-- Buning County

The county town was empty at this time, not many people walked around the streets, a caravan composed of more than a dozen people escorted a few carts into the county seat, looking at the street like this, the middle-aged man led by him said strangely, "We went all the way north from Taizhou, and I don't know how many towns and villages we have passed, as long as the places guarded by the New Fourth Army are mostly prosperous, how come there are not many people here?" ”

As he spoke, the middle-aged man pointed to the inn in front of him and said, "You go over there to stay first, and the third and eighth children and I will inquire if there is something going on here." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

As he spoke, the middle-aged man walked with the two of them towards a teahouse.

Teahouses can be said to have a long history in China, and it is recorded that there were teahouses in the two Jin Dynasty. For thousands of years, the teahouse has gradually had its own local characteristics and genres, and the teahouse in Buning because it is located in Jiangsu, close to Zhejiang, but it is the Hangzhou school, in this era, the teahouse has become the best place for people to relax because of the integration of leisure, food, entertainment, trading and other functions, and has also become the concentration of information dissemination.

"These guest officers, please inside, they are all positions, sit casually, I don't know what to order?" As soon as the shopkeeper saw the three people dressed up, he knew that he was not poor, and hurriedly said.

The middle-aged man at the head said, "Just bring us some tea, we are passing merchants, why are you so deserted here?" Can't even see a person? Could it be that there is a big drama to watch? ”

The shopkeeper said while pouring water, "There is no big drama, but recently the government is building a lot of buildings, building roads, and building factories, and there is a shortage of people everywhere. ”

Hearing that the factory was being built, the three of them looked at each other, and the middle-aged man hurriedly asked, "I don't know what kind of factory we want to build, we are all businessmen, and this news is the most important thing for us." As he spoke, a piece of ocean was stuffed into the shop's second-hand shop.

The shopkeeper hurriedly thanked him and said, "Isn't this the fourth master coming, the fourth master beat the devil away, saying that he wanted to use us here as a base, and he won't leave in the future, hehe, some time ago, he beat up the bandits in the three mountains and five lakes in the vicinity, and arrested a group of people for public trial two days ago, and issued an announcement a few days ago, saying that he wanted to reduce our taxes for half a year." But the fourth master still has to do it with the devil, no, he is going to build some factories, first, he can make some money to be used as military salary, and secondly, he will also give our people a place to make money, but no one knows what it is. ”

The middle-aged man continued, "I don't know how those factories go, I want to go and see them too." ”

The shopkeeper pointed to the northwest and said, "Go out of the city and follow the main road to see the river." ”

After listening to the words of the shopkeeper, the three of them nodded to each other and asked the second to leave, and the pair who was called the eighth said to him, "Second brother, this New Fourth Army really looks different from what we thought." I'm ready to do something big. ”

The second brother nodded and said, "This road construction and rent reduction, suppression of bandits and construction of factories, these are all big things, but you have a wrong sentence, it's not the New Fourth Army that wants to do big things, it's the Red Party that wants to do big things, our Rong family is not as good as before, many factories have been lost, only the factories in the concession are still running, but the devil is still unwilling to let us go, this time the family let us come here to have a look, just to find another way out." ”

The third child asked curiously, "Then why don't you go to Chongqing?" Didn't the Red Party say that they wanted to be rich and rich? We're just making a lot of money from them, and I'm afraid we will be taken away one day, right? ”

The eighth smiled and said, "Third child, don't practice guns every day, and watch the news more when you have time, this red party has long stopped doing that trick in Jiangxi, besides, didn't we hear from a lot of uncles?" They did well in Yan'an and Shanxi. ”

The second brother snorted and said, "But every time they talk about the factories and businesses in the hands of the Red Party, they are often vague, and they are probably warned to keep them secret, and I am not optimistic about Chongqing, they were messy back then, and now after retreating to the southwest, they still have bad habits, isn't there such a sentence?" Now Changsha is fighting fiercely, and ammunition and supplies continue to be at the front, while Chongqing's people in Burma still require full extraction fees before they can transport those supplies. The angry Xue Yue sent a telegram directly to Kong Xiangxi, Kong Xiangxi was afraid that the matter would make a big fuss before he stopped, hehe... When we went over there, I was worried about being kidnapped for ransom. ”

Lao Ba said approvingly, "As the old saying goes, thieves are like combs, soldiers are like grates, and officials are like shavings, I think it's the happiest in this anti-Japanese base along the way, the road is too peaceful, and there is no centigold card tax, but I met those who were soldiers, and when I saw us, my expression was serious at most, and I didn't even dare to collect money." ”

The second brother smiled and said, "Okay, let's go to the place that Xiao Er said first, and if everyone agrees, we will reply and invest in building a factory here." ”

The three of them paid for the tea, inquired all the way out of the county, did not walk for a while, and found that the road was being repaired in front, the road was repaired in half, and the other half could still go, it seemed that there would be six carriages wide and narrow after the repair, looking into the distance, I couldn't see the bottom, it was all a crowd of people building roads, I don't know how many.

