: Supervisory policy, Mainland policy settlement, and Sub-profit relief

Time is turned back to China, Tongzhou.

After finishing the meteorological station, Zhang Jian and others began to provide disaster relief, which was even more important to the present moment than the future meteorology.

Behind the protests of 3,000 people, at least 3,000 families were hungry. The flood season had arrived and many surrounding villages had been flooded. Moreover, the harvest was not good last year. From June to August, there were more than two months of flooding, and the fields were destroyed and countless drowned.

Standing in the porridge shed, Zhang Jian personally gave food to the victims of the past, and couldn't help but sigh: "Fortunately it was just a hail disaster. In the past year, most of the Soviet province would have been destroyed. Now it seems that it is a blessing in disgrace."

Having never experienced a major disaster in person, Cheng Nuo asked while delivering the cake: "Old Zhang, the situation at that time should be much more tragic than this one. I heard that the thatched houses were washed away a lot."

Zhang Jian stirred the porridge in the bucket and said, "The rivers and lakes rise together, and the mountain torrents are circulating. The walls of Yangzhou City alone have been washed down three times. The crying sounds of women and children can't bear to hear them. Looking around, they are already vast and full of water."

"Oh, floods are one line, droughts are a large area. This is the purpose of our weather." Cheng Nuo sighed, and his subordinates' work remained uninterrupted: "Come on, come on, everyone is not crowded, there are more in the box, come one by one."

The rice is porridge cooked with rice, and the cakes are mixed with various coarse grains. If pure essence grains are pure, even with Zhang Jian's financial resources, they will not be able to bear it.

In fact, this situation is already pretty good. When it comes to other places, a well-off family would have to cook rice and bran. Tenants with poor families only ate bran. In previous years, they were used to feed cattle, and people didn’t even look at it. As for the poor peasants at this time, they didn’t even have bran, so they could only pick up the bark and grass roots, and eat clay in more serious places, called Guanyin soil.

If you put a mouth here, why are there always some "distinctive products" on the dining table in Yunnan Province, "red umbrellas, white poles" and so on? In addition to being rich in the local area, it is also related to the year of disaster. If you are extremely hungry, you really dare to eat anything.

Disaster relief can only be provided for a temporary relief, but not for a lifetime.

Leaving the work in his hand to others, Cheng Nuo looked at Zhang Jian who was resting beside him and looked at his subsequent thoughts.

"Old Zhang, we have been serving porridge for a while. I think there are only a few more people. If this continues, it is probably not a long-term solution."

"I have three strategies here, the best policy of pension, the middle policy of maintenance, and the worst policy of relief. Zhiyuan, which strategy do you think is better?" Zhang Jian brought over a bowl of porridge and two cakes and said with a smile.

The porridge and cakes were just like those who had just been relieved. Cheng Nuo didn't dislike it at all. He finished eating a cake in just two bites. After a few bites of the porridge, he felt better after wiping his mouth and said:

"No need to say the worst strategy, that is, what we are doing now. I guess Mr. Zhang can't control them until the beginning of next year. If that happens, our cotton farmers will be the first to refuse."

"The Zhongce settlement is easy to understand. After the famine, a large number of victims will be displaced and the farmland will be abandoned. The central method of settlement is to induce refugees to return to their hometowns and resume their business, and reduce their rent and tax burdens to make them live in peace in order to resist disasters. This is called repatriation; free land for refugees and exemption from rent and tax so that they do not move outside, which is called repatriation; for victims who are out of the way, they must be sent to their homes through the power of the government, which is called repatriation."

Cheng Nuo took another sip of porridge and continued: "It is a matter of what the public should do. It is not easy for us to interfere in private, but the magistrate's approach in the past few days was probably not worthy of it. Maybe he would have to be exploited again, and the effect was hard to say."

Judging from the trend of local autonomy like Zhang Jian, coupled with the support of clan forces, it is actually more powerful than the magistrate. If he really chooses Zhongshou, the effect will definitely be better, and maybe it will be better. However, from a personal perspective, this group of victims is also a group of labor wealth in a sense. It would be a pity to give up like this. Moreover, Dasheng Cotton Mill is still in the stage of rapid expansion and requires a large number of manpower.

Therefore, after hearing this, Zhang Jian simply nodded: "Yes, Zhongce has arranged refugees to return to their hometown to farm and give them certain discounts, which is also a good idea, but I think the best strategy is better."

"The history of the best policy pension is longer, which can be traced back to the Warring States Period. I guess Mr. Zhang's pension mainly includes porridge, child redemption, and other content. It is based on the people-oriented idea and the concept of resettlement of disaster victims and relief for the people as a relief, which greatly maintains social and social stability. At the same time, adult labor can help us further cultivate farmland, and children can also go to our new school, which is much better than their life back to their hometown."

"Yes, that's the reason. Instead of going back and continuing to suffer disasters, it's better to follow us to continue to reclaim these wastelands. When the seeds of the Academy of Sciences are cultivated next year, these farmlands may not be enough for Dasheng Shing Mill." Zhang Jian laughed and added a few spoonfuls of new porridge to Cheng Nuo's bowl: "It's cooler just now, and add some hotter ones."

