The third part of the bloody war of resistance, Chapter 9, the third part of the Taihang Xing (10)

From meeting again to now, Zeng Peiqin made Mei Youlan feel unfamiliar. In her impression, this girl was a little shy and even a little shy. But after six years, when she met again, these things had disappeared without a trace on her body. Instead, they were firm, capable,... and perhaps, a bit of fanaticism.

"Reporter Mei, you don't know us enough," Zeng Peiqin's tone has now become a little calmer, and a faint smile appears on her face: "The Chairman teaches us to be self-reliant and work hard. Only in this way can we maintain our strong fighting spirit and defeat Japanese imperialism."

Ji Dengke and Captain Zhou didn't understand such theoretical things very well, but they also heard that Mei Youlan seemed to have some views and some views on the party.

"Secretary Zeng, you misunderstood. I didn't say that your party's ideals are bad," Mei Youlan remembered some of the things that Zhuang Jihua said to her and said carefully: "I have also seen the support of the people in the base area to the party and the base area government. However, from an economic perspective, the supply system cannot be maintained forever. The party currently adopts the supply system. The more reason is that the tight finance, whether in Yan'an or Taihang Mountains, is a place of scarcity of materials. It is very difficult to support hundreds of thousands of troops. This is the fundamental reason why your party adopts the supply system. Just talk about the Soviet Union, they are also GCD people, and now they are using the salary system."

Zeng Peiqin nodded in silence: "Maybe what you said makes sense, but no matter which way we take, our ideals will not change."

As he was talking, the landlord's daughter brought a dustpan of persimmons, and Zeng Peiqin grabbed the money on the table and gave it to her. The landlord's daughter was at a loss and looked at Zeng Peiqin in confusion. After Zeng Peiqin explained, her face turned red and she firmly placed the money on the table.

"What are you doing? I look down on me?" The landlord's daughter got angry, threw down the money and turned around and left.

Mei Youlan smiled bitterly, and before she could explain, the big bull and donkey Xiao Shitou came in from outside. Xiao Shitou was very happy to see Mei Youlan, but when she saw her being with Zeng Peiqin and Ji Dengke, she hesitated and did not come over and stood at the door. Captain Zhou stood up at this time and said goodbye to Mei Youlan Ji Dengke Zeng Peiqin: "Section Chief Ji, Secretary Zeng, reporter Mei, my mission has been completed. The main force goes to our place. I have to go back quickly. The county brigade may have a task."

Section Chief Ji and Zeng Peiqin did not try to keep them, while Mei Youlan was full of gratitude to them. She pulled Xiao Shitou intimately and talked to Daniu, telling Xiao Shitou that after driving away the Japanese, if you want to study, you can go to her. If you don’t charge for studying in Chongqing, Xiao Shitou felt a little embarrassed. Captain Zhou laughed and agreed to Xiao Shitou.

The landlord's daughter ran out of the house. Seeing this, she knew Captain Zhou and the others were leaving, her eyes turned red. She pulled Captain Zhou to the side to talk. Mei Youlan was a little puzzled. Zeng Peiqin smiled at her knowingly. Mei Youlan suddenly realized and looked at them with a smile.

After talking for a while, Captain Zhou waved his hand to Daniu and the others, and the landlord's daughter reluctantly sent to the entrance of the village, and then watched them leave.

"Don't worry, they will be back soon," Zeng Peiqin quipped with a smile: "When the time comes, I'll drink your wedding wine."

"I'm still the district mayor, I'll ignore you." The landlord's daughter blushed and ran away with her big braid.

"Captain Zhou is blessed." Mei Youlan looked at the landlord's daughter's back and said quietly: "This is a good girl."

Zeng Peiqin was very sensitive and immediately noticed that Mei Youlan seemed to have thoughts, so she smiled and said, "You may not know that Captain Zhou was injured in the battle before, but they were recovering from his aunt's house. At that time, they were able to get in. It was just that the troops had regulations and Captain Zhou was not in sufficient conditions, so they delayed it."

"There are still conditions for getting married?" Mei Youlan was very surprised.

"Our party has regulations. The 258th Regiment means that the man must be over 25 years old, with eight years of military service, and above the regiment-level cadre." Zeng Peiqin explained.

"Ah," Mei Youlan exclaimed, and then blurted out involuntarily: "This is unreasonable."

