Traveling through 1942 with space

Chapter 197 War Hall Lecture

"Alliance leader, it's so late and the city gates are about to close. You shouldn't leave." When leaving the Yanhuang Alliance, Wen Jun tried to persuade him to stay.

"Wenjun, I know what you mean. I'm not well, and it will take me a few years to recover. Just wait a few more years! I'm used to living in the city, so I'm going back." Hou Xiaoge smiled, glanced at Wenjun, and rode away on his bicycle.

In the dark night, Hou Xiaoge teleported twice on his bicycle, and entered the space to restore his true appearance in a forest four hundred meters away.

"Dang Dang Dang!"

When I returned to the village, the gate was closed.

"Who is it?" The voice of Uncle Lame came from the village.

"Uncle, it's me, Heiwa." Hou Xiaoge shouted outside.

"Oh! It's Heiwa! Here he comes, here he comes." Hearing that it was Hou Xiaoge, Uncle Lame quickened his pace.

"Uncle, please open the door. I hope I didn't disturb your rest!" Hou Xiaoge handed over a cigarette after entering the room.

"Hey! I haven't slept yet. I just came back from the workshop." Uncle Lame smiled and put the cigarette between his ears.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Hou Xiaoge walked back and went to the village workshop to take a look.

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the workshops in the village are even busier. All four cave dwellings are busy at this time.

There were no lights in those days, and a cave dwelling needed two large candles for one night, which cost sixty or seventy cents.

But it's all worth it. Of course, we have to save where we can. We didn't use candles in the two caves where we boiled sweet potato candy. We just stirred it every once in a while by the light of the stove.

Compared with the darkness of the two caves where sweet potato candy was boiled, the cave where hawthorn snowballs were made was brighter and there were many more people inside.

"Heiwa, why haven't you gone back to sleep yet? Are you here to inspect?" Hou Xiaoge walked into the cave, and the elder of the tribe who was in charge of the night shift came over to greet him with a smile.

"I couldn't sleep at night, so I went out for a walk." Hou Xiaoge said nonsense with a smile.

"Yeah, it gets dark too early now. I can't fall asleep at home. I just force myself to sleep." The two of them were standing outside the cave and chatting.

"Uncle, when is the village going to stop working for the New Year?" Hou Xiaoge asked, looking at the workers busy in the cave.

"The Yanhuang League is in a hurry to deliver the goods, so we can only stop on the afternoon of New Year's Eve. We will take a day off on New Year's Day and continue working on the second day." The elder replied with a smile.

"Damn it, you are treating the villagers like beasts of burden! Why didn't you give any benefits to the workers during the New Year?" Hou Xiaoge was also shocked.

You should know that most of the Yanhuang League started to rest a few days ago, and only the Jinyintang store was still busy. But Hou Xiaoge, like in later generations, had his salary doubled during the New Year period.

"Yes, we distributed it today. Each person gets five pounds of fatty pork, and one pound of sweet potato candy that we made ourselves. Oh, and there's also a portion for you, kid. Your mother has taken it back." The clan elder said with a smile.

"Yeah! That's not bad."

Hearing the elder's words, Hou Xiaoge nodded in approval.

All these things cost two yuan, so why would I want to take a break during the holidays? Of course, the happiest thing is my share of the benefits, after all, free ones are more delicious.

After chatting for a while, Hou Xiaoge went home without delaying others’ work.

The door of the house was ajar at this time. Hou Xiaoge had come home late in recent days, and everyone in the family knew about it.

"Heiwa is back. There's some rice left for you in the pot. Mom will go and get it for you." Wang Maimiao heard the door closing and came out to say.

"No, I've already eaten outside. I was at the workshop just now, and Uncle Yangbing said that he had distributed some benefits. Have you received them?" Hou Xiaoge waved his hand and asked.

"I got it. The meat is so fat. I don't have to buy meat for the New Year this year." Wang Maimiao's face was full of joy when he mentioned the welfare.

"We eat dozens of kilograms of meat every day, but I never see you so happy."

"Did you come here for nothing?"

……

Nothing happened that night, and the next day Hou Xiaoge came to the battle hall again.

Yesterday, Hou Xiaoge and Tieli discussed the deployment of full-time combat personnel, and Tieli told all the leaders after he came back.

So after Hou Xiaoge arrived at the battle hall today, many people in the battle hall were still a little panicked when they saw the leader coming in, fearing that those who did not participate would be expelled.

But overall it was still good. Most of the disciples on the training ground were excited and eager to try when they saw Hou Xiaoge. Many of them even came over and said they wanted to fight the Japanese.

Compared with a few months ago, the disciples have become normal people. They are all in good health and much stronger than the soldiers of the Kuomintang. Hou Xiaoge is also very satisfied.

"Sing, unity is strength." An incense master organized his disciples to sing loudly.

"unity is strength!"

Hou Xiaoge looked at his brothers on the playground singing the songs he had plagiarized from later generations, and felt full of ambition and excitement.

After singing, it’s time to eat. The battle hall has prepared a banquet. Tomorrow is Chinese New Year, so most of the disciples will have a day off.

The feast was very sumptuous, with eight cold and eight hot dishes, characteristic of Qin Province. The staple food was large white steamed buns, and each person had three taels of wine, and could drink as much as they wanted.

Hou Xiaoge didn't eat, but led a group of leaders to toast the brothers. After all, these brothers worked hard for him, so they had to be toasted.

When they were almost done eating, Hou Xiaoge spoke out what many people were worried about.

"Brothers, I think everyone knows what Master Tie said yesterday.

I know that many brothers are worried that they will be punished or expelled if they do not participate in full-time combat since they are members of the war hall.

I can tell you with confidence that this is impossible.

Our Yanhuang League has been established for only a few months and has seen such a scene. The future prospects are very bright and broad. We need disciples from all walks of life, and everyone has his or her own place and use.

It is impossible for the War Hall to let all the disciples go to fight. There must be some people who are responsible for security, patrolling, escorting and other tasks.

Although the outer disciples can do these things, they are outsiders after all, and I am worried about them.

Only when important positions are assigned to formal disciples will the alliance and I feel at ease.

So don’t worry, if you want to earn more money and get promoted quickly, you can choose to go to the combat department.

If you want to live a stable life, you can stay at home. After all, our home is also very important.

But I want to remind you here that although our Yanhuang League is a gang force, it is considered to be gangsters in the eyes of ordinary people and is not a presentable group of people.

But if someone really thinks of himself as a gangster or a hooligan, then he should not stay in the Yanhuang League anymore.

The Yanhuang League does not welcome such people, and I, Zhou Debiao, don’t like them either.

I hope everyone remembers that although the Yanhuang League is a gang, it is also a big enterprise, a big company, a big factory, and a big family.

Each of us is a part of this big family, not a bunch of people who rush in and scatter when one rushes.

The Yanhuang League is the brothers’ career, work, and eating place.

So I hope that everyone will protect her together and make her better, so that everyone’s life will be better.

That’s all. At the same time, I wish you all a happy new year and good health to your family.” Hou Xiaoge said and clasped his fists to everyone.

"Clap clap clap!"

There was warm applause in front of each table, and many men were shouting excitedly.