When the rolling hills appeared in the front, a scout came to report that the troops were about to enter the Tongbai Mountains! This is probably the most happy news in this march, no one else said it, at least Gao Quan heard Tang Wenjuan's cheers when the news came. It is said that women are emotional, this is not true at all, just look at the three women who have been frowning for a few days, and the irrepressible smile on his face after hearing about Tongbai, Gao Quan's heavy heart suddenly felt light.

Not only the women, but everyone in the 500 Army had a light and happy face written on their faces. Yes, the 500th Army has been stationed in the Tongbai Mountains for more than two years, and it has been the first time since the 30th year of the Republic of China that it went south to the Ninth War Zone to participate in the Second Battle of Changsha. Many people in the army are from Tongbai's hometown, they originally joined the 500 Army in order to fight against Japan and fight devils, and they did not expect that this time away from home would be more than two years, and many of them left their young lives in a foreign place and sacrificed on the battlefield of resistance against Japan.

Looking at the villagers in ragged clothes who occasionally appeared on both sides and dragged their families to flee, Gao Quan suddenly had an extremely vicious idea in his heart, if the parents and relatives of those sacrificed soldiers fled to other provinces because they couldn't stand the hardships of local life, wouldn't anyone run to him and cry and ask him if he wanted a son? Is it possible to pay a disability pension much less?

However, this shameless idea only disappeared after a while in their minds, Hong Yingying and Tang Wenjuan were already discussing how to arrange the courtyard and allocate the house after arriving at their original residence.

It's still the old place, the old environment, and even most of the people on the street are familiar faces, and that's what it feels like to be home. When the 500 Army was stationed in Tongbai County, the relationship with the local mountain people was quite good, and it cannot be said that it was a situation between the military and the people, anyway, the relationship between the army and the people was quite harmonious. In particular, Director Hong was once authorized by Gao Junzuo to act as an agent for county affairs for a long time, and served as a county magistrate who was not a county magistrate for a period of time.

After two years of vigorous governance by Hong Yingying, the economy of dozens of surrounding villages and towns centered on Tongbai County had a considerable improvement at that time, and even began to show signs of prosperity from remoteness. The 500 Army had laid a good foundation in the Tongbai Mountains at that time, although they had been away for two years, and there was more than one owner on the mountain, but the people who had broadened their horizons would no longer guard Jinshan and suffer poverty after all.

Successive years of natural and man-made disasters have caused a miserable scene of thousands of miles of red land and starvation everywhere in southern Henan, but only the mountain people on Tongbai Mountain have not suffered any great disasters. In the mountainous areas, after all, the dependence on the land is not as deep as that of the plains, and the special products and mountain goods on Tongbai Mountain can still feed the mountain people who have lived on this mountain for generations.

When Gao Quan led the main generals of the 500 Army, the guard battalion and some directly subordinate troops into the county seat, the county even specially arranged a ceremony to welcome guests out of the city gate, and the two singing teams babbled on both sides of the city gate and sang a big opera, the sound of firecrackers crackled, and the suona whined and blew, which was much more lively than that of a large family marrying a daughter-in-law and marrying a daughter-in-law.

The depressed mood along the way was suddenly brightened up because of the liveliness at the city gate, and Gao Quan waved his arms to the crowd with a smile surrounded by the generals, and walked into the county gate.

"Congratulations to Commander Gao on his triumphant return!" Facing a middle-aged man in a dark tunic and a thin black, combing his hair and wearing gold-rimmed glasses, he held a wine bowl in both hands, which was full of a bowl of liquor. Behind him were two end trays, one with a wine bowl and a jar of wine, and the other with a braised pig's head. Obviously he came to toast Lao Jun, why does it look like he was offered in the temple? Does someone eat with a whole braised pig's head?

"Below is Tongbai County Magistrate Yin Zeng, on behalf of the 50,000 people of Tongbai, to welcome the 500 troops led by Commander Gao to settle in Tongbai." The well-dressed county magistrate held the liquor in his hand and held it up to Gao Quan.

"Oh? Does Tongbai have a county magistrate now? Gao Quan rolled his eyelids and pretended to be surprised. In fact, he was right to ask, when Gao Quan was in Tongbai, Tongbai really didn't have a county magistrate, otherwise he could let Hong Yingying take charge of county affairs? However, since this Yin Zengzeng, who had already reported to his family that he was the magistrate of Tongbai County, Gao Quan would be a little contemptuous of the other party if he asked like this again.

"Yes, Yin is the magistrate of Tongbai County, who just took office the year before last." This Yin Zengqiang turned out to be a hardliner, and when he heard Gao Quan's words, he didn't like it, so he gave Commander Gao such a sentence on the spot. took office the year before last, that is, Gao Quan just left, and this one came to Tongbai to be the county magistrate, and it is said that he has just taken office, what is this not a counterattack against Gao Quan's words just now?

"Yin Zeng, right? I call you Xiaoqiang, you don't object, right? Gao Quan's mouth was even more unforgiving, and he directly gave the other party a nickname as an official.

"Hehe, hehe. The name is just a title, and whatever Commander Gao calls it, he can call it as easy as he wants. "County Magistrate Yin smiled bitterly twice, so he had to admit this really bad nickname, even at home, his father and mother never called him Xiaoqiang." Ask Gao Junchang to drink this cup, and then I will take you to see the barracks. ”

There is an army coming from the mountainous area, and Yin Zengzeng, as the local county magistrate, must have been informed a long time ago. With so many troops, County Governor Yin had to prepare the territory that could accommodate so many people in advance, and he had to prepare more grain and grass, and the army commander asked him for money and grain, and he had to be able to take it out, which could make County Magistrate Yin busy for a while.

"You can't drink alcohol in the army, there are clear regulations on military regulations and military discipline formulated by the military committee, Xiaoqiang wants me to violate military rules?" Gao Quan asked softly with a smile, and made County Magistrate Yin blush on the spot. It's the first time the two of them have met, and they have a deep relationship, and you come up and say this kind of thing, who knows if it's a joke or a real thing? Inducing a lieutenant general to violate military rules is a big or small crime, and it is not too much to say that it is too big to pull him out and shoot him!

However, Gao Quan obviously didn't plan to stop there, "County Magistrate Yin doesn't have to worry about the affairs of the military camp." My army was stationed in Tongbai before, and Tongbai was originally the hometown of the 500 Army! Where the troops were stationed were and where they were to camp. As for me, the former military headquarters was the courtyard of the old county office. Although the yard is a little broken, it can still live in people! During the Anti-Japanese War, the chairman of the committee advocated diligence and thrift, and our army resolutely carried out the instructions of the principal from top to bottom. This time, I will continue to use the courtyard of the old county office. ”

When Gao Quan said this, he raised his hand and saluted the crowd at the gate of the county seat, raised his feet and walked towards the county seat.

As soon as Gao Quan walked inside, the guard battalion quickly marched towards the county seat from both sides, and when Gao Quan was halfway through, the avant-garde company had already arrived at the old county office.