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The memorial service of Iron Stone was solemn, and in the eyes of anyone, the specifications were extremely high. Headed by King An, the commanders of the Red Army personally carried the remains of Tieshi into the venue. Accompanied by a row of gunfire from the convoy, Iron Stone returned to heaven in the flames.

With the theme of "Serving the People", King An made a long speech, highly praising Tieshi's noble character of having the courage to sacrifice his life for the interests of the people.

The officers and men of the Red Army understood a truth, a hero is not just from the smoke of the battlefield, he can appear anywhere, and the hero is not perfect, but he always has that moment of glory.

"Learn from Iron and Stone and be a good soldier of the people!" In a sea of oaths, Lin Haifeng left the venue and left Longyan.

According to the original plan, Lin Haifeng and his entourage were to pass through Zhangzhou and Xiamen, and then return to Shanghai directly by boat. Maybe it was because he loved the mountains and rivers of Fujian too much, or maybe it was the memorial service of Tieshi that brought him something to remember, so he temporarily changed his original plan.

After the team of more than 100 people left Longyan, they went straight to Yong'an, which was already under the jurisdiction of the newly built Fujian West Special Administration. Coincidentally, I met Zuo Zongtang who came here from Mingxi, the special station, to inspect the work.

"Hehe, I heard that not long after Mr. Zuo came, he had the nickname of a vole commissioner." Lin Haifeng looked at Zuo Zongtang's no longer so moist cheeks and deep-set eye sockets, and asked with concern, "How about it, the work is still easy, no one deliberately embarrasses you, right?" Also, work is done day by day, don't tire your body. ”

"Thank you Your Highness for your care, everything is very easy, everyone is very united and attentive." Zuo Zongtang smiled, "The Ninghua area belongs to mountainous agriculture, and the fields are wide and nourishing voles. Voles are strict about mutilating crops, and farmers have long hated voles for their harm. Capturing voles is a long-standing action for the majority of farmers. Ninghua's specialty is dried voles, which is a must in the world. Those who can do it should first remove the hair of the vole, and they will either put the captured vole in a pot and steam it in hot water, or put it in the red-hot wood ash to bake, as long as the heat is moderate, the mouse hair can be plucked clean. The intestines are then removed by caesarean section and then cleaned with water. Finally, it is smoked with chaff or rice bran until it is roasted to a sauce brown. ”

Zuo Zongtang didn't think at all at all that he would be so comfortable coming here as a temporary commissioner. As soon as he arrived, the prefectures and counties under his jurisdiction were the same as those in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the rich people who were originally rich had become water dogs, and they no longer had the prestige of the past. In his heart, these things may not be accepted calmly at once.

However, after all, the sorrow of a few people is exchanged for the laughter of more people, and when they go all over the countryside, there are very few families who are not the families of the heavenly army or those who have joined the peasant army. This qiē illustrates a problem, that is, the supremacy of the Celestial Empire in people's hearts. What is the prosperity of the country and the strength of the people? Here he found the answer, only by doing so can the majority or all people be prosperous, not a few people. He was burying his head in his own philosophy and began to do a qiē.

Strangely, it didn't happen that he was worried about someone giving him elbows. Although he did not have the ribbon with the flower feathers he had hoped for, the hall of the Manchu officials to sit in, and the majesty of the hall to accompany him, his authority was very high. Whether it was his left and right assistants, or the prefectural and county officials, or the village peasant associations, they would strictly abide by every order he issued, and if he wanted to, he could immediately gather tens of thousands of peasant troops, and he could gather a strong army of civilians that would make many people fearful. Of course, the premise is that it must be aimed at the Manchus or an enemy who dares to break ground on the heads of the people.

The more Zuo Zongtang spoke, the more interested he became, "Your Highness, you can try it when you look for a chance to go back." In this way, the processed dried voles are not only delicious, but also rich in nutrients. It is especially good at tonifying the kidney, and has a significant effect on children's flying bed disease, and has some medicinal value. Winter is the peak season for rat hunting. We organized the people of Sixiang to vigorously hunt rats, and at the same time expanded the processing workshop of dried voles. Hehe, the schoolchildren there are even more interested in catching rats as a kind of fun. In this way, it kills two birds with one stone, reduces the danger of voles to farmland, and can recommend a large number of our specialties to other places, and the future benefits will naturally be great. ”

