Chapter Twenty-Three: Buying the Hearts and Minds of the People
At the end of the year, the Jianzhou Security Regiment successively attacked the other three groups of bandits, and Xia Jun planned each operation very carefully, so he did not let the bandit leader escape.
Two of them were captured alive and the other was killed on the spot.
These bandits generally do not hide their valuables in cottages, some bury their money, and some deposit it in banks and banks.
These bandit leaders, all of whom were so rich that they killed them on the spot, could not ask for any money, unless they could find anything when they went to search their homes.
After several actions, Xia Jun recorded nearly 30,000 silver dollars, and the financial aspect was quite so-so, that is, the Xixiang Autonomous Council recently passed two health bills, deciding to repair toilets and septic tanks in various villages, so that Xia Jun paid 2,000 yuan.
At the same time, the Autonomous Assembly also passed a road construction bill, and Xia Jun spent 1,000 points to buy steel bars and cement, which are very cheap in the exchange platform.
5 points can be exchanged for 1 ton of cement, and 10 points can be exchanged for 1 ton of steel bar.
However, Xia Jun felt that it was not cost-effective to exchange it like this, first of all, what could be obtained by production, why should it be exchanged? If you don't accumulate silicon, you can't go to thousands of miles, and this kind of bits and pieces that don't need too high-tech surnames are best self-sufficient, if they are not self-sufficient, the amount to be exchanged in the future will be more.
It's just that Xia Jun doesn't have the ability to be self-sufficient yet, so he temporarily exchanged a lot of reinforced concrete and repaired the road first.
The laborers who build the road are sent by the villages, anyway, this is not the busy agricultural period, and all villages can send people, of course, there is no wages, but the food is full.
In order to repair the road, Xia Jun opened and exchanged two small excavators in the engineering column, as well as a number of explosives, and the exchange price of a small excavator was 500, which really distressed Xia Jun.
At the same time, Xia Jun hired some technicians, and it is expected that the section of Longcun-Komatsu will be repaired, and it will cost Xia Jun 3,000 points to get down this section of more than ten kilometers, and at the same time, Xia Jun will also eat a thousand silver dollars in terms of food.
However, Xia Jun spent points, and there were still two small excavators in his hands.
After the section from Longcun to Komatsu is repaired, these two small excavators can be used to repair all the roads in each village, at least to the point where the tractor can walk.
The roads in each village don't need to be repaired by people from each village, Xia Jun himself sent people to repair them for them.
Didn't you just capture 500 Qing troops? This is all free labor, just to build roads for the villages for free, and to buy people's hearts.
The county magistrate was very frightened at this time, and more than 1,000 officers and soldiers were almost wiped out by the Jianzhou Security Regiment in Xixiang before they reached Komatsu.
Now the county magistrate is not bothering the 'Xixiang Autonomous Council', but privately wrote a letter to Xia Jun, in which he persuaded him with kind words and asked him to put people back, and the county will not pursue this matter of Xixiang autonomy.
After reading the letter, Xia Jun immediately released the people, but only released more than 100 people, all of whom were not in good health, and they had to post food if they couldn't do a few things.
"After you go back, you have to thank our regiment commander for his great kindness, and if our regiment commander hits the county in the future, you have to learn to be obedient, and immediately kneel on the ground with your head in your hands, you know? You do it for me now, and don't even think about leaving. When he was released, Zhang Sigou said fiercely to a group of Qing army prisoners.
A group of Qing soldiers who heard that they were going to let them go hurriedly did so, knelt on the ground with their heads in their hands, and rehearsed the surrender style again.
Naturally, there is a deep meaning in doing this, and if you put them back to publicize it, maybe when the security regiment reaches the county seat, all the officers and soldiers will surrender on their knees, and it will save a lot of trouble.
The other 400 Qing soldiers continued to be detained by Xia Jun, and the magistrate also felt a little bit when he saw Xia Jun, although he was not very satisfied with the result, he didn't dare to say anything more, and he began to turn a blind eye to Xixiang's affairs.
The prefect naturally knows about Xixiang, but he doesn't want to ask about this hot trouble, and he will have to buy another fat shortage in a few months. When you pat your ass and leave, let the next prefect have a headache!
The prefectural order is also urgent! I've heard that I've recently borrowed a loan shark, and I'm getting people to do something about it! It is estimated that he also wants to transfer out of this place of right and wrong.
Xia Jun's administration in Xixiang is also on the right track, the Ministry of Civil Affairs has registered the population of each village, and the Ministry of Justice tried a local tyrant last month, confiscating the local tyrant's family property and getting more than 5,000 silver dollars. For this reason, the local villagers applauded.
The entire Xixiang has been included in Xia Jun's territory, and more than 60,000 points have also arrived, and the population of Xixiang has a total of more than 16,300 people.
After a few months of administration, the people of Xixiang obviously have a good impression of Xia Jun, and each person can provide Xia Jun with an average income of 2 points per month.
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After the shameless 'coupling' of Xia Jun and Zhang Sigou, a personality cult of Xia Jun has been formed in the entire security group, and You Zhengbin is affected by this wind and understands what Xia Jun means.
Xia Jun is confident that he is correct, whether it is military or law, he must firmly grasp it in his own hands, so the cult of personality must be engaged! Otherwise, how to carry out your will.
In order to speed up the acquisition of points, Xia Jun set up a propaganda department, and the propaganda department was headed by You Zhengbin, specifically to promote Xia Jun himself and the love of the people.
At the same time, Xia Jun began to lead the soldiers in the regiment to frequently go to the countryside to 'invest in farmers', such as giving them vegetable seeds and tobacco seeds for free, but unfortunately there is no fertilizer, otherwise fertilizer will be issued directly.
Xia Jun and Lin Debao discussed it and decided to order more tobacco next year, because Xia Jun wants to set up a cigarette factory, there must be raw materials, in addition to buying outside, it is best to grow a little by himself.
At the same time, Xia Jun also led the soldiers to clean and wash clothes for the villagers in various villages, and when the Spring Festival was approaching, Xia Jun also took the soldiers to send grain, oil, bedding and other condolences to the orphans and widows in the villages.
On the one hand, Xia Jun is buying the hearts of the people, and he is also teaching soldiers what to do when they go out to suppress bandits.
This kind of showmanship is an act that can change the views of the people in the short term, but the people do not actually get much benefit.
Xia Jun knew that if he wanted to win the hearts of the people for a long time, he had to come up with the means of a substantive surname, so he made a show while making a long-term plan in this regard.
After a 'show', the average popularity of the people has increased from 1 to 5.
At this time, Xia Jun's points have accumulated to more than 250,000 people, and he calculated in his heart that with the current speed of gaining points in terms of people's hearts, he can get more than 80,000 points a month, but it will take 9 months for his points to reach 1 million points.
There is still a lot of room for improvement in the people's heart, and Xia Jun asked the Propaganda Department to strengthen the propaganda work of 'ideological education' for the villagers in various villages. It would be stupid to just do it and not say it, although the people will support it when they get the benefits, wouldn't it be better to publicize it.
On the other hand, Xia Jun also waited for the Spring Festival to release the two companies out to suppress the bandits.
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The fourth update is here!
Although I didn't rush to the front page, the brothers are very powerful, after all, this is only the second week, this week will continue to maintain, and we will rush the home page next week.