Chapter 50: The Storm of Land Reform (Part II)
The southern suburbs of Wuhu
The wind was cold, the sun was lazy in the gray sky, and the last dead leaves on the trees swirled and fell. Countless young and strong homeless people carried shovels and pickaxes, sweating profusely digging ditches and dredging blocked canals. The wheelbarrows creaked against the ground, and the mules and horses spewed white mist from their nostrils, pulling the mountain of carts under the drive of whips.
Wu Xingzhou was on crutches, and with the support of his daughter, he pointed to the field covered with frost and said: "Governor, please see, here is my family's grange to the east, 2,700 acres, and the old man donated all of them to fund the great cause of the revolution!" ”
Chai Dongliang said with a smile: "President Wu's kindness, Chai Mou's heart understands, but this donation is absolutely impossible, outsiders know that Mr. Wu is high-spirited, I don't know, I think it was the military advisory government's tricks!" Let's still follow the rules, thirty percent of the shares and seventy percent of the bonds! ”
Wu Xingzhou laughed and said: "What the Governor said is that according to the rules, the Governor loves soldiers like sons, and thinks about the disabled soldiers before the war starts, and the famous generals of the ancient times are nothing more than that!" ”
Chai Dongliang smiled faintly and was noncommittal. Lu Kai and other soldiers on the side were excited, and they had a little more desire to serve this governor who fell from the sky. This land has been planned as a Invalides Farm, and the wounded soldiers will be raised by this farm in the future. Don't let disabled soldiers live on the streets.
The hero's blood and tears, Chai Dongliang has heard too much in later generations, so let this change start from his own hands!
Because of the construction of the industrial park, the Wu family has been firmly tied to Chai Dongliang's chariot, so as soon as the notice of the Military Advisory Office was posted, Wu Xingzhou immediately made a decision and donated his family's land in the countryside, which was regarded as a letter of nomination paid by the Wuhu Chamber of Commerce.
2,700 acres of land is really a lot, and it is boundless as far as the eye can see, but these are all dry fields with the name of "people", and the water conservancy facilities are extremely simple, and each mu of land is only a dozen foreign dollars. With only 30,000 yuan of Long Yang, you can get closer to Chai Dongliang, and this deal is very cost-effective from any point of view!
For the purchase and sale of three-core sockets, the Wu family has a percent stake, and this income alone will reach 200,000 Longyang. The cement plant is also being renovated, although it is not clear what the benefits of the vertical crusher and the machine vertical kiln are, but Chai Dongliang said that once the construction starts, the output will be more than three times higher than now. If this is really the case, this alone is a lot of income, not to mention the future sales of crushers and machine kilns!
Wu Jiaben is the president of the Wuhu Chamber of Commerce, but the financial resources are not top-notch, but after cooperating with Chai Dongliang, the entire Anhui business community has only Wu Xingzhou's horse head, and even Yu Qiaqing, who is famous in Shanghai, has to make friends with Wu Jiapan! Everywhere Wu Xingzhou went, whether it was the comprador or manager of the central bank, or the salt merchant or the businessman, he saw him as a "righteous old man", and he was extremely kind!
Isn't this face, this scenery all brought by Chai Dudu? Whenever Wu Xingzhou thought of the exploitation of businessmen by officials in the former Qing Dynasty, he felt disgusted for a while when he wanted to pretend to treat money like dung when he had grass growing in his heart! I think it's better to die in the Qing Dynasty, and it would be better if it died a few years earlier!
Wu Xingzhou was happy, but he saw that Chai Dongliang's eyes were always aimed at his daughter's straight chest, and he found that his daughter also peeked at Chai Dongliang from time to time. The old man was happy and embarrassed, and coughed dryly: "Meiqi, you take the governor around to take a look, I still have some business matters to discuss with your brother!" Then he arched his hand to Chai Dongliang and said, "Governor, the old man is out of company!" ”
Chai Dongliang can't wait to let this verbose old man leave quickly, so that he can communicate his feelings with Wu Meiqi, a bewitching little Lori. These words have greatly suffocated the firewood, and every night they murder hundreds of millions of seeds with their left hand to fall asleep, and they feel that they are all sick, and when they see the cylindrical things, they can't help but want to get used to two handfuls!
