Alexandria, this city that is not a city now. The previous war has ended, and this messy city has become a huge one...

Slum!

It's really like a slum. Well, this is actually the Empire's temporary prisoner of war camp, and it can't be said to be a pass. In fact, the more than 200,000 people who surrendered before were placed here...

It would be impossible not to do this, because just before Li Mengyang led his army to fight, Washington's arrangement for the 300,000 troops was interesting. So many people were "camping" in downtown Washington.

The United States has a constitutional amendment, that is, the army can requisition the houses of ordinary people, as long as they think it is necessary, and before using this constitution, the army actually caused great trouble to the city of Washington.

Let’s not talk about the controversy over the constitutional amendment, because it is obviously contrary to the spirit of the Constitution on protecting citizens’ property. Now that Li Mengyang has arranged these prisoners outside the city, this has gained the support of many Washington residents.

Everyone says this emperor is good, very good, better than Lincoln...

Well, these are all details.

In fact, these prisoners have already dealt with a lot of them. For so many people, they have to eat, right? Why don’t you give them some freedom, completely confiscate their weapons, and then let them go home if they can go home.

Li Mengyang's original idea was to give these people some travel expenses, but now because the US dollar has depreciated greatly, the travel expenses will be very heavy and difficult to get, so let it go.

In other words, now all those who can leave are gone, but those who don’t leave... there are still more than 200,000 yuan!

These prisoners are not stupid. They are prisoners of war here, at least they have food to eat. Although they lived in Washington before, they lacked clothes and food...

On this day, things changed.

"Gentlemen! You were soldiers of the United States before. We all know this, but I would like to ask, how many of you have willingly entered the United States army?"

In this huge slum, when food was delivered, some Imperial Army people came. They were basically white, and only a few Chinese people didn't speak. After these prisoners of the United States Army were divided into groups, there were about 1,000 people. The white Imperial Army people began to question separately.

Willingly enter the United States army?

This question is very interesting, and...

"We have invited several priests from Washington, D.C., and hope you can answer seriously, in the name of God."

"ah?"

It's really strange, why do you still have to do this?

But, since it is a question, then answer it.

As a result, it came out soon. There were about three or four hundred people in the thousand people. They stood up and said they were voluntarily.

This ratio is not low, then these individuals...

"Okay. Gentlemen in this part, you can come and get the food."

Why?!

Why do they get the food? Why are they still prioritized? This seems wrong?

So, some prisoners wanted to say that they were volunteering to join the army, at least some of them had very that kind of eyes, but...

"Gentlemen who stayed! Now, we want to ask if you want to leave this place?"

Leaving? It seems... many people are hesitating because if they can leave, they would have left long ago!

But, the individuals of the Imperial Army have not finished speaking yet, "Don't worry. The so-called departure is actually to help everyone find a job. Now your war is over. Since that's the case, everyone always has to work. In our empire, those who do not work cannot eat, which is the truth that we all agree with. And now, are you also going to work well?"

Is that okay? Of course it’s fine!

However, there is a prerequisite here, that is...

"Did that emperor pardon us?"

"Yes, yes! Are we pardoned?"

Many people are asking about this. Yes, generally speaking, you are soldiers of the empire. When you become prisoners of others, you always have to say something. You can't treat it like the common people, right?

But, how do people from the Empire answer?

"Gentlemen! What are you asking? You have not committed any crime!"

No crime?!

Yes, if there was no crime, then there would naturally be no forgiveness, but is this matter real or false?

"Gentlemen! Don't doubt it! You are just being deceived by the evil, hypocritical, Lincoln government that deceived the people! You are just blinded by them! Of course you have not committed any crime! The people who commit the crime are the commanders of you, the upper class, the damn politicians!"

Alas, this explanation would be great.

“Wow!”

"Hahaha……"

“This is simply amazing!”

Naturally, I was very happy at this moment, which means I will not be investigated. You must know that this empire has an emperor, so life and death are not decided by others?

Well, it seems that there are many emperors Li Mengyang in the United States.

However, this matter is not that simple.

"Gentlemen! Although you have not committed any crime, you cannot easily return to your home now. Many of you may be homeless. So what do you have to do in the future? You must know that the empire is about to liberate the whole of America, and the evil regime in Lincoln is about to fall. You will always find a job in the future. So why not find one now?"

