【153】The Red Flag of the Wind Blows the Earth (9)

Yao Fan's whole army was busy until dark, lit torches and collected all the mules, horses and carts in the city, and used the silver copied from the Pingdu Prefecture and officials' homes to offset the mules, horses and carts.

Gan Quantian, a middle-aged tea merchant in the city, was forcibly taken away from his family's two horses, four mules, and large and small trailers and packs, but he had a relieved expression on his face.

"I have long heard that Yao Fan had a very good reputation before the rebellion, known as Jiaozhou Renyilang, and Xinyi is full of Qilu, but now it is true at first sight." He said to his wife.

The wife of the tea merchant Gan Quantian said suspiciously: "People say that the soldiers are like washing, and the rebels are even more murderous and arson, but I didn't expect that this Yao Fan's rebels actually did not commit any crimes, and actually paid us money, and the price was fair, where are these animals worth 3oo taels together, and we made money instead!" It's weird. ”

"Madame, did you hear the song they sang?" Gan Quantian, a tea seller, said thoughtfully.

"I heard it, what it was singing, all revolutionary soldiers should keep in mind, the three major disciplines and eight points of attention, the first is to obey the command of the action, and only by walking in unison can we win, and the second is not to take a needle and thread from the masses, the masses support and like me......" Saying that, his wife actually memorized the lyrics word for word, and asked: "In charge, do the masses just say that we are the people?" ”

Gan Quantian nodded and said, "It should mean the people, you remember this song." ”

"It's a memorable tune, I heard the soldiers sing like this outside, and I was so scared inside that I wrote it all down." Madame said.

Gan Quantian, a tea seller, walked through the south and the north, and said in a daze: "If this Yao Fan's rebels can really be like what is sung in this song, wouldn't it be ......" Speaking of this, he didn't dare to go on.

His wife asked, "Isn't that what?" ”

"Wang Shi......" The voice of the tea merchant was extremely small.

At this time, the majestic singing sounded in the distance in the city, it was Yao Fan who was playing the three disciplines and eight points of attention of the Chinese Armed Police Men's Voice Choir on the loudspeaker, and the sonorous brass symphony spread throughout the city, reminding every soldier who carried out the task of collecting to pay attention to discipline.

"This singing is really good, the master, so Yao Fan still brings the troupe with him when he comes out to fight? Where is this drama? I've never heard of it. ”

The tea merchant did not answer his wife's question, and muttered in confusion, "What are these thieves going to do?" ”

After completing the collection of means of transportation, Yao Fan held a meeting in the Pingdu Prefecture Mansion to arrange the next step, and various square tables were lined up in the lobby of the government as usual, and various chairs were placed on both sides.

After the cadres arrived, Li Hainiu's face was full of happiness, and he was the first to report to Yao Fan at the meeting:

"Chairman, we have collected 4o horses from all over the city, and there are more than 100 mules and donkeys combined, but this is nothing, and the most remarkable thing is that we have 1,620 war horses! Coupled with the capture of the Qing army's camp before, we now have more than 2,200 mules and horses!"

Yao Fan asked, "How many carts are there now?" ”

Li Hainiu said excitedly: "More than a thousand! ”

Yao Fan looked at Li Jun, who was in charge of collecting grain and grass: "How much grain and grass and silver are in Pingdu City?" ”

"Chairman, Pingdu has more than one million catties of grain! Much more than we expected! The salary, treasury silver, and the income of corrupt officials added up to 150,000 taels! Li Jun's face flushed when he said this.

Yao Fan only gave everyone a math lesson, and calculated in public: "Plus more than 30,000 catties of grain in the Qing army camp, that is, more than 1 million catties, let's count him 1.1 million catties, and our Shandong Commune now uses kilograms and tons as the unit of measurement, which means that there are more than 500 tons of materials that need to be transported back."

On the hard road, a horse can pull 13oo kg to walk 3o to 35 kilometers, ordinary dirt roads, it can only pull 8oo kg, if it rains muddy or poor road conditions, a horse can only pull 5oo kg, we have more than 1,000 carts, there is no shortage of horses, according to the minimum load of 5oo kg per car, just to pull all the materials away. ”

The participating cadres nodded one after another, and Huang Huisheng, the deputy commander of the second battalion, slapped his face and smiled: "Chairman, now our commune is rich!" ”

Yao Fan shook his head and said, "There are a lot of things, and I can't talk about money." This amount of grain is not much, according to one pound of rice a day, it is enough for 3,000 people to eat for a year at most. ”

Yao Fan firmly remembered that he had a promise to marry a daughter-in-law to the soldiers, and frowned: "I said before the war that after this battle, I would marry a daughter-in-law to all the soldiers, and now that the fight is over, let's talk about how to marry this daughter-in-law?" ”

For a while, there was silence in the lobby of the government office, and the cadres either shrunk in their chairs or spread their hands on the table, staring at each other with big eyes.

