PS: The second one is served a little later......

Although the commander of the Führer's personal guard, Major Genshe, expressed concern about Hoffman's casual request to stop and feared an attack by Russian partisans, Hoffman did not think so--he was surrounded by the most elite officers and men of the Guard Banner, and the armored train was accompanied not only by artillery but also by a few Tiger tanks, not to mention the guerrillas with only a few dozen or hundreds of people, even if one or two Red Army divisions came to deal with it. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

After the train was stable, he and Speer and others got off the train, he just wanted to learn about the grain production and the life of the Ukrainian people at random, but the accident still happened, a young Ukrainian young man driving a tractor was harvesting noticed the stopped train, and paid more attention to the group of big people who got off the car, he opened his throat and shouted: "Ah! Monarch! It's the German Führer who came! ”

The shout drew more Ukrainians, who asked, "Where?" Where is it? ”

"No, isn't that?" So a crowd of people poured towards where Hoffman was. This scene scared Genscher and the others enough, and he asked the guards to set up machine guns to guard the scene, and at the same time wanted to drag the Führer directly into the car and run away, but Hoffman quickly stopped his blind movement, and he could see that the group of Ukrainians were full of curiosity and reverence for him, but there was no attack or hostility.

The young man who was the first to shout was soon brought before Hoffman, who stood straight and raised his hand respectfully.

Hoffman was amused: "What is your name, young man?" Are you a member of the National Socialist Party? ”

"My name is Yatov-Shevchenko, and I'm not a member of the party yet, but I've seen them salute you in movies."

"Movies?" Speer was a little curious, "What a movie." ”

Shevchenko scratched his head embarrassedly: "In the prisoner of war camp, the guards showed us a film about the situation in Germany, in which there were footage of the Führer inspecting the troops. To be honest, it's a blur in the movie, and I'm not sure if it's you, but I have a portrait of you at home, and you look exactly like the portrait......"

Hoffman was amused by the phrase "You look exactly like your portrait": "Yes, you have a good sense of humor. ”

The other party was anxious, thinking that Hoffman didn't believe it, and hurriedly said: "Really, I mean really." Many of us have portraits of the Führer hanging in our homes, and we were invited back after going to church for Mass, and the priest said that the Führer was a good man, and he gave us fields, he gave us freedom, oh, and gave us diesel......"

"Yes, the priests say that the Führer must be a saint......"

The statement of the saints made Hoffmann and the people around him a little embarrassed, because strictly speaking, the National Socialist Party is not very interested in religion, and its relationship with the Holy See and the domestic church is also very average, and Germany is a predominantly Protestant country, and Protestantism basically does not have much to do with the saints. But in the Catholic and Orthodox systems, the saints are remarkable figures, and although the Bolsheviks have been engaged in the socialist revolution for many years, there is still a large market for religious beliefs in the Ukrainian countryside.

Hofman was mild in response to the situation and lifted the religious ban, agreeing to the new Ukrainian government's moves, and even offering to return some of his religious property to ease the situation, never expecting the Orthodox Church to proclaim that he was a "saint" - what a great irony.

He sidestepped the topic and asked instead: "The prisoner of war camp will come out soon?" Look at the posture of your tractor, are you a tanker? ”

"I'm a tank driver, my brother is in the army, he's a lieutenant." Shevchenko was a little embarrassed, "Although the boss asked me to stay and serve, but because the government divided the land, my father was not in good health, and we were not married, and finally we discussed and decided that I would stay and farm, and by the way, I would also plant my brother's piece - he was an officer, and he had more land than us, so it was not okay if no one took care of him." ”

Someone next to him coaxed: "Shevchenko, you two brothers will lack a wife......

The crowd burst into laughter.

Hoffman nodded: "Looking at the way it is now, it seems that this year's harvest is good." ”

"It's very good, God helps, but ......" Shevchenko was a little reluctant to speak.

Speer asked, "Is there any problem?" ”

"Is it true that the government has posted a notice saying that it will collect 30% of the agricultural tax in the next few years?"

Hoffman didn't answer directly, but asked, "Do you think this tax rate is high?" ”

"It's not high, it's not high, the point is, is 30% enough?"

"Shevchenko, you understand the policy, tell me, is there a problem with the 30% tax?"

"The problem is no, the government put up a notice that it is 30% tax during the war, 20% after the war ends, and 10% is an additional war surcharge. However, in fact, the 10% surcharge is not enough, because this year the government provided diesel fuel and tractors to help, and once the war is over and the tax rate drops, these will have to be organized by the villagers themselves. Shevchenko said with some hesitation, "We all understand the notice in black and white, and we are worried about ......."

"Do you want less?" Hoffman asked keenly. In fact, this tax rate is the result of joint negotiations between Ukraine and Germany, as a country dominated by agriculture, agricultural tax is the bulk of Ukraine, 30% of the tax in kind, in addition to maintaining the necessary food needs of the Ukrainian government for urban residents and the Wehrmacht, most of them have been booked to the German side, of course, it is not completely free of charge: on the one hand, Germany has liberated Ukraine, and now it is helping Ukraine to provide garrison protection, this "thank you fee" is always going to be paid, and the name is the military expenditure settled in kind; On the other hand, during the reconstruction of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, the German army provided a large amount of equipment, weapons and logistical materials, which had to be counted as money, and Germany allowed the Ukrainian government to slowly repay.

"People want stability." Shevchenko explained everyone's concerns, "In fact, we can afford 20%, 30%, or even 35%, the key is that the government must be creditworthy, and at the beginning it will be as much as it says." In addition, the purchase price of the surplus grain should also be reasonable, and it is not possible to just take away things with worthless gross receipts -- in those days, the Bolsheviks practiced a system of collecting surplus grain, and we old people here remember it. This year, because the policy was unclear at the beginning, everyone had a wait-and-see mood, so the fields were not fully utilized, and they would be careless in the later cultivation, if they really only collected 30%, even if they had been harvesting 30%, the farmers would definitely shout long live......

"I hope that everyone can grow more food, and that during the war, the 30 percent tax revenue will not be increased, and your government will not go back on its word, besides, there will be no more us." Hoffmann patted Speer beside him, "This is our German economic czar, in charge of all German production, he has already thought that when the war is over in the future, we will exchange watches, radios, and cameras for food with you, how about it?" ”

The crowd was all excited, and the German goods were well known. (To be continued.) )