Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 102 Mobilizing the Masses ([-])

During the whole day, they have tried their best to go deep into every house to conduct publicity, investigation and inquiry after completing the heavy work of setting up the camp.Although Wu Nanhai didn't prepare much food, many team members still gave the distributed dry food: Wu Nanhai's special "Jinhua crisp cake" and "seaweed rice ball" to the common people. They felt a little relieved by doing so.

Xi Yazhou paced up and down, very depressed, resting his hand on his chin and meditating.To resume production, we must first stabilize people's hearts.Right now, the village is short of food and clothing internally, and is infested by bullies and pirates externally. These are problems that must be resolved.Leaving aside external problems for the time being, the problem of hunger and cold in front of the masses is not easy to solve.

Du Wen broke the silence in the tent: "The life of the masses is very difficult. Seeing the situation of the masses, we can't just sit idly by! I propose to start relief tomorrow and distribute some clothes. Women here have no clothes to wear—"

"We don't have much capital." Wang Luobin is very aware of the family background they brought. Wu Nanhai only gave them thirty people's rations for a week, plus a day's carry-on dry food. Now most of the team members give dry food to the masses, and the village is currently There are more than 100 households with 500 people. Even if everyone does not keep a morsel of food for themselves, it is not enough for a day here.

Du Wen said: "Apply for a few more carts of grain and cloth from Bairen City."

"Food, Wu Nanhai doesn't have a lot of reserves. Even if you can get some, how long can you last for a few days? People have to eat every day."

Xi Yaya nodded: "That's right, we can't just wait for our superiors to figure out a solution. We still have to settle on our own." He took a few more steps and asked, "This salt village itself doesn't grow food itself, so what did they rely on in the past?" What about eating?"

"Of course it is based on the income from selling salt or direct exchange."

"At the end of the day," Xi Yazhou summed up, "the production order here has been destroyed. The salt farmers can't get a normal income from drying the salt, and they don't even have a guarantee for their personal safety. How can they work hard?"

Wang Luobin said: "So, I still have to—"

"Well, we have to hold both hands, and both hands have to be strong." Xi Yazhou said, "First, we have to try to raise food. With food, the people's emotions can be stabilized and they can build trust in us; Arm the masses. Let them have the ability to defend themselves against bullies and pirates." He nodded with a smile, "That's right, that's it! Give the masses the necessary weapons to produce self-help, and the Salt Field Village is fully qualified to be one of ours. fortress."

"I agree!" When Du Wen heard that the masses were going to be mobilized, she immediately beamed and looked refreshed. "But," she frowned, "to raise food? Where do we go to raise food?"

"Where is this place? Salt field!" Xi Yazhou waved his hand, "People have to eat salt. Almost a ton of salt can be produced here a day. As long as you work, you don't have to worry about food and clothing! The local Xingu will be on the market soon. At this moment, if the salt can be produced as soon as possible, not only can the food problem in the village be solved, but also a large amount of food can be raised for Bairen City."

"Okay, let's do it like this!" Du Wen's eyes lit up excitedly. In the hallucination, she has become the female captain of the land reform team in the movie, and her tone is very similar.

"However, the salt people are afraid to go to work now, and they are hostile to us." Wang Luobin reminded them.

"We need to understand the origin of this hostility as soon as possible. Wang Gong, you said last time that people here are not afraid of us."

"Yes, this is very strange." Wang Luobin also felt strange, "I came here last time, although the people here were not necessarily enthusiastic, but their attitudes were considered normal. This time it really took a 180-degree turn." He paused for a while, "I was wondering, what kind of dog or sheep is the arrester, and it has nothing to do with us."

"Could it be that the class enemies here are spreading rumors, just like the KMT used to say that they are against communists and common wives?"

Wang Luobin laughed: "Xiao Du, you are too imaginative. First, there are no class enemies here, and second, we are not prostitutes—"

Xi Yazhou started to laugh too, and suddenly stopped smiling, and said thoughtfully: "Don't say it, it's really possible." He thought for a while, "This matter probably has something to do with Gou Dahu."

Wang Luobin said: "We have no contact with this so-called big family at all. At that time, I saw him from a distance on the embankment in Malai Village. At most, he knew that we had been here."

"Cough, I'm not busy." Xi Yazhou waved his hand, picked up the walkie-talkie and called the guards, "Quick, some of you go, bring Zhang Xingjiao, and bring all the houses with women disguised as men. Yes , don’t disturb other people, I don’t need to say this, you are very good at it.”

As he spoke, he put down the walkie-talkie, turned up the flame of the kerosene lamp—the wind turbine he brought had not yet been assembled—and said to everyone:

"Let's talk about defense again." He spread out a newly drawn map of the surrounding saltworks on the table.

"Ma Niao Salt Field is a flat area, there is no point to defend, and the village itself is not fortified. The enemies we face are local landlords, bandits and foreign pirates. These three forces are likely to collude with each other. Our If the working group is stationed for a long time, in addition to arming the local villagers, the camp itself must also be fortified."

