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Chapter 31 The Brothers Next Door

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    When the Ninth Engineering Company marched towards Longkang with singing, Guan Fei was receiving a group of people from the Northeast Military Region next door headed by Deputy Commander Peng Desheng.  It was during a routine inspection of the troops in the morning that he learned that people from the Northeast Military Region next door were coming, and that their deputy commander Peng Desheng was personally leading the team.  As soon as he got the news, he rushed back and asked political commissar Zhang Shengguo, deputy brigade commander Sun Yaohua, brigade chief of staff Yu Baihai, and civil affairs director Zhao Zhonghua to accompany him.  Peng Desheng is a very interesting person. He is a Guogen person.  The so-called fruit roots are actually descendants of the Ming army who fled to Heding with the last emperor Yongli in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.  Under the coercion of Wu Sangui's army, King Ding confiscated all the weapons of the Ming army and handed Emperor Yongli over to Wu Sangui.  After the death of Emperor Yongli, these Ming soldiers and their families were released. They followed the path they came from and retreated here. Because they were unwilling to be slaves of the Manchus, they never left again.  At first they had about a few hundred families, and then they continued to multiply, and now the total population has reached 130,000.  He Ding has always been extremely wary of the country and has always refused to recognize the Chinese in the country as a separate nation.  In order to gain their own status, these descendants of the Ming army called themselves the Guogen tribe, which means decisive and brave Chinese.  After hundreds of years of living in the mountains, their social system has also degenerated into a relatively primitive chieftain system. The leaders are the descendants of the original Ming army generals surnamed Yang.  Peng Desheng was born and grew up in such an environment.  In his youth, he and a group of companions attended the military training class of the Golden Triangle drug lord Kun Sa. Later, he returned to Guogen and led the Renhe and Yiding troops to fight guerrillas.  In the 1960s, he ran to China, joined the People's Party, accepted domestic armed forces, and trained troops.  When the Kuomintang returned to Heding, he was the first to bear the brunt and captured Guogen County in one fell swoop. The following year, he captured Menggu, and again conquered Mu Bang every year, winning many battles.  Although he had great military exploits, he had little status within the People's Party. He was only appointed as the deputy commander of the Northeast Military Region. The commander was sent by a person from the headquarters.  Guan Fei speculated from the information that this person probably did not have any Kuomintang beliefs at all, but was a warlord figure.  After the disastrous defeat of the People's Army in history, he stayed in Guogen for a long time and never returned to the People's Party headquarters, and he would not go to meetings if called upon.  During the drastic changes in Eastern Europe in this century, he may have expected that the global communist movement would fail, so he took the initiative to contact the Heding authorities to express his surrender.  At that time, the supreme leader of the military government, Yading, flew out to hold talks with him, agreed to his request for national autonomy, and granted him the title of the First Special Zone.  With the recognition of Shi Dingfang, he immediately ordered the expulsion of all Party cadres in the army and local areas, and announced his separation from the Party.  That is to say, under his demonstration effect, in just a few days, the other military regions announced that they would change their flags and no longer accept the command of the People's Party headquarters.  And sent troops to expel them. In the end, the People's Party headquarters, which had no way to go, could only retreat to the country sadly, and a once vigorous and determined revolution disappeared in smoke.  Guan Fei thought this man was very interesting. When he heard that he was coming, he wanted to meet him.  The 291st Brigade and the Northeast Military Region are only separated by the Salween River. The two sides live next to each other, but they had no contact before.  This person's qualifications were far superior to his own, and he had no interest in contacting this person.  In his view, those who call themselves Guogen people are actually speculators and short-sighted.  Even if they still have a Chinese heart in their hearts, what they yearn for is the country of the Ming Dynasty, not the current republican system.  Their tendencies can be seen from the fact that they took the initiative to contact the remnants of the Golden Triangle government when they were young.  Later, defecting to the country was just a choice made by them because they could not defeat the Si Ding army.  Looking at what they did later on, they just opened a casino to attract domestic tourists. Later, it developed into deceiving people and forcing them to consume, and then to kidnapping and extortion, beheading their hands and forcing their families to give money to redeem them. They have completely reduced themselves to a large-scale underworld armed group.  situation.  Guan Fei could only say one thing about their actions: You can still live if you do evil by God, but you can't live if you do evil on your own!  To put it bluntly, the first special zone is just a verbal promise. The only reason they can exist is that they have China behind them.  Guan Fei can¡¯t think of any other comment on his patron who wields swords and guns, kidnaps his people, kills people and sells goods, other than seeking death.  To put it nicely, they are acting like mountain kings, but to put it worse, they are a group of bandits and robbers!  Even though the country once had a trace of pity for them because of their bloodline, after they cut off this connection with their own swords, all that was left was cold indifference.  