The project on the northern section of Longshou Canal had already started before Li Tai returned home.
Two thousand people were put into service in the county, and County Lieutenant Zheng Man was responsible for supervising the progress of the project. Large households in the township contributed funds, and small households hired people, and more than 500 people were gathered. A total of more than 2,500 people were gathered before plowing in spring.
It is more than enough to complete the first phase of fortifications.
After Li Tai learned about the current preparations and progress of the fortifications, he made a few more requests.
The first is the organizational division of labor of the Canal League. Li Tai, the canal leader, naturally has to manage everything. Under the canal leader, six directors are selected, who are in charge of employment, carriages and horses, warehousing, expenditures, food supply and pensions.
The county lieutenant Zheng Man was in charge of the labor force, the allocation and use of oxen and horse carts was by a rural tycoon from the original north, and the person in charge of warehousing was Wu Jingyi, who urged rural households to import supplies as soon as possible.
The Du branch was handed over to Liu Gong, who was well versed in business in Shang Township. Li Zhusheng was responsible for the supply of food, and party leader Zhao of Shang Yuan was responsible for caring for the sick and disabled during the construction period.
After such personnel adjustments, the originally complicated drainage project suddenly became clear. Each director was responsible for one aspect. All matters were summarized, and Li Tai, the channel owner, made the final decision.
After the division of labor was agreed upon, Li Tai first determined the daily working hours and workload.
Although the sooner the ditch work is carried out, the better, but the laborers involved in the fortifications are also real people, and Li Tai is not used to using these laborers to fill ditches and earn a lot of nostalgia for him.
Therefore, after considering the entire construction period, we tentatively decided to work six hours a day, and divided the labor force into two shifts. Those who completed the daily work on time were given two meals and one bucket per day, and those who were unable to complete the work would receive half of their dinner.
The second step is to set up a warehouse in his Shang Yuan Village to store the materials donated by the villagers. Any shipment of five buckets or more than one piece of silk needs to be cut and certified by Li Tai. Without the small gold seal on his waist, what would happen?
The articles and orders are all useless paper.
When Li Tai raised his golden seal to show it to everyone present, everyone's eyes couldn't help but change when they looked at him, and the envy and admiration in their eyes could not be hidden at all.
While everyone was shocked by the golden seal, Li Tai said again: "In the past, when we discussed the matter, we only voluntarily acted on the basis of village justice and never forced it. Now, fortunately, we are united and our career is promising, so we also need to act with dignity. We must not force it."
Continue to be nostalgic and willful!"
Generally speaking, any matter involving the masses requires rules, favors, rewards and punishments, so as to ensure the normal progress of things. Before, there was no such thing as eight characters, so the so-called rules were out of the question. But now that things have begun to officially proceed, some rules and regulations are needed.
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When everyone heard this, they all nodded in approval.
"When canals are opened to divert water, all the people and land it flows through will benefit. The canal line is used as the boundary. Within a hundred steps, a dou will be given to help, and beyond a hundred steps, half will be given. Those who do not accept the grain will be hired to take their place.
, a dou and a half of work. This is the rural law. If you have no objections, we will tell the people in Yanqu Village to abide by this rural law. Anyone who violates the law will be spit on!"
Li Tai first stated such a rule. He worked hard to bring about such a thing, and of course he would not benefit from the hard-nosed villagers.
"Water is beneficial to farming. Wherever it flows, the production can be increased by more than half. One bushel per acre can be enjoyed for many years. This is natural!"
Wu Jingyi took the lead in raising his hands and patted his chest and pledged: "Thanks to my husband's support, I can share in this righteous cause, and I will do my best to persuade them to lose! If there is really a mischievous person who is stingy and causes trouble, even if he does not punish him,
Dian, nostalgia can be punished!"
Just relying on the voluntary donations of villagers, even tens of thousands of dan of grain is not enough to sustain the entire construction period. After the Longshou Canal is built, there will be three to four thousand hectares of cultivated land that will be benefited. If you collect ten dan for one hectare, you can collect another three thousand hectares.
Forty thousand shi of resources.
If Li Tai had proposed such a rural law before planning his work, it would not have been passed without even thinking about it. If you keep talking, everyone will have to pay for food subsidies. Why are you so shameless?
But now the preparations for the matter are more than half completed, and as long as we proceed step by step, we will definitely be able to accomplish it. And we have received widespread support from Daxingtai to big households in the countryside. If anyone jumps out to sing the opposite, they will become an annoying minority.
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The power to collect rents, transfers and taxes was only the power of the imperial court. But now, based on the rural sentiments and controlling the public opinion of the rural righteousness, Li Tai obtained the power that was close to the imperial court's taxation. This is the embodiment of the power of the local tyrants under the situation of rural ethics and autonomy.
Enforcing education, ending litigation, and engaging in fund-raising. The reason why the powerful people in the countryside are stubborn and difficult to control lies in their single-handed control of public customs, ethics, justice, and economic resources.
Is it really just for a good reputation that Li Tai puts so much effort into water conservancy projects? At least if anyone in the village who corrupts ethics and morals wants to be dipped in a pig cage, I must have the right to speak!
