More than ten days have passed since Haifeng County was captured by the People's Army. In the first two days, the city was panicked. Whether it was a wealthy family or a poor ordinary person, they all thought it was a rioter or even a bandit who captured Haifeng County.

In their opinion, no matter whether the Ming Dynasty government is good or not, at least it will make Haifeng County relatively stable. A force suddenly appears to capture Haifeng County, and then their lives will not be much guaranteed.

After the People's Army captured Haifeng County, it immediately began to search for the wealthy families who had committed evil. One by one, the wealthy families who had committed evil were investigated, and the wealthy families who had committed evil were afraid to die.

It would be better to switch to ordinary people. The People's Military Government has sent a working group to appease and unite ordinary people.

The most tense two days passed, and the people in Haifeng County were much more at ease. Some brave people came to the streets to continue doing business, and some even did business with the People's Army.

At this time, the People's Military Government sent staff to visit the wealthy families that had not been found in the city. On the one hand, they comforted the wealthy families and said that the People's Army would not attack them. On the other hand, they also announced to these wealthy families that most of the farmland they owned would be acquired by the People's Military Government (low price).

Although the farmland was temporarily "stolen" by the People's Army, these wealthy families breathed a sigh of relief, at least they knew that they would not die.

Seven days after the People's Army captured Haifeng County, the People's Military Government of Haifeng County lifted martial law on the county town, allowing ordinary people to enter and exit the county town freely, and only restricted the wealthy families. No one in the wealthy families were allowed to leave the county town for the time being. Only after the territory was expanded and they had stronger strength under the rule of the People's Army, would they have contact restrictions and would not be worried that these wealthy families would have contact with the Ming army.

After the martial law was lifted, some vitality was restored. At the city gates and on the city walls, there were guards of People's Army soldiers in important positions in the city, and teams of People's Army soldiers would also appear on the streets to patrol. However, the people in the city were almost no longer afraid of the People's Army.

The wealthy families, mainly Xu's family, carefully began to contact the outside world after being closed for many days. First, they sent guards and maids to see them outside with their own eyes or to learn about the news from the people. Then, the wealthy families who still survived were connected with each other.

So many wealthy families in Haifeng County were investigated by the People's Army, and only less than one-third of the wealthy families were left, all with similar identities and lived in Haifeng County occupied by the People's Army. They could only stay together to keep warm.

The Xu family is the one with the most wealth and reputation among the remaining wealthy families. Xu Xinzhi basically became the leader of the remaining wealthy families.

At the beginning, the topics that the heads of the family were talking about were when the official army came, how did the People's Army appear, and the People's Army really buys farmland with the money, so we should accept the money.

I don’t know when the official army came, and I don’t know how the People’s Army appeared. However, the People’s Army used money to buy farmland. The price of the People’s Army purchasing farmland is relatively low, and the price of the upper-class field is only equivalent to lower-class field, and the price of lower-class field is even lower.

The heads of the family cannot refuse the purchase of the People's Army. They are more thinking about whether they should accept the silver. They are worried that they will be searched by these "thieves" after they accept the silver.

"This thief is extraordinary and will not kill innocent people indiscriminately. We have not been searched for our house. We have a better reputation and have not done any evil deeds to the people. Even if we accept the money to buy farmland, there is a very likely no accident.

Anyway, the farmland is only temporarily stolen by the thieves. When the government army comes, the farmland will return to us. This money is regarded as compensation for us, and the government army is not so easy to deal with, so we may have to pay for the army."

Xu Xinzhi told the other heads of the family that he had agreed with him. Except for the wealthy families who were so scared that they dared not ask for money from the People's Army, it was really difficult for wealthy families who did not charge money.

The Haifeng County People's Military Government is very efficient. When the People's Army of various groups did not gather outside Haifeng County, the problem of spending money to buy farmland from wealthy families was almost the same.

Not all of them are used to buy farmland with money. The People's Military Government adopts several payment methods:

The first type is to pay in gold and silver, but it will not be paid in one go, so you have to pay in installments;

The second type is to pay with antique calligraphy and paintings, gold and silver jewelry, etc., which can be paid in one go;

The third type is to pay in part with gold and silver, and the other is paying in part with antique calligraphy, painting, gold and silver jewelry as quotation, the latter is paid in one lump sum, while the former still has to pay in installments.

It is often said that "gold in troubled times, antiques in prosperous times". The heads of the family naturally understand this. They did not think that the People's Army could overthrow the Ming Dynasty. Instead, they believed that the government army would soon encircle the People's Army. In this case, they were more willing to choose to collect antique calligraphy and paintings, gold and silver jewelry. There were also two heads of the family who chose the third mixed payment method.

Now several people's army gathered outside Haifeng County. The heads of the family in the city gathered in Xu Mansion because the People's Army outside the city gathered in the Xu Mansion. They all knew that the Ming army in Jieshi was destroyed by the People's Army.

The People's Army did not hide the news that the Ming army of Jieshi was destroyed. More than 5,000 Ming army was gone. The Ming army already knew about such a big thing. There was no need for the People's Army to hide it from the inside. Telling this matter to the people can let the people know that the People's Army is strong and will not be easily defeated by the Ming army, and can enhance the hearts of the people.

The Ming army of Jieshi was eliminated by the People's Army, which was good news for the People's Army and ordinary people under the rule of the People's Army. It was bad news for these wealthy families who were still thinking about returning to the Ming Dynasty. The stronger the People's Army, the more time the Ming army would need to spend to wipe out the People's Army.

There are about 100,000 Ming troops in Guangdong. If most of the Ming troops are mobilized to encircle and suppress the People's Army, it will take at least half a month to mobilize the Ming troops from all departments. In addition, the People's Army is in a desperate situation to resist, and perhaps the Ming army will take several months to eliminate the People's Army.

If the Ming army in Guangdong cannot destroy the People's Army, it will take more time to mobilize the Ming army outside Guangdong.

Of course, in the hearts of all the heads of the family, it was only a matter of time before the People's Army's rioters were wiped out by the Ming army. There were millions of troops in the Ming Dynasty, and the People's Army was far from an opponent.

"Would we send our subordinates out of the city with the thieves' information and send it to the government army?" In the room, a head of the family suggested.
Chapter completed!