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Although Fengchenglun's weather radar forecast accurately predicted the landing time of the typhoon, the onset of natural disasters was unavoidable. [No pop-up novel website]
Typhoon No. 1 in 1631 made landfall in Qiongshan County the next day. When the typhoon made landfall, the winds had weakened to Level 10, but the accompanying heavy rain caused serious damage to Qiongshan County. Although the Qiongshan County Office issued a warning of the approaching typhoon through the Qiongshan County Government Office, the backward communication methods and the low administrative efficiency of traditional society made this notice not effective enough.
The Nandu River flooded. The population disappeared. There are countless livestock and fields. Due to the dual effects of typhoons and floods, most of the crops that were expected to be harvested in the summer were lost, and for a time, people were everywhere.
"We have to fight floods and provide disaster relief again," Liu Muzhou, Deputy People's Commissar of Civil Affairs, said in annoyance. He felt that the pressure was too great. On the one hand, the Executive Committee had issued a high grain purchase plan, and on the other hand, there was a sudden natural disaster.
The non-agricultural population has increased significantly, and the population surge caused by the influx of large numbers of immigrants has caused the Planning Institute's food reserves to be frequently in shortage. In order to ensure food security, the Executive Committee also requires that this summer grain collection should "exploit potential" as much as possible. After all, importing grain from Vietnam and Siam not only costs money, but also involves increasingly tight transportation capacity.
In contrast, the Hainan Island area that has been controlled will make a greater contribution to the engine operation. Ma Qianzhu repeatedly emphasized the procurement work at the "1631 Grain Procurement Work Conference": "We must overcome all difficulties, especially obey the warm and affectionate tone of the petty bourgeoisie, abandon all meaningless compassion, and make ensuring food supply the top priority. The task is coming."
In the Lingao area, driven by scientific farming through technological demonstrations by Qingzhang Tianmu and Tiandi Hui, grain output has increased considerably. Especially in the farms directly under the jurisdiction of the Agricultural Committee, due to careful care and large amounts of fertilizer input, the output is higher than that of "Tiandi". The yield per mu of "demonstration households" is 50% to 1% higher than that of ordinary farmers. The food that can be supplied is relatively large. But the situation in other counties is not so good. The four agricultural counties of Hainan Island, Qiongshan, Danzhou, Chengmai and Wenchang, have basically completed the measurement of acres. They are the areas where the Civil Affairs People's Committee has made great efforts to extract grain. In particular, Qiongshan County is the largest grain-producing area on Hainan Island. Now that there is such a typhoon and floods, the grain that can be collected is probably enough to be used as relief grain.
Liu Muzhou knew at the grain work meeting that the executive committee had great expectations for this "grain shipment", but the problem of natural disasters had to be solved, so he went to see Ma Qianxu and submitted his proposal Disaster Relief Plan Disaster relief is an important means to win over people's hearts. We cannot turn a blind eye to Liu Muzhou's disaster relief plan: in accordance with the consistent thinking of the Executive Committee, the relief will be "work-for-relief". Anyway, labor is needed everywhere in Lingao, so there is no need to worry about not having enough money to provide to the victims. Dry. After the water recedes, seeds will be loaned to the victims for seeding and replanting.
As for the summer tax, of course, it can only be reduced or reduced based on the host status.
After reading his report, Ma Qianzhu asked, "Did you participate in the Lingao disaster relief work the year before last?"
"No." Liu Muzhou didn't know why he asked this, thinking that he should take out the report at that time and read it before writing the report.
"You'd better take a look first." Ma Qianzhu said, "There are a lot of useful experiences in it. Sometimes disadvantages will turn into advantages, and losses on one side will turn into gains on the other."
Liu Muzhou didn't know how to read this dialectic, so he hurriedly left and read the report from that year. After reading a few pages, he suddenly realized: It turned out to be a land buyback!
The so-called land buyback is, to put it bluntly, taking advantage of the desperation of the victims to buy farmers' land with food at low prices. When Lingao was hit by a typhoon, the Agricultural Committee relied on this method to amass an area equivalent to 98% of the county's cultivated land.
Liu Muzhou couldn't help but secretly thought: The Governor is really an iron-blooded industrialist. This clearly shows that the peasants must be caught up in the chariot of industrialization and collectivization, and there is not even a transitional stage of land reform.
He asked Wu Nanhai and Ye Yuming to discuss disaster relief matters. Because it involves land repurchase, it has a close relationship with the Committee of Agriculture. The specific operation is very complicated to cooperate with them.
Ye Yuming's suggestion is not only not to provide relief, but also to collect grain as usual.
"This will force more farmers and landlords to go bankrupt completely." Ye Yuming participated in the land clearing work in Qiongshan, Wenchang and other places in the past few months. She is very dissatisfied with the local agricultural conditions. Generally speaking, Qiongshan County The agricultural production environment and conditions are much better than those in Lingao, but the yield per unit mu is limited. It is far from being as productive as it should be.
