Wang Sheng and Gao Jun thought about it and felt that this was fine, because the people of the Liu family had moved away, so that the office director of the Land Reform Committee would of course be more convenient, and whether Liu Zongze lent the house to the traverser out of sincerity or not, but from this attitude, he stood with the traversal group, which is also a good publicity window for the traversal group to set up the Liu family as a model for supporting land reform.

In fact, Liu Zongze did this, in addition to currying favor with the traverser, he also had another consideration. Because the overseas Chinese brought a large number of troops this time, it did cause a great shock to Liu Zongze, so that Liu Zongze knew that he had no conditions to bargain with the overseas Chinese, and could only honestly cooperate with the actions of the overseas Chinese, at least at this stage, he must have a good relationship with the overseas Chinese, so Liu Zongze did not entangle with the traverser more, and almost unconditionally agreed to the traverser's request.

But the appearance of the army also aroused Liu Zongze's vigilance, although up to now, the overseas Chinese have been very restrained, and did not show aggressive momentum, but tried to persuade Wang Sheng, Gao Jun's attitude is also very peaceful, but after all, they have an absolute advantage, there is a strong armed force, in case the overseas Chinese lose patience that day, and use tough methods, they are basically completely powerless to resist, so they must also prepare in advance, and they can always afford to hide if they can't afford to provoke, just take this opportunity to move their families to live in Jiaozhou City, so that they have no worries, in case they really fall out with overseas Chinese, without the drag of their families, it is better to leave.

In addition, once overseas Chinese move in, they will definitely bring the army with them, Liu Zongze has worked in the local area for more than ten years, but he knows very well what kind of virtue Qiu Ba is, and this group of people can do anything. Although he had also heard some rumors that the People's Army had strict military discipline and had committed no offence against the common people, Liu Zongze knew that these rumors were not credible, and when the Hunan Army and the Huai Army were first established, weren't they also strict in military discipline?

Liu Zongze doesn't feel sorry for money, mainly because he is afraid that something will happen to the female relatives in the family, although Liu Zongze's two daughters are married, but the three sons and daughters have all gathered wives and concubines, although several daughters-in-law are not young, but they are not too big, and there is a granddaughter who is also over 15 years old, and Liu Zongze also accepted two concubines before Zhishi, and now he is only in his early 30s. Therefore, it is better to send it away quickly and leave this place where this is not the case.

So Wang Sheng, Gao Jun and Liu Zongze agreed to give the Liu family three days to move, and then requisition the Liu family's courtyard house, and the Liu family only left part of the servants, maids and housekeeper Liu Yong, but all obeyed the orders of the traverser.

After the two sides negotiated, Wang Sheng and Gao Jun asked Liu Zongze to come forward and recruit the whole village, at least one person from each household, to gather in the compound of the Liu family, and officially announced that the land reform working group would be stationed in Menbu Village in three days to carry out land reform work, and read out the "Outline of the Land Reform System." He also made a point of explaining that Liu Zongze had promised to support the land reform, handed over all the land, and also showed everyone his title deeds and lease deeds.

After listening to Wang Sheng's reading, it immediately caused a commotion in the crowd, in fact, some people have vaguely heard some rumors, but it is difficult to argue whether it is true or false, but most people have heard it for the first time. But whether you know it or not, it has now been confirmed, and the Liu family has handed over the land, which seems to be unfake. The expressions of the villagers were different, some were quite excited, some were half-convinced, some were sad, some were bitter, and some were silently calculating in their hearts what kind of land they would be divided into, or how many fields they would hand over and how many fields they would receive.

Of course, there are also some people who are more anxious and courageous to ask some questions, and Wang Sheng and Gao Jun also patiently answered them one by one. Seeing that the attitude of the two was relatively mild, some people also became emboldened, only to hear someone ask loudly: "These are our family's land, why do you want to take it away and give it to other people, you still don't talk about the king's law." ”

This sentence immediately overwhelmed the other voices, and the courtyard immediately fell silent, and even Liu Zongze was startled.

And Wang Sheng looked at the person who spoke, and saw that this person was obese, with a ruddy complexion, wearing a melon skin hat and a brocade robe, obviously a rich man. And everyone else knows, this person's name is Liu Yinggui, and Liu Zongze is also a relative, is the largest landlord in the village, with more than 1,600 acres of land, and the youngest son is a bookkeeper in Jiaozhou County, so he is also a little small in the township. However, at this time, under Wang Sheng's gaze, he lowered his head and did not dare to look at Wang Sheng.

