ”

"I'll add it if you want to!" Ma Debi was a little impatient: "Come and report to me every hour, hey, general!" ”

Ding Changjian shook his head helplessly, by this time, he couldn't touch Ma Debi's train of thought at all

The attitudes of those Taiwanese who gathered outside the headquarters were constantly changing with the passage of time.

Another hour passed, and the mood of these people was clearly divided into several groups, some became more impatient, and began to shout loudly for the commander to come out for a conversation, while others squatted on the ground, took out their cigarettes and smoked, and even a few people, perhaps impatiently waiting, or perhaps the newly erected machine guns made them feel frightened, and quietly took steps and left the group.

When Ding Changjian went in to report again, Ma Debi and Guan Xiaozhuo were arguing there because of a move, and in the eyes of Commander Ma, the game of chess in front of him was much more important than the people outside.

"Really?" After listening to Ding Changjian's report, Ma Debi froze for a while with the chess pieces in his hand, and then put them down: "Eat your car." Long build, add two more machine guns, and at the same time pull another guard to drain out. Order the new 8th Division to advance 200 meters towards me! Yes, 200 meters, only so much advancement! It's 9 o'clock now, come back to me after 10 o'clock. Hey, wait, I went wrong."

New machine guns and soldiers were pulled out again!

Ding Changjian seemed to understand what the commander meant, but he didn't seem to understand it yet

Time passes, and waiting is the most distressing thing.

There are also some people who quietly leave the crowd, and once such a thing starts, it is easy to cause a chain reaction. At first it slipped away quietly, but later it turned into a public departure in droves, and the families and friends of the detained gentry tried at first to obstruct it, but to no avail, and later even these people joined in the bandwagon.

When 10 o'clock came, Ding Changjian reported the situation to Ma Debi as it was, and Ma Debi pushed the chessboard: "No, the money is owed first." ”

"It's going to be cheap, and the money you lose is not given at one time." Guan Xiaozhuo muttered and put away the chessboard.

Ma Debi lit a cigarette and took a few puffs: "How many people have left?" ”

"There were three or four hundred of them." Ding Changjian was no longer impatient at this time. It's not that the commander doesn't care about this matter, but he should have been confident about it a long time ago.

"It's not the government that forces the people to rebel, how can there be so many troublemakers." Ma Debi smiled slightly: "Changjian, the ones who really took the lead in making trouble were just those gentry, as for the tenants, workers, and clerks, maybe they were threatened by them, or maybe they accepted their benefits, so they joined in, in fact, where do they really want to come here?" If thousands of people have one heart, then I really have no choice, either shoot and kill, or I can only release people, it's a pity, it's a pity, they don't have one heart! ”

Ma Debi paused there: "Those people have always been oppressed by the so-called gentry in the past, and when the gentry need them to do things, give them a little favor and buy it, but when the matter is over, they still return to the old way, they also have resentment against the gentry in their hearts, but there is no way, they have to come." Why? Because they are afraid that we will not stay here long, and when I leave, I will come back again, and then they will have to suffer! ”

Ding Changjian nodded thoughtfully.

Ma Debi sneered: "If they come, I will go to talk and negotiate with them, with the momentum that has just been mobilized, these people must be in a crowd, and it will be difficult to clean up at that time, but I will dry them out, ignore them, and wait until their momentum that has finally gathered up goes down, people's hearts gradually disperse, and things will be much easier."

"Understood" Ding Changjian suddenly asked: "What does the commander mean by setting up machine guns and mobilizing troops?" ”

Ma Debi took a sip of tea: "Deterrence, deterrence by force!" I killed Qiao Jingchang yesterday, first, this person took the lead in making trouble, he should be killed! I set an example for the monkey and tell everyone that I, Ma Debi, am not afraid of killing people, and I can kill people! The people who were making trouble at the door were already uneven, seeing that I had mobilized the machine gun and sent more soldiers, and then thought that I had just killed Qiao Jingchang yesterday, how could I not be afraid? It didn't have much to do with the tenants, workers, and shop assistants, so how could they give their lives because of this? ”

"Then transfer the new 8th Division? Why don't you just transfer here? ”

"You don't understand." Ma Debi laughed: "The mobilization of the new 8th Division is what I want to tell those people that when it comes to the necessary moment, I will not hesitate to solve it by force!" But no matter what happens, it is the opposite of everything, if the new 8th Division is really transferred here, I am afraid that those people with ulterior motives will instigate it, and the people will think that a real disaster is coming, then it will be difficult to control! ”

"Commander, I totally understand!" Ding Changjian saluted: "I'll continue to look outside, and in an hour, I'll report to the commander again!" ”

Looking at the back of his subordinates rushing away, Ma Debi smiled faintly

Things were exactly the same as Ma Debi expected, the more time passed, the more people left, and by 11 o'clock, the original mighty procession of thousands of people had only about 200 people left, and these people were almost all the immediate family members of those who were detained.

