Huang Laotu is an ordinary tenant farmer in Daegu Town, Renqiu, and his family has been tenants of the landlord Huang Gen's family for generations.

Last night, Huang Laotu had a dream, and he was trampled by something in the dream, but when he got up, he saw that it was a piece of gold. It was a good sign, so happy that he had been absent-minded all morning at work, and as he drank porridge at noon, he was wondering what this dream meant. Two foreign students walked into his door.

The two foreign students belonged to the political affairs brigade of the cadet brigade, and in order not to cause any bad influence, they did not wear military uniforms. After the two of them entered the house very politely, they verified the identity of Huang Lao's tenant farmer, and took out a title deed and a contract.

Huang Laotu was illiterate, but through the narration of two foreign students, he realized that last night's dream had come true-the government affairs brigade is a newly established department of the cadet brigade, and many of them are fresh graduates, and they have not even participated in the training of recruits, and they were newly recruited by Chu Tiange, Chen Shichang and others. With the development of the plan of "using business to form agriculture", Ouyang Yun thought of Song Zheyuan's plan to select local cadres from the cadet brigade, and felt that this was a good opportunity to scatter the branches and leaves of the cadet brigade to Hebei, so he specially set up a government affairs brigade, mainly old cadet soldiers, supplemented by some newly recruited students, so that they could be responsible for land reform matters first, and subtly make them and the cadet brigade stand on the same front.

Ouyang Yun's plan for land reform, because of the consideration of financial problems, so the land will not be given away in vain, but by means of converting a little harvest every year to sign a contract with the farmers, depending on the situation of each household, divided into 5 years, 10 years, 15 years to return. At the end of the term, the land is owned by the peasants, who only have to pay 5 to 15 percent of the agricultural tax, and the rest is entirely at their disposal. Because the land rented from the landlord's family must be handed over at least 30% or even 50% of the harvest every year, and the grain output at this time is too low, such as wheat, an acre of land does not produce more than 2 or 300 catties in a good year, and even less in a disaster year. Therefore, the tremendous impact of the Cadet Brigade among the peasants can be predicted.

Huang Laotu is not a fool, he naturally knows that this is a pie that fell from the sky, and he is busy signing it. However, because most of the land in the hands of the Cadet Brigade is in the sparsely populated hilly area, or in the low-lying area of Baiyangdian, it is more laborious to reclaim, so not everyone is as enthusiastic as Huang Laotu.

Under the leadership of Chen Zheliang (Chen Zheliang is now the acting captain of the government affairs brigade), more than 60 students of the government affairs brigade ran all over the pilot town of Daqiu, but only more than 3,000 acres of land were signed.

Of course, this is related to the quality of the land - Ouyang Yun still thinks highly of the policy of "using business to make agriculture", or underestimates the importance of land to the landlords and old wealth. The businessmen were quite cooperative, for fear that the quality of the land they purchased would be poor and they would not be able to obtain the rated shares, but the problem was that the land that the landlords and old fortunes were willing to sell was either relatively barren or relatively remote. Even if there were merchants who had obtained good land through various means and connections, the amount was too small to arouse the enthusiasm of the peasants. Ouyang Yun listened to the advice of Gu Lianyun, Jiang Shuren and others, and did not dare to take overly drastic measures, so he had to accept such a reality and take his time.

The reason why Liu Zheliang was put into the government affairs brigade was that Ouyang Yun really couldn't find anyone who could be appointed. Among the few cadres in the cadet brigade, Li Tieshu, Ji Xingwen, Guo Biao, and others were responsible for the reorganization and training of the army, and Chen Shichang and others were unable to get out of their positions because they held positions such as battalion commanders. Chu Tiange was responsible for recruiting female soldiers to form a medical company, which was quite smooth, but he was recently sent to Yidong to contact the Yidong special police column. Liu Zheliang followed Ouyang Yun for a while, although his performance was not outstanding, he was absolutely decent, and he was known for his prudence, and it was just right to handle more sensitive matters such as "land reform".

On the evening of this day, after all the students of the government affairs brigade returned to the station, a regular meeting was held, and Liu Zheliang saw that everyone was frowning, thinking of his harvest today, and knew that he had not completed many tasks, and he was also very anxious. He said: "The time limit given to us by the brigade is two weeks, and now it seems that we are afraid that it will not be completed in two months, so what can we do?" ”

Deputy Captain Jin Bao took out a long map and looked at it and said: "The two plots of land in Liangpo and Pingwa are too remote, and the land situation is very special, and the situation said by the old farmers is also very objective. ”

"Then why don't they buy ploughing oxen?" A student said.

Jinbao looked at him and smiled, and said, "Do you know how much a cow costs?" There are also iron plowshares, these tenant farmers can't even eat enough, how can they have spare money to buy these. ”

Liu Zheliang thought for a while and said: "If one family can't do it, then several families will join forces!" ”

Jinbao's eyes lit up and he said, "It's a good idea, it's like when we were at school, a few people paid to fight in order to improve the food." Then he looked at Liu Zheliang and said, "Captain, you are still smart." ”

Liu Zheliang blushed, but he was a little proud, feeling that he had not insulted the cultivation of the brigade, and he said modestly: "This is all learned from the brigade." ”

The cadets were surprised and asked, "What else can you learn from the brigade?" ”

"The way of thinking about problems is very special, in the words of Adjutant Gu, that is, to think about problems from a different angle."

