C547 Where are the mercenaries? (1/2)

”The new army is recruiting for mercenaries. They sold a thousand of the silver s in one night …” ”The wounded and wounded will be rewarded with 2,000 hawks. Your wife, children, and parents will be raised in the Special Zone …”

”Is there anyone who would like to register? Fellow villagers, this is to protect our home. There are no perfect eggs under this nest …”

The refugees in the vicinity of the Special Zone were mostly concentrated in the northwest corner. This place was protected by a tall wall, and was also an area that was difficult to cover by cannonballs at sea. Over ten thousand people who had been swept by Maylor were hiding here.

A few civil officials from the Special Administrative Region were shouting in the chaotic alimentary canal. However, their efforts were in vain. Only a little over a hundred strong and young men bravely walked out.

Many of them looked numb. Even a few who were ready to move would be held down by their families. The white-haired old mother and crying wife, even if they wanted you to be their slave again, they didn't want you to risk your life.

”Ah!” ”Mother does not ask for you to be rich, but to live on in peace …” It's good that we're still alive. We're going to be alive! ”

This was the common wish of Chinese people for thousands of years. As long as a person was alive, it was fine. Whether it was noble or lowly, it was enough to live.

The civil servants went around the area three times before finally sighing and leaving, bringing the hundred over mercenaries back to report to General Liu Lang.

Liu Lang was so angry just by looking at it, ”It's that little? [Is there really such a small number of people who are willing to repay the favor of the Prime Minister?] F * ck … Maylor killed their families and burned their homes. The Prime Minister's Special Zone had saved their lives, even if it wasn't for the Prime Minister, but for themselves, they should still stand up and fight against the enemies, right? ”

Tie Toutuo patted Liu Lang's shoulders to comfort him, ”General, do not be agitated. The Prime Minister said that the citizens under the Qing Dynasty's rule have long been scared out of their wits by the slaughter and enslavement. It is only natural that they would be numb.

”Let's just watch and see. China is so big, it's impossible for hundreds of millions of people to awaken all of them. All we can do is to use our efforts to make the number of people we awaken increase …”

Tie Toutuo looked at the deathly still slum. He knew that there were a lot of people peeping and also knew that there were a lot of people listening attentively. Tie Toutuo sighed and raised his voice.

”Fellow villagers, it's hard to leave your home, and no one wants their family to die, so you all have to live a long life. That's why you all live in peace, so you all always fantasize that a butcher's knife will not fall onto your heads. When your neighbors, relatives, and friends met a tragic death, you all even felt inexplicably relieved …”

”You don't have to deny it. You think that the butcher has already killed a lot of people and the lamb is already full, so you won't kill yourself again. All you want is to be a fish that escaped the net!”

With a loud bang, Tie Toutuo smashed his fist on the table, ”But have you guys thought about it yet, your so-called 'luck' is built on the miserable deaths of your own kind. How many times can you guys treat a fish that escaped the net as? The homes outside the Special Zone have been destroyed, and you've fled inside. But what if the Special Zone has been breached? ”Where else can you guys escape to …”

”When the walls have been blown away and the enemy's knife is placed on your neck, do you want to be the fish that escaped the net?” Other than hiding your head in the hole and pretending that nothing exists, what else can you do but entrust your lives to the mercy of your enemies? ”

”I just can't do it for myself... Like a person... Going to risk it all? Even once, you can taste what it's like to be a person! ”Is it enough to be a servant …”

These heartbreaking words made all the hot-blooded men unable to hold back anymore. At that time, there were already many people rushing towards the outside. ”Fuck, I'm also a seven foot man, I'll do it …”

”Count me in …” And me... ”And us …” The entire shack was in an uproar.

However, no matter how hot-blooded a warrior was, they were afraid of their mother's tears and the weeping of their wives and children. Countless old people threw themselves on the ground and hugged their child's thigh while crying bitterly.

”You are not allowed to leave, I will not let you leave …” [You are unfilial if you want to leave. You are treason …] ”I don't understand anything. I don't want to hear anything. I just want you to be alive, alive is fine …”

”You can't leave when you're at home. We won't be able to live if you leave us orphans and widows behind …” For the sake of the baby, please come back … Come back! ”

The entire refugee camp was in chaos. Children were crying and adults were shouting. A man who wanted to walk out was kidnapped by family love, and in the end, only fifty people walked out.

Liu Lang and Tie Toutuo looked at the hundred over people in front of them, both of them at a loss of whether to laugh or cry. At that moment, they had doubts about the great plan the Prime Minister had described. Could a country really be rich and powerful?

”Forget it, I will leave Tie Toutuo Special Zone with you. I will bring these over a hundred brothers to cross the river to support the cannon emplacement … I gave Ye Qiu a promise, so I can't go back on my word! ”

Just then, a pair of white light suddenly flashed out from within the darkness, blinking as they approached them. Before Tie Toutuo could ask, a few figures appeared out of the darkness, causing everyone to jump in shock.