Chapter 137: Meeting (Asking for a Monthly Pass)
As for what happened after the arrival of the mixed three brigades, everything is still unknown. Yue Siliang only proposed a few possible directions, and then stopped discussing this matter, after all, it was not the focus of his work now.
Compared with this mixed three brigades, he has another thing that is no less important than them at the moment.
At the beginning of this day, Yue Siliang left Niujinzhai under the protection of the guard platoon and came to Beijintai. He's here for a meeting he's been planning for a long time.
"Commander, aren't they just a few rich people? Is it worth meeting in person? ”
Lei Zi was obviously very clear about Yue Siliang's purpose for going down the mountain this time, so he couldn't help but complain on the way, in his opinion, Yue Siliang's meeting was not only meaningless, but also dangerous. Who can guarantee that there are no traitors among those guys? In case there is a traitor in the middle and reports the matter of this meeting to the devil, then it will be too dangerous for Yue Siliang to go to Beijintai this time.
Yue Siliang turned his head to look at Lei Zi twice, signaling him to be calm.
"Don't worry, Beijintai is under our jurisdiction, and the second battalion is not a decoration there. We are safe to do this time. ”
Speaking of this, Yue Siliang glanced at Lei Zi again, he felt that Lei Zi was a little different from before in the recent period.
"Leizi, what's wrong with you? You weren't so careful before, speaking of which, it was much more dangerous for a few of us to enter Lingqiu County at the beginning, and I didn't see you like this at that time. ”
Being asked by Yue Siliang like this, Lei Zi was stunned for a moment, and then said with some hesitation.
"Commander, I used to be just a big-headed soldier and didn't understand anything. I always feel that those things are far away from us, and this time I saw Sasaki die like that, I realized that no one is special on the battlefield, you are our backbone, and it is always right to be careful. ”
As soon as Lei Zi said this, Yue Siliang immediately realized that it was the battle of Nanzhang that made Lei Zi grow. If you think about it carefully, Sasaki is a Japanese army commander, and his rank is not low, and he will be a general if he goes further. But it was such a wing captain who chased them in Lingqiu and retreated in a hurry, and this battle seemed to die casually on the battlefield without making a little wave.
This incident had a great impact on Leizi, and one of the enemy soldiers died so calmly, what about them? What about Yue Siliang? Will one day they die on a battlefield so calmly? Seeing the fall of a high-ranking officer extinguished a trace of luck in Lei Zi's heart, and also made him start to think about some things that he would not have thought about before.
"Hey, I really can't imagine that our Platoon Commander Hong Da also has a time when he can say such things, it's rare."
Yue Siliang squinted his eyes and smiled, and he still teased Lei Zi in his mouth, which made Lei Zi feel stunned for a while.
For Yue Siliang, this change of Lei Zi is undoubtedly a good thing, although Lei Zi with these thoughts may not be as desperate on the battlefield as before in the future, but in this way, Lei Zi has one more possibility, one more possibility to be able to stand on a higher stage.
After teasing Lei Zi for a few words, Yue Siliang gave up, and began to analyze why he wanted to prepare for this meeting to Lei Zi, he might not have said this to Lei Zi before, but now he felt that it seemed to be time.
"Unite all the forces that can be united, this is not an empty word, who should be united? How to unite? These things are on our radar. If these local wealthy gentry had been the object of our revolution two years ago. But now it's different, and if we want to win this war, we must unite them.
The little devil is not invincible, but it is also difficult to defeat, this battle in Nanzhang, we won in the end, but we are tired enough, but how many wings like Sasaki are there in the devil?
This war is not a one-shot deal, if we want to keep fighting with the little devils, we can't do without their support or assistance, I don't want those big families to be able to completely obey our orders, but at least to eliminate their misunderstanding of our team, and lay the foundation for future cooperation. ”
"Oh......"
Yue Siliang's words Lei Zi didn't seem to understand, but a good phenomenon is that Lei Zi can now listen to these "heavenly books" that he didn't understand before. Yue Siliang nodded secretly, not asking for anything too much, just letting Lei Zi feel it himself.
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This is the first time Yue Siliang has come to Beijintai, looking at the situation in Beijintai, he has some idea in his heart, this place is indeed worthy of the title of "one of the richest villages in Lunan". Before Nanzhang City was completely destroyed, the richest village and town in Lunan was undoubtedly Nanzhang, but after a battle, the richest place in Lunan has not necessarily changed, maybe Beijintai, or Xuzhuang.
After entering Beijintai, the response personnel arranged by the second battalion immediately rushed over to lead the way for Yue Siliang.
Walking on the loess road, Yue Siliang was very satisfied with the arrangement of the second battalion. There were no soldiers loitering on both sides of the road, obviously Liu Chuan was restraining the soldiers according to the order, and the soldiers should be either training or on duty at the moment. The main force of a contingent should stay in the barracks, and the mass work should be entrusted to the political commissars.
