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- After Professor Liu inspected the construction site, he left with satisfaction.
On the branches of a tree not far away, a body that had long since lost its life was still hanging there.
Professor Liu just asked, and after knowing the reason, he was no longer interested.
??Chinese people, especially the elderly, are actually very open-minded.
Generally speaking, when it is not a very threatening situation, human life is taken very seriously.
But Professor Liu is an old angry young man who can¡¯t stand the various behaviors of officials in the virtual world, so he appreciates the way the empire treats Europeans.
Therefore, on the construction site he contracted, the construction workers were more or less cruel in the way they dealt with the prisoners.
¡°After all, Professor Liu, a big boss of Chinese descent, doesn¡¯t care, so why should they, the little overseers, care.
As for the dead, they don¡¯t care. Anyway, it¡¯s not them who are unlucky.
As long as Professor Liu, a Chinese-origin man, is satisfied, then the people below them will have a good life.
As for their happiness being based on the blood and tears of their compatriots, there is no way and no one will consider it.
Human nature is selfish, and this was even more evident among Europeans in the seventeenth century.
The cold wind howled, and goose-feather-like snowflakes fell. When it was almostmore than 10 minutes in the afternoon, the sky was covered with snow.
The prisoners were already wearing thin clothes, but now the heavy snowfall has made them even more miserable.
But those supervisors, big and small, don¡¯t care about it. They only ask the prisoners to complete the workload.
They will ignore the rest of the matter.
Fortunately, there were so many problems, but the prisoners still completed today's work tasks, and then they could finally take a rest.
The supervisors led the prisoners on foot back to the thatched work shed not far away. Although it could provide some protection from the wind and snow, the temperature was still very low.
Although there is coal for heating here in Ontario City, these prisoners cannot enjoy such treatment.
So, every night they sit together to resist the cold cold.
Every morning, those who are thinner will freeze to death.
Situations like this happen every day.
The lives of these people are almost the same as those of the Chinese workers in the 19th century.
¡°I have to say that this is probably Song Hu¡¯s deliberate revenge, or something.
"Come on, come on! Dinner is ready!"
Several European free laborers came to the door of the work shed carrying several large, dirty barrels.
The numb faces of the prisoners finally had a hint of life.
They fumbled and picked up a big wooden bowl, and then squeezed in one after another.
Unpalatable brown rice, paired with dishes made from some rotten vegetable leaves, was their dinner.
Only when eating can these prisoners regain some energy and let others know that they are still thoughtful people.
Here, there are thirty-two large work sheds, each housing three hundred prisoners.
In front of each shed door, there are people carrying large wooden buckets to deliver meals.
"Don't take away my food. I haven't eaten for three days. If I don't eat anymore, I won't be able to survive tonight."
A man who had just finished his meal and was walking back with his companions was knocked to the ground by a tall man with a sinewy face. His stagger also affected his companions who were chained with him.
The man in charge ignored his pleading and walked directly in front of them, snatching away the wooden bowl he was protecting, leaving the man crying there.
This man¡¯s face was pale, and there was no trace of blood on his face. Even when he cried, his voice was very weak.
It can be seen that this man is extremely weak.
As he said himself, if he doesn¡¯t eat today, he won¡¯t be able to survive the cold wave in the middle of the night.
"It's a pity that his pleading did not win the mercy of the attacker. Even his companions who were chained with him at the same time ignored him one by one.
??Selfish human nature is well explained here.
Like most prisons, there are some overlords here.
Relying on their own strength, they often??Taking other people's rations.
Because they have the coolest jobs and wear thin clothes.
If they don¡¯t eat well, they won¡¯t be able to keep up with their own body consumption.
This is very scary.
?????????????? Professor Liu, the contractor of the road construction, seemed to be very stingy in terms of food for the workers in order to save money and repay the loan.
This resulted in prisoners who endured a lot of physical labor and simply did not have enough to eat.
In addition, there is no meat in the food, so the prisoners eat a lot, otherwise they will not be full.
And if you don¡¯t have enough to eat, you won¡¯t be able to work, which is a vicious cycle.
Therefore, robbing other people¡¯s food rations has become a normal thing here.
When the European free workers who distributed the dinner saw this situation, they did not even blink their eyelids, as if they had not seen it at all.
For them, it has nothing to do with the prisoners being beaten to death or bullying their companions.
They won¡¯t care at all.
What they have to do is distribute dinner and prepare three meals a day: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
No one will cause trouble for themselves.
¡°Besides, they can¡¯t control it even if they do.
They have no rights, so if something goes wrong, they will be in trouble.
Soon, the dinner was distributed, and several people left here carrying the big wooden barrels.
The door of the thatched hut was closed, and apart from the sound of everyone snoring while eating, there were only the low cries of some prisoners who had been deprived of their food rations.
Although there were thick haystacks around, it still couldn't resist the cold and biting wind.
But no matter what, it is already very good compared to the outside.
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These prisoners basically have no ideas now. They just live day by day.
In the past, there were still people who wanted to unite everyone to resist, but most of the resisters last time were frozen to death in the snow after escaping. After the rest were executed in public, there were no more people left. Such thoughts.
Although the work is very hard, as long as you work, the supervisor will not care about you.
Although the food was not very good, it was at least eighty percent full.
As the saying goes, it is better to live than to die. As long as you don't actively seek trouble here, no one will pay attention to you.
Unless you are seeking death yourself, then no one else is to blame.
As night falls, the entire prison camp is shrouded in darkness, the north wind howls, and bursts of howling wolves can be heard not far away.
The entire camp was surrounded by a wooden fence, with dozens of sentries standing around. If you wanted to escape, you had to face the arrows of the European guards.
