In the afternoon, when Gao Jun brought people back to Menbu Village, Wang Sheng and others who were left behind in the village were waiting for her to come back with a serious look on their faces and told her about a major news.

It turned out that after the three people Gao Jun rescued on the way in the morning, one died of ineffective treatment, and the other two were out of danger. After the two people woke up, they learned that they were in Menbu Village, so they immediately asked to see Wang Sheng and Gao Jun, the manager of the land reform team, saying that there was something important to report to them.

After hearing the report from the infirmary, Wang Sheng knew that there must be something wrong here, so he came to the infirmary in person to meet the two of them and see what they had to say. When Wang Sheng came, the two immediately struggled from the hospital bed, wanted to kneel down and kowtow to Wang Sheng, and cried bitterly, asking Wang Sheng to send someone to their village to carry out land reform, knock down the village's place, and save the whole village.

When Wang Sheng saw it, he quickly helped the two of them up and let them lie back on the bed. He could say something slowly.

According to the two surviving people, they were called Wanlin and Wanyuan, two brothers, and the dead one was called Gaoming, both of them were tenants from Daxinzhuang, Gaomi County. The rented land was the land of a landlord named Wan Yufu in Gaomi County. This person named Wan Yufu was not only an ordinary landlord, but also a clerk in Gaomi County, in charge of land taxes, corvee labor, donations and other things in the county. Moreover, his four generations of ancestors and grandchildren held this position. It can be said that this was the inheritance of the Wanjia family.

This situation is very common in ancient China. The county's clerks were clerks, not formal officials of the court, had no rank, and had no salary, but they could control the grassroots powers in the local area, such as tax collection, public security, labor levy and other related matters. In addition, these grassroots positions and powers were used to form family inheritances that were passed down by fathers, brothers and brothers, and relatives and friends, and monopolized the world's industry. That is, since the Song Dynasty, the so-called "officials have no feudalism but officials have feudalism".

Although these people have a low social status, they have great power. Moreover, due to the formation of a family-style monopoly, they have caused mixed forces in the local area. Some powerful forces not only control local power, but also wander on the edge of public and private, forming a black and white game. Some officials are even robbers and bandits. If ordinary local officials want to spend their term safely, they must handle their relationship with these people. Not only can they not offend them, but they also rely on these people to maintain local stability.

Wan Yufu's family has more than 2 acres of land, which is not too much, and it is scattered in three villages. However, because he controls the land tax, corvee service, donation and other affairs in the entire Gaomi County, and the development and cultivation of four generations of families, there are many children, nephews, relatives, friends and brothers. The whole county's silver and grain in the county is feasted through his hands and feet, and naturally he has gained his personal pockets, plucked his hair, and accumulated a lot of wealth. It is said that he has contacts with some bandits and thieves in private. It can be said that he has both public and private sides, with a wide range of eyes and great power, so even the magistrate of Gaomi County has to give him three points of courtesy. In the local area, he naturally acts in arbitrary manner, bullying the kind, and forcing him to death at least 10 points. According to the standards of time travelers, he is a typical landlord bully.

However, Wan Yufu did not live in Daxin Village. His hometown is Beigoukou Village, Gaomi County, but there are more than 7 acres of land in Daxin Village and more than 40 households. Wan Lin, Wan Yuan and others rented his land. However, Wan Yufu's land rent was extremely high and was extremely harsh on tenants. Therefore, even in a good year, he could only avoid intensity. If he encountered a famine and disaster year, he would not only not be able to pay the land rent, but also owed a large amount of usury. Wanjia would find other ways to exploit the tenants, such as asking the tenants to use their children, or other property to have low debts, or doing hard labor for Wanjia for free, etc.

Last year, Shandong had a severe drought and the crops were not harvested. These families owed large loans of usury. They had no children and had no children. Apart from a few broken huts, they had no property, so they could only rely on free labor for thousands of families to pay off their debts. Originally, he could only live one day like this. At this time, time travelers carried out land reform in Menbu Village and surrounding villages. Several villagers from Daxinzhuang came to Menbu Village to observe land reform. After returning, they also talked vividly to other villagers. Therefore, many villagers in Daxinzhuang also developed the hope of "when will overseas Chinese come to carry out land reform themselves."

Wan Lin, Wan Yuan, Gao Ming and others agreed with plans and went to ask the overseas Chinese leaders whether they came to Daxinzhuang for land reform. If they didn't come, they might as well go to overseas Chinese to make a living. If they really couldn't, they would just sign up to join the People's Army.

But just a few days ago, Wan Yufu brought a group of servants to Daxinzhuang and arrested the villagers who came to Menbu Village to observe the land reform, saying that overseas Chinese were intending to rebel and would be wiped out by the court sooner or later. All those who participated in the land reform took over the land they distributed were the same rebels, and they would inevitably destroy the nine clans in the future. The villagers who observed the land reform were all accomplices of overseas Chinese, spreading rumors and making plans, and then killed these villagers in front of the whole village. They also asked the middle-aged men in the village to obey the orders of Wan family, form militia, give swords, guns and weapons, and prepare to fight with overseas Chinese.

