Throughout the day, they had tried their best to conduct publicity, investigation, and inquiry in each house while completing the heavy work of setting up the camp. 【Read the latest chapter】. Although Wu Nanhai did not prepare much food, many team members still gave the dry food provided by Wu Nanhai: Wu Nanhai's special "Jinhua Crispy Cake" and "Seaweed Rice Balls" to the common people. They felt a little relieved when they did so.
Xi Yazhou was pacing back and forth, feeling very depressed, holding his hand on his chin and thinking. To resume production, we must first stabilize people's hearts. At present, the village is suffering from a lack of food and clothing inside, and there are intrusions from bullies and pirates outside. These are all problems that must be solved. Leaving aside external problems for the moment, the problem of hunger and cold faced by the masses is not easy to solve.
Du Wen broke the silence in the tent: "The lives of the masses are very difficult. Seeing the situation of the masses, we cannot sit idly by and ignore it! I propose to start providing relief tomorrow and also need some clothes. Women here have no clothes to wear-"
"We don't have much capital." Wang Luobin knew very well the wealth they brought. Wu Nanhai only gave them thirty people a week's rations, plus a day's worth of dry food. Now most of the team members have given the dry food to the masses, and the village is currently There are more than a hundred households with four to five hundred people. Even if everyone doesn't keep a morsel of food for themselves, it won't be enough for a day here.
Du Wen said: "Apply for a few more carts of grain and cloth from Bairen City."
"Wu Nanhai doesn't have much food reserves. Even if we can get some, how many days can it last? People have to eat every day."
Xi Yazhou nodded: "That's right, we can't just wait for our superiors to figure out a solution. We still have to solve it on our own." He walked a few more steps and asked: "This salt village itself doesn't grow food, so what did they rely on in the past? Where’s the meal?”
"Of course it depends on the income from selling salt or direct exchange."
"In the final analysis," Xi Yazhou concluded, "the production order here has been destroyed. The salt people can't get a normal income from drying salt, and they don't even have personal safety guaranteed. How can they work hard to produce?"
Wang Luobin said: "That said, we still have to -"
"Well, we have to grasp it with both hands, and we have to be strong with both hands." Xi Yazhou said, "First, we have to find ways to raise food. With food, the people's emotions can stabilize and they can have trust in us; second, we have to We need to arm the masses. Let them have the ability to defend themselves against bullies and pirates." He smiled and nodded, "Yes, that's it! Produce necessary weapons for the masses and help themselves. Yanchang Village is fully qualified to build a fortress of ours. .”
"I agree!" As soon as Du Wen heard that he was going to mobilize the masses, he immediately beamed and became energetic. "But," she frowned, "raising food? Where can we raise food?"
"Where is this place? A salt farm!" Xi Yazhou waved his hand, "As a human being, you have to eat salt. Almost a ton of salt can be produced here a day. As long as you work, you don't have to worry about food and clothing! The local new rice will be on the market soon. , at this moment, if salt can be produced as soon as possible, not only the food problem in the village can be solved, but also a large amount of food can be raised for Bairen City."
"Okay, let's do it!" Du Wen's eyes lit up with excitement. In the hallucination, she had become the female captain of the land reform team in the movie, and her tone was very similar.
"But now the salt farmers dare not leave the field to work, and they are hostile to us." Wang Luobin reminded them.
"We need to understand the origin of this hostility as soon as possible. Wang Gong, you said last time that the people here are not afraid of us."
"Yes, this is very strange." Wang Luobin also felt strange, "The last time I came here, although the people here were not necessarily enthusiastic, their attitudes were normal. This time it has really taken a 180-degree turn. "Yes." He paused for a moment, "I'm just confused. Is it a big dog or a big sheep that arrests people? It has nothing to do with us at all."
"Could it be that the class enemies here are spreading rumors, just like the Kuomintang said in the past that communists and communists share wives?"
Wang Luobin laughed: "Xiao Du, you are so imaginative. First of all, there are no class enemies here. Secondly, we are not ***-"
Xi Yazhou started to laugh too, then he suddenly stopped and said thoughtfully, "Don't say it, it's really possible." He thought for a while, "This matter is probably related to the big family."
Wang Luobin said: "We had no contact with this so-called wealthy family at all. At that time, I saw his people coming to the village from a distance on the embankment. At most, he knew that we had been here."
"Ahem, we're not busy here." Xi Yazhou waved his hand and picked up the walkie-talkie to call the escort, "Quick, go get a few of you, bring Zhang Xingjiao, and bring all the houses where there are women disguised as men. Yes. , don’t alarm other people, I don’t need to say this, you are all good at it.”
As he spoke, he put down the walkie-talkie, turned up the flame of the kerosene lamp - the wind turbine he had brought had not yet been assembled - and said to everyone:
"Let's talk about defense again." He spread out a newly drawn map of the area around the salt farm on the table.
"The Ma Niao Salt Farm is a flat area with no strongholds, and the village itself is not fortified. The enemies we face include local landlords, bandits, and foreign pirates. These three forces are likely to collude with each other. Ours If the working group is stationed for a long time, in addition to arming the local villagers, the camp itself must also be fortified."