"It's a bit unreasonable," Zeng Peiqin took over the topic before Section Chief Ji spoke: "It's a war period, and we must temporarily give up our personal interests, and there is nothing we can do about it."

Looking at Zeng Peiqin's natural appearance, Mei Youlan felt a little weird and a little scared. From time to time, someone in the village greeted Zeng Peiqin, and Zeng Peiqin also said hello casually. At this time, a woman came out to carry water. When she saw Zeng Peiqin, she seemed a little scared and hugged in the corner of the house and did not dare to move. This was very different from the harmony just now. Zeng Peiqin's eyes turned on her and then moved away as if nothing had happened.

Mei Youlan asked curiously: "What is that?"

"Oh, she is a landlord in the village. We have criticized her for resisting rent and interest reduction." Zeng Peiqin's tone was very disdainful.

Mei Youlan nodded, saying that this happened in various places where rent reduction and interest reduction have occurred. The landlords resisted openly and secretly, and even sent people to assassinate the team leader. Various means emerged one after another. Zhuang Jihua was also angry and used iron-blooded means to start killing, which was considered to be the implementation of rent reduction and interest reduction.

"I heard that Chongqing also promotes rent reduction and interest rate reduction. Is that true?" Chongqing's rent reduction and interest rate reduction have a great impact. At that time, Chongqing local representatives sent to Nanjing to complain and sent consecutive communications in major newspapers in Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou, denounced Zhuang Jihua for looting people's wealth, promoting GCism without GC, and demanding the replacement of Zhuang Jihua. Zeng Peiqin had read these reports at school and had some understanding.

"That's right." Mei Youlan participated in the Southwest Development from beginning to end and was very clear about these things. Ji Dengke was a little curious. He didn't expect the Kuomintang to reduce rents and interest rates: "What's the reason for your rents and interest rates? It's also a 25-year rent reduction?"

"Two Five-Year Rent Reduction? I don't know," Mei Youlan didn't hear that: "Chongqing's rent reduction is in accordance with the regulations of the National Government. Before the Northern Expedition, the National Government passed a law requiring that local rents be reduced by 25. Oh, this is probably the second five-Year Rent Reduction. However, Chongqing is not like this. Chongqing stipulates that land rent shall not be higher than 35% of the harvest per acre. Any more than one, one hundred will be fined."

"No more than 35%" Zeng Peiqin murmured, thinking quickly in her mind, the difference between the rent reduction in 25% was the original rent here, and the rent was reduced by 25%, which means that the rent was reduced by nearly 20% of the rent. Then the rent was still 50%. She was a little surprised: "That's not that the resistance is greater."

"In fact, after landlords reduced their land rent, they also exempted agricultural tax and poll tax. That is to say, rural areas basically do not collect taxes, so the burden on landlords has also been reduced. In addition, landlords can also invest their accumulation in industry. The government exempts tax for three years, so they are still cost-effective." In order to help Zhuang Jihua win the battle of rent reduction and interest reduction, Mei Youlan once conducted a detailed study on rent reduction and interest reduction, and all the data is very clear, which is not difficult for her at all.

Ji Dengke also calculated that he was really surprised this time. Obviously, according to this algorithm, the burden on the farmers in the base area exceeded that of the farmers in Chongqing.

"No agricultural tax or count tax, what do you use to support the army?" Zeng Peiqin's reaction was faster. She didn't believe that the National Government had so many troops and so many government officials, what do you use to support the army?

Mei Youlan smiled at her. Of course she knew the mystery, but this cannot be said, it is a secret, at least it is not yet revealed.

"In the initial stage, it was donations from overseas Chinese, but later it relied on industry. In fact, industrial taxes were more stable than agriculture. Sichuan Development Company developed a large number of mining factories. About half of the benefits generated by these factories were used to support the army and about half were used to expand reproduction."

Ji Dengke can now conclude that Mei Youlan is telling lies, exempting agricultural tax and capita tax. Is this possible? This Mei reporter is still a member of the Kuomintang, so he will promote them and apply makeup on them.

"Reporter Mei, I'll go over there and take a break first." Ji Dengke stood at the door of the aunt and said goodbye to Mei Youlan. He came to pick up Mei Youlan, of course, not alone. He led a team, all of whom were elite soldiers and powerful generals drawn from the divisional reconnaissance company.

Zeng Peiqin also took the opportunity to say goodbye to Mei Youlan and went hand in hand with Ji Dengke. Mei Youlan limped back to the yard and pulled a chair to sit down. The landlord's daughter was picking up the corn. Seeing her sitting down, she got up and brought her a bowl of water. The two of them started chatting together.

