Chapter 394: Opportunity in war

The war is cruel, especially the civilians in the midst of the war.
The people of East Prussia were deeply touched, and their good days have ended since they were occupied by Russians.
Ficks is just a humble town and still hasn't escaped. Well-informed nobles and businessmen have already run away, and all that remains now is a bunch of poor ghosts.
Even so, they haven't escaped the Russians' poisonous hands. Now that the oil and water can't be fried, it's better to make the zhuangding.
The only church in the town is now full of people.
A middle-aged man asked frowningly: "Just now the Russians sent someone over and asked for 500 workers in the town. What should we do, Father?"
The church is probably the only area that has been spared. In the face of God, the Russians have not ransacked the only church in the town.
Now the head and face of the town are running away. Among the remaining people, a few years old Priest Prague has the highest prestige.
As a religious person, Fr. Prague cannot run, nor does he need to run. The influence of European religions is so great that the Russian army will not act on the church, even if it is a Protestant church.
Father Prague said with regret: "Child, I know the news. I just negotiated with the Russians and they asked for 20,000 rubles to be released from labor.
The Russians warned that if the numbers were not gathered within a week, they would kill. "
Father Prague didn't think about collecting money. If those aristocrats and businessmen didn't leave, maybe they could get it together. It's impossible now.
It's not that the town doesn't have 20,000 rubles, but the property is not equal to cash. Nobles and businessmen still have real estate after they ran away. Unfortunately, the Russians only need cash.
Everyone is unwilling to fight their own country, but people have to bow their heads under the roof.
The bears are not good at talking. Since they say they want to kill, they will kill. The youth who initially tried to rebel against the Russians still hung their heads on the flagpole at the gate of the town.
One person rebelled-killed the whole family; found that the guerrillas did not report-killed; someone who attacked the Russian army, every 200 meters within a radius of one person every five-killed; there were more than ten resistance teams-Tuzhen ...
Under such a high pressure, the local people dared to anger without speaking. Now that the war has been going on, the Russians have already started real fire, and there are not a few villages and towns that have been slaughtered in East Prussia.
International opinion? Regrettably, the Tsarist government has been scolded, they are not debt-ridden.
Moreover, the Russians are not stupid, how can they admit it? Without evidence, at most in the newspapers, the Russians were fearless.
In this era, the camera was too big, and the shooting effect was not good. The sneak shot had no effect, and the Prussians could not produce convincing evidence at all.
These are all excuses. Actually, countries ca n’t help the bears. They opened the cover and everyone did n’t look good.
"What shall we do, or shall we run!"
Someone suggested. Serving on the battlefield is not a good job, especially for Russians.
The news spread. Many people know that the Russian army likes to use labor as cannon fodder. This is what they learned in the Near East War, and arresting laborers as cannon fodder can reduce troop losses.
An old man asked: "Russians are everywhere, where are they going?"
It's not that simple to run, dragging homes with money, plus no money in their pockets, and Russian hunting, how far can they go?
A young man asked, "But we can't really kill the Russians and fight our own army?"
The old man reprimanded: "What do you know as a hairy kid, the youth in our town does not add up to five hundred."
This is the key to the problem, not that they are willing or unwilling, but that it is impossible to complete the task.
The population of the town was originally small, and a large number of young people were recruited into the army after the outbreak of the war. Now there are no five hundred young people in the town.
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Looking at the quarrel, Fr. Prague had a headache. These are the believers he developed. If these people are gone, his food and clothing parents are gone.
"Keep calm in front of the Lord. I will go to Ganisburg and ask a friend to see if there is any other way."
Gunisburg is the city closest to the town. If the Russians want to find a place in the local area, they will certainly not only target one town.
Heading to the city for help was a hint of priest Prague. Not all the nobles have run away, and a large part of the nobles of East Prussia remain.
Some people chose to organize guerrillas to resist the invasion of the Russians, while others wanted to run without running away. Most of them now gather in cities.
Europe has no tradition of killing nobles, provided that you do not place orders. If only one person is killed, he will be killed, no one knows anyway.
Everyone gathers together, it's different. The Russian army will not fight against them. This is the rule of the game and it applies to the Russians.
In a hurry, Father Prague hurried to Gunneysburg on horseback. The depression was in sight. The bustling streets of the past were no longer crowded with people, and scattered pedestrians met the Russian patrols and left quickly.
As a religious figure, Father Prague was not questioned. Of course, he did not come forward to the Russian army.
