The sunlight in the morning shone on the houses and streets of Taigu County. People came and went on the streets, with vendors carrying loads and selling goods, and people who picked items back and forth. "Hey! How much is this cabbage?" "What's the price of this rice?" "What? The price has increased again? How did it make it? I've made it a concession to make people live?" "You don't know! The business is not easy to do now! The taxes are too heavy. If it weren't for a meal, I wouldn't have done this job long ago." "Sister! Look at how you are adding some money? You are my first business today! Open it for me! If it weren't for this, I can't buy it at this price!" "Oh! Now it's really

There is no way to live, this thing is too expensive." "Hurry up! Hurry up! Pay the tax, prepare the money!" "Hey! Call you! Didn't you see me coming? Hurry up and hand over your tax money to me." "Sir! I just arrived and haven't opened yet! Do you think you can make up for it? How about I'll sell the things later? "What are you talking about to me? Pay the money quickly, don't make me angry?" "Give me a pound of millet." Noisy crowds kept making noises, including vendors selling goods, bargaining sounds between the two sides, and those damn dog-legged traitors collecting taxes.

All kinds of sounds mixed together, and Taigu seemed very lively, but what was behind this lively? All the situations of Taigu were reflected. From the conversations of these people, we can hear that life was not easy under the rule of the Japanese.

In this seemingly lively and noisy, the expressions of the people are very strange. In fact, the vendors who sold goods should be happy? They sold their goods with their own tongue and put the money in their pockets steadily. This is a good thing! But when looking at these vendors, they looked at the smile on their faces, but they showed a particularly strange expression.

Where are the people who choose their own goods? They should have a happy expression! But when looking at them, what else is there on their faces besides the pain they show when they pay for money? It is still a painful expression. On this seemingly noisy and bustling street, people do not have the joy they should have. The vendors who have made profits have no joy, and the people who bought goods have no joy. From the numb expressions of the people, you can see what the situation in Taigu City is like at this time. The entire county town is shrouded in numbness and pessimism, without even a trace of joy. All of this is caused by those damn Japanese. How could the people here live a safe life under the rule of the Japanese invaders? They live a worried life all day, fearing that one day the Japanese will start to be mad and they will be killed by these inhuman beasts.

The atrocities of the Japanese here really scared the people here. These people came out to sell goods every day just to make a living, to make food for themselves and their families, so that they would not be starved to death. Before the Japanese occupied this place, although the people were not very rich, they were much more stable at that time than they are now! No matter how difficult it was at that time, as long as they were willing to work hard, they would at least not be starved to death. When it was good, their family could improve their lives and eat some good things.

If those vendors work hard and manage their business well, their family life will be very good. They are much better than ordinary people. They can't say that they eat white rice every day, and they can eat white rice for at least ten days. But now, what's there? There is nothing. They don't say anything about it every day, and they try their best to work, but the last thing they exchange is just some coarse grains and broken vegetables.

In the past, as long as you work hard, you will accumulate everything slowly, and the family was very comfortable at that time! But since the Japanese came to Taigu, the sky of Taigu has completely changed. The former political corpse fled, and the people who left here could only stay here to accept the rule of the Japanese. Taigu completely became the Japanese world from the moment the Japanese occupied it.

The National Civil Affairs fu has no place to take care of this place at this moment, and it has no power to take care of it anymore. Besides, they can't even control it even if they want to! They have to drive the Japanese out of here first and take back control of Taigu. It's not that the National Civil Affairs fu's army does not fight, nor is it that the soldiers are afraid of death and incompetent, but that the corrupt officials in the National Civil Affairs fu are incompetent! However, all this is caused by **.

In this year of war, individuals only care about their own affairs. They do not have time to deal with other people’s affairs! If there is the first one to embezzle, there will be the second one. Everyone will compete with each other. At this time, the situation ahead is so chaotic. Seeing that the National Civil Affairs is about to collapse, the Japanese are about to conquer the entire China. At this time, the country is about to end, and what else can we talk about our own small family?

Corrupt officials took the opportunity to plunder money and prepare to flee for themselves and leave a way out. If one day the government really collapses, these corrupt officials will immediately flee China and escape to a place without war. These people acted like this because they were short-sighted and saw that the country was at a disadvantage, so they abandoned the country and only cared about their own lives.

