Human nature is selfish,

But everything seized on the battlefield belongs to others.

Since they are willing to share a portion with Xie Village and the Zhou family,

Li Xingyu couldn't refuse for both emotional and rational reasons.

He forced a wry smile and accepted,

"Alright!"

Wen Xuan said,

"Lead the way!

We can talk on the road."

"Let my wife lead the way!

Her family is from the Zhou family.

People will listen to her."

Wen Xuan said to Li Xingyu,

"Don't worry! Our Special Operations Brigade never ignores the common people.

The brigade commander has already spoken,

Requesting that you send some people to help us transport supplies.

We will pay wages first!

No matter how difficult it is, we must help you get through this famine."

Li Xingyu immediately heard the sincerity in the company commander's words.

The man was obviously looking at the expression on his face,

And that's why he took time out of his busy schedule to say these things.

Before he could reply,

Wen Xuan was already running toward Xie Village, led by Zhou Wan'er.

Her horse-riding skills weren't good,

So she wasn't running fast.

As she ran,

She said to the company commander,

"Several of my sisters married into Xie Village.

Who from Zhou Village was killed by the Japanese devils?"

Wen Xuan said helplessly,

"Our people also saw from the plane that the village had been burned by the Japanese devils,

And there were many corpses on the ground.

But it's still unclear exactly who was killed by the Japanese devils."

"I wonder how my parents are?"

Zhou Wan'er's eyes reddened.

She was worried about her family.

No one present could answer this question.

They could only silently follow behind Zhou Wan'er,

Running toward Xie Village ahead.

When they rushed into Xie Village,

The smoke from the entire village had already dissipated.

What they could see were corpses lying outside the ruins of every household.

The sobbing of many people still echoed in the village.

Even those who weren't crying out loud,

Looked at Wen Xuan and the others with hatred in their eyes.

Zhou Wan'er led the way in front,

And she was also hated by these people.

Wasn't the one who led the Japanese devils at noon,

That peddler who used to come and sell goods?

Zhou Wan'er ran to the entrance of a household,

And then dismounted.

The woman kneeling on the ground crying heard the sound of hooves,

And then looked up,

Recognizing Zhou Wan'er.

Seeing that the soldiers following behind her were from the National Army,

And that their uniforms were clearly different from those of the Japanese devils who had come at noon,

She asked in a low voice, "Wan'er! What are you doing here?"

Zhou Wan'er looked at the corpse lying on the ground,

And she could tell from the face that he was still very young.

"Our village was also burned by the Japanese devils.

Many people died.

This is the company commander from the Special Operations Brigade.

They killed the Japanese devils,

And seized some grain,

And killed their warhorses.

The company commander thought that this place had also been burned by the Japanese devils,

And he was afraid that you wouldn't have any food to eat during this time,

So he asked me to lead the way,

And invite you to Li Village for a meal."

Zhou Wan'er said everything in one breath.

Several people who had been searching for things in the ruins,

Stopped when Wen Xuan and the others stopped,

And nervously looked at these people who had come on warhorses.

Hearing what Zhou Wan'er said,

Someone immediately asked,

"How many people died in your village?"

"Thirty-seven!"

"Beasts! Beasts!

Are those beasts really all dead?"

"Yes! In the afternoon,

We stopped them outside Zhang Village.

We didn't let one escape.

Our people, the people from Zhang Village, the people from Li Village,

Are still busy on the battlefield at this time."

Zhou Wan'er quickly said,

"The people from our village are helping to dig pits."

As Wen Xuan and his group stopped to talk,

The people from the entire Xie Village slowly gathered around,

Hearing their conversation,

An old man walked out from the crowd.

Zhou Wan'er said to Wen Xuan in a low voice,

"This is Village Chief Xie."

Village Chief Xie said to Wen Xuan,

"There are nearly a thousand people in our village.

If everyone goes to Li Village to eat,

Do you have that much grain?"

He was worried that if everyone from the village went,

But there wasn't enough to eat,

Then the people from Li Village and Xie Village would probably fight.

Wen Xuan said earnestly,

"We will transport grain from other places.

We won't let a single person starve to death."

Hearing him say that he wouldn't let anyone starve to death, instead of not letting anyone go hungry,

Village Chief Xie was somewhat tempted.