"Is this temple good? The foundations are all ready-made, but it's a pity that the houses have collapsed." They are currently stationed at the Gehong Temple at the entrance of the village. This Taoist scholar, famous alchemist, and medical scientist from the Jin Dynasty is regarded by many salt people. As the founder of the salt industry (Note: It is not clear whether the salt people in Hainan have such a belief. The ancestors of the salt people in different places seem to be different.) This temple has been in disrepair for a long time, and the houses have almost collapsed. Only There was a stone platform and a collapsed surrounding wall. The work team's tent was set up on these foundations.
"Repair the bunker?"
"It needs to be bigger, and we have to protect the salt we produce."
While they were talking, they heard someone talking outside. Xi Yazhou said, "Du Wen, go get some candies and cups."
"You want to eat candy?" Du Wen was confused.
"There is a guest, hurry up! If you are not prepared enough, you will be responsible for comforting the girl later."
Du Wen walked out.
After a while, the security team led the family in, followed by Zhang Xingjiao. The two old men were trembling, and the middle-aged man seemed unwilling to do so and was deliberately swaying slowly. The girl disguised as a woman followed behind with her head lowered.
Xi Yazhou hurriedly asked them to sit down and served tea. He has been in the army for many years and has been a sales manager in a large enterprise for many years. He has a sincere and amiable smile on his face.
After a day of publicity by the work team and donating some food, the original fear and hatred have somewhat eased.
When they heard that the time travelers came to Yancun to "eradicate violence and evil, and protect the environment and the people," there was a layer of doubt and confusion on their faces. The strong man snorted and muttered something.
Xi Yazhou already somewhat understood Lingao's dialect, and based on his expression, he roughly understood what he meant, so he asked him gently: What did the time travelers do wrong?
Zhang Xingjiao translated the words, and the other party still responded sometimes coldly, sometimes sarcastically, and sometimes indignantly. No matter what the strong man's attitude was, Xi Yazhou always maintained the most sincere smile and spoke very politely. After going back and forth for several rounds, 66 Xuxu finally understood the whole story.
It turns out that this wealthy man came to the salt village a few days ago and claimed that the short-haired gentlemen from Bairentan entrusted him to collect 200 yuan of salt. He also threatened the village: The short-haired men have powerful firearms, and the soldiers will attack and kill all the chickens and dogs. The story of the Bairentan battle has long been spread here with added fuel and jealousy. In addition, Wang Luobin did bring someone here to buy salt a few days ago. At this time, when the big family said this again, the salt people who were already out of breath became even more desperate. More than ten households fled in one fell swoop, leaving the village in a state of misery. Gou Dahu was afraid that everyone would run away, so he simply arrested the village chief and the village chiefs and elders, and forced them not to flee.
"This is unreasonable!" Wang Luobin almost shouted, "How shameless!" All the time travelers present were shocked: This local tyrant and evil gentry, who only knew about it from Zhang Xingjiao's mouth, actually had such methods!
"It seems that this big businessman is really not simple." Xi Yazhou smiled. He had guessed it to some extent, but this person really couldn't underestimate his ability to pull off the big flag and pull the skin of a tiger.
Xi Yazhou immediately explained to them that there was no such thing at all. If they wanted salt, it was public buying and selling, and there was no reason to force it. As he spoke, he pointed his finger at Zhang Xingjiao, whose face was full of anger: "Just ask this person who had his ancestral grave dug up by a wealthy family!"
The ancients finally dug into the ancestral graves and dug up the ancestral graves, which was regarded as a form of deep hatred. When Xi Yazhou mentioned this, Zhang Xingjiao's face turned red, and he spoke to the family, his tone becoming more and more excited. Seeing the family's expression slowly change.
It seems that it is more effective for local people to work with local people. Moreover, Zhang Xingjiao is a scholar. Although he has no fame, China still respects literate people traditionally.
I learned from Zhang Xingjiao that this family also had the surname Tan, and they were uncles and brothers with the village chief. They were of the same generation: the village chief was called Tan Guiqiong, he was named Tan Guihuang, and the strong man was their son, named Tan Chengqing--the people of Yan all know each other. Longing, just longing for sunny weather so that I can enjoy the salt. Tan Tianqing is good at boxing and kicking, and he is an upright person. He is a straight-minded person who dares to speak and act. He is very popular among the young people in the village.
After about half an hour, Xi Yazhou saw that the fire was almost done, and then he brought the conversation back to the main topic: "Folks, I'm sorry, we are not familiar with this area, and we didn't know that big businessmen would use our name to blackmail and threaten us. We don't know your pain. Now the whole village, men, women, old and young, have neither food nor clothing, and the older girls have no pants to wear. We must first find a solution and discuss it together to get food and clothes so that everyone can have enough food and clothing. "
"Is this possible?" The family asked Xi Yazhou together.
"Yes!" Xi Yazhou affirmed, "As long as everyone works hard together."
Tan Tianqing happily said first: "As long as we have a way, we can do whatever we can."
In order to drive away their long-term discouragement and disappointment, Xi Yazhou emphasized: "We are here to help the people. As long as we know everyone's suffering, we will definitely find a way to solve it."
