Quagmire City.
It sounds like a lord city like Pang Xun, but in fact it is a geographical concept.
There are also lords in Quanquan City, but they can only manage their own lives and not control others, because according to the Phoenix Kingdom's measurement, the entire Quanquan City covers an area of approximately 1,100 square kilometers and is composed of more than a dozen settlements.
The form of the settlements is very strange. It cannot be considered a city or a small town. Most of the settlements are a few large households close together. They surround the villages formed by their own homes and the families of craftsmen who have long-term working relationships, and it is considered a defensive point. , if there are wild bandits, collect the surrounding farmers into their own yards.
The so-called Quagmire City is the area where the lord is located, and it can be regarded as the trade center of the region.
Master Judd returned to this place where he had lived for decades, and felt very emotional when he saw the people all over the place who were so hungry that they were numb.
When Judd was in Quagmire City, he was a large landowner with hundreds of tenant households. However, due to the impact of the major collision, farming did not bring much money, which was enough to maintain a balance of payments.
Later, through the introduction of the Manu brothers, he began to help sell medium-sized oil refining equipment, but it didn't last long. He was deceived into becoming a shareholder of Gold Chemical. His family also moved to Nan Pangxun, and the shabby land in the family was entrusted to others. .
When I came back this time, the first thing I did was to meet the tenants.
Different from the nouveau riche landlords, the Judd family is a landlord that has been passed down for many generations, and they will pay more attention to the relationship between tenants and their families. When they became the first people in Quanquan City to buy Phoenix Kingdom equipment, it was also to prevent the tenants from falling into trouble. Hungry.
It is obviously a world with slaves, but it has a relatively peaceful relationship between landlords and tenants. To put it bluntly, it is still a choice brought by time.
Slaves were not motivated to work and needed to maintain a dedicated team of supervisors. If the system is a little stricter, the slaves will die; if it is a little looser, the slaves will run away.
After deducting the maintenance fee of the supervisory team, the actual harvest is not good, especially the grain output per unit area cannot be seen at all, and in a special place like Miquan City, it seems to be a waste of water for irrigation.
Tenants are a special rental relationship established between landlords and farmers with common interests.
The farmers pay grain in proportion, and the landlords help the farmers solve all the troubles outside of farming. These troubles include but are not limited to births, funerals and other strange things, and they all need help from the landlords.
In addition, landlords also have to bear certain disaster risks, including the dual responsibilities of livestock and personnel. During periods of drought and floods, landlords also need to lend some grain to tenants. Whether the grain is returned with interest or a slight reduction depends on the landlord's character. Even the mood has no rules.
Maintaining stability among tenant farmers was an instinctive choice for generations of landowners like Judd.
Taking Judd himself as an example, his family's land is related to a village formed by two tenants, or residents on two dirt roads on a piece of land. Everyone lives together. If a tenant dies of starvation, it will easily lead to a collective flight. Once the land is abandoned, it will take at least several years to return to the previous level.
Thinking back on these things now, they feel a little distant. Recently at Gold Chemical, it seems like there are meetings every day.
Soon he was waiting for the tenants to come to his door.
When tenants come to the house, they will bring some gifts, but because food is very difficult recently, the tenants can only bring out some handmade products.
According to custom, he accepted them all, and he was qualified because he had provided money to support these tenants in the past two years.
This involves another landowner in the big village where the old house is located. Even if they are both old landowners, after so many years since the big collision, there is no surplus grain to lend, so Judd has to pay for the work of taking care of the tenant farmers.
Logically speaking, this has become a floating island, so it is better to get rid of the tenant farmers and give them freedom.
The problem is that the landlords think this way, but the tenant farmers don’t. It can be said that the tenant farmers who rely on the landlords definitely have a much higher survival rate than the starving people outside. In order to survive, they are even willing to sell themselves. How can they agree to lift the contract? contract.
As for using coercive measures, Judd never thought about it. As a shareholder of Gold Heavy Industry, he couldn't afford the money.
When several hundred people arrived, Judd and the housekeeper had a chat, feeling that they were almost here, so they got down to business.
"This time, Master, I have come back to find a way for you to survive. You go back and find someone who can handle things at home and have good legs and feet. One person per family will work with San'er (housekeeper) from tomorrow on. Each person will be given 3 cents of Phoenix coins and sugar every day. and beans, a pound and a half, and a handful of vegetables.”
"Buzz buzz." Hundreds of people cooed at each other, making a lot of noise.
Someone who was bold enough asked: "I have good legs and feet here, can't I do it today?"
"Master, I'm on my way back today and I don't have time to wait on you. Remember, I'll wait for you to have breakfast at most tomorrow morning. If it's late, go back. Before leaving, each of you can go to San'er and get a dollar."
This one piece per person was paid for by himself and was not reimbursed.
Yes, Judd is one of the subcontractors in charge of the Quagmire City relief project.
The project has a name, "Ganlin". Judd was already over fifty when he learned Qin Yu. He didn't know much about it, but he knew it was a good idea.
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All subcontractors of the Ganlin project are large local households receiving relief that have long-term cooperation with the Phoenix Kingdom or have simply immigrated to the Phoenix Kingdom.
The reason why it needs to be a big one is because it is difficult to deal with local snakes, and this project is handled in a hurry, so ordinary people cannot handle it.
Fortunately, these large-scale life-saving projects allowed the big investors to earn some fame themselves, so they were not opposed to it, and the regulations were finalized after a few meetings.
The tasks of each large household are not the same.
There are a total of five subcontractors in Quagmire City. Judd is mainly responsible for airport docking, and the part for expanding the airport is directly sent to the lord.
Although it looks like an airport docking, it is actually very troublesome to do.
He has to pull up a team of about 500 people, responsible for picking up the goods, unloading the goods, subcontracting, and finally transferring the goods to the subcontractors and recording the ledgers. If someone below the subcontractors is causing trouble, Judd will be needed. I personally took action to settle the matter... I had no money to pay.
This subcontracting job is not very easy to gain recognition in front of the public. The advantage is that it can be cheaper for your own people. As soon as the person is in place, he will be treated as a full-time salary without waiting for follow-up organization.
During the process of becoming a floating island, Mitan City experienced pressure relief from the oil fields. Later, it purchased generators, kowtow machines, etc. The kowtow machines are all small-sized, which is more suitable for Mitan City's separate operations.
With a certain amount of oil production and refining capacity restored, the native people of Quanquan City can find more or less roundabout connections and make some money through this chain. It’s just that the salary is not enough and the food is too expensive, so I can’t eat enough. The rest of the family has to get wild vegetables, sawdust and other things to fill their stomachs.
The situation is not good, but at least it is not to the point of having to eat people.
The main people who need help are those from outside who want to make money.
Nitan City can now only supply the needs of the Pangxun sector. The Phoenix Kingdom also mainly purchases standard products from Gold Chemicals. With the sales scale severely restricted, locals cannot get enough jobs, and it is even less likely to hire outsiders for the oil refining workshop. .
These outsiders had the tendency to cause banditry, but the lord of Quanquan invited Pangxun City Defense Force to come and wander around a few times to suppress the momentum, but the hidden danger was not eliminated.
The Ganlin project's Nitan Station will use these outsiders and give them a bite to eat. At the same time, it will build Nitan City and pave the asphalt accumulated during this period into standard transportation roads.
As for whether this large-scale relief will force the lords to donate, that is not the responsibility of Master Judd. The kingdom's diplomats should discuss it.
