Throughout the day, they have done their best to complete the heavy work of building the camp by themselves, and go to every house to publicize, investigate, and inquire about the work. Although Wu Nanhai did not prepare much food, there were still many team members who gave the distributed dry food: Wu Nanhai's special "Jinhua shortbread" and "seaweed rice balls" to the people, and they felt a little relieved in their hearts by doing so.

Xi Ya paced back and forth, very depressed, holding his chin and contemplating. In order to resume production, we must first stabilize people's hearts. At present, the village is short of food and clothing, and there is a bully pirate infestation outside, these are all problems that must be solved. External problems are left aside for the time being, but 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, and we can't sit idly by in the face of the situation of the masses!" I propose to start tomorrow for relief, and to give out some clothes, for the women here have no clothes to wear—"

"We don't have much money." Wang Luobin knew very well that they had brought their family background, Wu Nanhai only gave them thirty people a week's rations, plus a day's free food, and now most of the team members gave dry food to the masses, and there are more than 100 families in this village, four or five hundred people, even if everyone doesn't keep a mouthful of food for themselves, it is not enough for a day here.

Du Wen said: "Apply for a few more truckloads of grain from Bairen City, as well as cloth." ”

"Grain, Wu Nanhai doesn't have much reserves there. Even if you can come a little, how many days can you last? A man may eat every day. ”

Xi Yaya nodded: "That's right, we can't just wait for our superiors to figure out a way." It is still necessary to solve it on your own. He walked a few more steps and asked, "This salt village itself does not grow grain itself, so what did they rely on to eat in the past?" ”

"Of course, it depends on the income from selling salt or in direct exchange."

"After all," Xi Yaya concluded, "or is the order of production here destroyed, and the salt farmers can't get a normal income from drying salt, and they don't even have a guarantee of personal safety, so how can they work hard to produce?" ”

Wang Luobin said: "So, you still have to-"

"Well, we have to grasp both hands, and we have to be hard with both hands." Xi Yaya said, "First, we have to find a way to raise food, with food, the people's emotions can be stabilized, and they can also have trust in us; Second, we must arm the masses. Give them the ability to defend themselves against the bully pirates. He smiled and nodded, "Yes, that's all!" Issuing the necessary weapons to the masses and producing them to save themselves, Yanchang Village is fully qualified to build a fortress of ours. ”

"I agree!" As soon as Du Wen heard that the masses were going to be mobilized, she immediately smiled and was in good spirits. "But," she frowned, "raising food?" Where do we go to collect food? ”

"What is this place? Salt pans! Xi Yaya waved his hand, "If you are a human being, you have to eat salt." Almost a ton of salt can be produced here in a day, as long as you work, you still have to worry about food and clothing! The local new grain will soon be on the market, and if the salt can be produced as soon as possible, not only can the village's food problem be solved, but also a large amount of grain can be raised for Bairen City. ”

"Okay, that's it!" Du Wen's excited eyes lit up, and in the hallucination, she had become the female captain of the land reform team in the movie, and her tone was very similar.

"But now the salt farmers don't dare to go to work, 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 the people here are not afraid of us. ”

"yes, that's weird." Wang Luobin also felt strange, "The last time I came, although the people here were not necessarily enthusiastic, their attitudes were normal, and this time it was really a 180-degree turn." He paused, "I wonder what kind of big dog or big sheep are to catch people, and it has nothing to do with us." ”

"Could it be that the class enemies here are spreading rumors, just as the Kuomintang said in the past that the Communist Party was a communist?"

Wang Luobin laughed: "Xiao Du, you are too imaginative, firstly, there is no class enemy here, and secondly, we are not the Communist Party-"

Xi Yaya began to laugh as well, and suddenly stopped laughing and laughing, and said thoughtfully: "Don't say it, it's really a little possible." He thought for a moment, "This matter has something to do with Gou Dahu." ”

Wang Luobin said: "We had no contact with this so-called big family at all, and at that time, I saw his people from afar on the embankment to come to the village, and he knew at most that we had been there. ”

"Ahem, this one isn't busy." Xi Yaya waved his hand, picked up the walkie-talkie and called the people in the escort team, "Quick, you go to a few people, bring Zhang Xingjiao, and bring all the houses where there are women dressed as men." Yes, don't alarm the others, you don't need me to say this, you are full of it. ”

So saying, he put down the walkie-talkie, turned up the fire of the kerosene lamp a little more - the wind turbine he had brought with him had not yet been assembled, and said to everyone:

"Let's talk about defense again." He spread out a newly drawn map of the area around the saltworks on his desk.

