On the way into the village, Roland chatted with Malik as he walked, asking him if he had received the letter he had brought to him from Totonia.

"I received it a month ago, and I couldn't believe my eyes when I received it," said Malik, with some emotion, "and it is hard to imagine that you, now that you are a prince, remember me, a little country shopkeeper, and write to me in your own hand." ”

Roland smiled and directly pointed out to Malik: "At that time, we had just decided to list Gudi Village as one of the pilot projects for rural reform. ”

"After receiving your letter, I began to think about this matter, and asked someone to go to the town of Big Rabbit's Nest to buy a few recently published newspapers and bring them back, carefully study the newspaper's report on the implementation of rural reform, the more I read it, the more I feel that it is very reasonable, so I made up my mind to give it a try."

"How is it going now, are you sure of winning the election of commune director?" Roland asked.

Malik puffed up his chest and smiled proudly: "In fact, I have already obtained this position, and now I only need your approval." ”

"It sounds like the campaign went well."

"I still have some prestige in the valley village, and it is not a problem to get the support of the villagers, but considering that the smaller villages around me will also be merged into the commune, I really dare not be careless about this matter, and then I heard that some rich families in several villages are interested in running for commune director, so I invited them to my home for a meal, and talked openly and honestly about my thoughts on how to carry out the work after the establishment of the commune in the future, and several of them had to admit that I was more insightful in considering these issues and more suitable to be the commune director, so they withdrew from the competition very interestingly."

Malik said it plainly. Roland smiled, not thinking that the matter could really be resolved so smoothly, the new Mr. of the Commune of the Valley Village probably omitted the exchange of interests in the negotiation process, and most likely showed his handwritten letter to the squires who were interested in running, and the fox and tiger were threatening to convince the rivals.

Even if this were the case, Roland would have chosen to turn a blind eye, and in fact his letter to Malik itself had a hint of condemnation.

Malik did not disappoint him, and did an excellent job in the formation of village communes and the preparation of state farms.

After winning the election, Malik began to lobby door-to-door, persuading his neighbors to take their fields and merge them into farms for shares.

Later, I cut out the articles in the newspaper that promoted and interpreted the national agricultural policy, hired a literate young man to read to the villagers, and invited Miss Tonya to explain the policy and tell everyone about the benefits of joining the commune, and finally persuaded most of the villagers, including the valley village and the surrounding villages. More than 70 percent of the peasant households have put their fingerprints on the documents agreeing to include their farmland in the commune, and a total of about 20,000 mu of farmland has been raised. Malik smiled slightly.

"Those who refuse to join the commune may change their minds when they see that the government has provided us with a hundred good ploughing horses, and they do not know how much they are angry in private." Tonya said lightly. After more than three years in the village, she fully realized the simplicity and cunning, enthusiasm and ruthlessness, generosity and selfishness and narrow-mindedness of small farmers—these contradictory but unified characters are vividly reflected in the rural family.

Katie the Rabbit is also a cautious guy, and when she heard Tonya talk about ploughing horses, she immediately meowed and roared, as if to affirm that "the horses are all meows, so don't plow the land for the pesky guy"!

Bavra shook her ears and said impatiently, "I really can't figure it out, why do you have to make it so complicated when it's so simple?" Didn't those guys refuse to join the Commune? Well, I, the monkey, and Brother Flying Knife will make an announcement in the name of the commune leader this evening: In the future, I will refuse to provide any technical guidance and magic services to farmers outside the commune, and the monkey will only treat the members of the commune, handle weddings, funerals, and sacraments, and the primary school that the monkey will open in the future will only accept the children of the commune...... I don't believe that anyone else can hold on to refusing to join the Commune! ”

Roland couldn't help but laugh out loud as he looked at Bavra's angry little face.

"What are you laughing at, am I not right?" Bafra's eyes widened in annoyance.

Roland suddenly felt that this little girl's pungent personality of daring to speak and do, and having a clear distinction between love and hate, was actually very suitable for partnering with Peter and Nikolai. Peter's advantage is that he is cheerful and active, and he easily mingles with the people around him, but he is too young to have authority and is difficult to convince the public. Nikolai is calm and capable, and it is not difficult to establish his prestige among the villagers, but he is too upright and straightforward, and he will inevitably be used by treacherous and shameless people. Now that Bafra is ruthless and turns his face like a book, he has joined in, which can be described as "the wicked have their own wicked grinding", which just makes up for Nikolai's shortcomings. Coupled with the fact that Malik, a well-known and well-funded squire in the local area, plays the role of "lubricant", the leadership of the valley village is very reasonable.

"Bavra, you're right, it's just going too far, and it's easy to attract other people's grudges." Roland patiently pointed to the little cat woman, "There are some things that can only be said and cannot be done, and some things that cannot be done, we try not to use strong means to force others to join the society, and it will take a long time in the future, and when it is time for the grain to be harvested, those who have doubts will naturally see the gap." ”

Bafura rolled her eyes, and suddenly showed a wise smile: "I understand, it doesn't matter how the monkey and the flying knife brother treat those who refuse to join the commune, the important thing is that I must spend all my energy on taking care of the farmland of the commune, more than 20,000 acres of land will exhaust me to death, how can I take care of some people's private fields, they had better not come to me, anyway, I am not available!" ”

Roland smiled knowingly, the little cat woman is really smart, and what is even more rare is that she doesn't mind playing the villain.

By this time it was getting late, and the men had settled down to plough the horses, and Bafra left Katie to guard the stables, saying that it was in case the bad guys came to steal the horses. Roland initially thought that she was affected by the tragic childhood and fell into the symptoms of persecution delusions, but after thinking about it, she felt that it was necessary to do so, and casually praised the little cat girl, so happy that her ears and tail were cocked.