"From a different angle? Captain, is the brigade really only 21 years old? In the minds of the cadets, the young Ouyang Yun is a mysterious character, everyone is curious and a little in awe of him, and now that it is related to his topic, everyone can't help but prick up their ears, wanting to extract some deeds about Ouyang Yun from Liu Zheliang's mouth.

Liu Zheliang has always been proud of Ouyang Yun, and when he saw everyone looking at him, his face turned red with excitement, and he began to talk about the glorious deeds of the brigade - he didn't think that during this time with Ouyang Yun, his eloquence had risen greatly!

When Liu Zheliang was giving full play to his eloquence, there was a knock on the door outside, and at the same time, a voice that was very familiar to him came: "Can I come in?" - "Traveler! Liu Zheliang immediately stood up, and then hurriedly opened the door. When he opened the door, he saw Ouyang Yun standing at the door with Gu Lianyun and Bai Tassel, and he took the lead in saluting Ouyang Yun: "Report to the brigade, all the students and soldiers of the government affairs brigade are holding a regular meeting, please instruct." Then he saluted the two daughters.

The soldiers were listening to Ouyang Yun's deeds, and now the protagonist appeared in front of him, and they all stood up and saluted.

Ouyang Yun returned a military salute to everyone, inspected everyone, and said with a smile: "Everyone has worked hard recently. ”

Liu Zheliang said with a look of shame: "Lvza, I have betrayed your trust, and the land reform is not going well. ”

Patting him on the shoulder, Ouyang Yun smiled: "I don't blame you for this, the objective situation." Everyone seems to be a little discouraged, why, are they all intimidated by difficulties? ”

Everyone laughed, and Liu Zheliang said: "You came just in time, we have an idea and want to ask you for an idea...... He first analyzed the current difficulties faced by land reform, and then said the solution.

Ouyang Yun's eyes straightened as soon as he heard this, and he said in his heart, "Isn't it, this cooperative has appeared on the stage of Chinese history?" This is a product of standard socialism. He said, "Okay, that's a good idea, who came up with it?" I will take credit for him. ”

Jin Bao said: "It's Captain Liu." ”

Liu Zheliang hurriedly shook his hand and said, "No, no, it's everyone's wisdom." ”

Ouyang Yun looked at him, smiled approvingly, and said, "Zheliang, yes, like a captain!" This matter is so decided, you are responsible for the specific operation, change the name, it will be called a cooperative, you go to discuss with the old farmers, see how many households in a cooperative is more suitable. Remember, you are the guide, and you should play the role of a notary public, and make the articles of association of the cooperative more detailed to prevent the phenomenon of ripping up in the future. In addition, if the peasants are really nervous about money, you see if it is possible to cooperate with the Dadao Finance Company and lend them a little money at low or even no interest, and the repayment method can be more flexible, food, cash, and labor...... "He played a little, and immediately made the cooperative more feasible.

This made Liu Zheliang more confident, and said firmly: "Please rest assured that the brigade will complete the task." ”

Ouyang Yun came to the government affairs brigade precisely to understand the matter of land reform. He originally thought that under the drive of profits, the businessmen would definitely promote the "commercial system of agriculture" with ten times the enthusiasm, but he did not expect that because of the quality of the land, it would be difficult to popularize this policy. even hummed a little song on the way back, and it was the song "I'm so happy today".

Gu Lianyun hadn't seen him so happy for a long time, and asked, "So happy?" ”

"That is, agriculture is the foundation of the country!"

"Listen to your tone, what's the matter, do you want to be the emperor of the soil?"

Ouyang Yun smiled, and suddenly said to Bai Tassel: "Tassel, I heard that your two sisters have signed up for the medical company?" ”

Bai Tassel nodded: "Well, they came to me the day before yesterday." Under the dim street lamp, she glanced at Gu Lianyun and whispered, "Sister Meiren also specially asked about you." ”

"Really?" Ouyang Yun noticed her gaze, couldn't help but look at Gu Lianyun, and then changed the topic: "Lianyun, what did you talk about with Lao Li yesterday afternoon?" ”

Gu Lianyun was taken aback in his heart, his face remained silent, and he smiled: "What? I just talked to Lao Li for a few words, and I got jealous? ”

Ouyang Yun snorted and said, "I'm jealous? Isn't it a little strange that you two usually don't deal with each other, but now you suddenly get so close. ”

Li Tieshu has always had prejudices against Gu Lianyun, which can be seen from the fact that he insisted on putting Liu Zheliang between her and Ouyang Yun. These two people usually almost never speak when they meet, at most they just nod, and yesterday they stayed together in the training ground of the military camp and talked for nearly a quarter of an hour, no wonder Ouyang Yun felt strange.