Gimchang County.

Jia Liping has been here for more than a week.

Jinchang County has also become one of the important promotion places for agricultural machinery.

When Li Zhen's convoy arrived, Jia Liping had already led the staff who arrived in advance to receive them in Jinchang County, accompanied by the county lord of Jinchang County.

"Master Li, I've been waiting for you for a long time. Let me introduce you to you, this is the county lord of Jinchang County, Zhang Haiyang. ”

Jia Liping stretched out his hand, and a chubby middle-aged man was introduced, rubbing his hands excitedly: "Hello, hello, Dean Li, look up for a long time." I'm Zhang Haiyang. ”

Li Zhen shook his hand, and asked as he walked towards the county capital of Jinchang County, "What is the situation in Jinchang County now?" ”

Zhang Haiyang hurriedly said: "Back to Dean Li, there are now a total of 5,000 acres of grain fields in Jinchang County. ”

Li Zhen asked, "How many people are there?" The family conditions of the population are all mentioned. ”

"Back to Dean Li. There are 100,000 households in Jinchang County, with a total population of more than 450,000. Among them, there are 80,000 poor households. ”

Li Zhen frowned: "Of the 100,000 households in the county, there are 80,000 poor households?" ”

Zhang Haiyang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and didn't dare to answer.

Li Zhen said again: "I don't blame you for having many poor households. I blame you for how you got it, so many poor households, with a population of more than 450,000, why did they only plant 5,000 acres of grain fields? Did 5,000 acres feed 450,000 people? ”

Zhang Haiyang had a bitter face: "I can't feed it." However, the government issued a policy that there would be subsidies for farming and agricultural taxes would be reduced. But he just won't increase this grain field. ”

"The reason is that there are many lonely and widowed old people?"

"That's right, Dean Li. Please...... Quick, make tea. ”

Saying that, he walked into the county mansion, Zhang Haiyang hurriedly called someone to make tea, saw Li Zhen sit down and stood aside and continued: "There are many old people. There are many lazy people. It's something that can't be helped. ”

Li Zhen asked: "Lazy man? ”

"yes. The old man has no labor, so he can't plant much land. But this Jinchang County is poor, so under the vicious circle, more and more laborers feel that farming is meaningless and cannot support themselves. So some people became lazy and simply ate and waited for death to steal chickens and touch dogs. There are also some people who are willing to speculate, do not farm, and do some business that fools people. ”

"What's this foolish business?"

"I also just transferred to this Jinchang County, and the number of criminals in this Jinchang County is a bit scary. At one point, the cells were full. The main reason is that because of the idea of poor mountains and bad waters, some people feel that farming is tiring, but they can't support their families. So they ran out to rob the road, and there were horse thieves everywhere. Either that, or it is to deceive outsiders. When some people from other places came to Jinchang County, there were some speculative people who used the means of swindlers to cheat money, cheat money, and blackmail money. There are also some people who steal some public property from the government and take it out and resell it. Everything. ”

Li Zhen frowned, feeling that the situation in Jinchang County was a little complicated.

In some places, people are poor, but they have a head.

In some places, people are poor, but because they are poor, and the poor are justified, they become lazy.

But this place in Jinchang County is a bit fierce because of the folk customs. Therefore, the poor, the poor are not only justified, but the poor are even more vicious.

The people can't be blamed for this. It's just that the environment affects the hearts and minds of people in the big picture.

Li Zhen had a headache: "You go on." ”

Zhang Haiyang suddenly cried out. The crying was earth-shattering, miserable, and his face was full of grievances.

This snort made Jia Liping and Li Zhen cry.

Qi was stunned and lifted Zhang Haiyang, and said angrily: "Why are you crying?" You're a county guard, what are you crying about? ”

The poor man also wondered, he had never seen an official shed tears.

Zhang Haiyang sat on the ground and wiped his tears while complaining: "It's only been two months since I was transferred to Jinchang County, and I really can't do it anymore." I, Zhang Haiyang, have been an official since I was in the Kyushu Imperial Court, and I have been a county guard all the way, a county guard in Dongzhou, and a county guard in Southeast Prefecture. I didn't have time to experience the new Dongzhou created by Li Shi, but I experienced the rebellion and war in the Southeast State behind my back.

But when Rao was the Taiping Army uprising in Southeast Prefecture, I didn't have such a difficulty. At least the Taiping Army is reasonable, isn't it? At least the people under the rule are still simple, right? But since I was transferred to Jinchang County, I haven't slept for a day. I've been an official in so many places, and I've been flat all the way, and I don't expect to go any further, but ...... You can't bully me like that, it's too much. The people here are really too much. I've been to so many places in New Kyushu, but I've never seen a place with such bad folk customs. ”

Li Zhen was a little stunned: "County Lord Zhang, if you have any grievances, tell me." ”

Zhang Haiyang howled and cried for a while, wiping away his tears with his sleeve: "When I first came to Jinchang County, it was because I came from Southeast Prefecture. At that time, the overall situation of the new Kyushu had been decided, and the governor of the southeast prefecture gave me a steam car for the county guard. So I brought my steam car to Jinchang County. It was a public car allocated to me by the state, but the day after I arrived in Jinchang County, I found that there was one less wheel.

At that time, the whole county investigated. However, a farmer took advantage of the night to unload my wheels, stole them, and ran to the sales store of Xingtu Group to sell them as accessories. After I got him back, I learned about his family situation, the two older ones in the family, the younger one below, and the daughter-in-law ran away. He is the pillar of the family. I couldn't bear to get him in. It's just that after educating it, I let it go, and I thought about paying out of my own pocket for one less wheel.

But that's not the end of it, everyone thinks I'm a bully. On the third day, a large group of poor people in the county blocked me in the government house. They pulled banners and shouted slogans, saying that Jinchang County was so poor that officials could still drive. said that I must be corrupt, the conscience of heaven and earth, that is what the state has allocated to me, which county lord in Southeast Prefecture has not allocated a car? They kept shouting that they were poor and forced me to donate my car, and then send it to them as money. ”

Qi was stunned and furious when he heard this: "Isn't this a robbery?" ”

Li Zhen was also stunned, there is still such a thing? It's really insightful, it seems...... There is always such a strange law in New Kyushu, the people are not afraid of officials, and I don't know what the truth is.

The richer the place, the more afraid the people are of officials. The poorer the place, the less afraid the people are of the officials.

In the past, Zhashui County was also like this, and the county guards dared to beat up the Diao people. Where are you going to reason? And this kind of Diao people are poor, and they are hob meat, he just relies on the law to not blame the public and blackmail you, and you can't help it. You can't send troops to suppress it, right? In times of peace, few officials with such courage dared to send troops to suppress the common people.

Zhang Haiyang cried: "Then what can I do." I had no choice but to sell the cars that the state had given me and distribute them to those who were poor. But that's not all...... Other people who didn't get the money started to make trouble again, saying that I didn't treat everyone equally, saying that those were related households. said that the benefits were only given to related households, and they had to go to the state capital to sue me. What can I do? ”

JIA Liping; Li Zhen and the others were dumbfounded.

I never expected that the folk customs of Jinchang County would be so bad.