"It's a separate room!" "Let's start drawing!" "Everyone line up!" The grassroots cadres with big horns stood on a high place and shouted loudly at the crowd.

As soon as the people heard this, they immediately rushed to the table where they were selected. "Whoever grabs it again will be dragged to the end to pick a house!" There was a roar from the loudspeaker. Not just verbal threats, the guards responsible for maintaining order forcibly pushed everyone into a long line.

The guards were also locals, and those who didn't want to line up came to find someone they knew. They smiled and said, "Let's make arrangements for us to move forward." The guards always lose their temper with their relatives and friends, and they said kindly: "We have tried many times these days, and we can only smoke it once." You can't see that number. It's not necessarily a good shot to be drawn early. ”

This time the selection of a house is really a big deal, in order to avoid the disadvantages of such large-scale events in the past, which were not well organized. Regarding the lottery, all the people participated in the drill. The purpose of the drill is very clear, that is, to tell everyone that everyone will have a house, and it is luck to choose a house by lottery. If you are at the top of the queue, you may not be able to draw the number at the top. However, this is the case with the habitual thinking of human beings, although reason and practice tell everyone about the unreliability of the immediate probability, but emotionally always feel that when there are many choices, the probability of being at the top is greater.

In the actual drill, some of us were drawn to the front, and some were drawn to the back. Those who draw to the top hope that this time it is officially selected, and they are not even willing to return the number. Lu Huitian, who is responsible for this mentality, can understand, but he thinks it's funny.

After all, they have lived in a concentrated place for more than half a year, and the habit of the masses to abide by order has basically been formed. Lu Huitian remembered Chen Ke's speech at the mobilization meeting, "Everyone wants to see how enthusiastic the people are about the division of rooms. The more enthusiastic the people are, the more they believe in us. It means that the more successful our work is. ”

The situation at the scene was really as Chen Ke said, although there was nervousness, expectation, and worry. However, people want to be able to go higher, and the purpose of wanting to get the room number early may not all be to think that they can get a higher number. If you get it early, it means that you can choose a house earlier, and you can settle down earlier.

After the order stabilized, the lottery finally began. The first number drawn was 8143, and the number drawn was a middle-aged man, Lu Huitian felt that he had seen it, but he couldn't call this person's name. The staff shouted with a loudspeaker: "Eight thousand one hundred and forty-three!" Eight thousand one hundred and forty-three! Hu Youxiang rows 8,143 to choose a room. The middle-aged man immediately cried and mourned, and the crowd erupted in laughter that I didn't know whether it was envy or schadenfreude. Mixed with the laughter was the sound of a woman crying. This number is too low. There are a total of 12,000 houses, and Hu Youxiang is the last to choose a house.

Looking at the big box in front of him, Hu Youxiang wanted to draw another number from it and compare it with his own. He looked up at the guards next to him, and if he tried to smoke it again, he would definitely be photographed last. Discipline is repeatedly stated in the lottery drills these days. The escort team also didn't give Hu Youxiang a chance, and everyone even pushed and pulled Hu Youxiang to the notary office.

The notary office is made up of six people, all of whom are representatives of the people who support the People's Party. The origin must be innocent. Innocence means that except for those who cannot be propertied above the middle peasantry, they must not have bad deeds, steal and fight. You can't be born into a clan family in a village. Anyone who can represent the power of the old times is not allowed. People's representatives should not be incapable of representing the "more general" people.

These representatives of the people have acquired knowledge of Arabic numerals and basic arithmetic in literacy training. They checked the number, which was the same as the number the teller had said. Then the number and name were registered, and on a huge sign, the number was pasted according to the list.

Next, "4511" was drawn out by a second person. The team finally began to move slowly forward.

Those who draw the first number will receive a wave of envious exclamation, and those who draw the last number will be prompted to laugh good-naturedly. Especially when No. 1 and No. 12000 were drawn, it was a huge stimulus. The voices of the people drowned out the cries of the people.

The selection of the house was carried out overnight, and after the first 100 numbers were picked out, the gang was immediately organized to choose a room. In fact, the people already had their own ideas in their hearts, and the people who were arranged to choose a house went straight to the house in their minds. I was so anxious that the whole family moved the straw bunk with the bed board, and immediately moved in.

