Qin Zheng placed Prince Heinrich and his entourage in the Prince Heinrich Hotel and arranged a luncheon to entertain them, and in the afternoon, Qin Zheng rushed back to the provisional administrative office in Qingdao to listen to the report of the Land Reform Commission.

The Qingdao Temporary Administrative Office of the Crossing Group was located in the Jiaoao General Military Mansion of the original Qing court, and after De Guoqiang rented Jiaozhou Bay, he also used this time as his temporary Jiaoao Governor's Office. Originally, the construction of a new governor's palace had already begun, but due to the recovery of Jiaozhou Bay by crossing the group, half of the work had been stopped.

The head of the Agrarian Reform Commission is Zeng Dong, Minister of Agriculture, but he is still in charge of the work of the Ministry of Agriculture, so he only focuses on some major tasks, while the two deputy directors of the Agrarian Reform Commission, Wang Sheng and Gao Jun, are in charge.

These two people were determined in Qingdao, Wang Sheng originally worked for the Ministry of Agriculture, and after the crossing group captured Qingdao, he has been in charge of civil affairs in Qingdao. Gao Jun was originally in charge of women's work, but she also participated in agricultural investigation and field division when she was in Tianjin, and she also had some experience, and according to the experience of the old time and space, while land reform, it was often necessary to emancipate women, so Gao Jun was naturally the most suitable candidate.

And what Wang Sheng wants to report to Qin Zheng today is that he wants to go to Menbu Village, where the Liu family's grange is located, and talk to Liu Zongze in detail about the land in person.

It turned out that after Liu Jiping came to Qingdao, he asked to see the person in charge, who was received by Wang Sheng, and Liu Jiping also conveyed Liu Zongze's request to Wang Sheng, hoping that the traveler could be sent to talk to him about compensation.

Qin Zheng had only been in Qingdao for a long time, and he didn't know much about the situation in Qingdao, and after listening to Wang Sheng's report, Qin Zheng said, "Who is this Liu Zongze?"

Wang Shengdao: "He was originally an official of the Qing court, and now he has retired, but he has some prestige in Jiaozhou, and his reputation in the countryside is not bad, according to our investigation, their family does not exploit the peasants seriously, and usually does some good deeds in the countryside, belongs to the enlightened squire landlords, in addition to their family has a lot of other industries, there are restaurants, shops, and a copper workshop in Jiaozhou City." Therefore, we believe that Liu Zongze should be a target that can be won over, and if Liu Zongze can be persuaded to take the initiative to hand over the land, it can play an exemplary role for other squires and even rich peasants, and play a good propaganda role as a symbol of the enlightened landlords we set up to support land reform. ”

Qin Zheng nodded and said, "In this way, it is indeed worth giving it a try, and if you can persuade him to take the initiative to hand over the land, of course it will be a good thing." If necessary, we can also attract him to our government, which will also take advantage of the smooth transition of our control over the grassroots. ”

Wang Shengdao: "If Liu Zongze takes the initiative to hand over the land, I want to carry out land reform in Menbu Village first, and use these as a pilot and demonstration model for land reform, and even notify the surrounding village residents to come and watch it, so of course the publicity effect is better." After the completion of the land reform work in Menbu Village, we will take Menbu Village as the residence point and radiate to the surrounding villages to carry out the land reform work in an all-round way, which will not only facilitate the centralized management of all land reform teams, but also improve our work efficiency. ”

Qin Zheng said: "Well, it's well thought out, so when do you plan to go to Menbu Village." ”

Wang Sheng said: "Don't hesitate, Major Gao and I have decided to go tomorrow." ”

Qin Zheng said: "Okay, how many troops are you going to take to Menbu Village?"

Wang Shengdao: "Menbu Village is less than 15 kilometers away from Jiaozhou City, and you can use walkie-talkies to communicate, so I don't think I need to bring too many troops, one or two squads are enough, at most one platoon." ”

Qin Zheng shook his head and said: "There are too few troops with us, your ideas are very good, but you should also pay attention to your own safety, don't think that we are traversers who can turn evil into good fortune and be auspicious in distress, so far, we have sacrificed more than 30 soldiers, and they are all traversers." Moreover, Liu Zongze is still an official of the Qing court after all, who knows what he plans to do, what if this is a Hongmen banquet set up for you? You must not have the intention of harming people, but you must have the heart of guarding against people. The history of the old time and space proves that the landlords and old fortunes will never be willing to withdraw from the stage of history, and the revolution has always been built on a large amount of blood, so we must not take it lightly. In addition, bringing more troops can also have a certain deterrent effect on the Liu family, because any negotiation is backed by strength, and the army is not only to protect your safety, but also to be the most important bargaining chip in your negotiations, so I think you can bring at least two companies this time, or even one battalion. ”

Wang Sheng and Gao Jun glanced at each other, and they had to admit that they were really thinking too simply, Jiang was really old and spicy. In fact, Qin Zheng's age is far from the time of the old man, but after more than half a year of experience, Qin Zheng has also gained great experience, and he is more comprehensive and sophisticated in dealing with the world and looking at problems.

