"Deputy Chief Zhong, that's Lijiazhuang."
A puppet platoon leader gave Wu Ze directions.
Wu Ze used the excuse of being familiar with the job to inspect several of the largest fortress villages.
Of course, he couldn't come alone, and he also brought a platoon of puppet soldiers with him.
"Let's go over there." Wu Ze took a telescope and looked at Lijiazhuang.
Lijiazhuang is the largest fortress village among the more than twenty fortress villages, and it also has the most food and supplies.
Wang Damao came here several times to transport food, but he did not understand some important situations in Lijiazhuang.
"Yes." The puppet platoon leader responded, and a group of people rode horses and quickly arrived at the outskirts of Lijiazhuang.
A defense line was built around Lijiazhuang. When the puppet troops on the defense line saw Wu Ze and the puppet army platoon riding over, they did not take it lightly.
Several light and heavy machine guns were aimed at them.
The puppet platoon leader ran over, revealed his identity, and said that Wu Ze was the newly appointed deputy logistics section chief and wanted to conduct a surprise inspection of Lijiazhuang.
The puppet troops on the outer defense line of Lijiazhuang saw Wu Ze's ID, quickly turned their machine guns, and saluted Wu Ze: "Please forgive me, Deputy Chief Zhong. In my humble position, this is also a line inspection to prevent spies from impersonating themselves."
"It's okay, you did a good job." Wu Ze nodded and entered with the green light.
"Master, we just received a call from the perimeter defense line, saying that the newly appointed deputy section chief Zhong from Station 23 has come to make a surprise inspection of our Lijiazhuang." In Lijiazhuang, Li Haisheng, the owner of the village, was lying on a chair and puffing away smoke. Someone hurriedly came to the village. Come report.
When Li Haisheng heard this, he stopped talking and said solemnly: "Are you sure you are the newly appointed deputy section chief Zhong on the 23rd?"
The Logistics Department of Station 23 has the right to take charge of the entire Fortress Village and is in charge of the life and death of the Fortress Village.
Even a section member cannot afford to offend, let alone the deputy section chief.
"Yes, the other party has come in quickly." The person nodded.
"Let people prepare the banquet immediately and prepare everything." Li Haisheng ordered, while tidying up his appearance, and quickly went to greet him.
Wu Ze entered the gate of Lijiazhuang and looked at the defense on the gate. This wall... no, this can be regarded as a city wall.
It is three feet high and one foot eight thick, and it is full of bullet holes.
On the top of the city wall, a layer of anti-cannon facilities was added.
This is a real fortress. Even if you use cannons to storm it, you will still have to spend some shells.
Entering the gate of Lijiazhuang, Wu Ze did not enter the village directly, but took a lookout position.
From this position, you can see the defense of Lijiazhuang Gate. There are groups of bunkers. The steel mesh and trenches cooperate with each other to form a copper wall and an iron wall.
If you want to attack by force, ahem, if you don't have a good mouth, don't even think about it.
As for the defense of Qiujiazhuang, it was just like playing in front of Lijiazhuang.
Of course, the Li family has a big business and needs a lot of water.
Lijiazhuang specially dug a ditch from the river outside. The ditch has special obstacles to prevent anyone from sneaking into Lijiazhuang from underwater.
Li Haisheng ran out in a fit of piss and said earnestly to Wu Ze: "Deputy Section Chief Zhong, I am Li Haisheng, the owner of Li Family Village. You are welcome to give me advice on Li Family Village."
"Master Li, your defense is good. Even a mouse can't get in." Wu Ze came down from the lookout position and praised Li Haisheng.
"Deputy Section Chief Zhong, as the largest village in Fortress Village, Lijiazhuang must set an example. Li will not dare to slack off." Li Haisheng said quickly.
"The defense of this gate is very strong. There is no problem. I will look at other places." Wu Ze said.
Li Haisheng immediately took out the defense drawings of Lijiazhuang and handed it to Wu Ze: "Deputy Section Chief Zhong, Lijiazhuang is very big, and the sun is so strong, don't let it shine on you."
"Master Li, you are really thoughtful." Wu Ze said with a smile, this Li Haisheng is quite good at doing things.
Wu Ze was not polite, he took the defense blueprint and looked at it.
Before, when Wang Damao came here, he had no chance to come into contact with the defense blueprints.
After all, Wang Damao was only here to supervise the transportation of materials, not for inspection.
If he offered to see the defense blueprints, it would easily arouse suspicion.
In front of him, Li Haisheng took the initiative to take out the defense drawings, and Wu Ze also saved a lot of time.
"I don't dare, I don't dare, I don't dare to let Deputy Section Chief Zhong suffer." Li Haisheng said quickly.
Wu Ze acted like an outsider and glanced at the map casually, but secretly wrote down a few important points that Wang Damao had not grasped.
