Half a month later, Zhang Qingshan and Zhang Jinshan of Zhangjiaying Village returned to the village after completing their training in Siping City.

Just seeing the village entrance, Zhang Qingshan quickened his pace. Although he had only been away from home for half a month, he felt as if he had been away for a long time and wished he could run into his house immediately.

Returning home, Zhang Qingshan took out the gifts issued by the training class and distributed them to his family. The family chatted happily about his experiences in Siping. Hearing that Governor He Rui personally lectured the cadre training class, the family couldn't believe it and asked, "How could a big shot like the Governor give you lectures?"

Zhang Qingshan's gaze was firm. "Rural work is so important; of course, the Governor has to lecture personally."

The family listened in confusion, suddenly feeling that after not seeing him for half a month, Zhang Qingshan seemed somewhat different from before.

"Is Brother Qingshan in?" A voice calling at the door came from outside; it was the two cadres who had stayed in the village.

After exchanging pleasantries, Zhang Qingshan talked about his experiences in Siping and then explained the government's requirement for cadres to arrange specialized planting households in the village.

After listening to Zhang Qingshan's account, one person sighed. "There isn't even enough grain to eat; will specialized planting work? Who would be willing to plant?"

"The government will give households willing to do specialized planting six months' rations in advance. You can understand this as a deposit. When the autumn harvest comes, the government will collect the specialized planting products. What is there to fear?"

"This..." Listening to Zhang Qingshan's words, the two hesitated.

"Whether the government's words count or not, we'll just have to watch. First, let's see if the land is actually distributed this year. Next year, we'll see if they really give half a year's rations in advance. As long as they do both, what is there not to believe?"

Zhang Qingshan took out the official document requiring the two to report to the nearby town. "You two are the second batch of cadres. You will meet up with the second batch of cadres from other villages in the town."

Half a day later, the second batch of rural cadres heading to Siping for training quickly assembled and began their march toward Siping.

At this time, nearly a month had passed since the launch of land reform. Tang Gui and Chen Deli, the two leaders of the stationed village work teams, also received orders to return to Siping. Having not seen each other for a long time, on the way back to the city leading the second batch of rural cadres, they discussed their insights and experiences during the land reform process.

Compared to when they left Siping, both had experienced too much in the past month. Talking freely along the way, they found that the other had also accumulated a lot of experience. Both Tang Gui and Chen Deli were born in the worker district of Tianjin City and had no land since their grandfathers' generation. When they first went to the countryside to participate in land reform, they knew very little about the specific social structure of the rural areas.

Looking at the farmland in the distance now, both felt joy. Land reform was a political struggle. The victorious side would control the countryside and the grassroots. Both knew that grassroots political power had been established on the fields within their sight; it was no longer the local tyrants and evil gentry who were masters of the house.

The rural area of Siping was certainly not as prosperous as Siping City, but its area was a thousand times that of Siping City. Comparing the two, Tang Gui felt full of pride. "Once the rural areas are rectified, the masses of Siping will soon be able to live and work in peace and contentment."

Chen Deli nodded after hearing this but seemed lost in thought. He moved closer to Tang Gui and whispered, "What about outside Siping? The common people on so much land are still oppressed by local tyrants and evil gentry. I went to a village on the edge of Siping. what about the villages and towns next door that are not under Siping's jurisdiction?"

The conversation stopped there. Behind them were members who had never attended the land reform cadre training class. The two felt there were some things the land reform cadres didn't need to know at this stage.

The group arrived in Siping. Many rural cadres were coming to Siping City for the first time. Seeing the rows of houses on both sides of the street and the endless stream of people, they involuntarily stopped, afraid to move forward. Fortunately, the Cadre Training School sent people to welcome them. After warm greetings, they led these rural cadres to the school to settle down.

Anxious to report, Tang Gui and Chen Deli hurried to He Rui's side. Arriving at the headquarters, they saw that other main cadres had already returned.

The situation briefing lasted for several hours. After listening to the reports of the main personnel, Tang Gui was fully certain that land reform had been implemented in all 20 towns and 407 villages on the ten thousand square kilometers of land in Siping.

Tang Gui sighed sincerely, "Governor, we really did it!"

Hearing this, everyone sighed with emotion. After all, when they first arrived in Siping, the entire team was only 50 people.

After everyone's emotions calmed down a bit, He Rui said, "The experience of this land reform proves one thing: as long as the policy is correct, there are no laboring masses who cannot cooperate. I have already prepared the work plan for the next stage."

Hearing He Rui say this, the new scribe stood up and distributed documents to everyone.

After reading for a while, Chen Deli asked, "Governor, is the investigation of the surrounding areas for the purpose of conducting land reform externally?"

He Rui shook his head. "The purpose of the current stage lies in developing industry and building an arsenal. The investigation outside Siping is mainly targeted at those bandits and mountain brigands. When completely suppressing bandits in Siping, the surroundings must also be swept clean."

Chen Deli advised, "Governor, with our current experience plus the rural cadres in the training class, according to the plan from October to next March, I'm afraid we could reform half of Jilin in six months."

"I can understand everyone's urgent mood. But solving national problems requires paying attention to politics even more. For example, the success of this land reform so far is because comrades were able to implement policies and pay attention to politics."

Chen Deli knew that land reform itself was a political action, but felt he couldn't quite understand the "politics" He Rui was talking about now. He wanted to ask a question but didn't know where to start.

He Rui asked the secretary to pass the Party admission oath document to the comrades. Seeing it was the basic program of the Civilization Party and the oath of admission, the youths were all pleasantly surprised. Cheng Ruofan jumped up and shouted, "Governor, I am willing to join the Party. I am willing to accept the Governor's arrangement!"

Seeing the other youths were in a similar state, He Rui laughed. "If I could create the laws of the world, accepting my arrangement would be quite nice. Unfortunately, like everyone else, I must also abide by the objective laws of the development of things."

Speaking of this, He Rui put away his smile. "Our work has reached today. Forming a political party is imperative. Selecting more reliable comrades who are more willing to work hard to become Party members is imperative. We just discussed why we do that; this is the Party's secret and cannot be known by those who don't need to know. But the land reform policy must be fully propagated so that the peasant masses all know. Can everyone distinguish the difference between the two?"

Some youths indicated they were clear about the difference, while others indicated that although they weren't very clear, they would do as He Rui said.

He Rui felt the comrades probably didn't understand, so he continued, "Forming a political party is not arranging for everyone to do something, but for more effective work. We must understand politics better, pay more attention to politics, and have more organizational discipline. If we can't do this, we will definitely suffer failure. Regarding the formation of the political party, what questions do you think should be raised?"

The youths fell silent. It wasn't easy to ask a good question; one had to think carefully.

At this time, someone broke the silence. It was Hu Xiushan, who was usually relatively silent. "May I ask the Governor, what is the goal of the Civilization Party?"

Hearing this question, the youths all felt Hu Xiushan asked well. They looked at He Rui, waiting for He Rui to give everyone an answer.