The entire village really didn't have a single grain of food now.

They didn't expect to have their fill.

They only wanted to have a little grain to eat every day,

Mixed with some wild vegetables,

To survive this month before the autumn harvest.

In fact, even if Wen Xuan and the others didn't come,

The people from Xie Village were preparing to flee the famine.

Village Chief Xie bowed,

"All of Xie Village thanks the officers for the kindness of saving our lives.

If there is anything we can do to repay you,

We will not hesitate!"

He knew clearly, "Since they are transporting grain to save our lives,

There must be something they want the people in the village to do.

But what choice do we have?"

Wen Xuan said,

"We soldiers are also common people.

In our hometowns, our parents and siblings,

Are just like you.

Saving you,

Is saving our own parents and siblings.

Village Chief, don't worry too much."

Hearing Wen Xuan speak so humbly,

Everyone around felt much better in their hearts.

Wen Xuan said,

"We still have to go to the Zhou family.

They are the worst off."

Village Chief Xie, as if he had thought of something,

Suddenly asked,

"We didn't send anyone to report to the authorities.

How did you know that three villages had suffered a disaster?"

A possibility came to his mind:

Could it be that the Japanese devils and these National Army soldiers were in cahoots?

The Japanese devils came to kill and set fires, and the National Army came to play the good guys,

And then trick those of them who had no way out into joining the army.

Wen Xuan pointed to the sky,

"We have planes in the sky.

We saw thick smoke rising in this direction,

And we came over to take a look."

Someone among the people of Xie Village spoke up,

"So it was a plane!

It flew over our place several times today."

Wen Xuan said,

"We really have to go to the Zhou family now.

You can just go to Li Village directly.

Our people are already prepared there."

Wen Xuan and his group ran toward the Zhou family.

The people in Xie Village dared to speak now.

Someone asked,

"Village Chief! What do they want

What are they after?"

These people didn't believe that free lunches fell from the sky.

They had all seen National Army soldiers before.

Of course, they weren't as brutal as the Japanese devils,

But they definitely weren't as good as these Special Operations Brigade soldiers had said!

Three villages, with a combined population of nearly three thousand,

Three thousand people eating for a month,

That would require tens of thousands of pounds of grain.

No one would believe them if they said they didn't have any ulterior motives.

Village Chief Xie said with a bitter face,

"In this situation,

Do we still have a choice?

Everyone, help bury the dead first.

The dead are the most important.

No matter what, we have to let them rest in peace first,

Before we can leave."

The village chief was the person with the most power,

And the most prestige, and the most wisdom in the entire village.

What he said,

The people in Xie Village had to listen to.

They had to listen!

According to custom,

To put the deceased in a coffin and bury them on the hillside, they needed to invite a geomancer to choose a date.

So many people had died in the village today,

And there was clearly no time to invite a geomancer.

Everyone in the village had nothing now.

Even if some old people had prepared coffins for themselves in the past,

They had been burned by the fire set by the Japanese devils today.

Now, these deceased were being buried,

Without even a straw mat.

The entire village was burying the dead in this state of grief, injury and anger.

Village Chief Xie saw that the funerals for each family were being concluded so hastily,

And then he said,

"Carry the injured,

Let's go to Li Village and try our luck!

If they are lying,

We will go to Nanjing, to Shanghai.

There will always be a way out."

He glanced at the ruins of the entire village again,

And said to these people in his village,

"All of the people of Xie Village,

From now on, we will never coexist with the Japanese devils.

The descendants of Xie Village must never marry Japanese devils.

This Special Operations Brigade officer,

Said that they had already killed the Japanese devils who burned our homes.

If this is true,

The young people in the village will join the army,

Join them,

And fight the Japanese devils."

Zhou Wan'er led the way, and Wen Xuan and the others ran all the way to the Zhou family.

At this time, the sky was dim.

There wasn't a single light in the entire village,

Nor was there any sign of life.

When they entered the village,

There was only the "clop-clop" of hooves.

Zhou Wan'er at this time,

Increased the speed of the warhorse.

She rushed to a place where there were only ruins,

And shouted, "Dad! Mom!"

There was no response!

The gate of the courtyard was open.

