There were many people in the fenced yard of the mud house, all villagers in shabby clothes, but most of them were silent and very quiet.
Those closest to Lu Ming were a few old farmers with swarthy faces. Some were rolling cigarettes with trembling hands like cracked dead wood. Some were silent and lowered their heads to listen to Lu Ming's speech. They were sitting on wooden pillars or something like that. The people forming a circle behind them were all young and middle-aged people and children. Most of them were standing. Some looked a little excited after hearing Lu Ming's words, but they did not dare to say anything.
"Everyone is born with the right to live. This is the most basic right of our citizens. I am not lazy, so why should I starve to death?"
"These fields were distributed to everyone by the Cheng Family Collection Office. Why don't you dare to take them? It's just because we are afraid that the situation will change in the future and our current behavior is a sin. Please rest assured about this. In fact, General Lu originally wanted to personally I have come to make a promise to everyone, but Jiangnan is busy rectifying military affairs, so I have been entrusted to tell you a few words..." After a pause, Lu Ming looked at their expressions, "General Lu said that as long as he is around, Cheng You won’t be able to come back when you’re old! As for the fields allotted to everyone, if there are any that are deserted, you will definitely be punished!”
Even though my mouth is dry, it doesn't have much effect, so I can only use kindness and power at the same time.
However, seeing that some young people have bright eyes, I think they understand the true meaning of "General Lu"'s words.
"Oh, it smells so good. Is the rice ready? Second Aunt?" Lu Ming raised his head and asked with a smile.
There was a stove behind the fence yard. At this time, a peasant woman in homespun clothes came around from the back of the earthen house. When Lu Ming asked, she rubbed her apron nervously, "Yes..."
"Okay, uncle, let's break up! Commissioner Zhang will go to his uncles' houses after dinner! Third uncle, let me help you out!" The lady in light blue cheongsam who spoke was Cheng Wanjun of the Cheng family.
She was from a poor family of the Cheng family. Because she had been beautiful since she was a child, she was originally sold by her family to a fool from a branch of the Cheng Da Sui family as a child bride. However, she was able to convince her mother-in-law to pay for her to go to Nanping to attend middle school.
One day Chen Rongfu went to Nanping Middle School to give a speech, and he fell in love with her at first sight, and she became Chen Rongfu's concubine.
Lu Ming originally felt that these experiences were deliberately fabricated, but now he sees that they are true.
After all, he has read a book, he treats people very differently, and he seems to be able to do things well.
This is Cheng Wanjun's home, with five adobe houses and more than a dozen people living there. Her family lives with her second uncle's family, and the conditions are very poor.
It has been more than a year since she became Chen Rongfu's wife. The money she saved secretly was not given directly to her family. Instead, she paid for the children of her two elder brothers and her second uncle's cousin to go to school in Nanping. Her four or five children were taken care of in every possible way.
She also has a third brother and two cousins from her second uncle's family who are unable to marry. Several times when her father and second uncle talked to her, she said that she had no money, but she had some money and that she wanted to provide for her children to go to middle school and study in the future. She was studying in a normal school. For this reason, several bachelors in the family and her father's second uncle called her a white-eyed wolf.
But now, both her father's second uncle and her bachelor brothers are very polite to her.
The long wooden table with low legs and low stools in the backyard were all temporarily borrowed.
Except for the Cheng family, no woman in the Cheng family is qualified to serve at the table. Even more so now. Only the Cheng family's father Cheng Lao Er, second uncle Cheng Lao Er, and the eldest son of the two families came to the table to accompany the guests, but they were all very restrained and unattractive. Don't dare to breathe.
The food was quite good, including fish and meat. Cheng Wanjun probably paid for it.
Grandma Tuolong was watching the whole process of cooking, but now she stood far away.
"It's rare for you to be able to satisfy your craving for good food, but with me here, you can't eat it well." Lu Ming glanced at Mrs. Cheng beside him, "Well, let's go back and pay 10 yuan from Grandma Tuolong to help support the family. It’s like I’m treating you to a big meal at your house for several days.”
"Yes, thank you, sir..." Cheng Wanjun replied timidly in a low voice, which was completely different from how he treated others just now.
Life is as thin as paper. Even if she works as a clerk in the Suppression Office, her salary is directly transferred to Granny Tuolong's account. She is just the property of Commissioner Zhang's family, and she is a guilty person. She was tortured to death without anyone paying attention. .
"I think you are very good at communicating with the villagers. Next, you have to do more work for them so that they don't have to be afraid of Cheng Da Sui." Lu Ming
Frowning: "It seems that we should give Cheng Da Sui some strength as a response to his people killing people and setting fires here, otherwise the villagers will still be afraid."
Hearing Lu Ming's topic, Cheng Wanjun didn't dare to say anything.
"Uncle Cheng, Second Uncle, you have been assigned a field, do you dare to plant it?" Lu Ming's tone became more gentle.
"Dare!" Cheng Wanjun's eldest brother Cheng Dazhu answered in a loud voice, "Besides, if we don't go, General Lu has an order, and Commissioner Zhang will arrest us and punish us!" He lowered his head when he spoke, even though his father kept touching him. His legs fell, but he still finished his sentence.
Lu Ming looked at him and smiled: "That's right." Looking at Cheng Wanjun, "Look, your brother has a good idea."
But I sighed in my heart. In this northern region, I have to do the work for the old farmers myself. This is definitely not possible.
Think about some of the political propositions I put forward in the United Matrix, as well as the various declarations I made after coming to the Northern Territory.
Sort it out carefully and add the politics of previous lives, because various political models and historical processes are much more complicated than this world, and those political philosophies are actually much deeper than this world.
From all this, can we summarize a political doctrine that is suitable for this world?
This is a big project and needs to be carefully considered.
Thinking wildly, Lu Ming picked up a piece of meat and said with a smile: "Come on, eat, eat! Second Aunt, your craftsmanship is good! You will know it by smelling the aroma." In fact, there is obviously very little stewed meat in this family. Just look at the appearance. Not at all the true nature of braised pork.
Outside, a young man in black uniform wearing a peaked cap hurried in, came to Granny Tuolong and whispered a few words.
Grandma Luotuo then walked up and whispered, "Master, Sun Chonggu has evacuated Mayor Du."
Sun Chonggu arrived at Chengjiaji this morning, but Lu Ming did not go to see him and was busy with his own affairs.
"Don't worry about him. Tell Lao Du how to do things." Lu Ming waved his hand.
"But he appointed a new mayor, and he brought a personal entourage with him." Granny Tuolong continued.
oh? Lu Ming put down his bowl and chopsticks.
I couldn't help but think, it really is a world of warlords. In the previous life, when warlords were fighting, some provinces had several governors for a short period of time in a specific period. One faction appointed one, and another faction appointed another. It was very chaotic.
Nowadays, there are small warlords here, so sometimes the appointment of town mayors and county magistrates is chaotic.
In fact, on Wanzhou Road, there is also a mayor of this town who is in exile.
After thinking about it, "Ignore him for now, just let it dry. Also, send a telegram back to Montenegro and tell me my order. The dawn operation will continue as usual, and if possible, we will act as early as possible."
Granny Camel Dragon nodded: "Yes."
