Yi Haoran couldn't help being stunned. Chang Qingyun quietly shook his head, lowered his voice and said: "This is the Sun family. His old man was originally the ninth-level bookkeeper in the county. The Australians came over and the old man was hung up with a rope. Died. Only a distant nephew, a young wife and a daughter raised by the main wife were left. The Australians originally sent them back to their hometown. Seeing that the war was in chaos, the nephew also brought several female relatives with him. He was afraid that it would be unsafe on the road, so he volunteered Staying here - this is not a bad idea. But as time goes by, I start to have ulterior motives..."
It turned out that this nephew was very poor in the prisoner camp. He saw other women's family members showing off their laughter and found it quite useful. So he got the idea and took his uncle's concubine and forced her to do the joke.
"...A few days ago, the man in charge of the camp here fell in love with Miss Sun. This girl is called 'Qiao Niang'. She is a good-looking girl, and she is also well-educated! However, it is unreasonable to become a prisoner, and she is also a prisoner. The management team here has taken a fancy to this thief, and he is eager to climb up the pole, so he has been hard at work in the past few days..."
"Such a thing could happen!" Yi Haoran became angry. Seeing the panic on Chang Qingyun's face, he realized that he had lost his composure, and quickly lowered his voice and said: "It's okay if the thief is allowed to laugh. Isn't this forcing a good girl into prostitution?"
"So what if you force a good girl into prostitution," Chang Qingyun said in a lonely voice, "People are just slaves." He looked at the door and drowned out the sound of mosquitoes: "You come in and see that it's calm and orderly here, but underneath there is darkness and evil things. There are so many..."
"It's not that Australians are the most organized..."
"That's true, but it's in Lingao!" Chang Qingyun said, "This is Wuzhou. The only person in charge of the whole camp is Chen Kun, and the rest are local yamen, all of them are doing tricks. Money makes things happen, and you are a master of flattery and bullying. You are also from Jiumu Yamen, so you should know the methods of these people."
The two of them were relatively speechless, and they could only hear a long and short cry from the other side. Yi Haoran felt pity in his heart and whispered: "Who is in charge of the camp here?"
"It's Chen Kun who came from Qiongzhou. His name is Liu Wangwang." Chang Qingyun said, "I saw him wearing the clothes of the National Army when he came in and out. He was probably a military attaché."
"Liu Wangyou..." Yi Haoran felt that this name was a bit familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere. I thought about it for a long time but couldn't remember it.
As he was talking, a voice suddenly came from outside: "Master! Master!"
Yi Haoran was stunned and a little nervous. Chang Qingyun told him not to panic.
"This is my servant Chang Qing." He added, "He doesn't recognize you."
Yi Haoran remembered that the most useful boy around Chang Qingyun was named Chang Wei.
Chang Qingyun stood up and went out, but came back after a while, with a nervous expression on his face: "Chang Qing said Liu Guanying wanted me to come over - I don't know what it was. You should leave quickly. If someone asks, don't hesitate."
Yi Haoran was also a little nervous. If he was interrogated by the management here, it might not be so easy to get through. He nodded and said: "I'll go back right away."
Yi Haoran came out of the prison camp and returned to the store to think about it secretly, feeling that he had gained a lot from this trip. First of all, he learned that the management of the prisoner camp was not strict, and entry and exit were very random; secondly, the guards in the prisoner camp were greedy and lustful, which was a shortcoming that could be exploited. Finally, he knew there was discontent in the prison camps.
At the moment, he doesn't know what use these three points are for him, but these are the weaknesses of the Australians. The Australians have now captured Wuzhou, and a battalion originally stationed near Wuzhou has moved forward. From the news he got from Wen Tietou's chats and reading the Australian "newspaper" on weekdays, he knew: The Australians They are constantly deploying troops to the upper reaches of the Xijiang River and are about to launch operations against Guangxi.
At present, Wuzhou Fucheng is no longer a first-line city, and relatively speaking, its military strength will inevitably be empty. Although there is still a company of the Fubo Army stationed in Wuzhou, once the front is tight and requires reinforcements, this company will definitely be mobilized to fill the vacancy... Yi Haoran thought to himself, that is our opportunity!
Chang Qingyun was called to Liu Hope's residence. He is in charge of the camp, and his residence is the flower hall that was renovated by the old school grounds for the gentlemen who came to review.
Although this "Master Guanying" who is feared by everyone in the camp is "Chen Kun", he is actually only in his early twenties. His real name is Ergou. When I was ten years old, I lost my parents and had nowhere to go. I could only survive in Lingao by begging for food and stealing. I didn't expect that things would change as soon as the Australians came.
Although he was only fifteen years old and had not yet matured,+ he was still recruited to participate in the attack on Bo Pu. When the team fled, he was young and weak and was captured. Since then, he has been staying at Nanhai Farm. When Huang Chao was raising chickens on the farm, he selected several people as his apprentices, including Liu Ergou. Huang Chao originally gave him the name Liu Hope - thinking that Liu Ergou would not have to live like a dog after becoming a naturalized citizen, but would gain a new life full of hope, so he named him Hope.