According to the three major disciplines and eight points of attention of the People's Liberation Army, it is not allowed to molest women, that is, there is no way to rob them, which immediately makes it difficult for everyone.

Liu Jinbao whispered: "The soldiers remember the chairman's words well, if they can't do it, I'm afraid that the chairman's reputation will be bad, so let's make an exception and snatch the daughter-in-law in this Pingdu City!" Chairman, even if this is robbed by me Liu Jinbao, you will punish me when you turn around, post a notice, and give the people an explanation. ”

Yao Fan shook his head and said, "Our revolutionary army does not engage in these power tricks. ”

Liu Jinbao's idea was still a decision after he discussed it with several cadres in the camp, in line with the idea of sharing the chairman's worries and being a scapegoat himself, but he didn't expect Yao Fan to be unhappy, so he had no idea.

Zhou Si said, "Chairman, I have an idea. These officers captured by the Qing army are all loyal to the imperial court, and it is useless to keep them, and Jin Ruchun, the same acquaintance of Pingdu Prefecture, should be asked to make meritorious service for their crimes rather than shooting him tomorrow after announcing the dirty silver. ”

Yao Fan asked: "Tell me, how do you wear a crime and make meritorious service?" ”

Zhou Sidao: "Ask Napingdu Tongzhi Jin Ruchun to come forward to find a daughter-in-law for the soldiers, let's not have a dowry first, and the second is not in vain, and each daughter-in-law will give ten taels of silver." ”

As soon as he said this, Li Hainiu, Li Jun, Liu Jinbao and others all applauded and said yes again and again.

In fact, Yao Fan thought about it before and only came up with this way, Zhou Si said exactly what he thought in his heart, so he said: "This time the matter is more urgent, and there are 788 people who lack daughters-in-law, so I won't bother with any big feet and small feet. and give more silver, twenty taels. ”

Zhou Si agreed when he heard Yao Fan's meaning, and said happily: "Then I'll find that dog at night, if he can't find 788 daughters-in-law, I'll kill him." ”

Yao Fan said: "I estimate that it is difficult, although there are more than 3,000 households in Pingdu, but where can I find it all for a while, I think I still try to find it, it is not bad to find three or five hundred, and what if the soldiers can't look down on it after finding it?" ”

Liu Jinbao said loudly and blankly: "Why can't you look down on it?" As long as it's a yellow flower girl, then you can't lose them! ”

Yao Fan looked forward to the expressions of the cadres and said: "Now that the army is holding a literacy class, the soldiers can more or less recognize some words, and their vision is also high. Especially the cadres, as soon as the salary is high and the vision is higher, didn't Li Jun look down on the fisherman's girl last time, and dislike people's black faces? ”

Everyone laughed when they heard this, and Li Jun blushed and said: "It's not that I dislike other people's black faces, that's because I gave the opportunity to other comrades, when did I dislike other people's black faces, our poor faces are black." ”

Yao Fan said: "I think this is how to do this, Liu Jinbao, you sue Sù Pingdu Tongzhi, looking for a daughter-in-law is tantamount to helping the court redeem people, he found four daughters-in-law, and we will put a sentry chief; Find eight and put a deputy battalion commander; 10 were found to be placed in a battalion commander, 15 were found to be placed in a guerrilla, and 20 were found to be placed in a staff general. I'm making an analogy, how much is appropriate, Liu Jinbao, you and Li Jun discuss the decision. ”

Li Jun patted his thigh and said, "Chairman's brilliant plan!" In this way, those who have made a daughter-in-law can be regarded as meritorious to the court, and after we leave, even if those dog officials don't appreciate it, they can't embarrass them! ”

So everyone praised Yao Fan's idea as the most appropriate, and Yao Fan felt that he could only do this.

After the meeting, Liu Jinbao and Li Jun discussed a little, and then threatened Pingdu Tongzhi Jin Ruchun and asked him to be a matchmaker to redeem himself and redeem people.

Since Pingdu Tongzhi Jin Ruchun was captured, he cried like a woman, paralyzed on the ground like a dead man, and said that his life was at stake, and now he suddenly heard about this policy of atonement for his sins, and immediately came to his strength like taking medicine, kowtowing to Li Jun and Liu Jinbao like pounding garlic, and repeatedly promised that he would find enough people to send to Shandong Commune within two days, and redeem himself and the officers.

