Chapter 39 Reclamation of Land
March 6, 1921
Today, under the covert protection of several guards, Chen Shao, who was wearing a long robe, came to NN City, and today is the first day of soup kitchens to receive seeds. Although the private interview of Weifu will disgust the people under him, Chen Shao will occasionally take time to walk around like a common person, and the better thing to say is to observe the people's feelings.
However, today Chen Shao came to see the situation of the soup kitchen, and turned around a few times in several soup kitchens, and Chen Shao was quite satisfied with the results. Every time there are many people queuing up at the recruitment office, and there are also many people watching there. At the same time, there is a squad of soldiers in each soup kitchen to maintain order there to prevent the scene of robbery. But now it seems that the order is not bad, and many people can consciously line up without the need for soldiers to remind them.
And on the side of the soup kitchen, there are people shouting there, mainly to introduce people to who is serving porridge here, as well as the recruitment situation. Chen Shao stood in the crowd gathered around the recruitment office, listened to the words of the onlookers, and nodded with satisfaction.
At this time, a homeless man was drinking rice porridge and nibbling on steamed buns and reading: "Well, yes, there is still meat in the rice porridge, I haven't eaten meat for a long time, I didn't expect to eat meat here, and there are white flour steamed buns, great good people!" It's not easy to come here hungry along the way! When you're done eating, you'll go to the queue, and you'll stay here in the future, as long as you can eat enough, it doesn't matter if you have a salary or not. If you continue like this, sooner or later you will starve to death, and you will still live here, and you will still have money to get every month, so it doesn't matter how hard and tired you are, anyway, it will be a cheap life." After eating, I licked the bottom of the bowl with a satisfied look. Then I walked to the recruitment office and lined up, looking like I was going to stay here.
Chen Shao shook his head when he saw this and thought: In fact, the people's requirements are really low, and they can be satisfied if they can eat and dress three meals a day, but how many people in the country can eat and dress now, and it seems that they have not done enough.
Chen Shao stood for a while before leaving the crowd, and went to several medical stations to take a look, where there was also a long queue. For this physical examination, Chen Shao sent all the doctors under his command, and many of them were still medical students. It seems that the effect is not bad, the medical station is not bad, this is the marching tent of the army, and there are many military doctors with the army, the speed of inspection is very fast, many people are hearing that they don't want money, specially to confirm how the body is, there is no disease prevention, there is a disease treatment.
Eventually, Chen Shao came to the original Overseer's Mansion, where seeds were being distributed, and although it was not the season to sow seeds, there were many people gathered around it. And the discussion here is also the loudest, after all, this is a place where many people's lives are concerned.
At this time, the conversation between the two people next to him caught Chen Shao's attention. Brother Wang, you also come to receive the seeds!" Yes, the eldest brother is also here, this is not that I heard that the county government can lead excellent seeds, and I don't need money, so I came early." After the man finished speaking, he raised his resident card in his hand. Well, fortunately, the new governor is not in the same group as those landlords, otherwise how can we have such a good seed leader, and I just saw a person who received a good seed, picked up the seed next to me and looked at it, I also looked at it, they are all good seeds, full of grains, and can definitely produce a lot, not like those black-hearted landlords give us those moldy or shriveled seeds, but it's a pity, the land children are in the hands of the landlords, we still have to pay a rent, but fortunately, we have to save a little this year, and there will be a lot left next year, Take the grain and come here again to exchange the seeds. It's so much better than it used to be." When this man spoke of the landlords, he looked resentful, and when he spoke of receiving the seeds, he looked longing." Oh, yes! The landlord killed people, and there was not much left of the grain planted in the past except for paying rent, and with these seeds, if you go to find a job, your life will gradually get better in the future, and you can eat a good meal during the New Year's holidays."" Brother Wang, you are also planning to work in the factory!" Well, I'm going to go to the construction team to build roads, the salary will be more, and this coolie will be useful."" Brother Wang, after receiving the seeds, let's go and sign up together."" Okay, let's go together."
What to say later. Chen Shao didn't pay attention, but walked directly into the Overseer's Mansion, and the doorman saw that it was Chen Shao who came, and saluted the military, although he felt strange why Chen Shao was dressed like that, but the discipline of the army didn't make him think too much.
After entering the Overseer's Mansion, Chen Shao walked directly to Kong Hong's office under the guidance of the guards. Kong Hong also started to work here yesterday, Chen Shao is here for the first time today, and he doesn't know where Kong Hong is, fortunately, there are guards to lead the way, otherwise it is really not easy for the huge overseers to find someone.
