Chapter 785: If I sacrifice myself, I would like to be the first!
Hou Bingren smiled and said: Director Du, I have been waiting for you for a long time. Please come in."
Arriving inside the village hall, the guests and hosts were seated. Du Fei said: "Before I came this time, I heard Comrade Chu Ming say that the Shangshui Hou family has been loyal for generations. Many of their children devoted themselves to the Anti-Japanese War and fought successively, which is admirable."
Hou Bingren quickly said politely: "Director Du, you have given me the compliment."
Although Du Fei was right, there were indeed many sons of the Hou family who joined the army, but they all voted for the opposite side, which was equivalent to making a wrong bet.
How dare you mention this again now? He quickly talked about the friendship between the Hou family and Chu Ming, and said that the Hou family was loyal to the country and so on.
After half an hour of chattering, the two sides got to the point.
Hou Bingren looked angrily and talked about how the Japanese bullied others to excess, how the capitalists exploited the workers, and how the workers in Xiangjiang suffered so much...
Du Fei is also an actor. After hearing this, he slapped the table: "This is unreasonable!"
Because the noise was so loud, the people in the room were startled.
Du Fei said seriously: Village Chief Shou, don't worry! The purpose of my coming this time is to help you completely get rid of the cruel oppression of the YG people..."
"This..." Hou Bingren was stunned, and there was something wrong with what he said.
He knows some of the current domestic situation.
Including the uncles and uncles of the Hou family here, these people, if we take it seriously, are all landlords.
If they really want to send their troops south, will they get good results?
Several people looked at each other, this was not what they wanted.
They contacted foreign aid in order to put pressure on the south and make those greedy capital give in.
I didn't want to flip the table and die together.
Hou Bingren laughed quickly and said: "Comrade... Comrade Du, God has the virtue of a good life, and besides, we are all compatriots. If we can't use weapons, we should try our best not to use weapons."
Du Fei raised his eyebrows, narrowed his eyes slightly, stared at Hou Bingren, and said in a deep voice: "What are village chief Hou saying? Do you have any concerns?"
"This..." Hou Bingren grinned, and beads of sweat began to appear on his forehead unknowingly.
He wasn't afraid of Du Fei, but he was afraid that the nest would be overturned without eggs left intact.
For a moment, no one spoke, and the atmosphere in the room became depressed.
After a few minutes, Du Fei felt that the heat was almost done, and suddenly laughed: "Village Chief Hou, everyone, don't be nervous."
Hou Bingren's old face twitched, thinking it was strange that I wasn't nervous, but he forced a smile on his face.
Du Fei said: "I was filled with righteous indignation just now, maybe my expression...well, it was not very accurate, which caused everyone to misunderstand."
The Jigu people on Hou Bingren's side looked at each other: This...Comrade Du, this...please make it clear."
Du Fei waited for Wang Dabin to finish the translation and said with a smile: Although I, like you, wish to drive away the invaders now, based on reality, our attitude towards Xiangjiang remains the same as before."
Hou Bingren breathed a sigh of relief. As always, he would not send troops.
But then, Du Fei changed the topic: 'But... As the saying goes, God helps those who help themselves! The problem in Xiangjiang is essentially your own problem. If there are no further changes, the help we can do is really limited!"
Hou Bingren was stunned for a moment and immediately understood what Du Fei meant.
The conversation continued for more than half an hour, but there was nothing serious about it.
After all, it was just the first meeting, and both parties were testing it out.
When it was over, Du Fei said goodbye, and Hou Bingren hurriedly invited the guest to entertain the distinguished guests in the evening.
Du Fei declined politely. He had to rush back to see what good things Lin Tiansheng had prepared. .
Ever since hearing the call from Lin Tiansheng yesterday, Du Fei had a hunch that there might be an unexpected gain.
As for coming to Sheung Shui to meet the Hou family, it is more of a gesture.
It is estimated that the other houses will know the news of his coming here before dark.
Let’s see their reaction then.
After seeing Du Fei off, Hou Bingren and several elders of the Hou family returned to the village office.
One of the old men slapped the table: "Brother, why didn't you ask about A Lu just now? He should have been back last night, but now he has been here all day and all night..."
Hou Bingren glanced at the person who spoke: 'Acan, I know how you feel, but how do you want me to ask? Let Alu test it out and you agree. No one expected that it would be like this now."
Hou Bingcan had nothing to say for a moment.
Hou Lu is from his family, so he can get along well outside.
