Seeing that the eldest son was unmoved, he wanted to join the Eighth Route Army.
The wife could only look at Li Shanhu and said in a pleading tone: "Master, please say something!"
"Being a soldier and fighting the Japanese will lead to death. We must never let the boss die!"
Li Shanhu spoke up and asked the boss with a serious face: "Your mother is right, you will die if you fight against Japanese soldiers. You have to think about this. If you are afraid of death, don't go. It's too embarrassing!"
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"Father, I've thought about it!" the boss replied with certainty.
Li Shanhu didn't want to talk nonsense. He looked at the boss, took a deep breath, and surprisingly made a decision: "In this case, I agree with you to join the Eighth Route Army!"
"The Eighth Route Army is our own army as a poor people. I feel relieved to join the Eighth Route Army as a soldier!"
"And even if the boss really dies on the battlefield in the future, he will still be a veritable anti-Japanese hero."
"The Eighth Route Army is right. The land and food they gave us for free must be protected by someone. Otherwise, once the little devils and traitors come back, they will definitely take the food and land back and continue to oppress us!"
"Instead of continuing to suffer poverty under their oppression, it is better to work hard and create a future!"
In the afternoon, the Independent Company had just put up a recruiting sign, and the entrance to the village, which had just been quiet, became lively again.
One after another young people passed the examination and became members of the independent camp.
After working continuously for two hours, instructor Liu Wenxuan finally calmed down and said, "Company commander, you can't guess how many new recruits we have recruited in two hours!"
"How much?" Zhao Wen, the independent company commander, immediately asked.
"Twenty-eight!" Liu Wenxuan replied with excitement on his face.
"This is still the current data. There are still many young people who are waiting and watching. I estimate that the final number of recruits should be more than forty!"
"So many?" Zhao Wen was frightened.
According to convention, it would be good for such a village to recruit twenty recruits, but I didn't expect that the number actually doubled.
Although he was shocked, he quickly reacted, stared at Liu Wenxuan and asked: "Have these new recruits been recruited in accordance with the policy?"
"Everything is in compliance with the policy!" Liu Wenxuan affirmed.
"We don't want married people, we don't want only children, and we also get rid of some people with poor physical fitness, but there are still so many people!"
Company Commander Zhao Wen hesitated and sighed: "The battalion commander's method is better!"
"Give the recruits' families free public grain and allocate two acres of land free of charge. Land and food are the lifeblood of our people. It's impossible not to think that the people's enthusiasm to join our Eighth Route Army is high!"
"As long as they comply with the policy, we will accept them all. We will start training tomorrow and replenish the troops as soon as possible!"
Peng Chang, the county magistrate of the independent camp in Hongquan Village, looked very unhappy.
As soon as Li Hao and Wang Hong came in, they couldn't help but complain: "Batalion Commander, instructor, are the recruitment conditions for the army too good?"
"Two hundred kilograms of grain are exempted from tax every year. It doesn't sound like much, but when the number of people increases, it becomes an astronomical figure!"
"I think it is very feasible to distribute their land for free. Should we forget about exempting them from the public grain tax?"
"There are also guerrillas, and no one compensates them with ten kilograms of grain every month. One person may not seem like much, but adding up all the guerrillas in Lingqiu County is also a huge consumption!"
"I'm worried that the small amount of public grain collected every year in the base area can't support the consumption of too many troops!"
Wang Hong hesitated and replied: "I also think the conditions we offered are too good. No other troops in the military division have such good conditions!"
Li Hao shook his head and said in denial: "Comrade Peng Chang, and the instructor, I don't agree with your views."
"As for Comrade Peng Chang's concerns, I think you only saw the surface and did not see the benefits that this would bring to the people in the dissatisfied and base areas!"
"Compared with those benefits, the little public grain we collect is nothing at all?"
Peng Chang remained unmoved and continued to insist on his opinion.
"Battal Commander, this is not a little food!"