Under normal circumstances, Russians do not move people in the religious world, which does not mean that they dare not move. In this age of barrenness and chaos, it's nothing to kill a few people.
Without wandering, Father Prague went straight into the church in the city. No matter how high or low, Europeans can relate to churches in this era.
There is a saying that goes well: just find someone to wait at the door of the church.
"Priest, what is it so urgent?"
A luxuriously dressed middle-aged man who spoke, met Fr. Prague a few times, and the two were nodded.
When I met an acquaintance, Fr. Prague, who was trying to find out, had a little surprise on his face. Asked puzzled, "Mr. James, haven't you left?"
The situation is not good now, and the rich are running away from the war. Under normal circumstances, a well-informed businessman such as James cannot not know the news in advance.
James replied, "I just came back after completing a business, and the Russians came. But I won the nationality of the empire not long ago, and the Russians will not embarrass me."
"Empire" is naturally the Shen Luo Empire. Even if a new word is added, it is also the only recognized empire in Germany.
Russians are not lunatics, so naturally they will not find trouble for foreigners, especially businessmen of the Allies.
Fr. Prague said in surprise: "God bless, Mr. James, you are so lucky to have escaped this disaster.
Now the Russians are looting around. I am in Ficks Town. Because I ca n’t get the money, I am threatened by the Russians with 500 workers. "
Of course, these news can not be concealed from James. As a successful businessman, the most important thing is to be informed.
At this time, he returned to Gunisburg to make money. The Austrian colony lacked labor, and sending immigrants to the colony was also a business.
James is fancy for the opportunity of the war. He has signed labor export contracts with a number of companies in the Austrian colonies, and now he is back to pull people.
To organize immigration elsewhere, Russians may interfere. If you go to the Austrian colonies, there will be no problem at all, and the loans in Vienna will not be taken for free.
Back this time, James also passed with the colonial government. As long as he can fool the people to the colony, if something goes wrong, the Austrian Foreign Ministry will take care of the aftermath.
James pretended to be surprised and exclaimed: "God! Five hundred laborers, isn't Ficks Town going to have bad mold?"
Father Prague nodded bitterly, and said helplessly: "It is true, and I have no way to come for help."
At this time, Bishop Bernard came over, accompanied by seven or eight priests, and by looking at their faces, they knew that something bad had happened.
Father Prague repeated what he said just now, and Bishop Bernard reluctantly said, "Sorry, I can't do anything about this problem, everyone has encountered this problem.
I have visited Russian officers on behalf of the church, and unfortunately I was not even driven in by the gate and was driven out. "
No way, who made them Protestant and the Russians were Orthodox?
I did n’t yell and kill when I came across heresy, that ’s all for my face, but I ca n’t count on giving them a good look?
Looking at the crowd, James knew that the opportunity had come.
"My Excellency, if you want to avoid the Russian labor, I suggest that you first organize the people to leave Gnisburg and return after the war is over."
Bishop Bernard shook his head and said, "Mr. James, your approach won't work. The Russians set up Lucas on the main road, and they will never let everyone leave."
James smiled slightly and said, "Of course under normal circumstances, it is impossible to pass. But we can detour by other means. Russia and Austria signed the" Labor Employment Treaty "two years ago.
We can sign a short-term employment contract with the Austrian company, and then take a boat to the Austrian colonies to take refuge, and return to Gnisburg after the war is over. "
This is purely flickering, it is easy to enter the Austrian colony, and it is difficult to leave.
The cost of immigration alone is not something that ordinary people can afford. When they make enough money, will they have a foothold when they return?
Bishop Bernard was still meditating, and Father Prague couldn't help it first: "Mr. James, can this work?"
James replied affirmatively: "Of course! Since the signing of the treaty, the Russian military officers will definitely implement it, otherwise it will cause diplomatic conflicts between Russia and Austria, which is not something they can afford."
Fr. Prague said without hesitation: "Okay, I'll go back and tell the people, let them decide whether to leave or not."
Bishop Bernard stopped, "Frather, this matter is so important that we must think carefully."
He was very clear. If the people left, and Ganisburg became a dead city, would the church still have value?
come back? This little boy, once you go to the Austrian colony, it is God ’s blessing that one third of the people can come back in the end.
Father Prague said indifferently: "Noble Lord, no matter how bad it is now, I can't watch the children kill each other.
The Russians recruited young people as cannon fodder. Can they tolerate this kind of thing if they want to fight with our army? "
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