The first issuance and return of the vouchers were quickly counted, with a total of 85 cents and 334 cents issued, and a return rate of 40% on the same day -- it is understandable that the people who were doing this for the first time were eager to exchange it into physical goods. In the next few days, the remaining tokens began to be withdrawn, but at a much slower pace than originally expected. This made Wu Nanhai breathe a great sigh of relief, and he consumed almost 60 kilograms of rice and grains more than usual on the first day.

However, the credit of the voucher has basically been established, and although some people are still skeptical, it is true that this piece of paper can buy extra food from the food truck every day. Then, Wu Nanhai began to sell them the rice wine of the estate, which was 250 grams per bottle. In order to prevent someone from drinking too much, it is served once a week, and each person is limited to one bottle at a time. However, the sales situation was not ideal, which made Wu Nanhai very puzzled: this batch of rice wine was sent by Zhang Youfu when he was handling the prisoner affairs, and he also specially asked the prisoners, and they all said that it was the best rice wine in this county.

Since it's high-class, why is the sales volume so small? After so many days of dealing with the production team, he has been able to communicate with these local laborers in a language that is a mixture of Lingao dialect and Mandarin. As a result, the answer from most people was: "It's too expensive, I can't afford it." ”

After hearing his reaction, Wu De smiled happily: "Good thing. ”

"What's so good?" Wu Nanhai originally hoped to use rice wine to return some work vouchers to reduce grain consumption.

"It shows that they recognize the value of the voucher!" "They think it's money, that's why they think like that." If this was a 1949 gold yuan ticket, would everyone still care what the price was? It's nice to be able to buy something. ”

Wu Nanhai suddenly realized and couldn't help laughing. I didn't even think about it.

"You're not empathetic, and a lot of people here aren't either. I think these people should take it for granted that they should believe in the value of the voucher. A wry smile appeared at the corner of Wu De's mouth, "It's all about what you think they should be, how do I think they should be." Right? Everyone has forgotten that these people are also living people, and everyone has a small abacus, so why should they trust you easily. ”

"Sort of, indeed."

"So, we have to be careful." Wu De said, "Credit, credit, is not something that can be built in a day or two. As he was talking, suddenly Lin Xing's report came from outside.

"Come in."

The new production captain wore a new homespun cloth suit, and the style was an imitation of the training uniform worn by the traversal, although the craftsmanship was a little miserable, but it looked quite fit.

"What's the matter?"

"Small, small—" Lin Xing's Mandarin was already very good, only with a slight hint of Xiong Buyou's special Guangxi accent, "I have something to ask the master." ”

"Say it."

Lin Xing knelt down and kowtowed, only to say that many people in the production team were tenants, and it had been a month since they left home, and now the autumn harvest was coming, and many people were worried that they would not go back to collect grain, and that they would lack labor at home, and they would not be able to pay the rent if they could not get food, and if they were to take the tenants from the owner, the family would have to starve to death.

"Everyone pushed me to ask the lord for mercy, so that everyone can go back and have a look, and come back after doing this season's farm work." Lin Xing said and kowtowed again.

Going home? This is not surprising to Wu De, after all, the people who are single are a minority, and most of the people in the production team have no land, but they have families, which cannot be given up no matter what. They have such thoughts, and it makes sense to be reasonable.

However, once you let it go, can you come back? Wude wasn't entirely sure. Judging from the ideological dynamics of the laborers, most people feel that being a laborer here is similar to doing work for the landlord, and after the implementation of the system of labor vouchers, the enthusiasm for labor has also increased a lot. But how many people are willing to work for them on a permanent basis for a long time?

He hesitated for a while, and let Lin Xing retreat first.

"I'm afraid this thing is not good." Wu Nanhai also found it difficult to deal with, "Could you please advise the Executive Committee?" ”

In the evening, an enlarged meeting of the Executive Committee was held to discuss whether or not to let the labourers go home to the farms, which many specialist groups opposed, especially the various groups under the Industrial Commission, which was now entering the climax of infrastructure installation, which would slow down considerably if they were to be lost. There is also a new cement vertical kiln project in the brick kiln, which is originally lacking in labor, and now it is difficult to fill the gap by letting go of more than 100 skilled laborers in one go.

Wu De is also very vacillating on this issue: releasing people is obviously not conducive to the current production and construction, and if he doesn't let go, Lin Xing specially came to beg him, indicating that this matter has a strong trend of thought in the production team. If you don't let people go, you will seriously lose the hearts and minds that you have won so hard.

He couldn't make a choice, so he told him all his thoughts and worries. Zuihou, he said: it is better to let them go back once. Even if many people will be lost, their benevolence and righteousness will be recognized by the locals.