The followers came to the agreed place, and Yue Siliang met Di Hanming, who had entered Beijintai first.
"Commander."
Seeing Yue Siliang, Di Hanming nodded first.
"Commissar, it's all arranged?"
Yue Siliang didn't talk nonsense and went straight to the topic.
"Well, the patriarchs of the two big families in Beijintai: the Zhou family and the Wu family have arrived, as well as the Wang family in Nanzhang. In addition to these three, there are also a number of local landowners who are also here. ”
"Very well, how is their attitude?"
Stepping over the high threshold, Yue Siliang asked as he walked. The meeting place was chosen in the ancestral hall of Beijintai, which is now borrowed by Di Hanming as an office location.
"The attitude of these people is not very clear, but one thing is clear, and that is that they are willing to communicate with us."
Di Hanming thought about it for a while and said that he had just met these big families for the first time, and they used to communicate through messages and letters, so he didn't know much about it.
"It's a good thing that we're willing to talk, we didn't think about it when we met this time, as long as we can let them know that we're not here to fight local tyrants."
Yue Siliang pushed open the door of the living room, and there were some well-dressed people sitting inside. Some of them were holding teacups in their hands and looking out of the door with their necks stretched, some with their hands on their knees and their eyes closed, and some of them talking to each other...... And so on.
The door was pushed open with a bang, which attracted the attention of everyone in the room, and after seeing an unfamiliar face coming in, and walking side by side with Di Hanming, they immediately knew that the person who came was the main person they wanted to see today: Yue Siliang, the head of the 424th regiment.
All eyes were focused on Yue Siliang's body at the moment, the regiment commander was burly, wearing a yellow tweed coat and a pair of leather boots under his feet. When they saw Yue Siliang, four words subconsciously popped out of their minds: majestic.
"Everyone, this is the commander of our 424th Regiment, Yue Siliang."
Walking in front of everyone, Di Hanming directly introduced to everyone. After hearing Yue Siliang's name, everyone stood up at once, and made a gesture to Yue Siliang together, no matter how many years they have been operating in the local area, they all understand that the head of Yue in front of them is not something they can underestimate, the battle of Nanzhang happened at their doorstep, and they are the most aware of the strength of the 424 regiment.
Looking at the people who were making great salutes, Yue Siliang did not hesitate, and directly reached out to help them up. His prestige is out of the way, and there is no need to put too much pressure on them here with some petty tricks, which are not conducive to today's conversation.
After helping everyone up one by one, Yue Siliang thought about it, and finally returned the salute to them, and sat directly on the main seat.
"Don't be inhibited, everyone, I invite you to come today just to have some simple exchanges. Discuss some questions on how to protect the territory and the people. ”
Yue Siliang said it very easily, but the patriarchs or representatives of the major clans present were all nervous. They are familiar with the word "protecting the territory and the people", since the beginning of Xinhai, the land of North China has come and gone, gone and changed and stationed a number of warlords and their troops, and the slogans they played may be different, but in the end what they did was highly consistent, that is, to "gather wool" from their bodies. In their opinion, Yue Siliang called them here today to mean the same thing.
The patriarch of the Zhou family was very young, and he was the first to stand up.
"Chief Yue, thank you and your troops for beating away the devils and returning our side to peace, our Zhou family is not ignorant, we have already prepared a thousand oceans, which can be given to your army at any time."
Before coming, several large households had already passed the gas and negotiated the price with each other, and their purpose was very simple, that is, to break the fortune and avoid disasters.
Yue Siliang raised his eyebrows, a thousand oceans is not a small amount, although the current official pricing of fiat currency is that one yuan of fiat currency can be exchanged for a piece of ocean, but in the black market, a piece of ocean can already be exchanged for ten yuan of fiat currency. However, for the money sent to his mouth, Yue Siliang didn't care at the moment.
"This? ……”
"Leader, this is the patriarch of the Zhou family."
Di Hanming sat on the side and introduced, Yue Siliang nodded and spoke.
"Mr. Zhou, thank you for your kindness, but please believe in the sincerity of our team, the Eighth Route Army is not armed with warlords, and there is no tradition of 'wool picking'."
Yue Siliang's words were very direct, and the hearts of the several patriarchs present were shocked. They weren't sure if Yue Siliang was telling the truth, or if they weren't satisfied with the price they offered.
"Head Yue......"
At this time, the patriarch of the Wu family stood up, he was much older than the Zhou family, and he looked very kind. Supporting his fat body with crutches, Patriarch Wu finally gave up.
"Our Wu family is willing to take out five thousand oceans! I just want the Wu family to be safe! ”
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