Zhang Ran sat in the courtyard with big dark circles under his eyes and crossed Erlang's legs.

Wang Wenping and another soldier, Zhao Qianjin, were carrying rifles on their backs, standing behind him majestically.

Ma Chengbang and other landlords nodded and stood not far in front of Zhang Ran.

If it weren't for Wang Laogui, Wang Kai and other soldiers of the Eighth Route who received the money, grain, wine and meat from the landlords on the side and shouted, full of poor ghosts who had never seen the world, this scene would look like the county lord ascending to the court.

And Zhang Ran is naturally the county master!

"Ma Chengbang, send 1,000 catties of rice, 500 catties of white flour, 1,000 catties of wheat, 2,000 catties of corn, 1,000 oceans, and 50 catties of jerky......"

"Zhao Wanlin, 500 catties of white flour, 1,000 catties of corn, 200 ...... of the ocean"

"Zheng Tianming......"

While registering, Wang Laogui read aloud the amount of money and grain sent by these landlords, and the soldiers, and those villagers who had long been unable to care about the wasteland and came back to see the excitement listened to these numbers, and the world was spinning happily!

No landlord sent more things than Ma Chengbang.

The value of the things sent by the rest of the landlords is not much different, and it is obvious that before sending the things over, they have discussed them privately.

"Ma Chengbang, if you were so sincere, would you have made this meeting between you and our Eighth Route Army?"

Zhang Ran listened to those numbers, compared to the situation that he was facing at any time in the morning, he was also excited, but his face was silent, staring at Ma Chengbang with ridicule.

"Captain Zhang, a few days ago, it was my Ma Chengbang who looked down on people, and I hope that Captain Zhang, you will give me Ma Chengbang another chance, I will fully cooperate with the detachment, cooperate with Captain Zhang, and build this Jindong base together, and make a modest contribution to our country and nation to fight against the Japanese invaders......" Ma Chengbang said.

"Yes, Captain Zhang, although we are landlords, we also have a conscience, and we are also Chinese......"

Zhao Wanlin, Zheng Tianming and other landlords also expressed their loyalty, and their faces had already repented, and they were determined to turn back.

"Why do you have a conscience? Bah! ”

"Why didn't you say you had a conscience before? It's only been a few days, and my conscience has grown? ”

The villagers were sarcastic, looking at the mountains of money and food, and their hearts were angry, saying that we people are busy all year round but our stomachs can't be filled, but you are good, the rice and white noodles at home, wine, meat, money and food!

Seeing the surging public opinion, Ma Chengbang and the others were shocked in their hearts, looking at Zhang Ran's face, and the smile was about to bloom.

"Folks, listen to me!"

Zhang Ran finally got up from the chair, and when everyone quieted down, he pointed to Ma Chengbang and the others: "You have all seen it, these landlords and old fortunes are bullying you, what kind of life are you living?" At home, there are mountains of rice and grains, and the oceans are heaps - and what about you? ”

The anger of the villagers was even ignited, shouting, and some people even shouted that they wanted to correct the law on the spot for this group of landlords!

When Ma Chengbang and others heard this, their legs suddenly became weak and wanted to pee their pants, if it weren't for everyone supporting each other, I'm afraid someone would make a fool of themselves on the spot!

"Now, our Eighth Route Army is coming, the time when you were oppressed and enslaved has passed, as long as you are closely united around our Eighth Route Army, then in the future, you will no longer have to suffer from the oppression and exploitation of the landlord Lao Cai!" Zhang Ran shouted loudly.

"Support Captain Zhang and support the Eighth Route Army!"

"Down with the landlords and old wealth, we ordinary people are the masters of their own ......"

Under the leadership of Wang Zaixian Lu Yan, the villagers chanted slogans, this time, the slogans were obviously more enthusiastic than in the previous days, and they could even feel their sincere intention to really unite around Zhang Ran and turn over to be the master!

Ma Chengbang and the others were about to cry!

"But folks!"

When the villagers had vented enough, Zhang Ran finally spoke: "Ma Chengbang and their landlords, although hateful, but this is also related to the evil feudal society, now, our Eighth Route Army is coming, the new era is coming, they are landlords, as long as they want to reform themselves, want to enter the new era with us, then we should still give them a chance to reform - what do you say?" ”

The villagers responded sparsely, saying that Zhang Ran had the final say!

"Lu Yan, you organize some backbones of the women's brigade, arrange lunch well, and everyone eats together - all the rice and white noodles, don't mix with grain, and cook some meat, so that everyone can also feel it, what kind of life is this landlord and old wealth!" Zhang Ran commanded!

"Whole rice and white flour, not adulterated with grain?"

"Still boiling meat?"

Hearing this, the villagers immediately went crazy and enthusiastically helped, and no one paid attention to Ma Chengbang and the others.

