Chapter 15: Rifts

(Update three chapters for red tickets, and two more chapters ahead)

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It is impossible for Lin Tie to directly stretch his hand to the place, and the resettlement of the displaced people or the disaster victims can only be based on the locality, blowing their beards and staring in the camp tent for a long time, and before Ning Zechen came over, many disposal matters were discussed and determined.

The local forces represented by Chen Kun only agreed to allow the displaced people to organize their households on the spot, but the residential land was provided in the form of rent and sale, and two acres of mulberry homestead land were given according to the household, and five acres of dry land were given according to the ding, and the newly assigned households had to get an additional two to three percent of the annual harvest to pay the land rent in addition to the land tax.

Xisha Island is a newly opened wasteland, and the newly arranged households can be exempted from the field tax for three years according to the system, but Chen Kun is unable to exempt the land rent.

It's no wonder that Lin Lian's temper is getting worse and worse, and when he heard Chen Kun biting the land rent to death, he couldn't help but slap the table and splash the hot tea on the table directly on Chen Kun's face.

Chongzhou's ripe fields are fertile, winter wheat and summer rice, an acre of land can produce five or six hundred catties of wheat and rice annually, and a family can have 20 acres of paddy fields in Chongzhou, which is already a well-off home.

Xisha Island has serious natural disasters, in addition to the typhoon flood in summer, the river water is low and shallow in winter, and the seawater refills, and a salty tide will be formed almost every year, which makes the salinization of the land along the beach serious, which is not conducive to farming.

Chen Kun bites the land rent to death, and in the final analysis, he still wants to force these displaced people away from Chongzhou.

At present, Lin Jian only wants to let more than 20,000 victims officially settle down on Xisha Island, and the land rent is only two or three thousand taels of silver a year, and it will not be able to drag down the Jiyun Society.

The reason for the quarrel was that Lin Tie also wanted to take this as a condition, and coerced Chongzhou County and Hailing Prefecture to agree that Hu Zhiyong, Hu Qiaoyi, father and son, and others would move out of the Hu Jiaxi clan in Chongzhou Dongshe and enter Xisha Island with Hu Zhiyong as the head of the Lijia, and promised to make Li Shuyi handle the affairs of resettlement of displaced people and other affairs on behalf of Chongzhou County, and promised to have a quota of 300 township camps, and the leaders of the township Yong were all selected from the resettlement of the victims.

Li Shuyi was originally an official in Chongzhou County, and Hu Zhiyong was originally a gentry merchant in Chongzhou County, although he was close to Lin Tie during this period of time, and he was suspected of licking the butt of the Chu Party, but after all, he was a local person, Wu Meijiu and Chen Kun They were not worried that Li Shuyi and Hu Zhiyong would be twisted into a rope with Lin Tie, thinking that at this time, no one would inevitably become inflammatory, but after the Chu Party lost power, Li Shuyi and Hu Zhiyong would know what to choose.

In the final analysis, Chen Kun and Wu Meijiu were still the most uneasy about the homeless, in addition to being controlled by the county lieutenant in all matters, they also took the initiative to ask Hu Zhiyong to concurrently serve as the commander and directly control the township camp.

After the examination of Ning Zechen's talents, especially Ning Zechen's thin and white image, Chen Kun and Wu Meijiu also agreed that Ning Zechen should serve as the deputy commander of the Xisha Island Township Battalion, responsible for the preparation and training of the township braves.

Many matters are discussed, and it is also necessary to prepare a written letter and submit it to the Propaganda and Pacification Department for approval.

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The East China Sea Kou was raging in the waters of Taihu Lake again, Chen Kun, Wu Meijiu and others did not dare to spend the night outside the city, seeing that it was not early, they said goodbye and left, Lin Jian sent them to stop outside the camp, but Li Shuyi and Hu Zhiyong had to send them on the boat.

"You two have to do it yourself...... Chen Kun dropped such a sentence and boarded the boat, ignoring Li Shuyi and Hu Zhiyong.

