Anti-Japanese War, weapons designer at Fengtian Arsenal

Li Xi brewed a mouthful of thick phlegm and spat it in front of Tan Hongtao with a tui.

This statement of not giving any face at all almost made Tan Hongtao explode with anger, but he did not dare to act rashly because the other person had a pistol on his waist.

Moreover, he felt that he was in the right, and as long as he reasoned with the other party, the other party would not be able to do anything to him.

Li Xi really came here to make sense, but his sense left Tan Hongtao, a country bumpkin who had never seen the world, stunned.

"Listen carefully, Tan Hongtao. I have no right to interfere with you selling your nephews and nieces. If you behave like an animal instead of a human being, someone will come to take you in in the future.

But you should never, ever stop people of appropriate age from serving their country and joining the army!

According to our country's laws, no organization or individual has the right to prevent citizens from joining the army. Tan Hongtao, do you want to die?"

Tan Hongtao was stunned, and so were the others. At that time, the rule of law was indifferent, and they didn't know the consequences of preventing people from joining the army. Perhaps since the dignified Li Xi said it in public, it would naturally be 7% credible.

But everyone had a strange look on their faces. Who else was going to join the army besides the bride?

Tan Hongtao was incredulous. No, Tan Yuqing, a woman, said she wanted to join the army, and you really accepted her? I've heard of recruiting young men to join the army, but this is the first time I've heard of recruiting women to join the army!

But then he changed his mind and realized that Tan Yuqing was now tied up, with a rag stuffed in her mouth and a red veil on her head, so she couldn't speak. He thought he could mix it up!

"Join the army? Who here wants to join the army? Mr. Li, you must be mistaken!"

He looked cunning, thinking he could get away with it in this way, but as soon as he finished speaking, he heard Tan Yuqing's shout from behind.

"Me! I want to join the army! I, Tan Yuqing, want to join the army!"

Tan Hongtao turned his head sharply, only to find that at some point, the imprisoned Tan Yuqing had been released, and the shackles on her body had been untied. The person who did this was the servant brought by the young master of the Feng family.

"you!"

Tan Hongtao's expression was distorted, he felt like he was stabbed in the back.

The young master of the Feng family just gave him a mocking look, thinking to himself, you idiot, do you understand the value of soldiers and bandits? What are you thinking, you idiot, why are you arguing with others?

He looked at Li Xi with a flattering look on his face.

"Mr. Li, this is none of my business. I don't know that Miss Tan is going to join the army. If I knew, I wouldn't have come to propose marriage.

Mr. Li, if everything is ok, we will leave first. I will treat you to a meal later. Miss Tan, I wish you good luck in martial arts."

After saying this, he didn't wait for Li Xi to reply. He glared at Tan Hongtao, meaning that he should take some time to return the money, and then ran away with his servants and horses.

Seeing that the real boss had left, Tan Hongtao felt a little discouraged, but then his anger overwhelmed his reason. He didn't dare to be angry with Li Xi, so he pointed at Tan Yuqing and cursed.

"I am your elder! I don't agree with you joining the army. Why do you want to join the army, you bitch? To be a soldier?"

This is not a pleasant thing to say, but this is the tragedy of the times. When women join the army, what people think about is not serving the country as daughters, but such dirty things.

Since the Punitive Forces opened the channel for recruiting female soldiers, many women have been forced to join the army.

Some of them were families who were attracted by the generous treatment offered by the punitive army and forced their daughters to join the army. Others, like Tan Yuqing, could no longer survive the oppression of the old society and took the initiative to walk into the conscription channel of Longlong Store.

Generally speaking, women who join the army do so out of necessity, and it becomes their last option.

In this situation, the quality of female soldiers is uneven. After the disciplinary army accepts them, they will educate them while training. In this process, both sides will strengthen their understanding. Some people who have no intention of joining the army and do not meet the physical fitness standards will be persuaded to withdraw.

