Time to turn back to the country, Tongzhou.

After finishing the work of the weather station, Zhang Jian and others began to provide disaster relief, which is of even higher significance to the present than meteorology in the future.

Behind the protest of 3,000 people, at least 3,000 families are hungry, the flood season has arrived, many surrounding villages have been flooded, and last year's harvest was not good, from June to the end of August, there were floods for more than two months, the fields were completely destroyed, and countless people were drowned.

Standing in the soup kitchen, Zhang Jian personally fed food for the victims in the past, and couldn't help but sigh: "Fortunately, it was just a hailstorm, in previous years, most of the Soviet Province would be destroyed, and now it seems to be a blessing in misfortune."

Cheng Nuo, who had not personally experienced the catastrophe, asked while distributing the cake: "Elder Zhang, the situation at that time should be much more tragic than this, I heard that a lot of thatched houses have been washed away."

Zhang Jian stirred the porridge in the bucket and said, "The rivers and lakes are rising, the mountain floods are concurrent, and the walls of Yangzhou City alone have been washed down three times.

"Alas, there is a line of floods, and there are a lot of droughts, this is the purpose of our meteorology." Cheng Nuo sighed, and the work under his hands was still uninterrupted: "Come on, come on, everyone is not crowded, there are still many in the box, come one by one."

The rice is porridge cooked with rice, and the cakes are mixed with all kinds of coarse grains.

In fact, the situation is already good, and in other places, the well-off families have to cook rice and bran to eat, and the tenant farmers with poor family backgrounds eat pure chaff, which is used to feed cattle in previous years, and people don't even look at it. As for the poor peasants at this time, they didn't even have chaff, so they could only pick up bark and grass roots, and in more serious places, they could eat clay, which was called Guanyin soil.

Here is a mouthful, why there are always some "rare and exotic products" on the table in Yunnan Province, "red umbrella umbrella white pole", etc., in addition to the local wealth, it is also related to the year of the catastrophe, and you really dare to eat anything when you are hungry.

Disaster relief can only be provided for a while, not for a lifetime.

Leaving the work in his hands to others, Cheng Nuo looked for Zhang Jian who was resting on the side to see his follow-up thoughts.

"Elder Zhang, we've been giving soup for a while, and it seems to me that there are only a lot more people, so it's probably not a long-term solution to go on like this."

"I have three strategies here, the upper strategy is pension, the middle strategy is safe, and the lower strategy is relief, which one do you think is better?" Zhang Jian brought over a bowl of porridge and two cakes, and said with a smile.

The porridge and cakes are the same as those just for disaster relief, Cheng Nuo didn't dislike it at all, he ate a cake in two clicks, and after a few mouthfuls of porridge, he felt better in his stomach, wiped his mouth and said:

"Naturally, there is no need to say the next policy, that is, what we are doing now, I guess it is impossible for Zhang Lao to manage them from now until the beginning of spring next year, if that is the case, our cotton farmers will be the first to refuse."

"After the famine, there will always be a large number of people displaced, farmland abandoned, the central method of the security is to induce the displaced people to return to their hometowns to resume work, and reduce their rent burden, so that they can resist the disaster and live in peace, which is called recovery; It is said to give the displaced people idle land and exempt them from rent, so that they will not migrate; For the displaced victims, they must be repatriated through the power of the government, which is called return."

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Cheng Nuo took another bite of porridge, and then said: "It stands to reason that this is something that the public wants to do, and it is not good for us to interfere privately, but the practice of knowing the county a few days ago may not be able to be counted on, maybe it will have to be exploited again, and the effect is difficult to say."

Judging from the trend of local autonomy like Zhang Jian, coupled with the support of the clan forces, it is actually greater than the power of the county, if he really chooses the middle policy, the effect will definitely be there, maybe even better. However, from a personal point of view, this group of victims is also a group of labor wealth in a sense, and it is a pity to give up like this, not to mention that the Dasheng Yarn Factory is still in the stage of rapid expansion and needs a large number of manpower.

Therefore, Zhang Jian simply nodded after hearing this: "Yes, it is also a good way to resettle displaced people to return to their hometowns to farm and give them certain discounts, but I think the best policy is better."

"The history of the pension is much older, but from the Warring States Period to the Warring States Period, I guess that Zhang Lao's pension is mainly packaged

Including soup kitchen, ransom children, housing and other contents, based on the people-oriented thinking, with the concept of resettlement and disaster relief for the people, greatly maintaining social and social stability, at the same time, the adult labor force can help us further cultivate farmland, and our children can also go to our new school, which is much better than their life when they return to their homeland."

"Yes, that's the reason, instead of going back and continuing to suffer, it is better to follow us to continue to reclaim these wastelands, and wait until the cotton farmers of the Academy of Sciences will finish cultivating the seeds next year, but these farmlands may not be able to feed the Dasheng Yarn Mill." Zhang Jian laughed, and added a few spoonfuls of new porridge to Cheng Nuo's bowl: "It's cooler just now, and then it's hot."

