The heavens start from Changjin Lake

Chapter 353 Arriving at Nianping Village

A woman said: "Company commander, you gave us clothes to wear, how does the quilt factory make money?"

Xia Yuan smiled and said: "The original intention of the quilt factory is not to make money, but to attract businessmen and develop the economy. In the future, when the base area grows and the quilt factory develops, many businessmen will come. We will not need to Take it to the town and sell it, just sell it directly in the village, and there will be merchants coming."

The vast majority of quilt factories serve the Red Army. The production of these clothes is more for selling, but how to sell is a problem. The master's oppression, rather than taking the risk of taking it to the county town and being peeped by the wicked, it is better to know how to develop and open a trade zone in the countryside, and businessmen will naturally come.

The clothes were made similar to the overalls he remembered, and they looked handsome when paired with a jacket of the jacket style.

Just don't know how these clothes sell here.

Xia Yuan asked the women: "What do you guys think of these clothes?"

The women spoke one after another and said, "This dress is beautiful. I have never seen such a beautiful dress. It's just too expensive. We can't even afford the fabric."

Xia Yuan said with a smile: "Hey, these clothes can be priced according to the material. For example, this clothes, the fabric is good, and the price is expensive. At that time, let's get some clothes made of ordinary materials. You can buy the clothes you like according to the materials you like. clothes."

He turned his head and said to Li Qingming: "Give priority to distributing this batch of clothes to the families of the Red Army. After all, the soldiers who joined the Red Army have suffered a lot recently. The troops have to give feedback to the families of the soldiers of the Red Army. In addition, register the number of people's work. How much is a piece?" Divide up the money for everyone."

Li Qingming nodded: "Company Commander, I'll arrange it right away. Don't worry about this matter, I'll definitely take care of it."

Xia Yuan nodded: "Recently, you need to run around more. The peasant association is spreading around. Mr. Li said that they contacted several respected old people in the village and invited them to visit Nianping Village. After the visit, they all agreed to join the peasant association. Feedback from these areas should always be paid attention to.”

A few days ago, the Red Army base area was successfully established, and the development of the peasant association was on the right track. Xia Yuan decided to let the peasant association begin to spread outwards and radiate several surrounding villages. Mr. Li and other important members of the peasant association went to several other villages and invited the village Some respected old people here invited them to visit Nianping Village.

Visit the quilt factory and farm in Nianping Village, and visit the life of the villagers in Nianping Village.

Nianping Village has truly realized that farmers are the masters of the family, and every household has been allocated their own land.

During the visit, Xia Yuan took this opportunity to start the farmers' association meeting. At the meeting, various taxes were set in front of the village elders.

"Regarding the formulation of taxation, the Red Army plans to adopt progressive taxation. Business progressive taxation will only pay tax if the annual profit exceeds 2 silver dollars. The initial tax rate is only 400%, and then gradually increase with the increase in profit. The same is true for food. The annual harvest There is no tax for each person under 1 catties, 8% for less than 16.5 catties, [-]% for [-] catties, and [-]% for upwards."

This kind of taxation can be said to be very low, especially when the production that does not meet the standard is not taxed at all, which is unbelievable for the members of the peasant association. In this period of time, there are very few people who can reach 1 catties It's less, and only [-]% is charged if it reaches less than [-] catties.

Many of them even thought they had heard it wrong, rubbed their ears in disbelief, and some even asked: "Commander Xia, do we really have to follow this way of paying taxes? The grain production in our fields is very small. The ones over [-] catties are rare, and the ones over [-] catties are rare, which means that the Red Army can’t even collect taxes.”

Everyone really cared about the Red Army, and remembered the kindness that the Red Army treated them, so they all said:

"Commander Xia, please collect a little tax, otherwise what will the Red Army soldiers eat?"

"Yes! All of us are willing to pay taxes to the Red Army comrades, and we have to charge a little."

Everyone said something, I said something, and the old people who came to visit from other villages just felt incredible about this scene. It's unbelievable what the Red Army wants to collect taxes.

