At four or five o'clock in the afternoon, the sun had turned golden, and the trading team finally returned, but there were two more strange-faced men in the procession, and they were escorted to the village with their hands tied, buckteeth and mustache eyes turning and staring at the village.

"Qingming, you are back, where did you get so many lambs and calves, is there any new decision in the meeting?"

The villagers who passed by greeted the returning team happily, and asked with some surprise when their eyes fell on the lambs and calves that the soldiers were guarding in the procession.

Li Qingming said with a smile: "Aunt Feng, it's not that there is a new decision, you just wait, it won't be long before the new decision comes down, and it is definitely a good thing for everyone." ”

"Then we're going to have to look forward to it."

Aunt Feng said with a smile, her eyes fell on the two people in the team, and she couldn't help but ask again: "Why did you arrest two people when you came back this time." ”

Li Qingming turned his head to look at the buckteeth and beard, and said: "On the way back from the team, these two guys secretly followed us, and they probably wanted to follow back, but fortunately, they were discovered by the second squad leader and arrested them." ”

Aunt Feng praised: "Good catch, our good days have just begun, we can't let them destroy it." ”

The other villagers also thought the same way, and said one after another: "Just lock them up and let Xia Lian interrogate them to see if they have done anything bad that hurts heaven and reason." ”

Li Qingming said: "Don't worry, everyone, if they can't escape, take it away." ”

When he came to the temporary station of the Red Army, he commanded the soldiers: "Take care of the lambs and calves, don't run away with your tail closed, watch carefully, I'll go to the company commander." ”

After speaking, Li Qingming entered the courtyard and shouted at the top of his voice: "Sun Dasha, Sun Dasha." ”

"I'm here, Brother Qingming, what's the matter with me?"

Sun Dasha's figure appeared in the courtyard.

"In the army, you have to call the deputy company commander, you know!"

Sun Dasha scratched his head and said, "Got it, deputy company commander." ”

Li Qingming asked, "What about the company commander?" ”

Sun Dasha said: "The company commander is writing in the house, and I can't read, so I don't know what to write." ”

"You, follow the company commander to learn more in the future, and it's right to know Braille!"

Li Qingming said: "I'm going to find the company commander for something." ”

"Hey, deputy company commander, don't worry, I will definitely follow the company commander in the future."

Li Qingming waved his hand and came to the house, Xia Yuan bowed, wrote something on the paper, and said without looking back: "Is this transaction still going well?" ”

"It's going to be smooth, it's not going to be smooth, it's not going to be smooth, company commander, I got a message in Laohe Village, another Red Army team!"

Li Qingming walked up to Xia Yuan and said in a suppressed voice.

The shaking pen paused, Xia Yuan's eyes moved slightly, turned his head and said, "Is the news true?" ”

Li Qingming said: "I haven't investigated, and I don't know yet, listening to what the landlord of Laohe Village said about Wangcai, he heard from an acquaintance in the county, so there should be no problem." ”

Xia Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Tell me, what kind of news and how did you get it." ”

Li Qingming pulled over a stool, sat down and said: "That's the case, isn't it a deal with Zhang Wangcai, after the transaction is over, he invited me to drink, I thought that there were comrades from the second class investigating in the village, so I agreed to deal with him, I told him that there was something to do in the afternoon, not to drink too much, drink less, and chatted there during dinner, and he mentioned this matter." ”

He said: "Zhang Wangcai said that he once went to the county seat, and met an acquaintance in the county seat, this acquaintance is not simple, I heard him mean that this person has a relationship with the national army, saying that there is a Red Army team in West Hankou, specifically picking on the landlords, and several landlords have been killed by this Red Army team, and he also said that the methods of this Red Army team are the same as those of the Red Army team two years ago. ”

Seeing that Xia Yuan was deep in thought, Li Qingming paused and shouted, "Company commander, company commander." ”

Xia Yuan woke up from his contemplation and said, "You go on." ”

Li Qingming said: "He suspected that the Red Army at that time had not been killed, and sooner or later it would come to him, so he wanted to unite with me and the landlords to deal with the peasants." ”

Speaking of this, there was a wave of anger in his voice: "If he says that we are livestock, we have to be beaten and scolded, otherwise we will be disobedient!" ”

He said angrily: "Company commander, I don't think this Zhang Wangcai is a good thing, and I must punish him severely!" ”

"Don't worry, I won't let him go!" Xia Yuan thought for a while: "You go and ask the second squad leader of the first platoon to investigate the information in Laohe Village, convene a meeting of cadres, you are responsible for the organization, and I will go over later." ”

"Yes!"

