Time flies so fast, winter turns to spring in a blink of an eye...
The previous Spring Festival could be said to be extremely lively.
The villagers by the waterfront have never enjoyed such a nourishing New Year.
There is no need to worry about food and clothing for the family. There is still money left to buy some sweets and snacks for the children at home, and let the mother-in-law cut some new pieces of cloth to make some new clothes.
The food on the table is no longer rough and difficult-to-eat multi-grain pancakes, but snow-white and soft big steamed buns. You can also eat fresh fish and pork, and a plate of salted duck eggs by the way, so your life should not be too moist.
The simple people are naturally very grateful to Liangshan Village for bringing about earth-shaking changes in their lives.
The contact points stationed in each village of the village are filled with various farm gifts during the New Year, including salted eggs made from chicken, duck and goose eggs, meats such as bacon and sausages, and vegetables and wild vegetables.
Don’t have too many pickles, etc.
Liangshan Village did not retreat, nor did it mean to ask for nothing. Instead, it gave away several kilograms of white sugar and brown sugar to almost every household in the village, as well as some snacks and candies recently developed by the food workshop, attracting the children in the village.
There was an enthusiastic cheer.
That's right, adhering to Chai Daguan's wishes, the food workshops on Liangshan Mountain have never stopped researching on the deep processing of grains and various miscellaneous grains.
At present, many products with different styles have been produced.
Basically, they are candies, dried fruit snacks, and the like. Of course, there are also various kinds of sauces. Among them, the production is relatively rough, the raw materials are not demanding and can be obtained in large quantities. We all use points to match the work points.
Through the exchange method, the production craftsmanship and technology are promoted, which makes the development of some villages near Shuibo even more rapid.
After a few benchmarks were set up, and there were tangible benefits, the other villages that were waiting and watching or taking no active action suddenly became excited, and later became more active, and at the same time they also very openly showed their goodwill towards the village.
What Chai Daguan people want is this kind of environment...
Otherwise, why would he spend so much effort to help these villages get out of poverty, have enough food and clothing, and even strive to become well-off and live a comfortable life?
Are you doing good deeds? Stop talking about it...
He naturally has needs, such as a response to a hundred calls, the enthusiastic support of these villages, and the continuous supply of fresh blood to the village. When something goes wrong, he must stand firmly on the side of the village.
In short, although Chai Daguan is generous, he also has a lot of demands!
At present, almost no village near Shuibo can meet his requirements and conditions.
However, many villages have already begun to move in this direction, which is the main reason why our village strongly supports these villages.
Liangshan Village dispatched personnel to guide each village in setting up breeding farms. After more than half a year of exploration and operation, there was a lot of production during the New Year.
At least by killing pigs and sheep, almost every family can share dozens of kilograms of meat, so that they can have a good meal during the New Year.
There are also large-scale breeding of chickens, ducks and geese, which not only provides a continuous supply of eggs, but also allows villagers to change their tastes, which is really unimaginable.
At least last year, the villagers couldn't imagine that their lives could be so prosperous, and they were even more grateful and close to Liangshan Village for bringing all this.
In order to avoid certain bad things happening, our village is even busier during the New Year holidays.
Chai Daguan sent out almost all his leaders as patrol envoys, going deep into the villages that had been transformed by the village to check whether the brothers stationed there had done anything unclean.
Although rune communication has been popularized in these villages, things like old-fashioned mobile phones are all in the hands of the brothers stationed in each village. Who knows whether they will secretly do something small?
In addition, it is also to prevent some troublemakers in the city, as well as some guys who have been forced to do labor camps and are temporarily released at home to celebrate the New Year.
Ahem...
There is a reason why so many villages under Liangshan Benzhai have developed steadily without many twists and turns.
There are green-skinned gangsters in almost every village. They either run away as soon as they realize something is not going well, or they are caught by the village's officers for committing crimes and sent directly to the mines affiliated to the village for labor reform.
Chai Daguan has no intention of being polite to these green-skinned gangsters. The government can't control him, and they don't care about the weird words of some villagers who are 'meddling in their own business.'
Of course, the mines affiliated with our village are not places where death is common in the traditional sense.
By improving some mechanical techniques, he created some mechanical devices that are more practical and especially suitable for use in mines. This greatly improved the mining efficiency and also reduced many casualties.
Therefore, the villages that took refuge in Liangshan Village basically did not experience violent backlash because the green-skinned gangsters in the village were arrested and sent to labor camps to mine.