Wu Nanhai moved a little uneasily: "Isn't this appropriate? Although I also agree with intensive land management, but isn't it a bit...too...not good-looking?"
Ye Yuming said: "Never mind it, anyway, Qiongshan is a newly released area, and we can just use this opportunity to cleanse all local classes..." He said generously, "In the long run, we should eliminate the homesteaders." as the ultimate goal. "
"Eliminate the small farmers?!" Wu Nanhai and others were a little surprised.
"Yes, the ultimate goal is the complete secondary differentiation of the countryside." Ye Yuming stood up and turned around a few times, "People with ability and skills will evolve into farmers of intensive farms.
Those who are incompetent must be completely transformed into the proletariat and become workers. Industrial workers or agricultural workers..."
Homeowners, including small and medium-sized landowners with little land, were the cornerstone of dynasty stability in the Middle Ages. They were the main source of national taxes and soldiers. The army composed of yeoman farmers has always been the most effective in the dynasty's army. Any era when there were a large number of yeoman farmers was often the period when the dynasty was most prosperous.
But the economic location of small farmers. Their position was extremely unstable, and their bankruptcy accelerated under the dual pressure of taxes and military service. Once the dynasty entered a stable period and the land began to be merged and concentrated, the number of small farmers would gradually decrease, and the dynasty would also enter a period of decline. Until a new upheaval prompted the redistribution of land.
The general idea of the Senate's rural policy is "land centralization." The future crossing country does not need a large number of self-cultivators, but there are two major factions in the attitude towards the self-cultivators: the "elimination faction" and the "support faction".
Generally speaking, the voices of the support faction are not loud, and the voices of the elimination faction gradually gain the upper hand because both Wen and Ma have a strong interest in intensive land management and population control. Of course, there are slight differences in details. Ma Qianzhu's agricultural ambition is to completely transform collective farms, while Wen Desi's rural blueprint is a "standard village" with completely fixed land and population.
"Homeowner farmers are still of great value in newly developed areas and border areas." Liu Muzhou coughed and interrupted, "Let's talk about the disaster relief itself first, and we will talk about the future later."
Wu Nanhai said: "I have a plan..."
The streets outside Qiongshan County are already filled with flood victims who have fled from four villages. The heavy rain caused by the typhoon has just ended, and the local rainy season has begun again. The heavy rain has caused flooding in the Nandu River and nearby rivers. Refugees from all over the country are flocking to the city - after the disaster in the countryside, the city is their only hope for survival.
In the past few days, thousands of refugees have poured in outside Qiongshan County. They support the elderly and the young and take shelter in any place that can avoid the rain: temples, eaves and even under big trees. As long as the terrain is slightly higher, it is crowded with people. However, many people still had to lie down in the mud and let the rain pour down.
In order to allow the hungry people to riot, most of the city gates in Qiongshan County have been closed, leaving only the east gate open. The prefect of Qiongzhou and the magistrate of Qiongshan County in Qiongshan County were at a loss. Since the people from He Town evacuated from here, the local decision-maker was the "Director of the County Office" stationed in the city by the Australians. As for the magistrates, county magistrates and other officials in the county, although they are still officials in name, they actually have nothing to do with it. They are just waiting to handle some official documents. But even so, they were satisfied that at least they were not forced to die in the city, and the bandits even continued to pay them some living expenses to allow them to maintain a relatively decent life. Everyone held the idea that the wife would get through this term and run away.
The former highest official in the city, Guangdong Zuo Shenzheng Branch Guard Hainan Road Zhao Ruyi, had been defeated and returned to the mainland. He did not dare to leave his post without authorization, but he did not want to deal with the Australians for fear of tarnishing his official reputation, so he stayed at the Branch Guard Yamen He closed his doors to guests, saw no one except a few gentry, and lived a life of self-imprisonment.
The director of the Qiongshan County Office stationed by the Senate in Qiongshan is called Liu Xiang, and he is not the one who jumps over the hurdles. This Liu Xiang is a fat man and a programmer, so he has strong logical thinking skills and is eloquent. But these "stunts" were of little use during the initial construction rush. Eager to get ahead, he signed up when the Organization Department was recruiting local cadres, and soon he got the title of director of the Qiongshan County Resident Office.
Being the "county magistrate" of Daming County in the 17th century was not an enviable thing. Compared with Lingao, where living facilities have become large-scale, even Qiongshan County is a dirty and messy place. Although Qiongshan County is the capital of the prefecture, it has a large population, many officials, and many gentry. At that time, not counting He Rubin's thousands of defeated soldiers waiting to be repatriated, and Tang Yunwen's more than a thousand people who were stationed not far from the county seat. The city is far away from Haikou. The environment faced by the director of the Qiongshan County Office is the most complex among all counties. Therefore, the team assigned to him is also quite strong, with not only relatively experienced naturalized cadres, but also a number of elders to assist him in his work. ! .
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