Li Qingming immediately got up, paused, and said, "By the way, company commander, when we came back, we also caught two tails." ”

"Tail?" Xia Yuan frowned.

Li Qingming said: "It was Laohe Village who ran out and followed us all the way, fortunately, the soldiers of the second squad saw it, so we caught these two tails and brought them back, these two people are Zhang Wangcai's subordinates, I don't know what to do with us." ”

Xia Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Let's have a meeting first, and I'll interrogate it myself later." ”

"Yes, I'll go and convene a meeting of the cadres first."

Waiting for him to leave, Xia Yuan fell into deep thought, "The Red Army was discovered in West Hankou, is that one?" ”

The memory in my mind does not ensure that this Red Army team that suddenly appeared is the one that was scattered in the past, but it is also possible that when it was finally dispersed, there were only two squads of soldiers left in the Red Army ranks, most of them were wounded, and the White Army came, and they were scattered at once, the regiment commander died, they all lost contact with the regimental commissar, and the former body escaped from the mountains and forests alone, and there were no comrades around them.

On the way to escape, he lost all his belongings and had nothing, and returned to his village in rags looking for his memories, living in a state of confusion.

Whether there was anyone who escaped from the mountains and forests alive like him, Xia Yuan didn't know at all, and the mountain they were surrounded and suppressed was separated by more than 100 kilometers from Xihankou and more than 100 miles away from Nianping Village.

"The formation of an intelligence agency is also on the agenda!"

Retracting his thoughts, Xia Yuan got up and put away the drafting book on the table on the direction of the development of the base area, "No matter which one it is, as long as it is the Red Army team, it is our relatives, and there is no reason not to help." ”

In the hall, a group of cadres have gathered together, these are all old acquaintances, the first group of Yang Chenglin, Sun Zhiyong, Hu Xianxian, who followed Xia Yuan, and later joined the Red Army because of their performance, plus the squad leaders of each platoon elected by the Red Army soldiers.

Everyone gathered together in a lively and lively place, and when they saw Xia Yuan coming out, they all shut down and followed Xia Yuan's instructions.

Xia Yuan said: "This meeting is not a big meeting, let's talk about two things first, the first thing is the Red Army uniform, at present, the soldiers of the procurement squad have purchased enough cloth to hand over to the quilt factory, and have made a hundred sets of military uniforms, which will be distributed to everyone tomorrow, and the second thing is the investigation of Laohe Village, which will be briefly said by the second squad leader of a platoon." ”

"Yes!"

The second squad leader of the first row got up and said: "After our simple investigation, the landlord bully of Laohe Village is no different from the landlord bully of our Nianping Village, and even because of the problem of trading lambs and calves, the landlord Wangcai snatched the lambs of the villagers because the number of lambs was not enough, in order to achieve the required number of transactions, in addition, Zhang Wangcai levied miscellaneous taxes, and the land rent was high, and some villagers could only dig weeds to satisfy their hunger, basically the same as the landlords of our Nianping Village. ”

He said: "Company commander, we can't let Zhang Wangcai go!" Be sure to bring a good life to the villagers of Laohe Village! ”

"This is natural, the peasant masses are friends of our Red Army, bullying them is bullying our friends, but everything must be done step by step, we have just planted a tree in Nianping Village, full of fruit, and have not yet been discovered by jackals, tigers and leopards, if they are discovered by jackals, tigers and leopards, they will surround us to compete for the fruits that we have finally produced."

The ideological work of the Red Army soldiers must be done well, and through this incident, a seed of hatred for the landlords can be planted in the hearts of all cadres, and this seed will only grow bigger and bigger.

Xia Yuan was also in a hurry to liberate the villages near Nianping Village, and his predecessor walked all the way, sleeping on the side of the road, walking a village, and the scene he saw was simply miserable, the landlords of each village oppressed and exploited the peasants in the village, and everywhere was a scene of poor livelihood for the people.

Why do landlords oppress and exploit peasants, in fact, it has something to do with the general environment, the Central Plains War led to the emergence of all kinds of taxes, all kinds of warlords went to the countryside to collect grain and taxes, you cut once, I cut again, the landlords were in a hurry, and also joined the ranks of mowing grass, some landlords even directly hollowed out the peasants' families, and the landlords of other villages saw the landlords of other villages doing this, so he did so, and he tasted the sweetness and went out of control.