So early the next morning, Wang Sheng, Gao Jun and a few traversers set off with two companies of troops and went to Menbu Village. And Liu Jiping was waiting at the entrance of the village early, but seeing that they had brought so many troops this time, Liu Jiping's face couldn't help but change a little, and his smile also brought out a hint of immunity. Because in this era, the army is basically no different from robbers and bandits, as the so-called thieves are like combs, officials are like grates, if it is in the city is a little better, these Qiu Ba people do not dare to be too nonsense, and in the countryside is the sky is high and the emperor is far away, no one can control the place, naturally there is no scruples, sometimes the army is like a locust plague without leaving an inch of grass, and even the people in the smaller villages have been slaughtered and poked.

Although he was not very proud in his heart, Liu Jiping did not dare to refuse the army to enter the village, but fortunately, after the People's Army entered the village, he did not run around, but still lined up without chaos, at the door of the Liu family's mansion, only a few people were left to patrol the surroundings, and the others sat down on the spot to rest, and there was no other move. When Liu Jiping saw it, he was also a little relieved, and hurriedly led Wang Sheng and Gao Jun into the house.

The Liu family's residence in the village is very large, although it is not clear to see the whole picture for a while, but the courtyard wall of the main gate is at least more than 100 meters, and the courtyard wall is more than three meters high, there are corner towers on the four corners, and there are guards by the family, almost a small castle.

Wang Sheng and Gao Jun only brought four guards into the house, and they didn't bring many people, but Liu Jiping was not completely at ease, and after leading Wang Sheng and Gao Jun to the hall to sit down, he hurriedly called the housekeeper and asked him to prepare food, drink and silver for the soldiers outside, and would rather spend more money than appease them. Then he went to call Liu Zongze to come out to meet the guests.

After seeing Wang Sheng and Gao Jun, Liu Zongze couldn't help but be a little surprised, firstly, he did not expect that both of them were very young, no more than 30 years old, and secondly, Gao Jun was actually a woman.

Although there are indeed female housekeepers in the people, and even open shops and do business, but it is only limited to the people, and there is absolutely no place for women in the officialdom, it turns out that Liu Zongze has also heard that overseas Chinese have female officials, but Liu Zongze did not take it too seriously, thinking that it is probably the same as Changmao, called a female official, but it is actually a concubine's wife, but Gao Jun is sitting side by side with Wang Sheng, a businesslike person, and the clothes are simple and capable, and the look is free, obviously not the role of the vase.

However, Liu Zongze was calm after all, and he didn't move to greet the two of them, and he didn't have any different colors for Gao Jun.

After a few polite words, Wang Sheng first explained in detail to Liu Zongze the reasons for the land policy adopted by the crossing group, and gave examples one by one to illustrate that the current land annexation is very serious. A large number of peasant households lost their land, and most of the landlords not only tried their best to evade the land tax, but also brutally exploited the tenants, resulting in serious social contradictions, the outbreak of the Boxer Rebellion, the land problem is also one of the reasons, if this phenomenon develops, it will inevitably lead to greater disasters, so it is necessary to carry out land reform and redistribute land in order to resolve social contradictions and maintain normal social order.

Gao Jun listed some of the good deeds of the Liu family in the township, and gave a high evaluation, and praised Liu Zongze as a conscientious squire, and hoped that Liu Zongze would understand and support land reform. At the same time, he also said that the crossing group will try its best to make up for it in other aspects.

Liu Zongze has read poetry and books, and has been an official for more than 20 years, so he is naturally very clear about these social phenomena, in fact, this is also a stage that all dynasties will go through, and although the methods of overseas Chinese are a little more intense, they are indeed the only solution, and other means, like what to check the fields and clear the land, will not work at all. In fact, most people can figure this out, but no one will be willing to accept their own fields.

However, Liu Zongze is a person who understands after all, and after consulting with everyone in Jiaozhou City, Liu Zongze also knows very well that he has no bargaining chips in this game with overseas Chinese, and it can be said that what overseas Chinese say is what they say, even if they really forcibly expropriate their own land, there is nothing they can do? Therefore, after listening to Wang Sheng and Gao Jun's words, he also very happily handed over the land deed of his family and the land lease contract signed with the tenant and handed them over to Wang Sheng and Gao Jun. He expressed his full support for the land policy of the crossing group.

Wang Sheng also reiterated that except for the soil and surplus real estate, other properties will not be touched, and at the same time ensure the compensation for the Liu family, tax incentives for the Liu family's shops, and promise to help the Liu family upgrade the copper workshop and so on. At the same time, he also proposed to rent the Liu family's mansion as the on-site headquarters and office location for land reform.

At the same time, Liu Zongze also said that he could move his family members to live in Jiaozhou City and rent all the houses in the village to the traverser, but he only asked the traverser to give him two or three days to move.