The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 67
Facing Zhu Hongyu who was serious about asking for money.

Priest: "..."

The two sides began to formally discuss the exchange of prisoners of war.

Yada and Kayal had the highest status among the prisoners of war, and they were first proposed by the priest to ask the Liberation Army to release them first.

Zhu Hongyu directly refused.

Just kidding, Yada and Kayal are the highest among the prisoners of war, and they can only be placed at the bottom if they want to exchange.

The two sides continued to argue, and Zhu Hongyu refused to let go, which frustrated the Spaniard's plan to exchange Yada and other high-ranking prisoners of war first.

This made the priest look very ugly.

He came on behalf of Bishop Sares, and Bishop Sa Reis, the money collector, deliberately confessed to him that he wanted to redeem Yada Xiang.

The bishop is still very concerned about his reputation of taking money for doing things.

But Zhu Hongyu didn't let go, and neither did the priest.

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Yada, who was originally on the fat side, can now be praised for being slim.

Hard work, scarce food, excellent slimming effect.

Yada's round and fat face is now so thin that the contours of the cheekbones can be seen.

That's called a sharp edge!
A head of red hair, which was originally smooth, has now turned into the appearance of withered grass, messy and dull.

Yada swung the hammer in his hand and smashed it hard at the large limestone in front of him.

After dozens of blows, the large limestone was smashed into small pieces. He squatted on the ground, picked up the broken stones one by one, and put them into the basket.

Picking up the backpack, he walked towards the water conservancy forging hammer.

The Restoration Army built several hydraulic forging hammers in the valley.

These hydraulic forging hammers, apart from being used to replace manpower, forge swords, and make plate armor, are also used to crush limestone, crush limestone into powder, and become raw materials for making cement.

However, the usefulness of the hydraulic forging hammer is also extremely limited.

Hydraulic forging hammers can only crush small pieces of limestone.

When encountering a large piece of limestone, you can only use human power to turn the large piece of limestone into small pieces before crushing it with a hydraulic forging hammer.

This kind of work is pure physical labor.

It would definitely not work for the old, weak, women and children of the Restoration Army, so Zhu Hongyu handed over the matter to those Spanish prisoners of war.

Anyway, prisoners of war are worthless, they can be used to death, and they don't feel bad when they are exhausted.

And, in order to urge prisoners of war to complete daily smash tasks.

The Liberation Army gave each of these prisoners a limited supply of food per day, and set strict mission standards. If they could not complete the mission, they would not even think about eating.

There are also Liberation Army soldiers with whips, steel knives, and muskets overseeing the work. Anyone who dares to be lazy will be punched and kicked mercilessly.

It is almost a replica of the treatment Zhu Hongyu and others received in the mine back then!
Heavy physical labor, limited food, and beatings by the supervisors, in a short period of time, many Spaniards were exhausted to death.

But Zhu Hongyu didn't feel any pain about it, he just wanted to say that Made deserved it!
Compared with the two massacres of Huazhong, the sufferings endured by the Chinese in Manila are so different!

The exquisite leather boots on Yada's feet were worn out a long time ago, and blisters appeared on the soles of his feet.

Then the blisters burst, bleeding and suppurating, and the pain was excruciating.

He staggered step by step, walking with difficulty, hunger made him feel as if a fire was burning in his belly, and he was a little dizzy before his eyes.

As the sole heir of the Scorch family, he grew up pampered since he was a child, how could he have suffered such a crime.

However, Yada's speed had just slowed down a little, and with a bang, a whip mercilessly lashed Yada's face.

A welt was left on his face, and the flesh of the wound was turned outwards, which looked extremely hideous.

A Liberation Army soldier scolded.

"Hurry up, move slowly, you won't have anything to eat today if you can't finish your work!"

At this moment, a Spaniard suddenly fell to the ground not far away, and small pieces of limestone in the basket were scattered all over the ground.

Several Liberation Army soldiers stepped forward and waved their whips directly at the Spaniard.

After whipping for a while, seeing that the person did not respond, a soldier of the Liberation Army stepped forward, tried to breathe, then shook his head and said.

"He's dead, let someone dig a pit and bury him!"

After all, he also kicked the dead body on the ground.

"Damn, what a waste, this is dead!"

Seeing the eyes of the Spanish prisoners of war all around throwing resentment mixed with anger, the soldier of the Liberation Army drew out the dagger he was about to general with a clang.

Looking around fiercely for a week, he opened his mouth and scolded.

"What are you looking at? What are you looking at?"

"Look at the halving of everyone's food today!"

"Damn it, where is this? In the mine, how did you Spaniards bully me, I will give you back one by one!"

He was one of those people who initially followed Zhu Hongyu in the uprising, and he was a veritable hero of the restoration of the Ming Dynasty.

If he can live long enough for Zhu Hongyu to regain the Central Plains, he won't have any problem getting a title.

He was born as a miner, and he was often bullied by the supervisors before the incident, and his life was miserable.

But now the feng shui has turned, and the recovery army has captured many Spanish prisoners of war. It is his turn to vent his anger and revenge!
Now, apart from completing the training tasks of the Liberation Army and going home to sleep with his mother-in-law, his greatest joy is being a guest supervisor to manage these Spanish prisoners of war.

The bodies of the exhausted Spanish prisoners of war were dragged down, dug a random hole and buried.

Yada and the others were driven with whips to continue working!

Yada and the others were not allowed to rest until dark.

A group of people were driven back to the cell. Yada was lying on the ground, staring blankly at the twinkling stars in the sky. The whole day's high-intensity labor made him unable to even lift his arms.

But he was trying hard to keep himself from falling asleep.

The reason is very simple. The Liberation Army usually distributes food after they have finished their day's work.

Yada struggled for half an hour, and the soldiers of the People's Liberation Army who delivered the meals finally arrived.

A soldier of the Restoration Army carried a basket with cornbread in it. Each person was provided with a ration of three yuan a day.

Seeing the people in front of her immediately gobbled up the pancakes after receiving them, Yada couldn't help swallowing.

Coarse grain tortillas, this kind of food that he didn't even look at before, is also a rare delicacy in the eyes of Yada now.

Although the taste of the tortilla was rough, the sweetness of the corn was very prominent, and the taste was even better than the honey milk bread he often ate before.

Smelling the aroma of food in the air, Yada couldn't help swallowing.

However, when it was his turn, the Liberation Army soldier who distributed food to them skipped over him.

Yada stretched out his hand from the fence to take the food, but he watched helplessly as the soldiers of the Liberation Army jumped over him and distributed the food to others.

Just when Yada was in a daze, she saw Zhu Hongyu approaching from a distance.

Zhu Hongyu glanced at Yada who was in a daze, and said.

"Bring the person out!"

While speaking, he motioned to the soldiers of the Restoration Army behind him to bring Yada out.

Yada was so hungry that she had no strength to resist, and walked out of the prison obediently.

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