Kong Jie let out a long sigh.

Although he did not see the situation described by Dong San, he did not see it with his own eyes.

But in the memory of the Long March, there were too many soldiers who were forever asleep on the way because of hunger.

Constant hunger, with no hope in sight, is arguably the most painful torture in the world.

Yi Zi cannibalized and starved all over the ground.

How much pain can be restored from the words alone?

"How's the resettlement of the victims?"

Kong Jie asked, the only thing he could do now was to use the financial resources of the Independent Regiment to treat more victims.

Dong San nodded: "Rest assured, the head of the regiment, the eight hundred and twenty-five victims have all been settled. ”

Kong Jie looked at Xu Qingnian again and asked, "Have you made specific plans in terms of finance?"

According to the current surplus reserves and grain reserves of our finances, if we do our best to resettle the victims.

Based on the cost of relocating these more than 800 victims, what is the maximum capacity of our independent regiment base area? ”

Xu Qingnian replied: "Regiment leader, I have already calculated the approximate data, according to our current financial, food, and material situation, if we do our best, we should be able to resettle more than 10,000 victims." ”

"Too little!" Kong Jie gave a direct judgment.

"In the future, once the disaster is serious, the number of victims who may pour into our base area is far more than this, let alone 10,000, 100,000 may not be enough."

These words scared Dong San and Xu Qingnian a lot.

Kong Jie said: "What, I think I'm scaring you?" ”

"Yes, how big the bowl we have, how big the meal we eat, although we will rescue some victims through the caravan, but we will do what we can.

We can't completely break our base area, and the existing disaster victims will still not be able to live at that time. ”

"But don't forget, how vicious the little devil is, and once the disaster is serious, the devil will still take care of the people in the county?"

"Maybe in order to reduce the economic pressure on the county, villages and towns, the devils will directly drive a large number of refugees to our base areas."

"What can we do then? Our Eighth Route Army troops can't just watch the refugees starve to death, right? ”

"This all needs to be prepared in advance, and the more refugees we can afford in our base areas, the better."

Xu Qingnian and Dong San smiled bitterly together, once the population increases, the burden on the two of them is the heaviest.

"Yes, Commander, then we will think of a way, prepare early, and try to accommodate as many victims as possible." Dong San replied.

Seeing Dong San and Xu Qingnian's bitter faces, Kong Jie, who was originally righteous, suddenly laughed and said:

"I said you two stinky boys, what are you doing with such a sad face?"

"Isn't it just some disaster victims, cheer up, this is not necessarily a bad thing."

Dong San was dumbfounded when he heard this, "Commander, isn't it a bad thing that so many disaster victims have poured over, waiting for dinner with their mouths open?" ”

Kong Jie said with a smile: "Then it depends on the ability of your cadres, these disaster victims who came over are not handled properly, and it is naturally a disaster."

If it is handled well, it is not a disaster, but a great thing, and it can even be said to be the greatest opportunity for our independent group. ”

Seeing that Dong San and Xu Qingnian were full of confusion, Kong Jie continued to explain:

"Well, I'll give you the simplest example."

"If a family of three people has only one adult laborer to farm the land, harvest food, and feed three mouths to eat and drink, will such a family life be difficult?"

Dong San said: "Leader, this is for sure, how can it be so easy for one person to eat with three mouths?" ”

Kong Jie said: "What if three more people come, and these three people are all adult laborers, and now there are four people who open up the wasteland and farm the land, and provide food and drink for six people?" ”

Xu Qingnian said: "Then the situation will be much better, one person can feed many people, including himself...... Commander, I understand what you mean, you mean, these three people are the victims of the disaster you are talking about? ”

Kong Jie smiled: "It is worthy of being a top student in the Department of Finance, and he reacts quickly, which is exactly what I mean." ”

"To put it mildly, when a disaster occurs in one place, the people have no harvest and no food, so they can only find a way to flee to other places to fill their stomachs."

"The elderly, children, women, and even the weak are so weak that they don't even have the strength to walk. Most of the people who are able to escape from the disaster area are young and able-bodied. ”

"Although these people are disaster victims, they are also the most accessible labor."

"If we can properly dispose of these people who have fled and let them have a full stomach and a place to shelter from the wind and rain, our simple people will not mind making more efforts."

Kong Jie is telling the truth, these days, as long as they can eat their stomachs, what can't the people do?

When natural disasters are rampant and there is a shortage of soldiers.

Why are so many simple people willing to risk death to become soldiers?

Isn't it just to have a stable meal?

To be a soldier is to be ready to pay for your life at all times, and after Kong Jie resettled these disaster victims, he only needed some effort from them.