Wan Lin, Wan Yuan, Gao Ming and others were all selected into the militia and received training. When they asked the Wan family in private, they found out that in order to deal with the land reform group of overseas Chinese, the Wan family had taken the lead in contacting several local gentry and formed an alliance. Everyone had money to pay, and some people gave in. The Wan family came forward to contact several bandit forces and prepared to destroy the land reform group of Menbu Village. The local gentry also recruited villagers, brought together a team, and participated in the battle. In addition, it is said that the Wan family also invited the official army, so this time the land reform group of overseas Chinese must be killed.

At this time, the land reform team had become the hope of Wan Lin, Wan Yuan, Gao Ming and others. Therefore, after hearing the news, several people discussed privately and decided to escape from Daxinzhuang and report to overseas Chinese. They used this news as a merit and turned to overseas Chinese to join overseas Chinese.

So a few people fled overnight. The people from the Wan family showed up and sent people to chase them. There were 7 people who fled together. As a result, several people fled at night. Wan Lin, Wan Yuan, Gao Ming and others fled to the vicinity of Menbu Village, while the rest were unaware of life and death, and Gao Ming also died because he could not be treated.

After listening to the two of them, Wang Sheng also comforted them a few words, saying that he would definitely go to Daxinzhuang to carry out land reform, so that the two of them could recover from their illness with peace of mind, and then talk about it later.

After leaving the medical school, Wang Sheng immediately went to find Liu Qinglin, the battalion commander stationed in Menbu Village. Because the safety of the land reform team was protected by the People's Army, once there was a real battle, Liu Qinglin would definitely be fully responsible. At this time, Gao Jun came back, so the three of them discussed together.

Daxinzhuang and Beigoukou Village both belong to Gaomi County. Daxinzhuang is less than 20 kilometers away from Menbu Village, which is the edge of the currently controlled area of ​​the group. Beigoukou Village is about 30 kilometers away from Menbu Village, and is not within the current control of the group. Although the Crossing Group will definitely carry out land reform in these two villages, these two villages are not the current land reform target. The current land reform is mainly concentrated in Jiaozhou County. Jiaozhou County will be renovated first, and then to Gaomi County and Jimo County.

After listening to Wang Sheng’s introduction of the situation, Gao Jun said: “Do you think what these two people said is reliable? The landlords should understand that in order to fight us, they have no chance of winning at all, unless they are fully supported by the Qing court, but this is impossible. Therefore, even if our land reform team is eliminated, they will immediately be subject to stronger revenge from us. According to the saying, the landlords are no more than farmers. They should be people with some knowledge and will not make such a stupid decision.”

Wang Sheng shook his head and said, "I think it is basically reliable. First of all, our land reform movement will inevitably arouse the hatred of some landlords and gentry, and they will definitely not be willing to hand over the land. There are also some landlords who usually do too many evil deeds and are probably doomed to escape. Therefore, they organized an alliance against us and resisted stubbornly. It is not surprising that they should bite back before dying, and we should not be too careless."

Liu Qinglin said: "I also think they will not lie, but I am very suspicious of how authentic what they say, because they only understand the situation from some chats, and the objects they know are basically the lowest level, so they may not really understand the true image. In addition, even if the situation they say is true, it only has an early warning effect for us, such as the members of the opponent, the landlords joining the alliance, and attract those bandits, how many troops are there, and the weapons are there, whether they are waiting for us to come to their village, or will they take the initiative to attack us, whether the government will participate, if we don't understand these detailed situations, we will not be able to make targeted arrangements. I think people should be sent to Daxinzhuang to reconnaissance, understand the actual situation and make detailed decisions."

Gao Jun said: "I don't oppose people going to Daxinzhuang to reconnaissance, but if you want to reconnaissance, it may not be possible to complete it in one or two days. We are almost completely ignorant of the situation of our opponents. What if they attack us in the near future? Therefore, I think we should at least form the defense of Menbu Village immediately, just in case, and then consider the next plan."

Liu Qinglin nodded and said, "Major Gao, you are right to remind me. I will immediately arrange the defense situation of Menbu Village."

Wang Shengdao: "If you guard Menbu Village, is there enough troops now? Should you inform Qingdao to send more troops to assist the guards of Menbu Village?"

Liu Qinglin shook his head and said, "There is no need to let Qingdao send troops here for the time being. If we just want to guard Menbu Village, the troops will be enough. Moreover, my battalion has a firepower reinforcement company that has not been transferred yet. Tonight I will order to transfer this company to Menbu Village, so that it is more than enough to guard Menbu Village."

Gao Jun said: "I agree not to ask for additional troops to Menbu Village, but if such a thing happens, even if it has not been finalized, it should still report it to Qingdao."
Chapter completed!