The final number of people eligible to live in housing in Fengtai County was 67,000, and 12,000 of them were required to live in collective dormitories because they participated in the civil service and the army. So eventually 55,000 people will be able to move into new homes. Everyone hasn't had their own house for a long time, because the number of houses is limited after all, and a family can only live in one. The BJP has pledged to continue building houses in the near future. Each family will have their own house within four months.

Everyone can live together as a family after a long absence, not to mention the excitement. The family was reunited, and soon they found that there were not many daily necessities in their new home. A few simple broken beds, thin quilts, and everyone doesn't even have a kitchen. Even so, the crowd did not feel discouraged. The new red brick houses are also very different from the traditional houses in Anhui. But no one was disappointed. Because many people are living in real brick houses for the first time. Compared to the low-rise adobe houses, the red brick houses are large and bright. Especially the glass on the windows, it's a real rarity. Translucent glass windows are much stronger than window paper. Adults and children gathered in front of and behind the glass to look at it, and this kind of transparent thing has never entered the ordinary people's homes on such a large scale. The people looked at the glass with surprise and even adoration. Many people even think about how much money they will make if they tear down the glass and sell it to others.

For the time being, the base area cannot produce high-transparency glass, and the glass provided now is relatively turbid, which also saves curtains. But on the same day, the glass was broken. So the people learned a new term, "supply and marketing cooperatives, property companies". The property management company is responsible for the installation and replacement of glass and other items. The people who trembled and applied to the property company to change the glass got two news, the good news is that "you can change the glass for free once a year", and the bad news is that "if you replace it more than once, you need to pay for it." If you change the glass once, you need to pay half a catty of wheat. ”

Breaking the glass is just a matter of a husband and wife arguing in the family, or beating up a child. More important things were placed in front of the people, and the division of land was about to begin.

The rules for the division of land are very simple, each person can be given three acres of land regardless of gender, and the name of the individual is written on the land grant certificate. Regardless of weddings and funerals, these lands belong to the person, not the family. The land is not allowed to be bought or sold for three years. After three years, the land can be bought and sold with the government.

No one strongly opposes this policy, which should have caused a huge wave. Naturally, women did not object, and most of them received property in their own names for the first time. The men did not strongly oppose it, and the daughter-in-law who married in took the land with them, which is a good thing. Basically, everyone has children and daughters, and if they marry in, they will have land, and although they have to marry land, they can be balanced by things like a bride price. On the contrary, they do not suffer losses.

And there is a lack of confidence in how long this new policy will last. The armed forces of the insurance regiment are the most powerful existence in Fengtai County now, and everyone knows that it is useless to oppose it. Anyway, these are all good places that everyone participated in the construction of with their own hands, but the difference is limited. A few days after the disaster, the tragic days are still fresh in everyone's memory. Now how to divide the land is so much stronger than before, and the land has not been divided, who wants to find that trouble?

Now that the land has not yet been obtained, and the people do not have much confidence in how long this system will last, it would be foolish to take a huge risk to go against the BJP and the insurance group.

Before the division of land, the public trial meeting was officially convened.

Since the fence was broken by the insurance group, Zhang Youliang has made up his mind to die. But when he was really pressed onto the stage of the public trial, and saw tens of thousands of people gathered around the platform, Zhang Youliang really understood one thing, he was finished.

Zhang Youliang did not study the revolutionary program of the People's Party, but he had the experience of killing people with real knives and guns. For the oppressors, their power has always been the power of a few people. Without being able to fully organize, the people have never been powerless in the face of landlords and bullies like Zhang Youliang. History has recorded countless times that tens of thousands of people have always fallen behind in the face of a few elites.

Zhang Youliang's military history is a war between well-trained and untrained. Li Hongzhang's Huai army troops continued to grow up in battle. From being more undisciplined than the elite of the Taiping Army at the beginning, to gradually becoming disciplined. After a series of bloody battles, especially after receiving the reorganization training of foreigners, the Huai army became more and more standardized and disciplined.

Zhang Youliang became rich and returned to his hometown. He bought, organized, and trained hundreds of elites, and with the Zhang family's clansmen, it was easy to defeat the thousands of ordinary people in the countryside.

