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The Chenghai family also jointly developed the Jiazi Coal Mine with the Australians. Since the Australians occupied Qiong, he has actually invested in the freight business on the Nandu River and Haikou Port. [No pop-up novel website] Money is rolling in. In this case, whether Australians recruit workers or not, it has nothing to do with him.
But since the Australians arrived in Qiongshan, because he had an old relationship with the Australians, and the People's Committee for Civil Affairs had always wanted to win over him as a bridge between the wealthy gentry families in Qiongshan, Hai Shuzu gradually became the favorite of the wealthy gentry families in Qiongshan. As a leader, he came forward to talk to Liu Xiang on many matters of negotiation.
Since the wealthy gentry regarded him as their mainstay, it was not convenient for him to refuse, so he invited them to his home to discuss matters.
"The grain is rented out, and everyone has run away. How can we pay the summer and autumn taxes?" Everyone cried, "There has been a disaster and no one is farming. How can we pay for the grain..."
"I heard that the Australians want to improve the tax system and ask the big households to pay more. Do the Australians still want us, the foundation of the imperial court? Do they want to share the world with the mud idiots? The owners are the foundation of the world. How can we do this? If we are defeated, you have to have a good talk with them about who will pay them food."
The small flower hall of Haishu's ancestral home was crowded with wealthy gentry from Qiongshan County, as well as some local scholars and other scholars. Although the family did not have a few acres of land, they had some sympathy with the wealthy families. It is said that the Australians have abolished the two-stone grain exemption for scholars in Lingao. This is not only an economic issue, but also a face issue for the scholars. Although the news has not yet been confirmed, the scholars in Qiongshan County are still in panic all day long.
"Master Hai, you can't let the Australian leaders mess around. We are all dutiful people. The imperial court always treats property owners and scholars preferentially. Not to mention this dynasty, it was like this in the former Yuan and Song dynasties. They don't call themselves They are Miao descendants of the Song Dynasty. When did the Song Dynasty cause such a thing?"
Hai Shuzu listened to the quarrels of a group of people in a well-mannered manner. To be honest, he had no feelings about these remarks. Since it had nothing to do with his own interests, he naturally had no personal feelings.
But since he wanted to "benefit the village", Hai Shuzu certainly couldn't just refuse. He knew that what Liu Xiang was most concerned about right now was actually the food problem. As long as he could solve the food problem, "Director Liu" would be much easier to talk to.
The Hai family's grain reserves were limited and Tiandi would contract his land. According to the contract, the land rent paid to him would be settled with grain circulation coupons. With this kind of circulation voucher, he can buy various Australian products at the local "Wanyou" store and cooperative store in Qiongshan, and then sell them to make more profits, so he has no objection to the purchase of surplus grain. .
When everyone's speeches came to an end, he said: "Everyone, it is difficult for students to guess what the leaders think, but from the students' perspective, the first priority of Australians is food..."
Now everyone's faces looked ugly again.
Of course there is food. China's traditional agricultural landowners use hoarding grain as one of the means to preserve wealth - on the one hand, this is because it is not easy to cash in grain in an era of underdeveloped commodity economy, and on the other hand, grain is actually the main "hard currency" in rural areas. Especially in areas like Hainan Island where the commodity economy is underdeveloped and the circulation scale is small, grain is not only used as wages for long-term workers, but also plays an important role in rural loan sharking. During times of famine, food became an important tool for seizing land and slaves.
Asking the big households to come up with food is tantamount to digging out their pet peeves. Moreover, after the land was cleared, all the exemptions brought by the privileges and money of the wealthy gentry have been wiped out. The originally low burden will inevitably increase greatly in the summer and autumn. Many people were originally dissatisfied with this, and now they hear that it will be required again. The food became more and more difficult to accept, and everyone hesitated. Some people began to cry about poverty again, saying that they had reluctantly taken out a lot of food when collecting disaster relief food, and now the family could only eat gruel.
For a while, the flower hall was so noisy that it was almost impossible to talk.
Hai Shuzu waved his hands and said with a bitter smile: "Masters, go tell these things to the leaders. What's the point of telling the students? The students don't want any of your food..."
The flower hall suddenly became quiet. The Hai family is certainly easy to talk to, but the Australians are very difficult to talk to. And they had also seen the methods they used to suppress bandits and Qingxiang in Qiongshan. They were pervasive and decisive. They would never condone killing when it was necessary, but they would not kill indiscriminately.
Thinking back to the scene when the tenants' debts were cleared more than ten days ago, many people couldn't help but shrink their necks. The originally angry crowd suddenly lost their arrogance. Many people are still aware of current affairs: the current situation is at least ten years away. Inside, there is no sign that the Ming Dynasty will return to Qiongzhou Prefecture. The Australians are the "emperors" of Hainan Island.