Wu Xing left on Monday, Wu Meiqi became shy, her cheeks were crimson and her head was not raised, Chai Dongliang didn't know what to say, he was also able to argue well, with a face that was not ugly and a three-inch tongue, I don't know how many girls have been in bars and discoons, and they can be regarded as experienced in a hundred battles. But those tricks are invincible to deal with the hate of the post-80s and the non-mainstream of the post-90s, and it will not work in the face of this Xinhai year's little Lori!
Wu Meiqi went to a new-style school, there was no foot binding, and she was a new-school character, and she was very open in this era, but compared to girls in the 21st century, she was extremely conservative.
"You..."
"You..."
The two spoke in unison.
"You say it first..."
"You say it first..."
Again, the same words, at the same time export.
Wu Meiqi's words came to her mouth and swallowed again, feeling that the atmosphere was too ambiguous, her face was flushed with shame, and she peeked at it, and her brother and father in the distance were facing away from her, which made her feel a little relieved.
After all, Chai Dongliang is old-skinned and thick-skinned, and said with a smile: "You have lost weight, you have helped me raise funds on the street these days, and helped me draw pictures, it is really hard for you!" ”
Lost weight? Wu Meiqi didn't feel it, but she found that Chai Dongliang's eye circles were dark, and there was a trace of tiredness in his eyes that did not match his age. The girl's heart couldn't help but feel sour and distressed, but after thinking about it, she and he hadn't even spoken a word, and if she rashly said something inappropriate, it would be shameless to be laughed at by him.
Wu Meiqi lowered her head, fiddling with the corners of her clothes in her hands, and was silent.
Chai Dongliang generously stretched out his hand to hold her: "Miss Wu, let's go, take me to visit your manor!" ”
Wu Meiqi was held by him, her cheeks were even more embarrassed, and she felt that the blood was about to burst through the white skin and gush out, but she felt sweet in her heart, and she was obediently led by him.
Wu Jintang watched with interest as a few homeless people grinded the boiled bones into powder with a grinder, and then poured a pool containing a mixture of cooked gypsum and human feces and urine. Several strong men stirred the mixture in the pool with sticks, and the air was filled with a foul smell.
The water conservancy repairs two meals a day, and there is a dime and two cents to take, and the displaced people are full of food and drink and have wages, and I heard that the governor will have to divide the fields to the landless people in the future, so he naturally works hard, for fear that the bad performance will provoke the governor to anger, and he will lose his share when dividing the land.
"This is soil fertilizer?" Wu Jintang was so interesting to see that he didn't even notice the pungent smell.
The strong man said angrily: "The governor said, this thing can increase the yield a lot when it goes back to the field!" The governor said that I would use stones as fertilizer when I went back, and I had been planting fields for half my life, and I had never heard of it! ”
Wu Jintang couldn't help but wonder, Chai Dongliang knew how to fight and industry, but he even knew how to farm, which was too unbelievable! Could it really be that someone is the kind of legendary genius who is smart?
"Jintang, come here!" Wu Xingzhou stabbed him in the waist with a cane.
"Father, what's the matter?"
Wu Xingzhou pointed to Wu Meiqi's figure in the distance with his cane, and said bitterly: "It's insulting!" You sister, hey, let me say what about her! ”
Wu Jintang saw his sister and Chai Dongliang holding hands, and smiled disapprovingly: "Father, we are businessmen, and we are not Mr. Taoism!" Seeing that the Qing Dynasty is coming to an end, what is the identity of Chai Dudu? According to the former Qing Dynasty, he is the governor! The official of the feudal territory, the member of the shepherd side! To put it mildly, before the change, Meiqi's concubines were a little reluctant! I've inquired clearly, Chaitudhu hasn't married a wife yet... Daddy, if this matter is changed to someone else's house, I will wake up laughing in my dreams! ”
Wu Xingzhou glanced at him and said, "You know a fart!" Where is it so easy to climb this high thing? It's not that I don't want Meiqi to marry Du Du, I'm afraid that she doesn't know self-love and will be looked down upon! When the time comes, Chai Dudu's face will turn and he won't admit it, isn't it a chicken and an egg, how can you let Meiqi marry in the future? ”
Wu Jintang pointed to the distance and said, "Dad, do you think this matter can still be done by you?" Leave it to fate! ”
Wu Xingzhou glared at his son, then looked at his elated daughter in the distance, and sighed helplessly: "You pair of evil obstacles!" ”
Wu Jintang grinned: "Father, this errand for the homeless people, as long as our Wu family does it well, it is estimated that Meiqi's marriage will be smashed!" ”
Wu Xingzhou was speechless for a long time, and finally just sighed softly: "I hope so!" ”