"Keep up the work! None of them are allowed until I say stop! "The whip sounded above the head, which was more bitter than the cold of winter, it was the merciless whipping of the overseer, and in the gray valley, a large group of young men in tattered clothes were moving their weak bodies, allowing those terrible whips to fall on their already stiff and numb bodies, and they could not resist superfluously with their teeth, and they could not make superfluous movements!

Now they were all replaced by a huge rattan basket of equal height, which was filled with stones of various sizes that had just been peeled off the mountain, and the weight of the stones not only made it very difficult for them to move their arms, let alone how to react to the whip on their heads!

As sinners, in order to atone for their sins, the quarries in R County have become a place of their labor.

It's not that they don't want to escape, but the sentry posts are everywhere, there are constantly wandering sentinels with guns who are vigilantly watching the movements of the crowd below, and the patrol horses in the mining area are also walking not far away all the time, and the huge wolf dogs lying on their stomachs are the deadliest guards, they are well trained, and they will not leave the slightest mercy on the escaped prisoners!

Being caught by human guards may be just a whipping or a rifle butt, and if you have a good physique, you can survive, but once you are targeted by these plague gods, you will basically declare that your life is over!

Although this mine is large, there is only one entrance! Either die of exhaustion here, or find a way to escape from here, but there is a third way, that is, to join the Eighth Death Regiment, but this has also become a luxury, since that Fan Zhibing became the commander of the regiment, almost all the death row prisoners have changed into that kind of heavy armor, with protection, the mortality rate is reduced, and the combat efficiency of the Death Regiment is even higher, and those who used to expect to be able to avoid the Death Regiment have repented of their intestines!

Now, according to the little news, there are about twenty death squad members who have been converted into official R County militia because they have accumulated enough military merits, although they are still under surveillance, but they are much stronger than before, at least the treatment is good!

Last time, those guys were also taken to the prison camp to do ideological work for everyone, which caused a lot of waves, at least let these prisoners who worked with stones all day long and felt that their lives were not running out to see a glimmer of hope, even if it was just a little, it would make them have the courage to live.

Day after day, the prisoners were doing the tedious work, and above their heads, the black shadow of death was forever hovering, and the only hope that could make them feel real was the priests of the small scripture hall, a group of Chinese priests wearing black robes and white seal signs on their bow ties!

It was only when they came here to preach, that is, on those days when it was like a blessing from heaven, that they had a little affordability--- a small bowl of sweet rice porridge mixed with a small amount of honey, and two pieces of white flour bread that had been specially enlarged by the priest's orders, and the prisoners were grateful for this little bounty, which meant that they could have a little more hope of surviving in this cold winter under the condition of physical exhaustion!

When these things called the sacrament were distributed to the prisoners, many people were in tears, they already thought that the priest was the real savior in their hearts, and if you were you, you were enslaved like an animal, what else could you think?

"In God's eyes, all beings are equal, and the sins of the world can be forgiven by the Holy Lord," the priest said. At that time, one of the prisoners was very unwilling to ask, "Is it all the sins?" The priest just looked at him calmly and crossed it: "By the Holy Spirit of my lord, I can tell you that it is all!"

"Now it's done, and there will be an extra batch of prisoners who are felt! These guys who understand in the bad mess don't have much culture, anyway, it would be good to be able to get rid of hard labor, not be discriminated against, and return to the life of a normal person, and they don't dare to have much extravagant hope. "Cheap slave!

Hold steady! Look at your feet!

The leather whip whistled mercilessly and greeted with a headless and brainless ferocity, and beat a prisoner with unsteady steps, two meals a day, one meal in the morning and one meal in the evening, and it was all some food mixed with unknown strange taste that some pigs did not want to eat, and it was noon, and after consuming the little bit of poor food in the morning, this prisoner was already so hungry that he was swaying! The jailer will not sympathize with half a point, the guy with a full face jumps a tiger, this side shakes off the whip, raises his fist at the prisoner who fell to the ground, is a round of beating, until the prisoner screams again and again, hugging his head and crying, but no one dares to go up to help him, above his head, the soldiers with loaded guns are watching with interest. The beating lasted less than three minutes, the prisoner could no longer move, it seemed that he was no longer good, his face was full of blood, he only had air intake, no breath, it was estimated that it would not be long before he would die in this cold stone field, the jailer rolled up his sleeves, spat disdainfully, and scolded: "Dog slave, you don't have to do much work, you pretend to be dead all day long!" Lao Tzu's grain is better to feed the pigs than to feed you animals! Seeming to be puzzled, seeing a lot of prisoners around him, the renamed jailer Hula immediately picked up the whip and threw it at the prisoners again: "You dog-eyed guys, what do you see, go back to work!"

