Early the next morning, the working group was divided into two groups, one group to distribute grain to each household in Wangjiazhai, on the one hand, to fulfill the promise made by the travelers to the villagers, and on the other hand, to take this opportunity to register each family, indicating the number of people in each family, the name, identity, age, real estate and other basic information of each family, so as to facilitate the management of Wangjiazhai in the future, and to make a household registration book and distribute it to each household. Since the population of Wangjiazhai is not large, it will be completed in one day.

The other group of people checked the financial information in Wang's house to find out how much land there is in Wangjiazhai, and in the afternoon, they conducted a simple field trip to understand the actual situation of the field, irrigation conditions and so on.

According to the statistics, there are now a total of 317 households in Wangjiazhai, of which 208 live inside the village and 107 live outside the village, and the population is 1,412, of which 738 are men and 673 are women. However, there are 9 families who have been disposed of at the public trial, and the rest of the family has been relocated to Qingdao, but there are only 308 households, and there are 14 families who can't stand the oppression of the Wang family and fled, so these 14 families are not counted, but their houses are sealed, and the houses of the relocated people are kept for other purposes, and if the fleeers come back, the houses will be returned to them.

In addition, judging from the account books, the Wang family has a total of 3,618 acres of land, and excluding the fleeing population, only 287 households rent the Wang family's field, and another 21 families do not rent the Wang family's field, but survive by doing some small business.

In the evening, Wang Sheng gathered several key members of the task force to meet to discuss the work of distributing land.

Because according to statistics, there are now 3,618 acres of land in Wangjiazhai, and there are 308 households, so that the average household can only get about 12 acres of land. According to the land system implemented by the traverser in Tianjin, each adult is divided into 5 acres of land, and minors and the elderly are divided into 3 acres of land, and the average land output allocated to a household is about 20 mu, and according to calculations, with the agricultural level in Tianjin, a family of 4-5 people must have at least 20 acres of land to be able to ensure a normal life under the agricultural tax that the traverser is now implementing. The level of agricultural production in Shandong is similar to that in Tianjin, so the fields in Wangjiazhai are obviously not enough.

In addition, the number of households is based on the Wang family's account books, and due to lack of time, the working group did not check the Wang's land, so it is not clear whether the number of accounts and the actual number are true to the name. Moreover, an acre of land in the Qing Dynasty is not the same as an acre of land in modern society, an acre in modern society is 666 square meters, and the standard of an acre of land in the Qing Dynasty is calculated according to a step wide and 240 steps long, and it is about 600 square meters after being dismantled.

In this way, even if the account figures are correct, then the existing 3,618 acres of land in Wangjiazhai are converted into the equivalent of modern society, which is only about 3,260 acres, a decrease of about 10%. Moreover, it is necessary to set aside another piece of land from it for the use of the traverser's self-run farm, so it is obviously impossible to adopt the standards of Tianjin in the land distribution method of Wangjiazhai. So what exactly is the distribution of this limited land, of course, it is necessary to study it carefully.

Zhang Yunjiang, a member of the working group, first said: "I don't understand, if according to our estimates, a family needs 20 acres of land to ensure a normal life, then how did the people of Wangjiazhai live in the past, I estimate that there are not many farmers who can rent 20 acres of land, and our farm rent is much lower than that of Wangjiazhai, I really don't know how the people of Wangjiazhai used to live?"

Gao Shi explained: "Normal life means that in addition to the basic living conditions, you can also ensure some other living needs, such as buying new clothes, buying new belongings, children going to school, and occasionally buying some meat to improve your life, etc. And the basic living conditions are much simpler, as long as you guarantee not to die, even if a person only eats half full at each meal, he can still guarantee to live. In addition, you can also subsidize your life by working part-time jobs or with extra income, so even if you only grow about 10 acres of land, it is enough. ”

Another team member, Ma Racetrack: "It's okay to work part-time, what additional income can farmers here have?"

Gao Shi said with a smile: "Don't underestimate the survival ability of Chinese farmers, they will make full use of every inch of land, you see in front of these houses in the village, behind the door, there are a lot of sporadic planting of things, most of them are corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes and other easy-to-grow high-yield crops, even if there are only a few corn, it is enough for people to support, farmers do not only eat corn kernels, even corn cobs will be eaten, sometimes they can dig wild vegetables to eat, so how can they live." ”

Ma Raceway: "I see, what do I say? How can the peasants of this era be the same as the Chinese aunts in the old time and space, they are also growing vegetables in the seams." ”

Wang Sheng said: "Although it is possible to live in this way, the quality of life is obviously not good there, and this is definitely not our goal, under our governance, farmers must not only aim at survival like this." ”

Zhang Yunjiang said: "But there is only so much land in Wangjiazhai, what else can I do?"