She dismounted and entered the courtyard,

And it was a scene of ruins inside.

Five corpses were lying on the ground in the courtyard.

Zhou Wan'er's body went limp all of a sudden.

She staggered over and cried, "Dad! Mom! Brother! Guihua! Erdan!"

All five members of her family were here.

Wen Xuan signaled to a row of soldiers,

"Search the village and see

If there's anyone?"

Since they entered the village,

They hadn't seen a single living person.

There were corpses everywhere.

But there were the most in the village's drying ground.

The corpses were stacked on top of each other there.

A row of more than fifty people searched the village in a circle,

But they didn't find a single living person.

When they returned to Zhou Wan'er's house again,

She had already stopped crying,

And she was turning her relatives over,

So that their faces were up.

Wen Xuan asked in a low voice,

"Sister-in-law Li! It's getting dark.

There isn't a single living person in the entire Zhou family.

What are you going to do next?"

Zhou Wan'er said, weeping,

"Company Commander! Please bury my family.

Tomorrow, I'll find people from the village to come over,

And bury everyone in the village.

The dead are the most important. May they rest in peace!"

Wen Xuan nodded.

When they returned,

Xie Village was also empty.

On the way, the people of Xie Village heard that there wasn't a single living person in the entire Zhou Village.

Many people immediately started crying again.

Their families were all from the Zhou family.

And they had married into Xie Village.

Hearing that their families had all suffered,

And then thinking about the situation in their own homes,

These people cried even more sadly.

Hearing that everyone in the village was still exposed in the wilderness,

These people were even more saddened.

Village Chief Xie said,

"Don't worry! We will go help tomorrow,

And bury all the people of the Zhou family."

Zhou Wan'er also said,

"I will ask the village chief to send some people over,

And bury those uncles and elders in my family."

Wen Xuan didn't speak.

The row of soldiers who had come with him didn't speak either.

They had seen the scene in the drying ground of Zhou Village,

And no one had spoken until now.

The Nanjing Massacre,

They had only heard people talk about it.

They hadn't seen it with their own eyes.

The massacre they had seen in Zhou Village today,

Had shocked them too much.

The cruelty of the Japanese devils had long exceeded the limits of beasts.

Animals hunted only to fill their bellies.

But these Japanese devils were killing and setting fires just for fun!

These soldiers in the row,

Only felt sympathy for the suffering villagers.

Sympathy, more sympathy!

…

The Third Regiment had been running all day.

They were either running, or on the way to run.

From morning until afternoon,

First, they ran to chase the Japanese Nineteenth Brigade,

And after defeating the Japanese infantry,

They continued to advance toward Lu'an.

But they gave up halfway,

And returned to wipe out the Japanese cavalry regiment.

To deal with this cavalry Twentieth Regiment,

They still used two legs to chase the Japanese devils' four legs.

Fortunately, with the support of the air squadron,

The Japanese cavalry regiment was annihilated,

And they also rescued two guides.

One was named Zong Gaoyi, and he used to be a peddler.

He had been forced by the Japanese devils to be a guide for three months.

The other was named Luan Jinglong.

He kept saying that he had been a guide for the Japanese devils,

But he had never pointed them to a single path.

Jia Shusheng asked the two about the surrounding geography,

And both guides could explain it clearly.

Thinking that the troops were attacking Lu'an,

Keeping such talents was very necessary.

Jia Shusheng had people leave these two guides behind,

And let them be his guides as well.

It had been dark for a long time,

When the people from Xie Village finally arrived at Li Village.

In the darkness,

They couldn't see far away.

They could only see quite a few bonfires dotted here and there.

The aroma of food wafted through the air.

Especially the aroma of horse meat that had been stewed until it was tender.

It made people's mouths water.

The people from Xie Village had walked all the way,

And they were tired and hungry.

Smelling the aroma in the air,

Everyone's stomach felt hungry.

Li Xingyu came up to greet them,

And said to Wen Xuan,

"Company Commander! According to the officers' instructions,

We have already prepared for the villagers of Xie Village and Zhou Village."

They had also been cautious.

They had prepared the food first,

And everyone would have to make do with whatever there was, whether there was too much or too little! They were really afraid that they would eat up all the grain seized from the battlefield in these two days.

What would they do for the rest of the days?

