"Have you heard, Ge Laocai's family has built three rooms, all of which are cement-coated walls, tsk!" Xue Jinzhi, a hundred names in Guangzhou Prefecture, said to his friend Horn in a field tea shed.

"Naturally, I heard about it, my eldest brother came back and said that the government said that even if the land and the road and dam in front of the house are made of cement and bricks, it will be doubled, and now the government has money, and because the emperor is in our Guangdong, the officials below dare not be too bad to the people! That's why you're so generous, by the way, have you built a house? Horn picked up.

"I just borrowed money to build one, and when the time comes, I will wait for the government to compensate, anyway, we people can't resist the government, and we have to move left and right, so it's naturally good to pay more!" Xue Jin replied with a smile.

"No, I'm going to go to my uncle's house in a neighboring village to borrow some more silver dollars, plaster the family's land with cement, and plant a few more trees. Horn said

……

The villagers in the entire area to be relocated in Guangzhou Port were talking after tea and dinner.

Even some big clans are concerned about this.

Shi Bangzhu, who was to be relocated in the area of Guangzhou Prefecture, also heard that the government was going to build the Guangzhou Port and his village was going to be demolished, but he was the Shi family's concubine, so naturally he couldn't be the master, whether to build a house or not.

What's more, if the clan does not agree, he will not have the financial resources to have a house of his own.

But at this time, Shi Juren, the head of the lineage, personally called Shi Bangzhu: "Fifth brother, the clan heard that your family has a large population, a difficult livelihood, and no money to build a new house, the foolish brother discussed with several elders in the clan, and decided to call the clan to help you build a house on your family's land, but you will get compensation in the future, and half of it will have to be returned to the clan, as a clan property, are you willing?" ”

Shi Bangzhu thought that his family was poor, living on the wharf as a coolie, and living in a straw hut, which was not worth much, even if half of the compensation was given to the clan, it was cost-effective, so he agreed.

Therefore, the Shi clan used the strength of the whole clan to help Shi Bangzhu and other poor people in the clan build cement brick houses.

And soon, Kuang Zhou, a local squire in Guangzhou who had been a magistrate of the county, found this Shiju person: "Friend Shi, I heard that your clan has built a big house, although the foolish brother does not have this blessing and has not been able to land in this area, but you have to use our family's cement and bricks, and the foolish brother is naturally indispensable to you." ”

"Please forgive Mr. Kuang for this, I have promised my wife's Luo Hanlin to use their cement bricks."

Shi Juren said apologetically.

……

This phenomenon continues to occur in the area of Guangzhou.

The common people built houses, and the gentry also took the opportunity to open factories and workshops to make money.

And because of this.

It didn't take long.

The gentry and common people in the area of Guangzhou Mansion have no spare money.

The middle- and upper-income gentry used the money to buy public bonds or open factories.

The middle- and lower-income people used the money to build houses.

Even the poorest of the poor, with the help of the clan, spent the meager income they earned every day.

Almost all of the private capital has been turned into bricks, tiles, cement, furniture, and two taels of freshly cut pork and half a basket of fresh fish in the hands of the workers.

……

About half a year later, after almost all the private capital was transferred to industries such as cement, bricks and tiles, and wood processing, the political secretary of Liangguang and Guangxi also began to issue edicts at this time, counting how much demolition money was needed.

Yunli from Sanhe Village came to the fisherman Lin Fu's house with the account book, pen and ink, and asked Lin Fu directly: "Daddy Lin, how many cement and brick houses, a few trees, a few boats, a few people, and a few acres of land in your family!" ”

"Back in Lizheng, my house is just a cement brick house, three trees, a boat, and three people! Five acres of land, three acres of land! Lin Fu replied.

"Nonsense, you are obviously two and a half rooms, I will help you measure, your tree is four, no, six, these two saplings are also one, the boat is naturally three boats, one for each person, how can you have three chickens and ducks, just fill in five each."

After saying this, he began to measure it, and then wrote it in his account book: "The head of the household in Sanhe Village: Lin Fu, three cement brick houses, a total of two zhang and seven squares, there are eight trees within 100 meters of the residence, four boats, seven chickens, six ducks, four people in the family, three dings and one mouth!" Seven acres of land and six acres of land. ”

After writing here, he said: "Daddy Lin, look, is this number, don't underreport, overreport nothing, don't let yourself suffer a loss, the government is losing money on the left and right, if so, just press a handprint." ”

This Lin Fu didn't dare to cheat and play tricks, but when he heard such a reminder, he hurriedly said: "It seems that there is still more than half an acre of mountainous land at home, and I originally planned to plant it, but I couldn't afford it." ”

"Why did you say you forgot this, I saw that your mountain land is more than half an acre, and your land is obviously a high-grade dry land, two acres!"

After saying this, he added three acres to the account book, and then asked Lin Fu to confirm it.

Lin Fu didn't know how to read, and because he knew that he had benefited from Lizheng's care, he hurriedly and happily stamped his handprint: "Thank you, Lizheng, if you don't have dinner tonight and leave, just let my Hun family catch a fish for you!" ”

"No, I'm going to another house, it's urgent! Gotta finish the registration quickly", he said here and left.

