Chapter 225 Seeking Roots and Asking Ancestors
Liu Heiqi was killed!!
A stone stirred up a thousand waves. First, the bold people around him, and then the good news quickly spread to other villages. The scene appeared before Feng Quan like a movie he had watched before traveling through time. The people stood happily on the side of the road watching...
In April of the Gregorian calendar, it should be spring in the lunar calendar. The mountainous areas in southern Shandong are still cold, and thin ice is floating on the surface of small rivers. Even though the weather is cold, it still cannot stop the people. After hearing the news, they walked out of their homes. Small villages are boiling! Men, women, young and old, rushed to the village heads and spontaneously welcomed the mixed coalition formed by the Zhongtiao Mountain Independent Regiment and the Han Fuju tribe.
"The bosses have distributed food!!"
"Shenma? There are such good things!!"
The coalition not only did not pay taxes, but also forced the men to collect food!!
There were gentry from all villages and villages, and each household sent a male man to line up to take bags of food in an orderly manner. The local people who were no longer concerned about him were very welcomed by this coalition force and were very grateful. Every time the troops arrived in a village, they were warmly welcomed by the masses. Women in the countryside used wooden plates to put peanuts, melon seeds and eggs to eat for their friends, and stopped the troops and were allowed to leave after they had finished eating. The old man wanted to pull the troops to sit at his home, and the aunt brought peanuts and melon seeds...
The relationship between the military and the civilians! The birds eat the pot and the slurry!!
How sincere that kindness is, how simple and unpretentious the smile is, the young are like brothers and sisters, and the old are like kind parents and parents. This is the army of the people. With such an army and the common people, what else can be invincible? The god-master Liu Heiqi and Liu Baiqi's are nothing!!
"Dongdongdongdongdongdong"
"Clang clang clang"
The gongs and drums were loud, crackling, and crisp and violent firecrackers continued to ring, and choking white smoke appeared, and a happy and peaceful scene. The friends of the Independent Group had long been used to it. Han Fuju's troops, who had failed to clean up many times, were a little restless and restless.
"It's the New Year in the first lunar month. I'm driving pigs and sheep out. Pigs and sheep, where to send them to my relatives..." There were deafening cheers everywhere: "Welcome! Welcome! Warm welcome!!"
Feng Quan and Han Fuju, sitting on the tall horse, frequently bowed to the people. Looking around, they saw the enthusiastic faces and bright smiles everywhere. Under Feng Quan and Han Fuju's strict request, the coalition forces were not allowed to accept the people's needles and threads. It is understandable that they eat some peanuts and melon seeds, eggs, especially pigs, cattle, sheep, etc., kidding, that is the hope for the people for the year.
The coalition finally squeezed out of the crowded crowd and came to the wide official road. Feng Quan and Han Fuju had a conclusion. The coalition was divided into 30 detachments and went to various places to suppress bandits. Small-scale bandits were solved by each detachment themselves, and those with larger scales were jointly fought.
In Linyi City, Feng Quan and Han Fuju had a big meal. After drinking and eating, Feng Quan proposed to see each other again. Han Fuju left Linyi with Feng Quan. Saying you for a thousand miles. There was always a separation. Shandong Provincial Chairman Han Fuju sent Feng Quan more than ten miles away. Feng Quan bowed to Han Fuju and said loudly: "Brother Xiang Fang, don't send me again. That magical horse, I went to a small mountain village in Jiaxiang County, Jining City, southwest Shandong to search for my roots. I have seen the family tree in the United States, and it said that I have a lot of connection with the Feng family there. Goodbye!!"
"Ah? There is such a thing! In this way, I will give County Mayor Jiaxiang a call and ask him to wait for you in this village, brother, which town or which village?"
"Phoenix Mountain Village, ** Town!"
"Okay, my brother, my military and political affairs are urgent, so I won't accompany you, I will see you again if I have the chance!"
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The conditions at Zhongtiaoshan base are so good. There are heating in winter and fans in summer. It is warm in winter and cool in summer. It is definitely much better than in my hometown. In 1933, more than 80 years have passed since now. Feng Quan remembers that his grandfather once said that the old man was doing well at that time. After several generations of hard work, his family bought a few acres of thin land. He could not think about being rich and wealthy, but at least the problem of food and clothing can be solved.
Feng Quan decided to find out that there were old grandma, grandpa, underage grandpa, and third grandpa in his hometown, with a total of five people, including people and furniture. Three Dodge Army cards should be able to hold them. So he left 12 friends around him and drove three cars toward his hometown.
The feeling of being close to the hometown is even more timid. In Linyi and Zaozhuang, Feng Quan could also see successful people wearing suits and ties in groups of three or three. However, after the official road that was not worthy of its name, the bumpy ones were everywhere, and the common people were wearing long gowns and jackets and very distinctive pants with very fat crotch.
During the Republic of China, men were still very superior to women. Following the narrow road, you could vaguely see some old ladies with foot binding. Walking swaying and swaying, it was quite interesting.
Driving on the more bumpy dirt road in the countryside, Feng Quan saw more scenes that could only be seen on movies and TV before crossing. Those who were riding a horse and carrying a sedan chair to get married, led a small donkey; those who sat back on the donkey to visit their parents' home; those who were walking around the village and alleys to play circuses; those who begged along the road; those who carried bamboo baskets to check livestock manure; those who helped the elderly and the young to go to the market...
