Infrastructure masters in the red building

Regardless of how Tonghuan [-] cried bitterly and repented of the past in the prison of the county government, the people in Wuyuan County hated these bandits to the core, and wished to call the name "Tonghuan [-]" every day. Thousands of times, I begged the Buddha to bless him, and I must never let him die a bad life.

The reason why everyone hates the copper ring Sanliu is very simple. This time there were bandits in Wuyuan County, and almost all the wealth accumulated by a generation of people was lost all of a sudden.Wuyuan County will soon face a series of problems such as poor people's livelihood and a stagnant economy.

Wuyuan County was originally a large grain county, and this year's autumn tax was paid nearly ten thousand stones.The Qiu Fu was first paid by the Liu family and several large grain households.Afterwards, the Liu family incident happened, and before they had time to harvest this year's autumn tax from each household in the county, most of the food was stored by each family—at this juncture, there was a bandit.

Food is the life of villagers.After the officers and soldiers smashed the bandits in the city of Wuyuan County, although the people were excited, the villagers who originally lived in the villages outside the city went home and cried everywhere.The houses built by many people were burned to the ground, valuables were looted, and the food originally hidden in the cellar was also robbed and burned. Even domestic pigs, sheep, chickens, ducks, etc. The unjust souls in the belly of the bandits were beaten to death.

The people in the city are not much better than the farmers outside the city.They were all doing small businesses or relying on the county government for a living.Once Wuyuan County was besieged this time, their livelihood would be lost immediately, and the family's food storage would also be exhausted during the siege.

When the Siege of Wu Yuan was first resolved, everyone was overjoyed, celebrating the hard-won tranquility, but once faced with the cold reality, even the most optimistic people would not be able to laugh—there is still about half a year until next year’s grain harvest , How should I spend the past six months?

It can only be rescued by the Taoyuan Village next door——everyone thinks so.After all, Taoyuan Village did not lose much when the banditry struck.

But no matter whether they are villagers in the city or people from outside the city, everyone is penniless and homeless. What can they exchange for the rice grain provided by Taoyuanzhai?

But the people in Wuyuan County feel that it is wrong to ask people to send rice grains for free. The grains in Taoyuan County do not fall from the sky, they are also planted with hard work, not to mention that Taoyuan Village itself has so much. Open your mouth, who doesn't want to eat food?

At the time of panic all day long, the county government of Wuyuan County distributed the first batch of grain transferred from Taoyuan Village to the people in the county.Each household takes the household as a unit and goes to the county to receive ten days' rations. At the same time, they must register the details of their household registration with the help of the county government staff.

The county government originally had a full set of household registration records, which recorded the dates of birth and death of the residents of Wuyuan County, what they did for a living, whether they married, etc., and could correspond to the fish scale books.

But this time, when the people of Wuyuan County receive food, in addition to confirming the contents of the household registration records, they also need to truthfully declare a lot of supplementary information, such as literacy level, health status, whether they have special skills, and so on.

"Auntie, think again, what else do you know, do you know how to weave? Do you know how to spin? Embroidery? Breeding?... Breeding means domesticated pigs, sheep, chickens, ducks and the like."

"My lord, you said you know how to carpentry, so which of the following tools are not commonly used in carpentry?"

The staff of the county government took the trouble to ask the people who came to collect the rations to confirm the contents of their declaration.At the beginning, the people were very anxious: after all, there was no cooking at home. If they answered questions one by one, the queue would have to wait until the year of the monkey.

Unexpectedly, the Wuyuan County Government saw that the progress was slow, so they went to the county school and the Confucian Temple to move a lot of desks and benches out, and lined up on the long street in front of the county government.Hundreds of staff went into battle together to help the people declare their household registration information.

These workers are not just county magistrates from Wuyuan County, but also many young people, both men and women, and their accents don't all sound like locals.

Immediately, some people in Wuyuan County guessed it: "Xi Ya, you are from Yu Jiang, right?"

The young worker on the opposite side replied with a smile: "We are from Taoyuan Village. Entrusted by Master Yuan of Wuyuan County, we are temporarily seconded to Wuyuan County to help with work."