"Is this temple not bad? The foundations are all ready-made, but unfortunately the houses have collapsed." They are currently stationed at the Ge Hong Temple at the entrance of the village. This Jin Dynasty Taoist scholar, famous alchemist, and medical scientist is regarded by many salt people. He is the ancestor of the salt industry (Note: It is not clear whether the salt people in Hainan have such a belief, and the ancestors of the salt people in different places seem to be different.).The temple has been in disrepair for a long time, and the houses have almost collapsed, except for the stone platform and a wall that has collapsed around it.The tents of the work teams were built on these foundations.

"Do you want to build a bunker?"

"It's bigger, and we have to protect the salt that's produced."

As he was talking, he heard someone talking outside, and Xi Yazhou said, "Du Wen, go get some candies and cups."

"You want candy?" Du Wen was confused.

"There are guests, hurry up! You haven't prepared enough, you will be responsible for appeasing the girl later."

Du Wen walked out.

After a while, the guards led into the family, and Zhang Xingjiao followed behind.The two old men were trembling, and the middle-aged strong man seemed to be unwilling, and deliberately moved slowly.The girl dressed as a woman followed behind with her head bowed.

Xi Yazhou hurriedly invited them to sit down and served tea.He has been in the army for many years, and has also been a sales manager in a large company for many years, and there is a sincere and amiable smile on his face immediately.

After a day of publicity by the work team and some food donations, the original mentality of fear and hatred eased somewhat.

When they heard that the traversers came to Yancun to "eradicate the strong and eradicate the evil, and protect the environment and the people", their faces were full of doubts and incomprehension.The strong man snorted and muttered a few words.

Xi Yazhou already understood Lingao dialect a little bit, matched his expression, and roughly understood what he meant, so he asked him gently: What did the traversers do wrong?

Zhang Xingjiao translated the words, but the other party was still sometimes cold, sometimes sarcastic, and sometimes replied indignantly.Regardless of the strong man's attitude, Xi Yazhou always maintained the most sincere smile and spoke very politely.After going back and forth for several rounds, I finally understood the whole story of the matter one after another.

It turned out that this big dog came to the salt village a few days ago and announced that the short-haired masters of Bairentan entrusted him to collect two hundred yin of salt.He also threatened the village: the short-haired men are powerful with firearms, and they will send troops to fight over and kill everyone--the story of the battle at Bairen Beach has already been spread here with embellishments.In addition, Wang Luobin did bring people here to buy salt a few days ago.At this time, Gou Dahu said this again, and the already breathless Yan people became even more desperate, and more than a dozen households fled at once, leaving the village in a gloomy state.Gou Dahu was afraid that everyone would run away, so he simply arrested the village head and the village chiefs and elders, and threatened them not to flee.

"How unreasonable!" Wang Luobin almost jumped up, "It's too shameless!" All the traversers present were shocked: This local tyrant and evil gentry, who only knew it from Zhang Xingjiao, actually has such a trick!

"It seems that this big dog is really not simple." Xi Yazhou smiled, he somewhat guessed it, but this kind of ability to pull a big banner and pull a tiger's skin is really not to be underestimated by this person.

Xi Yazhou immediately explained to them that there was no such thing at all. If the salt was not fake, it would be public buying and selling, and there was absolutely no reason to force it.As he said that, he pointed at Zhang Xingjiao, who was already full of anger: "Ask this person who was dug up by Gou Dahu!"

The ancients ended up with the graves of their ancestral halls, and digging people's ancestral graves can be regarded as a deep hatred.When Xi Yazhou mentioned this, Zhang Xingjiao's face was already flushed, and he spoke to the family, his tone becoming more and more excited.Seeing this family's expression slowly change.

It seems that locals are more effective for locals.Moreover, Zhang Xingjiao is a scholar. Although he has no fame, Chinese people still respect people with culture.

From what Zhang Xingjiao said, this family is also surnamed Tan, and they are uncles and brothers of the same generation as the village head: the village head is called Tan Guiqiong, his name is Tan Guihuang, and the strong man is their son, Tan Chengqing——Yanmin don't have to Longing, longing for sunny weather to dry salt.Tan Tianqing knows how to punch and kick, and is straightforward. He is a straightforward person who dares to speak and act, and has a certain reputation among the young people in the village.

After about half an hour, Xi Yazhou saw that the fire was almost ready, so he returned to the main topic: "Folks, I'm sorry, we are not familiar with this area, and we don't know that Gou Dahu will use our name to blackmail threats. We don’t know your pain. Now the whole village has no food or clothing, and the big girl has no pants. We must first find a solution, and we must discuss it together. We need to get food and clothes, so that everyone has no worries about food and clothing. "

"Is this possible?" The family stared at Xi Ya and asked together.

"Yes!" Xi Yazhou said affirmatively, "As long as everyone works hard together."

Tan Tianqing happily said first: "As long as we have a way, we can do whatever we can."

In order to drive away their long-term frustration and disappointment, Xi Yazhou said in a more emphatic tone: "We are here to help the common people. As long as we know everyone's suffering, we will definitely find a way to solve it."

(End of this chapter)