On a small dirt road near Ma Ming Town in the western part of Mengdong County, with green tents on both sides, a row of more than a dozen bicycles were bumping along the road.
There were two bicycles traveling almost side by side in the middle. One of the riders was Lu Ming, and the other was a gentle middle-aged man wearing glasses, a suit, vest and black leather shoes. His temperament was very different. He was a well-known professor and scholar from the School of Public Policy at Tunghai University, named Song Renzong.
He is a senior member of the Freedom Power Club. Among the senior members of the East China Sea Freedom Power Club, there are many senior intellectuals.
Lu Ming invited him to come to the Northern Territory to conduct an on-site investigation of the people's livelihood. Yesterday, he arrived in eastern Meng, accompanied by "Commissioner Zhang" in person, to conduct various investigations in the countryside.
Professor Song is one of several potential collaborators that Lu Ming is considering in order to jointly realize the political idea that he wants to create.
In the Freedom Power Club, many of Professor Song's ideas have actually been influenced by Lu Ming, and the two have many similar ideas.
However, Professor Song has relatively radical ideas, but he lacks awareness of the cruelty of this world. It is unknown how much damage some of his ideas will cause, and there are naturally many differences between him and Lu Ming.
Now, when he heard that the counties in eastern Mengdong were "equally distributing land", he became very interested. This was one of the important measures in his ideal country.
Cheng Dasui was born a mountain bandit, so in Wanzhou Road, guns were the only thing that mattered. For example, in Mengdong County, most of the land belonged to Cheng Dasui, and the rest was divided up by the former bandit leaders and current military officers at all levels.
Mengdong County, like Chengjiaji in the past, launched a vigorous land distribution movement.
But in Mengdong County, it was much easier than in Chengjiaji. Firstly, most of the villagers here hated Cheng Dasui very much and wanted to drive this devil away as soon as possible. Secondly, the matter of the Black Mountain Legion's airship bombing Cheng Dasui's arsenal was becoming more and more mysterious in the countryside. The most exaggerated one was that the Black Mountain soldiers were given wings and could fly during combat. They flew over a few nights ago and directly killed 100,000 of the bandit leader's soldiers.
The villagers are used to listening to storytelling, and sometimes they don’t have a specific concept of the 100,000 troops, so they just pass it on like this.
One good thing is that most of the villagers here believe that a savior has come, sent by the gods, and has driven away the devil, so they don't have to be afraid of the devil anymore.
That's true. If General Lu wasn't the savior, would he be so kind as to directly distribute the land to them
This is such a great favor that I have never heard of before!
All these factors made the "equal distribution of land" in Mengdong County mostly smooth, and the villagers' love and deification of "General Lu" came from the heart and became more and more intense.
People's psychology is sometimes very strange. They live under the cruel rule of Cheng Dasui and are always looking forward to the appearance of a savior. Now the deification of General Lu may come more from their hope. They hope that this is the case, that an extremely powerful savior has come, so that they will no longer be oppressed and exploited by bad people, and subconsciously, they make themselves believe that this is true.
The fact that Montenegro had a so-called Flying Army was somewhat related to the fact, and this made their love for the country even more firm and fanatical.
At this time, riding a bicycle side by side with Lu Ming, thinking about the chat with the villagers in the village just now, Professor Song could not suppress his excitement and shouted excitedly: "Little brother, I see Qianxing, oh, I see General Lu, just put forward the slogan of dividing the land and wealth in the Northern Territory, let the people support him, with the support of the people, he will have everything!"
Unconsciously, Professor Song felt that addressing "Qianxing" was no longer appropriate and he should take the lead in giving the greatest respect to "General Lu".
Lu Ming coughed, a little disappointed. This slogan of equalizing the rich and the poor would definitely be welcomed in any era. In this world, the poor will always be the majority, because no matter how developed a society is, there will always be poor and rich people in a relative sense. Who wouldn't want to share the property of the rich
However, for a society to develop, while preventing wealth from being monopolized by a few people, it is more important to create a large middle class. If it relies on killing the rich and helping the poor, this goal will never be achieved.
However, Professor Song is not a practitioner; his greatest success is to make his theory appealing to people.
He smiled at Professor Song and said, "If so, it will only be limited to the Northern Territory. In the South, such slogans will definitely be strongly resisted."
Professor Song turned his head away, too lazy to pay attention to the spy chief. If he likes you, you are a little brother, but if he doesn’t like you, isn’t he just a spy chief
There was a bump in the ravine ahead, and there was a small cry of surprise from the back seat of Lu Ming. The snow-white little hand that had been carefully holding on to the corner of Lu Ming's clothes immediately tightened its grip.
The beautiful girl in kimono sitting on the back seat of Lu Ming's bicycle is naturally Ashikaga Erika. The beautiful girl in a pink floral kimono has delicate facial features carefully carved and picturesque eyebrows. Her long black hair is tied with a beautiful pink bow, and her white socks and wooden clogs are spotless. She looks like she came out of a comic book.
It is out of place with the bicycle, the dirt road, and the green tent. From a distance, it probably looks more like a gorgeous paper-cut image pasted on the background of this world.
Seeing that she was always gloomy like a wooden person without a soul, Lu Ming took her with him when he went to the countryside to help her relax.
In addition, Da Guo and Xiao Guo also rode a big bicycle, one of them riding and the other sitting on the back seat, and they would switch after a while. They were like two country girls in cloth clothes and pants, chattering and having fun. No one could have imagined that if they transformed, they would become indestructible killing machines.
In addition, there were a dozen or so bicycles in front and behind, all of which were occupied by sturdy young men wearing peaked caps and black uniforms, all of them were agents of the Secret Service.
Grandma Tuolong also followed secretly, but she was too lazy to ride a bike, and her speed was slow and awkward. She lurked in the dark and followed. Lu Ming felt that she should be wandering in the green tent.
Ahead, the outline of the town can be vaguely seen. Ahead is a three-way intersection. After going up, the road to the town becomes much wider.
Although Professor Song was too lazy to pay attention to him, Lu Ming still had to introduce it as "Commissioner Zhang" was responsible for his duties. "Professor Song, the town ahead is Ma Ming Town, which is also the only village with problems in land distribution. There is a country gentleman named Ma here. He used to be very good to the tenant farmers, but seven years ago, all his land was taken away by a battalion commander named Liu. Now, Country gentleman Ma hopes to get his original land back, and many villagers speak for him. The new mayor we appointed verbally agreed to follow public opinion and reported to the county office, preparing to return part of Country gentleman Ma's land. But after hearing this, many villagers refused to do so. Land was distributed everywhere else, so why should they get much less? Some people even went to the county office to complain!"
Professor Song frowned when he heard this.
"It's time to find out the specific situation. Professor Song, what do you think we should do?" As he spoke, Lu Ming shook his head. Things in the world are often like this, a mess of right and wrong, human nature and change, all intertwined, and it is difficult to have a perfect result.
Professor Song snorted coldly, "The appointed officials should be dismissed immediately. Mengdong's strategy is to completely disrupt the class structure and bring most farmers back to the same starting point. If you insist on listening to public opinion and making special arrangements, you will end up in a mess."
Lu Ming nodded and looked at him more deeply. This guy was very arrogant, had a weird temper, and was also a radical idealist, but it had to be said that he still had some insight.