Kong Hong, who was immersed in writing, saw Chen Shao walk in, stood up and walked to Chen Shao and said, "What is the matter with the governor coming here?" It is not strange for Chen Shao to dress up Kong Hong for a long time, he has seen it many times before when he was in Qinghe Village." Call all the office staff, and tell the military commander here to come and see me directly." Chen Shao did not directly answer Kong Hong's words, but said to the guards outside the door. What's wrong?" Kong Hong also felt a little strange, why did Chen Shao come here directly today without changing his clothes, he used to change into formal clothes before going to the office, could it be that something happened?" It's nothing, I just have some ideas, and I wanted to announce it later, but it seems that some things need to be done sooner." Chen Shao did not directly answer Kong Hong's question. After speaking, he sat on Kong Hong's office chair, picked up a document and looked at it, and it didn't take long for some people to come one after another, and when they heard Chen Shao summoning them, no one was still wondering in their hearts, could it be that they didn't do their job well? The people who came in each found a place to sit down one by one, and at this time, a battalion commander from NN City also came over, and the person who came walked directly to Chen Shao and gave a military salute: "Principal, what are the instructions for summoning students to come?" Oh, it's Su Yusheng, didn't you go to the reserves?" Chen Shao felt a little strange when he saw Su Yusheng in front of him, it stands to reason that Su Yusheng had already gone to Qinghe Village to be the head of the reserve, why was he still here." Principal, there are a lot of things in NN City, and the handover has not been completed, I was going to go again in the afternoon, but when I heard the summons from the principal, I came over."" It's okay, since you're here, let's get this matter done first, and then you will go to the reserve to report when the matter is over, and you'll know what it is."
Hearing Chen Shao's words, Su Yusheng only said yes, then stopped talking, but sat down to the side. There are also a lot of chairs in Kong Hong's office, otherwise there would not be so many people.
After everyone arrived, Chen Shao spoke: "Recruit everyone today, there is something I want to solve immediately. Originally, I was going to wait a while to talk about something, but now it seems that this matter is going to be resolved soon."" What is the governor talking about?" Kong Hong asked a little strangely. That is the problem of the landlords, and now the peasants' land is in the hands of the landlords, and I want to settle this matter immediately." Chen Shao said very resolutely. So what does the governor want to decide?" For those landlords who are full of evil, we will crack down on them, recycle their land and property, and for those who are relatively good, we will directly buy their land with money, and we will also crack down those who refuse to sell their land, forcibly collect enough land in their hands, and at the same time recycle the guns in the homes of those landlords, no matter what kind of guns they are. Yes."" But the governor, this time the gentry feel that everyone is in danger, and when the time comes, if they stumble behind their backs, then some of our decrees will not be easy to implement." A more sane official said. No, but, for that kind of people, you must resolutely crack down, you can tell those landlords and gentry, obediently cooperate, otherwise I will eradicate them together, the country is the people's country, not those landlords and gentry."" Yes."" Let's put aside the work at hand for the time being, form a special team to be responsible for this matter, measure all the land in a unified manner, and distribute it according to the population of each family, and at the same time strictly stipulate that the land of each family is strictly forbidden to buy and sell, build houses, and the ownership of the land is 12 years, and then it will be reissued after 12 years. At the same time, it is stipulated that land can be cleared, but forests cannot be destroyed, and from now on, indiscriminate felling is strictly prohibited, and the cutting of trees must be approved by the government. It is strictly forbidden to hunt in the mountains again in each village, except for a specific month of the year, the hunters in each village must register with the local government for the rest of the time, and weapons such as hunting rifles are kept by the government, and the hunting rifles of the original hunters are distributed during the hunting season. With the same regulations, some wild animals are strictly forbidden to be hunted, and the prey killed every year must be strictly controlled, and the government must also compensate those hunters, but for those poachers, legal sanctions must be imposed, and you must also come up with a charter, I don't want our future generations to see those wild animals in the future." Governor, I don't understand the last two items?."" It doesn't matter if you don't understand, you will all understand it slowly in the future, but now you have to implement it."" Yes."
After saying the general meaning, Chen Shao left, and the next details were discussed by themselves. Fortunately, his subordinates are all from poor backgrounds, and they are very much in favor of Chen Shao's approach, land is life for a farmer, it is the foundation, and with his own land, there is hope for life.
A few days later, it was rumored throughout GX Province that the government wanted to buy the landlord's land, and no one sold it at the beginning, but when several landlords who had done evil in the past were arrested by the People's Army and tied up on the street or at the entrance of the village to be criticized, many landlords who were usually rich and unkind were afraid, and they took the initiative to sell the land in their hands, just begging those soldiers not to come to the door in the morning, but there were also some landlords who were usually not much evil, and they ran away with their whole families, and they didn't even want the land, which was also cheap Chen Shao. There are also a lot of landlords who want to come to a law not to blame the public, dozens of landlords are entangled together, but in the face of the people's army's muzzle, they all obediently bought the land in their hands, after a month of measurement, distribution, all the peasants have a piece of their own field in their hands, and at the same time tens of thousands of reserve soldiers went down to the field to help the peasants dig ditches and build tracks, which made all the people grateful to Chen Shao, and wished to pay tribute to Chen Shao as a bodhisattva, and Chen Shao also decided to take out half a year's fertilizer to distribute it to the hands of various farmers for freeIn the future, fertilizer farmers can also exchange grain for food.
As for Chen Shao's regulations on cutting down trees and hunting and confiscating firearms, the farmers have no resistance in their hearts, and the hunters have nothing to say, anyway, there are government subsidies, and hunting is not so important compared to owning their own land.