Chapter 129: Becoming the Emperor
In fact, the vast majority of the victims are illiterate at all, and they are not very clear about this contract, but they understand one thing, as long as they sign this contract, they can get food and clothing, and they can get a place to live, and they can survive this winter. As for the five-year labor, everyone doesn't care, even if you don't sign a contract, don't you usually have to work every day, is there still a time to rest?
Therefore, many people are clamoring to sign this contract, Zhang Tinglan is not in a hurry, he knows very well that a successful system, must consider all aspects of the content, first of all, the share of the loan must be implemented on everyone's head, otherwise the big guys will bear together, it will cause the problem of eating a big pot of rice, and there will be no enthusiasm for work.
In addition, everyone can do different work, must be reasonably distributed, not only to ensure fairness, but also to stimulate labor enthusiasm, in addition to the five-year contract, but Zhang Tinglan did not set the year to death, if someone does more work, good performance, you can end the contract in advance, get land, if the opposite, to extend the contract time, this is a specific contract must be done.
Now that it has been widely recognized by the victims, Zhang Tinglan launched an action, first dividing all the victims into villages. Each village is organized into a labor group, and then the villagers elect a group leader who has authority and can not only manage but also lead everyone's labor.
Of course, when selecting the team leader, Zhang Tinglan also had to send people down to check to avoid selecting some village bandits and bullies. At the same time, it is also necessary to carry out strict investigations to clean up the scoundrels and hooligans among the ranks of the victims.
Since it is a cash-for-work scheme, it means that the peasants should be used as workers, requiring them to be uniform and obey commands, and these unreliable people must be eliminated. Of course, Zhang Tinglan was not killed with a stick. Instead, they were given a chance, and these people were also grouped into separate groups. If they behave well, they will enjoy the same treatment as ordinary victims, and if they are not good, they will be kicked out and left to fend for themselves.
This is the cruelty of the age of capital, not raising idlers! As long as you work can you survive, and if you don't work, you can only die.
The total number of victims exceeded 80,000, and it took five days to divide into groups, and some villages were too small in size. So I merged several villages together. Among the victims of the disaster, there are also some special occupations, such as blacksmiths, veterinarians, merchants, carpenters, masons, etc., who can already be regarded as professionals, and do not have to cultivate land like others, but also have their own division of labor.
Wang Yongjiang also personally commanded and coordinated. He is not only trying to help these victims, but also to find an efficient way to relieve the disaster. It will also be promoted in the future. After the new organization was finally established. Management became easier, and Zhang Tinglan gathered all the team leaders who were elected.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the people elected you in the hope that you will lead them through the disaster year, and we will also send special evaluators if your work performance is poor. You will also be relieved of your duties. Of course, if you do a good job, you can also receive an additional salary, which is also a principle for us in the future, and we will do a good job of rewarding. If you can't do a good job, no one is an exception, so please put away the lazy freedom of the past and cheer up the spirit of twelve! ”
There is a huge difference between the industrial age and the agricultural age, in the society of male farmers and female weavers, the pace of life of the common people is very slow, and the life of the haode is very comfortable, and they can eat when they want, and when they want to take a holiday. In the industrial age, it was completely different, and even things like having children had to be planned in advance.
It can be said that industrialization is a rebirth, a great nirvana-like transformation, which is not a step into heaven, but with unforgettable pain, and these victims will experience the torment of entering the industrial age from the agricultural age.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I have divided the total amount of the loan according to the population of each group, and in the future you will all have a debt on your head, and I hope that everyone will work hard to pay off the debt as soon as possible and regain your freedom."
Zhang Tinglan asked people to send a list of debts, as well as interest, etc., to more than 300 team leaders, and each group had to bear an average of 5,000 oceans of loans, and if the interest was included, the total amount they had to repay within five years exceeded 8,000 yuan.
These honest peasants have never seen so much money in their lives, and if it is evenly distributed to each family, there are almost two or three hundred oceans in arrears, which is almost an astronomical amount, and suddenly these group leaders are in trouble, but they are afraid that if they don't use their brains well, they don't want to pay it off within five years.
"Sir, do we work every day, or do we have free time, there are a lot of people in our group who can make baskets, can you make some money and reduce the burden?"
After Zhang Tinglan heard this, a smug smile appeared on his face, these people have already learned how to make money by all means, this is a good haode start, as long as they are good at looking, they can find business opportunities, these farmers have to think of more ways under the pressure of debt.