After letting everyone's legitimate sons go to Lingao to "visit and study" half a month ago, they learned more about the true power of Australians, and it also had a subtle "calming" effect on the wealthy gentry.
Hai Shuzu saw that everyone was silent, so he conveyed to the wealthy people what Liu Xiang wanted him to convey when talking to him. A few days ago, Liu Xiang had met with him alone and had an in-depth talk with him for several hours about land and food issues. Hai Shuzu fully understood the leader's intention.
The policies formulated by Liu Xiang are relatively moderate. He knew that if he blindly resisted the policies of the Executive Committee, it would be difficult for him to end well. After all, "righteousness" and "national policy" are two huge labels, and he will definitely not be able to bear them.
Fortunately, Secretary Ma’s main goals are twofold: food and land intensification.
As long as this goal is achieved to a certain extent, there is ample room for maneuver - after all, many people are opposed to Ma Qianzhu and Ye Yuming's rural policies.
After thinking for many days, he came up with a new method. Of course, this depends on whether the local big players are "aware". Liu Xiang felt that after the previous stage of the security war and the work of clearing the father-in-law's land, they should know that the world was different.
"People, the chiefs have been transported to Lingao, and it is absolutely impossible for them to come back. Besides, the tenants are not your slaves. If you recruit tenants, you must give them back. Even the Ming Dynasty's court followed this principle, right? "Ancestor Haishu put an end to everyone's thoughts with some words.
There was a sigh of regret from the crowd. That's absolutely true. In this matter, the Australians cannot be said to be unreasonable. Although they are a bit forceful when clearing debts, everyone knows that there is nothing unfair about the Australians in doing this.
An old man interjected in fear: "Then, what should we do with this land? Most of the land at home has been abandoned!"
For a while, many people started shouting again. Hai Shuzu calmly waved his hand and said: "Di, since we are all short of people, can we leave it to the Heaven and Earth Society to do the planting..."
These words were like a piece of ice thrown into a hot pan. There was a moment of silence at first, and then many people rushed to speak: some questioned, some inquired, and some were in panic all day long, simply shouting from heaven and earth, saying no. Find out why.
Tiandihui's activities in Qiongshan have already begun. In addition to directly contracting land, Tiandihui also supports small and medium-sized landowners and rich peasants in rural areas. Its various actions in using "Australian agricultural laws" to guide farming have indeed attracted the attention of large-scale gentry households. Our interest, especially that of Hai Shuzu in front of us, is to contract all the land to the "Heaven and Earth Society" for planting. Although there is no harvest yet, the growth of the crops is indeed much stronger than that of ordinary fields. If it were not for the typhoon, it would definitely be Can have excellent harvest.
But it is too bold to completely entrust the land to the Australians for farming. They are no better than those small and medium-sized landowners and homesteaders. They only have a hundred acres of land in their hands. The Haijia family is actually at the level of small landowners. Most of the large households gathered here The land they own is more than 500 acres, and a dozen households have as much as several thousand acres. Many people are worried that if they really give the land to the Tiandihui, what will happen if the Tiandihui becomes black? You must know that Tiandihui is not a tenant who can be bullied by others, but a genuine "Australian government".
Hai Shuzu waited for the chaos to subside for a while, and then said: "The students have only this option. As for the credibility of the Australians: So far, they have said what they say, and they have never broken their trust. They do things openly and aboveboard. With the humble opinion of a student, I would never do something that is outside the realm of others." As he said this, he glanced at everyone again, and the faces of several gentry suddenly looked ugly. They used "efforts" and were not trustworthy to blackmail small landowners and farmers. It's not like they haven't done anything about the land. "Besides, giving it to the Tiandihui is not selling the land. If you want, it can be one year, three to five years, or even ten or eight years." Hai Shuzu said with a smile. He smiled and said, "Based on the knowledge of students, since the land clearing, the Australians have to implement new taxes, so it would be easier to just leave it to the Tiandihui."
These words of intimidation and profit moved a lot of people's hearts, and several people asked the Tiandi Society about the specific method of contracting land and the regulations on the sharing of land between the two parties.
Tiandihui's land service is divided into two parts. One is similar to what the Wanjia brothers did in Lingao. It mainly provides fine seeds and technical services and does not directly participate in the production and operation activities of the landlord. The harvest belongs to the landowner. Just pay technical service fees and material fees to Tiandihui. Land taxes were also paid by the landowners themselves.
The second type is the contracting system, which is generally aimed at large tracts of land, such as Xuetian and Haishuzu in each county, and other landowners who are not interested in operating the land themselves. There are differences in the division of land. Ye Yuming divides such land into different divisions according to the fertility status of the fields, water conservancy facilities and the number of accompanying tenants. Tiandihui's fees range from the lowest 50% to the highest 73%! .
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