Wen Xuan didn't think too much,

And said directly,

"Alright!

Everyone, let's eat first!"

The people from Xie Village,

Had walked so far,

And smelled such a fragrant aroma,

And they had long been hungry and thirsty.

Hearing Wen Xuan's words,

They immediately went to the bonfires led by the people from Li Village.

The soup in the pots was still bubbling.

There was rice simmering in large pots on the side.

Seeing the people from Xie Village,

They were all people with just heads on their shoulders.

They didn't have any possessions.

They really didn't have anything.

The people from Li Village quickly put out the bowls that each family had dug out from the ruins.

And now, the villagers of Xie Village could finally start eating.

The people from Li Village listened to Zhou Wan'er tearfully recounting the scenes she had seen in the Zhou family.

They heard that there wasn't a single survivor in the entire Zhou family.

And they all burst into curses.

The young men, young women, and young wives from Li Village,

Had all touched guns in the afternoon,

And had even fired them.

Each of them now had a different kind of courage and vision.

They all said that they wanted to join the army,

To fight the Japanese devils,

To avenge the villagers.

Li Xingyu squatted beside Wen Xuan and asked,

"Company Commander! Are you still recruiting soldiers?"

"Yes!"

"Do you think I'll do?"

"Yes!" Wen Xuan agreed without any hesitation.

Another young man on the side asked,

"Company Commander! Do you think I'll do?"

"Yes!"

Wen Xuan agreed to more than a dozen young men in a row.

They all said that they could join the army and fight the Japanese devils.

These young men were both happy and doubtful.

It seemed a little too simple.

And as long as they asked the company commander,

He would agree!

These young men felt a little uneasy in their hearts.

They were afraid that Wen Xuan was just敷衍fūyǎn (going through the motions).

Wen Xuan saw that these young men were all surrounding him.

And they wouldn't leave.

He probably understood their thoughts,

Smiled and said,

"You don't have to worry!

The Japanese devils are still very strong now.

And our country needs many young people like you to stand up together,

To go to the battlefield and fight them,

And fight them to the death!

Our troops are constantly growing,

But we are also constantly short of people.

If you really want to fight the Japanese devils,

We will of course welcome you with open arms.

But you also have to discuss it with your families.

Also, you must pay attention:

Fighting the Japanese devils is not an easy thing.

It's very hard.

All of us have to train every day.

We have a saying:

Sweat more in peacetime, bleed less in wartime!

As long as you endure more hardship in training,

You will be able to shoot accurately,

Shoot well, run fast, and catch up on the battlefield.

It will also be easier to fight the Japanese devils."

These young men all spoke up,

"We are not afraid of hardship, and we are not afraid of fatigue!"

Li Xingyu said,

"We are all farmers. What kind of hardship, what kind of fatigue haven't we endured?"

Wen Xuan believed this sentence.

He was also a farmer himself.

Of course, he knew the hardship and fatigue of farming.

Li Xingyu saw that Wen Xuan had already eaten.

And these people were surrounding Wen Xuan,

Wanting him to talk about the Special Operations Brigade.

What kind of troops were they?

Why did they wear the same clothes as the National Army soldiers they had seen before,

But they were a little different?

They couldn't say what was different.

Wen Xuan smiled,

"We are different from the National Army in the first place.

We are the people's own troops.

All of us come from the people.

We all know that the soldiers eat the people's food,

Wear the people's clothes,

And use the people's things.

Of course, we have to be nicer to the people.

You are our providers.

Protecting the homeland of the people,

Is our duty.

We haven't done this now.

And we have made you suffer."

When Wen Xuan spoke,

More and more people gathered around to listen.

Someone said,

"The officers in the past didn't say that.

They said they were protecting us.

So they caught our chickens,

Led away our pigs,

And carried away our grain.

They said that all of this should be given to them."

Wen Xuan said with a bitter smile,

"Protecting the people is right.

But you have already paid rent and taxes every year.

You have already fulfilled your obligations.

They may just be new to a place,

And have nowhere to eat.

So they are just taking advantage of the situation!"

The person who had just asked said,

"There is no harm without comparison.

I used to feel that the National Army was hateful.

When the Japanese devils entered the village today,

I realized that the Japanese devils are not human."