In the past, the common people fought without common interests, let alone good organization. Individual bravery is meaningless in the face of well-organized oppressors. It is difficult to set four hands with two fists, and the heroes can't stand the crowd. But without organization and discipline, even in the face of battle, people are accustomed to trying to save their lives first. The number of those who dare to fight is actually less than the enemy. When these backbones were killed in battle, the remaining ranks of the people dispersed. That's why Zhang Youliang can become a tyrant in Fengtai County so easily. Paramilitarized civilian forces are simply not something that ordinary people can resist.

Therefore, after seeing the more disciplined and larger number of People's Party troops, Zhang Youliang's feelings were more profound than anyone else's. After so many years of crusade and discussion, Zhang Youliang's eyes glanced at several important locations in the venue, and the insurance regiment that had completely destroyed Zhang Youliang's enclosure saw soldiers at the main points. Following Li Hongzhang's expedition to the east and west, Zhang Youliang also learned the "formation". The formation is not the magical "gossip array" in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. To put it bluntly, the formation is a way to choose to maximize the configuration of your troops in battle. In the face of various situations, the military formations are able to adopt a relative response method to ensure that the troops can exert sufficient combat effectiveness.

The insurance regiment's public trial meeting this time can be said to be a simple military formation. There were guards in the four corners, and even simple lookouts were erected. It is used to command the ranks of soldiers under the command of the subordinate units to maintain order. The group of people guarding the public trial platform can be regarded as the Chinese army for the time being. Just looked at it with the habits of a soldier, and Zhang Youliang knew that he was dead. The reason why an armed force that can have such ability brought itself to power is simply to kill its own prestige. Zhang Youliang didn't expect anyone to come to "rob the law field". If someone came to rob the Dharma Field, it should have come a long time ago. It has been almost four months since Zhang Youliang was captured, and the insurance group has not only had time to turn a blind eye to his own people. That means that the insurance group has not encountered any real challenges at all.

Since he is a soldier, Zhang Youliang naturally has some backbone of a soldier. His hands are tied behind his back, and it can even be said that he is tied with five flowers, Zhang Youliang's waist is still straight, and now, it is also a knife to stretch his head and shrink his head. There's no reason for those poor ghosts in the audience to underestimate themselves. It's like I've done something wrong.

Along with Zhang Youliang, there were several backbones of the Zhang family, as well as several other landlords who had lives in their hands. are also arrogant and domineering guys in the countryside on weekdays. Except for a few children of the Zhang family, because they listened to Zhang Youliang's order, they absolutely did not give in to the insurance group, so although they saw so many people in the audience, they could barely stand up straight. Several other landlords were already kneeling on the ground in fright. They had never seen so many people in the same place in their lives. Especially these people are the poor people who have been oppressed by themselves in their daily lives. Before being escorted here, the procuratorate team headed by Lin Shenhe had already interrogated these landlords, and these landlords knew why they were taken here.

Originally, the landlords still had illusions, and many of the people who cooperated with the People's Party and the insurance group were still landlords. It's just a matter of giving more money to appease the families of the deceased, and then being extorted a sum of money. Unexpectedly, the interrogators only demanded that they confess their "crimes", and simply ignored their requests for ransom damages.

When the landlords had no idea what to do with them, they were overwhelmed at the public trial. Although I still have illusions in my heart, I think that these people are just trying to show themselves to the public. But with the bare scenes, as well as the emotions in the masses, these people intuitively knew that something was wrong.

The last blow to their spirits was the people who dragged them up, and if they were carefully identified, they were actually the families of the people who had been killed by themselves. At this point, the landlords already knew that they were basically dead.

Hu Xingzhi was the only landlord who came to see this public trial, and this time the People's Party began to arrest the landlord, but unexpectedly Hu Xingzhi's blood debt was not discovered. Hu Xingzhi is also a big landowner in Fengtai County, Zhang Youliang takes the violent route, and Hu Xingzhi takes the clan route. Clans were also the targets of this blow, but the clan question was more complicated, and there was no way to adopt such a straightforward method of class struggle. Therefore, Chen Ke specially entrusted Ren Qiying to specially invite Hu Xingzhi to come to watch the public trial meeting.