It was the peasants who suffered in the end.

At present, the base area of Nianping Village has not yet taken shape, there are only more than 10 weapons and equipment, the development of the peasant association and the militia regiment have just started, the quilt factory has just been put into operation, and the lambs and calves of the breeding farm have just been put in place, and everything still needs time to develop.

Xia Yuan planned to conduct research first, mobilize the enthusiasm of the Red Army soldiers for external expansion, and when the time was ripe, the seeds of hatred that had accumulated in the hearts of the Red Army would sprout and form a force.

This force will sustain his warriors in their invincibility.

"This matter is based on the squad, and the squad leader will tell the soldiers of the class about the situation in Laohe Village, and the deputy squad leader will do a good job in ideological work, and if he can't do ideological work, he will go to the deputy company commander for advice."

Xia Yuan said: "In ancient times, we have to hold back the anger in our hearts and strive to develop the base area, and he will surely blossom and bear fruit in various villages in the future!" ”

"Yes!"

The cadres have a lot of energy in their hearts, and with this energy, they have the motivation to keep moving forward.

"In addition, didn't the second squad leader say that part of the lambs and calves in Laohe Village is to rob the lambs and calves of the villagers in Laohe Village, and this matter must also be dealt with, after all, it is the villagers who have worked hard to raise, and we can't buy the lambs and calves of the villagers because of the transaction, they have suffered a loss."

When the cadres listened, Xia Yuan said: "In this way, second squad leader, tomorrow you will sneak into Laohe Village with the soldiers in the squad and ask which villagers have been robbed by the landlord, and we will compensate them." ”

"Yes!" The second squad leader got up and said.

"Sooner or later, the news of the appearance of the Red Army in Nianping Village will not be hidden, everyone will spend more effort on training, and if we train hard today, we will be able to kill more enemies on the battlefield one day." Thinking that there is a tail to follow the first and second shifts today, and in the future, the quilt factory in Nianping Village will start trading with foreign countries, and the secrets of Nianping Village cannot be kept if they want to, so it is necessary for Xia Yuan to give the cadres a preventive shot, tell them, and let them be psychologically prepared.

The enemy will never look at your smooth sailing development, and once the Red Army begins to expand externally, it is absolutely impossible to hide the affairs of Nianping Village.

"That's it, after you go back, think about what I just said, think about it, think about it, the Red Army is not my alone, it is a joint effort, what everyone looks like, it is what it looks like."

After the meeting, Xia Yuan called Li Qingming to talk about the tail.

"They were locked up in that newly built warehouse in the northwest corner, watched by two fighters."

"Let's take a look."

Bucktooth and Beard were locked up in a small warehouse, a somewhat dark room, where two gun-wielding warriors stood guard outside the door.

Beard stared at the house outside the window, "Grandma, something is wrong here, Bucktooth, do you find it, it doesn't look like a landlord's house here." ”

He recalled the scene of the villagers greeting the people who escorted them on the road, revealing a trace of weirdness, he said: "Did you find it, on the way back, the villagers of this village actually greeted them, in our village, where the old man went, the eyes of the villagers were eager to cut the old man alive, if it wasn't for the gun in our master's hand, I guess those villagers would have rebelled." ”

He touched his bucktooth and said, "But look at this village, how happy the villagers are smiling when they say hello." ”

Bucktooth thought about it and felt that something was wrong, "Beard, why do you say that the people here are so strange?" ”

Hu Zi said: "How do I know, we are also arrested now, it is not certain whether we can go back, let's think about how to save our lives first." ”

Crash.

There was a sound of the door opening the door, the two quickly closed their mouths, looked up, and a thin young man walked in from outside the door, to the surprise of the two of them, the landlord who had traded with the master before was just following behind this young man.

Two soldiers with guns held guns on the left and right sides of Xia Yuan and Li Qingming, staring at the two people sitting on the ground with a trace of unkindness.

"Zhang Wangcai's people from Laohe Village?"

After Xia Yuan walked in, he glanced at the two of them and asked directly.

"Yes, master, please be merciful and let the two of us go." Hu Zi's brain turned quickly, and he understood that the young man in front of him was probably the real landlord of Nianping Village, maybe he was only a housekeeper around him, and he was afraid that this transaction would not be safe, so he pretended to be a landlord and traded with his own master.

Combined with what I had observed in the village earlier, I had a bold guess in my head.