After all, the palace maids come in different heights, weights and shapes. If he doesn't have time to choose actively, Cheng Guorong doesn't believe that Ling Yang, Wang Zuo and others will leave the good-looking ones for him.
But this request was not approved by Lin Hai...
"We're eager to carry out land reform because we want to stimulate farmers' subjective initiative. I mentioned this in class, didn't I?"
Lin Hai held the mace in one hand and spoke to Cheng Guorong who came to ask for leave.
"Yes. This student remembers."
This was the first time that Cheng Guorong did not back down in the face of a mace, and her beauty was indeed captivating.
"To stimulate subjective initiative, we must first allow farmers to own land, right?"
Lin Hai continued to ask.
"Of course that's right, but we don't need to be so anxious, right? Principal, even if we take it slow next year, it's fine. The only difference is that we'll harvest less during the first harvest, but it'll still be enough..."
Cheng Guorong is struggling.
"Indeed. After all, food doesn't disappear for no reason. Even after the Khmer court's frantic exploitation, they still have a lot of savings. We can rely on the Khmer warehouses across the country to support us until next summer. By then, no matter what, the summer harvest will save us, and we'll have more time to carry out land reform."
Lin Hai seemed to agree with Cheng Guorong's point of view, which gave Cheng Guorong hope.
"However, one of us is said to be a victorious general. In order to quickly force the enemy to surrender, his favorite thing to do is to send a small force to burn the enemy's warehouses and food supplies. Now that statistics from various places have been compiled, the warehouses we ultimately obtained were half less than planned.
By the way, this general’s surname is Cheng, I wonder if you recognize him.”
Lin Hai looked at Cheng Guorong sinisterly.
Cheng Guorong was speechless about this. He couldn't say that it was Lin Hai who was desperately urging him to advance, otherwise he would not have used such a fighting style.
"headmaster."
It is obvious that Cheng Guorong has given up.
"Even if something like this were to happen, the administrative department should be in charge, right? How can the military be in charge of land reform?"
"Um?"
Lin Hai and Ling Yang, who was trying to hide his head as much as possible and didn't want to be discovered, looked at Cheng Guorong at the same time.
From Ling Yang's eyes, we can see that Cheng Guorong's First Army's funding for Tianxian Nine Years may have big problems. After all, even if Shi Zhener approves the budget, it will ultimately be the Ministry of Government Affairs that will be responsible for the procurement.
But at this time, Cheng Guorong could no longer care about next year.
"Principal, how about we let the Ministry of Administration take the lead on this matter, and I send some capable people to cooperate with them?"
This is Cheng Guorong's dying struggle.
Since it is a last-ditch struggle, it means the chances of success are very low.
"If that's the case, then I have an idea. Ling Yang will go with you. Land reform won't go forward relying solely on the Ministry of Civil Affairs without the support of the army. After all, those local tycoons are not people who can be persuaded with words."
After hearing this, Cheng Guorong had no objection at all.
The one who had an objection was Ling Yang, who was standing aside with red eyes.
After all, Ling Yang was in charge of Xue Tao, so he was close to her. These days, after work, he'd go to the palace maids' quarters, under the pretext of inspecting their "living conditions"...
If Lin Hai's guess was correct, Ling Yang had even chosen the people, more than one, and was just waiting for their nod.
Seeing Ling Yang so eager to fight for the first time, even ready to charge over and duel with Cheng Guorong, who was known for his martial prowess, Lin Hai couldn't help but get furious and said, "Look at you all, how disrespectful! You're not paying attention to state affairs, but focusing all your attention on those palace maids?"
After the Khmer invasion, Lin Hai was rarely so angry. Lin Hai's anger clearly calmed the two men down, and Ling Yang even explained softly, "We didn't just focus on the palace maids; at least we did something useful."
Lin Hai was furious and said, "Can you guys learn from others? Look at Gao Bin, he directly said he didn't need it, and Bai Ang also refused. Look at them, these will be your subordinates in the future, you can't be inferior to them!"
Ling Yang was surprised and said, "Principal, Gao Bin has more than fifty concubines. After being sidelined by us for these years, they have nothing to do except give birth to children. Adding the original seventy or so, Gao Bin now has more than one hundred and twenty children. He must be too busy to handle it all."
Such shocking news even made Lin Hai's anger pause.
"More than one hundred and twenty? Are they all his biological children?"
"It's hard to say about the seventy or so children he had before. But later on, his cooks, housekeepers, grooms, and so on, all became our own people, so they probably wouldn't help us. So at least the children born later were his biological children."
"Anyway, send a letter to Gao Bin, saying that having many children is a good thing. We can pick out a few smart ones and send them to Qinghe College. After all, he hasn't caused us any trouble over the years and has been very cooperative."
As soon as Ling Yang heard it, he knew that Lin Hai had finally accepted Gao Bin. Maybe Gao Bin's generation could not be fully integrated, but the next generation would have a chance.
This is the best result for Gao Bin.
"What about Bai Ang? Bai Ang doesn't have dozens of concubines, right?"
"Principal, when Bai Ang was that age, he married that widow who sold salted fish. That widow was only in her thirties. You know, she was at the age of being as vigorous as a wolf or a tiger. How could Bai Ang have any other thoughts..."
"Stop talking so much nonsense, what do you want to say?"
"Three days! We only need three days to decide on the right people. Principal, in three days, Cheng Guorong and I will definitely be at the site of the land reform!"
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