Song Xian kept this strange matter to himself, with no one to tell.
The next day, Duan Lao Er and the leader of the Fifth District were also captured by Qiu Feng's men. They were ambushed on their way back, and the capture went very smoothly.
This time, the bandits and the bandits switched identities. The surviving bandits were put in shackles. Qiu Feng told everyone that the underground defense project must continue, as manpower is also a precious resource.
Unfortunately, the number of bandits was small, and some died, leaving less than three hundred. It was unlikely that they could complete all the underground works before the extreme heat arrived.
So these people still have to work in the fields, but the good thing is that Qiu Feng has made reasonable arrangements for their work this time. Although it is still tiring, at least it is humane. Moreover, the current underground project is for their future.
Half a month after Song Xian returned to the town, he finally realized how foolish he had been to invite Brother Li Jia to join him.
There are less than two hundred original residents left in the town. The other eight or nine hundred were captured by bandits and many died during their enslavement. Otherwise, the town could easily accommodate four or five thousand people.
When everyone was oppressed and suffering together cautiously, the relationship was relatively friendly. Now that they have been rescued, however, there are more and more complaints.
Because Qiu Feng and his men from District One had become the new bosses of the town, managing everything and assigning jobs to the town's residents.
Many people began to complain that even after being rescued, the food hadn't improved much; they still couldn't get enough to eat, and the work was still just as tiring and forced. The situation didn't seem much better than when they were enslaved by bandits.
Song Xian felt that these people were really ungrateful. What was the situation now? They were lucky to have anything to eat. Moreover, Qiu Feng and the others had explained that there wasn't much food in the town, and they could only eat sparingly. He had already sent his brothers out to find a solution.
Work must be arranged by force, otherwise you don't want to do this, and he thinks that is too tiring. If you pick and choose, when will their underground project be completed?
Now we only work six hours a day and get one day off a week. If we get sick, we can take leave. How can we compare to the past? Back then, bandits might take a whim and whip someone for their amusement if they noticed them.
In short, conditions have improved, but people's hearts are not content, and the atmosphere in the town is really not good.
Two weeks later, Qiu Feng took more than half of his men out on a trip and didn't return until the third day. When he came back, he was driving eight trucks loaded with supplies.
As for what was inside, his men had no idea. Qiu Feng led his men to drive the truck directly into Zone 1, and they themselves did the unloading of the supplies. After moving them into the warehouse, they locked it up.
The townspeople were overjoyed to see the eight truckloads of goods, but two days later, some people started smashing bowls and causing trouble. They wondered why their food and living conditions hadn't improved at all, even though they had eight truckloads of supplies.
A group of radicals, waving their fists and shouting, "We want to eat our fill! We want to eat our fill!..." marched towards the protest area.
A large group of people followed behind to watch the spectacle, while Song Xian and a very small number of others stayed behind, obediently finishing their meals before going to work.
The supplies were obtained through their hard work, and how they were used was entirely up to them. Having experienced the dark history of enslavement, Song Xian was quite content with his current peaceful life.
As for those who protested, Song Xian felt that if the leader was a capable leader like Brother Li Jia, he would definitely be the first to follow. But for those who had no ability, had a bad temper, and forgot the pain as soon as the wound healed, Song Xian had nothing to say.
Sure enough, a short while later, Song Xian heard gunshots. Ten minutes later, their supervisor notified them to suspend work and have everyone go to the square in the center of town for a meeting.
Qiu Feng stood on the high platform in the square, looking down at the people below. He felt a little irritated. He said coldly, "The bandits in the town were taken down by my brothers and me. The supplies and equipment were also seized by us through our own abilities."
As for the eight trucks we brought back a couple of days ago, only two and a half of them contained food, three of them contained solar panels that we had found, and the rest contained daily necessities.
These were things that my brothers and I went out to find and retrieved. What does it have to do with you?
If any of you are still not satisfied with your current lives, then pack your things and get out! The world is a vast place for you to choose from!
Whispers rose from the square: "At least let us have a decent meal once in a while..." "We can't fight, but we've done our part in the work..."
The brother next to Qiu Feng fired two shots at the spot where the people below were standing. The bullets exploded around their feet, and some people were slightly injured by the blasts, but it had a good deterrent effect. No one dared to say anything more.
Qiu Feng spoke again: "At the current rate, the food in the town can only last for another three months. After three months, if there is no food replenishment, everyone will starve to death."
"If you want to live here, then live the way you want. If you can't stand it, you can leave now. I'm only giving you this one chance. If you don't leave today and cause trouble again, then you'll be joining those bandits, doing the hardest and most tiring work every day, eating the least and worst food."
The crowd fell silent. After a while, a voice suddenly broke out from the crowd: "If we leave now, can we take three months' worth of food with us?"
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