Chapter 816, Welcome to the Gulag Labor Camp!

This year's Kislev's Maslenitsa was very depressed. For more than ten years, it was rare for the entire kingdom to download songs and dance even in the capital of the kingdom, Kislev. Now there are only depression and loneliness on the streets. Refugees They are still lingering, and this is because of the new batch of relief food sent by the Ostermark province of the empire, plus the fact that the nobles, generals and boys were forced to spit out a little loot by the female tsar, and the refugees In order to barely survive.

Even so, Kislev City still had to carry out dozens of frozen corpses a day.

"I remember when the Red Tsar (Boris Bokaha) was in power, at this time of year, people from every household would go out into the streets and make and cook crepes, and traditionally, the first crepes would be given to the poor. To commemorate the dead. Children took to the streets early in the morning to build snowmen, rich people began to fry pancakes in the early morning, and people began to tie up dolls symbolizing winter with straw and cloth strips.” Beria came out of the Bocaja Palace, He said to his deputy general Xie Leping: "Look at the present? Refugees and poor people are fine, and even rich people are rare!"

"Sometimes I really want to... oh!" Shelepin was fully armed, holding a small meal bag stuffed with meat in his hand, which was the meal for the Imperial Embassy today. Kislev was seriously short of food, However, the food reserves in the imperial barracks and embassies are still very rich.

"Khorkina?" Beria suddenly turned her head and said in a playful tone, "Tell me, when was the last time your family started pancakes early in the morning of Maslenitsa?"

"Returning to the general, it was five years ago." The little girl's cheeks were flushed from the cold, and she said with some panic: "After that, it became less and less."

"Very good." Beria nodded, and he didn't take it seriously: "You go to the banquet with me tonight, remember to just eat and don't talk, unless I tell you to."

"Yes!" The little girl nodded repeatedly.

After more than a week of recruitment, the Ugol Cavalry Legion led by Beria has recruited and recruited more than 900 people locally. A strong man with no weapons and equipment, Beria only used a bearskin coat for each person, a new set of weapons and equipment, standard food rations and a small bag of jingling silver coins, and the simple conditions of promising to resettle his family, A large number of Ugol men were willing to leave with him. Beria carefully selected and left more than 600 people, and mixed with the remaining 200 people to form a new Ugol army.

And tonight, he has a banquet to attend.

Empress Katarin once strictly prohibited Beria from buying the felons and political prisoners in the Cheka prison, because she could not tolerate these people being released to tarnish the empress's reputation, even going to other countries.

However, Katarin did not realize the most important point, that is, her kingdom is now in turmoil and turmoil. Not to mention the low-level refugees, even the middle-level bureaucrats, Boyer and even the upper-level nobles and generals, life There are also a lot of people who started to become difficult and unable to turn around. She gave Beria an excuse to contact high-ranking officials, great nobles, and generals openly, and when some "small gifts" and "a little thank you" were passed through various When the channel was sent to these people's homes, some things were completely unstoppable.

It was still early in the evening, and Beria and Shelepin took a few Ugor soldiers to wander the streets to inspect the situation.

And now there is a grand occasion on the street, that is, a corner of the street is full of people! There are people everywhere! These refugees in gray and tattered clothes are crowding together, scrambling to sell themselves to the Ugol officers here.

"Master! I have been a worker for three months! Can I work?"

"Master Jun, I can write my name, and I can do arithmetic within twenty, can I enter a labor camp?"

"I! I! I! I have an engineer certificate! You see, I have been a laborer in Prager for two years, can I get in?"

"Master Jun, although I am a woman, I can read and write! I am Boyer's daughter!"

"Please, Jun, my family has been starving for days! Please let us join the Gulag! I'm willing to do anything!"

The scene was chaotic, and the Ugor soldiers were trying their best to maintain order, but the people behind were still rushing up, wanting to get a place.

"The Gulag labor camp recruits manpower from all Kislevs, and requires skilled workers with experience in factories, or intellectuals, or noble ladies who can read and write!" A scholar stood at the door He shouted that next to him was the Cheka secret police, and whenever someone passed the screening, a bowl of red cabbage soup and two pieces of black bread would be served.

At the same time, the Ugol people will also pay a sum of money to the Cheka police, which means that they have "redeemed" this person, and the price is very cheap.

Soon, the people who came to recruit had a nickname "gray cattle" full of black humor.

At first, the people in Kislev were skeptical about the so-called "Gulag labor camp", thinking that it was just another Cheka so-called trick to purge suspicious elements, but Beria soon came forward and announced that he would join the Gulag camp. Those in the Rag labor camp were provided with food rations and physical protection, as well as shelter from the elements.