Early the next morning, Yao Fan's whole army packed up the vehicles and carried the supplies, while Li Jun and Liu Jinbao led the soldiers to follow Jin Ruchun, and asked Jin Ruchun to select a few cronies and officials and the first batch of Qing army officers to be ransomed, and look for a daughter-in-law according to the household registration book of the yamen

Jin Ruchun really deserves to be the parent official in charge of one side, and he acts neatly.

He took a few Qing army officers to the house of Gan Quantian, a tea merchant in Pingdu, knocked on the door and rushed in. ”

General Hu Yuanda led a group of thousands of generals, guerrillas, and generals, and knelt all over the ground in the courtyard of the Gan family, kowtowing and shouting: "Engong help!" Eun Gong help! ”

Time was pressing, and Jin Ruchun, the same acquaintance of Pingdu Prefecture, was not verbose, and asked the officials to rush in and drag out the four daughters of Ganquantian immediately, and casually pointed to the four soldiers under Li Jun, and said with a smile on his face: "Heroes, if you are satisfied with your daughter-in-law, come and worship your father-in-law Taishan." ”

The four soldiers hurriedly stepped forward to pay respects and kneel to see their father-in-law.

The four daughters of the Gan family were so frightened that they cried and refused to get up, Gan Quantian begged bitterly: "Don't play tricks on the old man, the old man is willing to help pay two hundred taels!" No, four hundred taels! ”

Li Jun and Liu Jinbao were dumbfounded, and said in their hearts, isn't this Nima robbed?

Under the guidance of Jin Ruchun, the soldiers bowed to Gan Quantian and his wife, and then put down eighty taels of silver.

Jin Ruchun ignored the request of a small tea merchant, and couldn't help but speak, and ordered with a threatening tone: "Gan Quantian, immediately groom and dress up your daughter!" Ready to marry Jiaozhou! I'm going to turn my face if I talk about it again! ”

The officers of the Qing army are also talking about the benefits of marrying Jiaozhou at this moment.

General Hu Yuanda said: "Jiaozhou is a good place! Don't worry about food and clothing, there are fish and meat in a meal, but it is much stronger than my hometown in Luzhou, Anhui Province, brother, your daughter is blessed to marry! ”

Another general, Liu Baochen, swore an oath: "Chairman Yao is the dragon and phoenix among the people, a hero in the rivers and lakes, he was framed by corrupt officials for a while before he was forced to go to Liangshan, and now he has defeated my 12th battalion, and the future is limitless!" If you want to come to the imperial court, you will soon recruit Chairman An Yao! When the time comes, it will be of great use! Brother, you think, your son-in-law will not be all with glory and wealth by then, and his wife will be unspeakably expensive!

The rest of the officers are also desperately saying good things about Jiaozhou and Yao Fan, and those nonsense words made Li Jun and Liu Jinbao stunned.

A group of officers' big hands strained and firmly pressed Gan Quantian to the chair and couldn't move.

Jin Ruchun threatened again: "Ganquantian! Your daughter is happy to marry in Jiaozhou! All of you are heroes of benevolence and righteousness! Being willing to be your son-in-law is a blessing that you have cultivated for several lifetimes! Don't worry, you won't treat your daughter badly! I can sue you! Don't toast, don't eat, eat and drink! You pack your daughter's bags! If you don't have a daughter-in-law with you when you return to camp at night, your whole family will wash your neck and wait for me to do it! ”

Jin Ruchun turned around and left after throwing down his words, and he was able to be an official under both soft and hard.

Li Jun said to the four soldiers with a bitter face: "A few of you are so close to your father-in-law today, take out all the silver you bring as a dowry, take your daughter-in-law back to the camp at night, and when you return to Jiaozhou, you will officially visit the church and marry, if your father-in-law is willing to go together, we will go to Jiaozhou together." You can be careful today, don't let the old man's family look for a short time. ”

Jin Ruchun dutifully followed the household registration book, and within two days, he made up 788 unmarried women in the entire Pingdu City, the youngest was only 14 years old, and the oldest was 24 years old.

Among them, especially the landlords and gentry living in the city, were intimidated by Jin Ruchun, saying that if they did not hand over all the daughters of the school-age maids and small families in the side branches, Yao Fan's army would kill them all over the house and raid their homes! Thinking that now the handover can still get back twenty taels of silver on each maid, the landlords and gentry have acted quickly and sent out all their maids, one did not dare to keep it, and forced the children of the side branches of the family to hand over their daughters to offer, for fear that Yao Fan would find them and kill them all over the house, and confiscate the family wealth.

Jin Ruchun's work efficiency and ability made Yao Fan can't help but praise after hearing about it: "What a capable guy." ”rg

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