It is not uncommon for a village like Liujiazhai to be enclosed in Lingao. It was also common throughout China at that time. The fortress has a strong independence, coping with the government, paying a lot of grain and taxes, but it is difficult for the government to manage the affairs inside. When the group held a meeting of the Political Consultative Industry Association, Liu Jiazhai sent representatives and elected liaisons; Handed over the grain and sent Ding, he seemed very obedient. When the all-out anti-bandit operation in the countryside began, Liu Jiabao politely refused to allow the team to be stationed, but he was very cooperative with the anti-bandit work, whether it was requisitioning and mobilizing villagers to carry out tasks or supplying materials. Both the task force and the Army, which are responsible for the fight against bandits, are impeccable.

But such obedience does not satisfy the traversal group – their ideal form of society is absolute control over the grassroots by the regime. Although these fortresses do not contradict the demands of any ruler, they are also unloyal subjects who are unified behind closed doors. Whether it is bandits, officials and soldiers, or these people, they will all deal with it, and it will play a positive role in maintaining local stability. The disadvantage is that once the situation changes, turning the face is faster than turning the book, and it is difficult for the ruler to regard it as a stable rear foundation.

"If we don't get rid of the fortress in the countryside, we will be the daimyo of the First Warring States." Wen Desi pointed out at the civil affairs work conference, "The owners of these forts are openly obedient to us, and secretly they may collude with bandits, pirates and the government. As soon as there is a stir, they will immediately turn against each other! ”

Now this Liu Youren has come to learn in person. Wu De immediately made a decision and discussed with Wu Nanhai that he wanted to send the most capable people to Liujiazhai to engage in agricultural technology guidance and social work, so as to open a breakthrough in this regard and gradually strive for the alliance between these semi-independent rural fortresses and the crossing group.

"We also have an agricultural supply store for everyone, so if you are interested, you can go to the first floor and see what you need." Wu Nanhai pretended to be mysterious, "I just entered a batch of farm tools......

The people who participated in the training immediately left the classroom - the iron farming tools in Lingao are scarce materials, not to mention the agricultural tools of Australians, who have always been known for their ingenuity and ease of use, and can get a piece that is not only useful but also has a lot of face in the township party.

The agricultural material store of the Tiandihui is located on the first floor of the Tiandihui, with the door facing the street, and it is well organized. Inside, a variety of agricultural supplies are displayed. All of them were recently produced by the machine factories and the wood products factories for the purpose of the agricultural extension movement. For the time being, there are no new things here that can be called "big killers". The things on display are all things that everyone recognizes. However, the advantages of quality, appearance and styling of products made by modern industrial capabilities still make the natives linger.

"It's the same hoe, why does the Australian hoe look so delicate." Fu Buji said with emotion.

"It's so delicate, I'm afraid it won't be used, right?" Someone was skeptical.

"Not used? Australians are known for their ease of use and durability. ”

"That is, you see, this steel mouth is much better than the hoe of the blacksmith Li in the city - his hoe is brittle! After a while, it will collapse. ”

"I want this, and this, this—"

"No matter, I want one for each, not three." It's deep-pocketed.

There are also those who don't have much money, so they have to shrink back and look at it, their faces are full of envy, but they are shy in their pockets, and the price of such haode things will not be cheap - the shoddy ironware made by Blacksmith Li is not cheap, let alone this.

"The total number of farm tools in this batch is only fifty. There is a limit of four pieces per household. One piece of each. Ye Yuming said.

There was a sigh of pity.

"Four pieces are four, how much silver do you need?"

"No money." Ye Yuming said, "Our store only accepts Lingao grain circulation coupons. ”

Now everyone is dumbfounded, they all know that the negotiable coupon is a treasure money type of thing issued by Australians. No one uses this except for Dongmen City and some surrounding areas - a piece of paper is used as money, and it is not easy to think about it.

"Can't you do it with silver?"

"No, only negotiable coupons." Ye Yuming smiled.

After muttering for a while, someone offered to exchange silver for negotiable coupons.