No one made any more fuss, it was a morning of fuss, and they were dried up in this morning, and all those who stayed behind were already dry and exhausted, where is there any spiritual "petition"?

Even Qiao Jingchang's wife and children only had the strength to sit on the ground and sobbed in a low voice

Ding Changjian lit a cigarette, at this time, he was not in a hurry, as long as he waited patiently, these only remaining people, soon the last bit of patience would be exhausted

At this time, Ma Debi was not idle, and a small landowner named Qian Siyou was "invited" to come in.

Obviously, yesterday's killing of Qiao Jingchang brought too much impact to this small landlord, this time he was summoned by the commander alone, Qian Siyou thought that a big disaster was coming, as soon as he came in, he didn't say anything, "plopped" and knelt down in front of Ma Debi, kowtowed again and again, wept bitterly, and only said that he was blinded, and asked the commander not to kill himself.

When he had cried enough, Ma Debi let him stand up: "Qian Siyou, don't be afraid, I won't kill people indiscriminately, I have checked, and you didn't do anything too evil, when I was there, although you helped me do some bad things, but it was not a great crime." Have a seat. ”

Qian Siyou sat down in fear.

Ma Debi took a ledger and flipped through it: "According to the amount we apportioned before, the grain you should pay is six stones, but you have not paid that."

"I'll pay it, I'll pay it!" Qian Siyou kept wiping his sweat and said: "I'll let my family hand over a lot of grain, and I will never owe a grain!" ”

"No hurry, no hurry." Ma Debi said unexpectedly: "I thought about it carefully, I paid so much at one time, and the pressure on you was a little too great, so let's do it, I'll make the decision and reduce you by half!" ”

"What?" Qian Siyou couldn't believe it, but the commander was there to test himself: "No, no, the villain must hand it in truthfully according to the previous regulations." ”

Ma Debi said indifferently: "I said half is half, and you don't need your family to pay, you can go back now, you have to tell those people that you have paid the taxes truthfully, people, I can release it immediately!" ”

Qian Siyou is not a stupid person, he groaned slightly, and soon understood what the commander meant: "I understand, I understand, after I go out, I will definitely tell them that I have truthfully paid six stones of grain, and I will do my best to persuade those people, as long as I cooperate with your army, it will be fine!" ”

"You're a smart guy with money." Ma Debi smiled and said to Qian Siyou: "I am definitely not such an unreasonable person, I can not blame you and myself for the previous things, as long as from now on, you really cooperate with me, I will keep your whole family safe!" ”

"Yes, yes, I will work with the chief!" Qian Siyou stood up and said respectfully.

"Alright, go ahead, and hand over the grain tomorrow." Ma Debi said and picked up a book and read it.

As soon as Qian Siyoucai, who had been granted amnesty, walked out, the family members who had been waiting at the door for a long time saw the master come out, and they rushed up with a "boom", crying and crying to grab the master and ask this and that. And other people's family members also surrounded Qian Siyou and asked him why he came out? The rest of the people are good inside, when will they be able to come out?

Qian Siyou got rid of his family: "Everyone, everyone, Commander Ma is a good talker, as long as we pay all the taxes we should pay, then there is no guarantee that there will be nothing at all." When I was here, I had to pay eight stones, but now I only need to pay six stones of grain, and we still earn it. Let's go back and hand in everything that should be paid, don't delay, Commander Ma said that as long as everyone pays the taxes, he will never embarrass your family. ”

Those who are in charge are all locked up in Ma Debi's headquarters, and now these people have no one to command and come up with ideas, plus they have been dried here for a morning, and they have long been left without masters.

Qian Siyou walked in front of Qiao Jingchang's family again, sighed and said: "His sister-in-law, don't be too sad, Lao Qiao's life is not good, hey, people can't be resurrected after death, we still have to think about the living, don't we?" Commander Ma told me that he won't embarrass you anymore."

Qiao Jingchang's wife only cared about crying there, where else could she do anything at this point?

At this time, Ma Debi, who was in the headquarters, also put down the book in his hand, stretched his waist, and looked at the time, it was almost half past eleven.

"Guan Xiaozhuo, Guan Xiaozhuo." Ma Debi screamed.

"Here we are." Guan Xiaozhuo walked over: "What's the matter?" ”

"Hungry, aren't you?" Ma Debi asked, and seeing Guan Xiaozhuo nodded, Ma Debi smiled: "If you are hungry, bear with Lao Tzu, go, go out with Lao Tzu to see those people." ”

As he spoke, he straightened his military uniform, took a look in the mirror, and then strode out with his orderly!

(To be continued)