In recent months, the security team has done a lot of investigation work on the local people and social conditions in Lingao. They interrogated prisoners, talked with recruited laborers and soldiers, and regularly talked with local indigenous people who came to Dongmen City, including using technical means to eavesdrop.
A lot of useful information was obtained from local people's chats in the tea sheds of Dongmen City. Because Zhang Youfu had a lot of contact with the executive committee, and because he was planned to be a key figure in opening up cooperation with all walks of life in the local area, the security team focused on him.
You will know more about the situation.
As a run-down landlord, Zhang Youfu himself is not worth mentioning economically. His status in Lingao is entirely due to his certain connections with pirates along the coast. This man is shrewd, capable, and eloquent.
I am satisfied with him as a liaison officer.
He is a multi-faceted character who is very useful to the traveling parties - they can send a lot of messages through him, but they have to be wary of him.
Wen Desi took Zhang Youfu to drink and chat again, and Zhang Youfu was flattered - thanks to the power of Kun Thief, he would not have to worry about food and drink in this area. When the wine was drunk, the atmosphere on the table was very warm.
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At the wine table, in order to show that he was "good", he quietly told Wen and Xi that in fact, most of the gentry were in favor of their proposal of "team training and joint guarantee", especially some
Small and medium-sized villages, which cannot afford to support large groups to practice rural bravery, hope to spend a small amount of money to protect the safety of the village. At the very least, they can buy peace to avoid the same fate as Goujiazhai. Large companies like Huangjiazhai
Village, the attitude is quite ambiguous. Zhang Youfu said that the old man of the Huang family had been silent during the discussions among the gentry, but when asked about his opinion, he also agreed, but said that the villages cannot pin their hopes on you.
, one's own children must be controlled by themselves, otherwise they will be controlled by others...
Xi Yazhou nodded secretly after hearing this. This old coffin ladle still has some knowledge.
Seeing that they were listening with rapt attention, Zhang Youfu added more fuel to the fire by telling him about Huang Shoutong's intensified training of rural bravery and hoarding of grain in the village. He said that after his family harvested this year's autumn grain, in addition to paying the extra grain tax, Zhang Youfu
There is no takeout, everything is stored in the stockade, and the tenants are required to repair the stockade wall during their winter leisure time. "I'm afraid they have some plans."
Wen Desi knew that Huang Shouyi had always disliked Zhang Youfu because of his association with pirates. He wanted to arrest him several times and charge him with being a bandit, but fortunately the gentry did not agree. This was Landlord Zhang.
I took eye drops while taking the opportunity. But what he said must be true. They really admire Huang Shoutong. Through a lot of information collected, they know that this person can be regarded as a loyal and righteous person in this time and space. This kind of person is
Will not surrender easily.
"Besides him, who else is against it?"
"There are still a few poor people. The most enthusiastic one is Liu Laizi."
"Liu Laizi?" The word "Liu Laizi?" made them startled. Most of them knew the names and nicknames of the scholars, scholars, gentry, landlords and the like, but they had never heard of anyone with this name.
"That's Liu Dalin." Zhang Youfu was indeed a standard urban figure. He had no respect for the only Jinshi in the history of Lingao County, so he simply gave him a nickname based on his physical defects.
"It's Liu Jinshi."
"That's right, that's him." It was obvious that Zhang Youfu also had grudges against Liu Jinshi, "Just because he is a Jinshi, I insist-" He suddenly realized that he had let the slip, and quickly said: "This Liu Dalin is He was very angry and said that 'Han and traitors cannot stand together', and also scolded the gentry for 'seeking skin from tigers' and doing anything for tigers, since they are all tigers anyway."
It seems that this benchmark figure in Lingao County has a lot of opinions about us. Wen Desi and Xi Yazhou looked at each other with a wry smile on their faces. According to their plan, Liu Dalin is the person that the Time Travel Group will try to win over in the future. , his attitude will greatly affect the attitude of the scholars and gentry here towards the time-traveling group. But now it seems that it will be difficult to win over him.
Wen Desi also inquired a lot about Liu Dalin and found out that he was a candidate for the imperial examination in the 43rd year of Wanli. After winning the imperial examination, he went to the mainland to study with a teacher. It is said that he went to Jiangxi and became a disciple of a former editor of the Hanlin Academy. Four years later, he won the imperial examination and was appointed as the magistrate of a certain county in Anhui Province. Unexpectedly, he became paralyzed soon after he got the title, so he returned to live in seclusion in the countryside without becoming an official.
