The traversers decided to implement a completely different mode of civil administration in the first and second teams of production in Bairentan, which they fully controlled. That is, the people's commune system implemented in China in the 60-70s of the 20th century.

The People's Commune system existed for 27 years, from 1958 to 1985, when it was officially abolished. The deepest impression it leaves on people is "one big and two public". However, the real operation of the people's communes was guided by the 1962 "Draft Amendment to the Regulations on the Work of Rural People's Communes", and adopted a three-level ownership, team-based production and operation model, while maintaining the system of integrating the people's commune with the government and the society.

Under this system. The people's commune is not only the political power unit in the rural areas, but also the production and operation entity in the rural areas, and the secretary of the commune is not only responsible for party affairs, but also manages industrial and agricultural production and civil affairs. On the bad side, the commune was too much and too broadly managed, the institutions were inflated, the system was rigid, the distribution system was too even, and the enthusiasm of the members for production was not high.

From the perspective of haode, the 27 years under the people's commune system were the 27 years in which the Chinese government had the strictest control over rural society and peasants in its history -- the political power did not go to the countryside, and the situation in which the clans held power at the grassroots level was basically eliminated. In that era of sluggish economic development, backward productive forces, and low cultural level of the whole people, the people's communes played a role in centralizing and stabilizing social order. Primary medical services, universal education, water conservancy, and mechanization in rural areas all made great progress during this period. The high concentration of power under the people's commune system and the strong dominance of human and material resources are extremely attractive to travelers.

Some members of the committee were concerned about the efficiency of agricultural production under this system: During the period of the people's commune, the real agricultural productivity per labor force was constantly decreasing, and the adoption of such a system would cause the same problem?

"Personally, I don't think it matters, the intention of this people's commune is not agricultural production but civil administration." Ma Qianzhuo explained, "It can effectively integrate administration, people's livelihood, public security, education, and military to form a social organization that is completely dependent on us." ”

This brand-new grass-roots government is institutionally under the leadership of the Internal Affairs Committee under the Executive Committee, and on specific matters, it is under the leadership of various specialized groups.

The commune adopted a household registration system. With the household as the basic unit, bachelors should also stand on their own. The registered population, regardless of gender, is called "member". Those who have obtained employee qualifications among the members shall enjoy relevant benefits according to regulations.

Each household owns a piece of self-reserved land, which cannot be transferred, but can be inherited, and what is planted on the self-reserved land is at the discretion of the head of the household. Self-reserved land is not distributed according to the number of people, but only according to the household, and the area of households with a large population increases in proportion. The area of a standard household (4 population) is 1, then the coefficient increases by 0.1 for every increase in the population of the household register, and the maximum is increased to 1.5 - the purpose is to promote the separation of families and avoid the formation of large families of several generations in the same house.

The Executive Committee took into account that after the promulgation of this policy, there may be a situation of "fake separation" for the purpose of dividing more land, just as there was a "fake divorce" for demolition and relocation in the original time and space, and it is stipulated that the land reserved for self-use at the time of separation is limited to married couples, and if a single man or woman separates the family, they can establish a household registration, but they cannot enjoy the self-reserved land, and must wait until after marriage.

The housing of the members is built by the traverser and sold to the members according to the relevant welfare policies, but each household only enjoys this treatment once. Without the consent of the Internal Affairs Committee, members are not allowed to build their own houses within the jurisdiction of the crossing regime. Members' housing can be freely bought, sold, gifted, and inherited, but only after the payment is made.

Members do not allocate land other than their own land. There are three basic incomes: one is the output of one's own land; the second is the work points obtained by participating in the commune; The third is side income.

Men aged 18~55 and women aged 18~45 are called full-time workers. 13~17 years old, 56~65 years old are men and 13~17 years old, 46~55 years old women, called semi-labor. In principle, every man and woman in the semi-labour force and the full-time labour force, unless recruited, enlisted in the army or attending school, must participate in the commune assignment and complete a certain number of basic days of attendance. Additional assignments in addition to this basic number of days of attendance are considered overtime, and the labor department of the Executive Committee pays the work according to a coefficient of 1.2.

Those who are not in this age group are called auxiliary laborers, and if they are willing to participate in the dispatch and can complete it, they can also get work points, but the number of days of attendance is not specified.

