Although he did not see the situation described by Dong San with his own eyes.
But in the memory of the Long March, too many soldiers slept forever on the way because of hunger.
Continuous hunger with no hope at all can be said to be the most painful torture in the world.
Yi Zi ate each other, and the ground was full of hungry corpses.
How much pain can be restored from words alone?
"How are the resettlement of the victims going?"
Kong Jie asked, the only thing he can do now is to use the financial resources of the independent regiment to treat more victims.
Dong San nodded: "Captain, don't worry, all 825 victims have been properly accommodated."
Kong Jie looked at Xu Qingnian again and asked: "Have you made any specific financial plans?
Based on the current excess reserves and grain reserves in our finances, if we do our best to resettle the victims.
Based on the cost of resettling these more than 800 victims, what is the maximum capacity of our independent regiment base?"
Xu Qingnian replied: "Captain, I have already calculated the approximate figures. According to our current financial resources, food, and material conditions, if we try our best, we should be able to resettle no more than 10,000 victims." p>
"Too little!" Kong Jie directly commented.
"Once the disaster becomes severe in the future, the number of victims who may flood into our base area will be far more than this. Let alone 10,000, even 100,000 may not be enough."
These words frightened Dong San and Xu Qingnian.
Kong Jie said: "Why, do you think I'm scaring you?"
"Yes, we will use caravans to rescue some victims, but we will do what we can.
We cannot completely destroy our base area, and the existing victims will still be unable to survive."
"But don't forget how vicious the little devils are. Once the disaster is serious, will the devils still control the people in the county?"
"Perhaps in order to reduce the economic pressure on the counties, villages and towns, the Japanese will directly drive a large number of refugees to our base area."
"What can we do then? Our Eighth Route Army troops can't just watch the refugees starve to death, right?"
"This all needs to be prepared in advance. The more refugees our base can handle, the better."
Xu Qingnian and Dong San both laughed bitterly. Once the population increases, they will have the heaviest burden.
"Yes, leader, let's think of a way and make preparations in advance to accommodate as many victims as possible," Dong San replied.
Seeing the bitter expressions on Dong San and Xu Qingnian's faces, Kong Jie, who was speaking righteously, suddenly laughed and said:
"I said you two brats, why are you looking so sad?"
"Aren't they just some disaster victims? Cheer up, this may not be a bad thing."
Dong San was dumbfounded when he heard this, "Captain, so many victims came here with their mouths open waiting for food. Isn't this a bad thing?"
Kong Jie said with a smile: "Then it depends on the ability of you cadres. If these victims are not handled properly, it will naturally be a disaster.
But if handled well, not only is it not a disaster, it is actually a great thing. It can even be said to be the biggest opportunity for our independent group."
Seeing that Dong San and Xu Qingnian were confused, Kong Jie continued to explain:
"Let me give you the simplest example."
"If there are three people in a family, and only one adult laborer works on the land, harvests food, and feeds three mouths, will such a family life be very difficult?"
Dong Sandao: "Captain, that's for sure. How can it be so easy for one person to take care of three mouths?"
Kong Jie said: "What if three more people come, and these three people are all adult laborers, and now four people are cultivating wasteland and providing food and drink for six people?"
Xu Qingnian said: "Then the situation will be much better. One person can support multiple people including himself... Captain, I understand what you mean. What you mean is that these three people are
The victims you are talking about?"
Kong Jie smiled and said: "As expected of a top student in the Department of Finance, he responded very quickly. That's exactly what I meant."
"To put it very cruelly, when a disaster occurs in a place, the people have no income and no food to eat, so they can only find ways to escape to other places to fill their stomachs."
"Weak elderly people, children, and women are even so weak that they no longer have the strength to walk. Most of the people who are able to escape from the disaster area are young and strong people."
"Although these people are disaster victims, they are also the most easily available labor force."
"If we can properly deal with these people who have escaped, let them have full stomachs and shelter from wind and rain, our simple people will not mind putting in a little more effort."
What Kong Jie said is the truth. These days, as long as they can have a full stomach, what can't the people do?
When natural disasters are rampant and war is chaotic.
Why are so many simple people willing to risk death to become soldiers?
Isn’t it just to have a stable meal?
Being a soldier requires you to be prepared to sacrifice your life at all times, and after Kong Jie resettled these victims, he only needed some effort from them.
Xu Qingnian took it seriously and said: "Captain, if you think about it from this perspective, it is indeed the case."
