In 1930, an army came to Xiaogan, Hubei Province, day and night, and they landed in a small village. In the chaotic world, the army crossing is a common thing, seeing this group of soldiers coming, the people in the village are secretly crying bitterly, they have seen too many troops, the army came, there is nothing else to do, specially scavenging the people's fat and people's ointment, so the big guys are closed and closed, shrinking at home and dare not come out.
But this army behaved very differently, not only did they not oppress the people, but they also helped the people to work and called them "fellow countrymen", which is really rare enough.
The Red Army arrives
This contingent that made the people of Xiaogan feel rare was the Red Army, which was well known to posterity, the Red Army had strict military discipline and stood with the masses of the people, although the people did not welcome their group of soldiers at first, but the Red Army did not get angry, and rested for two or three days in the wasteland at the mouth of the village. Seeing the friendly attitude of the Red Army, the village chief Yang Changyin had the courage to run to talk to the Red Army and learned that this was the Red Army and helped them fight the good team of local tycoons and inferior gentry.
Yang Changyin went south and north in the early years, and he had some insight, and when he heard the Red Army say this, his heart was put down, and he beckoned the villagers to welcome the Red Army in. It was no accident that the Red First Army came here; they shouldered the important task of establishing the Eyu-Anhui base area and gained the favor of the villagers, and the work of the Red Army went even more smoothly.
The Red Army quickly mingled with the villagers, and usually helped the villagers to carry water and firewood, just like everyone's relatives. At the same time, outside the base area, the enemy is looking at the tiger and often fierce battles occur, and although the Red Army is not as equipped as the other side, its strategy is advanced and its combat effectiveness is brave, so the enemy has never succeeded.
After the end of the Battle of Yangpingkou, all the detachments began to expand their strength, and when the people heard that the Red Army was going to recruit troops, they all went forward to enthusiastically sign up, and the number of the Red Army suddenly increased a lot. But as many people as they go, problems arise.
As we all know, it costs money to raise an army, but the Red Army is not so rich, and seeing that winter is coming, many soldiers' cotton clothes have not yet fallen, and there is not enough food to eat. To solve these problems, you have to get a sum of money. So one morning, Tu Xing, the commander of the Red Army Brigade, knocked on the door of Yang Changyin's house.
Generosity
Tu Xing was embarrassed and told Yang Changyin that he wanted to borrow a sum of money to solve the current shortage of materials in the army. As soon as he heard that the Red Army wanted to use money, Yang Changyin immediately moved out a box from under the bed, where he had saved most of his life, a total of three hundred oceans, and Yang Changyin called out to his son and asked him to go around the village to raise a chip to see if he could make up two more money. In this way, Yang Changyin produced three hundred oceans in his own home, and the local people raised another 100 oceans, and these four hundred heavy oceans were handed over to Tu Xing.
Looking at this huge amount of money, Tu Xingxing was very moved, and he told Yang Changyin that as long as the Red Army was still there, the money would definitely be returned to everyone. Yang Changyin said that there was no need to pay it back, if it were not for the Red Army's rescue of suffering and distress, their common people would not know whether they still had a life, compared with everything the Red Army had done for them, what were these four hundred oceans? However, Tu Xing resolutely said that he would not take a needle and a thread from the masses, and solemnly handed over an IOU to Yang Changyin.
The Red Army will not break its promise to the people. Later, the situation suddenly changed, Tu Xing and other soldiers moved to other places, he told Yang Changyin to save the IOU, even if they could not come back, as long as Yang Changyin found any Red Army team, he could return the money to him.
Yang Changyin did not care about money, he preferred the safe return of the Red Army. In the decades that followed, Yang Changyin and his fellow villagers thought about the Red Army day and night, until the founding of New China, and what made Yang Changyin feel sad was that Tu Xing never returned, perhaps this young man died on a battlefield. Yang Changyin did not take the IOU to ask for money, for him, this IOU was a thought left to him by a friend.
Many years later, Yang Changyin also passed away, and this IOU was left to future generations along with the rest of his legacy. When handling the aftermath for Grandpa, Yang Changyin's grandson Yang Mingrong noticed this IOU that Grandpa carefully kept, and he was very surprised, why didn't Grandpa mention this matter to himself?
With this IOU, Yang Mingrong came to the local government to verify the authenticity of the IOU, and the staff told Yang Mingrong after repeated confirmation that this was indeed an IOU left by the Red Army, and new China would keep its promise and convert the money into renminbi and return it to the Yang family.
At this time, Yang Mingrong was surprised, this time it was already 2015, 85 years had passed since the Red Army borrowed money, and he did not expect that the government would really pay back the money.
There are loans and returns
400 oceans, Yang Mingrong got 40,000 yuan, which is calculated according to the current market value of oceans. So, suppose that at that time, what was the value of these four hundred oceans?
This needs to be a good calculation of the account, Yang Changyin borrowed money in 1930, or during the Republic of China, the Republic of China during the economic instability, the currency face value turbulence is also very strong, 1930 a piece of the ocean contains about 24 grams of pure silver, this version of the ocean is not the most familiar "Yuan Datou", but after 1928, the Republic of China government newly launched, the value is slightly lower than "Yuan Datou", so it is jokingly called "Sun Xiaotou" by the people.
A piece of "Sun Xiaotou" can buy five kilograms of pork, or 16 kilograms of rice, for the people at that time, a piece of ocean is not a small amount of money, after all, during the Republic of China, many people were extremely poor, unable to make ends meet, many people froze and starved to death. A piece of ocean is the income of many people for a few months, so it seems that the four hundred oceans that Yang Changyin gave to the Red Army are undoubtedly huge sums of money.
Yang Changyin was just an ordinary citizen, but he showed absolute generosity to the Red Army. Behind this generosity is the trust of the common people in the Red Army. Sincerely for the true heart, the people will understand who is a good person who really asks for the people's life, China's soldiers guard the people, and the Chinese people support the army.
What is even more valuable is that the era of the Red Army has passed for several decades, but the military-civilian relations in our country are the same as before, and our army has sacrificed its life and death for the sake of the country and the people, which is the source of the people's trust in them, and the people and the soldiers are not opposites, but the closest relatives.
Those who won the hearts and minds of the people won the world, but the Red Army was poor and destitute, but it still defeated countless strong enemies and became the final winners, and it was precisely because they were the people's sons and soldiers, and only the people's army could become the masters of the country.