Zhang Youfu was drunk, and he couldn't help but bring up many personal grudges: He once competed with his neighbors for water on a hillside, and relying on his connections, he invited some rogues from the countryside to injure them. Naturally, Xiaomin could only admit that he was unlucky. He did not expect that this person was a relative of Liu Jinshi. When a photo was sent to the county government, Zhang Youfu was arrested and received forty blows, even though he was familiar with the people in the county government. , he didn’t suffer too much, but the humiliation of being stripped of his pants and beaten in front of him was something he always grudged against.
The two of them secretly laughed, but this also showed that Liu Jinshi was not aloof from the world. Since he knew how to take care of his relatives, it showed that he was still considerate and reasonable. What they were most afraid of meeting was a person like Hai Rui. , he refuses to take soft and hard advice, he doesn't recognize his relatives, he is invulnerable to weapons and bullets, so he accepts it as a dead end. He can't pull him over, he can't beat him, he can't kill him, and he has to pretend to be open-minded and get scolded by him.
"Does Liu Jinshi's family have group training?"
"Where does he come from for team training? He just keeps some servants at home to protect the hospital." Zhang Youfu thought that the Travel Group was going to attack Liu Jinshi, so he became more enthusiastic and said that Liu Jinshi's residence was not far away, and it was only seven or eight miles away. His family lived in the west gate of the county. However, his family had a village outside the city, just three or four miles from the west gate of the county. Sometimes he would go out of the city to live for ten and a half days.
Wen Desi wrote down this situation in his notebook. Zhang Youfu was happy to see it and became more attentive. During this period, Wen Desi asked him about his relationship with Liu Xiang Group - judging from the information collected, he and Liu Xiang The Hong Kong group seems to have the closest relationship.
Zhang Youfu didn't hide it, saying that his wife was related to a "shopkeeper" in the Liu Xiang Group. And they were both from Qiongshan County. The family members of this "shopkeeper" are still in Qiongshan County. Is there anything I need? If you want to contact us, it is convenient and safe to use this line.
"Can you give us a message for Gang Leader Liu?" Xi Yazhou said.
"Sure! You are looking down on the villain." Zhang Youfu was very happy.
"Ask him to send someone to negotiate with us." Xi Yazhou said, "We all value peace. As long as we can sit down and talk, we will forget about the past."
"Okay, I'll send someone to deliver the message tomorrow." Zhang Youfu promised, and the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves for a while. Zhang Youfu also used his drunkenness to inquire about the origins of the traveling group, but Wen Desi used a set of unified caliber to deal with him. . It can be seen that Zhang Youfu doesn't really believe it, but it doesn't matter.
It was almost 23:00 when they left Zhang Youfu's home. They declined the sedan chair sent by Zhang Youfu and walked back on foot. The temperature at night in Lingao is slightly cooler, but not cold. Walking on the country road, It was very comfortable. The sky they saw when they looked up was filled with stars. Such beauty could not be seen in the dirty atmosphere of another time and space. However, they usually did not have many opportunities to see the stars, and their footing was not stable. In the dark night of different time and space, threats are lurking everywhere. Once it gets dark, everyone, except for the guard posts, will retreat to the fortresses and houses where they feel safe.
Now, Wen Desi instinctively felt that the most dangerous moment had passed. In the past three months, the time travelers had built a brand new city with their own hands, built a hydropower station, and produced the first kiln of cement in this time and space. Houses were built, streets were paved, and even canteens used biogas energy for cooking. Modern society has sprouted in this time and space. Everyone is still alive, and labor and regular life have made everyone healthier. The Crossing Group fought bloody battles, repelled the enemy's attack, expanded its sphere of influence from the beaches of Bopu to both sides of the middle and lower reaches of the Wenlan River, controlled the salt fields, and vital transportation, energy and industrial facilities were under intense construction. No one doubts that once these facilities are completed, the power will increase exponentially.
The time-travelers have established a firm foothold here. The people are slowly beginning to believe in them and are willing to contact and serve. Now, the time-travel group is no longer satisfied with just using business and employment methods to contact the people of this time and space. Civil affairs means will be gradually adopted to control and master Lingao's human resources and resources.
