Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

When the magistrate of Lou County heard this, his face softened slightly, but he still spoke in a rather strong tone.

"Since the Lord Commander knows what is virtuous, and the Lord acts with kindness, I would like to ask the Lord Commander to take back this order. I am sorry that I cannot abide by it."

As the Lou County magistrate started, and Li Ji didn't seem to be angry at all, the other magistrates also started talking about their difficulties.

Among them, Xu Wen, who could not figure out what was going on, quietly opened a few volumes of bamboo slips piled in front of him and scanned them roughly, feeling his scalp numb.

Xu Wen had been the county magistrate for several years, and all the trivial matters in Qiantang County were handled by Xu Wen alone. Xu Wen didn't know much about Qiantang County.

It is precisely for this reason that Xu Wen only made a rough estimate and realized that if the water network was to be transformed as described in the bamboo slips, more than half of the young people in Qiantang County would have to be used as laborers.

This is tyranny!
What's more, Qiantang County definitely doesn't have that much money and food to support labor.

Xu Wen's heart trembled as he realized why so many county magistrates had spoken out against it. Once this kind of decree was implemented, the people would probably have to flee even if they didn't riot.

However, just when Xu Wen was about to speak.

Li Ji raised his hands and pressed them slightly, and the sounds in the room suddenly became silent.

Immediately, Li Ji continued to speak.

"This decree does not require counties to provide money or food, nor does it require counties to send laborers. I will use the method of 'relief for work' to mobilize young people from the refugees who have fled to Wu County to reconstruct the water network in various places in Wu County."

Xu Wen's heart moved and he couldn't help but ask. "What is 'relief for work'?"

Li Ji then spoke.

"Based on a household of four, a young man who participates in the reconstruction of the water network can receive the food needed by one household every day. After one year of labor service, he will be registered in the local household and be allocated fifty acres of land as compensation and a house to live in. You can also live in a one-family home built and borrowed by the government.”

As for real money, Li Ji would naturally not distribute it to the refugees.

In other words, even if it is distributed to the refugees, it has no meaning.

In the first year, the task of the refugees was to stay alive and full. Even if they were given money, they could only use it to buy and sell food. This actually gave some people the opportunity to drive up prices.

More importantly, there may not be so much money circulating within Wu County today.

Moreover, Wu County is already short of manpower, so the "work-for-relief" approach is naturally as simple as possible.

Therefore, after Li Ji thought about it again and again, this time the form of "relief for work" was to provide food and then allocate fields for one year as reward.

Naturally, Wu County currently does not have that much land allocated, but after the completion of the Wu County water network transformation, the area of ​​cultivable fields will skyrocket.

It can be said that Li Ji is completely feeding the current refugees with the bread of the future.

Of course, when grain is distributed to a household of four, not only the young and middle-aged need to participate in water network development, but the rest of the family, the elderly, the weak, women and children also need to perform other relatively easy tasks.

Repairing houses, cooking rice and porridge, delivering supplies, etc...

All in all, unlike the current situation of barely surviving on sand and gravel porridge, the Wu County government allows the refugees to develop Wu County and build their own future at the expense of food and future allocation of fields. s home.

It is precisely for this reason that Li Ji also needs the full cooperation and support of all counties in Wu County.

Each county government needs to deploy a large number of manpower, coordinate materials, and reconcile the relationship between local people and refugees. Even water network development may also affect the houses and fields of some local people.

These also need to be coordinated and handled by county governments in various places.

Moreover, the situation in various places is obviously the best understood by the county governments. However, even though Li Ji has organized a large number of scholars and petty officials who have accumulated some experience to go to various places to direct the development of water networks, it still requires a large amount of input from the county governments. assist.

If we use the saying "governing a big country is like cooking small delicacies" to describe it.

Li Ji serves as the chief chef, the water conservancy planning plan is the recipe, the refugees are the ingredients, and the county government, scholars and petty officials from various places are the real cooks.

In the end, the outcome of Wu Jun's dish is closely related to all aspects.

After Li Ji patiently explained the above content to the county magistrates in relatively official language, the county magistrates immediately understood what Li Ji meant.

Labor is handled by the government office; money and food are also handled by the government office...

The task of the county governments in various places is to coordinate the "work-for-relief" for the refugees based on the water network development plans distributed to each county.

For a time, some capable county magistrates couldn't help but marveled at Li Ji's plan!
This almost perfectly transformed the refugees who would have been a heavy burden on Wu County into an important labor force for the development of Wu County.

And the county magistrates are even more aware that the difficulty in doing this is not the idea, but the specific water network development plan distributed to them. Without a concrete and implementable plan, even if one wants to resettle the refugees through "relief for work", there will only be one result - excess labor.

Ordinary states and counties do not need such a huge labor force at all.

