Early in the morning, Yang Xiaojin walked through Anning East Road with a grocery basket in her hand. It was almost summer, but the sudden drop in temperature made Stronghold 144 feel like it had returned to early spring. A thin mist hung in the air, and the ground was a little moist.
But today was different from the past. Yang Xiaojin realized the pedestrians on the street could not help but look at her as she walked.
She knew very well why. There were even people whispering to each other on the side of the road, explaining her identity to those who did not know.
Yang Xiaojin smiled. When people talked about her nowadays, the keywords they liked to mention the most were probably Young Marshal and Mrs. Young Marshal.
In the past, she was a fearsome sniper and an extremely independent loner. Now that someone had added a prefix to her name, it was quite interesting to think about it.
Of course, both Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaojin knew very well that they were still independent individuals.
However, Yang Xiaojin soon could not smile anymore.
Her supernatural being's constitution meant that her sense of hearing was slightly better than that of ordinary people. Although it was not much better, it was still enough for her to hear the discussions from five meters away.
The passersby muttered, "Y 'all are looking at her. Who is she?"
The passersby were a little puzzled. Although this girl wearing a cap had an excellent temperament, they could only see her nose and chin when they walked past her. So it couldn't be that everyone was attracted by her beauty, right? In that case, her identity was probably a little special.
An informed passerby whispered, "Don't you know who she is? She's the legendary Queen Mother of the West …."
Yang Xiaojin's face darkened. What a strange nickname! If she knew the person who gave her that nickname, she would probably take out her black sniper rifle and beat them up.
She also did not expect that she would bear such a nickname at such a young age that she should not bear.
At this moment, the passersby were still talking with relish, "It's a little tacky to call her Mrs. Young Marshal, but the Young Marshal will take over from Commander Zhang sooner or later, so there's nothing wrong with calling her Queen Mother of the West. Besides, you've also read that supernatural being's pamphlet. Our Queen Mother of the West is also very strong in combat. "
Yang Xiaojin took a deep breath and went straight to the market. She didn't want to listen anymore.
Now, there were all sorts of nicknames like Emperor Qin and the Envoy of the Pure Altar. Today, there was the addition of the Queen Mother of the West.
When they arrived at the market, the stall owners who had greeted them warmly all shut up. It was not that they were afraid of Yang Xiaojin or hated her, but that they suddenly didn't know how to deal with Yang Xiaojin's new identity.
Moreover, everyone had been saying behind his back that Ren Xiaosu was living off a woman. Now that he thought about it, he felt a little embarrassed.
It wasn't until Yang Xiaojin began to buy groceries as usual that everyone slowly heaved a sigh of relief. Miss Xiaojin was still the same Miss Xiaojin.
When they were buying groceries, several vendors insisted on giving them free groceries. Yang Xiaojin tried her best to persuade them to accept the money.
However, Yang Xiaojin made it very clear to the stall owners that they would probably have to stay here for a while. If the stall owners did not accept the money, she might not dare to buy groceries anymore in the future. If that happened, Ren Xiaosu would starve to death.
The stall owners wanted to laugh but did not dare to. They could only accept the money for the groceries.
After she bought the groceries and walked out of the market, she was so tired that she was sweating profusely.
To be honest, it was not even that tiring to fight a normal battle.
When she got home, Yang Xiaojin grumbled for the first time ever. She placed her keys on the shoe cabinet at the door and said, "I didn't expect you to have such a high reputation. You even got people to give you their groceries for free. You clearly didn't stay here for long, so why are they so supportive of you?"
Ren Xiaosu chuckled and said, "Maybe I'm the hero who freed them from the Soong Clan."
"Tsk tsk, if it weren't for the fact that everyone knows you have me by your side, I'm afraid the line of matchmakers who want to introduce you to a wife would be two miles long," Yang Xiaojin said.
In the morning, Wang Fugui, Zhang Xiaoman, Wang Yun, and the others arrived at Ren Xiaosu's residence early. Wang Yuexi suddenly had a meeting with so many big shots, so he became very nervous.
Ren Xiaosu said to everyone in the living room, "The topic of today's meeting is to discuss whether or not the family contract system is suitable for the Northwest."
"Um … Young Marshal, can you first explain to us what the family contract system is?" Wang Fugui said.
Among the people present, except for Zhang Xiaoman, everyone had a certain level of knowledge. Even Wang Fugui used to like reading books and newspapers very much.
However, the family contract system was a relatively rare thing.
After the gradual rise of the consortiums, some of the related things naturally became banned books. Some were destroyed directly, while others were hidden and not allowed to be read by the public.
Ren Xiaosu had also seen this term in a novel. The professional books related to it had probably been destroyed a long time ago. This novel must have slipped through the net because of the novel's theme. Otherwise, he would not have seen this term.
Wang Yun searched through his memory carefully. "I've looked through the entire Wang Clan's library, and there are seven books that mention the family contract system. Its core goal is to increase the people's enthusiasm for production and to be willing to farm instead of being forced to do so."
Especially in this era, where everyone was still farming for the consortiums, this matter would have a great appeal to the people.
Wang Yuexi listened to all of this quietly. He knew very well how bold the person who dared to be the first to do this had to be.
Originally, he thought that Ren Xiaosu's solution to the food shortage might be from the import and export side, or from other angles. He did not expect Ren Xiaosu to solve the root of the problem.
Land reform was something that everyone had to be cautious about.
Ren Xiaosu explained calmly, "The problem we are facing now is that we have too much freedom. Everyone can go into business, they can go into factories, they can choose whether to farm or not, but compared to other businesses, farming is obviously not attractive to them. The reason for the food shortage is because of natural disasters, but human disasters can also not be ignored. As you can see, there are too many wastelands that can be reclaimed. Why are they left uncultivated is enough to make us think deeply. "
Wang Yuexi whispered, "Everyone here should know very well what this land reform means. Should we discuss it with the commander-in-chief first?"
This was going to overturn some of the existing rules of the consortiums from the root.
However, Ren Xiaosu smiled and said, "Since Mr. Zhang has already said that he's not going to care about Stronghold 144, it's fine for us to act first and report later. Let's just treat Stronghold 144 as a pilot project. As for whether it will be implemented within Fortress 178's borders, he can decide."
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