Gao Shi said: "Of course, there is a way, that is, to open up the wasteland, I have seen the surrounding environment, at least another 5,000 acres of fields can be opened, or even more, not only to ensure that the existing residents of Wangjiazhai have enough land, but also to accommodate more farmers." ”

Zhang Yunjiang said: "Will the land reclamation damage the environment here? I heard that in the old time and space, it was because of the indiscriminate land reclamation that the ecological balance was broken, and a large number of ecological environments were also destroyed. We can't engage in brutal exploitation. ”

Wang Sheng shook his head and said: "The environment should not be considered now, our first goal is survival and development, if we can't even guarantee survival and development, what other things can we talk about." ”

Gao Shize also nodded, and said: "Protecting the environment, that is something that is only considered after the development of the country, in the old time and space, when did you hear that Kenya and Ethiopia were shouting about protecting the environment, so don't think about the environment at all now, and the environmental conditions in China in this era are very good, and a little damage will not have much impact." ”

Hearing Gao Shi say this, everyone else couldn't help laughing, and naturally no one mentioned the topic of protecting the environment.

Wang Shengdao: "Okay, the land reclamation will definitely be carried out, but how to do it is to first distribute the land according to the Tianjin model, so that it is estimated that more than forty percent of the families will not be able to share the land, and then organize this group of peasant households to carry out land reclamation, or the existing land will be evenly distributed to each household, and at the same time, each household will participate in the land reclamation work." ”

Gao Shi said: "I think it is better for the whole village to act together, each household is divided into ten acres of land, and then open up the wasteland together, so that it is fair to every family, no one has anything to say, and it can ensure the basic life of each family. ”

Ma Race: "But while producing and opening up wasteland, will it affect normal agricultural production, and each household is allocated ten acres of land, and our agricultural tax is lower than before, so the basic life can be guaranteed, and we may not be interested in laborious reclamation of wasteland, I heard that clearing wasteland is far more difficult than farming." ”

Wang Shengdao: "This is easy to do, we can link the division of land with the development of wasteland, if we do not want to participate in the development of wasteland, we will not give him land, and if we do not work hard in the reclamation, we will also take back the land allocated to him, in Tianjin we use this way, the division of land and the rural infrastructure construction, every household must send people to participate in the rural infrastructure construction, and even some important projects of the government." ”

Gao Shi nodded and said: "This method is very good, the infrastructure construction of rural areas, roads, water conservancy, compost yards, and threshing floors, cannot be done by individuals, and it really needs to organize collective strength to complete, so it should be made clear to the farmers when dividing the land." ”

At this time, Zhang Yunjiang said: "Will this not be good for our reputation, but will it also increase the burden on the peasants, and may also cause us to lose the support of the people." ”

Gao Shi shook his head and said: "This will not happen, because it was the basic obligation of ancient Chinese peasants to bear forced labor, and not only was there no pay, but even the food and bedding had to be prepared by themselves." To participate in our rural infrastructure construction, you have to take care of at least three meals, and under normal circumstances, you will also have wages, which is already very good. Moreover, these projects themselves are aimed at promoting the development of rural areas and agriculture, and are also beneficial to the peasants themselves. First, these projects should be of substantial benefit to the development of rural areas and agriculture, and should not be a face-saving or image-building project. The second is to try to arrange it during the slack season, and avoid the busy season. ”

Wang Shengdao: "Winning the support of the people is not the same as giving up interests to the peasants without principle, the basic obligations of the people to the state must be thoroughly understood, and the interests of the people are too much, which is not beneficial to the development of the country, and it is only necessary to control the burden of the peasants within a reasonable limit, and in addition, to make the peasants' quality of life better than before." ”

Hearing Wang Sheng say this, the others no longer had any opinions, so Wang Sheng said: "Then it is decided, we will immediately write a report on the plan of the decision, send it back to the headquarters, and let the headquarters send it to the Tianjin government for approval, as long as we get the approval of the government, we will start to implement it immediately." ”