The Adventure of the Kecapi
Chapter 153

As soon as they entered the hamlet, they took a position of confinement, guarding in all directions, especially at the four doors of the hamlet.

Hearing the footsteps of many horses entering their village, the farmers looked at each other with changed faces. I do not know who whispered first, but now they all whispered with frightened faces.

"There's a Black Army.....!"

Black troops are famous for being feared by the people around the place because the soldiers are dressed all in black and their task is to find and gather the forces of the common people to be used as energy workers build the Great Canal.

This Black Army also occupied a high place and absolute power, even its commanders were given the right to act against the people who were disobedient, so of course they were feared, power is a very dangerous thing for humans.

From this power there arise various bad and evil deeds. People who are worried that he will be taken and made into forced labor, do not hesitate to do bribery or bribery, even handing their daughters over to

the commanders and soldiers of the Black army.

Even though the government itself took discretion to pay the workers, but in its implementation, the wages were kept in the hands of which were among the thousands of officers, and the workers worked without wages, even their food rations were reduced so that many of them died of exhaustion or starvation.

This scares the people even more so that even the poor, always want to avoid themselves so as not to be taken and forced to work in the Canal.

Upon hearing the whisper of the Black Army, the local villagers became nervous.

Women were crying, children were hiding under beds with shivering bodies and girls were hiding in their artificial basements. And the men of the hamlet scattered ran out of the house with the intention of escaping out of the hamlet so as not to be caught and not caught.

But it turned out that the hamlet had been besieged and those who tried to escape met with whips that whipped and strong shoveled leg kicks and made them topple over. The atmosphere became more and more uproar.

"All the villagers came out and gathered here!"

The repeated calls were made by several officers in loud voices.

"The one who runs away or fights will be killed!"

"The men are here and all the women and children over there!" exclaim one of the officers by pointing in the intended direction.

With a pale face and a shivering body of fear, all the inhabitants were forced out of their houses and hiding places. Because they had heard that some hamlets were burned by the Black Army just to force their inhabitants out of their hiding places.

Moments later everyone gathered, the men in groups on the left, the women with the children in groups on the right.

"You don't be afraid! We are carrying out the duty of the government to give you jobs. You will be paid and fed enough! Also the chosen women will get jobs and a pleasant life!" exclaim the commander of the army, and all the residents can only remain silent

Then these aides of the commander conducted an election. The men were young and strong, immediately separated and their two hands were fitted with handcuffs with long chains. Fifty men were handcuffed with chains connected, and fifteen young women, both married and maiden, were chosen and forced to separate, he was then told to go up into a prepared cart.

The women wept, both those who were taken and those who were left behind, because they had heard that if elected they would get a job, but the work is despicable and they will be forced to serve the desires of the soldiers.

And those who had been taken away, none had ever returned to their hamlets. It is also rare that a man who has been selected to work in the canal will return to the hamlet.

"Tarr..tarr...tarr...!"

The sound of their whips went off to frighten them, and to force those who were about to strike to keep going.

Like a newly purchased herd of cattle, the fifty men of the hamlet were led out of their hamlet, leaving their families, their homes and their hamlets, perhaps forever.

 According to government regulations at the time, there was no forced labor, there was compulsory labor in which the people were obliged to work on the Canal for one hundred days, and these were paid and fed.

There are also accepted women who work and are paid, but willingly to work in the soup kitchen of the making of the Canal.

But the fact is that the execution of a commandment then deviates from the origin of the commandment itself. Compulsory labor becomes forced labor, wages are castrated and even eliminated altogether, women are gathered and forced to work, not by the making of the Canal but for the satisfaction of their animal passions.

Although among the officers there are also clean people and who really carry out their duties as they should.

But does it mean a cup of milk if put in a pool full of dirt water, will not appear clearly white and clean milk, will even become dirty.

The little one will vanish into the many.

The commander of the Black Army troops who entered the hamlet of Ki-nyan-tung was named Lok Sek, a forty-year-old man of great stature and valiant, who was very strong, and he has a mainstay weapon a pair of machetes that are so terrible that many people fear.

Also the two officers who helped him were the chosen people with high silat science. Even the troops led by Lok Sek forgot the selected troops, consisting of soldiers who are good at silat.

With this special army of his, Lok Sek seemed to be a little king who could impose his will as he pleased, without anyone daring to oppose him.

Where the Lok Sek led troops who always managed to bring a lot of new obedient forces, then his superiors are not too worried about the news that Lok Sek and his troops are cruel to the people.

The captive-like villagers staggered under the threat of whips that sometimes touched the skin and bit, dust billowed under the feet of the horses the army rode.

While in the middle of the army was heard the sobs of the women who were huddled in a wagon pulled by two horses.

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