Seeing that the eldest son was unmoved, he wanted to join the Eighth Route Army.

The wife could only look at Li Shanhu and said in a pleading tone: "Boss, you have something to say!" ”

"Being a soldier and fighting devils is going to kill people, and we must not let the boss go to death!"

Li Shanhu opened his mouth, and asked the boss with a serious face: "Your mother is right, being a soldier and fighting devils will kill people, you have to think about this matter." If you're afraid of death, don't go, it's too embarrassing! ”

"Father, I've figured it out!" The Boss replied in the affirmative.

Li Shanhu didn't talk nonsense, looked at the boss, took a deep breath, and made a decision unexpectedly: "In this case, I agree with you to join the Eighth Route Army!" ”

"The Eighth Route Army is our own team of poor people, and I can rest assured that I will go to the Eighth Route Army to be a soldier!"

"And even if the boss really dies on the battlefield in the future, the boss is a veritable anti-Japanese hero."

"The Eighth Route Army is right, the land and grain they gave us for free must be protected, otherwise once the little devils and traitors come back, they will definitely snatch the grain and land back and continue to oppress us!"

"Instead of continuing to be poor under their oppression, it is better to fight and fight for a future!"

In the afternoon, as soon as the independent company put up a sign for recruitment, the entrance of the village, which had just quieted down, became lively again.

One by one, the young people passed the assessment and became a member of the independent battalion.

After two hours of continuous work, instructor Liu Wenxuan calmed down: "Company commander, you definitely can't guess how many recruits we recruited in two hours!" ”

"How much?" Independent company commander Zhao Wen immediately asked.

"Twenty-eight!" Liu Wenxuan replied with excitement on his face.

"This is still the current data, there are still a lot of young people who are waiting and watching, and I estimate that the final number of recruits should exceed forty!"

"So much?" Zhao Wen was frightened.

According to the usual practice, it would be good for such a village to recruit twenty recruits, but I didn't expect the real situation to double.

Although he was shocked, he still reacted quickly, stared at Liu Wenxuan and asked, "Have these recruits been recruited according to the policy!" ”

"All in accordance with the policy!" Liu Wenxuan affirmed.

"Don't get married, don't have only children, and brush off some people who are not in good physical fitness, but there are still so many people!"

Company commander Zhao Wen hesitated for a moment and sighed: "It's still the battalion commander's method!" ”

"Give the recruits' families free of public food, and divide two acres of land free of charge, land and food are the lifeblood of our people, and it is impossible for the people to participate in our Eighth Route Army!"

"As long as it conforms to the policy, accept it all, start training tomorrow, and replenish the troops as soon as possible!"

At the independent battalion station in Hongquan Village, Peng Chang, the county magistrate of the base area, had a very unsightly face.

As soon as Li Hao and Wang Hong came in, they couldn't help but complain: "Battalion commander, instructor, will the conditions for recruiting troops be too good!" ”

"Two hundred catties of public food are exempted every year, which doesn't sound like much, but the number of people is astronomical!"

"I think it's very feasible to divide their land for free, isn't it okay to be exempt from public grain!"

"And the guerrillas, no one compensates ten pounds of food a month. One person doesn't seem like much, but adding up all the guerrillas in the entire Lingqiu County is also a huge drain! ”

"I'm worried that the little public food collected by the base area every year can't support the consumption of too many troops!"

Wang Hong hesitated for a moment and replied: "I also think that the conditions we have set are too good, and other troops in the military subdivision do not have such good conditions!" ”

Li Hao shook his head and denied: "Comrade Peng Chang, as well as the instructor, I don't agree with your views. ”

"As for your worries, Comrade Peng Chang, I think you have only seen the appearance, and you have not seen the benefits that this will bring to the people in the disobedient and base areas!"

"Compared to those benefits, the little money we received was nothing?"

Peng Chang was unmoved and continued to insist on his opinion.

"Battalion commander, this is not a little food!"

