Xiangzi took the people to Dayou in the middle of the night, and the county magistrate Kong also failed to sleep soundly, and tossed around like a pancake for half the night, and finally stayed up until dawn. After eating a few bites, he hurried to the county office. Before he sat down, he saw Secretary Jia walking in with sleepy eyes.

County Magistrate Kong glanced at him suspiciously, and was about to ask him why he came so early. Seeing Secretary Jia's embarrassed look, he said, "Someone from the provincial capital said that he wanted to recruit troops in the county." ”

Seeing that County Magistrate Kong frowned suddenly, he sneered and said, "The leader of the company, Commander Hu, was originally stationed in the county, and they came too late last night, so they didn't alarm you, see what to do about this." ”

County Magistrate Kong snorted angrily and said, "What should I do? You know the situation in the county better than I do. After years of bandits, the troops were arrested, and there were not many young and middle-aged people left. A large area of land is deserted and no one cultivates it, and this time, I have caught up with the militia to suppress bandits, and there are still people who are soldiers. ”

Secretary Jia smiled awkwardly and said, "But after all, people are from the provincial capital, so it's not easy to be stiff." Otherwise, let's just open one eye, close one eye, and let them go to the countryside to get a few of them. In the end of the province, the county will fall into a toad jumping on the threshold, hurting the ditch and the face, and it is uncomfortable up and down. ”

County Magistrate Kong had a dark face, pondered for a moment, and said in a cold voice: "You let them come over, I want to see which way the immortals are." ”

Secretary Jia nodded with a dry smile on his face and went out.

Company Commander Hu is a Gansu native in his thirties, and he has the casual and arrogant habits of a veteran soldier.

Before he could speak, County Magistrate Kong already felt an inexplicable sense of disgust in his heart.

After Secretary Jia's courteous introduction, County Magistrate Kong said in a steady voice, neither humble nor arrogant: "I heard Secretary Jia say that it is really not a coincidence that your army is planning to recruit troops in the county. The population of the county was left with many old, disabled women and children, and a few who could carry guns were sent to the mountains to suppress bandits. At present, there are not many men under the age of 40. Seeing that spring ploughing is about to begin, I am still worried about labor. You said that if this spring planting is delayed, how can you have the money to pay taxes for grain after the autumn? ”

When Company Commander Hu heard this, he smiled disdainfully. With a strong hometown accent, he said, "I don't care about your one, two, three, I just want people." If you can't recruit people, I'll go down and arrest them, and I won't believe it, and I won't be able to find a few standing peeing babies. ”

County Magistrate Kong glanced at him in disgust, and said coldly: "I don't know how many people are planned to be taken away from here, Commander Hu?" ”

Company Commander Hu looked cynical and shouted, "Fuck, Lao Tzu doesn't want to do this errand that hurts heaven and reason." But the pressure on the peak is tight, and I also get the ducks on the shelves, so I have to get ten or eight decent crossovers, right? ”

County Magistrate Kong pondered slightly, and asked casually, "How many of you came?" ”

Company Commander Hu glanced at County Magistrate Kong suspiciously, and muttered, "There are fourteen in two classes." ”

County Magistrate Kong suddenly tapped the table and said, "Great! These days, we are worried about the lack of manpower in Nanshan to suppress bandits, if Company Commander Hu can help this county to exterminate the bandits, I guarantee you ten recruits. ”

Company Commander Hu smiled hesitantly, shook his head and muttered: "I'm afraid this won't work, without the order of the peak, I don't dare to send troops without authorization." Besides, with the dozen or so people I brought, what can I do? I'm afraid that the shell Lang pushes the cart and it won't play a role. ”

The county magistrate Kong said matter-of-factly: "You can't say that, you are all veterans of a hundred battles, so naturally one is ten." If you can help, why don't you worry about getting rid of the troubles? ”

Company Commander Hu showed a helpless look and said, "I'll tell you the truth, now that the communist army has reached Lanzhou, how can you care about bandits." If we can't get it right, let the communist army exterminate us all. The top is as anxious as ants on a hot pot, forcing us to go down all day to get troops. intends to rely on the Tianshan Mountains to fight to the death with the communist army. ”

County Magistrate Kong sighed lightly and said: "I can't control the affairs of the communist army so far, I only know that there is no one to farm the land at the moment, there will be no food after the autumn, and the people will be hungry." ”

Company Commander Hu waved his hand irritably and shouted, "Okay! Okay! I can't count on you, so I'll do it myself and get a few counted. ”

County Magistrate Kong hurriedly waved his hand and said, "That's not good!" You can't mess around. Ordinary people, it is not easy to dare to go home to study the crops, let you make such a fuss, and scare people away. ”

Company Commander Hu looked dissatisfied and shouted, "Then you have to give me an explanation, right?" ”

County Magistrate Kong pondered for a moment, as if he was confident, and said, "You give me three days, and after three days, I will give you a satisfactory answer." However, during these three days, your subordinates cannot say to the outside world that they are here to recruit soldiers, but only say that they are passing by. Don't even make trouble. Otherwise, the rest of the matter will not be easy."

Company Commander Hu was slightly stunned for a moment, and then nodded happily and said, "Just do as you say, I will let the brothers stay in the city for three days." ”

Seeing off Company Commander Hu, County Magistrate Kong smiled lightly at Secretary Jia, who had been silent, and said, "In the past three days, you put down what you are doing and play with them." The people must not be made aware of their intentions, so as not to cause unnecessary panic. ”

Seeing that the expression on County Magistrate Kong's face was a little more lively, Secretary Jia finally breathed a sigh of relief and walked out of the county office as promised.

County Magistrate Kong has always been disgusted with the random arrest of troops by local troops, and during his tenure in Turpan Hami, he fought against local troops a lot. The warlord style of the troops is deeply hated for bullying the weak and fearing the hard.

Old Man Kong didn't speak when he saw his son eating with his head bored, and knew that his son had encountered troubles. So, taking advantage of the old lady's time to pick up vegetables for her son, she asked tentatively: "Isn't the matter in the yali easy?" ”

Kong Qingwen spit out the chicken bones in his mouth, sighed lightly and said, "The top has sent people to urge the troops again, it's really endless." ”

Old Man Kong frowned tightly, and said with a melancholy look: "The conscription over the years has almost tossed the male children in the county, and the rest of the people who have a way to go to the countryside. I'm afraid that planting in the spring is a problem. ”

County Magistrate Kong said angrily: "Isn't it? I'm worried about labor, and I still want people from above, and I really don't want people to live. ”

The old man groaned for a while, twisted his beard and said, "But then again, you can't help but pick up the stubble on this." You have only only been in office for a short time, and you can't just get into a fight with your superiors, so as not to embarrass you in the future. ”

The magistrate of Kong County said with a look of indifference: "It is difficult to say the above things, the situation is tight, the government is indulgent, and the situation is relaxed, and the troops are begging the government." Whatever he is, let's take one step at a time. ”

Seeing that his son was in a broken and broken posture, the old man waved his hand anxiously and said, "That's not possible, you have to come up with a way to do both." ”

Seeing the old man's uneasy look, County Magistrate Kong smiled slightly and said what he planned to nest in his heart. This made the family breathe a long sigh of relief and smile knowingly.