Yuan Hao asked Zhao Ran about the resettlement of newly arrived Han people. Zhao Ran thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid it's going to snow heavily in the next two days, right?"
The sky is gloomy today, and the clouds are very low. Judging from the signs, there will be a heavy snow tomorrow, or at most the day after tomorrow. The village Lei Shan mentioned, Zhao Ran has been to, has been abandoned for three years, and many of the houses are dilapidated.
The leakage is unbearable. This heavy snowfall will not only freeze the weather, but probably even more seriously will collapse many already damaged houses.
Zhao Ran asked about snow, but actually he was talking about his residence.
Lei Shan said: "The warehouse is going to take out two hundred shi of grain from the Changping warehouse and organize manpower to repair the house."
"Is it too late?"
"Do your best."
Zhao Ran would definitely be dissatisfied with this answer, but he was new here and didn't want to embarrass others, so he just let it go and started talking again: "If you place them in the village, does that mean they will settle here? How will they make a living in the future?"
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"Preparing to arrange for them to rent land."
"How much rent do the Dangxiang people charge for the nearby land?"
"Four bushels per acre."
"Including the land tax and miscellaneous expenses levied by Baimayuan, that's seven dou per mu?"
Even if the land here is better and the yield is more than one stone and five measures per mu, the burden is too heavy. When Zhao Ran asked further, Lei Shan fell silent.
After a long silence, Lei Shan said with difficulty: "How about the Baima Court exempts their new arrivals from the land tax next year?"
It is inevitable to pay the rent of the party members, but the land tax of Baimayuan is exempted. It is really helpless to say it.
Yuan Hao and Lei Shan looked at each other, and Lei Shan gritted his teeth and said: "Or...not to rent a house to the party members."
As soon as he finished speaking, Fan Gaogong immediately objected loudly in the hall: "Absolutely not! It took Abbot Zeng three years to barely stabilize the hearts and minds of these party members. Not giving them rent would be equivalent to robbing their land.
There is fear of civil unrest! This proposal is absolutely unacceptable!"
Gao Gong and Zhi Ke were on the same patrol. They only attended the discussions in the three capitals for consultation. They were not asked, and they had no right to speak on their own initiative. Therefore, Nie Zhishen immediately reprimanded: "When the three capitals are discussing, it is your turn to speak nonsense."
,Shut up!"
Fan Gaogong immediately lowered his head: "Yes."
Nie Duduo smiled at Lei Shan and said: "Zhijie also cares and causes chaos. Lei Duchu should not blame him. However, Zhijie has a certain point in what he said. If they don't give rent, their land will be taken away without reason. Don't blame them."
Speaking of these vulgar and arrogant party members, even if they are placed in the mainland, they will cause great changes."
Lei Shan forced a smile and said no more.
Zhao Ran looked at Yuan Hao. Yuan Hao's face was expressionless and he also didn't say a word.
Zhao Ran said: "I have a suggestion. I don't know if it is feasible. I will tell you and ask for your advice. Since we cannot determine the future livelihood of these newly arrived refugees, we might as well wait for a while and not be sure where they are going."
Lei Shan asked: "Where will that person live after he comes?"
Zhao Ran said: "I have been around the city and outside the city these days, and I am quite satisfied with one thing, which is the city wall built by our Hongyuan. I walked up it myself, and I can walk five horses abreast. In a remote place where there is a lack of craftsmen,
Although the county is short of money and food, and the governor's government allotments are not generous, it took just over two years to build such a thick wall, which fully demonstrates your ability and talent, as well as your dedication and professionalism.
, I would like to express my gratitude to you all on behalf of the people of Hongyuan, on behalf of Abbot Du of Tianhe Palace, and on behalf of Governor Xia of the Governor-General's Office!"
With that said, Zhao Ran stood up and bowed to everyone.
Everyone in the hall said "I don't dare" and stood up to return the greeting. After sitting down, they didn't know why. They couldn't figure out why Abbot Zhao suddenly mentioned the city wall.
Only Zhao Ran continued: "In my opinion, Hongyuan's city wall must be carefully polished and not shoddily built just to rush the work. We can completely build a large city in western Sichuan in ten years, so there is no need to rush it. I think, if
Can we consider suspending the current construction progress of the city wall, gathering the strong men, and building some temporary residences to accommodate the batches of refugees arriving in Hongyuan in the future? When their specific destination is not determined, it can be used as a turnover?
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Are you dissatisfied with the construction of the city wall? Everyone here had the same idea, especially Yuan Hao and Lei Shan, who were in charge of building the city. They couldn't help but secretly guess that Abbot Zhao was dissatisfied with the city wall.
But this question cannot be raised, because Abbot Zhao just said that he is "relatively satisfied" with the construction of the city wall, and highly praised everyone. At the same time, he would like to express his sincere thanks to everyone on behalf of this and that. You can do it again at this time.
Asking him what he was dissatisfied with didn't make sense at all. It seemed that the only option was to find an opportunity to inquire in private.
Lei Shan was more concerned about the "suspension house" issue mentioned by Zhao Ran, so he asked: "Where is the turnover house that the abbot mentioned is built?"
Zhao Ran said: "In my opinion, it is good to build it outside the city wall. There is a large area of waste land between the outside of the city and the cultivated land. Since it cannot be cultivated, it is better to build one-story houses around the city wall. The current city wall can be compared to Hongyuan's."
In the inner city, people can walk smoothly on top of the city wall. This is a good ring road, and the transportation is very convenient! In the future, when Hongyuan develops greatly, we can build another city wall outside."
Yuan Hao and Lei Shan suddenly realized that Abbot Zhao thought Hongyuan City was too small!
Lei Shan hesitated and said: "Abbott, are you planning to expand the city?" He made up his mind. If Zhao Ran is a great abbot, then he will stop him at any cost today!
Zhao Ran smiled: "How can we talk about expanding the city? How much energy can we do to accomplish such things? With the current situation in our Hongyuan, how much money and population can be used to expand the city? What I mean is to seize the opportunity before the refugees arrive.
It’s time to build some transitional houses, and we’ll move them in first. Those with families will have one room, and those without families will have four people to one room. I think it’s enough to build fifty or sixty rooms. Lao Lei, starting from tomorrow, we will build the city wall.
It seems you don’t have enough time to mobilize the hundreds of people to repair the transitional housing?”
Lei Shan did the math and said: "More than 400 people worked together for more than 20 days, so it was a little tight."
Zhao Ran said: "Since it is for turnover, I don't want to be too good. A mud house is enough, but I hope it can be bigger."
Lei Shan said: "If that's the case, sixty rooms are enough!"
Zhao Ran struck while the iron was hot and immediately activated the decision-making mechanism, saying: "Then let's make a decision. Those who agree will raise their hands!"
Zhao Ran raised his hand first, Lei Shan followed suit, Gu Duguan also raised his hand indifferently, Yuan Hao pondered for a moment and raised his hand, and the rest of Nie Du said that everyone raised their hand, so they also raised their hand hesitantly.
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Passed unanimously again.
Zhao Ran nodded and said: "Then Lei Duchu will be responsible for this matter. Lao Yuan, you must support Lei Duchu more and resettle this group of refugees to restore Hongyuan's reputation."
Yuan Hao said: "Don't worry, Abbot, I know."
Zhao Ran smiled with satisfaction and said: "Everyone in our White Horse Courtyard is united. If things continue like this, why worry about Hongyuan not being prosperous! Okay, Lao Yuan, what's the next topic?"