novelbest Chapter 198 Set fire
Chapter 198 Set fire
On a piece of flat land, countless poppy seedlings are swaying in the wind, and the bright flowers are even more charming under the sunshine.
In the open space not far away, people from surrounding villages gathered. Among these people were wealthy households in silk and satin, commoners in shabby clothes, and even poor households in ragged clothes.
But without exception, their gazes all looked at a group of soldiers in military uniforms holding torches at the ridge of the field.
The leader is one person, but everyone is familiar with it, that is, the young master of the Bai family, Bai Wenju, who burned [-] acres of poppies in his own house and advocated smoking ban all day long.
The eyes of the rich men kept swinging and changing between Bai Wenju and Poppy Poppy.
When looking at Bai Wenju, it is the look of a wolf who wants to eat people, and when looking at Poppy, it is the look of pain that cuts out the heart.
"County Lin is such a smart person, how could he be bewitched by that bastard Bai Wenju!"
"It's over, I won't be able to earn this year's money!"
"Bai Wenju is a bastard, I will send someone to kill him sooner or later!"
"Come on, believe it or not, Mr. Bai is here with you with a guillotine."
"Damn it, the Bai family has to compensate us for this money!"
"pay?"
"Don't forget, the county magistrate just established the Narcotics Control Bureau two days ago. The county magistrate is the director of the bureau, and Bai Wenju is the deputy director of the bureau."
"If you dare to seek compensation from him, believe it or not, he would use the name of anti-drugs to steal your property!"
Growing opium is a very profitable business, several times, dozens of times stronger than farming.
Although Lin Hongfei compensated each household with money and food according to the amount of raw materials produced per mu of poppies, it could not make up for the subsequent income of the big households.
It's just that now, Lin Hongfei can be said to be tall and tough, and these rich locals have no guts to challenge the county magistrate.
Therefore, they could only forcefully swallow the bitter fruit. The county magistrate couldn't afford to offend him, so they poured their anger on Bai Wenju openly and secretly.
Unlike these local rich men, the reaction of those ordinary people was fairly stable.
The poppy poppy will not be planted if it is not allowed to be planted. Anyway, when the rich people buy the raw pulp every year, they will desperately lower the price. The money and grain they get in the end are actually not much different from farming.
Moreover, County Magistrate Lin was so benevolent that he directly compensated everyone with money and food. The amount of money and food was [-] to [-]% more than the money and food given by the rich people after deliberately lowering the price.
Therefore, the common people didn't react too much. On the contrary, they felt that County Magistrate Lin was a good person, able to deal with him, and a parent official who cared for the common people.
As for the poor people in ragged clothes, they have a mentality of watching the excitement and having fun.
These people are long-term laborers and farm laborers who have no land in their names, so the burning of poppy fields has nothing to do with them.
However, seeing the distressed faces of the rich people who oppressed them is enough to make these poor people as happy as their wives and children.
At this time, Bai Wenju, who was standing on the ridge of the field, stood up straight, his face was full of high spirits, but a trace of guilt flashed in his eyes from time to time.
"I thought the county magistrate was the same as the corrupt officials before, but I didn't expect that I misunderstood him."
"At the beginning, I was still so rude to him, but he still ignored the past and personally invited me to be the deputy director of the Jiangdu County Narcotics Control Bureau."
"With the trust of the county magistrate, I will do my best to do a good job in Jiangdu County's anti-drug work!"
At this moment, Bai Wenju took the torch from his entourage, and shouted loudly:
"Brothers, set fire!"
"Burn this dirty thing that is a disaster for the country and the people!"
"Yes!"
The soldiers of the independent regiment who were temporarily seconded to the Narcotics Control Bureau agreed in unison, and then surrounded the entire poppy field along the field ridge.
With the igniting of the torch, with the help of the wind, the fire immediately burned in the field, and spread rapidly in a short time!
Looking at the burnt poppy seedlings, the big family's heart is bleeding, it's all money!
What a waste of money, just burn it like this?
I saw an elderly rich man clenched his fists, his head caused his body to twitch and tremble violently, and shouted heart-piercingly:
"A sin!"
The common people in the distance saw that the gang of rich men felt as uncomfortable as their own fathers who had died, and couldn't help sniggering, and then watched the fire in the field with great interest.
However, compared to today's excitement, the people of Jiangdu County will have more excitement to watch in a few days.
conscription
On a flat threshing ground, the soldiers of the Independent Regiment were wearing brand-new uniforms and their guns were wiped clean.
Similar to the situation of conscription in Lu Province last time, the resounding ocean and hill-like food were placed in front of the people in such an open manner.
The rules of conscription have not changed. Strict review and excellence. Once selected, each person will be given 8 yuan and 200 catties of grain.
Of course, what is more tempting to those young boys is the brand new military uniform worn by the soldiers of the Independent Regiment.
After all, for these poor guys, their clothes are either full of patches, or they are almost showing their buttocks.
As for a family of four, it is not uncommon in the countryside of Jiangdu County to wear only one pair of trousers.
Therefore, in the eyes of the boys, the clothes are more attractive to them.
Therefore, although the conscription review is very strict, there are still many young boys who are in their prime who have signed up one after another.
At the same time, in addition to recruiting some army soldiers this time, Lin Hongfei also asked Fu Tao to come forward and recruit some recruits who met the standards of sailors to expand the ranks of the independent regiment's navy.
After Ding Dehu returned from Hebei and Shandong provinces, he brought back more than 700 strong and strong young men.
Huo Yunshan also carefully selected and recruited more than 300 local youths from Jiangdu County.
The increase in the number of soldiers doubled the number of officers in the Independent Regiment.
For this reason, Lin Hongfei specially set up the Officer Teaching Brigade of the Independent Regiment, with him as the chief instructor, who specially selected suitable personnel from the army to carry out corresponding grassroots officer education.
Wu Yongquan, Chu Liangyi, and Huo Yunshan, graduates of the Baoding Military Academy, also acted like dogs and became instructors of the Officers' Teaching Brigade, systematically teaching the knowledge they had learned in the Military Academy to the students of the Officers' Brigade.
Because these students were the first batch of students in the officer's teaching brigade, Lin Hongfei, as the chief instructor, would also go to teach the students a few lessons from time to time.
In class, Lin Hongfei asked the students to address him as instructor according to the rules of the teaching brigade.
Over time, the students became used to it.
After they graduated from the teaching brigade and were sent to various companies to serve as grassroots officers, they also did not change. Some people even called Lin Hongfei that way on purpose.
After all, in the face of Lin Hongfei, you call him the county magistrate and the head of the regiment, and we directly address him as the instructor, which shows how close we are to the head of the regiment!
Of course, it wasn't just this group of people. The Jiangdu County Independent Regiment was established on the basis of the Fourth Company of the Eleventh Brigade of Lu Province.
Therefore, in order to show that they are different, the members of the old fourth company would call Lin Hongfei the company commander every time they were in private.
After a long time, from the address of Lin Hongfei, the independent group can roughly infer the depth of this person's qualifications.