Wu Dalong was eating dinner. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info At this time, he heard someone knocking on the door. Now that he is the only one left in the village, and the other villagers have all moved away, and no one has returned, who will be outside? Could it be those foreign devils? But will they knock so politely?

He put down the bowl. Picking up the musket placed beside him, he slowly stepped forward with the doubts in his heart, carefully opened the door a crack, and immediately, several familiar faces appeared in front of him. "Daji, Dazhen, Yuhai." Wu Dalong looked at them, both surprised and happy, "Why did you come back?" ”

"Let's go inside." Regardless of his tone or expression, Wu Daji looked very nervous, and the other two were the same. Realizing that something unusual might have happened, Wu Dalong immediately opened the door and let them in, then carefully poked his head out to observe the surrounding movements for a while, and then closed the door and walked into the house.

Wu Daji, Wu Dazhen and Wu Yuhai have already sat down. Under the light, their expressions became even more nervous, and the anxiety in their hearts was unreservedly displayed in front of Wu Dalong. He was secretly surprised for a few seconds, and then asked, "What's going on, why are your faces so ugly?" ”

At this moment, he thought that they were in trouble, but in fact, it was he who was in trouble - after exchanging a few glances, Wu Daji replied: "We are here to persuade you to move out of the village immediately." Da Long, you are about to come to a great disaster. ”

"How?"

"The foreign devil wants to deal with you."

Wu Dalong laughed. "I knew there would be this day." He put the musket on his lap and said nonchalantly, "I'm ready, don't try to drive me away easily." ”

This means little to the three people who came to report it. They knew that Wu Dalong lacked understanding of the current situation. "It's not as simple as you think, Da Long. The foreign devils will not do it themselves, they have agitated hundreds of people to kick you out of the village. ”

"What!" The news was surprising, "Daji, what you just said...... What are foreign devils going to do? Wu Dalong didn't believe his ears a little. He knew that there would be traitors who would be bought by foreign devils, but hundreds of people, is this kind of thing possible? Will so many people be bought?

Wu Dalong thought it was ridiculous. He didn't believe that so many people would be bought...... As it should be.

But the news brought by Wu Daji, Wu Dazhen and Wu Yuhai is absolutely true. Buying hundreds of traitors, of course, is not practical, Wu Dalong is not worth Yi Shui to do, but instigating hundreds of resentful construction workers to besiege some guys who hinder their livelihood, it doesn't cost anything to do this.

Now, the rumors are spreading rapidly, and many people have heard that the villagers who have hindered the construction of the barracks and docks, and who still refuse to relocate, are only trying to get more benefits, and some versions of the rumors even give the exact number: one thousand taels, and two relocation vouchers - of course, as ever, this number is increasing as the rumors spread.

Of course, the numbers don't matter, what matters is that the construction workers who complained about their situation were angry and decided to take action.

"The foreign devils are spreading rumors around the county, saying that you refused to move out of the village in order to ask for more compensation, and many people believe it. Hundreds of people have already gathered, and they will come tomorrow. It was when we heard the news that we immediately rushed to report to you. ”

"Foreign devils are so despicable!" Wu Dalong was both angry and confused: "But...... How so? Why does everyone believe that the rumors are true? "With so many people, how could they believe the rumors of foreign devils so easily? They should have trusted their own people more than a bunch of barbarians from the West, but now this is not the case, they believe it so easily, and no one has come to him to verify the truth of the matter.

Wu Dalong didn't understand what this was because of.

Mahan didn't understand either. "I'm curious how they could have listened to your lies, Lieutenant Colonel." He asked with interest. It only took one day for the situation to seem to have completely improved, and he wondered how Yi Shui had managed to do it.

Yi Shui shrugged. "A lie repeats a thousand times and becomes the truth."

This is the first time Mahan has heard this famous quote. "It sounds like a philosophy." He raised an eyebrow, "but it gives me a strange feeling, a little less comfortable...... Is this what Mr. Qin told you again? ”

"Yes."

"Ha, I'm getting more and more interested in this magical Mr. Qin, I've never heard of anyone like him. If I have the chance, I must have a serious talk with him. ”

"I'll relay your request to him, Colonel." Yi Shui said with a smile.

"Thank you very much, Lieutenant Colonel." Mahan nodded, and then turned the subject back to the one he had just said, "But I'm still curious about how you got those workers to listen to your lies. Obviously, in such a short period of time, you can't repeat a lie a thousand times. ”

But Yi Shui did not need to repeat the lie a thousand times at all, because his purpose was not to create a truth, but to incite a group of workers with resentment in their hearts, which was certainly simpler than falsifying the truth. And the situation has also helped him, the compensation and the relocation certificate are real, the relocation certificate transaction is also seen by many people, or heard of it, and finally, there are some people who refuse to relocate in the hope of getting more compensation, and when all these factors are added up, the lie becomes easy to accept.

"It's not that I convince them to listen to the lie, it's that they voluntarily accept the lie." Yi Shui sighed, "People are always impulsive and blind, and they think they are right. ”

"Indeed."

"And there are some people, out of their own despicable psychology, who also took the initiative to give us a little help."

People are complex, no matter what country or nationality, there are always some insatiable villains who always think that everyone else is the same as themselves, and at the same time have the mentality of "what they can't get others can't get". The truth is not important in the eyes of such people, who are driven only by their own instincts. When the mercenaries told them the lies, they were touched by the darkness of their psychology and joined in the incitement of the others.