"Mr. Wen, the Spring Festival is almost here in the blink of an eye, isn't it?"
"If you didn't tell me, I would have forgotten that it is already 1629 and no one has celebrated New Year's Day."
"What day is it today?"
"December 26th of the first year of Chongzhen was already January 19th of 1629 in the Gregorian calendar."
"Let's also have a good Spring Festival. We have been busy for more than three months, and there is not a single day of rest."
For the Chuanchuan people, it is not an important matter to celebrate the New Year. Although the executive committee has posted a notice to take a seven-day holiday starting from the New Year's Eve, all work has not come to a standstill near the end of the year. On the other hand, The common phenomenon of having a holiday on the first day of the Lunar New Year and gradually being out of work starting from December 20th does not exist here. When everyone knows that their work is contributing to their own future, Work is a pleasure instead of hard work. This was not felt in the old time and space.
The preparations for the joint protection conference are also in full swing. Not to mention the traveling public, even Zhang Youfu has become a busy man. Near the end of the year, he often travels around to do work in various villages. Wu De gave the local workers who have families a After a few days of vacation, they were allowed to go back to celebrate the New Year, and to promote the necessity of the meeting to the elders in the village. However, it was already approaching the Lunar New Year, and everyone everywhere was busy preparing for the New Year, so the meeting had to be postponed until later in the year. After discussion, the Executive Committee felt that it was a good opportunity to take advantage of the meeting to implement agricultural reforms and kill two birds with one stone. The final date for the meeting was February 1, 1629, which on the lunar calendar was the ninth day of the first lunar month in the second year of Chongzhen.
New Year's Eve is here. In order for all time travelers to celebrate the first Spring Festival in this time and space, in addition to the holiday, each time traveler also received additional special supply coupons. Poor people in various villages within a few dozen miles of Bairen City Either doing business with the time-travelers, or working for them, I got some benefits, and I got a lot of money. In addition, the autumn harvest was not affected by wind and rain, so the year was not bad. There was no intrusion by pirates and bandits, and the desolate and unbearable " "In the midst of a sudden and declining year", some scenes of peace actually appeared. Almost every household had pasted Spring Festival couplets, and some had peach charms. Smoke was rising from every household in the originally dilapidated villages. The yellow faces of the children were also revealed. Get a little angry.
Within a hundred miles, there is no village that does not send New Year gifts to the crossing group. Pigs, sheep, rice wine, chickens, ducks and fish fill the shops outside the east gate. Dugu proposes and Dongmen Chuiyu smiles happily - although they only have the right to see these things That's all, they were all taken away by Dai Xieyun in the end.
This New Year is spent in a happy mood, full of the joy and confidence of victory. Everyone sees the infinite future ahead of them. The frightening situation in the past three months has begun to change. If we say that at the beginning of D-Day, everyone is not confident that we will win. If so, then now they all believe that their future is bright and their spirits are very encouraging.
Couplets were posted on the doors of the family dormitories in the dormitory area, which brought joy to the Spring Festival in Bairencheng. Some people even asked the chemical engineering team to make some firecrackers. Anyway, they had a firecracker craftsman available, but this proposal was rejected. However, people soon discovered that firecrackers could be bought in Lingao County, so starting from the morning of New Year's Eve, people started to go to the city to buy firecrackers. Later, buying firecrackers became a "one-day trip to Lingao County" - absolutely Most of the time-travelers have not entered this nearby Ming Dynasty county town from D-Day until now. Now that the situation has improved, and it is the New Year with nothing to do, they all want to visit. The government officials and Minzhuang at the gate of the city naturally do not dare to stop it. Fortunately, the reputation of the Crossing Tour in Lingao is quite good, so the influx of people in droves did not cause panic, but attracted many idle children to come and watch. Everyone finally understood the situation of foreigners in China at the beginning of reform and opening up.
Except for a few history enthusiasts who excitedly took pictures with cameras everywhere, most people were disappointed. This county town is worse than a small town in modern time and space, with only a few shops. Although it is the Chinese New Year, every household has posted Spring Festival couplets, and there are also some on the streets. Many vendors setting up stalls are somewhat festive. However, most of the houses along the street are dilapidated, and the slightly neater ones are either yamen or temples. What is even more peculiar is that this county town itself is so small that you can see the west gate from the east gate. There are also large areas of wasteland.