Throughout the day, they had tried their best to complete the heavy work of setting up the camp, and went into each house to carry out publicity, investigation, and inquiry work. Although Wu Nanhai did not prepare much food, many team members still took the distributed food.
Dry food: Wu Nanhai gave the special "Jinhua crisp cakes" and "seaweed rice balls" to the common people. They felt a little relieved by doing so.
Xi Yazhou was pacing back and forth, very depressed, and put his hand on his chin to think. To resume production, we must first stabilize people's hearts. At present, the village is suffering from a lack of food and clothing internally, and externally there are intrusions from bullies and pirates. These are all problems that must be solved. Externally
Leaving aside the problem 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 distribute 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: "Please 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 took 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's based 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 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 find ways to raise food.
We need to arm the masses so that they have the ability to defend themselves against bullies and pirates." He smiled and nodded, "Yes, that's it! Give the masses the necessary weapons to produce and help themselves, and the Salt Farm Village is fully qualified to build one of ours.
fortress."
"I agree!" When Du Wen heard that the masses were to be mobilized, she immediately smiled and became energetic. "But," she frowned, "Raise 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 made a 180-degree turn.
"Yes." He paused for a moment, "I'm just confused, whether the person who is being arrested is a big dog or a big sheep has nothing to do with us at all."
“Could it be the class enemies here spreading rumors?”
Wang Luobin laughed: "Xiao Du, you are so imaginative. Firstly, there are no class enemies here, and secondly, neither are we -"
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 moment, "This matter is probably related to the wealthy 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. The most he knew was 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 the house where there are women disguised as men. Yes.
, Don’t alarm other people, there’s no need for me to say this, you’re 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 surrounding areas of 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 very 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 foundation is ready, 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 of the Jin Dynasty, a famous alchemist and medical scientist is regarded by many salt people.
He is the founder of the salt industry. This temple has been in disrepair for a long time, and the houses have almost collapsed. Only the stone base and a collapsed surrounding wall are left. The work team's tents were set up in these houses.
Basically.
"Repair the bunker?"
"It needs to be bigger, and we still 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 appeasing the girl later."
Du Wen walked out.
After a while, the security team led the family into the house, followed by Zhang Xingjiao. The two old men were shaking and the middle-aged man seemed unwilling to do so and deliberately moved slowly. The girl dressed as a woman lowered her head.
Purpose follows.
Xi Yazhou hurriedly invited them to sit down and served tea. He had been in the army for many years and had been a sales manager in a large company for many years. A sincere and amiable smile immediately appeared 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 a few words.
Xi Yazhou already somewhat understood Lingao's dialect, and according to his expression, he roughly understood what he meant, so he asked him gently: What on earth did the time travelers do wrong?
Zhang Xingjiao translated the words, and the other party still replied 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, he finally
One after another, the whole story came to light.
It turns out that this wealthy man came to Yan 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 gentlemen have powerful firearms, and they will send troops to kill all the chickens and dogs without leaving a trace -
―The story of the Battle of Bairentan has long been spread here with added embarrassment. In addition, Wang Luobin did bring people here to buy salt a few days ago. Now that the big boss said this, the salt people who were already breathless
They became even more desperate, and more than a dozen households fled at once, leaving the village in a state of misery. The big households were afraid that everyone would run away, so they simply arrested the village chief and the village chiefs and elders, and threatened them not to flee.
"That's 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 a method!
"It seems that this big businessman is really not easy." Xi Yazhou smiled, he had guessed it to some extent, but this person's ability to pull off the skin of a tiger by pulling a banner was really something he could not underestimate.
Xi Yazhou immediately explained to them that there was no such thing at all. If you want salt, it is a public purchase and sale, and there is no reason to force it. As he said this, he pointed his finger at Zhang Xingjiao, whose face was full of anger: "Ask this Gou
You must be the one who digs up the graves of your ancestors!"
In ancient times, digging into ancestral tombs and ancestral graves was regarded as a matter of deep hatred. When Xi Yazhou mentioned this, Zhang Xingjiao's face turned red, and he spoke to the family member, his tone becoming more and more excited. Seeing the family member's expression slowly changing,
of transformation.
It seems that it is more effective for local people to treat local people. Moreover, Zhang Xingjiao is a scholar. Although he has no fame, China still respects literate people in tradition.
I learned from Zhang Xingjiao that this family also had the surname Tan, and that they were uncles and brothers with the village chief: the village chief was named 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 a sunny day so that I can soak up the salt. Tan Tianqing can do some martial arts and is an upright person. He is a straightforward 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 was watching the heat, and then he returned 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 food and clothing without worries.
"
"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 there is 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."