Are you a spy? Killing the enemy is too cruel.

"Commander, as far as I know, those local gentry, gangs, chambers of commerce and other forces all have a lot of people in their hands. If we push them too hard, once they unite, they will be a big threat."

"I don't even take the main force of the Kwantung Army seriously, just relying on those little bastards they keep? Those crappy guns?"

In Ye Feng's opinion, giving away 80% of the money and food in order to save his life was already considered merciful.

Zhang Ye also began to arrange personnel to notify the major family forces in and outside Xuchang City.

Ye Feng brought the guard company to the streets and began to deal with the matter of cleaning up the battlefield.

Although the battle to recapture Xuchang was fierce, Ye Feng was always in control and did not use much heavy weapons and artillery fire. Most of the buildings in the city did not suffer any devastating blows.

"Li Feng, take a hundred soldiers with you and post these notices in various places in the city, and explain the contents of the notices to the people."

The content is very simple. The underground party troops will distribute some money and food and employ the lower-class people who are in financial difficulties.

What the people have to do is to help clean up the battlefield, collect various weapons and ammunition, sort them into categories, and clear the ruins.

At the same time, a group of intellectuals had to be hired to take inventory of the supplies in each warehouse and to compile a list and clean up all industries controlled by the Japanese.

In order to transport supplies, thousands of people will be recruited to be responsible for tasks such as moving supplies.

In this day and age, notices posted everywhere are rarely able to attract the attention of the people.

After all, every household in this family is living in poverty, struggling below the hunger level, and having a hard time getting by.

Who has time to deal with your mess?

But this time, every item in the announcement is related to the interests of the grassroots people, which is different.

The reward given by Ye Feng was extremely high.

In half an hour, the places where the notices were posted were already crowded with people. After the soldiers read the contents of the notice aloud and repeated them over and over again, the expressions of the people who understood it became more excited than each other.

"Is there such a good thing? Just move a few corpses and dig a pit. After a day's work, how much food can we earn? Even if it is mixed with beans and wheat bran, it is still food!"

"Brother, that was a bloody corpse, some of the intestines were knocked out, and it was all bloody. Aren't you scared?"

"Yes, I heard that some of the Japanese soldiers' bodies were blown into dozens of pieces, and the bones and rotten meat were scattered everywhere."

"What am I afraid of? In these years of war and chaos, aren't there a few people who died? Aren't there a few people who were killed by the cruel Japanese devils? As long as you give me good food and let me eat on a corpse, I won't even blink an eye."

"That's right. People are starving to death. Why would we be afraid of corpses?"

"Those damn devils killed so many of our relatives. They could have kicked them a few more times while carrying the bodies."

"Don't talk about that. I just want to know whether the money and food mentioned here as the reward for employment are true?"

"If it's true, I'll sign up now."

"The underground party's troops are all our Shenzhou soldiers, our common people's troops. How could they possibly deceive people?"

"I heard that every time the underground party troops entered the city, they did not harm anyone and did not take a single needle or thread from the people. From what I have seen, the announcements they issued were definitely not a lie."

"Working for a day, you can earn dozens of kilograms of food. You won't find such a good thing even if you rush to the sky!"

"Everyone hurry up, the registration has already started!"

"Damn it, hurry up!"

……

The streets and alleys were full of noise, with countless people running, shouting, and yelling, making it very lively.

The registration area was soon packed with people. Ye Feng sent out more than a hundred soldiers, and with the help of many respected elders, he managed to stabilize the order and allow everyone to line up to register.

Looking at the people scrambling to join, Zhang Ye said worriedly:

"Commander, isn't the salary we set this time too high? For a day's work, you can get 50 kilograms of coarse grain. This salary is much higher than the wages of workers in the most prosperous metropolis, Shanghai."

Ye Feng said, "The issue of distributing money and grain should be directly handed over to the local gentry and local tyrants, as well as the Chamber of Commerce that has a large amount of grain stored. Ask them to quickly mobilize troops and transport the money and grain before dark."

Zhang Ye, "..."

Good man, Commander of Emotion, you are trying to get something for nothing!

It's not your money, so you don't feel bad about it.

Xuchang is now controlled by their underground party’s troops, and the local forces dare not refuse.

Ye Feng said, "Remember, when the people have finished their work, be sure to let them go home with food."

The standard of money and grain distributed to hired civilians this time was raised several times.

Ye Feng had his plans. On the one hand, the lives of the lower class people were too hard. Now that he had driven the Japanese away and recaptured the city, he naturally wanted to ensure that the people here would no longer have to suffer from hunger.

On the other hand, the underground party troops did what they said and fulfilled their employment promises, which left a good impression in the hearts of the people. When they recruited new soldiers next time, they were able to complete their military expansion plans more quickly.

at dusk.

After finishing a day's work, the people lined up again and began to receive their money and food one by one.

Most people don't want money, they just want food.

In this era of material scarcity, many times, even if you have money, you can’t buy anything good. Food is the only thing that can really fill your stomach.

One family.

"Mom, Xiaojing is so hungry. Do we have anything to eat tonight?" In a small house with bare walls, the little girl sat on the doorstep and looked outside.

The woman, whose body was covered with patches, hugged her daughter and couldn't help feeling distressed. Why should she blame herself?

She and her husband worked very hard, but they still had trouble eating.

These days are hard!

"Xiao Jing, wait a little longer. Dad is going out to work today and will definitely bring back some delicious food." The woman could only comfort her like this. She had said this kind of words countless times in the past year.

Xiao Jing is very obedient and always believes her mother, "Well, when Dad comes back, there will be delicious food."

The woman touched her daughter's head. The frail mother and daughter sat quietly leaning against each other, both looking hopefully toward the door.

Hopefully, her husband, her daddy, won't return empty-handed tonight.

"Aqin, Xiaojing, look, this is the reward for today's work, a full fifty kilograms of coarse grains."

The man was carrying a bag of grain. Although he looked tired, he walked briskly, like a soldier returning home from a victory.

"Daddy, there are so many foods?" Xiaojing's eyes were shining with stars.

"Dad, where did you get so much food?" The woman was shocked when she opened the bag.

These heartwarming scenes are being repeated tonight in countless families suffering from hardships.