"Newton, tell the clerk to increase the food ration for these laborers in the same way as the food for the soldiers. Also, give them a stove and a kettle, and let them drink boiling water, drinking raw water will cause diarrhea. By the way, I'm giving them some tobacco leaves. Mu Yang looked at Chuck. Lieutenant Newton ordered.

"It's sir, I'll tell the clerk." Chuck. Lieutenant Newton immediately agreed.

Although Newton was a little puzzled by Muyang's order, and even slightly resistant, a military order was a military order, and he had to carry it out.

In the army, especially the front-line troops, if you offend the commander-in-chief, the end will be very miserable, if the commander-in-chief wants you to die, as long as there is an order for a sneak attack, you can only watch to die, for some food, Newton doesn't want to offend Muyang and put himself in.

"I'm looking for someone to build this place into a fortification, at least add a cover, it's summer, if it rains, will these people be crammed into the corner and snuggle up like ducks." Mu Yang commanded again.

"Yes, sir." Newton said yes again.

Everyone left the labor area, and Muyang had no interest in going to the border to take a look.

When no one was around, Newton still said the question in his stomach: "Sir, our material ratio is not high, if we add those laborers, I am afraid that it will not reach the end of the month." ”

"I've already figured out a way to solve it, I think there will be a result tomorrow, don't worry Lieutenant Newton, follow me, you won't let your brothers go hungry." Mu Yang smiled and patted Newton on the shoulder and left the third row of stations.

Mu Yang walked forward for a while, and suddenly called his communication soldier, "Ford, you go and call that Chinese worker named Wang Dazhuan over." ”

"Vada bolt? Which is it? "Ford can't remember the names of the Chinese workers.

"It's the bald Chinese worker who just talked to me and brought him to my office." Muyang said.

"Yes sir." This time Ford understood, and immediately ran to call someone.

Muyang didn't wait long in the office. Ford brought Wang to the office. Wang Dazhuan was a little restrained and a little scared, he didn't know why this officer called him over, could it be that he had said the wrong thing just now, and this officer wanted to punish himself.

You must know that Chinese workers in the army often because of some trivial things. will be punished by the soldiers. Once, Wang Dazhuan untied his big hand and ran to the soldier's toilet to, but when he came out, he was bumped into by a soldier, who told a non-commissioned officer squad leader, and Wang Dazhuan was punished for this.

He was ordered to stand next to the toilet for half an hour, and finally told him that this was the toilet used by British soldiers, and that no Chinese laborers could come.

That's pretty good. Because Wang Dazhuan saw with his own eyes that a Chinese worker carrying bullets, because the bullet box was too heavy, accidentally slipped from his hand to the ground, and the bullets were scattered all over the ground, and the soldier in charge of supervising the work came up with a wooden stick and gave the Chinese worker a stick, and then did not stop. I hit it several times in a row.

The Chinese worker's body was covered with bruises, although he finally went to the Chinese Workers' Association to react. But there was no follow-up at all, at most he threw you a bottle of potion and sent you away.

"Sir, what do you command?" Wang Dazhuan bent his waist, making his tall figure look a little shrunken.

"Don't be nervous, I just came to you to ask about the current situation of Chinese workers. You sit down first, and we'll talk slowly. Mu Yang said very kindly, and as he spoke, he poured a cup of tea for Wang Dazhuan, freshly brewed green tea.

"No sir. I'll just stand. ”

"I order you to sit down."

After Muyang finished speaking, Wang Dazhuan honestly sat on the chair opposite Muyang.

Muyang pushed the tea over, then took out a cigarette and asked, "Do you want one?" ”

Wang Dazhuan showed a smile on his face, stretched out his hands to take the cigarette handed over by Muyang, and kept saying in his mouth, "Thank you, sir, thank you, sir......"

"Do you know the situation of Chinese workers now?" Muyang asked.

Wang Dazhuan shook his head, "Sir, I have been working on the battlefield since I was sent to France by ship, and I am not very clear about other things except for seeing people from the Chinese Workers' Association come to condole once. ”

"Then tell me about your own experience." Mu Yang said calmly.

Wang Dazhuan took a few puffs of cigarette, and then slowly recounted his experience from the time he was recruited.

In 1916, Wang Dazhuan heard from Wang Peiming, a Christian in the village, that the British were recruiting Chinese laborers to go to Europe and Africa to reclaim wasteland, open mines, and build railways. In addition to the monthly salary of 8 yuan per person, the church will pay a monthly living allowance of 5 yuan to the family.

This 8 yuan is enough to buy hundreds of catties of sorghum. So, Wang Dazhuan discussed with Yan Daxin, Wang Liqiang, Wang Donghai and others in the village, "Our family is so poor, why don't we go to work as Chinese laborers?" Someone said, "I heard that there was a war going on in Europe, and if we went to Europe, wouldn't we be seeking our own death!" Someone else said: "The war in Europe is probably over!" We are working, what does it have to do with them fighting? Although there are different opinions, a common belief of everyone is: If you take this opportunity to go abroad and make a fortune, wouldn't it be good to return to your hometown in the future! At least you don't have to go hungry at home. They were all young men in their twenties, strong in blood and courage, and they didn't think much about it anymore.

In the autumn of 1916, Wang Dazhuan and 14 people in the village, led by Wang Peiming, went to the English Church on Lingzhi Street in Taicheng to register. The Taicheng Church immediately sent a letter of introduction, telling them to go to Weihai in two groups.

They originally wanted to take a car from Jinan to Yantai to Weihai, but legend has it that Wu Dazhou led a division to occupy the area around Zhoucun to rebel, and the Jiaoji railway train was interrupted, so they had to go to Tianjin instead, and took a ship from Tanggu to Yantai from Tianjin. Unexpectedly, after arriving in Yantai, he was detained by the police station for ten days. According to the police, the British recruited workers in China without the approval of the Chinese government. According to the British, who was in charge of recruiting workers, "Li Yuanhong, Duan Qirui, and others of the Chinese Beiyang Government have different opinions on the issue of Chinese workers, and they can leave the country after the British Government has properly negotiated with them." When Wang Dazhuan listened to the private discussions of the Chinese workers, someone said: "According to the instructions of Xiong Bingqi, the governor of Shandong Province, and Ma Liang, the envoy of Jinan Town, the British recruitment of workers in Shandong is limited to the four points of Weihai, Jinan, Weixian, and Zhoucun, and the rest of the counties and cities are not allowed to set up points to recruit workers. ”

Wang Dazhuan rolled the cigarette on the sole of his shoe and extinguished it, and then put it directly into his pocket in Muyang's surprised eyes.

When Wang Dazhuan did this set of actions, he kept saying: "Anyway, those big people in the Republic of China are quite chaotic, and I don't understand it as a common person, which roughly means that some people agree and some people oppose, but we still came in the end." ”

Wang Dazhuan felt that Muyang, a foreign officer, probably didn't know the names of those government officials in China, and finally explained it himself, in fact, he didn't know that Muyang had read books about the history of the early Republic of China, and he still knew about Duan Qirui, Li Yuanhong, Feng Guozhang, Xiong Bingqi, and other characters. (To be continued......)