Employees of industrial and commercial enterprises established by the company are recruited from among the members of the company. After becoming a worker in an enterprise, the status of a member remains unchanged, and he is still under the management of the commune in administration, life, and justice, but his labor management and remuneration are the responsibility of the recruiting company, and the commune no longer cares.

The commune management system adopts three levels of management: commune-village-member group. The member group is the most basic unit, every eight to ten households form a group, and there are principal and deputy leaders in the group, who are responsible for the transmission and supervision of government decrees, and supervise and manage the members.

As a first-level political power, the village has a village committee, a production group, a militia group, and a women's group. Unlike villages under indirect control, such as Yanchang Village, the villages under the Bairen Commune are under the leadership of the commune.

At the commune level, there are a series of administrative, scientific, educational, cultural, and health departments, such as the Social Affairs Department, the Finance Section, the Production Section, the Propaganda Section, the Culture and Education Section, the Judicial Office, the Militia Corps, the Women's Federation, the Health Station, the Agricultural Technology Station, the Broadcasting Station, the Junior Primary School, and the Kindergarten. However, due to the lack of sufficient professionals, it is still only a jihua and needs to be gradually improved.

Every member of the semi-labor force or more must pay income tax of 5% of the annual income, regardless of whether the income comes from the division of labor or the wages of the enterprise, the income of self-reserved land is exempt from agricultural tax, and the income of members under the age of 15 is exempt from tax. The tax was divided between the traveler and the commune on a 4:6 basis, and the commune used this fee to maintain daily administrative expenses and pay the wages of those who were out of work.

On the busy construction site outside the south gate of Bairencheng, an inconspicuous wooden sign with black characters on white ground was hung at the door of a small courtyard that was first completed: "Bairentan Commune". The president of the Commune was concurrently held by Wu De, and to be honest, it is estimated that none of the few workers in the production team who are actively moving closer to the organization can understand the obscure words in the "Regulations on the Organization and Management of the Commune." Even Wu De himself had to call the Executive Committee from time to time to ask for certain details.

Lin Xing was appointed vice president, but instead of taking office immediately, he and several others were sent to Yanchang Village to participate in the first cadre training course of the Yanchang Farmers' Training Institute hosted by Du Wen. Lin Xing and the others understood that they were preparing to "become officials" -- the leaders called them "Tigan." It made them feel both sudden and frightened. Before leaving, Wu De called several people to the construction site and pointed to a tall house that was about to be completed:

"You'll live in it later."

These "quasi-cadres" have become accustomed to the incredible things created by the leaders. Moreover, the houses were built by the laborers themselves, but in their most arrogant fantasies, such high-rise houses had nothing to do with themselves. Everyone was dumbfounded. After a while, Lin Xing asked tremblingly:

"Chief Wu, are you telling the truth?"

"Of course, we've always been talkative."

"How much does it cost to live-" Of course, Lin Xing was not so arrogant that Shorthair would give them a house for nothing.

"Sixty taels of silver, if you workers buy it, you can get fifty-four taels."

This price did not cause much shock, and judging from the price and wage level of the late Ming Dynasty, this house price is also the average level.

When I heard that this money could be paid in ten or twenty years and every year, the smiles on the faces of several people became even more obvious: housing first and then repaying the money, such a good thing is really rare.

Soon, the news spread among the production team, and after work every day, someone would always run to the construction site to see these houses that would belong to them in the future, and Ma Pong was one of them. All the rags he had brought with him were confiscated, and everything that had to do with the cloth was confiscated, but as compensation he was given new clothes, mats, and quilts. The only thing that made him unhappy was that his wife also enjoyed the taste of "purification" he tasted back then, and when he saw his mother who had changed into a new dress and had a piece of cloth wrapped around her head, Ma Peng's mind was very complicated - this group of short hairs really didn't respect the elderly.

However, after returning to work as a farmer this time, he quit his job at Fu Fuji's family, in addition to the good food here in Shorthair, the main reason was that he found that he could no longer get used to the bites of fleas and bedbugs, the dark and dilapidated house, and the muddy water...... Although it is not a blessing in Shorthair, these most ordinary things in Shorthair's daily life cannot be obtained in the past life.

Now Ma Pong works in a brickyard, digging and sifting the soil every day, and the rumbling sound of the machine no longer makes him curious or surprised. He and his co-workers were no longer surrounded by the guns of the short-haired guards, but their enthusiasm for work was at an all-time high - they were adding bricks to their houses. A new life is about to unfold that is radically different from the past.