"You can't exchange money for negotiable bills, but you can exchange it for grain." Ye Yuming said, "Everyone can go to Delong Grain Store to do it, and one meter of brown rice can be exchanged for one yuan." ”

At that moment, some people took care of their long-term workers and slaves, and hurried back to get grain and go to Dongmen Market to exchange for circulation coupons. Not everyone had silver, but grain was abundant for small and medium-sized landlords and rich peasants. The price of iron farming tools is not cheap, and the prices set by agricultural material stores range from 50 yuan to 100 yuan.

For those who can't get rice to exchange for circulation for a while, such as Lu Da, there are a few people who have some land at home but have not been able to turn around at home recently due to various circumstances. Yan Ming, president of the grain bank, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately came out to promote Delong's small agricultural loan business. In order to fully consider the ability and acceptance of farmers, Yan Ming designed this kind of loan to be unsecured, with interest calculated on a monthly basis, with a monthly interest rate of 2%, and a one-time repayment of principal and interest after the autumn harvest.

Such interest rates are roughly the same as those in Lingao's current rural loan market, and are at a low-to-medium level. Yan Ming believes that this interest will not have much repayment pressure for the growers who participate in the planting of jihua.

What DeLong lent out was a negotiable coupon, and what he recycled was also a negotiable coupon. If the lender does not have a negotiable note on hand. You have to go to Delong first and exchange the grain for negotiable bills before repaying the loan. This additional procedure is in effect an expectation by the financial sector to force the expansion of the circulation of negotiable notes through lending. Even a few minutes in the hands of the natives gave them the concept and confidence to use negotiable vouchers.

Yan Ming spat and talked tirelessly for about five or six minutes, but the people below still didn't react. Obviously, this sudden good thing made everyone a little overwhelmed. No one dared to come out and be the first to try it - this borrowing money is not better than borrowing money between villagers and villagers, and the money of thieves is so easy to borrow? Everyone thinks so.

zuihou still can't resist the temptation of iron farm tools, under Yan Ming's repeated assurances, there is Zhang Youfu as a guarantee, to ensure that there is absolutely no greasy in this, plus through the group's painstaking management, in Lingao finally has a little credibility, and the rest of the people finally took out loans. Tired Yan Ming sweated.

"Xiao Ye, it will not be easy for you in this world." Yan Ming was deeply touched.

"It's actually much better. After all, we have a bit of a foundation. After all, in the past year, there has been no place to lose trust with the people. ”

"If you want me to say, it's better to spend a lot of effort on intensive farms." Yan Ming looked at the pile of loan documents that had just been printed on the handprints he had received, "That's so complicated, it directly forced these peasant landlords to go bankrupt, and then hired them to work as laborers in the farm." ”

"You're ruthless! But we still suffer from the fact that there are too few people. The purpose of the Committee of Agriculture is to foster a number of privately-owned, intensive farms to undertake agricultural production, so that we do not have to do everything ourselves, we just need to control the superstructure. ”

"I see!" Yan Ming nodded, "I kind of understand the thinking of the executive committee." ”

After Fu Fuji came back from ***, he was as excited as something. In ***, he not only learned a lot of new agricultural methods, but also visited farms that the natives rarely set foot in - a sentence that opened his eyes.

It's just that his wife has troubled him again. The farm tools that he bought after spending hundreds of catties of rice were scolded by his wife for more than an hour, and Fu Buji beat his wife in anger and simply ignored her. The self-care person put away all the farm tools at home, washed and fed the concentrate of the ploughing cattle, and prepared to do a big job as soon as the agricultural technician arrived.

He waited for it every day, and finally waited for the high-yielding seeds and agricultural technicians he had dreamed of. When a young man appeared at the entrance of the village alone with a big bag on his back, the whole village of Meiyang Village became a sensation - the thief had never been to Meiyang Village before! The young girls were all called home, and Fu Yousan, the elder of Fu Buji, the richest man in the village, simply pretended to be sick and hid in fright.