Sure enough, not long after, Shaoding's army launched a large-scale attack on Guogen. The Guogen army, which claimed to be invincible, was defeated. The entire territory fell into the hands of the opponent. He could only flee in a hurry and his whereabouts are unknown.  You must know that at that time, the country was slowly rising and was trying to relax.The tentacles of external expansion.  If he had shown any kindness to the country, the country would not have been so indifferent to him. Some people even speculated that it was the country that asked He Ding to eradicate this cancer!  Guan Fei knew what he did later, but still wanted to meet him.  He doesn¡¯t want the Guogen Army, but the Guogen people are also of Chinese descent after all.  If given the opportunity, he can bring these people into his sphere of influence, then his future development path will go smoother and faster.  It was already past eleven when he came back, and the other party didn¡¯t get straight to the point and tell the truth directly.  On both sides, you praise me for the good victory in the bridgehead victory, which showed the military might of the People's Army. It was a head-on blow to the enemy's arrogance. Talented people have emerged from generation to generation, and Guan Fei is the hope of the future of the People's Army. I praise you for carrying two hundred people back then.  Jian'er fought bravely to kill the enemy and regained Guogen County in the first battle. Now the power of the tiger is still there, and the ambition is still as strong as before.  Zhang Shengguo, Sun Yaohua and others, as well as several brigade commanders from the other side, were also laughing and haha, beating the drums constantly, and you came and went.  Although the atmosphere was warm, there was no substantive content and it was extremely empty.  At noon, Guan Fei entertained the guests to have a meal together.  The food for lunch was not extravagant because there were a lot of people. There were more than a dozen people from both sides sitting at two large round tables.  The dishes served are nothing more than fried water spinach, fried lettuce, fried rape head, fried peanuts, fried corn kernels, a plate of fried fish, a plate of old bacon, and wild mushroom soup. They can all be said to be home-cooked dishes.  But the portions are very generous, and each dish is served in a large bowl like a bowl. The top is shiny with oil. The cook put a lot of oil in it as soon as he saw it.  The dishes on both tables are the same.  When brother troops meet, wine is definitely indispensable. A bottle of Wuliangye is placed on every table.  If you can¡¯t drink white beer, there is also Tsingtao beer.  The visitor from the Northeast Military Region looked at the food on the table. His throat was rolling up and down. He was obviously salivating, and his hands unconsciously touched the chopsticks.  The cadres of the 291st Brigade were much better. Although everyone was not allowed to drink alcohol, they were used to eating these dishes. They also enthusiastically talked about common things with the comrades in the fraternal units around them, which brought the two sides closer to each other.  They didn¡¯t know Guan Fei¡¯s attitude and thought he was simply entertaining his fellow troops, so they all behaved positively and wanted to make the other party feel their goodwill.  Peng Desheng saw that his subordinates were distracted, staring at the dishes on the table and wanting to eat them without waiting for the host to move their chopsticks. He snorted in his throat and slapped the table hard.  Everyone else was shocked.  "Brother, why are you angry? Everyone has suffered through it. Since you are here, just be casual, just like at home. Come, come, eat, eat!" Guan Fei did not laugh at them on this point, and raised his chopsticks  Come on, get up and first take a large piece of water spinach with chopsticks and put it into the bowl.  Under his leadership, several brigade commanders in the Northeast Military Region stood up like wolves and tigers, grabbed the vegetables they wanted to eat, and started chewing.  For the first chopsticks, they all chose bacon, and it was not lean meat, but oily fat meat.  After stuffing it into their mouths, they immediately bit it down eagerly, ignoring the oil dripping from the corners of their mouths, only showing an intoxicated expression.  After chewing a few hastily, he swallowed the jujube wholeheartedly, and immediately went to grab the second chopstick.  Peng Desheng looked at his subordinates' disgrace, with a look of hatred on his face, and said to Guan Fei in embarrassment: "I've made you laugh, this meal may be the most sumptuous meal we have had in these days.  If the old man hadn't had a bad appetite, he might have gotten up and grabbed it like them. "It's okay. We were just like you a few days ago. When we ate meat for the first time, we almost started fighting. "  Guan Fei said with a smile.  Zhang Shengguo and others all laughed.  What Guan Fei said is true, but he was not present at the time. He was in Hong Kong and did not see it with his own eyes.  The first batch of grain was sent back. Because I still had some spare money, I bought a few pigs from several towns in the country and sent them back to kill them for everyone's enjoyment.  As a result, the scene at that time was so intense that the cadres and soldiers started to fight in order to grab more or less meat.  What they are looking for is either lean meat or fatty meat. The fatter the better, it is best to eat it in your mouth, and it will be satisfying when it is full of oil.  Guan Fei¡¯s original idea was that each soldier should have a daily quota of one kilogram, but he actually consumed far more than that!  I don't know whether it was because of the excessive physical exertion of daily training or because they were frightened by hunger. The soldiers ate as if they had not eaten enough in eight lifetimes. They all ate the bowls as quickly as possible, and then got up to add more food.  bowl.  In the first week, the average food intake of each soldier reached one pound and eighty taels!  Zhang Shengguo was frightened at that time. He was not only afraid that the soldiers would eat up their stomachs, but also afraid that the food they bought would not be enough to eat. He was frowning all day long.  