novelbest Chapter 216 Unexpected Results
Chapter 216 Unexpected Results
POW camp
With the prolonged hunger, the captives have become numb, except for their blinking eyes from time to time, these people are no different from dead people at this moment.
He only drank thin rice soup that was not much thicker than clear water every day, and even a hard-nosed man couldn't stand it.
The captives didn't know how long such days would last, but at this time they all had a common thought in their hearts:
"It's better to die comfortably than to live like this!"
However, such days did not last long. One morning, the captives were woken up by the harsh sound of a gong.
Immediately afterwards, the people guarding the barracks carried large baskets filled with steaming steamed buns.
"Come, two per person, plus a bowl of porridge, eat quickly!" said a man who looked like an officer.
After starving for several days in a row, the captives were surprised when they held the steaming steamed buns in their hands, and then they swallowed the steamed buns in three mouthfuls, regardless of the heat.
After eating the cornbread, everyone murmured in their hearts, after so many days of starvation, they can suddenly eat dry food.
However, regarding the matter of death, these captives were more open-minded, after all, they could finally be freed.
Therefore, when the wooden cages were opened one by one, the captives were driven out, and then they were tied up with hemp ropes one by one and connected in series. They were all at the mercy of others with numb faces, like puppets.
Subsequently, the prisoners were escorted out of the prisoner-of-war camp and headed towards an unknown destination.
A group of captives came to a wide wasteland overgrown with weeds and scattered with stones in the evening, not far from rows of simple shacks.
Everyone thought to come to this wasteland, is this going to shoot everyone?
However, what happened next was beyond everyone's expectations.
The soldiers who escorted them untied them one by one, and someone nearby shouted loudly:
"Listen, everyone, according to the rules, you guys have to be shot."
"However, the county magistrate is kind and kind, and he doesn't want to commit any more crimes, so he spared your life."
"But the death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime can't be escaped!"
"The county magistrate has ordered you to open up wasteland and level the land here, and use your strength to atone for your sins."
As soon as this remark came out, the eyes of the prisoners became a little brighter.
Don't kill yourself?
Great!
As for opening up wasteland and leveling the land, for these captives who were farmers, it was not a heavy or exhausting job.
In fact, even Lin Hongfei did not expect that he let these captives work as free labor. Not only did these captives not feel that this was a punishment, but it was also a blessing.
The reason is also simple, although the captives have a heavy workload every day, almost from sun rise to sun set.
But no matter whether it is the construction site or the coal mine, they are provided with three meals a day, and each meal is full.
After all, if you do heavy physical work, if you don't have a full stomach, no matter how tough your body is, it will quickly collapse.
Lin Hongfei didn't want this group of free laborers to lose their usefulness quickly, so although the daily supply was some unpalatable coarse grains such as wild vegetable dumplings, bran nests, black bean flour pancakes, etc., the portion was enough.
Songshan County, Renle County, and Hui County are extremely poor. Even the captives of the [Jiangbei Allied Defense Force] only ate two meals a day before being captured. full of water.
In a calamity year, they also have no food to eat.
Therefore, when they can eat three full meals in coal mines and construction sites, they naturally feel that they are enjoying themselves!
Even, most people are still glad that they were captured, otherwise where would they go to find a good job with three full meals a day.
This group of people also became grateful to Lin Hongfei, saying that the county magistrate Lin is really kind-hearted and a very good person!
This result was beyond Lin Hongfei's expectation.
At the same time, Chu Liangyi also contacted enemies who had old grudges with Hong Tianwu, Qin Wanying and others through local connections.
In order to convince these enemies, Hong Tianwu and others have been captured by Jiangdu County.
Chu Liangyi deliberately found a cameraman, and took a photo of the captives for Hong Tianwu and others. In the photo, everyone was ashen and numb, holding a sign with his name written on it.
Originally, these haters didn't believe this, but after seeing these photos, they were immediately overjoyed!
At the same time, Chu Liangyi also showed them some photos of [Jiangbei Allied Defense Army] captives, making these enemies realize that many of Hong Tianwu and others' subordinates are still alive.
Once they are really allowed to return, they will definitely be able to make a comeback.
Therefore, without any hesitation, this group of people immediately agreed to pay the money, and also made a request, that is, they would personally send their confidants to Jiangdu County to execute Hong Tianwu and others.
This request was very reasonable, so Chu Liangyi naturally did not refuse.
As for Lin Hongfei's request to collect protection fees from these enemies, the group hesitated and agreed.
They are not stupid, Lin Hongfei was able to clean up the [Jiangbei Allied Defense Force] with nearly ten thousand people, and it is not like playing with them.
Save money and avoid disaster!
But Lin Hongfei asked for more money, and these enemies couldn't get together so much cash for a while.
Simply, this group of people simply led people to rob the Hong family, Qin family, Han family, etc. who had lost their asylum, as well as the cottages of Liu Datou and Jin Xiong.
The stolen money was returned to Baodui, and they collected it themselves, so they collected the money and handed it over to Chu Liangyi.
Most of the land snakes in the three counties paid their money and wanted to send Chu Liangyi away as soon as possible.
However, there were five land snakes who made different moves. When Chu Liangyi was about to leave for Jiangdu County, the Ma family and Qi family in Songshan County; the Lai family in Renle County; the Xiong family and Hu family in Hui County, the five They all put forward the same request, wanting to send some family children to serve as errands under the command of County Mayor Lin.
The heads of these five families are relatively far-sighted in the local area. Lin Hongfei is naturally not an ordinary person who can pack Hong Tianwu, Qin Wanying, Han Sitong, Liu Datou and other long-established people into prisoners.
How can such a character be satisfied with a small Jiangdu County?
In the future, Songshan County, Renle County, and Hui County are bound to be annexed by Lin Hongfei.
If some family members were sent to serve under Lin Hongfei in advance, everyone would be regarded as ministers of the dragon in the future.
Chu Liangyi is naturally very clear about these people's thoughts. After all, some time ago, he also called some Chu family children from his hometown Huaishui County. After Lin Hongfei passed the assessment one by one, these Chu family children all entered Jiangdu County. Served within the military and government.
It's just that Chu Liangyi can't decide whether to accept these family children or not.
Simply, he took these people back to Jiangdu County, and if Lin Hongfei agreed, he would stay.
If you don't agree, set a table for a farewell banquet and send it out of the country.