Chapter 443 [Enforcement with warmth, the stick with force]
"Mr. Qi, you must know a lot about Empress Dowager Yu, right?"
Cheng Jiayu's eyes flickered. "I heard that Empress Dowager Yu has a hidden reason for hating the Xin family so deeply."
Upon hearing this, the old doctor Qi paused and gave Cheng Jiayu a slap on the face: "You little brat, you're still trying to trick me?"
"The Xin family has been exiled. There's nothing much to say about this matter. Can they ever come back?"
He changed the subject: "Qi Yun, that little bastard, tricked me into coming here. At first I thought it was quite boring, but now, things are starting to get interesting."
"You youngsters are quite my type. Not bad, you guys should just follow me from now on!"
Doctor Qi's words amused Xue Wei and his group.
"Okay, we'll rely on you on the road from now on!"
After Qiu Fang, his guards, and his escorts had gathered the captured bandits, they came over to report, "Master Xue, the head count has been completed."
"There are a total of 153 bandits in this group."
"There are eighty people in the Tiger Camp and seventy-three people in the Gold and Silver Camp."
Xue Wei understood, and then said to the bandits: "Formally introduce myself. I am Xue Wei, the magistrate of Jingshui County in the northwest."
"Welcome everyone to become the first batch of members of our labor reform team!"
After Xue Wei finished speaking, Qiu Fang and his men applauded.
Many of the captured bandits had been bitten by poisonous creatures, their wounds were swollen and painful, and they were already dizzy. When they heard Xue Wei's words, they were even more confused.
Zou Hu, the owner of Menghu Manor, never imagined that these ordinary-looking followers could actually command poisonous creatures like scorpions and centipedes, and that such a master was hiding beside a small county magistrate.
Zou Hu asked in confusion, "Master Xue, what does this labor camp mean?"
Xue Wei patiently explained, "The 'labor reform team' is the abbreviation of the labor reform team. They help criminals become human beings through labor reform."
As Xue Wei spoke, Guan Yue organized his men to distribute the printed team rules and regulations and the Eight Honors and Eight Shames to these bandits.
"This is the rule of the labor camp. You must memorize it before noon tomorrow. Not only must you memorize it, but you must also follow it. If anyone fails to do so, they will be thrown into the centipede pit."
"Anyone who hasn't finished reciting the whole thing before noon tomorrow will receive ten more blows from the stick."
"And for every hour overtime, two more sticks will be added!"
Immediately, one of the bandits said with a bitter face: "We are rough and uncultured people, unlike you educated people. We can't read a single word!"
Zhang Tongban grasped the key point: "Wait, Master Xue, what do you mean by 'more' when you say 'hit ten more sticks'?"
Qiu Fang winked at his men and said, "Of course it's a welcome gift to you bandits who have committed robbery!"
Guan Yue raised the remaining paper in her hand and said, "Anyone who knows the words on this paper and can teach these members of the labor camp some of the team's discipline will be exempted from the ten-stick punishment."
The bandits remained silent. Most of them had no interest in reading and writing, nor did they want to memorize this stupid rule.
The enemy's guards and Guan Yue's bodyguards came up with long sticks.
They have received professional training. After ten blows, the pain reaches the bones and flesh, but the person can still walk. However, every step they take will cause pain in the tailbone and buttocks as if they are about to split.
"ah!"
"Please spare me, can't I just carry it on my back?"
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Since there were so many bandits, they were divided into three groups and tortured in turns. The screams were endless. After seeing the power of the charlatans, they finally became afraid.
When they thought about suffering the same torture tomorrow, many people turned their eyes to the copper coin.
Many people in Jinyinzhai knew that Zhang Tongban used to be a scholar and could read and write.
Zhang Tongban, who was in the second group, heard the screams and saw the bandits' expressions of agony. He looked at Xue Wei and the others, who were sitting calmly on small wooden stools drinking tea, and pinched the corner of his clothes: "Master Xue, I know a few words. I can teach them to recite."
Xue Wei glanced at him and said, "Oh, you are the boss of Jinyin Village, what's your name?"
It was the first time Zhang Tongban had encountered someone who didn't play by the rules, so he answered honestly, "They all call me Zhang Tongban."
Xue Wei nodded slightly: "Okay, then you can start."
Guan Yue added: "Everyone divides into groups of two and supervises each other. Both people in a group must recite it, otherwise they will still be beaten."
Xue Wei gave Guan Yue a thumbs up, saying that she was worthy of being the discipline committee member of their class and had even set up a collective responsibility system.
At this time, someone couldn't help but say, "Master Xue, please be kind. Many of our brothers have been stung by centipedes and scorpions. Now the wounds hurt like fire, and we feel dizzy and dizzy. How can we recite the books?"
Qiu Fang said to Xue Wei, "Master Xue, sixty-eight of these bandits have been bitten by poisonous insects."
The old doctor Qi standing by glanced at these people with a look of disdain. "You won't let me deal with these scumbags directly, will you? I won't do it."
"As you've heard, we only have one doctor here, and our medical resources are limited."
Guan Yue went to that station with the air of a mountain bandit’s leader: “Whoever can memorize the rules first will be the first to receive treatment.”
"Anyway, the poison in you won't kill you in a short time, but it's a bit worse than death."
The poisoned bandits felt dizzy and almost fainted.
Guan Yue shrugged: "If you had the time to complain, you would have memorized it long ago!"
The bandits looked at Zhang Tongban expectantly: "Brother Zhang, hurry up and start! I can't stand it anymore!"
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As the night deepened, the sound of reciting aloud could be heard in the remote and desolate Gobi Desert. It was truly eerie.
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The bandits, with sad faces, followed the copper coins to learn to read, speaking unstandard Mandarin.
Zhang Tongban was even more worried. He just hated himself for being so "cultured" among these bandits. Now he had to teach these idiots to read and memorize books. They all had such stupid brains. It was really infuriating!
Zhang Tongban corrected him impatiently, saying that Xue Wei and his group were simply not human beings. They had extremely high requirements for "endorsement" and even practiced collective punishment.
"Boss Zhang, what was the last sentence? I forgot."
Zhang Tongban, who is emotionally stable and rarely gets angry, is almost driven crazy by these "students".
"You bastard! I just finished talking to the last person who asked, and you're asking again! Are you all filled with water? Are you pigs?"
The bandit who asked the question was scolded and said awkwardly, "Boss Zhang, doesn't the team discipline say, 'Speak kindly, don't hit or swear,' you can't swear."
Zhang Tongban: ...
"Your brain is working so well at this time that you can remember it so clearly?!"
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