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ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL PROBLEMS IN THE ANTI-JAPANESE WAR
district had forty-three idlers.
Explanation:
(i) In Panlong District, a certain spirit medium beat his “three
mountains’ knife” 3 into a hoe. He told the masses he would not
swindle people again and would work hard in future.
(ii) At Lijiaqu in Third Township of Chuankou District, Hui
San and Gao Wu were each given the task of opening up 6 mou
of uncultivated land this spring. They completed this and even
exceeded it by 2 mou. At Tianujiagelao in Fourth Township, Yang
Yingcheng was given the job of opening up 6 mou. He opened
up 9 mou.
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(iii) In Liulin District this year, seven men were reformed
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and joined in production. In Wuyang District twelve men were
investigated. After a struggle, nine of them took part in production.
In Fengfu District there were eight men. At Ganguyi in
Yaodian District eight men were organized in two groups to go
to Zhangjiakou to open up new land.
(iv) At Nanyigou of Third Township in Fengfu District, Bai
Fenyu was a shaman before 1936. By 1941 he had an ox and hired
a man. He had 200 sheep and had become the village head. He
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paid 10.2 tan grain tax, 200 jin salt tax, and 500 jin hay tax.
This year he has got another ox and hired a helper. He has expanded
production and his prospects are very good.
(v) Because the government mobilized them to take part in
production, the loafers of Panlong district said: “If things go
wrong this year government men will be even more strict with
us”. For example, Li Dejin from Lijiabian in Fourth Township
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used to smoke opium. This year he has opened up 6 mou of new
land and also stopped smoking. In the whole district there were
twenty-seven loafers. They have written guarantees that they
will do well in production, and as a result twenty of them are
very good.
(vi) At Liujiaping in Mudan District there is a man (name
unknown) with extremely bright prospects now that the government
has mobilized him to join-in production. Later he sought
out one of the government personnel and treated him very well
saying: “The government was right to get us to take part in production”.
Gao Yucheng from the same district used to be a It at
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