Liu is expected to be smart, but he likes to be clever, doesn't like reading, and is very market-oriented. As I got older, I developed a lustful habit. When he was fifteen or sixteen, he molested the female workers and molested the village women, causing a storm in the farm. He even received several beatings, making everyone hate him. In the end I couldn't stay any longer. Huang Chao then wrote a letter of introduction and got him to join the Fubo Army as a soldier.
I originally thought that being a soldier could train people, but I didn't expect that Liu Zhi would not change his old habits. After serving as a soldier for several years, most of his monthly military pay was spent on yellow tickets, and he could not improve his military rank. After the Guangdong and Guangxi strategy began, veterans like Liu Youzhi could have been promoted to become officers, but because of his reputation, the Political Department of the General Staff directly removed him from the promotion list, and he should have become an officer in the National Army. He moved all the way to Wuzhou, where he quickly became the manager of the camp.
If it were anyone else, they would inevitably feel resentful if they took this job. After all, they would not be able to make contributions if they were in charge of the camp at the rear. Liu Hope is like a duck in water. Most of the guards and stewards of the prison camp were local subordinates in Wuzhou - when he was wandering and begging, he was quite familiar with people like this in the yamen. The subordinate officials also wanted to praise him, and Liu hoped to fall into it immediately and enjoy it.
The management of a prisoner camp seems to be a very humble position with complicated affairs, but it has many benefits. All the coupons, grain and cloth issued to the captives could be put into or disposed of by the captives. In the past, the highest he had ever been in the army was a sergeant. He was surrounded by comrades, and officers had absolute authority. Even if you want to, you can't do anything wrong. When he arrived at the prisoner camp, he had the status of "below the leader of the prison camp and above everyone in the prisoner camp". He could decide almost all matters, including life and death, with a single word.
Such absolute power and the flattery of government gangsters quickly made several years of military education useless. At first, they just withheld some grain and cloth, but later they began to accept bribes. Most of the captured officials carried fines with them and could not bear the pain of hard labor, so they bribed them with fines. As soon as this head is opened, the appetite increases. Thinking that I was the first to join the army, all the naturalized people who joined the army several years later than me became officials and military officers. However, he only became an officer of the National Army. Apart from being angry, he started doing various illegal activities without much psychological pressure. The prison camp was like "the sky is high and the emperor is far away", so he simply "closed the door and became the emperor."
Yi Haoran's visit to the prisoner camp was just a glimpse, but Chang Qingyun was very familiar with the situation. Although he received preferential treatment in the prisoner camp, he did not dare to flatter this "current management".
After straightening his clothes, Chang Qingyun said: "Student Chang Qingyun, I came here to see you..."
"Oh, it's Lao Chang, please come in."
Liu Hope's voice came from inside.
"Thank you, sir." Chang Qingyun did not dare to neglect and walked in cautiously.
Liu expected to be leaning on a Xiang concubine couch. He was not wearing a national army uniform or a "cadre uniform". Instead, he imitated the casual dress of local wealthy people, wearing a Taoist robe, but with his chest exposed and his feet bare. Paired with his short hair, it gives people a strange and bizarre look.
The cups and plates on the high table next to Concubine Xiang's bed were in a mess. There were very few plates of side dishes left, and five or six empty tin pots were left on the floor.
The air smelled of alcohol. Chang Qingyun was already accustomed to Liu Youyou drinking during the day, but there was still a faint fragrance of powder in the air - there was probably a woman accompanying him just now.
"Liu Guanying..."
"Old Chang, sit down!" Liu Hope, who had no official airs, waved his hand and said, "Sit down, sit down!"
"Yes, yes." Chang Qingyun felt uneasy. He works as a clerk in the camp, but there are not many opportunities to see him. If it hadn't been for the sudden errand of painting this time, I would hardly see Liu Wanwan.
Although he has never met Liu Hope very much, he knows a lot about this kind of people. He started from humble beginnings and was poor, and after gaining power from the Fengyunji Society, he has low self-esteem and violent heart, which is quite twisted. If you are not careful, you will inexplicably "offend the dragon's scales". After several months in the camp, he learned that many prisoners in the camp had been beaten to death or simply "died of sudden illness" because they accidentally offended him. Therefore, 120,000 people are respectful and careful.
"Old Chang," Liu Hope said, although he had drunk a lot of wine, he was still talking soberly, "I invite you here this time because I want to ask you for a favor."
"That's what Mr. Guanying said." Chang Qingyun said quickly, "Just send someone to give the order."
"This is a big deal, how can you be so casual!" Liu Youwang shook his head repeatedly, "You are a scholar, you must be knowledgeable."
"Don't dare."
"You're welcome, I heard that you are still a master of the Juren Project - so unambiguous!" Liu hoped to raise his thumbs up, "Our county has had so many masters of the Juren Examination for several decades!"
Chang Qingyun was a little embarrassed and could only keep being polite.
"Since you are the master of Juren, you can be considered equal to Master Sun's family next door to you..."
Chang Qingyun was startled, he didn't know what this meant. He could only say: "The student has never met Master Sun. I don't know what kind of honor he has obtained. He is probably at least a scholar."