Second Brother Rong and others stepped forward, carefully observed, and saw that the tools for building the road were made of good steel, and couldn't help but be taken aback, during the Republic of China, due to the weakness of China's heavy industry, coupled with the warlord melee, the iron tools everywhere were very nervous, and most of the tools used for rough work like this were pig iron, where was the willingness to use this good steel. From this alone, we can see that the New Fourth Army has made a bloody investment.

At this time, a carriage came running, and there were two people in the carriage, and when they arrived at the place, they quickly stopped and shouted, "The ash is coming, come and unload it!" Let's go and ship it again, don't miss the deadline. ”

When Second Brother Rong heard the ashes, he hurriedly looked at them, and saw that they were all sacks of hemp skin, and the dust that leaked out from time to time made him think at a glance that this was the best ash.

He saw an uncle cooking next to him, so he stepped forward and said, "Uncle, we are passing merchants, how can we repair the road here, I came to walk last time, isn't this road still walkable?" ”

As he spoke, he handed the uncle a cigarette, and the uncle took it and said with a smile, "Good things, this road is not broken, but it has not been repaired for many years, this is not the new Fourth Army is coming, saying that in the future, we will be the base here, we must build it well, organize us to build roads and bridges, and give enough food and wages, you see, this is a good gray road, in fact, I want to say, these things should be pulled to the front line to fight devils... It's a pity to put it on the ground for us to step on. ”

Saying that, this uncle shook his head as if he was looking at a loser, which only made Second Brother Rong feel funny.

Rong Er asked again, "I don't see any people in the county, everyone is here to build roads?" ”

The uncle said disapprerovingly, "Look at what you said, how many people can be needed to build this road, and those who come to build roads are all close to the road, and there are many to build water conservancy." Besides, you see if the children are there? ”

Rong Er looked at it, isn't it, these are all adults, where are there children.

The uncle said a little sarcastically, "The New Fourth Army said that no matter how hard it is, the children must go to school, but now the gentleman is not enough, so I will recruit those who are willing to go to school first, my grandson is still promising, and knows that he wants to study and improve, no, go to study, in fact, we farmers know the importance of reading best, these thousands of years, when is not a scholar an official?" ”

Rong Er hurriedly nodded yes, silently wrote it down in his heart, and no longer rubbed it, and continued to walk forward with the two brothers.

The army of road builders was mighty, and he didn't realize that it was noon, only to see that the meal was starting to be distributed, Rong Er leaned over and took a look, and those who worked were also willing to show him, but it was white rice and green vegetables with some shredded meat and mustard, such a meal, the croppers were not reluctant to eat it during the festival, Rong Er immediately understood why these people were willing to come to work.

Rong Hachi asked Rong Er, "This food is too good, isn't it?" How much food does the New Fourth Army have for eating like this? I heard that they also exempted the local government from taxes for half a year, could it be that the New Fourth Army found some big treasure? ”

Rong Er scolded, "Where is there any big treasure, probably because the devils have seized a lot of materials, let's go, let's go to the factory that Xiao Er said." ”

After walking a few more miles, you can see a big river, and you can see a group of people busy on the other side of the river from a distance, and Rong Er can already see a factory building from a distance, and he doesn't know what it does.

Rong Er and others were probing their brains here, and Jiang Cheng and others were talking and laughing on the construction site.

"This is where we built a steel plant, and we will soon have our own heavy industry base in northern Jiangsu, which is really gratifying." Jiang Cheng said and bowed his hand to Liu Dake and congratulated him.

