North side of Codex Square.
While Sha Duo was designing the environment and equipment for the demiplane experiment together with Zhi Nao in his consciousness, he was slowly walking north along the [Daxia-Saville Passage].
It was already halfway through September, and the fields were golden. Xia Duo came at the right time. The wheat harvest team organized by the Territory Logistics Department was harvesting from south to north to around Xinsan Village.
In the wheat field, in the front, there are rows of strong men with big shoulders and round waists, knocking down the mature and golden wheat straw. Behind, there are young people of mixed genders bundling the fallen wheat straw. After that, there are specialized workers. Personnel came to move the bundled wheat straw to trailers and transport them to the direction of the village corresponding to the village field.
In addition, there are some half-year-old children and their parents bringing tea and food to the field ridges to entertain the harvest team workers. When some are tired, they come over for a drink of water and something to eat.
After the trailer left with the bundled wheat straw, the restless children, under the command of their parents, carried thin sacks not much smaller than them and had fun in the fields. Pick up individual fallen wheat straws and wheat ears.
Every time the bag is half filled, they will run to their parents to ask for credit. Big drops of sweat are on their foreheads, reflecting the beautiful sunshine like shining diamonds.
There are also some children whose parents are reluctant to let them pick wheat ears, but it is the same for them to enjoy themselves. They gather around their parents and friends, run from time to time, grab a frog from the field, approach their friends, and shout loudly. laugh.
Seeing this scene, Xia Duo couldn't help but be infected by the hilarious scene. What surprised him even more was that there were two elves in the harvesting field.
The two elves were standing on the ridge of the field, holding lutes, playing and singing something. Xia Duo was a little far away and couldn't hear clearly, but judging from the behavior of the people around him, at least the children liked it.
They jumped around the elves, wanting to get closer but not daring to do so. However, the two elves lowered their heads and came closer to tease them from time to time, making the children look like kittens with exploding fur. Suddenly ran away, but soon surrounded him again.
Xia Duo continued walking slowly to the north. Suddenly he seemed to hear the cry of a child in the distant field. When he turned around, he saw that a child had fallen and was crying with his hands covered.
But the reason why the little guy was suffering so loudly may not be because his hand was injured, but because his mother was holding him aside and spanking him hard.
After this accident, although the other children still played when they should, their movements were obviously much smaller and they were no longer so noisy.
The injured child was led by his mother in the direction of Linshui Village. It seemed that he wanted to go to the Altar Square to get some holy water to soothe his wounds.
But when they passed by the two elves who were playing and singing, one of the elves stopped them and said something. The mother and son just stopped.
Then Xia Duo saw the child extending a hand to the elf in grievance, and then the elf seemed to just reach out and wipe the child's hand, and the child immediately jumped up.
She stretched out her hand in front of her mother as if offering a gift, but she only received one slap from her mother. But this time it was not as good as the spanking just now, this time it was just a gentle pat.
After that, the mother took the child and thanked the elf. It seemed that the injury on the child's hand was really healed.
Now that the child was cured, the mother did not leave with the child. Instead, she returned to the fields and continued to stare at the work of the harvest team with her husband. Occasionally, she went over to pick up some fallen wheat straws and ears, or to Send some food and drink to the harvest team members.
On the other hand, the child forgot how he was injured in the blink of an eye, and continued to run and jump in the field. At the same time, he showed his injured right hand to his friends who were playing with him. He looked so proud that he completely forgot about it. He was the one who just cried.
Seeing this scene, Xia Duo smiled, and then continued walking north. The northern harvesting team had not yet harvested there, but some villages had spontaneously formed harvesting teams.
After all, these people were poor farmers not long ago. Even if they were given some money during the land granting ceremony, they still preferred to do things themselves rather than paying for others.
Of course, it is not free for the Territory Logistics Department to organize harvesting teams. At least those members of the harvesting teams cannot work in vain, but each household does not receive much money. They mainly make money through volume. After all, harvesting is much easier than pioneering.
This money was divided among a hundred households in a new village, and most people were still willing to pay, but there were exceptions, as Xia Duo saw now.
In the village in front of us, it is obvious that the people in the village are harvesting by themselves. Unlike the field just now, where most of the children were playing around, the children here not only have to bring food and drink to their parents, but also occasionally participate in baling work.
But this is not what Xia Duo originally thought. Each family only cares about their own. Instead, the village cooperative has organized all the young and strong labor force, with both men and women working together, and the children can only be regarded as incidental.
Regarding the organization of the village cooperative, Xia Duo only saw a copy of the relevant documents in the study room of the villa in Linshui Village not long ago. Generally speaking, the villagers organized themselves through the land and determined the final share of the income based on the shares.
It has nothing to do with what is planted on the land. What is planted is decided by the cooperative. Just because high-value crops are planted on a certain piece of land, the owner of that piece of land will not get more money from the cooperative.
At the same time, in order to avoid low enthusiasm for making a big pot of rice, the cooperative will price labor. The more you work, the more you will get. If you don’t work, you can only harvest the land’s income, and the share will be deducted from the workers’ wages.
If no one is willing to work, then all labor can be outsourced. In this way, although the income will be much less, at least there will be a basic guaranteed income.
The reason why Xia Duo insists on granting land to every household and person is precisely for this purpose. Everyone has a piece of land, and no matter how bad things happen, he will not starve to death. People elsewhere are more confident.
Any civilization that is advanced or advertises itself as advanced needs to provide necessary support for civilized individuals!
At this stage, there are only two things that Xia Duo can provide, one is land, which guarantees that they will not starve to death, and the other is education, which provides a way for the people to make progress.
In addition, there are some infrastructure, such as brick roads, magic street lights, squares, and even canteens, pubs, theaters, etc., which can be regarded as necessary benefits on top of the foundation.
This is all he can provide currently, and if nothing unexpected happens, he will provide more in the future.
The reason for this is mainly because he does not believe that living a good life is an obstacle to the development of civilization. On the contrary, the purpose of the development of civilization is to make people live a good life!
Civilizations that use various calculations to leave people with no spare money, energy, or time, and can only continue to squeeze themselves into reproduction, are not true civilizations at all.
Xia Duo believes that a relaxed and abundant environment is the best environment for wisdom to grow. Obtaining inspiration through squeezing can only gain temporary benefits, but cannot achieve long-term development.
(End of chapter)