The young thief did not know that he had caused such a commotion, and cursed as he pulled out his feet covered with yellow mud from the ridge road. A pair of liberation shoes has been wrapped in mud into two large mud balls. He wears a standard style of "Australian clothing": a green cardigan. He wears a colonial-style rattan bamboo copper basin hat with a butt curtain hanging on the back. It is Wanlihui.

The good ideals of the Japanese governor were not fulfilled -- not only could the governor not be able to be the governor, but he was not even able to play with the gun freely, and he was issued a pistol for self-defense, but only six rounds of ammunition were issued. SKS-D semi-automatic rifles are distributed on the farm, but they are not available except for five rounds per month during the usual military training.

Wan Lihui and his two brothers Wan Lihuang were abducted to work as breeders on the farm to serve the animals every day, not counting, but also composting and fermenting a steady stream of rotten fruits from all over the place to prepare feed for earthworms. From Leizhou every day will transport one or two boats of pineapples, this fruit is almost everywhere in Xuwen, the ancient circulation level is very poor, a large number of fruits can not be transported out at all, piled up in the ground for white rot, Leizhou Sugar Company will send people to buy at a low price, a boatload of ships to Lingaolai.

The rotting stench of water was brought to the farm in baskets and taken over by the two brothers. Dealing with these things every day, although there are masks, it still makes Wan Lihui feel a sweet and greasy smell in front of his nose wherever he goes, and he even has no appetite.

Hearing that the Heaven and Earth Society was going to assign him to go to the countryside as a roving agricultural technician, Wan Lihui was so moved that he almost cried - he could finally raise earthworms without composting!

"Brother, this farm will be handed over to you." Wan Lihui said solemnly to his brother who was wearing a mask and exuding a strong smell all over his body, "This is a major matter related to new agriculture, you must do a good job and win glory for our family." In the future, the secretary general of the Japanese Governor-General's Office will be your job! ”

After these high-sounding words. Wan Lihui quickly slipped away.

The agricultural technology of the Tiandihui goes to the countryside and adopts a roving system, and each jishu member is responsible for five or six villages, and settles in one village for a few days at a time, so that it is carried out repeatedly and in turn, and the entire production stage is not interrupted in order to find and solve problems in time.

Wan Lihui received the outfit, and this set of equipment was configured according to the recommendations of the Field Exploration Department. In response to the problem of unclean drinking water, Wan Lihui's luggage was filled with water purification tablets and bags of bleaching powder produced by the pharmaceutical factory. The Ministry of Health has provided simple medical and hygiene training to itinerant agricultural technicians, and has also equipped a medicine kit with some basic medicines - including several highly acclaimed Chinese patent medicines recently produced by Runshitang.

"You agricultural technicians are not only the teachers of modern agricultural science and technology, but also the seeders of modern science. It is also a propagandist for us to pass through the great cause! You have to be aware of this every moment outside the Green Zone! ”

Ma Qianzhuo made this statement at the banquet to see off the roving agricultural technicians to the countryside. It's not a good idea to say that a few agricultural technicians - this TMD is too responsible, right?

The villages to be visited by the roving jishu members are almost in the blue zone within a radius of 40 kilometers from Bairen City, and this area has become quite safe after continuous clearance and the organization of patrols to carry out regular security patrols. The House Committee was of the view that there would be no safety problem for agricultural technicians to go to the countryside alone. There is no need to send special soldiers for escort. Wan Lihui came to Meiyang Village alone. The patrol sent him five kilometres from the village, gave him directions, and let him enter the village on his own.

He walked for two and a half hours on the five-kilometer road, and the ridge road in the rainy season was not only full of muddy water, but also very sticky, and it took a lot of effort to take a step and pull his feet. Wan Lihui has always claimed to be the son of a real peasant, but the situation in the 17th century Lingao countryside still shocked Wan Lihui, and this humble field road alone shows how huge the gap is in the past few hundred years.

Wan Lihui looked at his feet in despair when he fell into the yellow mud, and the boots on his feet had the possibility of dragging off his feet at all times - losing a pair of combat boots was a serious loss that could not be overdue! Wan Lihui pulled out his foot with all his might, and simply dragged off his shoes and socks. The shoes were tied together with laces and hung directly around the neck.