Whenever they encounter crowded people, Feng Quan voluntarily and takes the initiative to stop and give way. He jokes that this is all from the old man and the old man, and he will not give in to science birds! Despite this, the people are still very scared and their curious eyes keep glancing at the rare cars.
Finally arrived at Jiaxiang territory. County Magistrate Zhang received a notice from the Chairman of Shandong Province. He had been waiting for a long time while riding a horse. Don't ride a horse. Get on the bus. When he saw County Magistrate Zhang, Feng Quanke politely asked him to get on the bus. County Magistrate Zhang, who knew Feng Quan's background, delayed it again and again before sitting with Feng Quan.
I was bored, Feng Quan asked County Mayor Zhang, who was familiar with the people's sentiment, to introduce the situation in Jiaxiang's rural areas. He learned that in fact, from the Northern Song Dynasty to the Republic of China, the general trend of changes in rural land rights in China was not becoming more and more concentrated, but more and more scattered; the number of large landlords was not increasing, but less and less. By the Ming and Qing dynasties, large landlords in rural China had basically disappeared; in the Republic of China, the "increasingly scattered" trend of rural land continued. As soon as the large landlords disappeared, the land was scattered in the hands of self-cultivated farmers and small and medium-sized owners.
Among them, there are only two landlords covering an area of more than 1,000 mu in Jiaxiang County, and the largest landlords in 23 villages occupy no more than 0 mu of land. The scattered land in ** Town is even more serious. According to the land entries of Jiaxiang County, the largest landlords in various places occupy less than 100 mu.
The main reason is the surge in population, which is why land annexation is becoming increasingly difficult and no longer has the soil to produce large landlords. The government also allows land to be traded freely, and the land union is not very fierce, but is becoming slower and slower. Large landlords are almost extinct, and the average land size of landlords is not getting bigger and bigger, but smaller.
The middle-aged landlords barely offset the income and expenditure. Liao Ruoxingchen, who issued usury, sold their land and did business in counties and cities. The small landlords who lived in the countryside were gradually declining, and they were often oppressed by usury.
"This year, farmers and Xinhua Banks' mortgage loans are mostly targeted by landlords, and none of the borrowed funds invested in agriculture, mostly used for debt repayment, mortgages and various consumption matters."
County Mayor Zhang continued to talk nonsense, and Feng Quan was shocked when he heard this. Damn! Even small and medium-sized landlords were generally bankrupt, and the countryside was really declining!! It was not easy to get through, but Feng Quan was a little happy. He just took this opportunity to let the old man and his family go to Zhongtiao Mountain Base!
"Actually, I have to say that it is the Republic of China and the countryside is still so poor, there are three major reasons:
First, industry and commerce are extremely underdeveloped, and countless rural surplus labor can only be trapped on the land and there is no other way out;
Secondly, due to the economic impact of advanced Western countries, the rough rural Chinese people were unable to compete with them;
Third, political turmoil, warlords, natural disasters, etc., and so on, hehehe, the burden on the people is a bit too heavy."
It seems that County Magistrate Zhang is a little self-aware, but he is just a grassroots official. Feng Quan is too lazy to see him as much as he is in the world. He probably has no choice but to do so.
Although there were hundreds of miles from Linyi to Jiaxiang County, Jining, with poor road conditions and slow vehicle speeds, Feng Quan still arrived at his destination smoothly. Looking up, the small mountain village was much smaller than later generations. The entire mountain village was surrounded by tall walls, probably to prevent bandits and other chaos. On the tall walls, there were also two or two holding single-handed guns to watch out for war.
The entourages of County Mayor Zhang, who were running or riding horses, had long entered the village without a very wide city gate, and successfully found the boss of Fenghuang Mountain Village.
"Clang clang clang"
"Clang clang clang"
With the sound of crisp and pleasant gongs, a long gown with glasses came out and bowed, "Welcome to County Mayor Zhang, I am the Shi Baozhu of this village, who is this?"
"This is Feng Quan, the leader of the Zhongtiaoshan Independent Regiment and the commander of the bandit suppression in North China. This time, Chief Feng came to our Shandong, and the first was to suppress bandit suppression. Liu Heiqi from Linyi had heard of it. He was killed by Chief Feng yesterday and was wiped out by the 3,000 heroes under his command. Liu Heiqi's troops were wiped out!!"
Hearing County Mayor Zhang's words, Chief Shi was shocked. Damn it! It's so awesome, but I don't know him. But he still bowed politely to Feng Quan, and Feng Quan also smiled and returned the gesture.
"Captain Feng came here, the second thing was to find the roots. Take us to Feng Xun's house in your village!"
Shi Baochang led the way, from the west gate of the small mountain village, passing through the narrow stone road, a large group of people walked in love, and more and more people were watching around. Many people were talking in a low voice, and the children were running around and playing. They were getting closer and closer to their hometown, and Feng Quan was getting more and more excited, and finally he arrived!
"Tu tuk"
A middle-aged man wearing a melon-shaped hat and a goatee opened the door in the voice. Seeing so many people at his doorstep, even Chief Shi Bao respectfully looked at his posture. The person coming must be a high-ranking official. I didn't violate the civil law or anything else?
The middle-aged man bowed to Feng Quan, who was in the middle position and was like stars holding the moon, and said timidly: "This boss, who do you want?"
Looking at the old man who died young and had only seen portraits from the incense table he offered to his home before traveling through time, Feng Quan's eyes became wet and wiped his tears of incompetence. Feng Quan did not take over the conversation, but said: "The dragon and tiger are in the wind and clouds, and the world is long!"
Chapter completed!