With the help of this group of young and patient Taoyuanzhai youths, the people of Wuyuan County felt that they could not finish this task in one day. As a result, when the sun went down in the evening, every household had already received rations.

The people of Wuyuan County felt that this "declaration" was very fresh, but the young people who came to Taoyuan Village all looked indifferent-this kind of declaration was already commonplace for them, and it was an old calendar.

The advantage of receiving rations according to the head is that in this way, there will no longer be a phenomenon of concealing the population in the county - concealing the population is tantamount to a disadvantage, and everyone understands this truth.

However, there have been one or two false population reports. For example, there is an [-]-year-old mother in the family who has difficulty walking and cannot come to the county government office to report; No, there is really no way to declare Yunyun together.

Faced with these declarations, the staff were very calm: "This fellow, I would like to remind you that today you are only reporting, and it does not involve verification for the time being. However, the verification work will definitely be carried out in the future. If the verification results are consistent with your If the content of the declaration does not match, it will affect your credit rating."

"What is a credit rating?" The person who declared was dumbfounded.

"Credit rating is how reliable your words are." A fellow villager who understood reminded the person next to him, "If you tell a lie once, your credit will be a little bit worse, and if you tell a lie again, it will be a little bit worse. If you tell a lie, no one will believe it.”

The staff member nodded: "That's correct. If you don't have a wife in your family, but you insist on declaring that you have a pregnant wife, you won't be seen in the future, and you will be charged with killing your wife and children, and even one dead body and two lives may not be guaranteed."

"No, no, no..." The man who was talking nonsense just now was frightened, shook his hand and said, "There is no such thing! I... I'm just hungry and afraid, and my brain is not working for a while, so I want to apply for an extra ration ..."

"Don't record this matter in your file this time, but next time you commit a crime, your credit rating will definitely be deducted." The staff didn't have time to mess around with such a guy, and continued, "Next!"

There are not a few people who want to apply for an extra ration - the food they receive from the county is only a ten-day ration, which means that the county may only provide relief for ten days, and then everyone has to figure out their own way.There is an eagerness to ask those staff members.

The staff replied confidently: "Don't worry, new policies will be introduced in the county in the next few days. Please wait!"

Sure enough, a few days later, the county posted a notice asking all households within the jurisdiction to come to the county one by one to collect "vouchers" on a mile-by-mile basis.

"What is a 'voucher'?" As soon as the news came out, the people in Wuyuan County were confused.

"I know, I know," someone rushed to answer, "Someone in Taoyuan Village has been using 'circulation coupons', so it must be the one used?"

Before the banditry, Taoyuan Village had very close contacts with Wuyuan County. Many merchants in Wuyuan County would go to Taoyuan Village to buy from the market, and some would send supplies needed by Taoyuan Village to sell. no stranger.Some people even saved a lot of circulation coupons. Before the bandits fled this time, they took the coupons as coins and took them to Wuyuan County, which can be regarded as a small fortune.

"No, the cash coupon is a cash coupon, and the circulation coupon is a circulation coupon. You will know when you see it." The staff next to the notice explained to everyone on their behalf.

It didn't take long for the vouchers to be distributed to every household.Everyone took a look, and it was really different from the circulation certificate—the peach blossom was printed on the circulation certificate, which was the symbol of Taoyuan Village, and a peach blossom represented five cents.The voucher is printed with gold ingots, and five gold ingots are stacked together to form a small flower shape, representing five cents.

The issuance of vouchers is linked to the population of each household, but if the labor force of a household is particularly small and the burden is particularly heavy, more will be issued appropriately.

The vouchers each household deserved were calculated in advance by the county officials and announced to the people in every mile.In this way, even if the yamen servant or the head of the village in charge of issuing coupons wants to issue more to a certain household, they cannot do it-this will make the total number of coupons not match.

When the people got the vouchers, they didn't understand what these vouchers were used for, but soon, the Wuyuan County Government posted a notice that a big fair would be held outside the city of Wuyuan County. It's five days.People can use the "vouchers" in their hands to buy things in the market.