Mrs. Kisler still didn't believe it, but some people were indeed hungry and crazy, and dozens of corpses were carried out of the city every day, so the first person to eat crabs came, his name was Mikhail, Born in a wealthy fisherman's family in Ehrengrad, he is an encyclopedia-like all-rounder. He came to Kislev City alone to study, and with the help of the Esun Church, he completed the eighth degree in only five years. Years of courses, he alone knows five languages, proficient in physics, chemistry, mining and metallurgy.

However, these talents were useless when Kislev encountered difficulties. Instead, he was forced to become a refugee because he could not do hard work, serve as a soldier, or fish and hunt. He lived a very poor and half-starved life. He could still make a living by doing accounts for a store, but as the situation worsened, the store closed and he became unemployed, living on gruel on the street.

Mikhail tried to write to the Queen Katarin to apply for relief, but the letter was "flooded" when it reached the Ice Witch Sisterhood. Originally, the Ice Witch Sisterhood sympathized with his experience and gave him a bag of relief food, but when When the reply reached him, all that was left was the message.

The lack of ideals and talents made this scholar very disappointed with the kingdom, and he was already hungry to the point of gnawing grass roots. He saw that the "Gulag labor camp" was recruiting people to work in Britannia, and It was clearly stated that scholars were welcome and that they would enjoy food rations and dormitories sheltered from wind and rain. Mikhail's mind immediately turned. He felt that if someone really wanted to kill him, it would not be so complicated. Cheka is a person who can be convicted and arrested at will. organization of people.

He decided to be the first to eat crabs.

Beria naturally knows how important this kind of person is to Ryan, what Britannia lacks is this kind of senior intellectual! General Ugor not only greeted Mikhail personally and invited Mikhail to have dinner with him, but also publicly announced that he had been granted the qualification of a free citizen and a generous food ration of 100 grams of meat per day!

With the first, there will be the second, and with the second, there will be the third. Soon, a large number of scholars, high-level skilled workers, and those aristocrats who have been down and down to drink gruel together flocked in large groups. According to the price negotiated between Beria and the female tsar, how much is the adult man, how much is the old man, how much is the woman, how much is the child, the Kislev court instantly received a large amount of considerable income, and also reduced the cost of food. supply pressure.

Once you have tasted this sweetness, you can’t stop at all. Now Yezhov, the head of the Cheka, has sent people to keep a close eye on the venue of the “Gulag Labor Camp”. Beria must pay on the spot for every person he collects. , otherwise they will not be released.

Beria expressed no pressure on this. After the trade, he had a lot of money in his hands, and he didn't even need to use the special funds that Ryan gave him. The price of these gray animals was very cheap, and the requirements were very low-eat one meal a day. A meal of 300 grams of black bread and a large bowl of red cabbage soup can make them feel extremely satisfied.

At this time, Kislev could no longer control himself. Before that, the refugees had taken the initiative to vote, but within a few days, the taste of this matter had completely changed.

Cheka secret police have started arresting people all over the city. Those skilled workers and high-level intellectuals who did not come out to work at home, all of them were caught in the Gulag and sold to Beria for money, not only me, but the whole family. After all, the elderly, women and children can also sell money.

During this period of time, the Cheka in black uniforms was raiding the city every day, and Yezhof took Beria to visit all the prisons except the Cheka Prison, and asked Beria to "see the goods" in person. bargain.

And with the passage of time, some big nobles and boys have joined this "grey business", and they took the initiative to send those bankrupt distant relatives and surplus people to the Gulag labor camp for sale.

As a result, batches of "gray cattle" were escorted to Erengrad by the army, and sailed to Britannia to prepare for their new life. It is said that the warm south not only has bread and milk, but also wages. and life security.

"It is estimated that there will be two more groups of people." Beria looked at the hot venue and shook his head: "The good goods have almost been bought, and there are not many people left."

"Hey, General, we have already bought 3,000 people. Can you believe it, we only spent less than 3,000 kronor for these 3,000 people!" Xie Lepin was a little emotional, and at the same time a little angry: "That bastard Ye Ruofu, Scum! Did you know, General, his method of arresting people is very cruel. Some ordinary people still have surplus food in their homes. Ye Ruofu let the Cheka rush in to declare the crime and confiscate the food. Let people set fires, just to drive these people out of business and sell them for money!"

