PFC Chapter 254 Departure to Nanchuan Province
Chapter 254 Departure to Nanchuan Province
On November 11, after arranging the affairs of Nanling, Fang Jian rushed to Nanchuan under the escort of the 15st Security Regiment of the Garrison Division and the Special Operations Team.
The special forces team just returned to Nanling the day before yesterday. Before that, they had been in the mountains and forests of Xinyuan, destroying the remnants of the North-South Allied Forces.
During the half month after entering the mountains, the special forces killed 1546 enemies, captured 3478, seized 3422 Type 113 rifles, 91 light machine guns, and box guns.
Because there were too many prisoners, Wei Hanzhou had to stop the pursuit and leave the mountain with the prisoners and spoils.
They were planning to leave the captives and spoils in Xinyuan and go back into the mountains, but they received a telegram from Fang Jian asking them to return to Nanling.
Although Wei Hanzhou was reluctant, he still led the special forces team back to Nanling without stopping.
After the convoy entered Nanchuan, it was seen along the way that although the people of Nanchuan still looked pale, they had more smiles on their faces.
After Zhuang Jiwu entered Nanchuan, he did not make any major economic moves, but he established breeding in Nanchuan and recruited workers, giving the people of Nanchuan a little more hope in life.
Today, Nanchuan has started breeding poultry, pigs, cattle, sheep, etc., and the government takes the lead in purchasing them from Nanshan factories, so there is no need to worry about sales.
Tao Yunong, who was sitting nearby, smiled and said, "Thanks to the commander, the lives of the people in Nanchuan have improved."
Faced with Tao Yunong's flattery, Fang Jian was not in a good mood.
For a country, developing the economy and people's livelihood is an ongoing process that needs to be carried out step by step.
The biggest achievement of Nanshan in recent years is the establishment of schools, with primary schools, junior high schools and high schools being well built in various places.
But this achievement is only possible because of the influx of talented people from all over Singapore into Nanshan. Otherwise, Nanshan alone would not be able to gather all these teachers.
If Nanchuan is to be developed, whether in economy or education, literate talents are needed. Fang Jian has rejected the plan to recruit talents from other places.
"Commander, what's wrong?" Tao Yunong asked when he saw Fang Jian's serious expression.
After expressing his worries, Fang Jian could not help but sigh: "Developing the economy and people's livelihood is a long and arduous task."
"Commander, this matter is as simple as it can be." Tao Yunong smiled after a long silence.
"There are still many disabled soldiers waiting to be arranged in the Nanshan Army Logistics Department. The commander can arrange these people as teachers."
Fang Jian's eyes lit up and he smiled, "Okay."
All soldiers of the Nanshan Army were required to be able to read and write, and even reserve soldiers were required to study at night.
They don't have a high level of education, but they can still serve as primary and junior high school teachers.
After each battle, there would be some soldiers who were missing limbs or could not continue to fight in the battlefield. For these soldiers, Francis would arrange them in the police station or logistics unit.
After solving the problem of education and talent, Fang Jian asked: "Has the secret talks between the Southern New Army and Gu Languo yielded any results?"
"Chang Yunxian attached great importance to this secret talk. The location and security level of the secret talk were very high, and our mole did not find it." Tao Yunong shook his head slightly.
After Chang Yunxian was defeated by the Nanshan Army, he attached great importance to foreign aid, so this matter was done very secretly.
If the Mole had not been of a higher rank and if he had not been fortunate enough to receive Ge Languo when he entered Jin'an, Jinchang Province, he would not have known about the secret talks.
Fang Jian smiled helplessly at this, as he knew that whether the two parties could reach an agreement was not something he could control.
Fortunately, even after the two parties reach an agreement, they will not take any action immediately, which can save Nanshan some reaction time.
As they were talking, the truck in front suddenly stopped and the entire convoy stopped on the concrete road.
Fang Jian frowned and said, "Send someone to ask what happened."
"Yes, Commander." Tao Yunong got out of the car and immediately arranged for the intelligence agent behind him to find out the situation.
This place is already in the hinterland of Nanchuan, but it is still just a remote rural area.
Soon, the young spy came back and reported: "Director, there are villagers making trouble ahead, the road is blocked, and now the troublemakers have been driven to the sides of the road."
"Got it." Tao Yunong frowned, waved his hand to let him go, and reported the matter to Fang Jian.
It was already four o'clock in the afternoon. After sitting in the car for a whole day, Francis An was a little tired and decided to go and see what happened.
Under the protection of Tao Yunong, Wei Hanzhou, Wang Hu and the guards, they came to the front.
The convoy escorting Francis Xavier consisted of more than one hundred trucks and twenty cars, with more than twenty trucks leading the way.
Soon they arrived at the front. More than 200 armed soldiers were standing guard beside the truck. Many civilians were standing on both sides of the road, all frightened by the scene.
Francis frowned and asked, "Let those who can make the decision come."
"Yes."
Tao Yunong went up to communicate, and after a few minutes, he brought three people to Fang Jian'an.
Francis asked, "What are you doing? Why are you blocking the road?"
Because he had not yet figured out the situation, Fang Jian planned to take action after understanding it. After all, the Nanchuan Phase I road was very important. Today, he was the only one who encountered it. If he encountered this problem while transporting important materials, the consequences would be disastrous.
Among the three, two were strong men and one was an old man in his fifties or sixties.
The old man spoke first: "Sir, we didn't mean to block the road. We gathered together to seek justice from Mr. Wang."
"I am sorry for delaying your trip."
The sturdy man among them also said: "Yes, Master Jiu is right. Mr. Wang's house is ahead, and we didn't mean to block the road."
Looking to the right, sure enough, there was a large mansion covering a vast area not far away, and the crowd was extending from there.
"What do you want to ask Mr. Wang for?" Fang Jian asked.
Fang Jian was still very concerned about people's livelihood, and naturally wanted to find out the reason. After all, he came to Nanchuan this time to make Nanchuan return to his roots.
The old man said, "Didn't the county issue a notice to exempt us from grain tax and miscellaneous taxes for this year and next year?"
"But not only did Mr. Wang collect rent from us this year, he also raised the rent for next year. Not only did he raise the rent, he also asked us to pay for the road repair."
"Money for road construction? What road to build?" Fang Jian was puzzled.
The sturdy man who had spoken just now snorted coldly: "What other road could it be? It's the one under our feet."
"Third brother." Another sturdy man pulled the other's sleeve, indicating that he should control his temper and not talk nonsense in front of the soldier.
The sturdy man called Third Brother curled his lips and did not continue speaking.
Fang Jian was puzzled: "This road was not built by the government, why do you have to pay for it?"
After some communication, I learned that whether it was raising the rent or collecting money for road construction, it was all done by the rich man Wang and the town officials, and now many people have paid the money.
"Yunong, go and bring Mr. Wang, the mayor of this town and others over here." Fang Jianan instructed Tao Yunong.
"We will rest here tonight and continue our journey early tomorrow morning."
"Yes, Commander." Tao Yunong responded and immediately arranged for someone to bring back the rich man Wang and the town officials.