At the same time, the county government of Wuyuan County also kindly reminded: the voucher is not a bearer, so it must be kept properly. If it is stolen or lost, the county government will not provide it again.

The common people finally understood: it’s a fact that the county government gave everyone this coupon to let everyone go shopping—isn’t this the same as sending money to everyone?Why not send the money directly?

But with Taoyuanzhai's "circulation coupons" jewels in front, the people of Wuyuan were not particularly resistant to paper currency. Since the county magistrate issued it, they tried it out.

Soon, preparations for Wu Yuan Daji were completed.The market is just outside the south gate of Wuyuan County, stretching for a mile or two.

Most of the merchants in the market are from Taoyuanzhai, and a small number are from Yong'an Prefecture.Most of these merchants provide the necessities of life: food, salt, oil, tea, cotton and linen, and various other urgent supplies, such as the most important rice seeds, breeders, breeders, and various peppers , tomato, sugar cane, pyrethrum seeds.

The people in Wuyuan County originally went straight to the food stalls as soon as they entered the market. After seeing other supplies and commodities, they realized that they could not spend all their vouchers on food and necessities.The food is eaten as soon as it is eaten, but life has to go on. Those abandoned fields after the bandits have to be plowed quickly, and some vegetables should be planted in front of and behind the house. Raising chickens and pigs does not cost much food. In the future Anyway, there will be an output...

There are several varieties of rice displayed in Taoyuan Village, including early rice, middle-early rice, middle-late rice, and late rice.An old man with a tanned face can distribute rice seeds as long as he hears the soil quality in the field from the farmers. He also left the address of the Agricultural College of Xiaoxiang Academy, saying that he will hold regular classes to teach the way of growing rice. You can listen to it for free and provide after-sales service.

The same is true for most of the merchants who sell the rest of the seeds. They leave their addresses, indicating that all harvested peppers and tomatoes will be purchased at market prices. If the people are worried, they can sign the deed.

The most interesting thing is that the family that sells sugarcane seeds has even guaranteed that Taoyuanzhai will come to collect sugarcane when it produces sugarcane in the future.The family also keeps reminding that if they find patches of wild sugarcane in the mountains, as long as they are high in sweetness, they can be sent to the sugar workshop in Taoyuanzhai, and the sugar workshop will take as much as there are.

In addition to these necessities and seeds, there are also many coppersmiths and blacksmiths from Yong'an Prefecture. According to the requirements of the people, they forge iron and bronze wares on the spot, and make various agricultural tools and daily necessities.

All stalls accept three types of currency: vouchers, currency notes and copper coins.

In addition to the stalls of merchants, there is also a booth under the banner of "Financial Development Bureau", which is responsible for helping people exchange currency.After the merchants receive the vouchers, they can go to the "Financial Development Bureau" to exchange the vouchers for circulation coupons or copper coins.

But if someone asks to do the reverse and exchange vouchers or copper coins for cash vouchers, that’s not allowed—"Sorry, the cash vouchers issued by the county government this time can only be used once, and once they are recycled, they will never be circulated again." .So there is no way to change it back. But you can continue to use circulation coupons or copper coins for transactions."

People from Wuyuan County came over and wanted to directly exchange the vouchers in their hands for copper coins, but they were also politely refused.

"The exchange of vouchers is only available to merchants who set up stalls in the market." People from the Financial Development Bureau politely refused the common people who wanted to exchange the vouchers for copper coins first.

This means that all the vouchers obtained by the people of Wuyuan County can only be spent at the Wuyuan Fair held for five consecutive days, and the hands of those merchants will be returned to the hands of the "Financial Development Bureau" .

Some people asked the staff of the Development Bureau curiously: "Where do you get the copper coins and circulation coupons here? Why are you willing to exchange cash coupons for us?"

The staff replied: "It was provided by Jia Fang, the envoy of the Pingnan Festival. In other words, Mr. Jia provided the cash money that the people of He County, Wuyuan County spent on the market for five days at his own expense. You should thank Jia The grown-ups are."

