Since the last year, after the first war, the Gutian Institute of Yongning Prefecture was captured by the mountain village, Yongning Prefecture lost its largest military armed force, and the loss of thousands of armed forces is not a big deal, but it is a major event of great strategic significance for the mountain village.

First of all, in terms of strategic space, the mountain village has a relatively stable rear, and people who have come from later generations know that this means that there is a relatively stable base area, and the guerrillas were able to gradually grow from the base area in those years, not to mention that Deng Shifeng also has an industrial base that has gradually developed.

According to preliminary statistics, the population directly under the rule of mountain villages has exceeded 30,000 at present, and the population in the buffer zone and infiltration zone is estimated to have more than 30,000 people who have a good impression and contact with mountain villages.

After the defeat of Yongning Prefecture, even the largest military force Gutian was cleaned up, and the remaining large households and local officials who still planned to resist to the end gave up resistance, and their own meager troops could not compete with the overall military strength of the other party. With the help of the shock and aftermath of military operations, the mountain village soon radiated its tentacles to all sides, and large areas of land and population were brought under the rule of the mountain village, becoming a new territory under the control of the mountain village.

Not only that, in accordance with Deng Shifeng's strategic needs, in the past two years, the military armed forces have gradually expanded outward to a larger area of actual control of land and security buffer zone, in the order of first easy and then difficult, first near and then far, which not only stabilized the security of the industrial core area of the mountain village, but also incorporated a large number of people to enrich the large number of labor needed for industrial development. So far, the tentacles of the mountain village have been centered on Xincun and have extended eastward to the edge of the Luoqing River; To the south, it has been incorporated into Zhongdu Town, where Master Mo is located, and to the west, a safety buffer zone has been established from Taiping to the mountain village; In addition to the important grain-producing areas in the valley flats from Gutian to Sanhuang Village, it gradually includes the important places rich in materials and minerals such as Qiaoban, Shazi and Siding in Rong (An) County, where there are not only a large number of sulfur and pyrite needed by mountain villages, but also a large number of important materials such as lead, zinc and phosphate rock; Among them, such as Siding lead-zinc mine, in later generations, it was a national key construction project after the founding of New China, and a key industrial project quickly established with the assistance of the Soviet Union and Bulgaria, which shows how important its surname is.

In addition to the inclusion of these several lands with good mineral resources, in line with the principle of not missing and not letting go, the tentacles of the mountain village to the north continue to extend to Dapo, Yayao and even Banlan, although these places do not have too many mineral resources, but there are certain population resources and forest resources, but compared with Shanhuang and Gutian, which are mostly Han people, these places belong to Yao, Zhuang, Dong, Miao and other ethnic minorities living in groups and mixed areas......

On this day, less than 10 kilometers north of the new village, Qiaoban, a large number of Zhuang people dressed in blue, blue or black clothes, pants or skirts, dark scarves or ornaments, with various embroideries and a small number of ornaments, some Yao people, and even more Miao people who like to wear silver jewelry, they gather here to sing and dance to celebrate the harvest of the year. Such ceremonies are not held in a fixed location, but are held in different places, and this year, it is the turn of the bridge to hold this year's ceremony.

Ethnic minorities are happy to sing and dance and pay attention to festivals, like this year's harvest celebration naturally belongs to a more grand ceremony, in addition to celebrating the harvest, everyone gathers together to barter and communicate with each other is also a very important thing, it can be said that every year to this time, the ethnic minority residents living in the nearby and even surrounding towns and mountains will flock to the celebration venue, the number of people can be as many as thousands or even tens of thousands of people, the celebration of the assembly lasts for up to three days, during the day everyone trades and exchanges, At night, everyone sang and danced around the bonfire, which was so lively.

Especially those young people, they will take advantage of this opportunity to communicate in the form of "singing", and Yue Harmony in the Ming Dynasty recorded the scene at that time in the "Hou Luan Luan": looking at Panasonic from afar, singing in groups. Dozens of people gathered together. Its vulgar female songs and male songs answer each other. If a male song wins, but a female song does not, the parents are ashamed. and the woman shall be first, and the man second. The answer is also the same, then the men and women go away with each other, and go to the mountain pass to meet, or to stay in the faith, or to live in the middle of the year, and then each return to his house, take the ox wine and property, and then fill the house with his will. If not, I'd rather sing at a different time."