They turned their heads and looked at each other, wondering why the villagers in Nianping Village rushed to ask the Red Army to collect their tax. Some people seemed to have guessed it and said: "The tax of the Red Army is the lowest tax my family has ever seen. To collect taxes, the landlords in our village will confiscate all your grain, not to mention four hundred catties, even forty catties."

They understood why the villagers in Nianping Village were like this. It was precisely because the Red Army was kind to everyone that the villagers in Nianping Village remembered the kindness of the Red Army.

Immediately after these people from other villages began to wonder what kind of army the Red Army was.

Unexpectedly, they could only look for it through the Red Army uniform Xia Yuan was wearing and the red five-pointed star on his hat, only to find that it was an army they had never seen before.

The ultra-low tax, coupled with the changes in Nianping Village, made people in other villages remember the farmers' association and the Red Army in Nianping Village. After the meeting, they scrambled to ask the villagers of Nianping Village, asking them Do you need to pay to join the peasant association?

Mr. Li smiled and said: "Pay money? What kind of money? The peasant association was specially established by the Red Army for everyone. No matter whether you have money or not, as long as you are a dutiful peasant, you can join the peasant association. The peasant association wants everyone to unite and fight against the landlords together!"

They asked again: "The landlord has guns, so what's the use of having more people?"

Mr. Li said: "It doesn't matter if they have guns, we have the Red Army! Not only the Red Army, but also the militia, which is composed of everyone. If the landlords dare to come, we will drive them away!"

The villagers of Nianping Village said with a smile on their faces: "No, now that there are comrades in the Red Army, if the landlord wants to stand on top of them and shit, he has to think carefully."

Everyone can see the changes in Nianping Village. People from other villages can clearly see the changes in Nianping Village after they arrive. They also hope that the changes in Nianping Village will affect their lives. In the village, on the way back, everyone has something on their minds.

The changes in Nianping Village have deeply shocked them.

The establishment of a peasant association in their village is also an inevitable thing.

After coming out of the quilt factory, Xia Yuan went to look at the village again. In fact, it was just a simple sheep pen and cow shed. Every family in Nianping Village took turns to herd sheep and cattle. One family would release them every day. Fair.

"This sheep grows really fast. It was only so big when I bought it, and it has grown so big now."

Seeing the thriving development of everything in Nianping Village, Xia Yuan showed a satisfied smile on his face. All of this was created by him. I believe that if the former Red Army team sees the current life of the people in Nianping Village, they will definitely be happy. I am very pleased, isn't this the goal of their struggle and hard work.

"Commander Xia!"

A group of children and five or six old people came over, and after greeting Xia Yuan, they opened the gate of the fence and drove the cattle and sheep inside to the mountain. There was also an enclosure surrounded by bamboo as a fence. In the breeding farm, they will drive these cattle and sheep to the enclosure on the mountain for grazing.

Xia Yuan said: "I'll go with everyone, just to experience sheep and cattle herding."

An old man in the village said: "That's okay, these sheep and cows are shitting everywhere, they are so dirty, you can't follow them, we will take care of these things."

Xia Yuan smiled and said: "Hey, our Red Army believes that everyone is equal, no matter what their status is, they all have the right and obligation to herd cattle and sheep, and the excrement of cows and sheep is natural fertilizer. , can be used as firewood."

He took a whip and said, "Let's go."

The old people in the village were no longer stubborn. Everyone in the village said that Xia Yuan had no airs of an official. Looking at it now, the people in the village were right. Company Commander Xia really had no airs of an official.

Zhou Jiwang traveled all the way, inquiring about Nianping Village from everyone he met, and finally found out about Nianping Village in a village.

One day, while walking in a village, he passed by two old farmers who were sitting in the shade of a tree talking, and vaguely heard the news of Nianping Village from their mouths.

"Grandpa, did you mention Nianping Village just now? Do you know where Nianping Village is?" Zhou Jiwang couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, and ran over to ask.