Liu Dake pointed to a few factories in the distance and said, "We are all plains in northern Jiangsu, there is nothing to hide, no, we have established several fake factories, this is just Buning, I am also going to build fake factories in other places, and then the fake factories will burn some wood, so that outsiders will think that they are starting work, and those devils will not be able to distinguish between the real and the fake." ”

Chen Yi said with a smile, "This is a suspicious plan, and those fake factories will not be wasted, they are all real factories, but there are no machines, and when we have more factories and expand, we can also use them, but the blast furnace is more troublesome, but it is also worth it." ”

Jiang Cheng agreed and said, "That's right, we are too close to the sea here, and the devil's aircraft carrier can come over at any time, by the way, is it the day of school today?" ”

Liu Dake sighed and said, "Yes, the children are going to start classes today, today is the first lesson, Chinese, we want the children to always remember that they are upright Chinese!" ”

Jiang Cheng couldn't help but think of those jumping clowns in later generations, and couldn't help but feel a little sick to his stomach, he looked into the distance, and suddenly saw several guards escorting the three of them over.

Jiang Cheng looked at Li Qian strangely, Li Qian hurriedly stepped forward and asked, and after a while, he came over and said, "Dongjia, as soon as these people arrived in the county seat, they asked about the east and west, and then went to the place where we were building to inquire about the news, they may be traitors." ”

When Chen Yi heard that it might be a traitor, he immediately smiled and said, "Look at what I said, this is coming, take it down, and if it is verified, shoot it immediately." ”

When Rong Er heard that he was going to be shot, he immediately shouted, "The boss is wronged, a few of us are businessmen, not traitors, I... I am a member of the Rong family, and I have credentials. ”

Rong family? Hearing these two words, Jiang Cheng and Liu Dake glanced at each other, and Liu Dake waved his hand to stop him and asked, "You said you are from the Rong family?" Is there any evidence? What are you Rong family doing here? ”

Rong Er immediately broke free, took out the document in his arms and said, "Look at it, this is my ID, my name is Rong Yiren, I am Rong Desheng's son, this is a photo of me and my father." ”

When Jiang Cheng heard Rong Yiren, he looked at this person, recalled the historical photos, and said to Liu Dake, "It should be true, I have seen his photos, it is very similar." ”

Liu Dake heard this and hurriedly said, "It turned out to be Comrade Rong Yiren, hello, I am Liu Dake, this is our army commander Comrade Chen Yi, this is not the place to speak, let's go in and talk." ”

With that, Liu Dake took Rong Yiren and the others into the lounge next to him.

Several people sat down, Liu Dake looked at Rong Yiren, and didn't speak, Rong Yiren only felt uncomfortable when he was watched, and finally said, "I don't know if Mr. Liu knows the current situation of our Rong family?" ”

Liu Dake really didn't know, he looked at Jiang Cheng, Jiang Cheng said, "The Rong family is a big business family, but the factories are mainly concentrated in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, and most of them were destroyed in the war after the war, and only the concession was spared." ”

Rong Yiren nodded and said, "This gentleman is right... The concession is now reduced to an isolated island, and the devils send traitors and widows from time to time to come in to find trouble for us, although our family has quite a lot of savings, but we can't help tossing like this, my father heard that our New Fourth Army has conquered the two cities and sixteen counties in northern Jiangsu, so let's see if we can move the business here. ”

Liu Dake was overjoyed and said, "We absolutely welcome this matter, but I don't know why you are willing to go far?" As far as I know, many businessmen have moved their industries to Hong Kong. ”

Rong Yiren shook his head and said, "Hong Kong's projectile land, although it is guarded by the British, but looking at Japan's wolf ambitions, sooner or later it will get involved in Hong Kong, and we are Chinese, and we do not want to leave the mainland to become second-class citizens." ”

Liu Dake, Chen Yi and the others secretly applauded in their hearts, and Jiang Cheng asked, "Aren't you worried that we will run away?" Are we guerrillas? When the time comes, your hard work will be in vain. ”

Rong Yiren laughed and said, "I'm really not worried about this, you are building civil engineering, building factories, setting up schools, building roads, building water conservancy, leveling bandits, and fighting against Japanese invaders, where is the way to go, I think this place is a hundred times safer than the concession." ”

Liu Dake stood up, shook Rong Yiren's hand and said, "On behalf of the millions of people in the anti-Japanese base areas in northern Jiangsu, and on behalf of the Red Party, I welcome you, and I hope that you can come to us, and together we will build this place into a base for us to fight against the Japanese invaders." ”

Rong Yiren came back from studying abroad, he was only 24 years old at this time, and he was also a strong man, when he saw Liu Dake treating him so politely, he also said, "Okay, please wait for me, I will not only take our Rong family with me this time, but also publicize it in the concession, so that more people can come to our base to build together!" (To be continued.) )