"Haha, there is a free meal to eat, I'll go and inform my uncle!"

"I'm going to inform my godfather, their family is worried about how to survive the winter......"

"Captain Lu, you are our savior......"

As soon as the common people wiped their tears with joy and gratitude, many people received the flower cloth and immediately began to set off towards the surrounding area, obviously to inform their relatives living in the nearby mountains.

"Head Lu, you are too upright, not only do you take care of the food but also give money, even I want to follow you!"

Luo Qinghu said: "I know you want to develop the territory, but if you have money, it's not such a trick......

"Shut up!"

Lu Yuan couldn't hear the ridicule in this guy's words, and scolded angrily, how could he not know that in this era, as long as he takes care of the food and gives a few clothes a year, he won't worry about not being able to hire people, let alone collecting labor in the name of the army like he is now, and he can let these ordinary people come to work with their own rations.

It's just that where did he ruthlessly put down this heart, the people in this place have already lived hard enough, not to mention that he is new to the city, and if he wants to gain a foothold in this place, it is extremely necessary to win the hearts of the people first.

The sky was getting dark, Lu Yuan and others set up a cauldron in the broken temple, boiled a big pot of gruel and sucked it, while discussing countermeasures, now there is a lot of waste to be rebuilt, there is an extreme shortage of manpower, just half a day, his hair is gray.

"We have to build a house first, this place is okay for two days, if you want to spend the winter in this broken temple, you have to freeze to death!"

Wang Ma said, while wrapping his clothes tightly in front of the fire, he shivered, not only him, but almost everyone, the cold wind in the holes and cracks poured in, the frozen bones were cold, and the whole space was full of green smoke, and everyone's eyes were red.

"The house must be built, but there is no food, who will help us build the house - first of all, we must solve the food problem!"

Luo Qinghu said with a depressed expression: "But if you want to buy food, I inquired, I can only go to Wei County, Yangyuan County, where we came, to buy it, the road is not close, it will take several days to go back and forth, if it is a large-scale employment, it is estimated that it will cost dozens of people to buy food......

"I've heard that there are bandits in this neighborhood frequented, and we must recruit a group of soldiers - we can't be the commander of the light pole all the time, Brother Yuan!"

Niu Pimple is also enthusiastically proposing: "Build a barracks, train ......"

"Yes, we now have to guard not only against bandits, but also against the Japanese army, and the possible Eighth Route ......"

Yang Zongman was worried: "If this is the case, no matter who comes, we will only have a dead end......"

Everyone is sandwiched into all sorts of things, and the noisy road is far away because the head is big, people, food, and everything are lacking, and there are thousands of things, and he only now finds out that this parent official is really not a human being.

"Attract investment!"

Lu Yuan slapped the table fiercely and shouted: "Everything depends on us, we definitely can't do it, we don't have enough manpower, it's very difficult to get out, we have to find a way to let people come in......"

Although they didn't quite understand the meaning of the words "investment promotion", everyone quickly understood his words, and frowned: "This place is so poor, who wants to come over except for the merchants who come to sell some salt needles and threads?" ”

"I don't believe it, I can't find a businessman who is willing to make money with tens of thousands of oceans in my hand......"

Lu Yuan gritted his teeth fiercely and said: "Luo Qinghu, the people of your platoon gang will go to Wei County or Yangyuan County tomorrow to see if there is a grain store or something willing to come here to open a branch, and tell them that if you open a store in my Mulma County now, not only will you send the store for free, but you will not have to pay any taxes within three years, if you lose money by opening the store, count it on me!" ”

He's being ruthless.

"Yours to lose?"

Luo Qinghu and everyone were taken aback and said: "Commander, you can think clearly, this place is short of water, no matter how much development can not develop, the population will not come, everything is a mirror, and when the time comes, I am afraid that you will lose pants and you will not have to wear ......."

"Hehe, if it's really that far, let's go grab it!"

Lu Yuan laughed and said: "I'm not afraid, as long as I can attract popularity to Trojan County, there are many people and great power, when the time comes, let's go and grab the little devils, I don't believe that I can't develop this broken place......"

"Commander, according to your train of thought, I am afraid that our group will become a bandit den one day, but we are all bandits who specialize in robbing little devils, hahaha......"

Wang Mazhuan and the others laughed, and said in their hearts that they didn't know that it was those devils who were neighbors with our group, and they would definitely be mad when the time came.

Lu Yuan shrank into the quilt, thinking about how many people will come to eat and build a house tomorrow, and at the same time he is ready to take the time to go out to see the surrounding situation, whether he can fundamentally solve the population problem here, money can indeed attract the population, but in the end, it is the right thing to be able to keep people, and what is the use of attracting people and not keeping them.

Thinking about some jumbled questions, he fell asleep in a daze, and then was awakened by a strange scream.

"The bandits are coming......"

I don't know who screamed, Lu Yuan jumped up, and heard the sound of horses' hooves outside, roaring, the flames soared to the sky, several houses were burning in the firelight, and the cries of men, women and children were chaotic.

"Damn, why did the bandits run up to me and find out?" Yang Zongman asked with a fierce roar.

“…… Village Chief Zhang said that this side is too poor, and even the bandits are too lazy to come and rob it, and there are only a few of us, and the weather is so cold, so we didn't send scouts to sentry......" Wang Mazhuan said with a look of annoyance.

"Don't think about it so much, we're already surrounded by bandits, get ready to fight!"

Lu Yuan snorted coldly, hung the flower machine on his chest, Niu Pimple and the others also picked up the submachine gun, Yang Zongman and Wang Ma Pole carried the rifle to the two corners of the beam, carefully picked up a few broken tiles, looking for a suitable shooting range, Luo Qinghu and the people of the platoon gang also picked up the gun and shrank in the corner, trembling with fear one by one.

"Listen, you guys are surrounded!" △≧△≧，

A man rode on horseback and shouted: "We are from the Black Tiger Village, we just want to ask for money, we don't want to hurt the harmony - as long as you come out obediently, everything is easy to discuss, otherwise, hehehehe......"

"Help, Captain Lu, help......"

Before the words fell, Zhang Cunzi was pushed out of the crowd, and two shots were shot at his feet, only the frightened old man cried and shouted for help.

"Ready!"

Yang Zongman Yang Zongman suddenly lowered his head and shouted at Lu Yuan.

"I'll come out now, you are not allowed to hurt anyone!"

Lu Yuan shouted, then raised his hands and walked out, coldly glanced at the group of three or four hundred bandits, and then said to the dozens of ordinary people in the group: "Don't be afraid, with our Sichuan Army Independent Regiment here, you will be fine!" ”