"It is necessary to encourage donations, but we also need to carefully examine the status of each villager's family along the canal and whether they are healthy or not. If it is true that the family is difficult to get rid of illness, we also need to understand the suffering. Since we want to build Huixiang
If you have a righteous channel, you cannot do anything contrary to righteousness!"
Li Tai is also well aware of the tyranny of the powerful people in the village. Although he wants to develop in this way, it does not mean that he has to learn all the good and bad. In order to build canals, he forced the really poor families in the village to have their families destroyed.
Not what he wanted either.
So after establishing this rural law, he said: "The governor of Wu must keep this rule in mind when he is in charge of the countryside. Since I am the owner of the village, I will never allow anyone to act righteously and do evil in my affairs."
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Those who are extremely poor and short of children and cannot help can come to our village to borrow grain and borrow money, and they can pay back the surplus after the year. In addition to the warehouse, we have set up another charity warehouse on the village to help the poor. This is the channel.
Everything you ask for will be answered!"
At the Yueyang Reading, Li Tai had seen Yu Wentai's practice of using other people's money to win people's hearts, and he quickly understood the spirit of "people are me, ghosts are me too".
Canals must be repaired, and grain must be harvested. If the family is really extremely poor, I can advance the payment, but I cannot be taken advantage of just because I stir up trouble.
In the end, this is everyone's business. The canals were repaired and everyone had a good harvest. I burned the IOU. That's how upright I am!
"Mr. Lang is so righteous and compassionate!"
When everyone present heard what Li Tai said, they all praised him one after another.
"Since I live in this hometown, I should benefit from this place, so that I can look up to you and live up to my kindness, and live up to my fellow countrymen."
Li Tai waved his hands politely, then clasped his fists to everyone at the table and said: "You have lived in the countryside for many years. Without the enthusiastic help of all the good people, I am powerless. Even if I have good thoughts, I can't put them into practice. So recently I have
I often think about how to show off the righteous deeds of praising the people who have helped us together, so I would like to discuss it with you."
While he was talking, he asked Li Yantou to fetch a large wooden board from outside the hall. He took out a map and nailed it to the wooden board to show it to everyone.
"This is the complete map of the Longshou Canal that we jointly planned to rebuild. The parts that were repainted were Dangjin, bridges and other places where people and goods flow heavily."
Li Tai first knocked on the wooden board and explained the contents of the map to everyone, and then said: "This is what I think. It is no longer the Han Dynasty, and the morality and justice in the countryside have been updated. The old canal is newly built. If it is still named after the old canal, it will inevitably not be enough.
Today's virtues and good results.
Therefore, Quqiao, weirs and wells are divided into sections and named after the village counselors with high virtues and virtues. This is not to praise the village, but just to let the current and future generations of the village know who has benefited from it. When drinking water, do not forget the well digger and publicize the good deeds.
Only then can we make the nostalgia more beautiful!”
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but get excited.
Fame and fortune are the lifelong pursuits of everyone. Putting your name on some long-lasting symbols of the township and letting the villagers pass it on word of mouth will undoubtedly greatly stimulate the excitement of these local tycoons.
Situations like this have happened in previous years, but not many local tycoons can get this treatment. Because of this, when Li Tai proposed this plan, everyone present nodded in agreement, everyone was radiant, and they couldn't help but start to fantasize about themselves.
The scene where the name is attached to the surface of the village.
"My husband's words are a great kindness, and he is worthy of being a talented person from a famous family! We rural people are short-sighted and can only see that building canals will benefit farming, but we did not expect that there is such a good plan that shows the education of rural sentiments!"
Li Tai felt a little awkward when he heard such praise from Party Chairman Zhao of Shang Yuan. Does this mean that it must be you? It must be you, the nobles of the family, who can make the most of your reputation?
Another person raised his hand and asked, "Excuse me, Li Lang. After all, there are only a few canals, weirs, and wells, but there are many people working in the village. Which ones are worthy of a name and which ones are not? Can you say with certainty?"
At present, there are more than forty people from the countryside who are involved in his affairs, including those present, but there are only a dozen places marked by Li Tai. Of all the people involved, more than half of them will definitely not get this treatment.
Li Tai was waiting for this sentence. After hearing this, he smiled and said: "There is no high or low level of righteousness, but there are depths of merit. After completing the work this year, I will sort out the rural righteousness merit book, and then ask the villagers to recommend some worthy elders of the village."
, please refer to the detailed recommendation together, so as to ensure the success of everyone!"
Put this matter aside until other people have finished their work, and encourage everyone to get involved. Only by making more contributions can you have a better chance of winning.
Secondly, Li Tai also needs a handle to control people's hearts. Before the matter is settled, no one can even think of telling the opposite side of my story!
Li Tai could only think of so much about the rural laws and regulations and personnel framework regarding canal affairs. The next detailed additions will not be discussed for now. If you encounter problems, just solve them.
After this discussion, everyone learned a lot. Knowing that Li Tai was tired from the journey, they all stood up and left.
After seeing off these local tycoons, Li Tai had time to take a rest. While eating dinner, he heard the joyous sounds of the locals coming from outside the village.
After pondering for a while, Li Tai ordered the villagers to prepare some soup cakes and hot food. While the villagers gathered outside, he recruited some idle villagers to do part-time work for a month or two to expand the manor.