After inspecting the construction site, Professor Liu left satisfied.

On the branches of a tree not far away, the corpses that had long since lost their lives still hung there.

Professor Liu just asked, and after knowing the reason, he was not interested.

Chinese people, especially the elderly, are actually very open-minded.

Generally speaking, in situations that are not very threatening, human life is taken very seriously.

However, Professor Liu is an old and angry young man, and at the same time, he can't see the various behaviors of officials in the virtual world, so he admires the way the empire treats Europeans.

Therefore, on the construction site he contracted, the construction workers were more or less cruel in the way they dealt with the prisoners.

After all, Professor Liu, a big man of Chinese descent, didn't care, so why did these little overseers care.

As for the dead, they won't take care of it, and it's not themselves who are unlucky anyway.

As long as Professor Liu, the eldest man of Chinese descent, is satisfied, then the people below them will have a good life.

As for the fact that their happiness is based on the blood and tears of their compatriots, there is no way to do this, and no one will consider it.

Human nature is selfish, and this is even more evident in the Europeans of the seventeenth century.

The cold wind howled, the goose-feather snowflakes fell, and when it was close to three o'clock in the afternoon, the sky was full of wind and snow.

The prisoners were already dressed in thin clothes, but now the heavy snow added to the suffering.

But the overseers, big and small, don't care about it, they just ask the prisoners to do the work.

They don't care about the rest.

Fortunately, there were so many problems, but the prisoners still completed their work for the day, and they could finally take a break.

The overseers walked with the prisoners back to a thatched hut not far away, where the temperature was still very cold, although it could shelter from the wind and snow.

Although there was already coal to heat the city of Ontario, the prisoners were not able to enjoy such treatment.

So. Every night they sit together to fight the bitter cold.

Every morning, those who are thinner and weaker will freeze to death.

This happens every day.

The lives of these people are almost the same as those of Chinese laborers in the 19th century.

I can't help but say that this is most likely Song Hu deliberately retaliating, or something.

"Come, come, come! It's time to eat! ”

A few European free laborers, carrying several large dirty wooden barrels, came to the door of the shed.

The numb faces of the prisoners finally had a hint of anger.

They fumbled for a large wooden bowl and squeezed it through.

Unpalatable brown rice. Served with some rotten leaves, this is their dinner.

It is only when it is time to eat that these prisoners can regain some of their spirits and let people know that they are still thinking people.

Here, there were thirty or twenty large sheds, each of which housed three hundred prisoners.

In front of each shed, there are people carrying large wooden barrels to deliver food.

"Don't take my food, I haven't eaten in three days, and if I don't eat again, I won't survive tonight."

One had just finished eating. The man who was walking back with his companions was knocked to the ground by a tall, meaty man, who also affected his companions who were chained to him.

The man of the adults did not pay attention to his pleadings. He walked straight up to them and snatched the wooden bowl he was guarding, leaving the man there crying.

The man's face was pale, and there was not a trace of blood on his face. Even when he cried, his voice was very weak.

It can be seen that this man is extremely weak.

As he himself said, if you don't eat again today. Then when the cold wave came in the middle of the night, he couldn't stand it.

Unfortunately, his pleas did not win the mercy of the beater, and even his companions, who were chained to him at the same time, paid no attention to him.

Selfish humanity is well illustrated here.

As with most prisons, there are a few kings here.

Relying on their strength, they often take food from others.

Because these people do the coolest work, and they're thinly clothed.

If they don't eat enough, then they simply can't keep up with their own consumption.

It's pretty scary.

Moreover, Professor Liu, the contractor of the road construction, in order to save money and repay the loan, he seems to be very stingy in terms of food for the workers.

As a result, the prisoners, who were subjected to a lot of manual labor, did not have enough to eat.

In addition, there was no meat in the food, so the prisoners had a lot of food, otherwise they would not have enough to eat at all.

And if you don't have enough to eat, you can't work.

Therefore, snatching other people's rations has become a normal thing here.

When the European freers who distributed the dinner saw this, they didn't even blink their eyelids, as if they didn't see it at all.

As far as they are concerned, the prisoners are beating to death or oppressing their companions, and it has nothing to do with them.

They don't even care.

All they have to do is distribute dinner and prepare three meals a day: breakfast, lunch and evening.

No one is going to make trouble for themselves.

Besides, they can't manage it.

They don't have any rights, and if something goes wrong, they will be unlucky.

Soon, the dinner was distributed, and several people left the place with large wooden barrels.

The doors of the thatched hut were closed, and apart from the sound of everyone snoring and eating, all that remained was the low sobs of some prisoners who had been robbed of their rations.

Although there was a thick haystack around it, it still couldn't resist the cold and biting wind blowing in.

But anyway, it's pretty good compared to the outside.

In addition, everyone eats, so there is finally a little heat on the body.

These prisoners have basically no idea now, they just live one day at a time.

In the past, there were people who wanted to unite everyone to resist, but the last time the rebels were frozen to death in the snow after escaping, and the rest were executed in public. The rest of the people don't have that kind of mind anymore.

Although the work is very hard, as long as you work, the overseer will not pay attention to you.

Although the food is not very good, it is at least eight points full.

As the saying goes, it's better to die than to live, as long as you don't take the initiative to find trouble here, no one will actually pay attention to you.

Unless it's your own death, then no one else is to blame.

As night fell, the entire prisoners' camp was shrouded in night, and the north wind howled. Not far away, there were bursts of wolf howls from time to time.