He makes every baseThe commander tried to find a way to persuade everyone that food would be brought back in a steady stream so that the soldiers would not eat so much.  By the third week, the average food intake of the soldiers dropped slightly, reaching one pound and five taels.  The performance of colleagues in the Northeast Military Region was actually a reappearance of what they had done a month ago, so no one laughed at them.  Many cadres even stretched out their chopsticks symbolically, trying to leave good food to them.  Civil Affairs Director Zhao Zhonghua even quietly ordered the cooking team to serve another table as is so that all the comrades who came could eat well and be full.  Peng Desheng did not chew as much as his men did. Instead, he picked up the wine bottle and helped Guan Fei fill it up. Then he poured it in himself, twisted a few peanuts, chewed slowly, then raised the wine glass and talked to Guan Fei.  Fei clinked the glasses silently, put it to his lips with a squeak, and drank half the glass.  "Good wine! It is indeed Wuliangye. I have lived in Sichuan for several years and have never drunk it. It is truly worthy of its reputation." He praised it and picked up the wine glass again. This time he did not drink half the glass in one gulp, but took a small sip.  Take a sip, let the wine spread in your mouth, and taste it slowly.  "Have you ever been in Sichuan?" Guan Fei also slowly ate the peanuts and asked strangely.  "Yes. Nine years ago, I failed to compete with the Yang brothers for a position and fled to China. I felt that there was no hope at that time. I thought that my ancestral home was Sichuan, so I simply returned to Sichuan to return to my roots and forget about being a common man from now on.  " Peng Desheng said with a look of recollection, his expression was very complicated. After a while, he said, "Unexpectedly, I finally came back here to do a career, but looking at the situation in front of me,  The People's Army only dares to send out small teams to sneak attack on enemy posts from time to time, and then keep trumpeting it as a great victory" "The difficulties are temporary. As long as we don't lose heart, we will always win." Guan Fei.  He calmly took a sip of wine and said calmly.  "For the time being?" Peng Desheng smiled bitterly and said, "You know, the base area has been out of food for a long time! The last time Kitengura was defeated, everyone had no time to escape, so they dropped everything and ran away. My troops go to the mountains every day to collect food.  I¡¯m almost vomiting green water from eating wild vegetables. I can¡¯t survive this day. What¡¯s next?¡± Guan Fei looked surprised and said, ¡°Why is this happening?¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry about it.¡±  Damn it, the headquarters!" Peng Desheng got angry when he mentioned the headquarters. He slapped his hands on the table, scaring the other brigade commanders who were devouring their food so much that they almost dropped their things. He glared at them.  "Eat your food! What are you looking at!" Those people quickly lowered their heads and continued to eat their food, but their movements were much smaller.  "Brother, you are also the first veteran to join the People's Army. Don't you still know what the headquarters is like? That is great determinism! Damn it, from the General Secretary to the Standing Committee, and even the committee members, they are all fucking  People from the Yi tribe! I fought hard for him to get the position of deputy commander, but I still have to listen to him!" Peng Desheng cursed angrily, then sighed, "What's the point of talking about it now, the headquarters will be moved to the south.  As soon as they arrive, they prey on the landlords and rich farmers. To be honest, they don't want food. But as you know, the harvest here is dry for half of the year. Let's see how much food they can steal.  If the country is left alone, the People¡¯s Party will be disbanded sooner or later!¡± It turns out that it has been wanting to disband for a long time!  Guan Fei didn't say anything, put down the wine glass in his hand, thought for a while, and said slowly: "Actually, I still have some food here, so I can survive for the time being. Brother is in such a difficult situation now, I can't just sit back and ignore it, so be it.  From now on, if you have food for me, your brother will have it. I will ask the soldiers to tighten their belts and provide you with 70 tons of rice every month, which is enough to feed two thousand people. Do you think it will work here?  I want to do something, I want to level the land and build houses, but there are a few people. If the Northeast Military Region can let people come to work, I am willing to pay them a pound and a half of rice per day!¡± ¡°Really?¡±  De Sheng came today to ask for help, but he expected the best outcome and did not expect Guan Fei to be so happy.  He is a military district in name only, and has two division commanders and four brigade commanders under his command. The total number of people is actually only a thousand or so!  Seventy tons of rice is enough for them to eat with open stomachs!  As for letting the common people come to work, that is even more desirable!  One person can get one and a half kilograms of rice per day, and if ten thousand people come, it will be fifteen thousand kilograms of rice!  Take it home, make porridge and share it with everyone, and you can survive. He can't find this kind of good thing even with a lantern!  Although there are many contradictions in Guan Fei's words, he simply regards it as a passing thought to tighten his belt to support him and let him go.  How can you hire people to come over to work if you don't have food? Such smooth lies have no value at all.  Okay, since you didn¡¯t say how many people you would like to come over, why don¡¯t I organize more people?a little.  Twenty thousand to thirty thousand, or even more!  Anyway, there are hundreds of thousands of people in Guogen. Organizing tens of thousands of people is not a problem, let alone costing me anything.  One more person means more food, and I will collect it directly from the people.  With this food source, you no longer need to "tighten your belt" in the future!
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