In recent months, the security group has made many surveys of the local people and social conditions in Lingao, interrogating prisoners and talking to recruited laborers and soldiers; Regular conversations with local natives who come to Dongmen City, including eavesdropping on the chats of locals in the tea sheds of Dongmen City, have yielded a lot of useful information. Because Zhang Youfu has a lot of contact with the executive committee, and he will be a key figure in opening up cooperation with all levels of the local community, the security team knows more about his situation.

Zhang Youfu himself is not worth mentioning financially as a broken landlord, and his position in Lingao is entirely due to his certain connection with pirates from all walks of life along the coast, this person is shrewd and capable, and can speak well, and all parties are satisfied with him as a liaison.

He is such a duplicitous figure, which is very useful to the traverser and can transmit a lot of information through him, but they have to be wary of him.

Wen Desi pulled Zhang Youfu to drink and chat, Zhang Youfu was flattered and leaned on ~ The thief is shili, isn't he not worried about eating and drinking in this area. When the wine is dry, the atmosphere on the table is very warm.

At the wine table, in order to show that he was "in stock", he quietly told Wen and Xi that in fact, most of the gentry were in favor of their proposal of "group training and joint protection", especially in some small and medium-sized villages, they could not afford to raise a large group of village warriors, and they hoped to spend a small amount of money to protect the safety of the township. At the very least, you can also buy peace, so as not to end up with the same fate as Qijiazhuang. A big village like Huangjiazhai has a very ambiguous attitude. Zhang Youfu said that the old man of the Huang family had not been very angry when the gentry were discussing, but when asked for his opinion, he also agreed, but said that the villages should not pin their hopes on you, and their own children must control themselves, otherwise the people and horses will be controlled by others......

Xi Yaya nodded secretly when he heard the old coffin scoop, and he still had a little knowledge.

Zhang Youfu saw that they could listen attentively, and added fuel and vinegar to tell Huang Shoutong about stepping up the training of Xiangyong in the village and hoarding grain, saying that after his family's autumn grain was harvested this year, in addition to paying the rated grain tax, none of them were taken out, and all of them were hoarded in the village, and the tenants had to renovate the wall of the village during their winter leisure time. "I'm afraid there's something going on."

Wen Desi knew that he was blessed because he had colluded with the pirates, and he couldn't get used to him, and he even wanted to arrest him a few times for the crime of being a bandit, but the gentry did not agree. This is the landlord Zhang taking the opportunity to take eye medicine. But his words should be true. They really appreciate Huang Shoutong, and through the many materials they have collected, they know that this person can be regarded as a person of both loyalty and righteousness in this time and space. This kind of person will not give in easily.

"Who else is against him but him?"

"And a few poor sours. The most uplifted is Liu Cripple. ”

The word "Liu lame" made them stunned by the highland talents, people, gentry, landlords and other local figures. They generally knew the name and nickname, and had never heard of anyone calling it.

"It's Liu Da." Zhang Youfu is really a standard market figure. There is no respect for this only Jinshi in the history of Lingao County. He quite simply added a nickname based on his physical defects.

"It's Liu Jinshi."

"That's right. That's him. "It can be seen that Zhang You also has a grudge against Liu Jinshi." Relying on himself to be a jinshi. He suddenly realized that he had missed his mouth, and said tightly: "This Liu Dalin said what 'Han and thief do not stand together'. He also scolded the gentry for 'seeking skin with the tiger' and doing something for the tiger. It's all tigers anyway. ”

It seems that we have a lot of opinions about the benchmark figures in Lingao County. Wen Desi and Xi Yaya glanced at each other. A wry smile appeared on his face. According to them, Jihua Lin is a person who will try his best to win over the future of the group. He turned his back to the ground. It will greatly affect the attitude of the local scholars and gentry to the crossing group. But now it seems that it will be difficult to win over.

Wen Desi inquired a lot about Liu Dalin again. knows that he is the forty-three people of Wanli. After the lift. I once went to the mainland to find a teacher to study. It is said that he arrived in Jiangxi. Worship under the gate of a former Hanlin Academy. After four years, he was admitted to the Jinshi. It was sent to a county order in a county in Anhui. Unexpectedly, he was paralyzed shortly after ascending to the throne. So he came back and lived in seclusion in the township before he became an official.

