You don't need to ask, you can tell at a glance that this group of people is being brutally oppressed. Their bony bodies, their tattered clothes that could not keep them warm, and their weak movements, as if they were weak ...... that would collapse when a gust of wind blew.

It's a group of people who are suffering, yes!

Although there are still many foreign devils in it, China's combat effectiveness is off the charts, and it has won so many battles, God knows where the prisoners of war were captured.

It's a prisoner of war, so it can't be such a bad practice! Aren't you talking about human rights? Aren't you all equal before the law? Does the way a nation treats civilians and enemies mark the height of civilization? It's all a lie, a person, a liar!

Fortunately, the old man Zhang Zhidong has more eyes, and his lifelong struggle experience is always reminding him that any suspicious situation that seems too straightforward and obvious often has traps, and it is necessary to guard against it!

He decisively sent Li Yuanhong out, and asked what was going on with a stern attitude.

The gun-wielding soldier didn't know if he had been explained earlier, or if he was really tired of these nosy southern scholars, and waved his hand very impolitely: "You ask yourself!" ”

Li Yuanhong is also the head of the army with more than 10,000 troops, and he can be called the protector of the left and right under the seat of the governor.

But on other people's territory, I don't know if there is a source behind this ≧ kid, maybe it's the bait that has dug a pit and waits for them to jump in, hum, when Lao Tzu can't see it? I endure!

Li Yuanhong's eyebrows twisted into a pimple, forced the dryness in his heart, and clasped his fists with both hands to say thank you. Striding to the front of the construction site.

Holding the form clip in his hand. The officer who stared blankly at the poor laborer's score at any time was aware. Glancing over with cold eyes, looking up and down, he seemed to be happy and asked, "Are you here to inquire again?" If there's anything you want to know, say it! We don't have time to delay with you! ”

Li Yuanhong clenched his fist with a crashing sound, and almost threw a guy over.

"It's important to get down to business, don't be like these kids!" He explained himself in this way, pointing to the laborers and asking his own questions.

The officer wrote impatience all over his face, turned his head and pointed to the tallest. The foreign devil who was looking around with a shovel: "Enoch! Come here! This gentleman has a question for you! ”

As if he had been hit by an arrow, the foreign devil's gray knife face was suddenly elongated, and he pointed at his towering nose and shouted, "Honorable sir, are you talking to me?" Are you sure? Yes! Damn, it's answering those boring stupid questions again! I'm so bored, you know? You can't just look for frustrating questions to add to my work just because I look handsome, it's busy enough here....... ”

Li Yuanhong was almost choked to death by this broken Chinese! It was as if the guy hadn't had a chance to speak since he was born, and a long list of twisted and upside-down words came out. He said, his hands off the shovel he was holding and kept making movements to strengthen his tone.

But this guy didn't dig the shovel into the soil, and his hands were about to fall crookedly as soon as they left. So he had to help every movement. Raise your hand, hold it, raise it again, and so on. I didn't feel anything wrong at all.

Li Yuanhong's brain was pounding, wondering if this foreign devil had become a nervous disorder! How could there be such a strange thing to find out, could it be that the officer did it on purpose?

The officer didn't seem to be able to stand it, so he dropped his notebook and pointed at the foreign devil and scolded: "Bastard! Are you finished?! Hurry up and answer my questions, don't be so cheating and slippery! ”

The group of laborers on the side who were in a posture of burying their heads in their work made strange laughs in the south and north, which caused the guards and team leaders on the side to be furious, punching and kicking. Obviously, I didn't see how much effort I used, but this gang of guys seemed to have been shot and stabbed, and they sat down on the ground and began to cry for their fathers and mothers.

Zhang Zhidong and the others could see it clearly from a distance, and the old man's chin was raised high, with a posture that everything was under control. Look, the fox's tail is exposed, what am I talking about?