"If we recruit 1,000 recruits in the county this time, according to the calculation that no one is exempted from 200 catties of public grain every year, all of them add up to 200,000 catties of grain!"

"No guerrillas have been compensated with 120 catties of grain every year, which is 120,000 catties according to the calculation of 1,000 guerrillas!"

"It is equivalent to the loss of 320,000 catties of public grain in the entire Lingqiu a year, and according to the calculation of two catties of rations a day for a soldier, these grains are enough to feed a battalion of nearly 500 soldiers!"

Li Hao did not deny it, thought for a while and answered.

"You're not wrong with that!"

"But we don't actually have that much attrition!"

"Don't forget, all the soldiers who participate in the Eighth Route Army can also get two acres of land for free, and there will be two acres of compensation after they die on the battlefield, and these lands will be expropriated for public grain!"

"Let's take an average, all the recruits' families can get three acres of land, and 90 catties of public grain will be levied every year, and 1,000 recruits can add up to 90,000 catties of public grain!"

"After subtracting these 90,000 catties of grain, our real loss is only 230,000 catties of grain."

"In addition, by exempting the levy of public rations, we can let those recruits join our Eighth Route Army without worries in the future. Even if it is sacrificed, the exempt public grain and the extra land income can support the family! ”

"Also, if the people have more food in their hands, they will take it out for exchange, and if there is a transaction, there will be commerce, and then we will have an additional commercial tax, although it is not much, but it will definitely make up for some of our losses!"

"Finally, by exempting public grain and distributing land free of charge, we have greatly mobilized the enthusiasm of the people to participate in our Eighth Route Army, so that everyone can support our Eighth Route Army more and be of the same heart as our Eighth Route Army!"

"This kind of popular heart may not be bought with money!"

Seeing Peng Chang's thoughtful expression, Li Hao continued to analyze.

"As for your concern about not having enough food just now, I don't think it's a problem at all!"

"Take Laoshu Village, which has been controlled by the Independent Company, for example, the total land in the village is more than 2,000 mu, and 30 catties of public grain are levied on one acre, and all of them add up to 60,000 catties!"

"There are 600 people in the whole village, and the guerrillas and recruits who join our Eighth Route Army will not exceed 100 people in the sky, and they will be exempted from levy and compensation of up to 15,000 catties of grain a year, and at least 45,000 catties can be handed over in the end!"

"According to the standard of a soldier's annual consumption of 700 catties of grain, an old tree village can feed nearly seventy soldiers with public grain alone!"

"And that's not even counting our other income in Old Tree Village!"

"Other income?" Peng Chang's brows furrowed subconsciously.

Wang Hong also looked at Li Hao with a puzzled expression.

"Battalion commander, Laoshu Village is full of poor people, they don't know anything else except farming, what other income can they have?" Peng Chang couldn't help but ask.

Li Hao smiled and explained: "With the current amount of land in Laoshu Village, even if there is a bumper harvest, excluding the public grain, the remaining grain can only ensure that the people of the whole village are not hungry, and it will be better if someone in the family participates in the Eighth Route Army, and there may be some surplus in a year, but it is not much!" ”

"Once there is a disaster year and the land is not abundant, the people can only continue to go hungry!"

"And what we have to do is to increase the income of the people, and increase our income by increasing their income!"

"If I guess correctly, there must be a large amount of wasteland in Laoshu Village that has not been reclaimed, if all of them are reclaimed, not to mention too much, it should be easy for the whole village to reach five acres of land per capita, and then we will have another 1,000 acres of public grain income!"

"If there is more land, the food in the hands of the people will also increase greatly."

"With grain, they can sell and buy things, and they can also feed livestock and poultry, and the economy of the base area will be revitalized, and some commercial taxes can be levied more or less."

"In addition, the local government can also pay for the grain and take the grain into its own hands. If you don't want to bother, you can directly make money by buying and selling grain, and if you want to make more money, you can also build factories and process agricultural products. ”

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