Many of these people can no longer return to their original families. After all, they were almost "sold" to the Punishment Army. The Punishment Army simply built houses for them on Hutou Mountain, recruited them as factory workers, and matched them with local young people to form families, which helped them solve their survival problems.

Of course, after they were persuaded to retire from the army, their family members' military status was also revoked.

There were quite a few disturbances during this period. They felt that since they had sold all the goods at a loss to the army, how could they take back the profits? And they could not see the people anymore. Wasn’t this a loss-making business? They all went to Longlong Store to make trouble.

Fortunately, the managers of Longlong Convenience Store were all equipped with guns and armor. When the store managers pointed guns at the heads of the troublemakers and gently explained the policies of the Punitive Army to them, the troubles were easily resolved.

When Tan Yuqing was pointed at and scolded by Tan Hongtao, she no longer endured it submissively as before, but exploded like a spring that had hit bottom!

She rushed up like crazy and scratched Tan Hongtao's face, shouting at the same time!

"Ahhh! What kind of elder are you? Is there an elder like you in the world? Wuuuuu, my brother, where did you sell my brother to?

If anything happens to him, I will kill your whole family. Did you hear me, Tan Hongtao? I will kill your whole family! I will do nothing else for the rest of my life. I will just wait for your family. If I get the chance, I will kill your whole family!

If I can’t kill you in one year, I will kill you in 10 years. If I can’t kill you in 10 years, I will kill you in 100 years! I will kill your whole family, your whole family!!”

Tan Yuqing's outburst of madness scared everyone present. Tan Hongtao was caught off guard and was scratched by her on the face, leaving several marks.

Tan Hongtao suddenly became furious and raised his hand to hit, but he saw from the corner of his eye that Li Xi had already pulled out his pistol and was staring at him coldly. It was obvious that if he dared to hit, Li Xi would shoot and kill him.

Tan Hongtao hated it! But what could he do? He could only run.

As a result, the tall man Tan Hongtao was chased and scratched by the weak woman Tan Yuqing until his face was covered with scratches. His three sons were also at a loss and could only run away in shame.

Tan Yuqing chased for a long distance, but her physical strength was not as good as that of men, so she was left behind in a few moves.

Tan Yuqing squatted on the ground and gasped for a while, then burst into tears. She felt extremely comfortable, and then confused. All kinds of emotions intertwined together, giving her great relief!

She squatted on the ground and cried with her face covered with blood, but as she cried, a man walked up to her. This man was Xiao Wang, an employee of Longlong Convenience Store.

Xiao Wang pushed a child in front of her, and the child jumped directly into Tan Yuqing's arms.

"elder sister!"

The person who came was her younger brother Tan Yuntian. Previously, Li Wei arranged Erdan and Xiao Wang to lead people to chase the human traffickers. They easily caught up with the people two miles outside the village entrance.

There were five people in this gang of human traffickers, one of whom had a homemade gun. Buying and selling human beings was not honorable, so they would trade with the people they had contacted before dawn.

Tan Hongtao had already contacted this group of human traffickers. He ran to Tan Yuqing's house before dawn and pinned down the two of them. That's why Tan Yuqing didn't escape.

After completing the transaction, the traffickers would immediately go to the next village. They had already passed through several villages before coming here. There were seven or eight crying children in the team.

These children were either sold by the other party's parents or some other means were used.

Because there were many children in the line, even if they walked first, they were quickly caught up by the employees of Longlong Convenience Store.

The human traffickers with homemade guns were shot to death. The remaining human traffickers wanted to escape, but were beaten half to death by the employees with carrying poles and stones. They were dragged back to the village like dead dogs, waiting for Li Xi's decision.

When Tan Yuqing saw her brother was found, she was overjoyed, and the two hugged each other and cried for a long time.

Finally, Tan Yuqing calmed her brother down, stood up, and came to Li Wei.

"Mr. Li, I want to join the army, can you please help me?"

Li Wei nodded and led the way.

"You come with me."