The more you go into the base area, the more intense the atmosphere of spring ploughing becomes. Although everyone's clothes have a lot of patches, most of them are relatively neat. And the dark blue military uniforms that often appear in formations in the fields and work as hard as other people are very eye-catching.

"Are these soldiers also farming?" Huang Chengxun couldn't help but ask.

It's kind of funny to say. The "blue uniforms" wielding hoes and shovels and other farm tools must be farming, and judging by the way they work, they are all experts. Hearing this, no one in the team laughed, and everyone understood what Huang Chengxun meant. Everyone has read books and heard of this kind of thing in Juntun, but the problem is that Juntun is also a matter of the Ming Dynasty. These people never imagined that they would be able to see them in their lifetime.

"I'm afraid these people aren't the ones who fight the war." Qiu Jin couldn't help but respond. The army she saw not long ago was the army in her heart. In these years, it is natural for a soldier to eat food, and if the army grows crops themselves, no matter how you think about it, it makes Qiu Jin feel very weird. The plausible explanation can only be that the people in the fields are not the army, but the hired hands of the People's Party.

But the next problem immediately arose, the hired workers of the BJP could afford to wear military uniforms. If a hired worker can afford to buy clothes, then life is good. If these clothes are given to the hired workers by the People's Party, it means that the People's Party is rich. No matter from which point of view, it forms a paradox with Fengtai County being the hardest-hit area.

This question needs to be investigated, but the team really doesn't have the courage to ask about the Blue Army working in the field, and they don't want to waste their time on it. After walking more than ten miles, everyone saw something even more wonderful. Not only were people working in the fields, but there were also blues in the roadside planting saplings. After walking for so long, everyone is tired. In addition, for these blue-clothed people, everyone simply rested temporarily next to the sapling-planting people.

"Brother Tai, why are you planting trees on the side of the road?" Huang Chengxun stepped forward to talk.

The soldier who planted the tree looked at Huang Chengxun with a suspicious gaze, "Where are you from?" I'm not a local when I listen to the accent. ”

"We are from Anqing, come here to see relatives." This is a common excuse for discussion.

"Looking at relatives? Where are your relatives? The warrior continued to ask.

"Shouzhou Shijiaji." Huang Chengxun hurriedly said. Shi Dekuan's family is from the Shi family, and this is not a lie. But being questioned by the soldiers, Huang Chengxun felt that he was only afraid that these people were going to blackmail him.

The soldier saw that there was no flaw in what Huang Chengxun said, so he replied: "The army has an order, let us plant trees on the side of the road." Then we'll plant trees on the side of the road. There is no other reason. ”

"Then how can this tree be planted in someone else's field?"

"Now that everyone has divided the land, the public land and the people's land are clearly divided, and the land on both sides of the road is the public land, and it will not be planted in the people's homes."

Hearing this, all the gentry couldn't help but look at the warriors. At this time, I heard someone next to me shouting, "Don't say it, hurry up." The tone was not harsh. After hearing this, the soldier continued to bury his head in the pit, but no longer paid attention to Huang Chengxun and others.

Huang Chengxun and the others rested for a while, and then continued on their way. "Is this People's Party already claiming to be an official?" Huang Chengxun asked Qiu Jin.

Qiu Jin is not easy to answer about this matter, although the Restoration Society has Chizhou, it is only on the surface. Their power could not even be controlled by the gentry of Chizhou, let alone infiltrate the control areas along the way like the People's Party. If there are manpower to plant trees, the Restoration Society would rather let these people guard the city and collect taxes. The People's Party's move to comprehensively and deeply manage the base area made Qiu Jin envious and puzzled. She could only reluctantly answer: "Chen Ke and they have been running Fengtai County for almost a year, and it is not unusual to have this scale." ”

Shi Fukuan didn't talk much along the way, and couldn't help but interject at this time, "To be able to operate to this extent, I'm afraid it won't take a year." Mr. Qiu, the People's Party has such troops, why didn't it raise troops earlier? ”

"I said a year, it's a year. I only met Wenqing in May of the previous year. At that time, he was still single, and he carried out the revolution in Shanghai with us. It's only a year that he's been able to do this, and I can't believe it if I don't see it in person. ”

"You said that with just one person, you can pull up such a situation in a year?" Huang Chengxun had never seen so many unexpected things, and it was just an accident for the revolutionary party to oppose Huang Chengxun, and it was surprising enough that Anqing City was occupied. And far away from Anqing, there was such a large piece of territory that seemed to be completely out of the control of the Manchu court, which was even more surprising to Huang Chengxun. Anqing is Huang Chengxun's hometown, and the natural familiarity can always dilute the feeling of a ruler. But at the thought that the land under his feet was already the territory of another group of rebels, Huang Chengxun and the other gentry felt uncomfortable.

"Needless to say. When we meet Chen Ke, we can know everything. Qiu Jin said.

The next day, these people finally arrived at their destination, Fengtai County.

As soon as they approached Fengtai County, these people thought they were wrong. Anqing is already a big city, but compared with Anqing, Fengtai County is now no less lively. Boats shuttle back and forth on the waterway, and people come and go in the county. But most of them were soldiers in dark blue uniforms.

And unlike other places, the army has set up checkpoints and checks are quite strict. It is no longer appropriate for these people to go to Shouzhou. When he was interrogated, Qiu Jin simply stepped forward, "I'm looking for Chen Ke, chairman of the People's Party, and Hua Xiongmao of the People's Party." ”

Hearing these two names, the warrior of the level frowned, and he asked solemnly, "May I ask who you are?" ”

"I'm Hua Xiongmao's aunt." Qiu Jin replied.

