There were many people in the fenced courtyard of the mud house, all villagers in shabby clothes, but most of them were silent and very quiet.
The closest people sitting around Lu Ming were a few old farmers with dark 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.
Those who formed 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 survive. This is the most basic right of our citizens. I am not lazy, so why should I starve to death?"
"These fields were given to you by the Cheng family collective 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
If you are old, you will not be able to come back! As for the fields allocated to everyone, if there is any deserted land, you will definitely be punished!"
Even if your mouth is dry, it won't have much effect, so you can only use both kindness and power.
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, I will help you out!" The beautiful young woman 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 to a fool from the Cheng Dasui family branch 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.
She has been Mrs. Chen Rongfu for more than a year. The money she secretly saved was not given directly to her family, but was used to support her two elder brothers and her second uncle's eldest cousin's children 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 get a wife. Several times when her father and second uncle talked to her, she said she had no money, but she had some money, and she wanted to send her children to middle school 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 come to the table to accompany the guests, but they are 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 watched 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 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 a piece of paper. Even if she works as a clerk in the Suppression Office, her salary is directly transferred to the account of Granny Tuolong. She is only the property of Commissioner Zhang's family, and she is a guilty person. She was tortured to death without anyone paying attention.
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"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 Dasui." Lu Ming frowned: "It seems that we still need to give Cheng Dasui a little more strength. As a
His people responded by killing people and setting fires, otherwise the villagers would still be afraid."
Hearing Lu Ming's topic, Cheng Wanjun did not 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!" The person who replied angrily was Cheng Wanjun's eldest brother Cheng Dazhu, "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.
He kicked his legs, 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 myself even for the old farmers. This is definitely not possible.
Think about some of the political ideas I put forward in the United Matrix, as well as the various declarations I made after coming to the Northern Territory.
Organize it 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 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, 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.
It's not 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 in her ear: "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 warlord wars in the previous life, some provinces had several high-ranking officials for a short period of time at a specific period. This faction appointed one, and that faction appointed another. It was very chaotic.
Nowadays, there are small warlords here, so sometimes the appointment of town mayors and county magistrates is in trouble.
In fact, on Wanzhou Road, there is also a mayor of this town who is in exile.
After thinking for a while, he said, "Don't pay attention to him for now, just let it dry. Also, send a telegram to Montenegro and tell me my order. The dawn operation will continue as usual, and if possible, we will act as early as possible."