"Well, yes, it's the first time I've heard of this vole. I will definitely try it when I go back, and I will take it to Shanghai and Tianjing, and ask the king of heaven and the king of the east to taste it. Haha, by the way, you must ask those foreigners to taste it. The people of western Fujian are outstanding and have a lot of special products, which must be well developed and developed, bigger and stronger. Lin Haifeng nodded. However, he didn't dare to enjoy what a vole did, he couldn't even touch the pig's entrails in the water, let alone any mice. But after thinking about it again, he was happy again, "Dried vegetables and dried meat are easy to carry and do not deteriorate, which is a good way to store current food." If you can't eat all the extra mice, send them to the front and ask our soldiers to help them eat, so that the people of Ninghua will have a good income. ”

"What His Royal Highness said is ah, Shanghang dried radish, Changting dried tofu, Liancheng dried sweet potato, Mingxi dried meat, Ninghua dried rat, Qingxi bamboo shoots, Yongding dried vegetables, Wuping pig gallbladder dry, these are all famous dried vegetables in western Fujian, and they have a long history. Many of them were once tributes to the court, and if the small workshops of each family were jointly expanded, and then the roads and bridges were repaired, then it could greatly drive the economy of one side and benefit the people of one side. Zuo Zongtang said this, looked at King An, and smiled, "It's just that over the years, those Manchu officials have accumulated very little in various prefectures and counties, and we are new to the city, so there are too many places to use money." ”

"How's the school going?" Lin Haifeng diverted the topic, "On the way here, I saw a few township schools, which are not bad. However, the mountains may be worse, right? ”

"At present, we have set up schools in each township, and we have assisted in recruiting scholars to open teaching halls in some villages, striving to admit children to school as much as possible, and teaching children to learn Chinese language and arithmetic in accordance with the new unified way of Tianjing. However, there are still many difficulties. For the children who are far away in the mountains, we have made special requests, and the township school has given priority to these children to go to school, and we have also asked the local peasant army to organize a special escort team to pick up and drop off the children on a regular basis. The school teaches children during the day, and at night it can also help the neighboring people to read and write......" Zuo Zongtang introduced the development of the school in detail.

"The school should be done well, this is the foundation of the country, or the same sentence, you must be willing to spend money. It's just that we can't eat or drink, and the school can't afford to lose the children. Lin Haifeng looked at Zuo Zongtang and the local officials in Yong'an beside him, "I will allocate a sum of money to you for education and economic development." Commissioner Zuo has a very far-sighted view: The development of a region mainly depends on the advantages of the locality, and it is necessary to form a scale, break the small-scale peasant economy of one household in the past, and develop collective sideline business. Western Fujian was the old base of Governor Lin Wanqing, and the people shed blood for the Celestial Empire, and we must not forget their contribution to the Celestial Empire. ”

"There is another question, Your Highness ......" Zuo Zongtang thought for a while and said, "I came to Yong'an this time to understand the situation in this regard. As young people join the Celestial Army and have to support the front, there is now a shortage of labor and livestock in many places. Spring ploughing is about to begin, and I am thinking about it with everyone to see if we can concentrate the fields suitable for large-scale cultivation and set up a few farms similar to Tianjing and Shanghai. ”

"Yes, local governments have preferential treatment policies for military families, but there are still many families that cannot be taken care of. There are advantages to properly concentrating land and carrying out cooperative production. Lin Haifeng looked at Zuo Zongtang, "However, this matter should be handled carefully." Farmers like to see their own fields, so that they can feel at ease. The land has just arrived, and it may not be easy to take it out again. In my opinion, under the condition of not affecting land ownership, we can advocate mutual assistance among everyone, use the strong to lead the weak, and the big to lead the small, and the advantages of the peasant army in various localities should also be brought into play and become the vanguard of production. ”

"Still, there will be people who won't want to do it." Zuo Zongtang smiled, "Sometimes coercion is not necessarily a bad thing. ”

"Selfishness is human nature, and it cannot be avoided at any time." Lin Haifeng pointed to the people in the room and smiled, "Including me, of course, everyone." The best way to deal with selfishness is to make it so that he can see it. Isn't it now that the cattle are all concentrated in the hands of the peasant associations, then the weak will be the main ones first. ”

Zuo Zongtang nodded, "We are doing this, some families with only old and weak women and children at home, the peasant association organizes them to carry out sideline breeding of chickens, ducks, pigs and cattle. Some remote areas where there is little arable land to support life, and we have a plan to relocate. We have a rough idea of the situation at the bottom, and it is estimated that it is still feasible to establish a small number of farms, or to engage in mutual aid in most places. ”

"Treat the situation on a case-by-case basis, as long as the people agree, you can do it freely. There is only one purpose, and that is to make the lives of the people better. ”

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