The iron factory that people in the capital talked about should actually be regarded as an industrial zone. Not only ironmaking, but also ancillary industries must be developed here. In the future, Emperor Tongzhi will also develop textiles, mechanical processing, military industry, etc. A profitable industry.
There are many industries, so there are many factory buildings. Zai Chun is impatient, so many factories were built without equipment.
There were many empty factories, and one of them was specially vacated as a temporary execution ground and prison.
Guang Liang, the tenth general manager, and the killers waiting to die are being held here!
This is not a minority. Guang Liang's men are among the most important murderers. They have been tortured to the point of being reduced to human form and cannot even speak.
The Ministry of Punishment specially sent doctors to hang these people alive, in order to save them for killing in front of the people!
This warehouse had an unbearable stench, and the blood and pus from the wounds stained the cups and clothes, and even dripped all over the floor.
This is winter. If it were the height of summer, these people would probably be infested with maggots!
Surrounding this most vicious cell, there are ten warehouses where the other ten general managers' henchmen are held, totaling more than a thousand people.
If these general managers want to manage so many workers, they can't do it without thugs who commit murders under them. So many profitable industries also need the help of these people to run them.
The tenth general manager's men only captured the core people, which would cost more than a thousand lives. If they captured all the flies and grasshoppers, they would have to exceed the five thousand!
These people were in bad luck. More than a hundred people were crowded into a factory, and the new Yulin Army and Guaizima were personally guarding them. None of their old connections could be used, and they were starving to death every day.
Two meals a day, that is, a pile of corn cakes in a big basket, and two buckets of cold water, thrown in like feeding animals, and these people go and grab it!
On weekdays, these people are very fond of spicy food. The owners who casually entered a famous restaurant in the capital were so hungry that they even ate cold pancakes and pickles for more than half a month.
"Gentlemen... okay, can't we buy some food with our own money?"
"There are two meat shops at the door. Please bring me ten big meat buns... I want one tael of silver each!"
"Oh...my dear grandma! I smell the food next door every day, but I just can't eat it..."
"If I want to kill you or chop you into pieces, how about I give you a satisfying blow..."
Most of the officers and soldiers of the New Army are from Fujian. Only the middle and high-level officers are the three hundred guards of the capital. These mountain people from Wuyi Mountain can't even understand your Beijing movies. In addition, the military discipline is so high that they will not pay attention to your pain. I beg you hard, and I won’t help you even if I give you money!
As for the three hundred guards, they will not make themselves unhappy at this time. The emperor is going crazy. I will give you some trouble? Get it quickly...
As for the kidnapping horse outside the customs? I have no feelings for you. Although we are all Manchus, you are in the banner and are the banner people. We are the wild Jurchens outside the pass. We have never eaten the hard-core crops of the imperial court. Why should I help you?
Will you give me money? It just so happens that I took the money and went to drink it myself, and I didn’t buy it for you!
This group of elites in the capital's slave world is considered to have fallen into the hands of the stepmother. Every day in the prison, as long as one person grumbles from hunger, the rest will grumble along with him, just like a group of toads making noise in the pond.
These slaves below are having a hard time. How are the lives of Guang Liang and the other 10th Route Managers? In fact, it’s almost the same!
The case is serious, and the 10th Road Supervisor is the most important of all the prisoners. They are all detained in separate cells and cannot communicate with each other to collude in confession!
In the first few days, they were brought up for interrogation, but when the case became clear, these people seemed to be forgotten, locked in a single room and living day by day.
They have been held in solitary confinement for more than half a month now. They have two meals of cold pancakes and pickles every day. These few are given preferential treatment and can get a pot of hot water to drink.
Guang Liang couldn't stand it anymore. In the past few days, whenever he saw the guards walking around outside, he would lie on the window and beg, "Brother... Good brother, I'm really hungry and can't bear it anymore. Can you give me one more bite to eat?" no?"
"I'll pay for it myself, and you'll have to run the errands... I'll give you the money to run the errands!"
"Hey... this military master, is your surname Xie? You can definitely look at my eyes and you will definitely recognize the wrong person. You are Xie Ting, the most respected person of Long Live Lord. Sir Xie!"
"Lord Jixiang... Please give me something to eat, even if it's cold pancakes. I'm really hungry... Even if I'm guilty of death, I still have to give me something to eat!"
Xie Ting happened to be on duty today. Looking at Guang Liang, whose face was distorted by being squeezed against the broken window lattice, he frowned but did not go away. "Do you know me?"
Guang Liang is afraid that you won't talk to him. As long as you talk to him, he will be able to climb up the ladder. "I know, I know! Mr. Xie, even though you are a company commander now, you will not be able to get promoted or make a fortune in the future!"
"You are highly valued by Mr. Long live, and you will be promoted sooner or later... Don't look at me like this, we are all well-informed within the Eight Banners. Uncle Lian Xing has told us all the details about you..."
"They are all officials in the same court. They bow their heads but don't look up to meet them. Give me some face... I'm really hungry!"
Xie Ting touched his body and packed two compressed biscuits before he had time to eat breakfast. He pretended to have forgotten them and took them out and handed them over, "Make him a pot of hot tea. I'm afraid he might choke on this..."
"Oh, thank you very much...Thank you, sir. I guarantee you will be promoted this year!"
He stuffed the heavy compressed biscuits into his mouth, chewing the biscuit crumbs all over the corner of his mouth. It would be an exaggeration to say that he was starving to death just from the way he ate!
The soldier handed over a pot of hot tea, and Guang Liang drank half the pot. The compressed biscuits in his stomach burst into blisters, and his hunger suddenly disappeared.
"Oh... I can finally breathe a sigh of relief. I almost starved to death... I wish I had a bottle of wine at this time. I haven't drunk it for half a month!"
Xie Ting laughed in anger, "Haha... You are like this, and you still want to drink? Why are you so big-hearted?"
Guang Liang said to Xie Ting through the window, "Mr.
"If you want to be an official, you still have to learn more from me! Don't look at me like that, don't you believe me? I can tell you clearly that I, Guang Liang, will be fined silver if I stand up to the sky this time!"
"You want me to die? It's impossible...do you know why?"
"Because the Eight Banners are one family, master and slave are one! I am doing something for the prince, can the prince not protect me? Long live the Lord, it is just a pretense to make Xin Jian and the others cornered!"
"In my heart, Long Live Lord still supports our Eight Banners! We have already killed 30,000 factory slaves before, and also imprisoned Prince Gong!"
"Those who oppose His Majesty have no power, but we all support Long Live Lord! Now Long Live Lord will kill even those who support him?"
"Don't think about it. Thank you, Sir, if you treat me to a drink at noon, I will recognize you as my friend. From now on, I will help you smoothen your relationship with the capital... Success in officialdom depends on us!"
While the two were chatting, suddenly there was a burst of chaotic footsteps in the cell courtyard!
"Company Commander... there is a decree coming from the palace!"
"Look... Sir Xie, take a look. Cao Cao is here!"