Hearing Qiu Jin's words, the warrior did not look awe-struck at all, and he continued to ask, "May I ask your surname." ”

"My name is Qiu Jin." Qiu Jin replied proudly.

At the sound of the name, the warrior's brow furrowed even tighter. He looked at Qiu Jin carefully, then took out a piece of paper and looked at it, "Is it autumn in autumn?" ”

"Huh?" Qiu Jin didn't expect the warrior to come out like this, and was stunned before replying, "Exactly." ”

"You guys wait here." After the soldier finished speaking, he whispered something to his comrades next to him, and then turned to leave. After a while, he brought a few people over, and the leader looked at Qiu Jin for a while, and then walked over quickly, "Mr. Qiu Jin, don't come unharmed." ”

Qiu Jin looked at this person carefully, and his face was slightly familiar. The man introduced himself: "I am Pan Yinian of the Whampoa Publishing House. I've seen Mr. Qiu before. I don't know what Mr. Qiu has to do in Fengtai County. ”

"I'm looking for Chen Ke." It was a lot less troublesome to be recognized, Qiu Jin sneered: "Chen Ke won't be afraid that I will come, so he has set up a special checkpoint to stop me, right?" ”

"That's not it, Mr. Qiu is too worried." Pan Yinian replied, "It's just that Chairman Chen guessed that Mr. Qiu would come, but he didn't expect Mr. Qiu to come so late." I'll take Mr. Qiu over now. ”

The entire Fengtai County is now a large barracks, and in addition to soldiers and soldiers, there are also some people with the word "police" written on the back of their chests in dark blue military uniforms from time to time, and there is a tense atmosphere.

At the gate of the barracks, after Qiu Jin and his party were interrogated, they were registered on the visitor list, and then they were put in. Chen Ke did not come to see them soon, and the men waited until noon and were treated to a simple lunch for free. Salty baked potatoes with a duck egg, Qiu Jin asked the soldiers who delivered the rice when Chen Ke would be able to see them. The soldier shook his head, "I'm just here to deliver food, and I don't know when Chairman Chen will be free." With that, the warrior walked away.

Qiu Jin was not lightly angered by this kind of cold hospitality, but after all, on Chen Ke's territory, she kept looking at the watch that Chen Ke gave her on her wrist. It wasn't until after three o'clock in the afternoon that someone took Qiu Jin and them to see Chen Ke.

"Wenqing! Where did you take all my students? As soon as he saw Chen Ke in the conference room, Qiu Jin asked with a face.

Chen Ke smiled harmlessly, "They all go to school in our base area." ”

"This is Chairman Chen, right" Huang Chengxun heard Chen Ke admit this matter, and hurriedly came up to make a gesture, "My daughter Huang Yuyue was brought to your place by Chairman Chen?" ”

"I'll check." Chen Ke picked up a list and glanced at it, "But there is such a person." ”

As soon as he heard Chen Ke agree, Huang Chengxun made a deep gesture again, "Chairman Chen, I ask you to release the little girl." Your great kindness, we will never forget. ”

Chen Ke invited everyone to sit down, and said, "Needless to say, I forcibly brought people to our base area. You don't know how to scold me in your heart. This cliché is not interesting. Mr. Huang, and everyone here. I didn't bring your girls here to kidnap tickets for extortion, you should be able to believe it. ”

The gentry nodded hurriedly. Chen Ke's base is so large, if it was a kidnapping, he should have notified his family a long time ago. This kind of identification is not forced.

Chen Ke saw that everyone agreed, and then continued, "Then we have made so much effort to bring these people to our base area to let them become teachers. If we are to make a bunch of rotten people, not to mention that the number is very small, and the group of people is very self-controlled, it is not at all what we want. It's the girls of your families who have some cultural background, and their tutors are good. And their age is when they are learning, and we educate them and let them teach and educate at the same time, and I really can't think of anyone more suitable to be a teacher than them. ”

These words made the gentry unable to think of how to deal with it for a while, and Chen Ke comprehensively praised the high quality of the daughter of the gentry. And these compliments are exactly what the gentry themselves recognized. If you don't talk about the fact of separation, just from Chen Ke's point of view, it is an extremely correct choice to arrest these girls to the base.

"Mr. Chen, if you, the People's Party, are short of money...... Huang Chengxun also wanted to persuade Chen Ke.

Chen Ke interrupted Huang Chengxun's words without hesitation, "What do we want money for?" Money is dead, talent is fundamental. I can't hire such a gentleman even if I have the money. ”

Seeing that Chen Ke's attitude was so resolute, Huang Chengxun simply began to beg, "Since the little girl was brought to Fengtai County by Mr. Chen, she didn't think about tea and dinner, and her health was not good, please ask Mr. Chen to let the little girl go home to visit ......."

Chen Ke then replied: "Don't be afraid, we can send someone to bring your wife here, or Mr. Huang and his family will move to our Fengtai County." In this way, you can reunite with the family without delaying your daughter's progress, which is not the best of both worlds. ”

"Mr. Chen, are you resolutely refusing to let go?"

"If I release people like this, then why did I bring people to Fengtai County in the first place?"

Chen Ke's resolute attitude made these gentry speechless, before Fengtai County came, they didn't know Chen Ke, after seeing the strength of the People's Party with their own eyes, these people knew that Chen Ke was definitely not so easy to deal with. Huang Chengxun asked tentatively: "Mr. Chen, I can always meet the little girl first." ”

"That's fine. By the time it was time, the school should have ended. I'll send someone to take you there. ”