This is quite interesting. I didn't tell any lies, because it is true that the United States will not be long, but I pay attention to the degree of propriety. I didn't say the United States, but Lincoln's evil regime... If you blackmail me, I'll criticize you too, and you will be polite.

But in fact, the most important thing is to help these prisoners of war find jobs. Is this too much Lei Feng?

"Private! I want to ask, what kind of job is that?"

"Yes, can't we go to war again?"

Look, people are not stupid. These prisoners also understand that maybe the guys from the empire in front of them are not at ease!

"Don't worry about this matter." The people on the empire said again, "It's not about war. But now the empire's territory is constantly expanding, especially in the east. His Majesty the Emperor saw that there were still a lot of land in the east that had not been reclaimed. He thought this was simply a waste. Gentlemen, we don't eat much now, right?"

"That's right!"

"I really want to eat bread, but now there is only half a corn meal."

This is the way, but it is true to think about it. Although there are supplies transported from the railway, there are still fewer ones, which is a problem of food and drink for hundreds of thousands of people.

In fact, just like this, Li Mengyang gave the generals on the front line who went out to fight, allowing you to make white strips under certain circumstances!

It sounds nice to say, credit, but it sounds bad. Then this matter is not much different from robbing, but now it can only be in a hurry to follow the power.

There is no way, the US dollar fell too much. Washington was captured by the empire, and the credit of the US dollar banknotes went bankrupt almost instantly!

So, in a state of scarcity of materials, it is also right for everyone to cultivate, but is it just cultivated?

"Gentlemen! Our empire was originally called the Production and Construction Corps. This Corps is different from what you think. The word "corps" is actually mainly for safety. So we need it now, one is capable of farming. The other is the kind that wants to protect everyone's safety. In fact, it is not soldiers. I believe everyone can understand it."

This matter...yes, this is Li Mengyang's way of using prisoners of war!

There is no way. The white people in the eastern region can only use this first due to various factors. They must have had resistance to the emperor Li Mengyang, so they can only do so.

The Production and Construction Corps, on the one hand, really went to reclaim. Because the land to be reclaimed in the United States is really very large. Although the eastern part is large in population, it still has great potential. In addition, there are many people, because they ran away first because they saw that the empire was coming, and the land could not be escaped. The most common ones were rich people.

Li Mengyang used to be quite famous in New York. Rich people were afraid of it. Most of the rich people had land, so now we are just here to plant it in the Production and Construction Corps.

But this corps is obviously a semi-agricultural and semi-military force. It can be said that this is a transition, and it is even a bad idea. Let's fool these prisoners of war first!

Of course, in this era, no one will understand why ccav agriculture and military later were on the same channel...

But the first point is to identify it first. Li Mengyang educated these white Imperial Army people who were doing their work. The first screening was to see if these prisoners of war were loyal to the original United States and whether they had patriotic enthusiasm.

You know, after the American Civil War has been fighting for so long, those who can still actively join the army must have a more inclined heart to the United States, so these individuals will naturally not be able to use it for now.

Then...

"Okay! If you want to do this job, go to the priests and they will tell you how to do it."

How to do it?

"son, please put your hand on the Bible and swear: Be loyal to the American Empire! Be loyal to the Empire Emperor!..."

That's right, swear!

Needless to say, this one was definitely come up with Ocassi's help. Anyway, he thinks that this kind of swearing will be very effective in this place in the United States.

To be honest, Li Mengyang actually doesn't believe it, but he has seen the great role of religion in this era, so let's give it a try.

In addition, I actually swear to have some ideological education after I swear, such as the newspapers that Liszt is now in charge, which amplifies some of the black spots of the Lincoln government, and complains.

You know, these soldiers of the United States are not willing to join the army, so there may be strong men in the middle, or they cannot live a life themselves.

You really don’t know, Li Mengyang’s expectations were really reliable… Not long after, the complaint meeting was held!

Anyway, it’s all kinds of methods. Let’s turn these original enemies into our own people first, so that we can plan for big things...

But, I have captured a lot of prisoners before? Isn’t it the Battle of Vicksburg? What about those prisoners? (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!