"The emergence of refugees will bring us more labor force. If these labor forces can be fully utilized, it can indeed create more wealth for our base area."
"You can call it demographic dividend, or population benefit, population benefit, etc." Kong Jie said with a smile.
"Demographic dividend?" Xu Qingnian was very surprised. This was the first time he heard such a term.
Kong Jie said: "A simple explanation means that in an area, the proportion of the working population is relatively high, thereby providing more productivity for the entire area and promoting overall economic development."
"This means we will have more labor to feed everyone."
"Of course, this requires a major premise: we need to properly resettle the refugees. If we want the refugees to work, we first need to feed them and clothe them, right? This is the most basic."
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"Secondly, we need to fully utilize this labor force. To put it simply, we feed the refugees but cannot find corresponding things for them to work on. This is a waste of labor force and a waste of our resources. p>
Under such circumstances, refugees will only become a burden that gradually drags down our base area."
Dong San said excitedly: "Captain, if you want to find jobs for everyone, it won't be difficult. All aspects of our base are waiting to find people to employ!"
"We are opening up wasteland to grow potatoes, sweet potatoes and other crops and vegetables. Do we need people?
There is also the breeding of livestock, chickens, ducks, geese, etc.
Our chicken essence factory, as well as the newly opened fine salt factory, sugar factory, briquettes and briquette stoves, various workshops, the production of these commodities, as well as the subsequent sales and transportation, which of these does not require people?
According to the construction in various parts of the land, build houses, dig ditches, expand planting, cultivate crops, etc.
In addition, Commander, you proposed last time the economic construction and development of the base area, the direction of Inner Mongolia, the direction of XJ, as well as the development of surrounding enemy-occupied areas, Kuomintang-controlled areas, and Shanxi-Suiqing areas.
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All of these require people, and they also require long-term labor force.
It is estimated that tens of thousands of laborers can be used.
This has always been a headache for me. Our labor force is limited, and the troops must be retained to fight. We cannot disband the troops to do business, so the labor force has always been vacant.
But when you said this, leader, I suddenly realized that if this refugee really comes over, maybe it will be the biggest opportunity for our independent group!"
Dong San became more and more excited as he talked, and Xu Qingnian beside him couldn't help but interrupt several times.
Finally, Dong San expressed his eager attitude in one sentence: "Captain, when will the refugees come?"
Kong Jie: "…………"
The three of them discussed for a while how to make full use of the refugee labor force, as well as various developments and measures. Kong Jie changed the subject and gave instructions:
"Having said that, this matter should not be rushed. The focus must first be on how to properly resettle the refugees."
"We must not only ensure that the refugees are properly resettled, but also ensure that it does not affect the external defense and development of our base area."
"This requires acceptance in batches, batch by batch."
"A series of preparations must be made to prevent unexpected situations from occurring during the process of accepting refugees, such as enemy spies sneaking in, deliberately creating riots, etc."
"These countermeasures are all principled. For example, can foreign victims be resettled in proportion to the number of residents in our base area?"
"How should the areas where disaster victims live be distributed?"
"After resettling the victims, how will we divide the land, reduce or exempt public grains, allocate funds for relief, etc.?"
"How to dispatch cadres and agricultural and factory production technicians to provide training and help production in the future, all of which require detailed advance planning."
Kong Jie had already prepared for these.
While he was talking, he took out a booklet from the drawer and handed it to Dong San and Xu Qingnian.
Dong San and Xu Qingnian took a look at the manual and saw the words on the outside:
"The independent group follows the principles and specific methods for registration and resettlement of foreign disaster victims."
As they browsed, Dong San and Xu Qingnian were so amazed that they almost broke into a fight.
Before leaving, Dong San couldn't help but flatter him: "Captain, my admiration for you is as high as a mountain. It turns out that you have planned all this a long time ago!"
Kong Jie laughed and scolded: "Okay, stop flattering and get down to business! In addition, we will continue to do our best to purchase food from all sources and stockpile food to the best of our ability."
"To implement our demographic dividend plan, food is a crucial part."
"Yes, captain, don't worry, we promise to complete the mission!" Dong San and Xu Qingnian responded in unison, took the manual sent by Kong Jie, and left with excitement on their faces.
Now the two of them are busy again.
After Dong San and Xu Qingqian left, Wang An, the enemy's Minister of Industry, arrived and reported to Kong Jiehui:
"Captain, in accordance with your order, we have made secret contact with the Japanese and puppet army officers in the counties surrounding the base area..."