"These people...... Villain. Yi Shui bit his lip and smiled, "Although I don't like them, they do make the lie more believable." ”

"Maybe I should give them a little reward." Mahan said mockingly. Villain, he doesn't like this kind of person either, no matter how much help they give him. Of course, he didn't like the people who caused him trouble, but thankfully they soon stopped being a problem. "Oh, that's fun." The admiral said happily, "I would love to know what those who refuse to relocate are thinking, they must have mixed feelings." ”

Perhaps, at least Wu Dalong's mood is not "very" complicated. He was more confused, and kept trying to figure out his question: why can the rumors of foreign devils deceive so many people.

But this is out of place.

"What else do you want to do now?" Although anxiety had been written on Wu Daji's face since he came in, now he had become even more anxious, "Da Long, you better think seriously about what to do." He persuaded. Those people are coming over tomorrow. ”

"Yes. The priority is to come up with a solution. Wu Dazhen and Wu Yuhai also nodded in agreement.

Wu Dalong looked at them. "You all want me to move out immediately?" He knew what they meant. The situation has completely changed, and now he has to deal with no longer foreign devils. He can shoot at foreign devils without any scruples, and although he will definitely die in the end, he can still die well - but now, can he still shoot? No.

Wu Dalong was dismayed to find that all the means he had prepared had become useless. In the current situation, faced with hundreds of villagers who came looking for trouble, all he could do was move out before they arrived.

But moving away is exactly what the foreign devils want to see, and it is their purpose to spread rumors everywhere...... Just let the foreign devil win so easily? At least emotionally, after he persevered for so long, Wu Dalong did not want to see such a sad result.

"Actually, you should have thought a long time ago that things would eventually turn out like this," Wu Daji said, "Da Long, if you fight with foreign devils alone, you can't win at all." ”

"Is it my fault?" Wu Dalong suddenly erupted in anger, "How did we agree in advance? Everyone must work together to drive away the foreign devils. But what did you do? Because the foreign devil gave a little silver, he forgot our agreement completely. Touch your conscience yourselves and say, 'Who is doing this wrong?' ”

But the old adage that "money makes the devil grind," Wu Dalong, and hundreds of other villages like him in the Guangzhou Bay area, has apparently forgotten or have not heeded. In the face of the ferocious silver bullet offensive launched by Mahan and Yi Shui, backed by three million dollars, who could expect the poor peasants who could only see meat at festivals to hold out for as long as they did?

"You're angry, we all know that." Wu Daji patiently persuaded, "However, you should also know why we and the rest of the village did this. Everyone is too poor and wants to live a good life, and now that foreigners have taken so much silver, no one can not be tempted......"

"A bunch of ridiculous villains who forget their righteousness." Wu Dalong mocked in a rough voice. He felt betrayed - to be lived on, not for anything else. But there are only three friends here who are directly bearing his wrath.

"Da Long ......" Wu Daji opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything. At such times, he and the other two were left with embarrassment.

But what's the point of blaming them? Wu Dalong did nothing wrong, but neither did they and the other villagers. All this is just because the Americans behaved too well, under the guidance of Qin Lang and Yi Shui, they skillfully downplayed and disguised their identity as aggressors, used a lot of dollars to make the vast majority of people accept themselves, and finally pushed all opponents to the opposite side of the majority through lies.

The Americans did a good job, and until now they have not made mistakes: no robbery, no killing, no rape...... They do not have all the evils of all the armies of the Western invaders, but they still have a sense of superiority that all Westerners have, and they lack enough respect for the customs of the Chinese.

But in the eyes of the inhabitants of Canton Bay, they have done a good job, even better than the officers and men -- the officers and men will beat and curse people at will, and will buy things without paying, while the American soldiers always pay double - although this is not their intention. It is easy to accept such a friendly army and at some point to see it as "one of their own", even though it is a foreign occupation force.

No one will oppose their own people.

So, Wu Dalong is doomed to fail, even if everything he does is right. Because he's fighting an enemy he can never fight.

However, Wu Dalong could not control his anger - to himself, to the three good brothers, to the rest of the village, to all the villagers who listened to the rumors, and more importantly, to the foreign devils. When inevitable failure finally strikes, anger is inevitable.

He turned away. He wanted to cling to his anger and guard it like a guard of wealth. It was all he had, and he didn't want anyone else to steal it, just like anything else was stolen. But he could already feel it slipping away, softened little by little by time and reason.

Then he broke down and wept bitterly.

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"So," Qin Lang gestured and changed to a more comfortable sitting position, "Wu Dalong, what's wrong with this person?" Will you leave on your own initiative, or will you be driven away by those you have instigated, or will you ...... He's dead? ”

"Why do you care about his end?" Yi Shui raised his eyebrows.

"That's right, since you've mentioned him, I think you can use him as a microcosm of all the rebels like him in the Guangzhou Bay area, including their endings." Qin Lang shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly.

Yi Shui stared at him for a while. "He's a tragedy, and so are the other rebels." That's it, he didn't go on. After a while, partly exclamation, partly curious, he said, "This is the result of our making." Qin Lang, what do you think of it? ”

"My opinion?" Qin Lang fell back into the sofa, squinted his eyes and thought for a few seconds, then laughed, "Do you remember your ideals, save China." Now you can look for your comrades among the villagers. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )