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Chapter 521 The Girl from Daban City

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    As we get further and further away from Dihua City, Zhang Hanqing is filled with joy.  After eliminating the restless forces led by Jin Shuren, Xinjiang's future is truly in its own hands.  As long as the People's Army grows stronger, Jin Shuren and others in the future will never dare or be able to seek power as they did in official history.  When the People's Party takes over the grassroots level, the future five-member leadership group will gradually be transferred to the party's standing committees at all levels to normalize democratic politics.

    With Fan Yaonan¡¯s active leadership, the connection between Xinjiang and the mainland will become increasingly closer.  In the foreseeable next few years, the Lanzhou-Xinjiang Railway will be laid and the five northwest provinces of Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai and New Zealand will be united into one, which will become a decisive force in the Chinese political arena.  The Northeast and Northwest account for nearly half of the Republic of China, and can form an overwhelming advantage in the confrontation with the Zhili Clan.  Now, the initiative is mine.

    With this good mood, he chose the southern route back to Gansu, where there was the headquarters of the Construction Corps where Zhang Zongchang was located - Turpan.  Although there is still a long time before the grapes are ripe, it does not prevent him from taking a closer look at this famous place both at home and abroad, and by the way, taking a look at how the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps is doing.

    Zhang Zongchang showed great enthusiasm for Zhang Hanqing's arrival.  Although he belongs to a group that rose very late in the Feng clan, he has long been optimistic about Zhang Hanqing's future. He has always been arrogant and has always spared no effort to fulfill Zhang Hanqing's requirements.  From rescuing the siege of the merchant city, to suppressing the Mongolian bandits, to taking the initiative to join the army to serve the people, he gradually won Zhang Hanqing's favor.

    As the commander of the Construction Corps, Zhang Zongchang did not understand the great historical significance of its existence, but he keenly knew that this was the ladder for him to move forward. Therefore, he, who was not good at farming, began to actively study.

    The Construction Corps has enclosed a lot of land in many places, but it will not be able to cultivate it effectively for a while. After all, the people of the White Russian Corps are all born with guns, and they are still naturally clumsy about farming. Besides, this season is not suitable for going to the fields.  He estimated that Zhang Hanqing would definitely send someone to find out what he was doing. If there was no movement at all, wouldn't it affect the good impression he had finally gained?

    So he thought hard to find Cai¡¯s method. Not to mention, he actually came up with it.

    He had experienced the land reform in Northeast China. Although he was not directly involved, he knew that the targets of the bandit suppression had lost their fighting spirit because of it.  He didn't need to understand the people's feelings for the land, but he knew how to make use of it.  Isn¡¯t there a lot of land with no one to cultivate it?  Is it okay if I rent some land to the common people?  At most, the land rent is less, which is better than having no one to farm for a while, right?

    In Xinjiang, the phenomenon of land annexation is very serious. Large-scale land reform cannot be rolled out until the People¡¯s Party cadres enter Xinjiang on a large scale. Currently, it is limited to the surrounding areas of Dihua Provincial City.  However, Zhang Zongchang decided to be the first to take advantage of the situation. He sent people to confiscate large pieces of land belonging to landlords and bullies and then contracted it to landless peasants at low prices, directly setting the precedent for land reform.

    As an independent force, the Construction Corps cannot be interfered with by the local government.  The landlords and tyrants were entangled again, and when they encountered this group of White Russian soldiers who did not understand Chinese or Uyghur, they had no choice but to be driven off the land obediently.  Zhang Hanqing planned to let the Construction Corps reclaim 100,000 acres of land. It took Zhang Zongchang less than a month to increase the land he owned to more than 1 million acres. There were still people claiming the land for rent and it was fertile land.

    This is a mistake.  If land reform was carried out first and then military settlements were established, there would not be such a good opportunity because the land would have already been distributed by then.  Ordinary people have their own land to plant, and they may not necessarily be so interested in renting it to build a corps. Who will plant the vacant land?  I'm afraid that Zhang Zongchang's Belarusian Corps will truly become a construction corps by then.

    It¡¯s not like now. The officers and soldiers only have to ensure that they fight against the local tyrants, divide the land, and then just wait to collect the rent.  Therefore, Zhang Zongchang's people are very focused on apportioning land to local tyrants. Land in several nearby cities has been annexed, and the furthest reaches have reached as far south as Dihua City.