Li Shuyi looked embarrassed, as far as he wanted, he preferred to stay on Xisha Island to be responsible for the resettlement of displaced people than to intrigue in the county, and he would rather stay in Xisha Island to be responsible for the resettlement of displaced people, but inevitably, he could no longer get rid of his relationship with Lin Tie, and he could not avoid being labeled as a Chu party.

The Chu Party is powerful, and those who tend to be attached to the flame may think that this is a rare opportunity, but things are far from so simple.

One of the most important tasks of Gu Wuchen's arrival in Jiangning was to increase the supply of grain imported from Jiangdong County to Yanjing, from the current 600,000 stone grain per year to the level of 2 million stone, which was about 30,000 stone to Chongzhou County.

This is something that the local government is trying to resist, but Yin Wang Xueshan of Jiangning Mansion grabbed the handle for Gu Wuchen, and softened his attitude in Xia Cao's matter, and other prefectures and counties failed to be tough, but from the bottom of his bones, he hated Gu Wuchen and Zhang Xiechu.

The burden of grain can still be apportioned to tenant farmers and yeoman farmers as much as possible, but now there are rumors that Zhang Xie intends to raise the city tax and increase the mining tax in the southeastern counties in order to raise military salaries, which is even more fatal.

The Dongyang Lin people also have more than 20,000 acres of land, but the annual land rent income is only four or five thousand taels of silver, and the Lin people can accumulate huge wealth, and privately raise more than 500 villagers, relying on the monopoly of local commerce. Even most of the municipal tax revenue of Shanglinli Grass City fell into the private pockets of a few families such as the Lin family.

This is the case for the Dongyang Lin clan, the Jiangning Qu family is like this, and the big clans with a little power in the southeastern counties are all like this.

In addition, the municipal tax is the main source of revenue for the local government, and it is also the main source of income for the local officials to accept bribes and enrich their own pockets.

The Chu Party's desire to raise the municipal tax and other commercial taxes in the southeastern counties can be said to have directly infringed on the interests of the gentry and local bureaucracy in the southeastern counties.

Although this matter is just a rumor, there has been a lot of discussion in the local area, and it is regarded as a flood of beasts.

It is also the clan bureaucracy in the southeastern counties that is very resistant to the Chu Party, although the Chu Party is gaining power, Gu Wuchen is also in Jiangning, Chen Kun, Wu Meijiu and other local officials are like poisonous scorpions to Gu Wuchen and Lin Lian, and they have absolutely no willingness to take refuge and curry favor.

Hu Zhiyong and Li Shuyi's contradictory and hesitant thoughts are absolutely different, he saw Li Shuyi's sad face, and said with a smile: "In the future, everything on the island will have to rely on Li Shuyi more......

"Mr. Hu said that he laughed, it should be the book's righteousness that depends on Mr. Hu." Li Shuyi said.

In Li Shuyi's view, the Chongzhou locality is no longer disgusted with the Chu Party and the Lin Bounds, but the resettlement of displaced people on Xisha Island according to the policy of the Lin Binding is also beneficial to Chongzhou.

Eliminating the hidden danger of displaced people is for the first benefit, and the establishment of a township camp on Xisha Island is actually the southern barrier of Chongzhou against the invasion of the East China Sea is the second benefit......

Li Shuyi sighed slightly in his heart, thinking that this is the only way for now, and he is worthy of doing these things well, where can he manage too many things in the future? Seeing Lin Lian, Ning Zechen, Ao Canghai and others standing in front of the tent, Li Shuyi and Hu Zhiyong hurried over.

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Lin Jian stood in front of the camp tent, looking around, it had only been six days since the lake attacked the island, and Guanyin Beach was full of shocking residues. Li Shuyi and Hu Zhiyong walked over, he pointed to the slope not far away, and said: "There is a cemetery built on the sunny slope, and all the sacrifices for Xisha Island will be buried this time and in the future, and their names and deeds will be engraved on the tablet, so that future generations can pay tribute to and remember." To build this cemetery, you should use blue bricks and stones, don't save, and the coffin should not be buried together. How much silver you will need, first count it and give me the number......

