Chapter 491: The situation is turbulent and invaded by foreign enemies
After hearing that some homeless people had plundered several villages not far from here, the atmosphere in the county here also began to be a little uneasy, and even the rich families were already thinking about when to leave and go further south, otherwise it would be okay to go north to the imperial capital.
While the county government was busy calming down the turbulent atmosphere here, it was busy discussing with some wealthy households whether they could send some guards out to help maintain law and order in the entire county and town.
In this day and age, no one will feel at ease. Therefore, if there is money, there is no one in the family who does not have some guards, ranging from dozens to hundreds.
The Feng family's shops, factories and other places have added up to more than a thousand. It's not very reassuring like this, and I'm still stepping up research on some more powerful weapons.
"Hasn't the disaster relief order been issued above? This national government is really a waste, since the top position has not seen them do a few serious things, they are either busy fighting for power and profit, or they are passing the buck to each other here.
I haven't done it yet, and I don't know what I'm trying to do.
What do you think about the affairs of those displaced people this time? After Feng Yue complained about the government here, he began to ask his two sons what they thought about this incident.
"Father, you don't know, the national government here is poor, it is said that even the salary is about to be paid, where is the money to allocate funds for disaster relief, you can only pretend to be deaf and dumb.
Otherwise, as soon as he sends the disaster relief order, the people below will reach out to him and ask for money. "Wind Wolf has come into contact with a lot of warlords over the years because of various arms transactions, so I really can't know too much about the current government's situation.
The so-called Nationalist Government here today is actually just a puppet of mutual compromise between the major warlords, who have no power or money, and even the cost of running government agencies is donated by others.
In the past, the imperial power did not go to the countryside, but now that they, the national government, do not want to go to the countryside, it is a question whether the orders issued can get out of the government building. Don't say that the warlords look down on them, even if they are a little powerful, they don't look down on them very much.
"Father, if we participate in disaster relief, it doesn't matter if there are few displaced people, but once the number of people increases, don't say whether there is enough food here, there will be serious problems with public security or something.
So why don't you just distribute food outside the city and let them go somewhere else. "As the person in charge of all his rice and noodle business, Fenghu has a very clear understanding of the surrounding market and other situations.
If a small number of displaced people come, then he doesn't care, but what he is most afraid of is that once it becomes a trend, once the reputation of helping displaced people here spreads, it is easy to cause a large number of displaced people to rush here, and in terms of the bearing capacity of the county here, it is simply unbearable.
Once there are more than 10,000 displaced people, it will be out of control.
Don't think that 10,000 is just a small number, there are only about 100,000 people up and down the entire county, and even if you add up all the rural areas, it will not exceed 300,000. Taking into account the production of agricultural products, the daily consumption of nearly half of the landless population, and so on. It can be proved that this thing is not feasible.
"Well, do as you say, and go outside the city to distribute rations, lest they starve to death when they go to other cities to flee the famine. Feng Yue also knew that with the current ability of the Feng family, there was nothing that could be done about this situation! The Feng family now had nearly a thousand soldiers, which was already a bit difficult, let alone helping others.
There are thousands of people guarding their home here, and they are not worried. But how can others not be worried? In all these dynasties, when did the displaced people cross the border without causing any trouble?
But anyone who has some ability has already begun to wait and see, and if there is anything wrong, they will leave immediately. Don't they dare to put their wealth on the side of the conscience of the homeless, this hungry and angry, what can't they do?
But if they want to provide disaster relief, they don't dare, and they don't want to.
When the previous dynasty was not extinguished, but he gave a death order, and disaster relief not organized by the imperial court was a capital crime.
Although it is said that the previous dynasty has perished, the national government is still there, and he has never issued a decree related to this, so many people are now in a dilemma.
Anyway, all in all, it would be a thankless task to do disaster relief work in this situation. In these years, the family and the like are concerned about what they are concerned about, focusing on the reputation of the township party, that is to say, what other places are doing is secondary, and the most important thing is to have a good reputation in the surrounding towns.
But generally speaking, the people around you can say hello, and a few people outside can say you are bad.
So for them, there is no problem in relieving the surrounding neighbors, but it is not cost-effective to help those who are homeless.
The county government has already urgently inquired on the Internet, but there is no news so far. After listening to Wind Tiger's advice, they were also relieved.