"Very good, the more brutal he is, the better we will appear." Beria was very calm about this, and he shook his head: "If I'm not mistaken, there must be people behind Ye Ruofu, and these people have reaped a lot of benefits. "

"Then what should we do now, General?" Shelepin sighed, he has not yet adapted to the transition from the Ugor mercenary to the regular Bretanian army.

"It's still early. Let's go around."

The two hung out for a while, no matter how you say it, it was Kislev's festival after all, the atmosphere in the whole city was better than before, because of the food support from Ostermark Province, the pedestrians on the street also A little more.

On the commercial street, a peddler was frying the famous pancakes of Meat Thanksgiving for sale, but before the two pancakes were ready to be sold, a Kerim guard rushed over and took the pancakes and stuffed them directly into his mouth, and then Muttering and walking away: "Well, it's fried well."

"Master, please, show mercy, you can't do this, we still have family members to support!" The peddler knelt down and cried, "What are we going to do with our family members like you?"

"You can eat pancakes for your family, idiot!" Kerim guard wiped his mouth impatiently: "Really, what do these people know, let us eat to make our motherland stronger! This makes no sense at all. I understand, feel free to ask!"

"This soul is weak!" Xie Leping clenched his fists: "Damn it, I really want to teach him a lesson!"

"Calm down...forget it, let's go to Bingxue Street first." Beria shook his head, the good stuff was almost gone, and the next step was to plan how to rescue Engineer Sheogh: "Prepare for the banquet tonight."

The two walked for about 30 minutes and entered Kislev's wealthy area. The scene here was quite different from the miserable scene outside. It was full of Kislev's nobles and generals, and many of them The lady and the ice witches of the female courtiers, they were gorgeously dressed and well-dressed, the streets were full of carriages, and there were guards everywhere, even Beria and his party were forced to show their IDs and documents before they were allowed to go.

On this street, there are many shops. These shops do not have any signboards and can only be entered by holding a special certificate. The shops on this ice and snow street are different from the empty shops outside. The ice witches who actually control the country can shop here. There are all kinds of scarce food and Kislev's specialties in the store, such as caviar, cod, sturgeon, vodka, white bread and cream cakes. They are sold here, and refined salt, white sugar, brown sugar, and the best meat are also indispensable.

And all kinds of specialties throughout the old world, imperial stout, Breton wine and dresses, Arabic chocolate, dwarf armor, high-quality jewelry and satin clothes, Tyrell shoes and coffee, Estalia perfume, The wood elf medicines are all complete, and many of the products in it are the goods that Beria just sold, and because of the new arrival of a large number of goods, today's festival, the streets are full of shopping crowds.

"Do you know why the food aided by the province of Ostermark is all directly provided by the imperial army on the street?" Beria turned to look at his lieutenant general and maid.

"Is it because you don't want the food to fall into other people's hands?" Xie Leping was thoughtful.

"Let me tell you a joke, Shelepin, listen carefully." Beria looked at this scene, he said calmly: "One day, Emperor Karl Franz sent a letter to His Majesty Katharin, requesting that Ki Slev's army destroyed a goblin lair in their territory near the Roof of the World, His Majesty Katarin asked for military expenses of five thousand gold marks, and Emperor Karl agreed."

"The five-thousand-gold mark was called immediately. Her Majesty Katarin was very fast. She immediately sent the wing cavalry to send the money to the front-line general."

"The generals on the front line were unambiguous after receiving the five hundred gold marks, and immediately issued the order to send troops, and handed over the military expenses of fifty gold marks to his subordinate Boyer."

"Boyer's reaction was also very fast. He exchanged five gold marks for more than fifty silver coins and handed them over to his soldiers. The soldiers got their salary and set off immediately. They came to the foot of the Roof of the World Mountain Range A village in the village asked them to turn in a sheep, and held a whole sheep feast on the spot. After eating, they touched the oil on their mouths, slapped their buttocks and left, and went back to report that there were too many goblins. In a fierce battle, the strength is invincible, but the loss is not small."

"Her Majesty Katarin immediately sent a message to Emperor Karl Franz after receiving the news, saying that the Goblins are too powerful and Kislev suffered heavy losses. He asked for a pension of one thousand gold marks, and then hoped that the empire would allocate another five thousand gold. Mark, let her try again."

"Emperor Karl did not approve this time, and the empire instead handed over the five thousand gold mark to the province of Ostermark and Karak-Butcher Castle. After the Elector Hertwig Wolfram and the Dwarf Butcher King got the money The two sides immediately formed a coalition army, and the army dispatched across the territory of Kislev, completely destroyed the goblin lair, and burned it clean."

"Her Majesty Katarin is very unhappy about this."