"The place of the Horse Salt Farm is a flat river, there are no points to defend, and the village itself is not fortified. The enemies we face include local landlords, bandits, and foreign pirates, and it is very likely that these three shili are still in collusion with each other. If our team is stationed for a long time, in addition to arming the local villagers, the camp itself must also be fortified. ”

"Isn't this temple good, the foundations are all ready-made, but unfortunately the houses have collapsed." They are currently stationed at Ge Hong Temple at the entrance of the village, a Taoist of the Jin Dynasty, a famous alchemist, and a pharmacist who is regarded by many salt people as the ancestors of the salt industry (Note: It is not clear whether the salt people of Hainan have such beliefs, and the ancestors of the salt people in different places seem to be different. ）。 The temple had fallen into disrepair, and the houses had almost collapsed, except for the stone pedestals and the crumbling walls around it. The team's tents were erected on the foundations of these roofs.

"Repair the 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 Yaya said, "Du Wen, go get some candy and cups." ”

"You want candy?" Du Wen was confused.

"There are guests, hurry! If you don't prepare enough, you'll be responsible for appeasing that girl for a while. ”

Du Wen walked out.

After a while, the people of the escort group led into the family, and Zhang Xingjiao followed. The two old men were trembling, and the middle-aged strong man seemed to be unwilling, and deliberately took off slowly. The girl, dressed as a woman, followed with her head bowed and her eyes drooping.

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

After a day of advocacy and food donations, the original fear and hatred were somewhat eased.

When they heard that the traverser had come to Yancun to "eradicate the strong and eliminate the evil and protect the territory and the people", there was a layer of confusion and incomprehension on their faces. The strong man snorted and muttered a few words.

Xi Yaya already understood Lingao's words a little, and with his expression, he also roughly understood what he meant, so he asked him warmly: What did the traversers do wrong?

Zhang Xingjiao translated the words, and the other party still replied sometimes coldly, sometimes sarcastically, and sometimes indignantly. No matter what the strong man's attitude is, Xi Yaya always maintains the most sincere smile and speaks very politely. After several rounds of back and forth, I finally understood the whole story one after another.

It turned out that this big family came to Yan Village a few days ago and claimed that the short-haired old man of Bairentan entrusted him to collect 200 taels of salt. He also threatened the village: The short-haired old man has powerful firearms, and he sent troops to kill a chicken and dog without leaving behind - the matter of the battle of Bairentan has long been spread here. In addition, Wang Luobin did bring people to buy salt a few days ago. At this time, when Gou Dahu said this, the salt people who were already out of breath were even more desperate, and they fled more than ten households at once, and the village was gloomy and miserable. Gou Dahu was afraid that everyone would run away, so he simply arrested the village chief and the village patriarchs and elders, and coerced them not to escape.

"How can it be!" Wang Luobin almost got up on the case, "It's so shameless!" All the traversers present were taken aback: this local tyrant and inferior gentry who only knew from Zhang Xingjiao's mouth still had such a means!

"It seems that this big family is really not simple." Xi Yaya smiled, he somewhat estimated it, but this kind of ability to pull the flag and pull the tiger's skin, this person really can't underestimate it.

Xi Yaya immediately explained to them that there was no such thing at all, and it was true that it was true that salt was bought and sold by the public, and there was absolutely no reason to force it. Saying that, he pointed at Zhang Xingjiao, who was already full of indignation: "You ask this person who was dug up the ancestral grave by Gou Dahu!" ”

The ancients finally had the ancestral grave, and digging the ancestral grave of the people can be regarded as a deep hatred. When Xi Yaya mentioned this, Zhang Xingjiao's face was already flushed, so he said it to the family, and his tone became more and more excited. Seeing the family's expression slowly change.

It seems that it is still the locals who are more effective against the locals. Moreover, Zhang Xingjiao is a scholar, although he is not famous, but China traditionally respects cultured people.

From Zhang Xingjiao's mouth, I know that this family is also surnamed Tan, and the village chief is an uncle and brother, and they are of the same generation: the village chief is called Tan Guiqiong, his name is Tan Guihuang, and the strong man is their son, called Tan Chengqing -- the salt people don't want to look at it, just hope that the weather is sunny and the salt is dry. Tan Tianqing knows kung fu, is upright, is a straight person who dares to say and do, and has some prestige among the young people in the village.

After about half an hour, Xi Yaya saw that the heat was almost over, and then pulled the words back to the topic: "Folks, I'm sorry, we are not familiar with this area, and we don't know that Gou Dahu will blackmail and threaten in our name." We don't know your suffering, but now the men, women, and children in the village have no food or clothing, and the eldest girl has no pants to wear. We have to find a way to solve it first, and we will discuss it together, we need to get food, we need to get clothes, so that everyone can have no worries about food and clothing. ”

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

"Yes!" Xi Yaya affirmed, "As long as everyone works together. ”

Tan Tianqing happily preemptively said: "As long as there is a way, we can also do anything." ”

In order to drive away their long-term discouragement and disappointment, Xi Yaya said in an accentuated tone: "We are here to help the people, as long as we know everyone's suffering, we will definitely find a way to solve it." ”