"Follow me!"

Zhang Ran waved his hand to Ma Chengbang and the others majestically, and Ma Chengbang and the others, under the escort of Wang Wenping's soldiers, entered a specially vacated house in the headquarters like prisoners waiting to be executed.

"Guard the door, don't let the villagers in, I want to do work for these landlords!" Zhang Ran commanded.

Wang Wenping and the others nodded, looked at a group of villagers happily cooking rice and meat, and said in their hearts that at this time, it is strange that someone is willing to come over!

"Sit down!"

As soon as he entered the room, only Zhang Ran faced Ma Chengbang and the others, but his expression was obviously gentle, and he no longer had the same voice as before.

"Captain Zhang, we are really willing to reform our ways, support your Eighth Route Army, and hope that Captain Zhang will give us a way to live......"

Ma Chengbang and the others couldn't figure out what medicine to buy in Zhang Ran's gourd now, and the previous scene had completely frightened him, and they begged with sad faces one by one.

"Now, you should know that to go against our Eighth Route Army is to go against all the villagers, right? Have you experienced what it's like to be caught in the vast ocean of the People's War? ”

Zhang Ran said with a smile: "The wheel of history is moving forward, and if you resist, you can only be crushed, and only by cooperating can you live!" ”

"We cooperate, we will cooperate!"

Ma Chengbang and others.

"Sit, sit, sit!"

Zhang Ran beckoned everyone to sit down again, and then said with a smile: "Actually, you don't have to be too nervous, the poor people represented by our Eighth Route Army, although there are class contradictions with your landlords, but we will not eat people - I said that in front of the villagers before, because only in this way can we unite the people around our Eighth Route Army, and can we fight against the Japanese devils, which is the ...... of work."

"Landlords, in addition to those who have committed the most heinous crimes, I still have deep sympathy for landlords like you who still have a conscience!" Zhang Ran continued.

"What?"

Ma Chengbang and the others suspected that they had misheard - why didn't you scare us to death just now, and now you are saying that you sympathize with us behind your back?

What kind of medicine are you buying in this gourd?

Looking at everyone's expressions, Zhang Ran became more and more grateful for his previous years of experience in poverty alleviation work.

Manipulate people's hearts, talk to people, and talk nonsense!

He was sure that if it weren't for all these years of work experience, he would never have laid down such a good situation after only ten days of crossing over!

"The landlord class is the residual poison of feudal society!"

"But since the landlord class exists, and has existed for thousands of years, there must be a reason for its existence!"

"For thousands of years, the best way to live a good life was to become a landlord - I, these villagers outside, if I had the same opportunity as you, everyone would choose the landlord as well - after all, no one wants to live a good life, right?"

Zhang Ran continued.

"Captain Zhang......"

Ma Chengbang and other landlords listened to these heart-to-heart words, their noses were sore, and they were about to cry, feeling that they had done nothing wrong, but they ended up like today, wronged......

"That's why I say I sympathize with you!"

Zhang Ran said: "Speaking of injustice, you are indeed a little wronged, and you really haven't done anything wrong - you were just born in the wrong era!" ”

Ma Chengbang and the others rubbed their eyes and said: "Captain Zhang, you can tell us these heartfelt words, I really want to be grateful, I really hope that Captain Zhang will give us a way to live, we are all dragging our families and mouths, and we all rely on those lands to live, if Captain Zhang gives us all the land, then how can we live like ......"

"The land must be divided, and there is no room for negotiation at all!"

Zhang Ran's face suddenly turned cold, and after a group of landlords chuckled in their hearts, he smiled toothily and said: "If you are willing to cooperate with our Jindong detachment, then I can open the net and prevent you from having the risk of raiding your home!" ”

This is actually the best result that Ma Chengbang and others thought of before they came, and the matter just said was completely because Zhang Ran had a good attitude and wanted to bargain!

Therefore, hearing Zhang Ran's reply, although Ma Chengbang and the others were disappointed, they could still accept it, and said with a sad face: "I don't know how Captain Zhang wants us to cooperate with you?" Without the land, even if Captain Zhang doesn't raid our home with extrajudicial kindness, and we people have no income, sooner or later, we will sit on empty ......"

"That's why I just said cooperation, but I didn't say cooperation!"

Zhang Ran said with a smile: "Cooperation, that is, let you unconditionally agree to the requirements of our Eighth Route Army, and cooperation, is mutual benefit and reciprocity - the difference between this, I think all of you have read books, you should be able to understand, right?" ”

"Mutually beneficial cooperation?"

When Ma Chengbang and the others heard this, they all thought of the recent news about the fertilizer that could double the yield per mu that those poor ghosts had passed on, and their eyes lit up, and after exchanging glances with each other, they looked at Zhang Ran together and said, "I want to hear it in detail!" ”