At the county level in India are government workers headed by county chiefs and fall under the administrative category; There are no courts at the county level, but there are judicial officers sent from the provinces; The county has 5 elected councillors and 2 appointed councillors in proportion to the population. The effect of the law diminishes with the reduction of the administrative unit, and in the basic administrative unit village, the villagers know only the customary law. In the village of Mr. Sangyi, in addition to the provincial appointed civil servants, other ordinary civil servants need to be affirmed by the local nobles before they can take office, and if they offend the slightest, they will immediately leave office.

Feeling that this topic was a little sensitive, Shakru changed the subject and said, "Mr. Wias, looking at your tea garden, this year's harvest should be good." ”

Sang Yi also nodded with satisfaction and said: "Well, this year's harvest is very good, and because our Assam black tea is becoming more and more famous, more and more people come to buy it, so I am very satisfied with this year's income, and even these farmers under my command have given them an extra thirty percent of the grain." ”

Since 80 percent of the land in the village belonged to Mr. Sangyi, the landless peasants worked under him, and they had to hand over all the harvest to Sangyi, and then Sanyi would give them grain according to their performance during the year and the population of their family, but there was only grain, no money, so if they wanted to make some money, they had to ask the landlord for leave and borrow money for the passage during the slack time, so that they could go to the city to work.

Although Shakru did not think that this was such a merciful act, he still pushed the boat against his will and said, "Mr. Wias, you are such a merciful person! ”

Although it is inconvenient for Sang Yi to admit this kind of thing directly, it is enough to show that he is happy when he sees his beard curled, and the housekeeper beside him took the opportunity to compliment: "That, our Lord Wias is a well-known good man, not only gives a lot of food to his farmers every year, but also gives them the travel expenses to go out to work, and never has to borrow." Many fugitive slaves in the vicinity wanted to defect to the master, but because of the rules and face, the master didn't dare to accept it. ”

A few people chatted for a while, feeling that the time was almost noon, and then they set off to go back, but on the way back, a middle-aged man in ragged clothes with a bell around his neck suddenly jumped out of the bushes on the side of the road, and shouted while running towards Shakru's team: "Venerable Lord Wias, thank you for saving our family, please accept my respect and gratitude for you, let me kiss your boots!" With that, he pounced, wanting to kneel beside Sang Yi and kiss his boots. (In the villages, the untouchables had to carry a bell with them so that others could know of his arrival and get out of the way.) ）

The butler, who had been smiling and looking very kind, suddenly rushed over with a hideous face, tearing at the middle-aged sticky man, and shouted angrily: "You Dalit, get out of here, is such a noble person as Lord Wias something a pariah like you can touch?" Then he shouted to the manservant beside him, "Are you all wood?" Don't get rid of this guy yet! ”

The butler's performance reminded Shakru of an Indian saying, "It is better to offend the master than to offend the butler." In front of the master, the status of these servants is not even as good as a dog, but compared to other farmers in the village, their work is still very enviable, they have a fixed income every month, they don't have to worry about eating and dressing, they can fake the tiger outside, and they can fan the flames in front of the master, so many times these people are also the backbone of maintaining the hierarchy.

In the end, the middle-aged man failed to kiss Mr. Cheng Wias's boots, but even then, after returning home, Sang Yi burned the boots that had been touched by the man, and washed his feet with milk and salt, because in Hindu teaching, milk is holy and salt can ward off evil spirits.

It can be seen that except for the lower caste underworlds, the upper castes will not bully the untouchables, because in their eyes, any contact with the untouchables is unclean, so no one will bully them, and of course, no one will help them, unless there is something that may be beneficial to the untouchables in order to win votes at certain times.

Therefore, Shakru asked Xiang Sang Yi very curiously: "Mr. Wias, what happened when that Dalit said that you saved their whole family?" ”

Sang Yi sighed and said: "A few months ago, we had a large malaria here, which spread very quickly, and I was worried that my farmers would get sick or die because of it, so I paid for a batch of penicillin and quinine, and distributed it to all the farmers, and by the way, I also distributed a copy to those untouchables, so as not to infect my farmers because of them. ”

Don't look at India as the world's largest producer of generic drugs (India does not recognize drug patents, and as soon as expensive drugs in Western countries are launched, Indian pharmaceutical companies can openly copy similar products. These generic drugs are inexpensive, and their efficacy is almost indistinguishable from that of "genuine drugs", and they are not only commonly used in India, but more and more foreign patients are coming to India to buy medicines. But the price is cheap for foreigners, especially Europeans and Americans, for the people at the bottom of India, they still can't afford to buy medicine, and although India claims to have free medical care, but the medical facilities of public hospitals are extremely backward, and in the countryside, the situation is even more unbearable, not only the medical level of doctors is not good, the most important thing is that there is a shortage of medicines, so this so-called free is actually not much use. (This is similar to the situation in North Korea.)

However, Shakru was still a little puzzled: "Mr. Wias, when encountering such a large-scale infectious disease, shouldn't the government come forward to purchase drugs for treatment, how can it all be funded by you?" ”

Sang Yi snorted coldly: "Government? What else can you count on them? It is true that there is a disaster relief money sent down, but in fact, there is not enough money in my hands to buy medicine, and I have advanced a lot of it myself, otherwise those untouchables can be so grateful to me. ”

PS: Continue to ask for tickets, collect and recommend one! In addition, it is a good idea to ask for information about the strange news and customs of India, such as the Kerala temple provided by the "micro-name archon" today!