And even if a large amount of labor is used, can the labor input produce sufficient returns in terms of people's livelihood and economy?

However, many county magistrates still have a look of bitterness on their faces!
Even if the government government solves the problem of money, food and labor on its own, coordinating such a huge labor force will undoubtedly be an extremely heavy task for the county government.

Gone are the days when I used to go to work on time, drink a lot of tea and wine, go shopping here and there to spend money on time, and be a salary thief, eating and drinking with local wealthy merchants every day.

"Colleagues, this matter concerns hundreds of thousands of people in Wu County and countless refugees. I hope all of you colleagues will not be lax and lazy. If anything goes wrong, don't blame Ji!"

"The capable ones go up, the mediocre ones go down, that's all."

However, after hearing this sentence in the ears of many county magistrates, they only thought that perhaps the mediocre person would end up in hell.

Immediately, Li Ji's face showed a gentle smile and said.

"Of course, it is important for people to be self-aware. If any colleague thinks he is not capable enough to serve as a county magistrate, he can take this opportunity to resign."

There may be people with great talent who do not care about the position of county magistrate, but those with great talent will not find it difficult to achieve this decree.

As for the mediocre, they are even more reluctant to let go of their official clothes and the seal that symbolizes power.

Therefore, after Li Ji finished speaking and paused for more than ten breaths, still no county magistrate asked to resign.

"Good! Since my colleagues have no objections, it has been decided. I also ask all colleagues to rush back to the county office as soon as possible to make preparations. All the labor, money and food will be sent to the counties within three days..."

After a pause, just when Li Ji stood up and was about to leave, Li Ji stopped and added again.

"In addition, when all colleagues leave Wu County, it is best to go out from the south gate. After all, you are also a colleague with the former Qiantang County Magistrate. By the way, you can pay homage to the former Qiantang County Magistrate before leaving, and Ji really does not want him to You need to go to the city gate to worship Er and so on."

In an instant, the county magistrate present felt his heart tightening. Until Li Ji's figure disappeared for a moment, he still did not dare to take a breath.

Some county magistrates who had made some calculations and realized that the money and food used by the government this time were unimaginable, and had some ideas of secretly reaching out, felt a little cold and painful in the back of their necks.

That Li Ji really knows how to kill people!
Then Liu Bei even made his fortune by pacifying the Yellow Turbans...

A group of butchers pretending to be benevolent and virtuous are an insult to elegance and elegance!
However, even though some county magistrates were so sad that they cursed Li Ji in their hearts, they temporarily gave up their greed.

Immediately, all the county magistrates left the government office one after another, and unanimously avoided the south gate and left Wu County.

However, Li Ji knew very well that the deterrence at this moment would not last long, and some county magistrates and petty officials who were used to it would inevitably reach out.

But for Li Ji, this was enough.

As long as the most troublesome early stage is passed, the positions of county magistrates and officials will be vacant, which will make it easier to promote one's own people, and then have a better understanding of the situation in each county.

Moreover, I just happened to clear out those moths that I had not taken care of before.

After roughly smoothing out the "work-for-relief" money and food arrangement, and handing over the calculation and transportation of the remaining money and food to Mi Zhu, Li Ji was ready to leave Wu County and personally go to the refugee camp in the north of Wu County to take command.

Jian Yong could hardly control the refugee camp. Even with Jia Xu's help, Jia Xu could only suppress the possibility of the refugees rioting.

When it comes to the coordination of all aspects of the refugees, Jia Xu is not good at it, and Jian Yong's ability is not enough to coordinate the number of refugees gathered together, which exceeds 200,000.

And with the beginning of "relief for work", it is necessary to continuously select suitable refugees from the refugee camps and send them to various counties.

If Li Ji did not go to the refugee camp in person, Jian Yong would not have the energy to screen the refugees.

Before leaving Wu Jun, Li Ji was busy discussing the details and arrangements for money and food with Mi Zhu in the government office. Unknowingly, by the time Mi Zhu left, the curfew had already arrived.

Especially as a large number of refugees enter the country, it is inevitable that some thieves and bandits will be mixed among them.

Therefore, the curfews in various cities in Wu County were much stricter under Li Ji's order, in order to prevent anyone from wanting to take advantage of the chaos and become an outlaw.

As for Li Ji's identity, the curfew naturally had no control over Li Ji, but Li Ji looked at the dim sky and gave up the idea of ​​returning to his house to rest.

Otherwise, Zhao Yun, who was also busy mobilizing a large number of county soldiers during this period, would have to dutifully protect Li Ji all the way back to the mansion.

However, as matters within Wu County have been arranged for the time being, most of the next matters will be dealt with in the refugee camp, which made Li Ji feel a little leisurely for a while and felt uncomfortable. (End of chapter)