Wu Ze returned the drawings to Li Haisheng. Of course, he still wanted to praise him on the surface: "Yes, your defense is very good, but you still can't slack off. Tubal Road is a trapped beast now, and the more trapped it is, the more trapped it becomes." , the more strict precautions must be taken.”
"Yes, yes, Li doesn't dare, Li doesn't dare to slack off." Li Haisheng said this on the surface, but he was also thinking in his heart. It seems that this new deputy section chief cannot understand the defense drawings at all, and is an amateur.
This is fine, but if it were a layman who could understand, it would be a little more tiring.
In the past, some lay deputy section chiefs came to inspect and pointed out the defense of Lijiazhuang, saying that it was not working here and that it was not working, so Li Haisheng could be given a lot of trouble.
In the end, I sent some filial piety to make the other party shut up.
"However, in some places, seeing is believing. Let me go and see the rice fields." Wu Ze said, "You know, white rice has always been an important ration supply for the imperial army!"
Lijiazhuang is very large. In addition to planting a large amount of corn, there is also rice.
"Okay, okay." Li Haisheng quickly led Wu Ze to the rice fields.
This side of the rice fields... to be precise, it can't be considered a rice field.
Due to the hot weather and the low rainfall in northwestern Shanxi, this rice field can now be said to be dry land.
Every time water is introduced into the fields, it quickly evaporates.
So, the rice fields turned into dry fields.
Since there were no pesticides and fertilizers in this era, and there was no hybrid rice, the ears of rice in this rice field were not so plump, and the yield could not be compared with that of later generations.
"Master Li, how many kilograms of rice can be produced at one time?" Wu Ze asked Li Haisheng.
The rice fields have turned into dry fields, and it is not difficult to capture Lijiazhuang.
The reason why Wu Ze came here to take a look in person was because he was worried that there was still water in the rice fields.
At that time, once the river is cut off, Lijiazhuang can seize the time to collect water from the rice fields and store water.
Now that I have seen with my own eyes that the rice fields have turned into dry fields and the introduced water has quickly evaporated, I don’t have to worry anymore.
"If we have a good harvest, we can harvest about 100,000 catties a year." Li Haisheng replied.
"It seems that this year is another good harvest year." Wu Ze said with a smile.
"Yes, yes, we can harvest another hundred thousand catties." Li Haisheng also laughed.
"It seems that Mr. Li is very attentive. I won't check other places randomly. I have other official duties, so I won't bother you." Wu Ze was about to leave.
Li Haisheng said quickly: "Deputy Section Chief Zhong, I have asked people to prepare the meals. You should eat before leaving."
"Master Li, let's talk about it if there is a chance in the future." Wu Ze said solemnly, "You know, when doing things for the Imperial Army, there can be no delay at all. When Zhong Mou first came to Station 23, he had to take the time to familiarize himself with everything in the scope of work. "
"That's it, that's it. The imperial army's affairs are determined by God and cannot be delayed." Li Haisheng nodded, but secretly gave Wu Ze a heavy bag: "Deputy Chief Zhong, this is Li's little thought. Please take good care of me in the future.”
"Master Li, look at you, why are you so polite?" Although Wu Ze said this, he put the bag away calmly.
Wu Ze has long been familiar with this situation.
When a new official takes office and gets familiar with the job, he will definitely have to burn three fires. These traitors below are all human beings. No one is stupid, and no one wants to be burned by this fire.
As for the filial piety they offered, Wu Ze could not refuse, he had to accept it.
Otherwise, when the traitors see that he is not accepting anything, they will be suspicious and afraid, and if things go wrong, they will think that they will stab him in the future.
If this continues, it will easily lead to trouble.
"Where, where? As long as Deputy Section Chief Zhong doesn't dislike it." Seeing Wu Ze accept the money, the smile on Li Haisheng's face became even brighter.
I'm just afraid that the new official won't accept it. If he accepts it, we'll be fine in the future.
"Okay, Master Li, I have something else to do, so I'll take my leave."
"I'll see you off." Li Haisheng still took the initiative to send Wu Ze out of Lijiazhuang's peripheral defense line.
It wasn't until Wu Ze's back disappeared that Li Haisheng spat heavily on the ground and immediately changed his face: "Bah! Damn, what are you talking about for inspection? You're not here to make money."
"Master, please keep your voice down." A person beside him reminded me, "It is said that Deputy Section Chief Zhong has a good background and has taken over the position of Section Chief Ma's nephew. Just wait, there will be a dispute between Deputy Section Chief Zhong and Section Chief Ma , I will definitely have to compete hard.”
"That guy surnamed Ma is not a good guy. Every time I come here, I have to peel off my skin." Li Haisheng cursed.
"I just don't know whether Deputy Section Chief Zhong or Section Chief Ma will win," the man said.
"Needless to say, people named Ma have killed so many deputy section chiefs." Li Haisheng said casually, "The money I paid to Deputy Section Chief Zhong as a filial piety today must have been from Rou Baozi beating the dog."
"Then why do you still give it?"