Whoever looks at it again will end up with him! You two, yes, throw this animal over there in the pit over there!

Hurry up, hurry up!

The two named prisoners looked at each other with a wince, and then walked over to the dying companion under the watchful eye of the jailer. Sir, he won't survive, you see, it's better to throw him down the mountain, lest it stink and dirty your nose.

"Look at the unlucky guy under his command who is not far from death, and then look at the distance of the pit that the jailer said, the two prisoners pleaded mournfully, they don't have much physical strength, a big living person, to say the least, there are a hundred pounds, you let them carry him so far, it won't be exhausting to death!" Hmph, even if you two brutes can talk something, throw this thief and donkey down!

Get to work! Crumbs!

The whip sounded again, and the procession on the mountainside continued to move, carrying the stones. Little brother, little brother, brother, we two are sorry for you. The two men bent down with difficulty, and took the hands and feet of the unfortunate bastard.

"Go this way, little brother, you can go first with peace of mind, maybe one day, brothers, I will go down to look for you, ah! Don't look at it,,,,,

As he spoke, both of them couldn't bear it, lowered their eyes, and prepared to lift the injured man up and throw him away. What happened?

I'll take a look!

A soft and steady voice came from the crowd, like the sound of heaven, all the prisoners were like a pebble falling into the ripples of the calm lake, one by one respectfully obeyed, layer after layer, even the correctional staff did not dare to come out of the air--- the degree of respect of the current clergy is increasing day by day, not to mention that Father Christopher does not know how many people in the settlement have been saved by his medical skills. These little priests in the scripture hall do not say that they can get all his true transmissions, at least five points of ability have been learned, they can read the scriptures well, and they can use a good knife - a scalpel, no matter whether they are rich or poor, whether they are men, women or children, in the eyes of the priests, they are all treated equally, and if they don't believe it, the common people look at it! That Zhu Weihong, wasn't he crazy when he first came? Now look at how much patience the priest has shown, and under the slow teaching, he has become a useful talent, and he is still a member of the party and the identity of the deputy brigade commander! The priests have interpreted the word charity to the point that more than 20,000 people have been baptized in the settlement, which greatly exceeds Christopher's original wish, and it is precisely because of his fulfillment of the vow he made to the Holy Lord that this pious fellow has become more and more determined, and he insists on adding words praising Zhang Jiaming to the words of prayer, attracting more supporters for Zhang Jiaming, it is no exaggeration to say that there will be more believers in the future, and it is estimated that it will not take long. Even the children of the young people will be dyed red by the cross! This point, in the eyes of Daddy Qin, is worried in his heart, but as the patriarch of the Shaomin forces, he knows that he has passed the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, and most of the young people now support Zhang Jiaming, and they have received Western-style education, and their own minority totem spirit is estimated to be unsustainable, coupled with the continuous suppression of the Han forces, the Ninth Brigade has always been in a very embarrassing position, and the time for Daddy to sigh is much more than the time to rejoice! The only thing worth consoling is that the upper echelons of this big family are always in the hands of the young people, so as not to let their clansmen eat chin rice and act according to people's eyes, every time I think of this, a relieved smile will appear on the old man's face. Now the staff class of R County has stabilized, and there are a group of military generals who can fight and carry such as Qin Gengsheng, Wei Xiancai, Xie Hui, Batur, and Fred, who can fight and carry their lives, and continue to make meritorious contributions and consolidate the border defense of R County. There are proficient in internal affairs Zeng Jianguo, Zeng Changzhu, Wei Zhongshu, Shi Long, Yakov and other government officials to preside over the daily civil affairs, and there are Christophers in public opinion who constantly weakens the consciousness of resistance of the young people--- in the words of Zhang Jiaming: "Ming repairs the Great Wall, Qing repairs the temple!"

Lao Tzu invited a foreign monk to come, and slowly sang your temper softly, seeing that you are still bored and playing with me!

"Don't mention the high-end combat power of the internal guard, just the team with the Seventh Division is enough for any foreign spy to drink a pot, plus the pervasive Night Wolf Force, about the incident of the appearance of the enemy's senior spies at the upper level, the upper level has never reported it, and the only few relevant personnel have been transferred from their original posts and entered a more hidden work organization, they will never have the opportunity to mention the truth of that matter to anyone again, of course, in order to cover up the facts, the R County forces have still done enough superficial work, It has always been claimed that Liu Xuetang, the former head of the Praetorian Guard, was killed in an ambush, and he has not held a funeral ceremony that is not inferior to Zhang Jiaming's godson! Throughout the winter, the forces of R County continued to collect food and other supplies like a vast ant colony, as if the threats outside were nothing! Only in the far west is there a pair of red eyes staring at the map and constantly gnashing teeth.