Walking barefoot on dirt roads is really much more comfortable. Wan Lihui has never walked barefoot, and even in the countryside in modern time and space, there is no shortage of remnants such as broken glass and rusty iron on the ground.

Wan Lihui entered Meiyang Village with such an image.

Fu's Meiyang Village is one of many small villages scattered along the banks of the Wenlan River, perched on a small dirt slope. The village is small, surrounded by many thorny shrubs as a barrier against bandits, and surrounded by a small river. There is also a simple suspension bridge over the river. Because the public order has improved greatly recently, Ding Zhuang, who was originally standing guard at the bridgehead, has been revoked. Only the women washed and washed rice on the river port there.

The women were gone, and only Fu Buji and his family boy stood at the head of the bridge to greet him, the "chief" - Fu Buji was not only a customer of the Heaven and Earth Society, but also the "liaison" of the village. In the distance, many curious children and women stood watching, despite the dissuasion of their families, discussing his outfit and appearance.

Wan Lihui listened to the laughter and discussion from the women's pile from time to time, and his face couldn't help but turn red. Now the women talked more vigorously.

Wan Lihui and Fu Buji exchanged a few polite words, and followed him home. Most of the houses in the village are bamboo-walled straw-roofed houses - the dwellings of the poor. It can be seen that there are several wealthy families here. The layout of the buildings in the village is very arbitrary, because there are only about 30 households in the whole village, and the population is not large, so it does not seem crowded. Dirty water and garbage were everywhere, and pigs and chickens wandered around the mud, sometimes rummaging through the garbage for food.

"This environment!" Wan Lihui said in his heart, recalling all the vaccinations he had injected and the medicines he carried.

"This is it." Fu Buji led him to the gate of a courtyard. Fu Fuji's family is considered to be a relatively good family in the village. Entering is a large compound, in the middle of which are three brick main houses, and there are wing rooms on both sides. They are all inhabitants. There is also a side courtyard used for raising livestock, stacking farm tools and long-term workers' residences.

Fu Buer cleaned one of the side rooms and came out for Wan Lihui to settle down and rest. Wan Lihui saw that the whole environment was quite clean, so he decided to live here.

As soon as I opened the big backpack, I heard a woman in the main room chattering very quickly in Lingao and shouting high and low, and then there were screams and cries like killing pigs. Wan Lihui was confused for a while.

"This is the head of the family beating his wife." It was the housemaid of the Fu Fuji family who spoke. Her name is Fu Xi, a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl and a half-year-old, dressed quite shabby, but very neat, with two black braids. Came in with a teapot. When I saw Wan Lihui, I was blessed first.

"Do you speak Mandarin?" Wan Lihui was surprised. Fu Xi doesn't speak standard Mandarin, but at least he can communicate. It's much better than his own words that people who don't necessarily understand.

"Yes, I go to school in Yerba Buena."

"Going to school? You're a student at a national school. ”

"Yes, the master sent me to read," Fu Xi said while helping him pack his luggage, "The master said that you are coming, and there is no one in the family who understands Mandarin, so he called back." ”

"Oh, you're going to school when I'm gone?"

"Of course, the national school is much more interesting than here, it eats well, and it is not dirty." The girl pouted, "Our family is better in the village." After returning from being a captive last year, the master has become clean. ”

"Your lord is quite open-minded, and he is willing to send girls to school." Wan Lihui said.

He was reluctant to let Fu Qing and Fu Xiang go. Let me learn to read and write, and plan to keep accounts. I also want to learn spinning or something. ”

There are a total of four domestic children in Fu Fuji's family, in addition to these three, there is also one named Fu Fu, who is older. When the spring crossed the group to recruit strong men, he sent it to Fu Buji.

"It is said that he was a soldier in the security regiment." Fu Xi said, "When you become a soldier, you will be wild, the master originally counted on his military salary, but he didn't get a penny, so angry that he scolded his mother." She sneered at this, probably feeling very happy

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