Xu Qingnian said thoughtfully: "Commander, if you say it from this point of view, this is indeed the case. ”

"The emergence of refugees will bring us more labor, and if we can make full use of these laborers, we can indeed create more wealth for our base areas."

"You can call it a demographic dividend, or demographic benefits, demographic interests, and so on." Kong Jie said with a smile.

"Demographic dividend?" Xu Qingnian was very surprised, it was the first time he had heard such a word.

Kong Jiedao: "To put it simply, it means that in an area, the proportion of workable population is relatively high, so as to provide more productivity for the whole area and promote the overall economic development." ”

"That means we're going to have more labor to feed everybody."

"Of course, this requires a big premise: we need to properly resettle refugees, and if we want them to pay for labor, we first need to feed and clothe them, right? This is the most basic. ”

"Secondly, we need to make full use of these labor, to put it simply, we feed the refugees, but we can't find the corresponding thing for everyone to work, this is a waste of labor, but also a waste of our resources.

In such a situation, refugees will only become a burden that will gradually drag down our base areas. ”

Dong San said excitedly: "Commander, if you want to find a job for everyone, this matter is not difficult, all sides of our base are waiting to employ people!" ”

"Let's open up wasteland and grow potatoes, sweet potatoes and other crops, all kinds of vegetables, this has to be people, right?

There is also the breeding of livestock, chickens, ducks, geese and the like.

Our chicken essence factory, as well as the newly opened fine salt factory, sugar factory, honeycomb coal and honeycomb coal stove, all kinds of workshops, the production of these commodities, as well as the subsequent sales and transportation, which of these do not need people?

According to the construction of various parts of the field, the construction of houses, the digging of canals, the expansion of planting, the cultivation of crops, and so on.

In addition, Regiment Commander, what you proposed last time is the economic construction and development of the root area, the direction of Inner Mongolia, the direction of XJ, and the development of the surrounding major enemy-occupied areas, nationally controlled areas, and the development of Jinsui light territory.

All of these require people, and they also require labor that has been engaged in them for a long time.

It is estimated that tens of thousands of laborers can also be used.

This has always been a headache for me, our labor force is limited, the army still has to stay to fight, and we can't dismiss the army to do business, so the labor force has been in a state of vacancy.

But when you say this, Commander, I suddenly realized that if this refugee really comes, maybe it will really be the biggest opportunity for our independent group! ”

The more Dong San spoke, the more excited he became, and Xu Qingnian on the side couldn't help but interject several times.

In the end, Dong San expressed his eagerness in one sentence: "Commander, when will the refugees come?" ”

Kong Jie: "............"

After discussing for a while how to make the most of the refugee labor force and various developments and measures, Kong Jie changed his mind and instructed:

"That being said, this should not be rushed, and the focus should first and foremost be on how to properly resettle the refugees."

"We must not only ensure that the refugees are properly resettled, but also ensure that it will not affect the external defense and development of our base areas."

"This needs to be accepted in batches, batch by batch."

"It is also necessary to make a series of preparations to prevent some unexpected situations in the process of receiving refugees, such as the infiltration of enemy troops, deliberate riots, and so on."

"These countermeasures are all principled, for example, the foreign disaster victims can be resettled according to the proportion of residents in our base area?"

"How will the areas where the victims live?"

"After the resettlement of the victims, how can we divide the land for everyone, reduce or exempt public food, allocate funds for relief, etc.?"

"How to send cadres and agricultural and factory production technicians to train everyone and help production in the future requires detailed advance planning."

And these Kong Jie have been prepared for a long time.

As he spoke, he took out a booklet from the drawer and handed it to Dong San and Xu Qingnian.

Dong San and Xu Qingnian took the manual and looked at it, only to see that it was written on the outermost:

"Principles and specific methods for the registration and resettlement of migrant victims in the area of the Independent Regiment."

With the browsing, Dong San and Xu Qingnian were amazed, and they almost started shooting.

Before leaving, Dong San couldn't help but slap a sycophant: "Commander, I admire you, it's really a high mountain, it turns out that you have planned all this a long time ago!" ”

Kong Jie scolded with a smile: "Okay, stop slapping, hurry up and get down to business!" In addition, we will continue to do our best to purchase grain from various sources and hoard grain to the best of our ability. ”

"To implement our demographic dividend plan, this food is a vital part."

"Yes, don't worry, the regiment commander, we promise to complete the task!" Dong San and Xu Qingnian responded in unison, took the manual sent by Kong Jie, and left with an excited face.

Now the two of them are busy again.

After Dong San and Xu Qingqian left, Wang An, the head of the enemy engineering department, arrived and reported to Kong Jie:

"Regiment commander, according to your order, we have made secret contact with the Japanese puppet army officers in the surrounding counties of the base area......"

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