Are you a spy? Killing the enemy is too cruel.

Xuchang, office building.

"what?"

"Commander, what's going on? Why do you suddenly need to write such a plan to improve people's livelihood?"

Zhang Ye, who was in charge of various logistical matters, asked in confusion:

"We have now recovered the southern, central, eastern and western parts of the Central Plains, dozens of cities, hundreds of thousands of counties and towns. With so many people, it is no small project to ensure that everyone has a job, food and clothing!"

Millions of people, one pound of food per person per day, that would be an astronomical figure.

Ye Feng just said, "You know about the Shancheng troops digging the Yellow River embankment back then, right?"

Zhang Ye nodded and said, "It is said that Shancheng dug up the river bank in order to buy time for Wuhan's war preparations. This massive flood submerged most of the Central Plains and affected countless people."

Ye Feng said, "As we marched along the way and recovered cities and towns one by one, you also saw that because of the flood that year, the people were displaced, and everyone was tortured by suffering and had no hope. They were like bodies without souls, just living numbly day by day."

"We have now recovered most of the Central Plains. We, the underground party, are the people's army."

“We must shoulder this responsibility.”

Zhang Ye looked helpless. He knew that the people in the Central Plains had a hard time, but how could he cope with this?

This is not disaster relief for tens of thousands of people!

This is a problem for millions of people, and their current food reserves are simply not enough to bear this burden.

Ye Feng said seriously, "I will solve the problem of food. Xiao Zhang, from now on, you will take the lead in setting up a relief organization. The first task of the organization is to distribute food to those people who are on the verge of starvation. The second task is to organize a large number of poor people and rebuild a home so that they can temporarily have a place to live. The third task is to arrange jobs for the people after they have a place to live, and earn food through their labor."

Zhang Ye said with a bitter face, "Commander, the first two of the three steps you mentioned are not difficult to solve, but what about the last step?"

In his opinion, it is not difficult to arrange jobs for the people. They can just reclaim wasteland, start planting again, and dig deep ditches, ponds and other water conservancy facilities.

But during this period of time, the people must have something to eat, right?

There is no food.

We can’t even walk on the road or build houses, let alone plant seeds. Where can we get them?

The foundation of all of this: food, food, and food.

Only with enough food can the people be willing to obey and follow the underground party's command.

Without food distribution, who would care about you?

Ye Feng said, "I have sent a telegram to Shanghai, asking New Shenzhou Company to continue to buy large quantities of grain from abroad. And according to our current reserves, it should be able to support the completion of the first phase of the mission."

Zhang Ye, "..."

reserve?

Although their troops had a lot of food, the daily expenditure was a huge number.

The 12th Army now has tens of thousands of soldiers to support, and employs hundreds of thousands of civilians.

There is no extra food in the military supply warehouse.

Ye Feng said, "We don't have any, but the local gentry, gangs and chambers of commerce in Zhongyuan have a lot of food reserves!"

"Notify Division Commander Song Yu, Corps Commander Niu Chu, and Corps Commander Zheng Hua, and have them fight against the local tyrants and divide up the land in their respective areas of responsibility."

"At the same time, relief agencies were set up in various places to distribute the confiscated grain to the people free of charge, and new homes were built for the people, giving them enough reserve grain, and reclaiming land to grow food."

"And within our capabilities, we will hire a large number of people to dig water conservancy facilities in various places to prevent drought next year."

"Report the food shortage to the headquarters, and I, Ye Feng, will personally solve it for him."

lack of food.

Ye Feng has also thought about it. He believes that by attacking the local gentry and tyrants, the gangs and chambers of commerce can gain a part of the profits.

Some of it can be shipped over from Shanghai.

Then they snatched some of it from the Japanese.

Although it will still be difficult to solve everyone's problems by then, it will at least improve the plight of more than 70% of the people.

that's it.

Two days after Ye Feng sent the telegram, a massive operation began in the Central Plains.

Countless notices posted by the underground party were posted all over the streets and alleys, all over the county towns, and spread to towns and villages everywhere.

Countless displaced people began to head to the areas planned by the underground party troops in accordance with the contents of the announcement.

In these areas, everyone must first register their household registration and sign their name before they can receive basic daily necessities.

Then they are classified according to the number of people, gathered into areas and managed.

Then, some managers were selected from the people in each area, such as those responsible for construction, felling trees, burning paper and earth bricks, cultivating land, cooking, etc.

Everyone, young or old who was not too weak, was assigned specific tasks.

it's here.

As long as you work, food will be distributed every day.

Moreover, these works are not for others, but to build one's own new home and cultivate one's own land.

When millions of people are devoted to building their new lives, there is hope and expectation.

Some people are unlucky too.

The gentry who exploited the people, the gangs who bullied the people, the traitors who worked as dogs for the Japanese, the chambers of commerce who made fortunes by taking advantage of the country's crisis, etc., became the main targets of the underground forces.

In this special period, everything should be done quickly and simply.

The grain taken out from the homes of these pests and termites was also transported in carts to where the people lived.

For a time, the underground party's reputation in Central China continued to rise.

Of course, the issue of food shortage also flew onto Ye Feng's desk like pieces of paper.

"What the hell is Niu Chujun doing? He can't even solve the problems of the common people..."

Ye Feng looked at a telegram and said angrily:

"Is Niu Chujun stupid for this food shortage? The gentry and local tyrants are going to grab food from the Japanese after the battle. Do you still need me to teach him?"

Zhang Ye explained, "Commander, actually Captain Niu did a lot of things. In order to solve the problem of food for the people, he sent troops to Luoyang City more than a dozen times to rob the Japanese of their supplies, and the harvest was not small."

"It's just that there are too many people who need to be settled, and countless mouths open for food every day. It's hard for him too!"

Ye Feng said, "Forget it. From Xuchang, you have to transport 100 million kilograms of grain to him."

In accordance with the minimum standard of survival for the people, Ye Feng stipulated that every citizen would receive 1 kilogram of food per day.

This is all the food, no meat, no vegetables, no fruits, only 1 kilogram of coarse grains.

Zhang Ye said, "Commander, if we transport 100 million kilograms of grain over there, we will have a huge food shortage in Xuchang."

Ye Feng said, "Don't worry, I will go to the enemy's side tonight and try my best to get food back for you."

In fact, since the day the "Saving the People of Central Plains" plan began, Ye Feng would go to the Japanese-occupied areas every night. As long as it was edible, he would not reject it and would bring it all back using his storage space.