"Second Miss, just listen to my advice!" A middle-aged man persuaded Kong Lingjun bitterly, "The master said, the grain here in Sichuan will be put away first, and then I will talk about it after the rumors have passed, and now the chairman of the committee is very dissatisfied with this side, it is said that Zhang Qun and Dai Li have sued, and some people will definitely be dealt with here." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Kong Lingjun smoked a cigarette, played with a tea bowl, and listened to the middle-aged man's words and said disdainfully, "I said Uncle Li, you and my father are too timid, how many people in Sichuan are involved in this grain price now?" From the central officials to the local organs, even those county magistrates, township magistrates, and town magistrates are also making profits, so to speak, according to the wartime regulations, all the current Sichuan officials are pulled out, and all of them are killed. Besides! Where is the price of food now? It's too early to withdraw, right? Besides, let's call our Kong family to withdraw, what about their Song family? Did they withdraw? ”

The middle-aged man shook his head and said, "They... It hasn't moved yet. ”

Kong Lingjun clapped his hands and said, "Isn't this enough, this enemy doesn't move, I don't move, I'll tell you, Uncle Li, now the food in various places has not been confiscated, and didn't my father say it?" In addition to the levy, it is necessary to buy 6 million contaminants, and the price of this grain can be at least doubled! If you sell it now, it will be a big loss, don't move! Absolutely not moving! ”

The middle-aged man sighed: "That old man's side is strict... It's not easy for you to go back when the time comes. ”

Kong Lingjun smiled and said, "When the time comes, I will go to my mother and my third aunt, the chairman will be my third aunt after all, will he still kill me?" Rest assured. Then he got up and said, "Then I'll go to the dog fight if there's nothing to do." With that, he swaggered away. The middle-aged man looked at Kong Lingjun's back and shook his head helplessly.

On June 8, 1941, the price of grain in Chengdu rose to 150 yuan due to less than 50 yuan at the beginning of the year, and it was rising every day.

In order to prevent the rapid growth of grain prices, Jiang Zuofu personally appointed Lu Zuofu as the director of the National Grain Bureau, hoping to use Lu Zuofu's talent in business to turn the tide, this Lu Zuofu was the boss of the Minsheng Company who had previously led the river boat transportation in the retreat, but he had no prestige in the White Party, let alone hardcore cronies, and he was completely powerless in the face of the food crisis in Sichuan. All localities have also been asked to solve the problem of food shortage by means such as "banning hoarding" and "donating military rations," but these methods have also achieved little success. The amount of grain obtained through this method in the whole year is only 100,000 stones.

On June 25, the price of grain in Sichuan successfully exceeded 200 yuan and continued to rise in a straight line, and at this time, the Tian Fu Zhengshi led by Kong Xiangxi began to fully implement it. Food became even more scarce, and finally, on July 4, riots broke out.

The riots were very simple, but some people could not buy rice, so they were angry and robbed, after all, people could not starve to death, and the riots were quickly quelled, but the political circles in Chengdu ushered in an earthquake.

At this time, the Sichuan officials were divided into several factions, one was the old man of the original Sichuan warlord, the other was Zhang Qun and others who entered Sichuan strongly, and the other was the original Sichuan army, and later took the initiative to defect to Jiang's intermediary and returned to Sichuan, these people were headed by He Guoguang.

He Guoguang was born in a military academy, originally a Beiyang general, and later took refuge in Jiang Mediation, and became the chief of staff in the Jiang Gui War. After Liu Xiang died of illness, Jiang Zhong's initial idea was to let He Guoguang be the chairman of Sichuan Province, but he was opposed by everyone in the Sichuan army, Wang Lingji even said that He Guoguang dared to go to Chengdu to take office, he welcomed him with machine guns and cannons, He Guoguang smiled bitterly: "I am a married daughter, and I will go back to my parents' house to be swept away after all, so why bother." In the end, Wang Lingji went out of Sichuan to resist the war, and Liu Xiang was another general, Wang Zhanxu, as the provincial chairman.

But this incident made He Guoguang hate the two kings, one forced himself not to be the chairman of Sichuan Province, the other was to rob himself of the chairmanship, and then Jiang Intermediary and Zhang Qun, who became the chairman of Sichuan Province, were all giants, and he naturally did not dare to have resentment.

After this riot, He Guoguang immediately impeached Yang Quanyu, the mayor of Chengdu, for his incompetence, and put the "Chengdu Affordable Rice Sales Office" under his supervision, and specially sent one of his nephews to be the director of the department, taking charge of the grain supply.