An old farmer with a white beard mentioned Nianping Village, and he seemed very happy: "Nianping Village, I know, I just came back from Nianping Village. Nianping Village is good. After the Red Army went, a farm was established. Yes, the landlords were driven away, and the Red Army distributed the land to everyone. After a while, the Red Army came, and it was our turn to have a good day.”

The old farmer beside him said: "We are all looking forward to the Red Army to come, divide the land, and attack the landlords."

Zhou Jiwang's eyes were bright, and he said excitedly: "Is all this true?"

The old farmer with a white beard said: "You little baby, can we still lie to you? Nianping Village has changed a lot now, you can go to Nianping Village to have a look."

The old farmer beside him said, "Are you going to Nianping Village?"

Zhou Jiwang nodded: "Yes, my father and my mother were killed by the landlord of our village. The landlord ran amok in our village and bullied men and women. I will go to Nianping Village to find the Red Army, join the Red Army, and return to our village in the future. Down with the landlord."

The old farmer with a white beard smiled and said: "It's good to join the Red Army. After returning from Nianping Village, I have discussed with my son and sent my grandson to the Red Army. It is a team for the people. Let my grandson join Red Army team, help more people, then our happy life will come."

The old farmer beside the white beard said: "You, call my grandson when the time comes."

"Hahaha, well, the Red Army is here, and we will have our own land."

Zhou Jiwang asked, "Master, aren't you afraid?"

The white-bearded old farmer said with a smile: "What are you afraid of? There is nothing to be afraid of. Let's just die. We don't need to waste the food at home. Besides, so many people send their children to Are they not afraid of being in the ranks of the Red Army? You have been bullied by the landlord for too long, and you have forgotten what it feels like to stand. The people in Nianping Village have already stood up with the help of the Red Army, are they not afraid?"

The old farmer with a white beard looked very openly, and he said: "Compared with being afraid, they are more afraid of kneeling."

Zhou Jiwang was thoughtful, and the old farmer beside the white beard said: "To avenge your parents, joining the Red Army is the right way. If you are afraid, don't take this way. We can see that this way We have to fight against the white army, the white army protects the landlords, and the red army defeats the landlords, but we know who is good to us."

His voice was a little heavy: "Those children are very young, don't we know, if the Bai army finds them, they will definitely not let them go, so, they are fighting with their own lives, so what's the matter?" So scary."

Zhou Jiwang admired the two open-minded old men, and at the same time he was more determined to join the Red Army.After thanking the old farmer who told him the news, Zhou Jiwang stood on the top of the hill with his luggage on his back, staring at the rolling mountains in the distance, and resolutely walked towards Nianping Village.

Passing by a river, I drank some water in the ditch, took out the bread that Mrs. Zheng gave me, carefully broke off part of it, chewed it carefully in my mouth, and licked it into my mouth with my tongue. Then I found some edible wild vegetables in the grass by the river, took them to the river for simple processing, put them in my mouth to chew, and drank some water to swallow the residue in my mouth into my stomach.

Feeling a slight sense of fullness in my stomach, I continued walking into the mountains.

After walking for more than two hours, a village located in the mountains appeared in his field of vision. The high and low tiled houses in the village were well arranged. From a distance, people working in the fields around the high and low tiled houses could be seen.

"This is the Nianping Village that the Red Army talked about."

After descending the mountain, he soon entered the village. Zhou Jiwang found that this village was obviously different from Laohe Village. Under the oppression and exploitation of the landlord, Laohe Village felt like it was raining, and the whole village was lifeless. A trace of vitality.

In the village in front of him, villagers working in the field can be seen everywhere, and children are playing on the street. He saw a group of people wearing blue military uniforms and hats with five-pointed red stars on their heads. People around his age were climbing ladders and helping the villagers. Build a house.

A few younger children walked towards them, driving a group of cattle and sheep. There were a lot of cattle and sheep, fifty or sixty.

A few old people followed the child. Among the crowd was a young man with a very young face. He held a whip in his hand, laughed all the way, and greeted the villagers on the side of the road from time to time. They drove their cattle and sheep up the mountain. go.

(End of this chapter)