Jinchang County.
Jia Liping has been here for more than a week.
Jinchang County has also become one of the important promotion areas for agricultural machinery.
When Li Zhen's motorcade arrived, Jia Liping had already led the staff who arrived in advance to receive him in Jinchang County in advance, along with the princess of Jinchang County.
"Master Li, I have been waiting for you for a long time. Let me introduce to you. This is the princess of Jinchang County, Zhang Haiyang."
Jia Liping stretched out his hand, and a chubby middle-aged man was introduced. He rubbed his hands excitedly: "Hello, hello, Dean Li. I've seen you for a long time. I'm Zhang Haiyang."
Li Zhen shook hands with him and asked, "What's the situation in Jinchang County now?"
Zhang Haiyang said quickly: "Back to Dean Li, there are now a total of 5,000 acres of grain fields in Jinchang County."
Li Zhen asked: "How many people are there? Please tell us the conditions of each family of the population."
"Go back to Dean Li. There are a total of 100,000 households in Jinchang County, with a total population of more than 450,000. Among them, 80,000 are poor households."
Li Zhen frowned: "There are 100,000 households in the county, and there are 80,000 poor households?"
Zhang Haiyang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and did not dare to answer.
Li Zhen added: "I'm not blaming you for having so many poor households. What I'm blaming is how you did it. With so many poor households and a population of more than 450,000, why did you only plant 5,000 acres of grain fields? 5,000 acres Can you feed 450,000 people?"
Zhang Haiyang grimaced: "I can't make a living. But the government has issued policies that provide subsidies for farming and reduce agricultural taxes. But he won't increase the amount of grain fields."
"Is it because most elderly people are alone?"
"That's right, Dean Li. Please... quickly, make tea."
As he walked into the county mansion, Zhang Haiyang quickly asked someone to make tea. When he saw Li Zhen sitting down, he stood aside and continued: "There are many old people. There are many lazy people. There is nothing we can do about it."
Li Zhen asked: "Lazy man?"
"Yes. The old man has no labor force, so he can't farm much. But Jinchang County is poor, so in a vicious circle, more and more working people feel that farming is meaningless and they can't support themselves. So some people become lazy and just wait until they die. Some people are happy to speculate and do some business that deceives people instead of farming."
"What kind of business is this to fool people?"
"I have just been transferred to Jinchang County. The number of criminals in Jinchang County is a bit scary. All the cells were full at one time. Mainly because of the idea that there are many unscrupulous people in the poor mountains and rivers. Some people feel that farming is tiring, so they do not raise food. If you don’t survive, you just go out to rob the road. There are horse thieves organized everywhere. Or they just deceive outsiders. When some people from outside the country come to Jinchang County, there are some speculators who use liar methods to defraud, swindle, and extort money. . There are also people who steal some public property from the government and resell it. They do everything."
Li Zhen frowned, feeling that the situation in Jinchang County was a bit complicated.
People in some places are poor but have a lot of potential.
People in some places are poor, but because they are poor, and for good reason, they become lazy.
But Jinchang County is a place where the folk customs are somewhat tough. Therefore, being poor is not only justified, but it is also extremely evil.
This cannot be blamed on the people. It’s just that the environment affects people’s hearts in the big picture.
Li Zhen had a headache: "You continue."
Zhang Haiyang suddenly burst into tears. She was crying so hard that she was extremely miserable, with a look of grievance all over her face.
This roar made both Jia Liping and Li Zhen cry.
Qi Lengzi raised Zhang Haiyang and said angrily: "Why are you crying? You are a county guard, why are you crying?"
The poor man was also puzzled. He had never seen an official shed tears.
Zhang Haiyang sat on the ground and wiped his tears while complaining repeatedly: "It has only been two months since I was transferred to Jinchang County. I really can't do it anymore. I, Zhang Haiyang, have been an official since I was in the Kyushu Imperial Court. I have been an official all the way." I was a county guard in Pingtiao, and I served as a county guard in Dongzhou and a county guard in Southeast Prefecture. I didn't have time to experience the new Dongzhou created by Master Li, but I experienced the rebellion and war in Southeast Prefecture.
But even during the Taiping uprising in Southeast Prefecture, it was not so difficult for me. At least the Taiping Army is reasonable, right? At least the people under his rule are honest, right? But since I was transferred to Jinchang County, I haven't had a good night's sleep. I have been an official in so many places, and I have always been a mediocre person. I have long given up on going further, but... you can't bully me like this, it's too much. The people here are really too much. I have been to so many places in New Kyushu, but I have never seen a place with such bad folk customs. "
Li Zhen was a little stunned: "Princess Zhang, please tell me if you have any grievances."
Zhang Haiyang burst into tears and wiped his tears with his sleeves: "When I first came to Jinchang County, it was because I came from Southeast Prefecture. At that time, the overall situation of New Kyushu had been decided, and the governor of Southeast Prefecture assigned me the position of county governor. A steam car. I brought my steam car to Jinchang County. It was a public car allocated to me by the state. But on the second day after arriving in Jinchang County, I found that one of the wheels was missing.
At that time, the entire county conducted an investigation. But a farmer took off my wheel at night, stole it, ran to the Xingtu Group's sales store and sold it as accessories. After I caught him back, I learned about his family situation. There were two elders in the family, as well as a younger one, and their daughter-in-law ran away. He is the backbone of the family. I just couldn't bear to get him in. I just gave him some education and let it go. If there was one missing wheel, I thought about paying for it myself.
But it wasn't over yet, everyone thought I was easy to bully. On the third day, a large group of poor people in the county cornered me in the government office. They held banners and shouted slogans, saying that Jinchang County was so poor that officials could still drive. They say that I must be corrupt and have a conscience. That was given to me by the state. Which princess in Southeast Prefecture is not equipped with a car? They kept calling me poor and forced me to donate my car and then turn it into money and give it to them. "
Qi Lengzi became furious when he heard this: "Isn't this an obvious robbery?"
Li Zhen was also stunned. Is there such a thing? It really increases my knowledge, it seems... There is always this strange law in New Kyushu. The people are not afraid of officials, and I don’t know what the reason is.
The richer the place, the more afraid the people are of officials. The poorer the place, the less afraid the people are of officials.
Zhashui County used to be like this too, with unruly people who even dared to beat up the county guard. Where can you go to reason? Moreover, this kind of unscrupulous person is poor and a piece of meat. Even if he relies on the law to blackmail you without blaming others, there is nothing you can do. We can't send troops to suppress it, right? In times of peace, few officials with such courage would dare to send troops to suppress the common people.
Zhang Haiyang cried: "Then what can I do? I can only sell the cars allocated to me by the country, and then distribute them to those whose families are poor. But this is not over yet... Others who did not receive the money started to make trouble again, saying that I They don’t treat everyone equally and say those are related households. They say benefits are only given to related households and they want to go to the state capital to sue me. What can I do?”
Jia Liping, Li Zhen and others were stunned.
I never expected that the folk customs in Jinchang County would be so bad.
(End of chapter)