But where do the people know who is in charge of this sales office, Chairman Jiang does not dare to scold, but the mayor of Chengdu dares to scold, after all, this Yang Quanyu is a scholar, and it seems that he is relatively easy to bully, and suddenly public opinion is scolded, damn Yang Quanyu is half dead in anger, this is nothing to make money in the grain business, everyone is doing it, but you do it in my name, you take the benefits, and you carry the bad reputation, this is your fault! Calling to meet Jiang Intermediary to sue the royal complaint, He Guoguang saw that Yang Yuquan actually dared to go against him, and immediately contacted Zhang Qun to stab Yang Yuquan's hoarding of grain in front of Jiang Mediation, and Jiang Mediation, who was already anxious because of the Sichuan grain problem, immediately decided to make an example!

-- Shuikou Town, Qionglai, Sichuan

Shuikou Town is located in the northwest of Qionglai City, 20 kilometers away from Qionglai City. The climate in the territory is mild, the land is fertile, the rainfall is abundant, the forest is luxuriant, the products are abundant, it is a treasure land.

A middle-aged man in a robe and a horse coat sat on a sliding pole, two coolies carried the walk, and a strong man in a military uniform walked beside him, constantly fanning the robe and horse coat.

The middle-aged man opened his mouth and asked, "I said, Captain Lu, don't fan it, I'm not hot, you can take a break, how far is this from Peng's camp?" ”

Captain Lu looked at it and said, "Not tired, not tired, Commissioner Ren came all the way from Chengdu to really work hard, not far, the front turn is, you see, in fact, this is already here, the fields here are all that Peng Tianlu's, this Peng Tianlu is not an ordinary person, thousands of acres of fertile land, there are more than 10 just grinding, there are hundreds of knives and guns at home, and it is said that he is still a relative of Master Peng." ”

Commissioner Ren turned sideways and asked, "Master Peng?" Where is Master Peng? ”

Captain Lu smiled and said, "It's Peng Huanzhang, Division Commander Peng, from the 164th Division." It is said that before he went out of Sichuan to resist the Japanese, he specially came to have dinner and drank with Peng Tianlu, and persuaded Peng Tianlu to contribute to resist Japan and save the country at the reception, so Peng Tianlu was also a bold person, and immediately gave 200,000 yuan to the national government to buy a plane, and it is said that Chairman Jiang also sent him a commendation order, but I have not seen the commendation order, and I don't know whether it is true or false. ”

Commissioner Ren touched his beard and said, "I seem to have heard of this, it should be true, if so, his family has a lot of wealth." ”

Captain Lu nodded and smiled, "It's a lot!" ”

The group said that they soon came to Pengjiaying, only to see a team of people who had been waiting outside the camp gate for a long time, a man in his fifties, dressed as a landlord, clasped his hands and said, "Pengjiaying Peng Tianlu has been waiting for the commissioner for a long time, and the commissioner has worked the road." ”

Commissioner Ren walked down, returned the salute and said, "Bao Chang Peng is the first security chief in the world who has been personally rewarded by Chairman Jiang, and I am also honored, so I disturbed this time." ”

Walking into the village, Commissioner Ren said, "Chief Peng, I've seen all the way, your grain harvest here is much better than in other places." ”

Peng Tianlu said with a smile, "Thanks to the blessing of the chairman, the main thing is that we rely on the water source here, so it is better than other places." ”

Commissioner Ren asked again, "I don't know... Is there still a kind of black soil? I've heard that Peng Baochang started his business from this. ”

Peng Tianlu did not shy away from saying, "There are some, do you want to wait for Commissioner Ren to take a bite?" ”

Commissioner Ren shook his head and smiled, "Forget it, I'm not interested, but the taxes of this black soil are different from food, this..."

Peng Tianlu smiled and took out a small yellow croaker from his sleeve and stuffed it into Commissioner Ren's hand and said, "Commissioner Ren, don't worry, I am sensible, in fact, our harvest here is the one that looks good outside, but in fact it is very poor, these days, the landlord's family has no surplus grain." ”

To Peng Tianlu's surprise, Commissioner Ren didn't mean to accept it at all, he raised his glasses and said, "Chief Peng, haven't you gotten the news yet?" Just three days ago, Mayor Yang of Chengdu was shot, do you know why? ”

Peng Tianlu was taken aback, this Yang Quanyu is the mayor of Chengdu, and he is already a very high official in his eyes, he didn't expect such a big official to be killed, but he smiled after thinking about it, he is the head of the earth, and naturally he knows who is the real tiger in Sichuan, how much grain can Yang Quanyu swallow? A thousand stones? Two thousand stones? If nothing else, the grain hoarded by Meifeng Bank will no longer be under 100,000 stones, let alone the real Wang family, Liu family, and foreign Kong family and Song family in Sichuan.

Peng Tianlu took a breath and said, "Is it because of food?" ”

Commissioner Ren nodded and said, "Yes!" From Chairman Jiang to Chairman Zhang to Minister Kong and Minister Lu, they all attach great importance to the food this time, Chief Peng, let me tell you the truth, I came with a mission this time, and if I can't complete the task, I don't have to go back to the meeting. As he spoke, he looked at Peng Tianlu meaningfully.