The entire camp was surrounded by a wooden fence, surrounded by dozens of sentry posts, and if you wanted to escape, you would have to face the arrows of the European guards.

And even if you run out, there is no place to hide around, and there are wild beasts around.

So, running away is no different from looking for death—

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As for the thoughts and living conditions of the prisoners, Professor Liu will not pay attention to them.

He has little affection for Europeans, although theoretically these Europeans are the ancestors of those Europeans in later generations, or the ancestors of Europeans in the Parallel Era (Virtual Universe). But what does this have to do with Professor Liu?

After leaving the construction site, he returned to his home.

When he returned, his wife had already prepared dinner.

She is a kind old lady with kind eyebrows, and she has been with Professor Liu until now.

After Professor Liu came to this world. Song Hu followed his request and brought his family over.

Therefore, Professor Liu's daughter and his wife's family can be regarded as taking root in this era.

For this era, as well as for this continent. Professor Liu's wife also liked it.

Only his daughter thinks it's a bit bad here, mainly because there are too few entertainment facilities.

Professor Liu's daughter teaches at the school, which provides accommodation so she will not come back.

Therefore. At home, there are only two old people.

"Yo, sauerkraut pork, and potato stewed beans, not bad, yes, they are all dishes I like."

As soon as he entered the house, Professor Liu smelled the aroma of vegetables.

He walked into the kitchen, and B. Biang's wife brought the finished dishes to the dining room and put them away, then turned around and walked to the cupboard and took out the loose two-pot head that he had bought.

Professor Liu's home is much larger than that of later generations, and it is a small two-story villa covering an area of more than one acre.

A huge home, only the old couple lived, seemed a little empty.

Fortunately, there is electricity at home, otherwise I don't know how eerie and terrifying the road is.

Professor Liu is paid a high salary because he is a government civil servant.

Originally, he wanted to hire a few maids, but it was because Song Hu gave him a tough loan and asked him to submit a road repair project, which made Professor Liu dare not spend money indiscriminately.

Because he was worried that he would lose money on the project and not be able to take out a loan.

In his heart, there are still quite a few complaints about Song Hu having to force himself to submit the project.

In his opinion, Song Hu wanted to make himself a mess, and then lock himself by his side to serve him, which was a trap he set.

In fact, where did Professor Liu know about the Tao, he was completely wrong.

The main reason why Song Hu gave Professor Liu a loan and let him contract some projects to build roads was to make him some money.

And make money and earn it above board.

It's just that Professor Liu, an old intellectual, doesn't know anything about these things, and it's no wonder that he is so scared and worried.

He never said these worries to Song Hu, and they were all hidden in his heart.

If he had said it to Song Hu, he might not have been so annoyed.

I think that if Song Hu knew what Professor Liu was worried about, he would definitely laugh his big teeth.

Prisoners can die without worrying about losing money for their lives.

In addition, a lot of raw materials are very cheap, so how can this project lose money after contracting.

"How is it today, you have been to the construction site, you should be relieved."

Unlike her husband, Professor Liu's wife believes that the contracted project is unlikely to lose money.

But Professor Liu didn't believe that at all.

Once you're seated, fill yourself with a glass of wine, then pick up a piece of fragrant pork belly and put it in your mouth.

Fragrant!

Professor Liu narrowed his eyes and enjoyed it.

"Don't say it, the taste of this sauerkraut is very delicious, much more fragrant than in later generations. It may have something to do with the fact that the pollution was not so serious, and of course the pork of this era did not eat the feed with more hormones. ”

Professor Liu did not answer his wife's words, but talked about sauerkraut.

"Don't interrupt, I'll ask you."

As his boss, his wife, who has lived for decades, didn't understand how it could be, and when she heard it, she knew that the old man was going to divert the topic.

"I've seen it, it's going pretty well. The Europeans were very dedicated, and the overseers in charge were also very hard, so the project is going very smoothly now. However, because it is winter, the roadbed can only be laid first, and the pouring of cement will not work, so it can only start until the beginning of spring. ”

Professor Liu took a small sip of Erguotou, and then continued to attack the sauerkraut.

His wife filled him with a large bowl of white rice and placed it in front of him.

"Don't just drink wine, eat something to pad your stomach first."

Her own man likes to drink two sips, and she knows it.

But this still inevitably has to say two sentences.

"In addition, the armed guards over there are too weak, and this aspect needs to be strengthened a little. So I'm going to discuss with Song Hu and ask him to organize some people to be armed guards. When it came to this, Professor Liu seemed a little worried. After all, the number of prisoners in Europe is really a lot now, and there are only more than 100 people in the supervision and guards, but there are almost 10,000 prisoners.

Such a large difference in numbers will inevitably cause the prisoners to have some unnecessary ideas.

And then, make some big mess.

Now those prisoners have only just arrived in the Americas, and it is still winter, and if they do something, there is no way out for them.

But what about after the beginning of spring next year?

It is important to know that the number of prisoners is still steadily increasing.

On the Manhattan side, too, ships carrying prisoners arrive at the port every day and are sent here by the organization.

"This matter needs to be paid attention to, those Europeans don't have good things, they are typical of bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, if you give them a good face, then they can kick their noses on the wall immediately."

Professor Liu's wife, like him, has little affection for Europeans.

After all, when the two of them were young, the history of China in the virtual world was similar to the history in reality.

At that time, people hated European and American imperialism greatly.

It was only after the reform and opening up that a large number of new 'foreign slaves' appeared, which led to some undesirable phenomena in China.

In this regard, Professor Liu's wife is also very unaccustomed to it. (To be continued.) )