"Who else is there? They are the prisoners you captured from Fengshan!" Fu Yan said angrily, "These guys have greatly disrupted the economic order of Shunfeng City! Now the ports and streets of Shunfeng City are everywhere.
They set up small stalls to sell goods, but they were driven away here and put up again there. They can’t be punished or arrested. It’s really hopeless!”
Fu Yan was talking about Kondo Guiichi and Tamayama Sumiyoshi's group of Fengshan soldiers who surrendered. For safety reasons, Xiao Chen did not dare to let them stay in Gaojuli, fearing that they would be taken care of by Gaojuli.
So when Yanyun County withdrew, they brought them all back and temporarily placed them in the camp where the Yizhou Guards were stationed outside Shunfeng City.
Firstly, Yanyun's army treated the prisoners preferentially, and secondly, they surrendered voluntarily. It was considered a battlefield uprising.
Therefore, Xiao Chen also deliberately asked the military logistics department to give them the best treatment. Not only were they provided with three meals a day, but other non-staple food supplies were also quite generous.
Of course, their movements are restricted, and they are definitely not allowed to go out casually, but you can't restrict the freedom of General Kondo Keiichi, right?
If they send out a few personal guards to do something, you can't stop them, right?
In addition, Tamayama Sumiyoshi and several military lieutenants all graduated from Yanyun Military Academy, and the Yanyun army responsible for guarding them also had some newly promoted officers who were their classmates.
My old classmates are suffocating on your three-thirds of an acre of land. If they want to come out and show off, why don’t you give me face? It’s impossible not to give them face.
If these guys were just out for a walk, it wouldn't be a big deal, but who knew that these guys would actually go to Shunfeng City and set up a stall to sell their goods!
It doesn’t matter if they are selling their own things, what the heck, they are selling supplies provided to them by Yan Yunjun’s logistics.
These are all in short supply in the market, and the prices they sell are cheaper than those on the market. The quality of military supplies is pretty good... Do you think this business can be booming?
Fu Yan was shocked when he heard about it. What the hell are these little devils going to do?
Selling military supplies privately is a serious crime. Believe it or not, I will arrest you all!
However, Tamayama Sumiyoshi, who openly set up the stall at the entrance of his Shunfeng Mansion Yamen, didn't take it seriously at all.
Mr. Fu, you are wrong. What we sell are all our personal belongings, because this is the benefit given to us by Boss Xiao Chen. Since it is given to us, it belongs to us, right?
What's the problem with selling our own things to save some money for traveling back in the future?
You said this is military supplies, but there are no markings on it. Why not? That was work we all tore off.
In addition, we are all soldiers. Strictly speaking, we are prisoners and are under the jurisdiction of your army. It seems to have nothing to do with Master Fu in your place, right?
Of course, if you need to collect taxes, we will definitely pay them in full.
But as far as we know, you currently don’t charge stall tax, right?
You said we can't set up a stall here? That's no problem. We can just change the place. Shunfeng City is so big and it doesn't fit anywhere, so we packed up everything and left.
I left, but I came back the next day. Why did you come back?
The answer is that we think this place is the best and the fastest to sell things, but we will leave to work as soon as we finish selling, so Mr. Fu doesn’t have to drive us away...
Fu Yan really had nothing to do with them and simply turned a blind eye, but the shop owners along the street were not happy. Damn it, weren't they blatantly stealing business from us?
If the things they sell are so cheap, how can we sell our things?
Mr. Fu, you have to make the decision for us, otherwise we will go to Changshan County Yamen to find the old man to file a lawsuit against you!
Just ask him, old man, how did you, Fu Wanchun, become the prefect? Is it okay to openly let the little devil disrupt the market order on the street?
This gave Fu Yan a big headache. When he came to Changshan to do business this time, he happened to complain to Xiao Chen. Please send these Japanese uncles away quickly. I beg you!
"Hahaha, this guy Tamayama Sumiyoshi is very shameless, but he really has a business sense. Can they do this kind of thing?" Xiao Chen burst out laughing after hearing this.
"I said, boss, why are you raising these bastards? You still have delicious food and drinks every day. Damn it, I get angry when I see these bastards with their red faces and fat heads! They don't look like prisoners at all.
" Fu Yan said.
"I just want them to be fat and white, so they will look good when I send them back. If they are all sallow and skinny, then Brother Shenzhao will think that I have abused them... Don't worry, I guess someone from Japan will come to collect them soon."
They went back." Xiao Chen said.
"These guys are considered hostages. When they come to ask for them later, boss, you have to give them a big blackmail! Although we didn't die many people in this war, the money was spent in the ocean. The old man started to follow me again.
I'm so tired of crying!" Fu Yan said.
"It's not that the old man is complaining about poverty with you, it's that the project you and Qian Ruhai are going to do is really huge, costing tens of millions of dollars. Not to mention the old man, it makes my heart hurt!" Xiao Chen said.
"Boss, that's not what you said at the beginning. You also said that this was a century-old plan..." Fu Yan said.
"I didn't know that I had to spend so much money at the beginning. Besides, didn't we all get together? The old man not only complained about his poverty to you, but also got angry with me every day when he came back. He said that winning wars is all about making money, and we are the only ones.
Even if you win the battle, you still have to pay for it." Xiao Chen said with a smile.
"This time we really paid a lot of money." Fu Yan sighed, "The military expenditure for the Russians alone was nearly 10 million taels, and Wanyan and the others also spent 10 million taels, not counting supplies.
...The problem is that there will be more places for Gao Juli to spend money in the future. In the words of the old man, it will be a bottomless pit!"
"Now Gao Juli is running out of money, so we must invest some money up front, but I think it won't take long for the rewards to come, so the money spent is worth it." Xiao Chen said, "By the way, Wan
Chun, Wanyan wants you to help him..."
"Ah?" Fu Yan was surprised, "Why are you helping him? I don't know how to lead troops."
"He wants you to be the political advisor of Xijing. Wanyan still lacks experience in governing the local area and needs a strong assistant." Xiao Chen said.
"Zuo Yizheng?" Fu Yan was startled, "Isn't that the Prime Minister and the Chief Assistant?"
"What's wrong, Prime Minister? Don't you, Fu Wanchun, dare to do it?" Xiao Chen said with a smile.
"It's not that I don't dare to do it, it's that I don't dare to be on an equal footing with the old man." Fu Yan was happy, "No wonder the old man was acting weird when he saw me today, and he always looked at me unfavorably."
"The old man is reluctant to let you go. He seriously disagrees with you going. He said that if you leave, you will lose his right and left hand. However, considering the overall situation, you are the only one who is the most suitable. Therefore, the old man can only reluctantly give up, but he still needs to ask you.