(Note: The above Liu Dalin Jinshi's life is from Lingao Literature and History, and the legend of going to Jiangxi to study the Department cannot be verified.)

Zhang Youfu was drunk and hot, and he couldn't help but pull out many personal grievances: he once fought with his neighbors for the water source of the hillside, relying on his own way, and invited some rural scoundrels to hurt the other party, if the ordinary people can only consider themselves unlucky, I didn't expect this person to be Liu Jinshi's relative, a piece of film was sent to the county office, Zhang Youfu was arrested and beaten forty boards, although he was familiar with the people in the county government, and did not suffer too much, but he has always been haunted by the humiliation of stripping his pants and being beaten in the court.

The two secretly laughed, but this also shows that Liu Jinshi is not uncannibalistic. Since he knows how to take care of his relatives, it shows that he is still close to people and reasonable. What they are most afraid of is that when they encounter Hai Rui-style characters, they don't eat soft and hard, don't recognize their six relatives, and they are invulnerable, so they admit to death. can't pull it in, can't beat it, can't kill it, and has to pretend to be very open-minded and scolded by him.

"Does Liu Jinshi's family have a group practice?"

"Where did he come from for some group training, just raise some family care homes at home." Zhang Youfu thought that the crossing group was going to attack Liu Jinshi, so he became more enthusiastic, saying that Liu Jinshi's mansion was not far from here, and in the past, it was only seven or eight miles away from the west gate of the county seat, and his family lived in the west gate. However, his family has a Zhuangzi outside the city, just three or four miles out of the west gate of the county, and he sometimes goes out of the city to live for ten days and a half months.

Wen Desi wrote down this situation in his notebook, and Zhang Youfu was overjoyed to see it, and became more and more attentive. During this period, Wen Desi asked about his relationship with Liu Xiang Group, and from the information collected, he seemed to have the closest relationship with Liu Xiang Group.

Zhang Youfu did not hide it, saying that his wife was related to a "shopkeeper" in Liu Xiang's group. And they are all from Qiongshan County. The family of this "shopkeeper" is still in Qiongshan County, and if there is anything to contact, it is convenient and safe to pass this route.

"Shall we deliver a message for Gang Master Liu?" Xi Yaya said.

"Done! This is to look up to the villain. Zhang Youfu is very refreshing.

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People come to negotiate with us. Xi Yaya said, "Everyone values harmony and talks." We are not to blame for the past. ”

"Okay, I'll send someone to deliver the word tomorrow." Zhang Youfu agreed, and the guests and hosts were happy for a while. Zhang Youfu also inquired about the origin of the group through alcohol, and was dealt with by Wen Desi with a unified set of haode that had already been arranged. It can be seen that Zhang Youfu is not very convinced, but it doesn't matter.

They said goodbye from Zhang Youfu's house, and it was nearly 23 o'clock in the evening. declined the sedan chair sent by Zhang Youfu, and the group walked back on foot. The temperature at night in Lingao is a little cooler at night, but it is not cold, and it is very comfortable to walk on the country road. The sky you see when you look up is a starry sky, and such a beautiful scenery cannot be seen in any way under the dirty atmosphere of another time and space. However, they usually don't have much opportunity to see the starry sky, and they have not established themselves in the dark night of different time and space, and threats lurk everywhere. As soon as it gets dark, everyone but the guard posts retreats to the forts and houses where they feel safe.

Now, Wen Deji instinctively sensed that the most dangerous moment was over. In the past three months, the Vietnamese have built a new city with their hands, built a hydropower station, produced the first kiln cement of this time and space, built houses, paved streets, and even used biogas energy for cooking in canteens. Modern society has already shown its buds in this time and space. Everyone is still alive, and everyone is healthy with labor and regular life. Crossing the group's bloody battles and repelling the enemy's attack, their Shili range expanded from the beaches of Bopu to the banks of the middle and lower reaches of the Wenlan River, controlling the vital transportation, energy and industrial facilities of the salt works under intense construction, and no one doubted that once these facilities were completed, Liliang would grow at a geometric level.

The crossing has already gained a foothold here. The people began to come to their hearts and minds. Now, the Crossing Group is no longer satisfied with just using business and employment to contact the people of this time and space, and they will gradually adopt civil means to control and control the manpower and resources of Lingao.

