After the interrogation of the three men was over, Zhang San told Er Wazi to call the county captain to come over and arrest the three men and imprison them first.
"Wu Er said that he was instigated by Mr. Huang Siye, an elder from Erlang Township, to incite the victims to gather to cause trouble. After the incident was completed, each of them would receive ten acres of Yongye land, two shi of grain, and five guan of money." Zhang San said to the two of them.
said.
"What I said is the same as what you said. When Xia County Lieutenant comes, we will arrest Mr. Huang and interrogate him. An old man dares to do this. Someone may have instigated him behind the scenes." Xu Changliang said to this.
He hates those who cause harm to the people the most, he said through gritted teeth.
Zheng Liuyi also felt that there was something fishy about this matter, and he agreed very much with Xu Changliang.
Not long after, Lieutenant Xia County hurried over with his people. After greeting the three men, he asked people to take the three prisoners back first, while he and his people stayed here to listen to orders.
"How much do you know, Mr. Huang Si, an elder from Erlang Township?" Zhang San asked.
"I know this man and have met him several times. When the drought first broke out, he even gave out money and food to help the victims. He was called a great philanthropist. Magistrate Zheng and I actually went to commend him, but we didn't expect it.
He would actually do this!" Lieutenant Xia Xian said angrily.
"According to what you said, this person is not a bad person. It seems that there is a hidden secret in this matter. In this case, you can first bring Mr. Huang back for interrogation to see if he was also instigated by others." Zhang San felt.
This matter is definitely not simple, but I don’t have a clue right now, so I’ll grab it first and ask.
"In addition, you take these three people to the resettlement area for the victims tomorrow, explain to the victims, resolve the misunderstanding, and then sincerely apologize. The compensation for the victims must be done in one step." Zhang San asked again.
"Okay, Uncle Zhang, I'll go back and make arrangements right now. Magistrate Zheng and Chief Yao are checking the list and preparing supplies. I will bring them with them tomorrow," Xia County Lieutenant replied.
"Okay, there's nothing for you to do here. You can go about your business first."
Before Xia County Lieutenant left, he thought about Magistrate Zheng mentioning to him that Zhang San had promised to build a workshop here and give priority to recruiting the families of the victims to work, so he asked: "I have one more thing, my official. If the workshop you mentioned earlier is used by the victims,
Okay, how should I answer?"
"Just tell them that I will build a poverty alleviation industry workshop here, and I will notify them in two days or five days at the earliest and ask them to wait patiently." When Zhang San first wrote to his family,
Let Xiaoyu arrange for people to set up a branch factory here. Calculating the time, it is estimated that it will be here.
"Okay, Uncle Zhang, I understand." After Xia County Lieutenant Xiang finished speaking, he took people to Erlang Township to prepare to capture Fourth Master Huang.
"Uncle Zhang, what do you mean by this poverty alleviation industry workshop?" Xu Changliang couldn't wait to ask after County Lieutenant Xia left. Zheng Liuyi was also very interested and looked at Zhang San, waiting for his explanation.
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"This is what I thought of when I first came here. You also know that I am also a businessman myself. I have some industries. These victims have lost their livelihood security. I want to invest in and open factories in the most severely affected places and recruit victims into the factory.
Work, in exchange for labor remuneration, and provide them with a guarantee, which is what I call a poverty alleviation industry workshop." Zhang San explained.
After listening to Zhang San's words, both of them bowed deeply to Zhang San and praised Zhang San for his dedication to the people and his integrity.
"You two don't have to be like this. If you can do something for the victims, it's not in vain for me to serve as the inspector." Zhang San said with a smile.
"By the way, we'll talk about this later. Our top priority is to do a good job in publicity so that the victims clearly understand our government's disaster relief policies to avoid similar things from happening again."
"Uncle Zhang County, how should we publicize it? Although resettlement areas for disaster victims have been designated in various places, there are still many fleeing victims wandering around. We are short of manpower and cannot cover everything." Zheng Liuyi asked.
"I understand that it is not enough to rely solely on the power of the government. We need to mobilize the power of the people and let them spontaneously publicize it for us."
"Then what should we do specifically?" Xu Changliang admired Zhang San's ideas very much and could always say something that impressed him.
"Print single pages, divide them according to regions, and distribute them to various villages and towns, and let the literate elders, literati, businessmen, etc. help us promote it." Before Zhang San came, he specially asked Zhang Xin to prepare a set of movable type printing molds for him.
, it comes in handy now.
Zheng Liuyi was a little confused about what kind of single page this was, but Xu Changliang had seen the scene of single pages flying all over the sky in Chang'an at that time, and looked at Zhang San thoughtfully, thinking that Chang'an's big deal must have been planned by Zhang San! Look.
The rumors are not true!
Zhang San did not notice the change in Xu Changliang's eyes and continued: "This matter needs to be done immediately, starting from Xiao County. Tomorrow I will ask Magistrate Zheng to help implement this matter. Everyone has worked hard today. You all
Let’s go to bed early, we’ll still be busy tomorrow.”
County Magistrate Zheng stayed up all night yesterday, mobilized all his manpower, and finally completed the task assigned by Zhang San this morning. Just as he was about to sit down for a while, he heard a message from his servants saying that County Uncle Zhang and his three people had arrived at the county government office.
Magistrate Zheng ran over quickly. Zhang San saw Magistrate Zheng's eyes were bloodshot and looked tired, and said: "Magistrate Zheng worked hard last night, but there is still something that needs you to arrange right now."
"It's not a problem. If Mr. Zhang has anything to do, just ask his subordinates to do it." Zheng Daiyi bowed and replied.
"It's like this. I want you to help me find some people who can read. I'm going to print some single pages to publicize the government's disaster relief policies, increase the victims' trust in the government, and avoid the recurrence of the last incident. Wait until I take care of it.
Once the single page is printed, you can arrange for these people to go to various resettlement sites for disaster victims to publicize it, and then spread it to every township."
"Okay, okay, Mr. Zhang. I will find all the people in the county who can read and hyphenate and make a list for you later."
County Magistrate Zheng replied hesitantly. Although Magistrate Zheng understood what Zhang San said, he was very doubtful about whether Zhang San could do this. Considering the bad impression he left on Zhang San yesterday, County Magistrate Zheng
Ling didn't dare to ask random questions.
"Has Lieutenant Xia not come back yet?" Zhang San asked without waiting for news from Lieutenant Xia.
"Last night Lieutenant Xia went out with a group of officers and soldiers, but they haven't come back yet." Magistrate Zheng replied.
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Lieutenant Xia Xian walking in with a few followers, their faces dark.
"What are you doing?" Magistrate Zheng asked in surprise when he saw Lieutenant Xia's dignified appearance.
"Alas! We were late. All the twenty-odd members of Huang Laosi's family were killed, and the house was burned down by a fire."
The Xia county captain said to Zhang San and the others as if he was mourning.
"What? Did you find anything at the scene?" Zhang San was surprised and asked hurriedly.
"We cleared out twenty-three burnt corpses and asked people to inquire. No one knew how the fire started. No abnormalities were found at the scene. I have asked Zuo Zuo to check the corpses. Let's take a look.
Have you found anything?" Xia County Lieutenant replied.
"Then you continue to investigate this matter, and you must catch the murderer. After the results are given by Zuo Zuo, you can inform me, and leave the matter of going to the disaster area to Chief Yao!" Zhang San ordered.
"Magistrate Zheng, please find all the manpower I need. I'll go back and prepare for printing single pages first." After Zhang San gave the instructions, he and Xu Changliang returned to the inn first. Zheng Liuyi still had official duties, so he stayed in the county.