Chapter 15 Tang Chens Travel Notes in Disaster Areas
Tang Chen got up again and soon started to bounce around again. This kind of resilience is not what a normal soul master should have at all. It is no wonder that he will become the ultimate Douluo in the future.
Although he said that the Elephant Armor Sect was trying to win people's hearts, he did not take things seriously when it came to rescuing the victims, and he did not bother to spread rumors to slander the Elephant Armor Sect.
Compared with these, he cares more about the refugees in the famine. He came here to act chivalrously, fight against profiteers who hoard goods, and punish bandits who take advantage of the chaos.
Instead of monitoring the Elephant Armor Sect, it is better to do something practical...
only……
Tang Chen discovered that since the disaster relief army moved in, he had nothing to do. There were no bandits and no bullying. This dry land had completely changed. It became less like a disaster area and more like a disaster area.
construction site.
Those in blue clothes would go around with the rough voices of country farmers, shouting to recruit workers, and they would work for three copper coins a day, and they would pay one day, and they would also provide free food and drink on the first day.
Hearing the shouts, the refugees, whether they were fleeing or plundering, stopped one after another and followed the people's guidance to the construction site.
They know that this may be a trap, and if they follow it, they may be captured and sold into slavery, but they will still follow it. The hungry people in despair will not look back, even if it is to become a dead ghost.
At first, Tang Chen thought that the people in blue clothes were up to no good, and they even went with the victims. However, when they arrived at the construction site, they discovered that the place was full of food with strange smells.
Under the coercion of the soul master and the army, the victims received small wooden signs, and then used the wooden signs to receive food. The first meal of free food was not much, and they could barely eat half full, but looking at their satisfied expressions
, but Tang Chen could not accuse the man in blue of being harsh.
What surprised him even more was what came next. Based on the different patterns on the wooden signs, more than a thousand victims were quickly divided into ten groups, and each group had someone to guide them and tell them how to work.
The job that day was to reclaim wasteland, which was not difficult for the majority of the victims who were farmers. What surprised Tang Chen was that under the command of more than a dozen people, more than a thousand people could reclaim the land like ants.
A whole piece of regular land was connected together. After everyone's responsibility was completed, they all happened to be connected together. It was inexplicably shocking to see it from the high ground.
After a day's work, the victims can receive the day's three copper coins with the wooden tags they wear.
Tang Chen calculated and found that the food these people bought was very cheap. Three copper coins a day would actually make a surplus.
This was what he couldn't understand the most. The disaster relief in his impression was that the government sent people to open porridge shops in the disaster areas to provide porridge, which was completely different from what he saw in front of him.
If we need to provide both food and wages, wouldn’t this increase the cost of relief?
"Young man, you've been watching for a day, have you noticed anything?" The leading man in blue patted Tang Chen on the shoulder and asked. He could tell that Tang Chen was probably here to perform heroic acts to win the soul master. For such a talented person,
He still liked the young man with a sense of justice.
"I don't understand. If you just give out porridge, wouldn't you be able to save that money?"
The man in blue overalls smiled and said: "It's normal if you don't understand. When we were organized by the great sage for the first time, we didn't understand either. Later, after hearing more stories, we understood.
In fact, this means transferring money from the left hand to the right hand. We give money to these people, and these people use the money in their hands to buy our food."
"But I see that the wages you pay are rich!" Tang Chen was puzzled.
"Then have you ever thought about who will own the land, crops, roads, and cities built by these people in the future?" The man in blue seemed to see himself in the past.
So his tone became much kinder.
Tang Chen was stunned for a moment before he thought of this question: "You mean..."
"Yes, their rich money can be used to buy crops, houses, and even land in the city. In the end, not only do we not have to spend a penny, but we also make a profit.
This kind of relief not only saved countless lives, but also brought prosperity to the people under the rule, so why not do it! And the most important thing is..." When he said this, he was so touched that he unconsciously fell into a daze.
"What is the most important thing?" Tang Chen interrupted his thoughts and asked.
"The most important thing is that this gives the victims dignity, allowing them to eat the food in their hands with peace of mind, instead of looking like a group of beggars. The great sage said that labor creates wealth, and I agree with this."
When Tang Chen heard this, he couldn't help but be touched in his heart. It had been almost a year since he left the sect to practice. He had done chivalry and righteousness along the way, but in the end no old farmer could understand it.
"Young man, I guess you come from a famous family, so you should be literate! If you really want to do something, go to the Government Affairs Office over there and temporarily act as an official in charge of thousands of people. It's better than doing this." Lan Lan
The man in clothes patted Tang Chen on the shoulder and pointed him to the location of the Government Affairs Office.
Seeing that the other party was about to leave, Tang Chen quickly asked: "Uncle, are these things you said taught to you by the great sage?"
"Yes, if I had not been recruited into the Great Sage's farm, I would probably be no different from them now."
Tang Chen was even more surprised when he heard this. If these words were spoken by a sophisticated scholar, they would be normal, but if they were spoken clearly and coherently by a former farmer, they would be quite shocking.
Especially since the other party was so used to it, but he didn't know that it was this habitual behavior that made this matter even more unusual.
Tang Chen finally went to the Government Affairs Office and personally led more than a thousand people to plow fields, build roads, build cities and build houses...
The long hours of work had made his skin dark, and his palms had developed calluses that were different from those used when holding a hammer. His neat short hair spread over his shoulders, and his relatively bright clothes were replaced by blue overalls.
But after three months, Tang Chen felt that everything was worth it when he saw the fortified city he had built with a stone and a basket of sand, the straight and wide road outside the city, and the endless farmland on the roadside.
After resigning from his temporary official position, he made up his mind to go to Tiandou City to meet the great sage who had created miracles.
Yes, in everyone's eyes, this was a miracle. After the disaster relief troops arrived, the disaster area settled down again. Not only did not a few people starve to death, but there was no outbreak of plague. The most incredible thing is that three months later, the famine was over.
, the large area north of Jialing Pass is actually more prosperous than before the disaster.
