The two people who came were Meng Dengke, the chief registrar of Guyang County, and Li, the manager of the charity fund.
After receiving the official document from Long'an Prefecture, Meng Dengke did not refuse. He spent the New Year in Guyang County, said goodbye to Magistrate Kong and others, and then set off to Baima Court to take up his post. He just arrived today and had no time to rest, so he came to meet his new wife.
Boss Zhao Ran.
As for Manager Li, he was recruited directly by Zhao Ran through letters. The charity fund was founded by Zhao Ran with his own money. Although the owner is Manager Li in name, it is actually regarded as private property and has made great contributions to the prosperity of Guyang County.
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Now that Guyang County has a reformed and mature youth money system, charity funds have been transformed into supervisors of youth money. It is much easier than before and has more spare energy, so Zhao Ran recruited Manager Li to Hongyuan.
They are all acquaintances, and Zhao Ran was not polite, and said clearly: "Master Meng, Manager Li, I have invited you here to discuss the property of our White Horse Courtyard. Chief Meng, well, I should call you Meng Yingbin, haha,
Are you tired? Do you want to take a rest first?"
Shangfeng has already begun to arrange work. How can you say you are tired at this moment? You are not tired at all! So Meng Dengke quickly said that he was very energetic and full of motivation.
So Zhao Ran continued: "Baima Courtyard is now very poor. You two think about how we can improve Hongyuan and make the property of White Horse Court richer. I will give you three days to walk around the city. If you want
If you leave the city, ask Fangtang to send a few patrols to follow and protect you."
Three days later, Meng Dengke and Manager Li, who had a general understanding of the situation in Hongyuan, returned to Baima Courtyard. Zhao Ran immediately held a small meeting in the study. In addition to the three of them, there were also people who had just completed the measurement of the farmland by the river.
Prison Yuan Hao.
Zhao Ran hung a large picture on the wall, used a small stick to point to the words and symbols on the picture and began to explain his plan.
"Suppose there is a citizen in Hongyuan City. He has no money, no farmland, and no income, but he wants to get a field. What should he do? It's very simple. If he can't do it, we, Baimayuan, will help him.
Fulfill your wish.”
Zhao Ran's small wooden stick pointed to a small house outlined on it and said: "This is the house where he lives in the city. It is not big and very leaky. Such living conditions are very difficult, and it is also where my colleagues from Baimayuan live."
Intolerable.”
The small wooden stick pointed to the words "Charity Fund" in the next column, and Zhao Ran continued: "Baimayuan came forward to borrow ten taels of silver from the charity fund, and then built a house near the land that was about to be sold that could accommodate his whole family.
, make it big and spacious, and then exchange his houses inside and outside the city. The big house outside the city belongs to him, and the small house in the city belongs to Baimayuan."
“What if you don’t want to change your house?”
Zhao Ran said categorically: "If you are unwilling to change, we will not sell policy land to him."
The small wooden stick moved back and pointed at "White Horse Courtyard". Zhao Ran continued: "At this time, we began to sell the fields at policy prices. Lao Yuan, how many acres did you measure the cultivated land by the river this time?"
"Six thousand eight hundred and forty acres."
"Very good, it's enough to leverage our plan. Suppose I sell an acre of land for five taels of silver and a family sells it for 20 taels of silver. Then, I will receive ten taels of silver, and then Baimayuan will return the ten taels of silver.
Give charity money and clear everything!"
"Where does the money for people to buy their fields come from?" Zhao Ran pointed to the charity money again: "The charity money lends money to them. Of course, it is at a low interest rate, and the annual interest rate is tentatively set at 4%, which is the same as the green crop money set by the imperial court."
"Now that the people have lived in big houses outside the city and have farmland, they can start farming normally. However, they owe a small loan of ten taels of charity to charity and need to repay it in ten years. I think as long as they are willing
Farmers who work hard are fully capable of paying off the debt."
"Baimayuan now has a small house in hand, which was vacated by the people who moved out. What should we do with it now?" Zhao Ran pointed at the number room with a small wooden stick: "Now, this house is allocated to Meng Yingbin for management, and it is regarded as Baima.
The Taoist property of the hospital.”
Zhao Ran continued to point to the charity fund: "The room number borrowed ten taels of silver from the charity fund, calculated on an annual basis of two cents. Use the money to bulldoze the small house, build a shop on top of it, and then sign a warning to merchants from all over the world.
Let's rent. Assuming the annual rent is ten taels, the debt can be paid off in less than one year and two months."
"As a result, the Taoist temple's Taoist property began to be produced continuously, and the charity also earned two cents from it."
Meng Dengke raised his hand: "Abbott, it seems that the charity fund is slightly short."
Zhao Randao: "It does seem that I didn't make much money, but don't forget that charity funds are not for the purpose of profit. If you can get two cents to cover the cost, it is not a loss. Of course, if Meng Yingbin thinks this is not good,
, we can think of ways to allow charity funds to enjoy the same land purchase policy, such as obtaining the management rights of a certain section of streets in the city, or purchasing tens of thousands of acres of grassland at the same policy price."
Yuan Hao couldn't help it anymore and said doubtfully: "Abbott, I have understood everything above. Buying an acre of land for five cents of silver, with an annual interest of four cents, and returning it in ten years is no different from directly dividing the land. I agree.
But the latter part...with all due respect, after building a shop, will anyone be willing to rent it? Let alone the rent of 10 taels per year?"
Zhao Ran nodded: "How much we can rent depends on how hard our White Horse Court will work in the future. But no matter what the income is, at least our White Horse Court has started to have a public property, right?"
"What should the party members do? Should they also follow this procedure? But I think they have little intention to change their houses."
Zhao Ran nodded: "Let's handle it together and let them do it of their own free will."
Yuan Hao shook his head: "But the problem of the Dangxiang people is more complicated, mainly due to the more than 20,000 acres of cultivated land outside the city."
Zhao Ran smiled and said: "Their problems can be solved later. Our first step is to let the Han people get the land. As long as these Han people who originally rented their fields move out and no longer rent their land, their livelihoods will be
It will become a big problem - in fact, it is already a big problem now. Without this rent, how should they live? Should they wait for relief from Baima Court? That is not enough! At this time, we can give them two choices,
One is to exchange fields for pasture, one acre for ten acres.”
Yuan Hao agreed: "They don't know how to farm, but they are all good herders, but they don't have cattle or sheep..."
"This is easy to do. Manager Li can buy cattle and sheep to lend money, and the annual interest is also four percent."
"I see. What about the second one?"
"Second, if you don't want to be replaced, just go to work!"