This kind of Zhuang Gexu culture, which combines economy and marriage culture, is very different from the Han Confucian culture advocated by the Ming court, and was once suppressed and strictly banned by the Central Plains Dynasty, but the place that can be banned is naturally the area that the political axe can actually control, like in this kind of mountain...... What's the ban?!

However, compared with previous years, this year's harvest celebration is not only gratifying because of the harvest, but also a group of outsiders dressed in black at the celebration site!

In fact, these outsiders had already appeared at the scene of such celebrations as early as two years ago, and they brought all kinds of iron and salt and other daily necessities and all kinds of knick-knacks produced somewhere in the south to trade, because of the lack of iron materials in the mountains and the fair price of these products, these products were very popular. However, at that time, the number of people was too small to pay attention, and the trading volume was not large, but this year there are not only many people who come here, but also the clothes are more uniform, and the products and materials brought are also more abundant, and even a long table is set up in the place outside the venue for trading, which is specially for people of all ethnic groups to buy. This novel way and abundant products and materials make many mountain people dizzy, and what is even more surprising is that among the people in black crisp clothes who are responsible for sales and explanation, they are all able to speak the Zhuang Yao language in the mountains, and the tone is so natural and smooth, if you look closely, you will find that some people are even relatives of the same clan but different villages in the mountains a few years ago......

They would have been surprised by the presence of their own people in the group of outsiders, and after a few more questions, they would have learned from the mouths of these people that these people had gone to work in a village in the south as hired laborers in the early years, and not only earned a lot of iron, salt, furniture, and food for their families, but some also built houses there and settled down and became official villagers. Not only can they borrow money from the place called the Cooperative Grain Depot Bank to repair their houses, but their children can also enjoy free schooling and a set of iron daily necessities......

After talking about it a few more times, these people can often arouse the curiosity of these people, or express considerable doubts about what these people say, where can there be such a good thing? …… Faced with such a situation, it is natural for these people to stop arguing about the authenticity and falsehood, but to sell the various products and objects on the long table, most of which were produced in the village to the south of them; It's just that the things are really good, but few of the mountain people who have been struggling in the mountains for a long time can come up with more suitable things to trade, but they like these good products very much......

Then these people will take out a few things with a few words and a red round quote, and tell them that outside the meeting place, there is a place with blue flags, and there are dozens of carriages waiting there, and everyone will take this thing there, and those carriages will take you to the village to the south, and there will be people like yourself who will receive you, and you will know whether what they say is true or false, anyway, it is a matter of two hours to go back and forth, and you don't have to walk over with your feet. With the small piece of paper in his hand, he also delivered meals for free and a carriage sent back, so he should go and play around......

What makes these mountain people even more determined is that after they come back, they can also receive a knife called Xianhu with their own round-trip ticket as a souvenir! With this free knife and that meal...... Nine out of ten people choose to look in the past, and this past look ...... Hehe, then basically look at the first half of the day or even a day there, and then under the explanation of the special reception staff, many people will suddenly plan to take advantage of the winter break to come out to do some work, earn some work and exchange some things to go home......

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For example, the folk celebration that is being held here in Banqiao is a more popular word in later generations, and the economic effect it brings is also called the exhibition economy. Of course, in addition to showing the economic strength of the mountain village to the ethnic minorities in the north, there is also a very important role in expanding the influence and propaganda of the mountain village among the ethnic minority residents. And this time, this celebration not far from the door of the mountain village has naturally become the best opportunity for concentrated display and publicity.

For this event, the mountain village not only built a road between the two places half a year in advance, but also hired a large number of horses and wagons to transport people back and forth to visit the city, and provided free visiting meals and susakirs for these people...... This expense alone is a completely cost-losing activity, not to mention, the mountain village also provides a lot of manpower and material support for the activity. For this event, it can be said that the mountain village has painstakingly invested a lot of money, just to use this event to make the best publicity for the mountain village! (To be continued.) )