At this moment of embarrassment, everyone should have united to resist foreign enemies. But then look at what the officials of the National Civil Affairs Bureau are busy doing? Because there is the first corrupt official, there will be a second one. This is normal. Everyone around you watch whatever you do! Now you are taking the lead in embezzling and getting ready to run away. What will the inferior people do? Needless to say, they will also be corrupt together. How can you care about the people below yourself if you are not clean? Do you have the courage to care about others? Are you still afraid of being reported? This forms a vicious cycle. Any corruption situation will definitely be corrupt together.

Although the National Civil Affairs Bureau has made efforts, and has repeatedly dealt with some corrupt people and dealt with several major cases, the final result is not the same! Should those people be corrupt or embezzled, and as long as they are not found, they will continue to embezzle. The actions taken by the National Civil Affairs Bureau cannot completely eradicate the corruption of the people below. Corruption is a mistake! It is all corruption that delays major national affairs, because corruption and disputes are not enough military expenditure, and soldiers fighting on the front line

We do not have sufficient weapons and ammunition, and there are not enough medicines and supplies. How can we fight such a battle? Faced with the crazy Japanese army like wild beasts, the National Civil Affairs Army naturally cannot defeat them. If that is the case, soldiers are all good soldiers and generals are all good generals, which means that the leader is not a good leader. The so-called emperor will be punished by God. If the leader is incompetent, the people below will inevitably be dissatisfied. In this way, someone will secretly act against the leader's wishes, and in this way, the leader's intentions will not be implemented.

The people of Taigu live in such a panic day every day. How can they be happy? How can they be happy? The people who buy goods have long been robbed by robbers and there are no valuable things left. Most of the people they come out to buy are necessities of daily life. Originally, the family didn't have much money, so they had to go out to buy things! Can they be happy? One side is barely living by selling goods, while the other side is struggling to live in financial difficulties. Naturally, there is no joy of shopping. These two people naturally cannot be happy. And the people walking back and forth are very fast, and they dare not stay too much on the street, because it is an extraordinary period. I don't know when Japanese soldiers will come to the street to catch people, work as laborers and slaves.

People try not to go out if they can, because the danger outside is too great. If you are not careful, disaster may come to them. If the Japanese are really caught as a laborer, they may never have the chance to come back alive. Therefore, both the vendors and the purchasing people are in a hurry, as if they are eager to leave here.

Among the hurried pedestrians, Qu Xinlian, dressed in an ordinary Chinese woman, walked in the crowd. Qu Xinlian was carrying a bamboo basket in her hand, which seemed to be coming out to buy things, but in fact, after she came out of her home, she hurried towards the east gate. This time, Qu Xinlian went to find Gao Baokun and told him that Zhang Daquan had done what Zhao Hailong ordered and asked him to pick him up. Qu Xinlian hurriedly rushed to the east of the city because Gao Baokun had told their contact point that they were in the east of the city. Qu Xinlian not only shouldered the task of conveying messages, but also shouldered the task of inquiring about the contact point of the operation department. Before leaving, Zhang Daquan had instructed her that she must take this opportunity to clarify the situation around the contact point, so as to prepare for them in the future.

Zhang Daquan had never really thought about rebelling against the Japanese at the beginning. He just wanted to take this opportunity to arrest the people from the Operations Department. This guy is very ambitious. He planned to take this opportunity to catch all the people from the Operations Department in one place. It would be better if Li Xinmin was also in Taigu, so that he could eliminate the Operations Department in one fell swoop. Of course, this was just Zhang Daquan's own thoughts. Qu Xinlian didn't know that someone was already eyeing her behind her, so all her actions were seen by the people behind her.

The person behind Qu Xinlian is Li Baocai, who is responsible for surveillance around Zhang Daquan's house. When Qu Xinlian just came out of his house, Zhang Xing and Li Baocai discovered it, so Li Baocai quietly followed Qu Xinlian and watched her see what she was going to do. Li Baocai followed along the way and found that Qu Xinlian was going out of the city and walked eastward. At first he thought the other party was going to find a Japanese! But later he found that Qu Xinlian was walking in the wrong direction! As he walked, she actually found the contact point where Gao Baokun was. This is an important situation! How did Qu Xinlian know where it is here? Could it be that Gao Baokun told her? It shouldn't be! The organization is disciplined! Gao Baokun should know, how dare he tell Qu Xinlian his contact point privately? Could it be that the captain agreed? Well! This should be so, Li Baocai couldn't help but think of it. (..)


Chapter completed!