It is better to have selfishness. In fact, in the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty was the most frequent historical period. From the establishment of the Qing regime in 1616 to the demise of the Qing regime in 1911, a total of 1,121 disasters occurred, with an average of 1,121 times every March. Most local officials turned a blind eye to disaster relief, even avoided disasters without reporting or reported severe disasters. In the middle, they deducted disaster money and filled their own pockets. There were countless disaster victims who were suffering when they returned.

For example, embezzling the silver for the construction of water conservancy will lead to poor quality of water conservancy projects and disrepair of river workers. Once the rainfall is too high, it is very easy to cause floods. The rainfall is too small and there is no water for irrigation, which increases the possibility of disasters.

After drawing on the disaster relief methods of later generations, Cheng Nuo had a better idea and put the coarse grain cake shed on the chopsticks and said: "Old Zhang, since I have chosen the best policy to support it, I have another policy to supplement it, so the implementation effect will be better."

Zhang Jian became interested and subconsciously stroked his beard and smiled: "If you delay or lend money, then there is no need to say that we still have our own principles, and it is not appropriate to interfere with local taxes and lend usury in the form of usury."

Cheng Nuo shook his head and said, "No, I think we can carry out agricultural relief, and its characteristic is that it combines 'it rescue and self-rescue'."

Zhang Jian put down his hand and said in confusion: "Farmer relief? Tell me."

Cheng Nuo stood up and walked to him and said, "Farmer relief means using seeds and fertilizers to distribute to the disaster area; using dealers and low-interest loans, so that ox farm tools can be purchased to help them restore vitality and restore their production capacity. For example, the victims can use the identity of a tenant farmer to reclaim wasteland in Tongzhou, and the Dasheng Spinning Mill can lend them seeds, fertilizers and agricultural tools, or low-interest loans, which only need to be slowly recovered from the harvest of the coming year."

After hearing this, Zhang Jian immediately stood up from the chair in surprise: "It's good for agricultural relief. This can greatly mobilize their determination to cultivate. In order to repay the loan, they will inevitably invest more energy in agriculture, which will be beneficial to both sides."

In fact, there was no similar relief method before the Republic of China. It was founded until the Jianghuai River flood in 1931. This was widely regarded as the first natural disaster with the largest number of deaths on record. It was accepted by the majority of disaster victims at that time and achieved good results.

Now that I have taken it out in advance, it is a last resort, because he was always suffering from disasters every few days in the Republic of China.

As Cheng Nuo guessed, most of the victims were unwilling to return to their hometowns. When talking about the names of local parents, they gritted their teeth and shook their heads. Who would still be willing to go back and suffer that crime?

Now I hear that there are large wasteland waiting for them to reclaim. Whoever cultivates them will contract them to whom. Except for only working hard, all other Dasheng yarn mills will be contracted. They will immediately stop being depressed and reclaim new land in a hurry. There are even cases where anyone first and who will fight.

If you have land in your hands, you are not panicked. Only with land can you take root in this land in Tongzhou. Even girls can go to school to study, and you have never heard of great things.

There are also lazy people who have too many people. It is not better to eat and wait until death than to work barely. The corn seeds that are sent are even secretly cooked porridge. However, after being caught, they immediately kicked out of the team. Zhang Jian also followed Cheng Nuo's method of using work for relief. Only those who work have food, including women, children, elderly, sick and disabled people.

After this incident, the victims were more enthusiastic about working, and even the people who were not affected had their families and came to reclaim wasteland. For a moment, the scene was even more enthusiastic.

Zhang Jian’s autonomous region in Tongzhou was also the experimental and learning place of Cheng Nuo. He was studying experience silently here, especially the experiences and lessons in it are worth recording and learning. Behind each article is the blood and sweat of everyone. With this small notebook, you can avoid detours and exempt some unnecessary "tuition and miscellaneous fees".

"Uncle, how many big cakes are you going to pick up today? Or take half of them as usual?"

Cheng Nuo flipped through the record book, which recorded the labor accumulation of each disaster victim and the daily data of taking meals. The excess points can be exchanged for agricultural tools and other things.

The middle-aged man waved his hand at the guy who was making food, and smiled honestly, "Let me pick one today."

"Oh, you finally want to give me a meal. I want to see the physical work of your body. How can I eat a full meal with half a cake and a bowl of porridge? I have to be two so thin." The guy lifted the cloth on the cake frame and took a hot cake from it: "It's a bit hot, why don't I wrap it with something for you?"

"No need, I'll just take it and eat it like this, thank you, young man." The middle-aged man showed his teeth, and smiled with a hint of restraint: "This gentleman is your second leader, you are so arrogant. Thanks to your second leader, we have a place to settle down."

"He is not our second leader, but he is much better than our second leader." The guy leaned closer to him, put his hands on his lips, and said carefully.

Of course, Cheng Nuo noticed this scene, but he didn't expose it. He put down the record book and said politely: "Uncle, isn't it enough to eat a cake for one meal?"

When the middle-aged man saw Cheng Nuo coming, he quickly wiped his hands on his body and wanted to give Cheng Nuo half, but he refused, and then smiled nervously: "Enough to eat enough, enough for me to eat in one day."

The guy was stunned immediately and couldn't help asking, "Uncle, is this cake your meal for the day?"

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "There are still a few mouths at home. I can eat less and they can eat more. It's strange these days, and it's always scattered. I don't know why."

(End of this chapter)
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