"She is bragging, and she will be able to judge the Kuomintang's merits. Why do the superiors still value her like this?" Ji Dengke was a little resentful. He began to dislike Mei Youlan and felt that this was not his own.

"You are wrong. Chongqing is indeed like this," Zeng Peiqin shook her head and said: "Although I have never been to Chongqing, when Chongqing announced these policies, it caused a great response across the country. I applied and reported on the application. I also discussed it with my classmates at school. Some senior students went to Chongqing after graduation, and their letters also confirmed this."

"Ah" Ji Dengke stood up in surprise and turned his head to look at Zeng Peiqin: "I don't believe it. The Kuomintang is better, and dogs will not eat shit anymore."

"That's not, think about it, why is only Chongqing implementing these policies?" Zeng Peiqin shook his head seriously: "The essence of Chiang Kai-shek's government will not change. ****. As far as I know, Chongqing's **** is more serious than other places. There is no freedom of speech, no freedom of residence, and no freedom of parades and assembly. They just want to exchange economic interests for the people's political rights. However, this method is extremely deceptive and will eventually go bankrupt."

"You scholars can see far and deeply," Ji Dengke then felt a little better and nodded with satisfaction.

After two days of repairing here, Mei Youlan's feet were all ready. Ji Dengke said goodbye to the aunt and walked to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army. Zeng Peiqin did not stay. In three days, the work here had been completed. She left the small mountain village one day earlier than Ji Dengke and the others.

It is very pleasant to march in the mountains and fields in spring. The mountains are full of flowers and green fields. The slight mountain breeze brings leisurely mountain songs.

"Yam eggs bloom and make knots, and the eggs are my close friends. Half a bowl of beans and half a bowl of rice, I remember you when I picked up the bowl..." Mei Youlan listened to it and responded softly. A soldier in the team began to respond loudly: "..... Go over the Peach Blossom Ridge and flow through the apricot blossom sea. The silly brother looked at the flowers, and he was so stupid. A girl picked a mountain flower in the flowers. Her daughter was so charming...."

This action stunned Mei Youlan. You know, this is the army carrying out a mission. During the march, it is not easy to expose the target, but Ji Dengke ignored it. After the soldiers finished singing, they incited and shouted: "Mountain Sparrow, come another one."

Shan Sparrow looked back and looked at Mei Youlan shyly, then sang:

"The autumn wind is cold in August (Ah, how can I be?)

The three of our brothers (De'er) went to get sour dates. (Ah, De'er)

The eldest brother holds a bamboo pole (ah) in his hand, (ah, what a clothes)

The second brother raised the bamboo again, (Die'er) picked up the bamboo again (Ah) bamboo blue. (Ah, how about it)

I saw that mountain high on this mountain (Ah, how about it)

That mountain (that) sour jujube (de'er) sour jujube (ah) so well grown (ah, how about it)

…”

Ji Dengke kept walking in front of Mei Youlan. The mountain road was narrow and the team could only move in a single way. Ji Dengke looked back at Mei Youlan.

"This is our Taihang Mountain Song, and the soldiers like it very much."

"Aren't you afraid of exposing your target? Captain Zhou and his team couldn't even speak loudly when they marched." Mei Youlan seemed to have some complaints about the marching a few days ago.

"No, didn't you hear the song? This means there is no enemy within dozens of miles." Ji Dengke didn't care. This is the area of ​​the Eighth Route Army, with no bandits, no puppet troops, no Japanese, only the armed forces under the leadership of the Eighth Route Army and GCD.

The singing was continuous and the mountain road was long; the team quickly climbed over two hills, stopped in a hillside, and rested and had lunch. There were three huge pine trees in the hillside, namely the three pine trees. The soldiers did not gather under the pine trees, but scattered and found a place to eat their own dry food. However, Mei Youlan noticed that although Ji Dengke was very confident, he still sent a warning post, one in front and one behind, two warning posts.

Two whistles came, Ji Dengke stood up, his eyes turned to a mountain road on the side. This mountain nest was also a three-way intersection, and another mountain road came along the valley. After a while, a group of people came out of the valley one after another. When the people arrived at Sankesong, they also stopped. The responsible cadres looked at Ji Dengke and the others and called for a rest.