    ¡° This offended the big business, but it made the enslaved common people praise them.  Although you have to pay a part of the rent, it is much more cost-effective than directly cultivating the land owned by the landlords.  Moreover, according to people from the Construction Corps, after five years of leasing, the land will belong to the lessee.  The news about this man brought everyone heartfelt joy, so they never expected that the first army supported by the people in Xinjiang would be Zhang Zongchang's White Russian Corps!

    In just two months, people from the southeast, northwest and northwest of Xinjiang have spread the word that there is a large area of ??land less than a hundred miles south of the provincial capital with very low rent, and the army there will not disturb the people.  People from many places went to these places with their families, including those from the suburbs of provincial cities.  It can be seen from this point that during Yang Zengxin's ten years in Xinjiang, although he was politically correct, how poor the economic life of the people was!

    Zhang Hanqing also didn¡¯t expect that he was both dumbfounded and filled with emotion about this ending.  What is a teacher of benevolence and righteousness?  What???, the dancers slowly stopped and whispered, and some people said: "Our Dilidar is going to sing for the young marshal."

    "My pears have fallen to the ground, are you willing to pick them up for me? I want to kiss you but I'm not tall enough, so would you like to bend down for me"

    This is sung in Uyghur. Although Zhang Hanqing didn't understand it, he could hear some sadness in the lyrics and music. The tone was full of euphemism and hesitation, and the tone was obviously sad.  Someone translated: "This is a Turpan folk song "The Girl of Daban City". The main idea is that the handsome lover will never come back like the lost youth. The beautiful girl's heart must be indescribable. In the end, she will stay away from Daban City.  Alamhan ended with regret."

    People were infected by the girl's sadness, and the cheerful atmosphere gradually disappeared.

    ¡°This is the Uighur girls who dare to love and hate, dare to reveal their admiration for men in public, and dare to pursue their own happiness.  Their boldness is no worse than that of Zhang Hanqing, a romantic young marshal from later generations.  At least, Zhang Hanqing would never let it go on such an occasion.

    But what kind of person is Zhang Hanqing? He stepped forward, caressed the beautiful girl's hand, and praised repeatedly: "Beautiful people and songs are even more beautiful. This song makes me want to linger. Thank you, Dilidar, I  Dilidar." He bent down, kissed her forehead in front of everyone and said, "I also have a song for you."

    Dilidar was stunned at this moment, not entirely because of Zhang Hanqing¡¯s unexpected kiss.  In Han Chinese areas, it would be very bad for a man to kiss a woman, even if it is just on the forehead, if the other party has no intention of him.  But here, kissing is an expression of one's heart, especially Zhang Hanqing's kiss, which is particularly noble.

    What¡¯s even more surprising is that he actually sang for her, which is unbelievable in Xinjiang where Han people dominate the upper class society.  Think about it, it is of great significance for the supreme young marshal of the Han people to condescend to sing for a Uighur girl.

    "If he hadn't heard the girl's song called "The Girl from Daban City", Zhang Hanqing wouldn't have dared to take the limelight even to death.  But he is very familiar with this tune. This folk song was very popular all over the country back then. He had rehearsed this song and dance when he was in the college troupe society, so he was completely familiar with it.

    With this minor tune, accompanied by Dilidar as a dancer, Zhang Hanqing improvised a song called "The Girl from Daban City" which he "improvised the lyrics and composed the music":

    "The stone roads in Dabancheng are hard, and the watermelons are big and sweet. The girls in Dabancheng have long braids and beautiful eyes. If you want to marry, don't marry someone else, you must marry me. Take it with you.  Your dowry, along with your bridesmaids, will come in that carriage."

    Even Zhang Zongchang was shocked. In the past, when Zhang Hanqing wrote poems and lyrics, he thought he must have hired a gunman to do it. However, without any preparation, Zhang Hanqing could improvise lyrics and have beautiful tunes. This is  Really good work.

    It was not clear whether Zhang Hanqing and this beautiful girl had other programs that night, but no one expected it. The sensational effect of the Chinese song improvised by the young commander far exceeded its achievements in poetry, and it was soon sung.  It is well known at home and abroad and has become a classic song loved by people all over the world.

    "After the song "Girls from Dabancheng" spread all over the world, people all know that there is Xinjiang in China, there is Dabancheng in Xinjiang, and there are beautiful girls in Dabancheng.  So much so that the academic circles later debated whether there was a "girl from Dabancheng", and if so, who was the real "girl from Dabancheng" for thirty years!  This was something the "versatile" young marshal never expected.

    Needless to say, the young marshal¡¯s unintentional intervention made a great story about the unity of the Han and Uighur nationalities.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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