"Benevolence and credit?" Someone sneered, "Our group of space-time invaders still talk about this? "This person is Comrade Xiao Bailang of the mechanical group, with a white and clean face, very delicate, and a bit of a pseudo-mother's temperament. At this time, his face was flushed, and he spoke very impulsively.

"Do we have to be despicable and shameless?"

"You save it," the other immediately retorted, "what are we doing here?" Don't say that you are all for the cause of communism or to bring democracy and freedom to the Chinese people. To put it bluntly, none of them are for the sake of wealth and wealth, so they can only play Lori, right? He glanced at the participants, "I'm annoyed with your inexplicable benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith, knock down Lingao, the people in the county are all arrested to work, it's not enough to fight the villages one by one, we will be able to produce ZHA medicine on a large scale soon, and we are hiding here to talk about credit with a group of natives, how nonsense and nonsense." ”

"Slavery can't be done......"

"What's wrong with enslavement, the Manchus also ruled China for three hundred years by brutally enslaving the Han Chinese. What can a Tunguska savage covered in lard and pigskin do, we modern people in the 21st century can't do? ”

"I'm firmly against that!" Cheng Dong stood up and objected fiercely, "Although sometimes unscrupulous means can be used to achieve the goal, the minimum moral bottom line should still be there." Doing so will lose the hearts of the people! ”

"People's hearts?" Xiao Bailang scoffed, "It's a pity that according to the law of historical development, the people's will may not be the opponent of force." If the people's will has defeated force, it is that force is not enough! In ancient times, the common people could revolt, do you see that there are ordinary people revolting in modern shijie? At most, it's a group walk or a 'group event'. Our technology, industrial capacity, and people in this time and space are comparable to the level of the Zenith Star to the Earth--the Zenith people want the people of the earth to be the hearts of the people? ”

These highly inflammatory words caused some resonance in the hearts of many people, and seeing that many people began to whisper, Xiao Bailang's anger became even thicker:

"I propose that not only should the people not be released, but the 'hunting operation' should start immediately!" He waved his arms vigorously, "Mass round-up of laborers, grouping them into forced labor. If the quota is not finished, he will not be given food, and whoever dares to resist will be beheaded......" He spat and flew around, and the more he talked, the more energetic he became.

"I'm against it!" Wu De listened to his words more and more extremely, and was deeply afraid that if he continued to speak, he would ruin the fruits of his hard work for more than two months, "We need the loyalty of the local natives, without their support, can we rely on our five hundred people to rule?" ”

"What are you afraid of," Xiao Bailang disagreed, "How many traitors want this thing, the Green Battalion, the Peace Army, the Imperial Army, you can recruit as many people as you want to help you fight-"

Cheng Dong, a pacifist, couldn't bear it: "So you want everyone to be on par with the moral level of the Tunguska savages or the Japanese devils?" ”

"What do you think we are?" Xiao Bailang snorted, "What right do we have to come here?" Why occupy land here? Could it be that Lingao is crossing the land that has been 'indivisible since ancient times'? We're the invaders of time and space, so please don't whitewash ourselves! ”

The meeting is about to spiral out of control. So far, no one has publicly stood up in support of Xiao Bailang, but it is clear that these words are extremely inflammatory. Aware of the danger, this naked disregard for the general moral norms, the expression of the supremacy of profit has a strong incitement to the public. From the bottom of his heart, he actually didn't dislike Xiao Bailang's speech, in essence, he was right, but many things can't be said so nakedly - this is very dangerous.

He thought about how to stop the development of the situation, Zhan Wuya stood up and greeted: "Xiao Xiao, don't say it!" People still have to have a bottom line, and they can't do whatever is beneficial. ”

"The bottom line? What do you come here for, poverty alleviation? ……”

"You fart!" Zhan Wuya was furious, "If I hadn't rushed over to pull the electricity off two days ago, you would have one hand left today!" According to you, how many hands do you have to deal with my?! ”

Xiao Bailang shrugged for a moment, and Wen Desi secretly called it a fluke, saying that if it really went on like this today, it was really hard to say what the consequences would be. Although I know that Xiao Bailang's extremist suggestion will not pass. But the rift left by the debate is difficult to repair. Fortunately, Zhan Wuya stood up - he didn't know anything about this little accident - but he couldn't care about so much, and taking advantage of this gap, he quickly stood up:

"Don't argue, let's talk about the issue. What can be done to maximize our interests and ensure the long-term stability of the living environment? ”

This set the tone for the discussion that followed, and then a number of people expressed their opinions, some agreeing and some disagreeing, and in general it seemed to be half to half, and everyone gave their reasons in various aspects. zuihou, the Executive Committee decided to vote. The result of the vote was a slight upper hand in favor of the release.

When Wu De walked out of the conference room, he felt a cold sweat break out on his body. He hoped to release him, but he was as uncertain as he thought would be the consequences of the release - after all, there was a 400-year historical gap between him and these 17th-century natives.