Mei Youlan was surprised. This group of people was obviously very abnormal. Six soldiers holding weapons scattered around, with more than twenty people tied up in the middle. These people were dressed in various clothes, some were wearing Eighth Route Army uniforms, some were wearing long robes, some were wearing local garments, some were leather shoes, some were cloth shoes, and some were straw sandals.

The group of people was not tied with their hands, and a hemp rope was pulled from head to tail. With the order, the people sat down on the spot. Mei Youlan was very sensitive. She immediately noticed that a trace of indescribable emotions flashed in Ji Dengke's eyes, as if they couldn't bear it, and seemed to be irritable. And... Mei Youlan thought carefully and finally remembered that it was disgust, and disgust.

This made Mei Youlan very interested and disgusted. This soldier who participated in the Long March and experienced countless bloody battles actually felt disgusted with his own people. This is strange. Who are these people? Mei Youlan looked at them carefully.

The Eighth Route Army did not have a military rank, but this did not prevent Mei Youlan from quickly finding out the cadres of them, because only one of the team had a pistol on his waist. This cadre was not like many Eighth Route Army cadres, with a fair face. He was clean and clean, with some cloth shoes under his feet, but his legs were very clean. The rest of the soldiers were no different from other Eighth Route Army soldiers.

"Who are they?" Mei Youlan asked Ji Dengke quietly. Ji Dengke was a little hesitant, and after a long time, he replied: "I don't know."

After the white-faced cadres saw them, Mei Youlan felt that this gaze was condescending, and she felt like she was being looked down upon, and her gaze was deeply suspicious.

"Old Ji, it's you." The white-faced cadre recognized Ji Dengke and a smile appeared on his face. Ji Dengke looked him up and down, obviously he couldn't remember seeing this person there.

"We have seen it in the military sub-district, and you forgot that we have seen it with Secretary Dai at the district rectification conference last year." The white-faced cadre said enthusiastically that Ji Dengke was a cadre of the Long March. These military cadres who participated in the Long March are very trusted politically. Moreover, Ji Dengke was born in the front army and came from Jinggangshan, and there was no political flaw.

"Oh, yes, yes, you were next to Secretary Dai at that time," Ji Dengke still didn't think about it and nodded randomly. The Secretary Dai they said was the district secretary, responsible for rectification and review of cadres. Ji Dengke slightly rushed to the team of prisoners with his chin, "Are these..."

"Spy." The white-faced cadre said in a contemptuous tone: "These are all found out from all over the country, who have been involved in our party and will never repent."

"So much." Ji Dengke seemed very peaceful, but seemed a little casual.

"This is the most serious part of the problem, and most of it is still behind," said the white-faced cadre.

"The Kuomintang spy you arrested?" Mei Youlan asked in a question of what she wanted.

The doubtful eyes of the cadre faced the face fell on Mei Youlan again. Her outfit was so eye-catching in the base area.

"Kuomintang spy," Mei Youlan added a question in her tone: "I remember that it is now the Kuomintang-Communist cooperation in fighting against Japan. The Kuomintang arrested GCD officers in the Kuomintang-controlled area. Mr. Zhou Enlai protested, saying that it was damaging the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. Now your party is arresting the Kuomintang members in the base area. Is this a damaging the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party?"

"Who are you? From what standpoint you speak?" The white-faced cadre's eyes suddenly became sharp, and the soldiers also looked at Mei Youlan vigilantly.

"No party, reporter of Chongqing Yuzhou Evening News Mei Youlan." Mei Youlan sneered: "Do you think I am also a Kuomintang spy? You should also arrest me, just like them."

"You,..." The white-faced cadre's reaction was still very fast. He immediately understood that Mei Youlan's identity must be extraordinary. It must be extraordinary to be able to get a reporter from Chongqing to Taihang Mountain. Ji Dengke sighed secretly, went up to pull the white-faced cadre aside, and spoke in a low voice.

Mei Youlan ignored them and walked straight to the group of prisoners and carefully examined the prisoners. The soldiers stared at her vigilantly. Mei Youlan walked from beginning to end. She suddenly felt that one of the male cadres looked familiar. After thinking about it carefully, she still couldn't figure it out.

"Are you members of the Kuomintang?" Mei Youlan's eyes rolled and suddenly asked, "My name is Mei Youlan, a reporter from Chongqing to interview. If you are members of the Kuomintang and now it is the period of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, I will negotiate with GCD and let them release you."

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