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After settling down Ye Wen's family, Ye Xuan returned to his courtyard and asked Jinshan, "Brother Jin, have the Japanese moved their headquarters into Brother Wen's house?"
"Our brothers have been investigating, but there is no news yet." As the saying goes, a scholar who has been away for three days should be looked at in a new light. After a few years of experience, Jinshan was no longer comparable to the boorish man of the past.
"Yes!" Ye Xuan stood on the chair and nodded. He then said, "The tunnel we dug previously will come in handy. While the Japanese haven't moved in yet, you should get someone to bury the explosives and lay the fuse. We can use it when the time comes!"
"Haha, okay. When the Japanese headquarters are all moved in, we will blow them all up!" Jinshan laughed when he heard Ye Xuan's words.
Unexpectedly, Ye Xuan smiled and shook his head after hearing his words. "Brother Jin, if we blow up the Japanese headquarters, they can still make another headquarters. If a Japanese general dies, they can still send two Japanese generals over. What we need is not just to kill a few commanding generals. What we need to do is to drive all the Japanese out of Foshan."
"Brother Jin, how is the tunnel digging going?" Ye Xuan asked again.
"There are 20,000 people digging together. We have already completed more than half of it." Jinshan said.
"Yes!" Ye Xuan was also quite satisfied with this progress. According to the drawings he had designed, as long as the tunnels and underground space were all dug, it would be enough to accommodate 200,000 people living and fighting underground. These were all the foundations to resist the Japanese's counterattack in the future, so it was very important.
"Everything should be careful. Now that the Japanese have entered the city, we must not let them notice the existence of the tunnel. Tell our brothers below to be careful. Kill all the Japanese they see!" As Ye Xuan said, a trace of murderous intent flashed in his eyes. "Also, now we can start to select the militia from the young and strong people. First, select 700 people. Each old militia will lead a new militia. Give them three days to test and then give them guns."
"Yes, I will arrange it now!" Jinshan's orders were never opposed to Ye Xuan's since he was conquered by Ye Xuan. Whatever Ye Xuan said, he would do. This time was no exception. After Ye Xuan's arrangements, he agreed and went out to make the arrangements.
Seeing that Jinshan had gone to make arrangements, Ye Xuan leaned back on the armchair and placed his right hand on the armrest. His index and middle fingers gently tapped on it. This was a habit of his when he was thinking about things.
He was not a military personnel, nor was he a student who had studied in a military school. He was just an ordinary person, and he might only have a familiarity with the development of the plot and some fragments of knowledge he had seen on the computer in the information explosion of the future. He knew that he was very lacking, so he would usually review what he had done and study it over and over again. He was no longer alone, and there were tens of thousands of ordinary people behind him, so he had no choice but to be cautious.
After being busy for nearly two months, using the method of the old militia leading the new militia, Ye Xuan already had nearly three thousand militia members under his command. There were still nearly twelve thousand militia members left, but the firearms in their hands were limited. Only three thousand militia members had guns, and the remaining twelve thousand militia members could only be bare-handed for the time being. However, Ye Xuan still arranged for a few martial arts masters to teach them how to fight.
During this period, the Japanese finally extended their claws and fangs to Foshan, blowing up shops, burning wineries, robbing property, occupying medicinal gardens, and even demolishing twenty to thirty streets from Gui Xian Street to Shengping Road under the name of "empty houses without owners". All the wood was sold, turning these prosperous industrial and commercial places into rubble wastelands.
Not only that, but they also cleverly set up a tax. Even suburban farmers had to pay a dung tax when they entered the city to drown. Some streets were also designated as restricted areas, and there were enemy troops or mechanisms stationed in each restricted area. Civilians were strictly prohibited from approaching the restricted area, or else they would be killed without mercy. Checkpoints were set up at all intersections, and if pedestrians wanted to pass through, they had to bow to the Japanese soldiers. If they didn't do as they wished, they would be punched and kicked by the Japanese soldiers. They also needed to apply for a "good citizen certificate". If they didn't have a "good citizen certificate", they would be arrested and punished if they encountered an inspection. If it was serious, they would be accused of being a bad person or being detained for investigation … and so on. Because of this, the people of Foshan lived in fear and suffering.
Ye Xuan had been keeping a low profile for the past two months. Of all the factories and shops under his command, except for a gauze silk factory that was ordered by the Japanese to move to Taiwan for production, he had used money to shut the mouths of the Japanese at his behest. Only then were they able to continue operating.
"Boss, we can't go on like this. The Japanese come to the coal factory every few days to collect taxes. This month, they have already collected nearly ten thousand yuan from our factory. Our coal factory doesn't earn that much in a year!" Uncle Gen, who was in charge of the coal factory for Ye Xuan, poured out his grievances to Ye Xuan.
"Uncle Gen, don't worry. No matter how much the Japanese eat now, I will make them spit it out several times more." Ye Xuan comforted Uncle Gen. Uncle Gen was the original owner of this coal factory, but because of poor management, Ye Xuan thought of the coal factory in the original movie and bought him. He also gave Uncle Gen 20% of the shares, so that he could continue to help him run the coal factory.
"Oh right, Uncle Gen, how are the workers I asked you to recruit?" Ye Xuan asked again.
"According to what you said, we have been recruiting martial artists. Sigh, now that the Japanese are running amok in Foshan, many people don't even have enough to eat. Those martial artists in the past, when they heard that they wanted to mine coal, who would come? Now, when they heard that our coal factory is recruiting people and that we have two meals a day, everyone is rushing to come. Foshan, it's so hard! " Uncle Gen shook his head and sighed. Then, he suddenly said, "By the way, when I was recruiting people this morning, I saw Master Ye. Back then, Master Ye's family was one of the best in Foshan, but now …"
"What?" When Ye Xuan heard Uncle Gen's words, he thought he had misheard. Ye Wen had already made arrangements. The food in the house was enough for them to eat for half a year. Why would he come out and look for work? Could it be that the inertia of the plot was so great?
"Uncle Gen, you said that Brother Wen is now in the coal factory?"
"Yes, this morning when I went to recruit people, I saw Master Ye among the crowd, so I recruited him. Boss, should I …" Uncle Gen's expression was a little uneasy, thinking that he had done something wrong. One should know that Foshan was now filled with starving people. The reason why he could live such a life now was because Ye Xuan continued to let him be the owner of the coal factory. Only then could his family have food to eat. He didn't want to lose such a life because of something he did unintentionally.
"It's okay!" Looking at Uncle Gen's uneasy expression, Ye Xuan smiled and shook his head. He stood up and said, "Brother Wen is my friend. Uncle Gen, I'll go and see him."
Ye Xuan entered the coal factory from the back door. After he entered, he went straight to the office to look for Uncle Gen, so the workers didn't know that he had come to the coal factory.
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