Unexpectedly, Ma Fuyi and Huang Xing, two masters who have achieved martial arts, asked: "It shouldn't be!" Those soldiers didn't have any strength in their hands and feet, how could these servants be so painful? ”

Ma Fuyi, as the eldest brother of the rivers and lakes, is even more aware of the Tao inside, hehe sneered: "What else can there be?" At first glance, these boys are gangsters and ruffians, and they refuse to do any heavy work on weekdays. Now they can't stand the drudgery of being pulled out to build roads, and they hold on to the slightest reason! In my opinion, it's clearly a lack of beating! ”

"Huh? I see? ”

The corners of Zhang Zhidong's mouth were pulled, and the old eyes let out a fine light. This time I really saw it clearly, and it was really not a bunch of good things!

He has come up from the layers of lower-level officials, and he has seen countless bastards who are rampant on the streets. There are more than 1,000 in front of me, and when I walk, my bones are shaking all over my body, and there is no right way to do it, so it can be seen that they are not good things.

The foreign devils in the middle are grinding foreign workers one by one, and they are not honest people.

He suddenly remembered that wherever the revolutionary army went, it must first sweep away the local bandits, grass bandits, ruffians, and hooligans, and the people were very angry and killed, and those who did not do their jobs were arrested and collectively reformed through labor—probably this is one place?

It's not a shame to guess wrong, he wants to see how the other party cleans up.

Under the expectant gaze of Lord Zhang, he saw the officer pick up the clip, unhurriedly wipe off the sand on it, a cold smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said coldly to a group of cheap people: "I count to three, and there are still those who can't get up lying down, and all the work points will be canceled today!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the boys all over the ground jumped up as if they were stained with springs, and they shouted: "Xu Tou'er!" Don't bring this! Let's just take a break, how can we mess with the rules? Isn't this up, isn't this up? ”

No need to fight, no fuss, Hu rumbling patted his ass, nothing happened. It seems that they are not the ones who are as miserable as killing pigs just now, it is a complete farce!

In the blink of an eye, the construction site returned to its original appearance. It's still a bunch of people who are weak and foolish work. If you don't do it well, you can't do it badly. Just rubbed forward so slowly.

Zhang Zhidong hasn't seen such a lazy dog thing for decades. Especially the thousands of bastards like this kind of stuff put together in a pile, it's a wonder in the world! He almost spit out his dentures when he saw it, his angry sleeves shook out layers of ripples, and his beard rose half a foot high.

Shame, shame!

Li Yuanhong was at the forefront, his face was red and white, and he almost fell into the ground in shame. He never expected that he would encounter such a show. It's a great tragedy in life!

He was almost about to turn his head and leave on the spot, but the tall and thin foreign devil rushed up and grabbed his sleeve as if grasping a life-saving straw, and an extremely ugly smile appeared on his ugly face, and his mouth shouted extremely neatly: "Sir! Handsome, majestic sir, it is so gracious that you can come and learn about our living conditions! I have to solemnly remind you that nothing you see is true, and we are actually doing very well, really. ”

This is obviously a desire to cover up, obviously outrageous!

Li Yuanhong's heart was full of 10,000 grass and mud horses. couldn't help but sneer: "Could it be that you are so thin that you are not usually hungry when you are not full?" You're wearing such tattered clothes. They can't resist the cold at all, aren't they deliberately torturing and abusing them? ”

But I saw that this Mr. Enoch looked like he had practiced Sichuan to change his face, his long face was pulled down, his epidermis and muscles formed a righteous and stern expression in an instant, and the arrogant nature of the European devil in his bones was unobstructed, and the tone of his mouth was actually very serious, and he refuted: "This gentleman, I have to solemnly remind you that you are wasting our precious time." You know, I'm about to finish the work of serving a prison sentence, and I'll be free after I finish this section of the railway. I've landed a very good job that will bring a good salary package that will support my family. It's not fair that you, as a gentleman, can't distort and slander the adults who have given us this qiē so casually! ”

Li Yuanhong was dumbfounded, pointed to his nose and said, "According to what you mean, it turns out that the fault is all on me?" ”

Enoch grimaced: "Although you have an admirable heart of justice and kindness, there is really no need to care too much about us, because it is not necessary at all. ”

After speaking, the foreign devil turned around and walked away.