"If we recruit 1,000 new soldiers in the county this time, assuming that no one is exempted from the 200 kilograms of grain every year, the total will be 200,000 kilograms of grain!"
"No one in the guerrillas will be compensated with 120 kilograms of grain every year, which is 120,000 kilograms based on a guerrilla force of 1,000 people!"
"It's equivalent to the entire Lingqiu losing 320,000 kilograms of rations of food a year. Calculated based on a soldier's two kilograms of food a day, this food is enough to feed a battalion of nearly 500 soldiers!"
Li Hao did not deny it and thought for a moment before answering.
"You are not wrong in this calculation!"
“But actually our losses aren’t that much!”
"Don't forget that all soldiers who join the Eighth Route Army can receive two acres of land for free for their families. After they die on the battlefield, they will be compensated with two acres of land. These lands are subject to public grain expropriation!"
"Let's take an average. All recruits' families can get three acres of land, and 90 kilograms of public grain will be collected every year. The total of 1,000 recruits can collect an additional 90,000 kilograms of public grain!"
"After losing these 90,000 jins of grain, our real loss is only 230,000 jins of grain."
"In addition, by exempting the public grain from the tax, we can allow the new recruits to join our Eighth Route Army without any worries. Even if they are sacrificed, the exempted public grain plus the extra land income can support their families!"
"Also, if people have more food in their hands, they will exchange it for things. When there is trade, there will be business. Then we will have an additional commercial tax. Although it is not much, it can definitely make up for it.
Our loss!"
"Last point, by exempting public grain from taxes and allocating fields for free, we have greatly mobilized the enthusiasm of the people to join our Eighth Route Army, making everyone more supportive of our Eighth Route Army and united with our Eighth Route Army!"
“Money may not be able to buy this kind of public support!”
Seeing Peng Chang's thoughtful expression, Li Hao continued his analysis.
"As for your worry about insufficient public food just now, I don't think that is a problem at all!"
"Take Laoshu Village, which has been controlled by the Independent Company, for example. The total land in the village exceeds 2,000 acres, and 30 kilograms of grain are collected from one acre of land, which adds up to 60,000 kilograms!"
"There are 600 people in the village, and the guerrillas and recruits joining our Eighth Route Army will not exceed 100 people in total. They will be exempted from taxes and compensated for up to 15,000 kilograms of grain in a year. In the end, at least 45,000 kilograms will be handed over.
catty!"
"Based on the standard that a soldier consumes 700 kilograms of grain a year, an old tree village can feed nearly 70 soldiers with only the public grain!"
“This doesn’t count our other income in Laoshu Village!”
Wang Hong also looked at Li Hao with a puzzled expression.
"Battal Commander, Laoshu Village is full of poor people who know nothing but farming. What other income can they have?" Peng Chang couldn't help but ask.
Li Hao smiled and explained: "With the current amount of land in Laoshu Village, even if there is a good harvest, excluding the public grain, the remaining food can only ensure that the people in the village do not go hungry. It will be better if someone in the family joins the Eighth Route Army. One year
There may be some left after it comes down, but it won’t be much more!”
"Once there is a disaster year and the land does not have a good harvest, the people will have no choice but to continue to be hungry!"
"What we have to do is to increase the income of ordinary people, and by increasing their income, we will in turn increase our income!"
"If my guess is correct, there must be a large amount of uncultivated wasteland within Laoshu Village. If they are all reclaimed, it will be easy for the whole village to reach an average of five acres of land per capita. Then we will have more land.
Public grain income from one thousand acres of land!”
"With more land, the food in the hands of the people will also be greatly increased."
"With grain, they can sell and buy things, and they can also feed livestock and poultry. The economy of the base area will be revitalized, and more or less commercial taxes can be collected."
"Also, the base government can also pay to collect grain and take the grain into its own hands. If you don't want to be in trouble, you can make money directly by buying and selling grain. If you want to make more money, you can also build factories and process agricultural products. Since it can make more people
With some income, we can also make more money!”
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