"Yeah!

Those Japanese devils are too bad.

They rushed into the village,

Not to rob things at all,

But to kill and set fires.

They take pleasure in killing and setting fires."

"Why else would they be called devils?"

The villagers became more and more angry as they spoke.

They had nowhere to return now.

They had no home to go to.

Everyone had eaten well tonight.

They had eaten their fill, and now they had the energy

To support their anger.

Only those children who were a few years old,

Saw so many people gathered in the wild.

This was something that had never happened before.

They scurried around in the crowd.

Bursting out with laughter from time to time.

These little children didn't know what kind of hard days they would be facing next.

They were still happy that they had eaten meat tonight, which they could only eat during the New Year.

The little children were playing hide-and-seek in the darkness.

There were many people here tonight.

The parents weren't worried about anything.

And they no longer called them home.

They let them do as they pleased.

When the villagers had vented almost enough,

Wen Xuan said,

"That's why we have to unite and organize ourselves,

To eliminate the Japanese devils,

Drive them out."

He reported the situation of the three villages

To Regiment Commander Jia.

Jia Shusheng reported to Lin Fan.

Lin Fan ordered,

"The Third Regiment will wait here for another day or two,

To assist the villagers here in burying the victims,

And to settle the Zhou family's affairs."

Jia Shusheng was clear.

There was still a survivor from the Zhou family.

There was no one in the entire village.

But the crops they had planted were still there,

And the fields were still there.

If these things weren't settled properly,

The villages around that knew the situation would probably fight over these lands.

This was also what Lin Fan meant when he told him to handle this matter properly.

In addition, he learned from Wen Xuan's report that

The people of Li Village and Xie Village were very enthusiastic about joining the army and resisting the Japanese.

The Special Operations Brigade had to protect this enthusiasm,

And guide them to join the resistance against Japan.

Even Zhang Village, which hadn't encountered the Japanese cavalry Twentieth Regiment this time,

The people there were stimulated when they heard about the tragic situation in the three villages.

Many people also wanted to join the Special Operations Brigade

And fight the Japanese devils.

The old village chief of Zhang Village was also inquiring about getting a gun from Regiment Commander Jia.

He wanted to form a security team

To protect his village.

Lin Fan had already had people send a batch of grain directly from Hefei.

Chen Sichuan heard about the tragic case that had occurred in these three villages.

He knew that they were all destitute.

And their homes were bare.

He suggested to Lin Fan,

"Grain is essential.

Winter is coming after autumn.

The common people can't survive the winter without cotton clothes, quilts, and houses.

We can transport a batch of those quilts seized from the Japanese devils.

At the same time, we can purchase some daily necessities from Hefei

And sell them to the people here on credit,

So that they can repay us with grain or wages in the future."

Lin Fan attached great importance to his suggestion.

Save those in distress, not those in poverty!

Chen Sichuan's suggestion was very good.

Everything required a price.

No one would cherish things given away for free.

Nor would it make people grateful.

Wen Xuan learned about the brigade commander's thoughts from his call with Regiment Commander Jia.

Now he could tell the villagers.

Wen Xuan saw that more and more people were surrounding him.

And he raised his voice and said,

"I don't think many people can sleep right now.

If everyone is free,

Let's talk about what to do next.

Everyone shout out,

And have at least one person from each household come.

More people can come if they want.

So that everyone can hear,

What are we going to do next?"

Hearing that the company commander was going to talk about what to do next,

The villagers immediately told those children who were playing hide-and-seek to call out to people,

And have someone from each household come.

The bonfires here burned even bigger.

And more and more people gathered around.

This wasn't just one person from each household coming.

Everyone from the family came.

The men who were in charge of the family,

The young women and young wives all came.

They squeezed into half of the area.

The children held by the young wives were either crying,

Or sleeping soundly.

It quickly became noisy here.

But Wen Xuan wasn't worried.

This was what a truly lively and vibrant meeting place should be like.

After about half an hour,

Wen Xuan cleared his throat,

"Villagers! We are all clear about your situation.

You can say that you have no home to return to.

And no food to eat overnight.

You ate tonight,

But you don't know what you will eat tomorrow.

I said to the villagers of Li Village in the afternoon:

The Special Operations Brigade will not ignore you.