As long as no one is killed or injured, each village is actually quite happy for the unstable elements in the village to be subject to strong restraint and discipline.
Otherwise, the labor reform project can only be about building bridges and paving roads, and doing some non-dangerous heavy manual labor.
With such a good free labor force, Chai Daguan people are not willing to let it go easily.
The villages around Shuibo have had a prosperous New Year, and more and more small merchants and hawkers have appeared recently, and they have also made a lot of money during the New Year.
The majority of the products produced in many villages, especially large amounts of fresh pork and mutton, as well as chickens, ducks, geese and other agricultural and sideline products, are naturally made by the trading houses controlled by Liangshan Village, but the rest is enough for the large number of small traders who gathered around.
Mouth full of oil.
Taking advantage of the small price difference, they traveled very diligently between the new rural areas and towns around Shuibo. While activating the economy and business, they also benefited a lot for themselves and their families.
There are some shrewd vendors who have already planned to stay in the new rural areas on the edge of the lake.
They keenly discovered that there are many good things produced in the new rural areas on the edge of the lake, which are channels and directions through which they can obtain profits.
Some delicious candies and snacks are not even available in the county, and just changing hands is a huge profit.
What makes them even more envious is the treatment of the villagers...
Almost all adult villagers have work to do, except for the fields that only have 30% rent, and can earn a steady stream of extra money.
Not to mention eating a lot of fish and meat every day, at least three meals a day are oily, which is very attractive.
The villagers' children, regardless of gender, study and learn to read in the village school, while the older ones are sent directly to the main village of Liangshan to receive further education.
Moreover, the cost of these educations is quite low, and almost every villager can afford it, so it is not a big burden.
Although the school did not focus on the imperial examination, in addition to basic education, after arriving at Liangshan Village, they learned various practical skills in life, such as arithmetic, medical skills, civil engineering, brick and tile construction, etc.
But just like this, the small businessmen and hawkers who come here often are so envious that their eyes are red.
The people at the bottom are very practical. They value tangible benefits and interests more, and have no intention of investing large sums in unpredictable imperial examinations.
Besides, although after almost a year of transformation, the economic situation of each village has greatly improved, it does not mean how much money the villagers have in their hands.
Without a good atmosphere and family foundation, not every child will set an unswerving ideal of imperial examination at a young age. If he does not do well, the whole family will be ruined.
At this time, the cost of studying is too high!
The officials of Chai Daguan easily invented suitable movable type printing and lithographic printing, as well as cheaper papermaking technology, which was able to keep the cost of books extremely low.
But the strength of teachers cannot be easily replicated. For things like the imperial examination, without good teachers it is really difficult to do anything. Even geniuses will sometimes fail in some inconspicuous places.
For example, Xu Wei of the Ming Dynasty was naturally very capable and talented, but he only passed the Juren exam until his death.
Seeing that the villagers in the new rural village on the edge of Shuibo were treated so well, the small businessmen and vendors immediately became interested and asked whether they could join their village.
Those new rural areas that are about to form a pattern of self-interest will naturally not allow outsiders to benefit.
However, the news quickly reached Chai Daguan, who naturally had a different idea.
He hopes that the number of people who belong to his village will be as large as possible. If he can completely throw away the number of city residents by countless miles, it will be called a success.
However, he did not force the village, which had gradually formed a pattern of interests, to accept outsiders. Instead, he found some places near the water, but with very barren and barren land, to build new villages.
Although the land environment of these villages is not very good, most of them have superior geographical locations, and they are basically located in the middle and nearby areas of several villages.
Including small traders and their families who are willing to accept the guidance of the village. These villages do not produce any goods, and even daily necessities production workshops are very few. They exist specifically as a supplementary force for Liangshan shops and Liangshan commercial channels.
At the same time, their personal testimony and personal testimony have deeply penetrated the influence of Liangshan Village into the hearts of the people at the bottom of the surrounding towns.
When the time is right, these people who are struggling to survive at the bottom of the cities and towns may drag their families with them to join the newly built commercial villages.
In short, with the continuous efforts of more than a year, Liangshan Village and the many villages attached to it have a very happy New Year, with fish, meat, various kinds of food, and they can also wear new clothes.
Don't be too moisturizing.
Some people are proud, and others will be disappointed. The lives of the villages on the edge of the vast water pool are prosperous, and the so-called wealthy families who rely on exploiting the people at the bottom to make a fortune, or have become accustomed to this lifestyle, will not be so comfortable during this New Year...