The people in Wuyuan County suddenly realized: "It turns out that Mr. Jia is sympathetic to us."

But Jia Fang did not actually provide a lot of cash—most of the merchants in this episode are from Taoyuanzhai, so they chose to replace all the vouchers with circulation vouchers.Only some merchants from Yong'an Prefecture chose to exchange copper coins.

The common people of Wuyuan, holding the vouchers in their hands, suddenly realized in this episode that they don't know how to spend money anymore.Originally, I only planned to buy some rations and go back to dawdle, but suddenly found that I had to make good plans for tomorrow.

As a result, families can be seen everywhere in the market gathering together, head to head, discussing how to spend the little vouchers in hand.It is very important to live now, but it is even more important to live well in the future.For a moment, there were countless people arguing about how much rations should be bought, how many seeds should be bought, and how to arrange life in the future...

This was probably the most difficult time for the people of Wuyuan County to go to the market.

But just when these people were extremely entangled and didn't know how to make a decision, the Financial Development Bureau extended a helping hand to them:

"I don't know how to spend the vouchers? It doesn't matter. First meet the needs of life. If you want to buy seeds, farm tools, or even machinery to set up factories in the future, you can consider the small and low-interest loans provided by the Financial Development Bureau."

The Financial Development Bureau is actually the Finance Office and the Investment Promotion Office of Taoyuan Village. The two agencies merged into one in Wuyuan County and became one.

Of course, not everyone can get a small low-interest loan. First of all, the lender's future plan must be consistent with the information registered with the county government.For example, those who intend to do farming must have experience in tending the fields; those who want to do business must have at least been a shopkeeper of a commercial firm;

In addition, the lender must have no criminal record, be guaranteed by the head of the village, or at least have registered the land deed in the county, and have a certain strength before he can borrow from the Financial Development Bureau.

These two conditions are not particularly harsh. Many people in Wuyuan County are eligible, but there is one condition that makes them hesitate-if the Financial Development Bureau approves the loan, it will be in the form of half copper coins and half negotiable notes issued.

In other words, they borrowed money, but they could only get half of the cash, and the other half was the colorful floral paper used in Taoyuan Village.

Some people panicked and did not dare to borrow money.

Some people also went to ask the fellow villagers in Taoyuan Village.As a result, the people in Taoyuan Village said: "You don't need to worry about this at all. Circulation coupons are only better than copper coins. If you are used to using circulation coupons, you can't wait to get all the copper coins back!"

"However, if you really mind, as soon as you get the loan, you can go to the financial office and immediately exchange the circulation notes in your hand for copper coins. The financial office promised to exchange them at any time. If it doesn't exchange for you, the whole Taoyuan village will panic Yes, so he absolutely dare not. But I advise you to keep the circulation coupon in your hand, this thing is really easy to use."

The folks in Taoyuanzhai warned the folks in Wuyuan County.The villagers in Wuyuan County gradually felt relieved after they found out that the "Financial Office" was actually the "Financial Development Bureau".

Jia Fang, who was dressed in casual clothes, and the First Prince walked through the Wu Yuan Great Collection together.Jia Fang was very satisfied with the results of this fair, but the eldest prince was at a loss: "What is this all about? It's a voucher, and it's a loan?"

Jia put his back straight and said proudly: "This is the 'Marshall Plan' to revive the economy of Wuyuan and Taoyuanzhai!"

"'Jaxiel Plan'?" Naturally, the eldest prince could not know the name of the economic stimulus plan after the world war in another time and space, and he even misheard the name. "It's true that your surname is Jia, but Xie'er...that name sounds unlucky!"

Jia Fang was speechless for a moment: "It's okay, just pretend I didn't say anything. In short, this is a plan to stimulate the economic development of the two places and help the people tide over the difficulties."

"Jia Zifang, I don't care about these things. You promised me last time, the plan to rectify the Pingnan camp, have you thought it through?" The eldest prince said bluntly, "This king has a shortcoming, which is patience. not so good."