"You think I'm willing to give it to you? No one can say what happens if Ma is killed." Li Haisheng cursed, and cursed Pu You again in his heart: "Pu You, this little devil, is really a fucking idiot." You’re smart, people kept dying at Station 23, and then their homes were ransacked by Pu You. The first thing a new person does is to come to the Fortress Village below to make money. The money they made, their homes were ransacked later, and it went into Pu You’s pockets. , this routine was repeated over and over again by Pu You, and the land in northwestern Shanxi was wiped out three feet by Pu You!"
…
Wu Ze rode a fast horse and deliberately went around an important place.
This is a point outside Lijiazhuang. The defense map provided by Li Haisheng is very detailed. In addition to the internal defense, some conditions outside Lijiazhuang can be seen. According to the map instructions, there is a water source here.
Wu Ze dismounted and washed his face in this pond.
I observed the pond. Although the pond was not deep, it was big enough.
By then, this pond will definitely have to be treated to prevent Lijiazhuang from coming to collect water.
"Deputy Chief Zhong, where should we go next?" the puppet platoon leader asked Wu Ze.
"Go to Wujiazhuang." Wu Ze remounted his horse, led the people to Wujiazhuang, and continued to seize the time to understand the important situations of several other fortress villages.
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11 a.m. the next day
Ma Wanpeng, the logistics section chief of Station 23, looked at Inoue Saki's letter. He was still confused about whether he should refuse.
Although, the webmaster Pu You is not here at this time. He has gone to Taiyuan for business and will not be back for a week.
This is a good opportunity for Ma Wanpeng.
Ma Wanpeng even secretly checked and found out that Inoue Saki came here because she couldn't stand the loneliness.
But Kamayo is old and out of his depth, and most of his attention is on making money. Naturally, he cannot take care of Inoue Saki's demands.
Such a woman is simply in vain...
But Ma Wanpeng knew deeply that Inoue Saki was a deadly poisonous flower.
This poisonous flower cannot be touched. If he touches it, Ma Wanpeng will fall into the abyss.
However, looking at Juanxiu's handwriting and thinking about Inoue Saki's graceful figure, Ma Wanpeng's body began to feel restless again.
Thinking of the troubles he had encountered over the years, Ma Wanpeng became increasingly unable to control his restlessness.
Jingle Bell!
The phone on the table rang, interrupting Ma Wanpeng's thoughts.
Picking up the phone, Ma Wanpeng said: "I am Ma Wanpeng."
"Section Chief, my sister-in-law has brought you food." A reminder voice came from inside.
"Okay, I understand." Ma Wanpeng hung up the phone and walked out of the room.
Soon, Ma Wanpeng saw his married wife Liu.
Mrs. Liu is forty-two years old this year, with a waist as thick as a bucket and a pockmarked face. The little flower she once was has now become a complete titan.
Ma Wanpeng's heart was filled with disgust and disgust.
But Ma Wanpeng did not dare to show any disgust in front of Mrs. Liu. He, Ma Wanpeng, is where he is today thanks to the support of his father-in-law.
My father-in-law has a strong background in Taiyuan, so he can easily put Ma Wanpeng into Station 23, or he can just slap Ma Wanpeng into the mines to work as a coolie.
Therefore, when facing Liu's delivery of food, Ma Wanpeng not only did not dare to dislike it, but also had to approach him like he was serving Pu You: "Madam, you are really serious and you are bringing me food again. I have already said that I have a friend at noon. Dinner, it’s not like we have nothing to eat.”
Because of Saki Inoue's letter, Ma Wanpeng excused himself from having a dinner at noon.
"The food outside is not as delicious as the food I cook." Ms. Liu put the lunch box in Ma Wanpeng's hand and went back.
As a womanly person, he should avoid going to places like this.
The main reason is that she often sees military police escorting prisoners who are being tortured in horrible conditions, and she can't stand it.
"Madam, thank you for your hard work." Ma Wanpeng sent Liu out of the door.
Back in the office, Ma Wanpeng was not even interested in opening the lunch box. Thinking of Liu's elephant-like body, Ma Wanpeng wanted to vomit.
He said towards the door: "Xiao Yang."
A young man walked in quickly: "Section Chief, what's the matter?"
"You can take this meal and eat it." Ma Wanpeng said, "When you're done eating, wash the lunch box and put it on my table."
After get off work, Ma Wanpeng had to take his lunch box back to hand in work.
"Yes, section chief." The young man went out with the lunch box in hand. It was obvious that he was not eating the meal Liu gave Ma Wanpeng once or twice.
After Liu's meal delivery, Ma Wanpeng's rationality became a little blurred.
The restlessness in my heart became more intense.
Guarding a yellow-faced woman every day, when will this day end?
So, Ma Wanpeng went out unexpectedly.
Ma Wanpeng was not stupid enough to go directly and blatantly.
Instead, he disguised himself before going to Pu You's house.