Although they say that the development is good, they can't compare with those big cities. It is not very famous outside, so as long as you fool the displaced people a little and let them go to the more affluent places in the south, there should be no problem.
By the time the outcasts arrived, things were going as expected. After general persuasion, although there were still a small number of people who were reluctant to leave here, the vast majority still took the rations distributed here and went further south.
As for the rest of the people who haven't left, either they have relatives here, or someone in the family is sick, and there is really no way to go any further. There aren't many people, just a few hundred, so it's no problem to settle them.
Those who have relatives go to their relatives' houses, and those who have no relatives draw plots of land here and let them live on their own. The rest is a symbolic donation of money and food from each family.
In this stormy day, the only thing that can make the wind wolf happy is nothing more than the business that was finally negotiated two days ago.
It was really a great effort, all kinds of price increases, and all kinds of inducements, and finally the sale and purchase of some materials and machinery were agreed! Just by the way, it is estimated that it will take more than a month to get here, and when the time comes, maybe it will be able to produce it before the end of the year.
Therefore, the wind wolf is now constantly letting those employees see the production steps of those weapons, and they will be proficient for the time being, and when the machine materials arrive, they will enter the production state as soon as possible.
In addition to working hard here, the rest of the time was thinking about finding a son-in-law for his daughter, and after picking for a long time, he didn't find a favorite one.
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In a blink of an eye, it is almost the end of the year.
"Outside the number, outside the number, the Dongying Kingdom invaded on a large scale, the southeast border has been lost, the three northeastern provinces have all been lost, and the three northeastern provinces have been lost. The newsboy's clear voice resounded through the streets.
I had already gotten the news from the telegraph and radio stations, but now I just sighed a few more times and scolded the people around me for the uselessness of the country or something.
What I didn't know before was really going to blow up, and no amount of gossip in the town could cover up the news. Even though they were reluctant to buy newspapers before, they all hurriedly asked for a copy. If you can't read, you will quickly run to the teahouse to listen, and the teahouse will definitely talk about this kind of news.
All of a sudden, the entire county seemed to be in a patriotic upsurge. The big guys began to accuse this and that, and everywhere was discussing things related to this matter.
One here scolds Fang Xuan, and the other one points to the country, and the bustle is so lively. Some people don't even have a sense of urgency that the country is ruined and the country is ruined.
"Father, the information you gave me has finally been successfully tested. The wind wolf looked excited, and he still had some engine oil in the factory, so he ran to Feng Yue and said excitedly.
"That was more than half a year ago, I said why didn't you move at all, and your feelings only came out now. ”
"Our technology is not good here, there are many things missing, there is no way, and it is not easy to get some machine materials.
Dad, this thing is more than twice as powerful as the one commonly used in our country now, both in terms of power and other aspects. Feng Yue's disgust, Feng Wolf didn't pay attention to it, he was now excited about the test results of those weapons.
"Father, the Zhang family has always been friendly with us, so let's sell them weapons this time!
And now the other warlords are trying to avoid sending troops, so as not to damage their own forces, and now only the Zhang family and the Li family, with some spontaneously organized armies, are fighting against the Dongying Kingdom.
We don't have much friendship with the Li family, but this time the Zhang family's business, I don't know if we can reduce the price as much as possible, so we should do our best for the country. The wind wolf asked with some trepidation, he didn't dare to reduce the price at will, if he lowered the price at will, he couldn't turn back the account, and he had to be scolded to death by his father.
"In the future, you don't have to report these things to me, you can handle the accounts and everything yourself, just don't lose money. "Feng Yue wanted to delegate power earlier, but he never found the opportunity, and this time he just brought it up, so he said it by the way.
"What...... This...... Father, I can't. The wind wolf was so shocked by these words that he was a little incoherent.
"Don't shirk it, I don't know what you're thinking in your hearts? I'm not testing you, I'm not doing anything. On your boss's side, I gave him everything half a month ago, and I wanted to talk about it on your side, but I haven't found much of a chance.
Here, this is a certificate in the family, and if you are dealing with some affairs in the future, you don't need to report to me, take this certificate and go to those stewards, there will be no obstruction. Feng Yue said as he took out a jade pendant from his pocket and gave it to him.
The jade pendant is made of a rouge jade, the so-called rouge jade, is a special variant of the mutton fat jade, the whole body is similar to the usual best mutton fat jade, but there will be a red rouge fluid in the center, showing an extremely gorgeous color.