"Mr. Wen, it's almost Spring Festival in a blink of an eye, right?"

"If you don't say it, I forgot, it's already 1629, and everyone hasn't had New Year's Day."

"What is the number today?"

"On the second day of December in the first year of Chongzhen, the solar calendar is already January 19, 1629."

"Let's have a good Spring Festival. Everyone has been busy for more than three months, and not a single day has stopped. ”

Although the Executive Committee has posted a notice that there will be seven consecutive days off from the Chinese New Year's Eve, all work has not stopped near the end of the year. In another time and space, there is a common holiday on the first day of the new year, and the phenomenon of slowly working and not working hard from December 20 does not exist here. When everyone knows that their work is contributing to their future, work is a pleasure rather than drudgery. This was not felt in the old plane.

The preparations for the joint security conference are also in full swing, not to mention crossing the public, even Zhang Youfu has become a busy person, and at the end of the year, he often runs around to do work in various villages. The local laborers in Wude took a few days off to let them go back for the Chinese New Year, and by the way, they promoted the necessity of the meeting to the village elders. However, at this time, it is close to the Spring Festival of the old calendar, and all places are busy preparing for the New Year, and the matter of the meeting will be put until the New Year. After discussion, the Executive Committee felt that it was good that it was a good time to take the opportunity of the meeting to carry out the agricultural reform, killing two birds with one stone. The date of the meeting decided by Zuihou was February 1, 1629, and the lunar calendar was the ninth day of the first month of the second year of Chongzhen.

Chinese New Year's Eve has arrived. In order to allow all the travelers to celebrate the first Spring Festival of this plane, in addition to the holiday, each traveler also received an additional special supply coupon. The poor people in various villages within a radius of dozens of miles from Bairen City either traded with the crossing or worked for them, and they all benefited to some extent, and they had a lot of money at hand. In addition, the autumn harvest did not encounter wind and rain disasters, and the year was not bad. There was no invasion of pirates and bandits, and in the bleak and unbearable "year of rapid prosperity", there were some peaceful scenes. Almost every household has pasted Spring Festival couplets, and some have peach charms. Smoke came out of every household in the original withered villages. The children's yellow faces also showed a hint of anger.

Within 100 miles, there is no village that does not give New Year's gifts to the crossing group. Pigs, sheep, rice wine, chickens, ducks, and fish are piled up in the merchant hall outside the East Gate, Dugu's marriage proposal and the East Gate Blowing Rain are smiling, although they only have the right to see these things, Zuihou is Dai Harmonic and left.

This year's New Year is a happy one, full of joy and confidence in victory, and everyone sees a bright future ahead of them. The fearful situation has begun to change for three months. If at the beginning of D-Day, everyone's confidence in victory was not so sufficient, now they all believe that their future is bright, and their spirits are very inspiring.

Couplets were posted at the door of the family dormitory in the dormitory, and the Spring Festival in Bairen City also brought joy, and some people even asked the chemical team to make some firecrackers, anyway, they had a firecracker craftsman available, but this proposal was still vetoed. But soon there were people who appeared, and firecrackers could be bought in Lingao County, so from the morning of Chinese New Year's Eve, some people swaggered into the city to buy firecrackers, and then, buying firecrackers became a "one-day trip to Lingao County" Most of the people who traveled from D-day to now have not entered this close Ming Dynasty county seat. Now that the situation is getting better, and it's the New Year, I have nothing to do, so I have to go and visit it. The officials and people at the gate of the city naturally did not dare to stop it. Fortunately, the reputation of the crossing crowd in Lingao is quite good, and the influx of batches did not cause panic, but attracted many idle children to come and watch. Everyone finally understood the situation of foreigners in China at the beginning of the reform and opening up.

Except for a few history enthusiasts who excitedly took pictures with their cameras everywhere, most people were disappointed. This county town is worse than a small town in modern time and space, and there are few shops. Although it is now the Chinese New Year, every household has posted Spring Festival couplets, and there are many vendors on the street who set up stalls to sell, which is somewhat festive for the New Year. However, most of the houses along the street are dilapidated, and the slightly neater ones are either yamen or temples. What's even more peculiar is that this county, which is small enough to see the east gate and the west gate, still has a large area of wasteland.