The Special Operations Brigade is the people's own troops.

Every one of our soldiers

Comes from the people.

And we will still return to the people in the future.

Our brigade commander said:

We will transport a batch of grain, quilts, and daily necessities from Hefei

To help everyone get through this difficult time.

These things will be given to you on credit.

In the future, the villagers can help us with work,

Or directly repay us with grain or money.

Like this afternoon,

Helping us clean the battlefield,

Collecting supplies, digging pits and burying people,

All of this is doing work for us.

And you will be paid for it.

What I want to say here is:

Soldiers eat the people's food.

Will they be paid?

Yes!

A regular soldier in our Special Operations Brigade

Is paid five yuan a month.

Alright! Now, you can ask anything you don't understand."

Li Tianshi immediately asked,

"Company Commander! You said in the afternoon that you would distribute guns to the village.

Do we have to pay for them?

Are you still going to distribute them?"

Wen Xuan said decisively,

"The guns will be distributed, but the money is not necessary! But who they are distributed to

Is up to us to decide.

After these people receive the guns, they will also have to participate in training.

When there is nothing to do, they will farm at home,

And train in the village.

When the Japanese devils come,

They will not only protect their own village.

They will have to unite with the people in other villages

To fight the Japanese devils together.

I think everyone knows the principle that one chopstick is easy to break,

But a bundle of chopsticks cannot be broken!"

"We know! We know!" Li Tianshi said quickly.

He wanted to continue asking.

But Village Chief Xie quickly spoke up,

"Company Commander! The people of Xie Village have been deeply harmed by the Japanese devils.

We also want to have our own security team.

We also want to have guns."

Wen Xuan said seriously,

"Yes, you can! In fact,

If everyone in your village had a gun in their hand,

Even if the Japanese devils entered the village today,

They wouldn't dare to kill and set fires so brazenly.

Even if they could defeat you,

They would at least have to leave dozens or hundreds of lives behind before they could leave the village.

We would of course welcome you if you are willing to form a security team.

But as I said just now,

This security team will be trained and commanded by our people.

And they will not only be active in their own village.

They will have to work together in this area,

With the security teams in Hefei, Lu'an, Shucheng, and Huoshan

To jointly protect our homeland."

Village Chief Xie quickly said,

"Company Commander, don't worry.

As long as we have guns in our hands,

And grain at home,

So that our family won't go hungry,

Wherever there are Japanese devils,

We will go there.

These Japanese devils are too hateful.

If they don't die,

We will all be killed by them sooner or later."

Wen Xuan said earnestly,

"Village Chief Xie is right:

If the Japanese devils don't die,

They will kill us sooner or later.

We and the Japanese devils

Cannot coexist.

Village Chief Xie, don't worry.

We will definitely not let ourselves go to fight the Japanese devils on an empty stomach.

Nor will we let the families of those who follow us to fight the Japanese devils go hungry.

In fact, we have organized mutual assistance among the villagers in the base areas.

Everyone helps each other.

When a family is in trouble,

Everyone will provide support.

If you help a little and he lends a hand,

It will be easy for a family to get through the difficulties."

Village Chief Xie, Li Tianshi, and the villagers present had a look of longing in their eyes.

Someone in the crowd immediately asked,

"Company Commander, what about us now?

Every family is in trouble!

What should we do?"

Wen Xuan didn't even think about it,

"Everyone should unite together

To overcome the difficulties together!

Gather all the people in the entire village together to work,

Like one big family.

Distribute the tasks.

First, let the dead rest in peace.

Then clean up the ruins that were burned.

There is still a month until the autumn harvest.

In this month,

First, we have to rebuild the houses for each family."

Some people in the crowd were thinking, and some were asking questions:

"Some people's foundations are big,

And some people's foundations are small.

People with big foundations have taken advantage of it."

Wen Xuan said,

"Everyone should first discuss what kind of houses to build.

Each household will build the size of the house according to the current number of people.

The more people there are, the more effort they put in.

And they will build a little more and a little wider.

The fewer people there are, the less they will build.

Absolute fairness is impossible at this time.

But general fairness is still necessary."

Village Chief Xie thought for a while,

And then said, "Yes! Yes!

First, build houses that can survive the winter for each household according to the number of people.