Wang Shengzhi didn't embarrass him too much, but said: "Land reform is a decision we have made, it must be implemented, and everyone must obey it, and those who dare to resist and undermine land reform in everything have only a dead end." Now this is a place where we have the final say, so everything must be done according to our rules. If you are not convinced, although you can go to Jiaozhou City to sue us, Jiaozhou City is not good, you can go to Jinan Mansion, even if you go to the capital to sue the imperial court, but I can also tell you that even if Emperor Guangxu and Empress Dowager Cixi come, we will definitely collect this land, Tian, we will definitely divide it. ”

After Wang Sheng finished speaking, many people took a breath of cold air, because these words were basically no different from rebellion, and Liu Yinggui, who was still questioning justifiably just now, was also frightened at this time, his face turned pale, and his whole body trembled, and Liu Zongze and his two sons couldn't help but shudder, because it was Liu Jisheng who understood why Dad was so compromised just now, don't look at the overseas Chinese who spoke politely, but this does not mean that they are harmless little white rabbits to humans and animals, when it is time to be ruthless, they will definitely not be soft, otherwise what are the hundreds of soldiers standing outside the compound for, but fortunately, Dad can see it, otherwise, I'm afraid it will be enough for my own family.

The scene calmed down for nearly a minute, no one dared to speak again, Wang Sheng said: "Three days later, we will be stationed in Menbu Village, first of all, each household declares its own family's population, land and property, we will verify the statistics one by one, I hope that each family can be honest declaration, do not hide anything, otherwise they will inevitably be punished." After a pause, Wang Sheng said again: "The content of the [Outline of the Land Reform System] is posted on the outer wall of Liu's house, and everyone can watch it carefully. ”

After Wang Sheng and Gao Jun left, the Liu family breathed a sigh of relief, and at this time, the housekeeper came to tell Liu Zongze that all the two thousand taels of silver prepared for the overseas Chinese army were rejected, and they didn't eat a single bite of dim sum and tea, and these people just gathered outside the door to rest, and did not do anything else, which was very different from the army of the imperial court.

And after Liu Zongze and his two sons heard this, they were also stunned for a while and couldn't speak.

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After Wang Sheng and Gao Jun returned to Qingdao, they reported to Qin Zheng the results of the talks with Liu Zongze, and Qin Zheng was very satisfied with the work of the two, so that the two immediately set about setting up a land reform team stationed in Menbu Village.

Originally, the traversers planned to set up 10-12 land reform teams, each consisting of 5-6 traversers and 10-15 local personnel, and then dispersed to various villages and townships to carry out land reform.

But now there has been a small change in the plan, and Menbu Village is the first pilot village for land reform, so of course it is necessary to form a new group, preferably with people from all other groups, to accumulate experience from this land reform.

So after Wang Sheng and Gao Jun made a selection, they formed a huge team, including 30 traversers and 45 local personnel, and a 6-person land reform circuit court and an 8-member propaganda team, and the army dispatched a battalion of troops, of course, the battalion's firepower reinforcement company was not brought. But that's it, the total is also more than 500 people. At the same time, the traverser also publicized in more than a dozen villages around Menbu Village, inviting all villages to send people to Menbu Village to watch the soil improvement exhibition.

Three days later, a group of people came to Menbu Village, and at this time, the Liu family had really vacated the Zhuang Mansion and let the land reform team move in, leaving only more than 30 servants. The traverser first hung a sign of "Qingdao Administrative Region Land Reform Committee Field Command" at the gate of Liu's house, and Liu's family actually thought it out very thoroughly, and also prepared a firecracker, "bang" put it up, and then everyone took a group photo at the door, and the headquarters of the Land Reform Committee was officially established.

The first task to be carried out is to count the situation of each household in Menbu Village, that is, how many people are in each household, the name, gender, age, education level, the area of the house, the number of land in the family, whether they are engaged in other jobs, and so on. In fact, it is also by the way to establish the household registration file of Menbu Village, which will be used for future management. Of course, the floor area of the house needs to be measured on the spot, and the land property is declared by each household first, and then measured and verified. After the registration is completed, the house number is given to each household and fixed above the door of each household, which is also convenient for future management.

It turns out that Menbu Village is a large village, with a total of 623 households and a total population of 4,117 people, in this area, it is the largest village, in fact, the whole village is not together, but includes 4 small villages, respectively named after the upper village, the lower village, the former village, and the left village, of course, each small village is not far apart, no more than 1000 meters, so it has been managed as a village before.

So the land reform team also formed four teams, and then went to four small villages to register, and finally summarized at the headquarters, although some landlords and wealthy households were very resistant to land reform, but under the threat of the bayonets of the soldiers of the People's Army, no one dared to openly oppose the land reform team, of course, the Liu family also played a certain exemplary role, so the registration work went quite smoothly, and it took only one day to complete it.