And even if you run out, there is no place to hide around, and there are still wild animals.
So, escaping is just like seeking death¡ª¡ª
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Professor Liu doesn¡¯t care about the prisoners¡¯ thoughts and living conditions.
He doesn¡¯t have a good impression of Europeans. Although theoretically these Europeans are the ancestors of Europeans in later generations, or the ancestors of Europeans in the parallel world (virtual world), what does this have to do with Professor Liu.
After he left the construction site, he returned to his home.
When he came back, his wife had already prepared dinner.
She is a tall, kind-hearted old lady, and she and Professor Liu have always been close to each other until now.
After Professor Liu came to this world, Song Hu followed his request and brought his family over.
Therefore, Professor Liu¡¯s daughter, wife and family have all taken root in this era.
Professor Liu¡¯s wife also likes this era and this continent very much.
Only his daughter thinks there is something wrong here, mainly because there are too few entertainment facilities.
Professor Liu¡¯s daughter teaches at the school and accommodation is provided there, so she will not come back to live there.
Therefore, at home, there are only the old couple.
¡°Hey, pickled cabbage, pork, and potatoes stewed with beans, they¡¯re pretty good, they¡¯re all my favorite dishes.¡±
As soon as he entered the room, Professor Liu smelled the aroma of vegetables.
He walked into the kitchen. Bion¡¯s wife brought the prepared dishes to the dining room and put them away, then turned around and walked toIn front of the cupboard, I took out the bulk Erguotou I bought.
Professor Liu¡¯s home was much larger than that of later generations. It was a small two-story villa covering an area of ??more than an acre.
The old couple lived in such a big home, so it seemed a bit empty.
Fortunately, there is electricity at home, otherwise I wouldn¡¯t know how eerie it would be.
Professor Liu earns a high salary because he serves as a government civil servant.
Originally, it was okay for him to hire a few maids, but because Song Hu forcefully gave him a loan and asked him to submit a road construction project, Professor Liu suddenly did not dare to spend money randomly.
Because he was worried that he would lose money due to the project and would not be able to get a loan.
In his heart, he still complained about Song Hu's insistence on forcing himself to submit the project.
From his point of view, Song Hu set a trap because he wanted to screw up his former self and lock himself next to him to serve him.
¡°In fact, Professor Liu didn¡¯t know that he was completely wrong.
The main reason why Song Hu gave Professor Liu a tough loan and let him contract some road construction projects was to allow him to make some money.
And make money openly and honestly.
It¡¯s just that Professor Liu is an old intellectual and knows nothing about these things, so it¡¯s no wonder that he is so scared and worried.
These worries of his have never been spoken out to Song Hu, and he has hidden them in his heart.
¡°If he had told Song Hu, maybe he wouldn¡¯t be so annoyed.
¡°I think if Song Hu knew what Professor Liu was worried about, he would definitely laugh his head off.
Prisoners can use it to their death without worrying about paying for their lives.
In addition, many raw materials are very cheap, so how can we lose money after contracting this project?
"How are you today? You've gone to see the construction site. You should feel relieved."
Unlike her husband, Professor Liu¡¯s wife believes that the contracted project is unlikely to lose money.
¡°But Professor Liu doesn¡¯t believe this at all.
After sitting down, he filled a glass of wine for himself, then picked up a piece of fragrant pork belly and put it into his mouth.
It smells delicious!
Professor Liu closed his eyes and enjoyed it very much.
"Don't tell me, the taste of this pickled cabbage is very good, much more fragrant than that of later generations. It may be related to the fact that the pollution is not so serious. Of course, the pork of this era has not eaten feed containing many hormones."
Professor Liu did not answer his wife¡¯s words, but talked about the issue of sauerkraut.
"Don't interrupt, I'm asking you something."
As his boss, how could his wife, who has lived with him for decades, not understand him? As soon as he heard this, he knew that the old man was going to change the subject.
"I've seen it, and it's going well. The Europeans are working hard, and the supervisors are working hard, so the project is going smoothly. But because it's winter, we can only lay the roadbed first, and as for the pouring of cement That won¡¯t work, we can only wait until spring to start.¡±
Professor Liu took a sip of Erguotou and continued his attack on the sauerkraut.
His wife filled him with a large bowl of white rice and placed it in front of him.
"Don't just drink, eat some food first to fill your stomach."
She knows that her man likes to take a few sips.
However, it is still inevitable to say the last two sentences.
"Besides, the armed security force there is too weak and needs to be strengthened in this aspect. So I plan to discuss it with Song Hu and let him organize some people to do armed security." Liu mentioned this matter. The professor looked a little worried. After all, the number of prisoners in Europe is really large now, and the supervision and guards are only more than 100, but there are almost 10,000 prisoners.
With such a huge difference in the number of people, it is inevitable that the prisoners will have some unnecessary thoughts.
And then, cause some big troubles.
¡°The prisoners have just arrived in America not long ago, and it is still winter. If they cause trouble, they have no way out.
But what about next spring?
You should know that the number of prisoners is still growing steadily.
Over in Manhattan, ships transporting prisoners also arrive at the port every day and are then organized to be sent here.
"You need to pay attention to this matter. Those Europeans don't have good things. TheyThe ?? type is bully and afraid of the strong. If you give them a good look, they will immediately stick to the wall. "
Professor Liu¡¯s wife, like him, has no favorable impression of Europeans.
After all, when the two were young, the history of China in the virtual world was similar to the history in reality.
People in that era were extremely disgusted with European and American imperialism.
It was only after the reform and opening up that large numbers of new "foreign slaves" appeared, which led to some bad phenomena in China.
Professor Liu¡¯s wife also couldn¡¯t stand this. (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!) - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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