Within a few days, the account books here were in the hands of the officials of the Guangzhou Prefecture: "Master Warden, this is the account book of Sanhe Village, you can see it!" ”

Tai Dian nodded, didn't say anything, and as soon as he left, he took the account book here to his subordinates: "The old rule, immediately remake a book according to the records on it, and all the population, fields, and houses will be doubled!" ”

……

Under the operation of the common people and officials, the demolition and relocation funds of the entire Guangzhou Port Construction Area have been doubled and doubled.

That's why.

Although everyone has no money, they are all more hopeful than ever, and they are all looking forward to getting more money from the government.

And this time.

Zhang Run, the political envoy of Zuobu in Guangdong, Yao Long, the prefect of Guangzhou, and other officials found Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, the demolition money that needs to be compensated has come out, but the amount of demolition money that needs to be compensated is not small, and the surplus of more than 4 million silver dollars raised from the sale of public bonds is completely insufficient to pay for this demolition money. ”

"Your Majesty, according to the ministers, it is all caused by the false and indiscriminate reports of the Diao people and officials below, and the court treats the people with good governance, but the people do not know their kindness, they only know the benefits of the public! From the minister's point of view, it is better not to ask how many houses and fields his family has, but only pay a certain amount of silver dollars for each household! ”

At this time, the patrol press Yu Shi Liang couldn't help but say.

Seeing this, Zhu Houzhao said: "Profit-seeking is the nature of people, and the people will naturally be like this when they get this opportunity, you are all people who have read poetry and books, and you should naturally understand it, but don't ask about the unified compensation of the rich and the poor, that will only be detrimental to the rich and poor people, not to mention that the money of the government comes from the people, and it doesn't hurt to use it for the people!" ”

"In addition, although many of these numbers are falsely reported, what is certain is that even if the officials are cunning and the officials cover up, even the poorest people will benefit, so that they will not relocate and resent the government, but will feel guilty and even grateful to the government, thinking that the government is very good, and it will not be a civil uprising, and it will be easier for the government to do anything in the future!"

"In addition, I also said that only by doing this can the government benefit the people, so that the disparity between the rich and the poor will not deepen and the people's grievances will deepen, and as for the money from the people to the officials, the government will naturally have a way to recover it! As long as it is not too excessive, there is no need to be too cruel to the people of your own country! ”

After Zhu Houzhao said this, he decisively ordered: "Compensate in full!" If you don't have enough money, take out a loan from the Royal Bank! Secured by the tax money after opening up new routes in the future! ”

"Your Ministers obey!" The Liangguang official replied.

At this time, Zhu Houzhao said: "Before the demolition money is issued, the construction of the high-level residential square in Xinjian Port will also begin, and the number should not be too much, just a few percent more than the number of households demolished." ”

Thereupon.

Not long after, when the autumn was getting stronger, a piece of official land near the port of Guangzhou built a gorgeous house, all of which were cement inside and tiles outside, pavilions and pavilions, flowers and trees were all complete courtyard houses, and the famous doctors and gentlemen in Guangzhou Mansion were moved here, opened a medical hall and opened a school, and even directly named Xie Yuanfang.

"Have you heard, the big fang on the opposite side is the mansion in order to enhance the image of Guangzhou City, to compare with Yangzhou Mansion and Chengdu Mansion, so the mansion left by a Pingzhang master of the former Yuan Dynasty was specially rebuilt into a Yuan Fang, and the only one in the Guangzhou Mansion Xie Yuan Gonglei opened a school in it, and a total of three Jinshi masters in the Guangzhou Mansion moved there;

I heard that the people of Futai issued a notice, the people in Guangzhou can buy their houses, to be the owners of Xie Yuanfang, the name of the owner is also fresh, but Liu Xiucai, who bought a house and lived in, said that there is a property company that specializes in providing tap water, and it also protects the safety of your home for you. ”

"Is there such a good place to live? There is a medical hall opened by a famous doctor, so I am naturally not worried about seeing a doctor, and there is a school opened by Master Xie Yuan, so I am naturally not worried about studying and starting a career, and there are guards? Don't worry about the bandits coming to make trouble, can we ordinary people really live in such a place? ”

"It's true, Liao Mazi, who sells oil in the neighboring village, moved in, and became neighbors with Master Xie Yuan, and now his children are all attending classes in Master Xie Yuan's school, saying that it was arranged by the government, and the school opened by Master Xie Yuan is a government-run school, and the children of Xie Yuanfang are arranged to study there."

"Isn't this a cheap place?"

"That's natural, a square place will cost two hundred silver dollars, and a whole yard can be bought at least tens of thousands of silver dollars! Of course, there are also small houses, but they also cost thousands of silver dollars! I have to pay a silver dollar every month, saying what is the property fee! ”

"One silver dollar is not much, and I will come back after working at the dock for a few days, but this house is too expensive, even if the compensation is down, it is estimated that I will have to take it all out to afford it!"

"If you can buy it, you can buy it, when the time comes, this house will be demolished, we will move to another place, and we will not have a place to live, and we will leave our hometown, it is better to live here, close to home, and it is convenient to work on the dock, anyway, we live the same as the official master, and we will not suffer!

And there are other benefits, Liao Mazi, who sells oil, is now living in this Xie Yuan Fang, and there are many masters who come to buy his oil every day, and they all have to buy several catties at a time to go home, this Liao Mazi has now simply doubled the expansion of the oil extraction workshop, and he earns more than in the past! ”