Chapter 199: Lively New Year (2)
In the midst of warm cheers, Zhao Chongyang, the king of Dasheng, walked to the parade platform and delivered an enthusiastic toast for the New Year:
"Hello everyone!
On the occasion of the arrival of the New Year, on this happy day of farewell to the old and welcoming the new reunion, thousands of our soldiers and civilians gathered together for a big reunion and a ton of happy New Year's dinner.
Here, on behalf of the headquarters of the Taihang Mountain Base Area, please allow me to wish our more than one million soldiers and civilians in Taihang Mountain a happy New Year and all the best!
In the past year, there was a great drought in the north of China, the northwest of the gorge, the entire territory of Shanxi, and the northern part of Hebei for almost no rain for five consecutive months, thousands of miles of red land, and millions of people of the Great Song Dynasty saw that the autumn harvest was hopeless, and all of them took their children and daughters, begged along the road, and were displaced.
The Great Song Dynasty not only did not want to find a way to provide disaster relief and release grain, in order to achieve the goal of bringing down the Yang family army in Taihang Mountain, but instead colluded with the Jin people and drove more than 1.3 million disaster victims to the Taihang Mountain base area.
Although the Taihang Mountain base area has been irrigated by newly built water conservancy facilities, it has obtained a bumper harvest in the early years.
However, there are less than 200,000 soldiers and civilians in the entire Taihang Mountain base area, and the grain stored in it can provide relief to 100,000 disaster victims at most.
According to the current number of victims, the food shortage in the entire Daxingshan base area has reached more than one million stones.
In order to tide over the difficulties, the leaders of the Taihang Mountain General Headquarters headed by General Yang Huaiyu formulated a practical grain policy in a timely manner and adopted effective measures to tide over the difficulties in the early stage of the grain shortage.
However, the food shortage of more than one million stones is no longer something that can be solved by the Taishan base area.
In order to smash the conspiracy of the Song Dynasty and the Jin people to bring down the Taihang Mountain base area, our Wantong Chamber of Commerce carried forward the boundless spirit of "one party is in trouble, all parties support", and under the advocacy and supervision of the headquarters, the subordinate bases immediately raised money and bought grain everywhere.
In just four or five months, the Wantong Chamber of Commerce supported 1.6 million stone of grain in the Taihang Mountain base area, which not only solved the food shortage, but also reopened the closed winery......
In short, thanks to the joint efforts of all of us, we can proudly say today that we respect life and have not abandoned a single refugee.
We have not only solved the problem of feeding 1.2 million refugees, but also made a set of winter clothes and leather shoes for each refugee, thus solving the problem of warmth.
We can proudly say that the Taihang Mountain base is standing! To hell with all the ghosts and ghosts who want to bring down the Taihang Mountain base area!
Looking back at the old journey and drinking nectar, wearing the morning glow and stepping into a new road. I firmly believe that in the new year, under the correct leadership of the General Headquarters, the 1.5 million soldiers and civilians in the Taihang Mountain Base Area will certainly make concerted efforts to overcome the difficulties, step up production, and strive to achieve self-sufficiency in grain in the new year.
Victory must belong to the selfless and fearless Taihang Mountain soldiers and civilians, I firmly believe that you will be able to create brilliance again!
Finally, please raise your glass and toast to us for completely smashing the conspiracy of the Jin people and the Song court! Cheers to a happy and peaceful Chinese New Year! ”
After the reunion dinner, after cleaning, everyone went home to guard the stove and eat pastries to celebrate the New Year. When the New Year's bell rings, the exercise ground is decorated with colorful flowers.
Suddenly, the deep blue sky was full of flowers and colors......
After the ceremonial flowers, the Yangjia village of Taihang Mountain, which had been lively for a day, slowly quieted down.
The next morning, the Yangge team began to dance in turn in the streets of Zongzhai. At noon, they gathered at the military drill ground for the Spring Festival group worship activities.
The New Year's group gathering was presided over by Yang Zhi. First of all, Zhao Gongzi and the three wives were invited to sit on the review stand, and then the leaders of the headquarters and the leaders of the directly subordinate units were invited to sit on the review stand.
The second is Fang Tianjun's New Year's message on behalf of the headquarters......
The third is the lion and dragon lantern performances in various places to greet the leaders of the headquarters and the military and civilians.
Finally, there is the garden tour, where everyone guesses lantern riddles and has various entertainment activities......
From the second day of the Lunar New Year, the weather turned cloudy, and light snow slowly began to fall at noon. The old residents of Taihang Mountain began to visit each other's relatives, greet each other, and tell their family affection.
In the newly built townships and villages, the family gathered around the red charcoal stove, wearing New Year's clothes issued by the superiors, wearing them on their bodies, warming their hearts. The women and children ate the New Year's goods distributed to everyone by their superiors, and the men drank mellow wine and celebrated the New Year.
Once upon a time, these refugees, who wandered around and begged to survive, finally had a warm home and lived a fairy-like New Year with food, clothing and drink.
Although there is no New Year's situation for each family, the New Year is more lively and prosperous.
Under the arrangement of the leader and several responsible persons, young and middle-aged men and women take turns on duty, responsible for chores, cooking, and cleaning.
After the meal is cooked, the adults and children are well matched, eight people at a table, sit around and kick on the ground, pack the food and start eating the big pot of rice.
Although there are not many dishes, there is wine and meat in every ton, and the rice tube is full, which in the past, how could the rich family with a little family background afford to live.
After the meal, there were dozens of large stoves burning in the food group, and more than 10 or 20 people began to talk around a large stove, and the young people asked everyone to move the stove around the large dining room, and a vacant space was made in the middle.
In the warm dining room, there is constantly singing and laughing.
The people at the shelter think that their New Year's Day is more lively and happier. The only thing that doesn't feel convenient is that dozens of people live in a large dormitory, and each family sleeps in a hot army pit, and the young couple wants to make love at night, like thieves......
People who have been frozen know the warmth of the sun best, people who have been hungry, people who have experienced the sweetness of food, lives that have been threatened by death, and the most unforgettable deep grace to save lives!
In the hearts of millions of refugees, they have already identified Zhao Gongzi and General Yang as their benefactors, and the leading institutions at all levels in the Taihang Mountain base area are their backbone. In the future, they can only obey orders, obey the arrangement, and repay this deep grace with their hard-working hands!