Chapter 314
The People's Army and the Ming court have not yet been officially concluded, and the autumn harvest has arrived. Whether it is the tenant who rents landlords or the self-cultivated farmers who own their own land, they smiled at the farmer who is about to harvest in the fields. They have been waiting for this day for several months and finally can harvest it. They represent the hope of life.
Compared with the farmers in the Ming Dynasty, the farmers in the People's Army ruled by them had a stronger smile.
In the Ming Dynasty, most farmers relied on renting land for a living by landlords. The emergence of the People's Army made Zhu Yijun understand that the landlords' exploitation of tenants would have serious consequences, but now the landlords are still a very important part of the Ming court.
The Ming court even ordered that the landlords be allowed to form a guard team and gather the landlords' forces to try to resist or even wipe out the People's Army.
If Zhu Yijun ordered the landlord's land to be distributed to the people, the Ming Dynasty would probably collapse in the next moment, so that the farmers in the Ming Dynasty ruled by the landlords were still oppressed by the landlords.
However, the situation of these farmers is slightly better now. The landlords form a guard team. The members of the guard team are young and strong from the farmers' families. As long as the young and strong join the guard team, the landlord will at least let the farmers have a full meal. After all, the landlord wants people to work hard for him. If the family members starve to death, the landlord is afraid that when will he be stabbed by his subordinates?
The situation in the Ming Dynasty ruling region has changed slightly, but it is far from comparable to that of the People's Army ruling region. There is no need to say more about Guangdong Province, which was completely occupied a few years ago. After the People's Army established the People's Military Governments in various places, it immediately distributed land to the people, four acres of land for adults and two acres of land for minors.
Previously, under the rule of the Ming court, the government and the landlords demonized the People's Army. After the People's Army occupied these areas, the people were very scared and dared not contact the People's Army. However, with the efforts of the People's Army, the people gradually accepted the People's Army and supported the People's Army. They felt that the People's Army was much better than the government.
This is their own farmland, and they don’t even need to pay a cent of agricultural tax to the People’s Army (the agricultural tax is still farming public fields for the time being). Thinking about how much grain is piled up at home, this is something they have never encountered in their lifetime.
"God is open-minded. Thank you to the People's Army for driving away those hateful landlords. Thank you for sharing the land for us. No one in the Li family will starve to death in the future."
"My son grows up quickly. When he grows up, his father will send you to join the People's Army. The Grand Governor is a great man. The Grand Governor will definitely lead the People's Army to let all the poor people in the world live a good life. That damn government will never come back."
"The People's Army is not a demon. The People's Army is the patron saint of our people. The Grand Governor is the immortal sent by God to rescue us poor people."
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It is so simple to gain support from the people. As long as the people have land and food to eat, how many people in the world are willing to rebel? After all, there are very few conspirators.
However, the People's Army has not finished doing well with the people. Just when the autumn harvest came, the People's Army soldiers distributed in various parts of the People's Army ruled by the People's Army went deep into the countryside in a row to help the people harvest crops.
The recruits in the recruit training bases in various places did not continue to train. Under the leadership of the instructors, they also helped the people harvest crops.
In the past, the people were very scared when they met the soldiers, especially the Ming army, which was often more terrifying than the bandits and bandits. The People's Army was also the same. In nearly half a year, it was enough for the people to feel the difference between the People's Army and the Ming army. They were no longer so afraid of being in the soldiers.
When they saw the People's Army coming to help them harvest crops, they greeted each other with a smile. The whole family went into battle. There was nothing good at home for the People's Army to eat. It was necessary to serve tea and water. At least the soldiers should not be thirsty. Looking at the busy People's Army soldiers in the fields, the people felt more kind. Some people even thought that their sons and adults could also be sent to the People's Army.
Veterans in the People's Army have become accustomed to coming to help the people do farm work during spring and autumn harvest. They even go to the countryside to see what people need to help at home when they are free. Repairing roofs has become a necessary skill for many People's Army soldiers.
This is the first time that the recruits in the training stage come to help the people do farm work. They do these farm work at home, but they are a little surprised why the People's Army wants to help the people do farm work.
The instructor knew that the recruits might have doubts and said:
"Our People's Army is the army of the people and the army of the people. Our mission is to protect the people and let the people live a good life. What's the point of doing farm work for the people? And if you join the People's Army yourself, you have less labor at home. If you are here to help other people do farm work, maybe other comrades in your family are helping your family do farm work."
When the recruits thought, there was such a possibility. However, the recruits who were in the Ming Dynasty were feeling a little uncomfortable. Their relatives were still renting land for landlords to make a living. Their labor force could not return home for the time being. I wonder if my family was bullied, and I wonder if the food harvested by the family this year could make the whole family have enough food.
At this moment, they were even more eager for the People's Army to defeat the Ming court and incorporate the whole world into the rule of the People's Army, so that their families who still live in the Ming Dynasty would have their own land and would never go hungry again.
Food is the most important thing for the people. The People's Army's industry has just started for less than two years. Agriculture is far more important to the People's Army than industry. There can be no industry, but it cannot be without agriculture. Without food, everyone will starve to death.
As the autumn harvest is underway, various places have reported the autumn harvest situation. Compared with previous years, there is a lot of rain this summer, and the newly occupied water conservancy facilities in the four provinces are still under construction, which has caused a slight reduction in farmland production. This situation will change next year.
Looking at the autumn harvest situation, Fang Nan was thinking about something in his mind: industrial development requires a large amount of labor, and agricultural planting also requires a large amount of labor. With the continuous development of industry, the two will have conflicts and need to liberate/release part of the agricultural labor to the industry.
Under normal circumstances, if a farmer has a plowing ox, it is no problem for a family to cultivate dozens of acres of land, but the reality is that there are too many people and too few cattle and horses. It is difficult for ten farmer families to get a plowing ox.
It is no longer a problem for the People's Army to destroy the Ming court. Fang Nan has turned his attention to the Tatars in the north of the Ming court. Some of the Tatar tribes are cattle, horses and sheep, and they snatch the cattle, horses and sheep of the Tatars to meet their own needs.
However, the Tatars were mainly cavalry, and there were fewer cavalry in the People's Army, which was a relatively serious problem.
Chapter completed!