Peng Tianlu touched his beard, rolled his eyes and said, "So how much are we here this year?" You can tell me the number first, and I will help you collect it according to the number you say. ”

Commissioner Ren nodded with satisfaction and said, "You have 5,382 acres of land on the register, with a population of 176 households and 824 people, and every household here continues to apply in the book, you can do it yourself, Captain Lu will accompany you, but, you remember, the grain collected must be good grain, if you find that it is old grain, inferior grain, then not only my head can't be saved, yours can't be saved!"

Peng Tianlu touched his neck and said with a smile, "Don't worry, by the way, how much do I want in my family, I, as a security chief, have to be the first to make the villagers convinced." ”

Captain Lu stretched out his thumb and said with a smile: "Peng Baochang is exquisite!" ”

Commissioner Ren looked at it and said, "Chief Peng, your family is a big family, there are many fields, and naturally you have to pay a lot, your family has to levy 150 stone fine grain, I believe it shouldn't be any pressure on Bao Chang, right?" ”

Peng Tianlu said with a wry smile: "It's a lot of pressure! I said it all, now the landlord's family has no surplus grain, you said that it was requisitioned, so what about the purchase? ”

Commissioner Ren smiled and said, "It's good, it's also 150 city stones!" However, you can't hand over this grain to me, but you have to hand it over to the town, which is also afraid that the loss below will be too great. ”

Peng Tianlu shook his head helplessly, and said to the family next to him, "I heard it, go and get ready, come, Commissioner Ren, I'll take you door-to-door to collect it first, let's go, let's do it first, Xiao Zhishun!" Xiao is big! Come out for me! Harvest the grain!! ”

Peng Tianlu led people into a farmer's house and shouted, this farmer's house is a standard poor peasant's mud house with a straw roof. A thin peasant walked out, dressed in tatters, his eyes were full of panic, and when he saw Peng Tianlu, he hurriedly lowered his head and said, "Chief Peng, you are here, didn't you pay the rent a few days ago?" ”

"Damn it! You paid the rent for my land, and now it's the commissioner's tax! Can this be the same? That, I'll take a look, how much your family should be. Saying that, Peng Tianlu flipped through the booklet and said, "Your family should pay 6 liters of one stone for the requisition, don't take it, I didn't remind you, you have to send it to the collection point in the town, prepare a little more, don't be enough trouble when the time comes, and also, you want refined grain!" Don't pretend to be the chaff you eat! ”

Xiao Zhishun said with a bitter face, "Bao Chang, why are there so many, this year's harvest is not good, I am afraid that we will not have ten stones of grain this year, and I handed you two stones, which... If we pay so much, our family will have nothing to eat. ”

"Oops! Diao Min! You don't know how to count us, so you still have more than six stones! Commissioner Ren interrupted him.

Xiao Zhishun glanced at Commissioner Ren and said, "Sir, it can't be calculated like this, I can't move this tax grain alone, I have to ask someone to transport it with me, I'm afraid I will have to pay 2 small stones in the end, and the rest can only fill the stomachs of two people, but there are five people in our family...."

"Shut up!" Seeing Commissioner Ren's face wrong, Peng Baochang said, "Now is the critical time to resist Japan, and the country's danger is just around the corner, why are you still calculating your little abacus?" Besides, half of what you pay is bought by the state, and the state will pay! By the way, Commissioner Ren, I haven't asked yet, how much will we subsidize the other half of our food? ”

Commissioner Ren snorted, "This subsidy is based on the price of grain, 30 yuan per stone." ”

"Did you hear me? 30 with one stone... 30?” Peng Tianlu exclaimed in surprise: "This... This.. The price of this grain is now more than 180 yuan in the countryside! ”

Commissioner Ren said angrily, "This price is according to the price at the end of last year, besides, it is not normal for the current grain to be so high, and after the national grain is harvested, it will naturally fall, what is so strange!" ”

Peng Tianlu took a deep breath and didn't speak, can the price of this grain come down? It's good not to keep rising.

Xiao Zhishun understands that there is nothing to argue about, and it is good that the government is willing to subsidize, it is better than taking it away for nothing.

"Sir, it's not that I don't know that now the devil is killing and the country is in difficulty, in fact, as long as the prefect in front can eat well and win the battle, we are just difficult and nothing, it's just... We have to live, even if we eat chaff and drink thin to survive, can the chief mention it to the above and reduce it for us! Xiao Zhishun continued.

"Come on, what's the matter! Deliver the food within a week, if you can't deliver it, don't blame me for not being merciful! Peng Baochang drove Xiao Zhishun home and smiled at Commissioner Ren, "It's all Diao Min, let's go to the next one!" (To be continued.) )