As the saying goes, if you are poor, you will change, and if you change, the Chinese people are actually a very smart group, and as long as there are the right conditions, they can burst out with infinite imagination.
"Your future work is mainly divided into three parts, the first part is to reclaim farmland, and the second part is to build water conservancy, both of which are completed by the collective. The third part is to plant crops, which is completely left to each of your groups, whether you work together in the group, or distribute it to each household, we don't care, as long as you pay the full amount of grain to repay the loan every year, it's fine. ”
"Sir, can we cultivate a little more of our own?"
"If you think it's a good deal, that's fine, as long as you complete the task, you can spend the rest of your time at your disposal. But I want to make it clear that after five years, if you can repay the loan, the wasteland you have opened up will be yours, but the land you have cultivated privately will not be allocated, and only the area we have designated will be allocated. This means that the additional land you have opened up is not protected, and if we need that land, we will take it for free! ”
All the team leaders were thinking thoughtfully, and Zhang Tinglan continued: "The grain output in the first two years of land reclamation was relatively low, so I can only leave you rations, and the rest must be handed in. After the third year, you can leave an extra portion of your food each year. In addition, from next year, we will distribute a little money to each group, you can also use the money to do some business, set up a small workshop, weaving, oil extraction, in short, you decide for yourself, the income belongs to you, but there is a premise, the accounts must be reviewed, and your income is also owned by all team members, not the team leader's personal own! ”
What Zhang Tinglan said is only a rough thing, and there are many specific details, which need to be explained clearly to these team leaders.
"Sir, this thing is much more relaxed than the landlord's conditions." An old farmer grinned and said, "I thought about it for a while, the amount of loan you give is fixed, which means that the more we produce, the lower the proportion we will hand over." This is much more cost-effective than land rent, as long as you are willing to buy strength, God will open your eyes again, there will be no disaster, and it is not difficult to repay the loan. ”
Another team leader in his thirties next to him also said: "Not only can we count the grain production, the chief also gives us a lot of free time, and we can also raise chickens and ducks, and the key dishes in front of the house and behind the house can be exchanged for money." ”
Some of the other team leaders also talked about it lively, and soon everyone came up with a lot of ideas to make money, although they were not big money, but they were piecemeal, and they added up to a lot. Zhang Tinglan walked down in a circle, and suddenly became very confident, he was originally worried that these victims would not be able to repay the loans, but now it seems that they are very likely to repay in advance, and the wisdom of the farmers should not be underestimated.
Of course, these tasks will not begin until the beginning of spring, and the main task now is how to pass the winter peacefully. The ground was already frozen, and it was obviously unrealistic to build a house, so the only way to build a simple nest was to escape the cold.
Zhang Tinglan is only responsible for providing tools, how to design it, or leave it to these people, they will think of the easiest and warmest way.
After a brief discussion, the leaders of each group decided on the method of construction, first digging a pit more than half a meter deep and four or five meters wide in the ground, and then erecting several wooden shelves and tying these logs as supports.
The next step was to weave layer after layer around the wooden shelf with some thin branches, making it look like an upside-down basket. At this time, the young adults of each group dug up the frozen soil and got some yellow mud. Then use hot water to mix the yellow mud and smear it on the branches, so that the upside-down basket becomes a large mud pot, but with a small door.
Just spread a layer of warmth on the outside and a stove inside, and it is enough for the family to spend the winter in peace. Zhang Tinglan originally suggested that the farmers get some fur and other things, which would be warmer, but the farmers unanimously refused.
Although the fur is good, the money must be counted in the loan, and the burden on everyone's shoulders will only be heavier. They all know that this nest will only be used once this winter, and the house will be built in a unified manner next year, so why can't they deal with it.
So they spread a layer of broken hemp on the outside, and then they spread some straw and something like that, in short, the cheaper the better, as long as it could keep out the wind. If it's too cold, they can burn the stove vigorously, after all, the firewood can be cut by themselves without spending any money.
In addition, they know that the food they eat now will also come out of the loan, and they all decisively rejected the white-flour steamed buns, and they can eat some stick noodles, just as the white-flour steamed buns are the New Year, as long as they survive this winter, they will have hope from next year, and they will have their own land in five years.
The victims of the disaster, who have regained hope, are full of vitality, and they are constantly discussing how to work next year, how to repay the loan as soon as possible, and even some are planning what to do after they get the land.
Zhang Tinglan finally relaxed a lot, and at this time, a big news came that Lao Yuan announced that he had accepted the imperial system. (To be continued......)