The landlords were reluctant to come and see, and Hu Xingzhi was naturally unwilling. When Ren Qiying came to invite in person, Hu Xingzhi smiled all over his face, "Miss Ren, you didn't arrest me, did you?" ”

Although the news of the People's Party's capture of Shouzhou was very tightly blocked, after all, it had been more than a month, and some rumors had also spread to Hu Xing here. Hu Xingzhi knew that Chen Ke was going to rebel, and his judgment was that Shouzhou had been taken by the People's Party. Now that the People's Party is arresting the landlords, Hu Xingzhi thinks that Chen Ke is going to attack the landlords. When encountering major events, Hu Xingzhi and Zhang Youliang are quite similar. He secretly let his sons slip away, and he was at home waiting for the disaster to come to his door. As soon as Ren Qiying came, Hu Xingzhi simply asked a straightforward question.

Ren Qiying smiled slightly, "Uncle Hu, the two eldest brothers left the base area, and we were worried that it would be unsafe on the road, so we kept them for the time being." This time, I just invited Uncle Hu to see the trial of Zhang Youliang's bullies. As the elder of the clan, Uncle Hu's character and popularity have always been excellent. Ping Suri mediates the affairs of the countryside, and there is no blood debt, and we will never have any bad intentions towards you, Uncle Hu. ”

Hearing that his sons were arrested, Hu Xingzhi was not too excited. Zhang Youliang can be arrested, let alone Hu Xingzhi's home. While inviting Ren Qiying to sit down, he asked: "This Mr. Chen Ke first told the landlord that he wanted to borrow land, and I knew that this was borrowing Jingzhou." But during the disaster year, the insurance group did save tens of thousands of people, and I have nothing to say. But now that Mr. Chen Ke has begun to grasp the landlord, just step by step, what is Mr. Chen going to do? Miss Ren, you are also a cadre of the insurance group, and the tens of thousands of people in Fengtai County also know your name. Please let the girl say a happy word, this is going to kill or chop always makes people have a letter in their hearts. ”

"The landlords were arrested because they had a blood debt. It is only natural to kill people to pay off debts and debts. We, the People's Party, have just complied with the principles of heaven. As for how far we want to go in the future, the first thing is to make everyone's life twice as good next year as this year. Otherwise, what is the point of us engaging in this new system? ”

By now, Hu Xingzhi could be regarded as out of the way, and he asked loudly: "Then what can Hu do to serve?" ”

"Uncle Hu, you are the elder of the clan, which is going to be replaced by the Agricultural Cooperatives and the People's Congress. You are such a reasonable person, and it is naturally the best choice to cooperate with you. Ren Qiying replied calmly.

"Didn't you sell me, and I still have to help count the money?" Hu Xingzhi was very puzzled by Ren Qiying's request.

Ren Qiying stared at Hu Xingzhi's eyes and said very seriously: "Since the previous clan can't save the people at all, why should we hold on and not let go?" Uncle Hu, if you are the elder of this clan, disaster relief will not be possible. All that remains is to settle the disputes in the township. And these disputes can at most be settled in small disputes. What can you do if it gets bigger? Zhang Youliang can kill people in public, don't you dare. All that's left is the usual festivals. In fact, you know very well that there are many folk festivals, and these festivals are all about feasting and sharing wine and meat, and this is the time to eat you big families. Many festivals are looking for a reason, to pay tribute to a random Niangniang Wang General or something, the story is made up as soon as you hear it, ask the reason can ask countless versions, no one knows the origin, but this kind of sacrifice everyone is very happy, because to be lively, to carry the gods out, to parade the streets, to set up a feast, to eat well. If you do it well, this is what you should do, if you do it badly, how many people will say bad things about you behind your back. Hanging on to the affairs of these clans is not like what a smart person like Uncle Hu should do. ”

After listening to Ren Qiying's words, Hu Xingzhi nodded yes. It wasn't that statement he really wanted to praise. It's that Ren Qiying, a little girl, can see through things so clearly. and the frankness and calmness of talking about this matter. After joining the insurance group, Ren Qiying can become so shrewd and capable as a little girl, and the strength of the People's Party is really not to be underestimated.

"Miss Ren, why did Mr. Chen let me go to see the public trial meeting this time?" Hu Xingzhi turned the subject back to the original question.

"It's very simple, you just made a statement when you went, and supported the People's Party to manage the judiciary in Fengtai County from now on. From then on, the clan did not interfere in the administration of justice, and did not do its own thing. If you have spoken, the matter of eating big households will never fall on you again, and you will not have to trouble and trouble resolving disputes, and our People's Party will save a lot of trouble. Isn't that the best of both worlds? ”