I traveled through time, starting with two acres of land and a dog

New Year's Eve in 1915 was on February 2, so the whole family, with a dozen guards, returned to Linshui on February 13. My second uncle was still working at the construction site with the engineers, and my second mother was also helping to cook. Everyone was busy. My father had to continue dealing with official documents after he came back, and my mother had to cook.

Only Du Chenyu was wandering around the pigsty, chicken coop, and fish pond. When he was tired of playing, he would also look through official documents. He received good news these days. Master Qin from the machinery repair factory returned to Chongqing. With his help, they bought a third-hand bullet reloading machine "press" at a high price. This machine was only as big as a table. It was stolen by several young technicians from a rifle repair factory in Chongqing in the middle of the night. They asked for 3 yuan. They were very trustworthy and paid all the money. The young people left Chongqing with the money. Master Qin and his son also took a boat from Chongqing overnight along the Jialing River to Songjiang River and Donghe River, and transported it back to Baizhang.

"Great, that's great. I'll buy it no matter how expensive it is. Finally, I have chickens that lay eggs." Du Chenyu was flipping through documents alone in the yard. He jumped up when he saw the news.

Bullets are even more scarce than rifles now. Guns can still be robbed, but after a battle, there will not be many bullets left, so there are currently about 1600 rifles of various types and only more than 1 bullets. How can we carry out large-scale battles now? Now that we have bullet reloading machines, the tens of thousands of bullet shells in the warehouse can be put to good use. We can also purchase bullet shells from outside and use them to reload. It is estimated that the power is definitely insufficient and the range is not enough. It is enough to deal with the militia of the local joint defense brigade.

After staying in the house for two days, Sister Yaya and Liu Hewen's grandson Liu Erwa finally came back. Sister Yaya is 13 years old this year and has become a big girl. Liu's grandson is 14 years old this year and is also a young man. He no longer plays in the mud with them, but only greets them seasonally. He probably won't be able to come back next year. Although they met at any time in Wuying, they were still studying at that time, with a full schedule of study tasks every day, and lived in school, so they didn't have much time to meet. Now that they are back from vacation, Sister Yaya can finally take him to play, fish, catch birds, and go to Linshan to hunt golden pheasants. Of course, they use muskets for hunting. If they use rifles, one bullet is worth three kilograms of rice, which is not a waste.

New Year's Eve finally arrived as the kids were looking forward to it. At noon, mother cooked with the brothers in the kitchen staff of the training ground. Mother was more involved in making arrangements. Her brothers didn't let her do it herself, so she could only watch the meat stewing in the pot here, and the vegetables being cut on the chopping board there. Sometimes she would fiddle with the kimchi jar to make a few bowls of kimchi. At ten o'clock at noon, there were several large pots of pork stewed with dried bamboo shoots and braised beef with potatoes. The cow was pickled somewhere because two cows had a fight last month and one rolled down the cliff. They would be pickled somewhere and would not be cooked until the New Year. There was also a pot of vegetables and pickled shredded radish. The staple food was corn with rice and steamed buns. They sat at the table to eat. There were grandfather, grandfather, grandmother, Liu Hewen, grandpa and grandson, Yaya, father and mother. No one else came back. They were all on duty and continued to work.

The guards, the guards who stayed behind, and the farm personnel all lined up, and after a thunderclap, the meal officially began. Everyone mixed the food together in ceramic or wooden bowls. Some squatted, some stood. There was no discipline today, and people could eat in any posture, so everyone was very happy. Laughter and the sounds of bowls and chopsticks could be heard one after another. If the food was not enough, more could be added. The only time you could eat as much as you wanted was before the war and during the New Year. On other days, you could only get one meal at a time.

From New Year's Eve to the second day of the New Year, the garrison teams take turns on duty. They can go home for a trip. Starting from the third day of the New Year, all places resume training and resume work and production. In this era, there is no seven-day national holiday for the Spring Festival. As long as you don't work, you may starve to death next year, so there is no rest, only continuous work and work.

His father returned to the Wuyin base on the third day of the Chinese New Year and began to handle official business. Du Chenyu left Linshui on the fifth day of the Chinese New Year and began to inspect various places. His first stop was the Youfangba area. This was the first area where he started his business. After more than three years of development, the population now has more than 800 people, which has doubled. The number of dilapidated thatched houses has almost disappeared, and most of them are newly built thatched houses or earth walls. Wu Xuyang is in charge here.

Then he went to Banqiao Fort. After two years of great development, Banqiao has basically solved the problem of food and clothing, but the mountains are high and the roads are steep, and transportation is extremely inconvenient. More than 200 prisoners are still detained here, which can be used for farmland water conservancy and road engineering construction. Now Liu Qingfeng is in charge of civil affairs, and Tang Chunlai is in charge of armed forces. The population of Banqiao area has increased by 50%. Lei Jianqin carried him on his back with a backpack, accompanied by Liu Qingfeng, and braved the frost and snow. They walked through Baihua, Lancao, and Chenjiawan. Du Chenyu stayed in each place for one night. There were traces of battles here. These places used to be dilapidated and plundered by bandits, but now they are a place where people live and work in peace and contentment. Due to the high altitude, preparations for spring plowing have not been made yet, and the only way is to gather labor to change the slopes into layers of gentle slopes and flat land, remove stones, improve land quality, and increase grain production next year. I stayed in Banqiao for 10 days.

Finally, 60 people were selected from the 10-member female guard team of Tang Weiwei. These 10 people were handed over to Sister Xiaowan to lead and gradually trained to become members of the female special service team. The remaining 20 people were sent to the health team and the "White Dove" organization to serve as investigation, business, reconnaissance and intelligence personnel. After half a year of training, these 16-20 girls were barely able to look like they were supposed to be. Later, those who were recruited to participate in primary training were mainly 13-15 years old, so that they could learn cultural knowledge more solidly.

After staying in Banqiao for 7 days, Xiaowan also came to Banqiao from Wuyin, bringing her women's team with her. They were preparing for the next stop. For safety reasons, they almost did not announce the itinerary for the next day in advance. The route was decided on the morning of the day when departure was approaching. First, the plainclothes guard team conducted reconnaissance on the road in advance to ensure safety. After Xiaowan arrived, her women's team was temporarily incorporated into the guard team to perform escort duty and explore the way.

The next stop is Liziba area. Since he had stayed in Lijiahe and Chongqing areas for a long time in the second half of last year, he was not going to go there anymore. This time he would go directly to Liziba area via Wuyin. As a new area, after half a year of clearing out, the remnants of the Red Lantern Cult had been basically eliminated, and all scattered bandits had been driven out. The people were relatively stable, so Du Chenyu decided to live here for a while.

After resting for a day in Wuyin, they arrived at Liziba four days later. Huang Kunyang greeted them at the intersection. Du Chenyu looked at the many new thatched houses added on both sides of the Salt River, and the number of households also increased significantly.

"Mr. Chenyu, you must be tired from the journey. Let's take a rest and then have lunch," Huang Kunyang said as he led the donkey. This section of the road was very flat, so Du Chenyu also rode the donkey and walked slowly. One could not ride a donkey for more than an hour at a time as it was too bumpy, so most of the time he was carried on the back of the guards.

"Brother Huang, what is the situation now? The people are having their New Year as they wished, but you didn't go back to see your mother during the New Year. You feel very sorry for her," said Du Chenyu.