The officer next to him couldn't help but smile and said, "This gentleman, let me tell you the truth." Most of these bastards are local ruffians and second-rate people, and a few are soldiers of the multinational coalition who attacked northern Jiangsu the year before last. Without exception, they have repeatedly taught and failed to change their problems, and no matter how good the opportunities and conditions are provided for them to reform, they are especially unenlightened one by one. If you're serious with them, you're fooled. ”

Li Yuanhong was so depressed that he almost vomited blood, and sighed at the other party: "I'm sorry, it's our troubles." ”

The officer waved his hand lightly: "It's okay, anyway, you're not the first and not the last to ask about this, we're all used to it." However, I see that your group of people have some identity cultivation, and I would like to give you a special message, this way to the north, and you can observe everything clearly before you speak. Otherwise, you may lose face, right? ”

He urged Li Yuanhong to squeeze his eyes and make a tacit hint.

Li Yuanhong sighed secretly, turned to leave, and went back to tell everyone about the situation, and the old man Zhang Zhidong was speechless for a long time.

A group of people returned to the car, and the broken-mouthed driver couldn't help but say, "A few gentlemen are from the south, right?" Don't look at these bunnies who seem to be suffering, in fact, they can't get tired or freeze at all! When they returned to the barracks in the afternoon, they had new and suitable clothes and changed into them, and they looked like good people for a cocktail party, and they couldn't tell that they were all a bunch of bastards! It turns out that when they are here, where can it be the turn of our good people to come out and do this business? ”

Can Zhang Zhidong not see it? Even if he is in a high position, he knows how those bastards at the lower level who don't do their jobs are rampant in the countryside on weekdays. Yang Hao's revolutionary army was able to bring them all together to engage in labor reform, give them jobs and food, and it sounds like the management is also very lax, but it is actually very benevolent. What else can be said?

The old man was silent for a long time, his eyelids drooping, and no one knew what was going on in his mind.

The steam bus drove slowly along the main road to Jiangpu, and the former transportation town became a small town. A wide four-lane street in the center divides the east and west, and the crowd on both sides walks on the right in an orderly manner. The shop signboard is neat and uniform, and the size is regular. None of them crossed the market.

The minibus stopped in front of the largest hotel in town. After unloading everyone, we drove to the station outside.

Zhang Zhidong and the others came to the open hall of the colonnade, stepped on the smooth terrazzo floor, and found that the cleaning up here was not worse than the environment of the big restaurant in the city, and it was extraordinarily clean and elegant, which made people subconsciously lower their tones and not make loud noises.

Tan Renfeng took the initiative to go to the counter to go through the formalities, and the neat clerk wearing a small vest but with long hair showed eight teeth, and asked him to show everyone's ID cards with a smile. For registration.

At this time, they roughly understood what the management system of the new revolutionary zone was.

The identity of each person who enters and exits the hotel is registered, and the check-in time and relevant information of the person's name and place of origin are clearly indicated on the form, so that once they need to be checked, they can be made clear without asking at all.

If you dare to come to the hotel without an ID card, this kind of thing will not happen because you don't dare to accept it at all. Tan Renfeng saw with his own eyes that some foreign merchants who lived here had a card with a similar material and a unique coding level. It's impossible to fake it.

After booking a room, the group went to the next hotel. I chose a quiet private room facing the street, and under the recommendation of the shopkeeper, I ordered new dishes from the north, drank tea, and discussed.