Another old man on the side said: "Put Alu's matter aside for now. Today we met this Comrade Du. Let's talk about what to do next~"
But Hou Bingcan quit and said angrily: "Second brother, what are you talking about? Why don't you just ignore it if the co-authorship is not worth the price?"
The second oldest Hou Bingyi glared and was about to retort.
At this time, Hou Bingren coughed and shouted: Okay, don't make any noise, I'll call Guoquan when Alu comes back."
Guo Quan is the boss of Zhou Changli's gang. Hou Bingren has some friendship with Guo Quan's father, and his words have considerable weight.
Hou Bingcan stopped holding on to her.
He never thought that Hou Lu was already dead. He sank into the sea last night, and there was no one alive or dead body.
Hou Bingren said again: "I was a little careless this time and underestimated this Du Fei. This young boy is not old, but he is not easy to fool at all."
Hou Bingyi nodded: "Yes! He didn't even stay. This is because he is dissatisfied with our Hou family."
As he spoke, he glanced at his third son, Hou Bingcan, from the corner of his eyes.
At the beginning, it was Hou Bingcan who first proposed that Hou Lu try Du Fei, but now it has obviously had the opposite effect.
The person waiting for you has disappeared, which means you have lost both your wife and your troops.
Hou Bingcan blew his beard and stared, snorted and looked to the side.
Seeing that the two of them were trying to make trouble again, Hou Bingren immediately continued: "It's our business in the first place. We can't always point fingers at outsiders. If we old guys can't protect the thugs working in the factory this time, we will be in trouble in the future."
Don't point at those guys and listen to our greetings again..."
Then he looked at Hou Bingyi, the second eldest son, and said, "Especially your Hou Tao, who is clamoring to attend Ge Ming every day, so you kept an eye on him."
The corners of Hou Bingyi's mouth twitched and he muttered "Hmm".
Hou Tao is his youngest son. He is a son of old age. He is only born in his forties. He is pampered and pampered.
But he studies well. He is 19 years old and was admitted to Xiangjiang University last year. He has always been proud of him.
Unexpectedly, after going to school, for some reason, his temperament changed drastically, and he only wanted to go north.
At the same time, Du Fei and Zhang Dabin drove out of the village.
Continue walking north along the dirt road.
A few kilometers further is the Shenzhen River.
But not far out of the village, several people suddenly rushed out from the road and blocked the way.
Zhang Dabin stepped on the brake.
Du Fei was shaken
.
Taking a closer look, he saw a few young people.
The leader is short, with fair skin and neatly trimmed hair. His first impression gives people a bookish look, but his eyes are very bright and somewhat shrewd and alert.
Zhang Dabin, who was driving, stuck his head out of the car window and shouted: Hey, what are you doing?"
The other hand has already reached for the pistol in his waist.
Although the other party looks young and doesn't look like a gangster, you have to be careful in a place like this.
We are almost at the boundary river here, a place where neither side cares.
The young man leading the group opposite took two steps forward and said loudly: "My name is Hou Tao, who is Comrade Du Fei? I am from the branch of Xiangjiang University and I have something to say to Comrade Du Fei."
Du Fei was slightly surprised that Hou Tao could actually speak Mandarin!
Although it is a broad spectrum of turtle's feet, don't forget where we are and this era is not easy.
Du Fei opened the door and got out of the car, and said with a smile: "I am Du Fei, Comrade Hou Tao, can I call you this?"
Hearing the word "comrade", Hou Tao was a little excited. He took a few steps forward and shook hands with Du Fei tightly: "Comrade Du Fei, we have finally waited for you!"
Du Fei said: "You know I'm coming?"
Hou Tao calmed down: a week ago, our branch received instructions from superiors, saying that a superior comrade named Du would come to guide the work. We have been waiting, but there is no new news. We did not expect to meet you when we went home today.
Got it!"
Du Fei nodded. When he was in Guangzhou, President Wang of the Xinh Branch did mention it to Zhu Ting, saying that there was a branch here at Xiangda University that could be mobilized when necessary.
But Du Fei came over and was in no hurry to go.
Firstly, I feel that a group of students is useless, and secondly, there is no need for them at the moment.
Du Fei looked behind Hou Tao again and asked, "Are these also from your branch?"
There were seven or eight others of similar age who came with Hou Tao, but judging from their eyes and temperament, they did not look like college students.
Hou Tao hurriedly explained: These are the activists I have developed in the village. Maybe they are not aware enough now, but one day they will definitely become qualified comrades!"
