War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 321: Confiscating the House! (Thanks to '小名啵啵儿'1818 for the reward!)
"Mr. Cao, the current chaos in the world is actually caused by the rapid development of industrialization. The development of industrialization has greatly increased production capacity while saving manpower, and capitalists are unwilling to sell goods to the poor at low prices. This has led to major news that American businessmen would rather destroy or dump their goods than sell them."

"The same is true for England, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and other countries. This impact has not only plunged Europe into a seemingly rapid development process, but also into a crisis. The traditional European powers have dealt with this by dumping on other countries and using their own excess production capacity to destroy the economies of other countries. In other words, they are grabbing territory, just like the last war when those powers grabbed territory all over the world."

"In my opinion, this war is not just in Asia. Sooner or later, a war will break out in Europe as well."

Dagu, Cao Mansion.

The old and resigned president Cao Kun, whose skin has collapsed, is still sitting on the sofa covered with a blanket and wearing silk pajamas, listening to a man explaining the world. However, the other party's remarks make him more and more frightened the more he listens.

“Is there any way to resolve this situation without going to war?”

He finally asked this question.

The cultural person thought for a moment and said, "Yes, but it takes time and opportunity."

"How to say?"

The intellectual laughed: "In the past, our country was called the Celestial Empire, and all nations came to pay tribute to it. If there is still such a day when our country's status can surpass that of other countries, we can change the way we do things, use the way of 'help and assistance', and transform the country's excess production capacity into economic benefits to change the lives of our people."

“But…” This is why he laughed: “This requires a strong government to unify the control, the whole nation to be united, and everyone to share the same ideals and expectations. This is very difficult.”

Cao Kun still didn't understand it thoroughly and continued to ask: "You mean, our current chaos is also due to overcapacity?"

The intellectual shook his head and said, "No, our chaos is precisely because of scarcity. It is plundering under scarcity, not expansion after abundance."

"This led to other countries becoming richer as they expanded, while our country fell further and further behind and became poorer amid the wars among warlords."

"In this era, the Yuan Dynasty's method of relying on war to support war can no longer support a system. War must be linked to the economy. Cao Gong, the times have changed."

Cao Kun was originally unwilling to accept it. He felt that he had been president for too short a time and had not shown his ambitions. But now, when he heard that everything he had done was wrong and that he was completely out of touch with the times, he finally lowered his head, still dreaming of regaining his glory.

These old warlords no longer have any chance, this era has eliminated them...

"Is the chaos in Dagu also like this? Is it because of scarcity or abundance?"

"Neither. It's because of the change of power."

The intellectual shook his head in disappointment: "Xu Chaoyang from 217 is just a soldier. He doesn't understand economics or politics. He wants to establish his authority in Dagu by relying on his military exploits during the war of resistance against Japanese aggression and grab a few votes at the same time."

"Mr. Cao, actually... there is something I don't know whether I should say or not."

"You said."

"It's not just those who provoke Xu Chaoyang who need to be careful. I think people like you and Mr. Bai are likely to become targets of Xu Chaoyang. After all, in the eyes of such people, creating wealth is a foolish act, and robbing wealth is the fastest way to get rich. Please be careful."

Cao Kun smiled, looked out the window slowly and said: "The water of Haihe River has not changed for a hundred years, only the moss has reappeared. At my age, I don't care about these things anymore. The country will always have new people, and the old will be replaced by the new..."

……

Dagu.

All hell breaks loose.

The two battalions of the 217th Regiment implemented a wartime curfew in Dagu, confining all civilians in their homes, while military vehicles passed through Dagu town one after another.

"Is it here? Are you sure?"

"Don't worry, this yard must be the home of the deputy director of the thermal power plant. We have already inquired about it!"

"Break the door!" Squeak!
The moment the car stopped, the soldiers immediately jumped off the truck, holding torches and carrying guns, and rushed towards the gate of a small courtyard.

Boom boom!
Under the light of the fire, the two soldiers raised the butt of their G98s and smashed them against the door. When the doorman inside opened the door a crack, - bang!

Someone outside kicked the door open: "Don't move!"

Immediately afterwards, a group of soldiers rushed in with guns.

An officer stood in the courtyard and shouted, "I am the artillery platoon directly under the 217th Regiment, under the order of the regiment headquarters, to arrest corrupt officials. Those who have nothing to do with it should retreat, and those who disobey orders and resist will be killed. Tell me, where is Zhou Bingkun, the deputy director of the thermal power plant?"

"Platoon leader, they have a car!"

"Drive the car away! Load all the valuables of the Zhou family into the car, take the Zhou family back to the regiment headquarters, and seal the courtyard!"

The gatekeeper's servants were dumbfounded. This didn't look like catching a corrupt official at all. Wasn't this just a house search?
These soldiers acted as if they had never seen anything before. They took whatever they saw. A soldier held the old record player in one hand and carried the speaker in the other. Someone else carried the newly bought "chatterbox". Some soldiers even took several pairs of leather shoes, including black high heels for ladies...

Life is not going well. If you encounter war, you will not be able to speak your mind even if you are right.

"What are you doing!"

Zhou Bingkun rushed out and had just said one sentence when a soldier knocked him to the ground with the butt of his gun. After that, the soldier was still shouting: "Don't talk nonsense to me, we are following orders!"

After he finished shouting this, he turned around and boasted, "Hahaha, platoon leader, I also have a place to call myself the old man!"

Similar things happened in every place in Dagu Town, including the home of the accountant of the thermal power plant, the home of the comprador, and all the soldiers who came out of the shipyard where 217 was stationed. They all had clear targets, and without harassing other civilians, they completely emptied the homes of these rich people and arrested their entire families.

When Mancangzi returned to the shipyard from Zhou Bingkun's house with a truck full of things, the huge courtyard was already full of people. On the other side of the courtyard was a rain shelter made of oil paper. Almost everyone in the group was busy, some were counting items, some were guarding the prisoners. Only Xu Chaoyang had someone move a chair into the courtyard and sat there, crossing his legs and waiting.

"report!"

Man Guangzhi walked towards Xu Chaoyang and said, "Reporting to the artillery platoon, Zhou Bingkun's entire family and the financial department have all been brought here, no one is missing, not a penny is missing."

Xu Chaoyang nodded to Man Guangzhi with satisfaction: "Return to the team."

"Yes!"

Chang Zhan couldn't even look at it anymore. He picked up a small box from the pile of items and took out a balloon-like object from the box. He shook it in his hand and it was still elastic...

"Chaoyang, look, I found something new."

Xu Chaoyang looked back and saw that Chang Zhan was having a lot of fun and was really looking at it carefully. He immediately said, "Throw it away!"

"Why throw this away? It's quite fun!"

"Chaoyang, what on earth is this?" He put it in his mouth and actually blew it: "Why is this thing so oily?"

"That's a kidney shirt! A foreign kidney shirt!"

"grass!"

　Thanks to 'My nickname is Boboer' for the reward of 1818. Why do you need to do all this, brother? It's almost done. It feels so good. Just give me a thumbs up and I will be very grateful.

　　Thank you very much.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)