The way Li Huan thought of the soldiers to train their physical strength was to let them go to the mountains to carry ores.

The system rewarded him with the location of some sulfur and saltpeter mines in his vicinity, and even found iron and coal mines next to him.

There is a device on the back of the seven, and if you don't take advantage of this time to make some grenades, it will be too late to start a war.

But the transportation of this ore is a big problem, because the minerals are all in the mountains, they don't even have carts, only a few carriages, the key is that the carriages can't fully run to this place, and there is still a distance in the middle that needs to be carried by manpower.

This was a good opportunity to train the fighters' physical strength, and Li Huan gathered them all together and told them that they only needed to carry these saltpeters and sulfur next.

At this time, one of the militiamen said with some nervousness:

"Captain, this piece of mountainous land is owned by the nearby landlord Chen, and it seems a little bad for us to mine directly!"

"Landlord Chen...... What's wrong? Is this landlord and old rich very harsh on you? ”

Li Huan's impression of the landlord's old wealth is not so good, after all, they have been oppressing the common people, even in the years of famine, they do not forget to collect rent, forcing many people to sell their children and daughters.

"No, Master Chen is actually a good person, the year before last there was a drought on our side, and the grain production of every household was reduced, so I thought that I would not be able to pay the rent.

Who knew that Master Chen directly exempted the rent, not to mention, but also specially helped us buy a batch of grain, saying that we can't collect the rent now and collect it later, so that everyone can live! ”

The militiaman's face was full of gratitude, if it hadn't been for Master Chen's rent waiver of their family that year, their family might have starved to death.

When Li Huan heard the words of this militiaman, he couldn't help but be stunned, how could the landlord still have such a good person?

In fact, in this era, there were still some enlightened gentlemen in the locality, although they were also landlords and old wealth, but they still had a bit of a conscience, knowing that they could not collect rent from the common people during the famine years, and they had to be allowed to live.

There are such enlightened gentlemen in northern Shaanxi, who not only cooperated with the Eighth Route Army in reducing rents and interest rates, but also cooperated with the Eighth Route Army in developing the economy, which played a great role in the construction of the base areas.

And some local landlords, the old wealth is not like in the TV series, not all the landlords and old wealth should die.

The Eighth Route Army just wanted to kill those landlords who were thinking about how to collect rents every day, and then the money continued to buy land, annex land, and collect rents in a circular manner.

As for those landlords who went to the city to do business and develop national commerce after collecting rent, in fact, the Eighth Route Army still focused on protection, and even gave them some preferential policies in many aspects.

"Is this landlord Chen in your village really such a person?"

Li Huan still didn't believe it, and at this time Chen Xiaobai also stood up and explained:

"Master Chen is indeed a good person, and Young Master Chen is also a good person, but Young Master Chen was arrested by traitors in order to save our village some time ago, and now they are also locked up by devils!

Although they are all landlords, they all know their good reputation.

During the famine years, many people starved to death in other lines and towns, but not many people starved to death in our village, just because Master Chen's family helped us poor! ”

Chen Xiaobai's words made Li Huan even more shocked, the young master of the landlord's family would still go to trouble with devils in order to save a few ordinary people?

"Okay, since that's the case, let's go to Landlord Chen's house first and see if we can buy this mountain land!"

……

In the southernmost part of Chen Village, the atmosphere in the Chen family's compound is very gloomy now, because the eldest young master of their family was arrested by devils, and the family has found a lot of connections, but they can't rescue people.

Master Chen is an enlightened gentleman, and he has educated his son so well, he thought that his family business had a qualified heir, but he didn't expect his son to be locked up now.

"The Japanese devil who killed God, not to mention the food in the village some time ago, killed several villagers, and now arrested Hong'er, how can I live this old bone?"

Master Chen is now Chen Hong's only seedling, and I don't know if God did it on purpose, he married Mrs. Wufang, but he gave birth to such a son, you must know that his daughter Gong gave birth to ten.

Just when Master Chen was so excited that he didn't know how to save his son, another bad news came.

"Oh no, no, no!"

"What's wrong Chen Si, did the Japanese offer a high ransom?"

"No, sir, it seems that the Japanese are going to shoot all the villagers and young masters who have been captured, this is the news that I got from the commander of the puppet army Qi with a lot of effort, what should I do? Master! ”

The people of the Chen family are very fond of Master Chen and Young Master Chen, and now that the young master has been suddenly arrested, the family feels that they have lost their backbone.

Old Man Chen staggered backwards, and if the housekeeper next to him hadn't supported him in time, he would probably have fallen.

"little Japan, you have the ability to come at my old bones!"

Old Man Chen burst into tears, holding a cane in his hand, and kept knocking on the ground, looking particularly sad and painful.

Just when the family was in a hurry, someone suddenly came with news outside.

"Oh no, sir, there's another group of people outside!"

"Who is it? Isn't it the dog traitor who took Hong'er away? Butler, you immediately call the family to protect the home, the old man is going to fight with these guys who have forgotten their ancestors! ”

Master Chen looks very tough, this son is almost gone, why do you want such a big family business, it is better to fight with these guys directly, and you can still have a good reputation.

But the man who rushed in suddenly said:

"Master, they don't seem to be traitors!"

"Not a traitor? So who are they? Landlord Chen was also a little puzzled.

"I don't know, but they all carry guns, and they all seem to be from Chen Village, and there is one Chen Xiaobai, I still know it!"

"People from the village?" Master Chen was even more puzzled, and then another family member ran in and said:

"Master, the group outside is a villager in the village, saying that it is the militia team of Chen Village, and the leader said that he wants to find you, master!"

"Militia squad?" It's not that Master Chen hasn't heard of this name, but he doesn't understand why these people are coming to him.

"Master, I heard that this militia squad is a unit of the Eighth Road, and they specialize in fighting local tyrants and dividing the fields, do you think they will ......?"

The housekeeper next to him was a little anxious, they didn't know what kind of people the Eighth Route Army was, but they knew what kind of people the Chen family was, if they hadn't relied on the Chen family, they would have starved to death a long time ago, how could they be so happy during the war years.

"See, I'd like to see what these eight ways want to do?"

Master Chen is about to lose his own son, and now he is not afraid of anything, and he is not afraid of the sky falling.