Du Fei nodded secretly, Hou Tao's organizational skills are quite strong.
However, being admitted to Xiang University is definitely rare in the village. If you can speak and do things a little, it will not be difficult to accumulate prestige.
Especially among peers, those who do not study well will be ignored no matter how much they say.
But deep down, it is actually easier to admire and identify with peers who study well.
Rejection and disdain are just a form of self-protection.
Obviously, Hou Tao did this very well.
But Du Fei didn't understand. What did Hou Tao mean by leading people to stop him?
Hou Tao quickly calmed down after getting excited.
He said in a deep voice: "Ling Xiu once said that if you seek peace through struggle, you will survive peacefully, and if you seek peace through compromise, you will perish peacefully. My uncle, third uncle and fourth uncle don't understand, and they always place their hopes on the enemy's compromise."
Du Fei could hear something about it. This young man obviously had more ideas.
And this is exactly what Du Fei needs.
Du Fei asked: "What do you want to do?"
Hou Tao said firmly: Go up the mountain, guerrilla, and fight the enemy to the end! Drive away those arrogant invaders completely!"
Having said this, he looked at Du Fei with expectant eyes: "It's not just me, many people in our branch are like this." Think so, comrade! We need help 'from home'!"
Meeting Hou Tao's eyes, even Du Fei's heart was slightly touched.
The sound of "comrade" contains too many expectations, and the sound of "home" is full of a sense of belonging.
At least at this time, Hou Tao didn't have any impurities in his heart.
There is only pure faith and ideals, and the determination to defeat the enemy.
Du Fei did not agree immediately. He looked at him for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Are you really ready? This is not a child's play. War can kill people! Do you understand?"
Hou Tao nodded firmly: "I have such great ambition to sacrifice, so I dare to make the sun and the moon change the sky! If I really have to sacrifice, I would like to be the first!"
Behind Hou Tao, a skinny young man who was a gangster suddenly shouted: I will follow Brother Tao, I am not afraid of death!"
Then several young people who came together all expressed their stance.
Du Fei licked his lips. Originally he still had some words to say, but now that they were full of chicken blood, they couldn't say anything anymore.
He simply got to the point and asked: "Comrade Hou Tao, since you came to me, I must have been ready. How many of you are there in total? What kind of help do you want?"
Hou Tao pondered slightly: "What we need most is weapons. We have three hundred people now, but we only have a few blunderbuss, so we can't fight at all."
Du Fei thought for a moment and shook his head.
Hou Tao's expression changed and he immediately opened his mouth to plead.
But Du Fei was the first to say: Three hundred people are not enough. Not to mention the YG garrison, there are twenty to thirty thousand police officers alone. Even if I arm you all, it will be a drop in the bucket and the sacrifice will be in vain."
"This..." Hou Tao was speechless.
Du Fei added: Also, although there are hills and forests in Xinj, it is surrounded by the sea on three sides, and the space is small and has no depth. How can you fight guerrillas?"
"I..." Hou Tao still didn't know how to answer.
His enthusiasm is very high and his beliefs are firm enough, but he is still too immature. He wants to do great things with just his passion.
This is also a common problem among students.
Have goals and ideals, but lack practical experience and ability.
But Hou Tao was very smart. Just when he felt extremely frustrated, he suddenly froze and looked up at Du Fei.
An idea came to my mind, isn't this a ready-made teacher?
Although Du Fei is very young, he is actually the leader sent by his superiors to guide them.
Since Du Fei raised these problems, there must be solutions!
Thinking of this, Hou Tao stared at Du Fei eagerly: Comrade, you are the superior leader, you must have a way, right?"
Du Fei patted him on the shoulder and said: "Comrade Hou Tao, it's good that you have the consciousness of sacrifice, but revolution is for victory, not sacrifice. Don't put the cart before the horse. As for your idea, it's not impossible, but it's not right yet.
when."
Hou Tao hurriedly asked: Why?"
Du Fei said: "It's very simple. If you want to fight guerrillas, you can overcome other difficulties, but there is one condition that is absolutely indispensable, and that is the mass base!"
"Mass Basis?"
Hou Taozhong frowned and repeated.
Du Fei said: "Yes, it is the mass base. When the enemy comes, someone will tip off the news. When there is no food to eat, the hungry people have to squeeze out rations. If you are injured in the battle, you don't need to evacuate. You can hide in the homes of the local people.
Recuperate. Do you think you can do this?"
"This..." Hou Tao gritted his teeth, but that 'neng' man was as valuable as gold and couldn't say anything.