"Well, I'll find someone to survey tomorrow." Hu Zhiyong responded, when people die, even if they can't be buried in their hometown, no one wants to be a lonely ghost, and repairing the tomb for future generations is the ideal expectation of the scholar Qingliu for the afterlife.

Lin Jian said: "The resettlement of the displaced people is almost settled, but the people who sacrificed this time and the victims who died actively resisting the lake pirates, their families do not follow the rules just negotiated, and they need special care. The Hu family has 300 acres of mature land in Guanyintan, and Jiyun Society bought it with money, and then reclaimed an additional 200 acres of mature land to give each of these families a little share. Directly give the title deed, free of land rent. In addition, it is more appropriate for the villagers to bear the tax and silver of the fields in this part of the field......"

"300 acres of mature land is a donation from the Hu family to guard the island, and the Hu family should do something for Xisha Island." Hu Zhiyong said, although the 300 acres of mature land in Guanyintan are the painstaking efforts of the two generations of the Hu family, and it is also the last industry that the Hu family can take out, but Lin Jian has paid so much for Xisha Island regardless of the cost, how can he not have this bit of courage?

In front of Li Shuyi, Lin Jian didn't say much, and said that if Hu Zhiyong wants to win the popularity of Xisha Island, he needs the Hu family to contribute to the resettlement of displaced people on Xisha Island, and he said: "After two major disasters, many families are fragmented, and the husband and wife, parents, and children are not complete. Some old customs can be changed appropriately, of course, we don't force it, if you can take the initiative to form a household, you should encourage it, and give a certain reward, what to do, you discuss and get an idea......"

Li Shuyi nodded, he is responsible for the arrangement and resettlement, many families are left alone, if they do not merge, it will be very troublesome.

Affected by the forest, Li Shuyi also became pragmatic and diligent, and there were still things waiting for him to do in the resettlement sites of the displaced people in the West Peninsula.

After dinner, Lin Jian called Hu Zhiyong to his tent, Hu Zhiyong came over and saw that Lin Mengde was also in the tent.

"There are no outsiders, they all sit down and talk," Lin Jian beckoned Hu Zhiyong to sit down and said, "The Hu family donated 300 acres of land in Guanyin Beach, I'm afraid that the sugar workshop can't be operated, right?" ”

"It's impossible to sustain it," Hu Zhiyong was not hypocritical, and said honestly, "Closing the workshop can also make everyone's minds here." ”

"You transfer the foreign debts owed by the Hu family and the workshop to the Jiyun Society," Lin Jian said, "not only should the workshop not be shut down, but the scale should be expanded." Guanyin Beach needs you to put all your energy into it, wait for things to rest here, and let the second master Hu Zhicheng take charge of the workshop. ”

In fact, donating the 300 acres of land on Xisha Island, the pressure on the Hu family will be very great, and the gathering of debts during the New Year's holidays is really ugly. I thought to myself: It is better for the second brother to go to Jiyun Club to do things, Xisha Island is always dangerous, and the Hu family is scattered, which is the same as the truth that eggs do not fit in one basket.

"According to the part of the silver and rice allocated by the Inspectorate from the Pingjiang Prefecture to Xisha Island for disaster relief and famine preparedness, it is on the surface, and those can be made as accounts for the local government. In addition, I will allocate another 20,000 taels of silver to you, don't spare the cost of building the building, and the Guanyintan dock should also be built as soon as possible, after the dock is completed, it will be convenient to transport ......materials to the island on a large scale," Lin Jian continued, "I intercepted more than 20,000 taels of silver from the Shu family in Anji County this time, which is also what they owe to Xisha Island, and it will be used for Xisha Island." ”