Huang Xing commented with special feelings: "This is not just a simple control. It seems that the people who go by are not limited to their place of origin, they only need an ID card to walk freely in the north and south, and no one makes it difficult to stop them. It is convenient for management, and it also prevents traitors and criminals from wandering around, which is a wonderful law. ”

You can't blame people for being so tightly controlled, at least allowing people to move freely is a big step forward.

Zhang Zhidong sighed leisurely: "I don't know where Yang Dingshi came from, these many methods are not owned by the West, and they are amazing. If he can really control and check the contents of everyone's registration, it will be difficult to form a secret party in this world. Looking at its folk weather, everyone is looking high-spirited and enterprising, and they are obviously very convinced. ”

Huang Xingshen nodded approvingly. Those who have hills and ravines in their chests can see and know. It can be seen from the faces of the civilians above the market that they are very satisfied with the actions of the revolutionary army and the current governance, and the mass base is obvious, so it is conceivable that there is no need to worry about overthrowing.

Today is just a glimpse, and it leaves such an impression. Although Huang Xing and the others were full of hope, Zhang Zhidong felt quite discouraged, because he found that the value of these old gentlemen's savings was getting lower and lower.

On the second day, everyone continued to rent a car and went north, and soon went out of the border of Jiangsu and arrived at Wuyi Town on the border of Chuzhou, Anhui.

Along the way, they walked slowly along the highway that had just been built, and every now and then they could see the railway construction site not far away, where countless people were busy with their work. Occasionally, in the morning and at noon, there were groups of laborers lined up in a neat line, each carrying a guy and marching quickly, singing neatly as they walked: "We workers have power!" Every hour of the day is busy ....... ”

The group was puzzled by this, migrant workers are also workers?

The drivers were chattering, and the driver couldn't help but answer them: "A few gentlemen are from out of town, right?" We don't discriminate against jobs here. According to the government, the revolutionary division of labor is different, and everyone is equal in rights and obligations. Don't underestimate these laborers, they have an organization in the village, and there is a management department at the top, and no one can assign and transfer them at will. After this construction site is dried, the harvest is more than the two acres of land planted by the family! ”

Ma Fuyi glared: "Can you earn so much?!" I don't believe it! ”

The driver was well-informed and smiled calmly: "You go north, you will know if you see more." It's really not a compliment, the new government is fair, tsk, it's all very good anyway. ”

The general truth is not clear, but what you see in front of you is not fake after all.

The manufacturing process of the steam bus is extremely bad, using the most primitive steel plate shock absorption, Rao is a newly repaired road, when turning and changing lanes, it is still bumpy to death, 100 kilometers down, the big guy's legs and feet are numb, and he has to come down to loosen the flesh and blood.

Zhang Zhidong looked around and saw a lot of familiar dilapidated houses, which were still scattered inside and outside the town.

It is the most common building structure in Jiangbei, made of loess and yellow mud made of wooden adobe, dried and then built into a wall, with simple wood to build beams, and then covered with straw, with an inch thick mud mixed with wheat bran on the top of the slit, and then laid with wheat straw or straw on the top, to keep warm and rainproof.

The height of such a house is extremely low, Yao Ming's head can touch the eaves when he comes, the narrow and cramped portal, and it is black and hollow when he looks inside in broad daylight. The window must be reluctant to use good paper to paste, when it is cold in winter, the north wind pours in from the back window, so I have to use mud to temporarily paste, and the family huddles in the tattered quilt, still shivering from the cold. In the water tank, it will be frozen into a piece of ice.

This is the most common scene in northern China, and Wuyi Town, an inter-provincial transportation node, should be very wealthy, but there are still a large number of such houses. A garden mansion composed of a few brick houses stands out from the crowd and is unusually eye-catching.

Zhang Zhidong couldn't help but perk up, and he realized that he might find some examples that satisfied him here.

Although Anhui is the closest province to land reform, it seems that the new government must have sent personnel everywhere - roads and railways have been built.

So, is there something to find fault with here? It's very exciting! (To be continued......)