It is better to have selfishness, in fact, in the Qing Dynasty in the past dynasties, the Qing Dynasty is the most frequent historical period of famine, from the establishment of the Qing regime in 1616 to the fall of the Qing regime in 1911 in the past three hundred years, a total of 1,121 disasters, an average of 1 every 3 months, most of the local officials turned a blind eye, passive disaster relief, and even concealed the disaster and did not report the disaster or the serious disaster was lightly reported, and the disaster money was deducted in the middle, and the private pockets were filled, and there were countless people, and the victims were suffering when they went back.

For example, embezzlement of money for the construction of water conservancy projects leads to poor quality of water conservancy projects, river engineering is in disrepair, and once the rainfall is too large, it is very easy to cause floods, and the rainfall is too small and there is no water to irrigate, which increases the possibility of disasters.

After learning from the disaster relief methods of later generations, Cheng Nuo had a better idea, and put the coarse grain cake shed on the fast son and said: "Elder Zhang, since you have chosen to provide for pensions, I have another strategy here to supplement it, and the implementation effect will be better."

Zhang Jian became interested, and subconsciously stroked his beard and smiled: "If it is a slow down or a loan, then there is no need to say it, we still have our own principles, and it is still inappropriate to interfere with local taxes and usury after all."

Cheng Nuo shook his head and said, "No, I thought we could carry out agricultural relief, and its characteristic is that 'it saves and self-help, combined.'"

Zhang Jian put his hand down and said suspiciously, "Farm relief? Tell me about it."

Cheng Nuo stood up, walked to his side and said, "Agricultural relief is to use seeds and fertilizers to apply to the disaster area; The use of trafficking and low-interest loans has enabled the purchase of cattle and farming tools, helping them to recover their vitality and restore their production capacity. For example, the victims can use their sharecroppers to reclaim wasteland in Tongzhou, and the Dasheng Yarn Mill can lend them seeds, fertilizers, and farm tools, or take out low-interest loans, which only need to be slowly recovered from the next year's harvest."

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After hearing this, Zhang Jian immediately stood up from his chair in surprise: "Agricultural relief is good, this can greatly mobilize their determination to reclaim, and in order to repay the loan, they will inevitably put more energy into agriculture, which is beneficial to both parties."

In fact, there was no similar relief method before the Republic of China, and its creation was not until the Jianghuai flood in 1931, which is widely regarded as the deadliest natural disaster on record.

Now that he has taken it out in advance, he has no choice but to do it, because he has also been affected by the disaster for three days in this Republic of China.

As Cheng Nuo guessed, the vast majority of the victims were reluctant to return to their homeland, and when they talked about the names of the local parents, they all gritted their teeth and shook their heads.

Now I heard that there is a large area of wasteland waiting for them to reclaim, and whoever reclaims it will be contracted to whom, except for only working hard, other Dasheng yarn factories have all been contracted, and they immediately lose their original decadence, and they are anxious to reclaim new land, and there are even cases where someone fights first and who comes after.

With land in hand, don't panic in your heart, with land, this heart can take root in the land of Tongzhou, and even the girl can go to the school to study, and she has never heard of it.

There are many people and lazy people, eating and waiting for death is not better than working shirtless, and the grain seeds that are sent down are even secretly boiled porridge, but after being caught, they were immediately kicked out of the team, and Zhang Jian also took advantage of the situation to follow Cheng Nuo's method of cash-for-work, only those who work have food, and women, children, the old, the sick and the disabled are counted separately.

After this incident, the victims of the disaster worked higher, and even some people who were not affected by the disaster came to reclaim the wasteland with their families, and the scene was even more enthusiastic for a while.

The autonomous place of Zhang Jian in Tongzhou is also the place where Cheng Nuo tested and studied. He is silently learning from the experience here, especially the experience and lessons in it are worth recording and learning, and the memorization of each one

After the blood and sweat of everyone, with this small book, when he is in charge, he can avoid detours and avoid some unnecessary "tuition and miscellaneous fees".

"Uncle, how many flatbreads are you going to take today, or do you take half as usual?"

Cheng Nuo flipped through the record book, which recorded the labor accumulation of each disaster victim and the data of taking food every day, and the excess points could be accumulated in exchange for farm tools and other things.

The middle-aged man waved his hand at the guy who was cooking, and said with a smile, "Let's take one today."

"Hey, you're finally willing to eat, you want me to see the physical work of your backbone, how can you eat half a cake and a bowl of porridge, I'm so thin." The man lifted the cloth from the frame and took a hot biscuit from it: "It's still a little hot, why don't I wrap it in something for you?"

"No, I'll just take it and eat it, thank you, young man." The middle-aged man bared his teeth, and there was a hint of restraint in his smile: "This gentleman is your second master, he looks so good, thanks to your second master, we have a place to stay."

"He's not our second master, but he's much better than our second leader......" The guy leaned closer, put one hand behind his mouth, and said carefully.

Of course, Cheng Nuo noticed this scene, but he didn't debunk it, put down the record book and said politely: "Uncle, isn't it enough to eat a cake at a meal?"

When the middle-aged man saw Cheng Nuo coming, he quickly wiped his hands on his body, and wanted to give half of it to Cheng Nuo, but he refused, so he smiled nervously: "Enough to eat, enough for me to eat for a day."

The guy was immediately stunned, and couldn't help asking, "Uncle, is this cake your day's food?"

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "There are still a few mouths at home, and they can eat more if I eat less, but it's strange these days, it's always sparse, and I don't know why."

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