If you want a good house,

You can build it yourself in the future."

"That's what I mean!" Wen Xuan said.

Zhang Tianshi said with a bitter face,

"It's too late!

In this situation,

Every household has to build a house.

Where will we get so many materials?"

Wen Xuan was also a little embarrassed.

Suddenly, he thought of those houses built in Jurong.

He said to these villagers,

"We do have materials.

Do you know about cement?"

Cement! Such a high-end thing,

Of course, the villagers knew about it.

That was something that wealthy families in the city could afford.

Wen Xuan said,

"The Special Operations Brigade has a cement plant in Jurong.

If you need it,

You can buy some cement.

And it's very good to use it as a beam."

Village Chief Xie said with a wry smile,

"We all know that cement is a good thing.

But how can we afford to buy it?"

Wen Xuan smiled mysteriously,

"You can't afford to buy it for now.

But you can buy it on credit!

Ten years, twenty years,

Pay a little bit every year.

And then you can afford to buy it.

You can even directly have people over there

Take on all the construction materials for you.

Rebuild the house first,

And move in.

You can repay the money slowly!"

"What if we can't repay it?" Someone asked!

"Then the house will belong to someone else!" Someone answered.

Wen Xuan said,

"As long as you are willing to work, you can pay it back.

In Jurong, many people build houses this way."

As soon as he said this,

The people in both villages became a little eager to try.

The villagers had thought of all the problems,

And they had all asked them.

Finally, someone asked,

"Company Commander! What about so much farmland in Zhou Village?"

Some people had already thought of it:

The people in Zhou Village were all gone.

Even if there were really any survivors,

There wouldn't be many.

But Zhou Village originally had more than a thousand people.

And there were at least ten thousand acres of good land.

Not to mention the long-term benefits of the land,

Even if the tens of thousands of acres of crops ripened in a month,

That would be how much money!

Wen Xuan said seriously,

"The grain and crops in Zhou Village belong to Zhou Village.

If there really is a family that has been completely killed,

Their daughters who married out

Can be divided into half.

The rest of the grain and land will be taken over by the Special Operations Brigade.

And they will be used as public property

To resettle families in each village and village that have no land at all."

Wen Xuan's words immediately excited many people in the crowd.

Someone immediately asked,

"Company Commander! Can the people of Li Village also go?"

"Company Commander! Can the people of Xie Village also go?"

…

Many people asked.

Wen Xuan only had one sentence:

"Yes, you can!

But not everyone who has no land can go.

There will definitely be many people applying.

We will select those who have made great contributions to the Special Operations Brigade to be assigned to settle there.

And Zhou Village has been slaughtered by the Japanese devils.

And there will definitely not be many people left.

There will be few people going there temporarily.

And I estimate that they will not be enough to be bullied by bandits."

Hearing what Wen Xuan said,

Those who had just been full of enthusiasm,

Suddenly felt like a bucket of ice water had been poured down on them on a June day.

Bandits! Why didn't everyone think of bandits?

In this chaotic world,

There were even more bandits than in previous years.

If only a few dozen people went to settle in Zhou Village,

They would probably be harassed by bandits every day.

Thinking of this, many people gave up this idea.

Wen Xuan was thinking about that place in Zhou Village in his heart.

It was far from the highway.

And it was hidden! It could be used as a base for guerrillas in the future.

While they were having a meeting in the fields,

Chen Sichuan in Hefei was with Zhang Shun.

Zhang Shun listened as Chen Sichuan had his people send a batch of grain to Li Village.

He had been listening quietly as Chen Sichuan talked about how the Japanese devils' cavalry Twentieth Regiment had slaughtered three villages in one day,

And burned all the houses in the three villages.

Now the Special Operations Brigade was going to send some grain to the people in the three villages

To help them get through this month before the autumn harvest.

Zhang Shun couldn't help but clasp his hands and say,

"Magnanimous! Commander Chen,

I have never admired anyone.

But your actions

Make people have to admire you.

People like you,

Deserve to rule the country.

And it's against all reason if you don't rule the country.

What you said today about sending people to my place to teach

I have thought about it.

Let the teachers go as much as possible.

Aren't you going to establish some kind of base area?

Can my eight hundred li of Chaohu