It was already past two o'clock in the afternoon when he walked out of Eternal Turtle Shiro's residence. He had no choice but to drink with Eternal Turtle Shiro, who kept asking him to drink. It was boring for him to drink alone, so he drank with Eternal Turtle Shiro again.
However, he didn't drink much. He gave the excuse that he still had something to do in the afternoon. If he drank too much and couldn't deal with it, Eternal Turtle Silang would let it go. If he really drank it, Liu Chuan would have to pretend to be drunk. Otherwise, how would he explain the last time he was drunk?
A gust of cold wind blew, causing Liu Chuan to tighten his military coat. It was almost the beginning of November, and the weather was naturally cold. It was comfortable to wear a military coat outside. Needless to say, the Japanese's military coat was quite warm.
In the air, the sun was shining brightly on her body. It wasn't hot, but rather, it was very warm. She lit a cigarette and took a deep breath. There was a little worry between her brows. The people in the Kuomintang-ruled areas could at least live under the sun, but he could only do things in the dark.
" Let's go to the government building."
Liu Chuan got into the car and said something before he fell into deep thought. It was indeed a pity to waste so much land. However, Liu Chuan's real intention in setting up a military farm was not to solve the problem for the Japanese, but to solve the problem for the common people.
After coming to this chaotic world, he was very clear about one problem, which was that refugees would not be cut off. As long as there was a war, there would be refugees. As the war expanded, the number of refugees would increase.
The fact that he could not solve the refugee problem in North China made him understand that he could not settle the refugees without food. The refugees from Luxi were lucky. They were the first batch of refugees that Liu Chuan had settled down, so they now had fields, land, and houses to live in. They could still have a good New Year this year.
But what about the refugees who were under the Japanese's rule? They weren't so lucky. Liu Chuan didn't have much food to give them. This time, he had to find a way to extort the rich from the military farms to provide them with food.
Not to mention filling the refugees 'stomachs, at least one meal a day would prevent them from starving to death. That was all he could do. It would be fine when spring came next year. He would have surplus grain when the winter wheat was harvested.
He settled these refugees down, farmed, and started farming. In order to prevent more refugees from appearing in the future, he had food to settle the people down. As for the Japanese, that was just an excuse.
Of course, he would definitely provide some meat to the Japanese. Otherwise, it would not make sense.
When he arrived at the government building, the director of the Civil Affairs Department, Li Puchang, and the police chief, Pike, were already waiting for him in his office.
After Liu Chuan beat them up, they became more honest. How could they not be honest? The previous lesson was still fresh in his mind. If he was caught again, he would be shot.
These days, these officials had become more practical, but their abilities seemed to be somewhat uneven. For example, Li Puchang's ability to do things was considered passable ~
He wasn't that outstanding or powerful, but he was still alright. He was much stronger than ordinary people, but he couldn't compare to those guys who were good at government affairs. The police chief, Pike, had been busy with the case recently.
He had heard that he had solved several cases. Liu Chuan had seen it before. It wasn't difficult, but it wasn't easy either. He was also an above average person. When faced with some serious problems, he would be speechless.
In any case, these people were typical people who did things. They were good at corruption, bribery, and flattery. Speaking of which, if they were all capable people, they wouldn't be traitors that everyone was scolding.
There were some capable officials among these pseudo-government officials, but Liu Chuan had yet to discover them.
" Sit down. You don't have to stand up."
As Liu Chuan spoke, he took off his military coat and hung it on the hanger. He went to the brazier to warm himself up. The weather was cold, so he put two braziers in his office to keep warm.
"What happened to what I asked you to do?”
Liu Chuan asked as he roasted the fire.
"Director, it's all done. This year's district's population statistics, land remeasurement, and the number of rich households are all done. I have them with me now. Please take a look ~"
Lee Puchang quickly opened his briefcase, took out a thick stack of documents, and handed it to Liu Chuan.
Liu Chuan took it and sat in his chair to read it slowly. Lee Puchang had sent over some general documents. As for the specific documents, there were too many. He would probably check them again before sending them over.
"Director, these are some of the current general situation. The number of people in the jurisdiction of our Luxi government is about 35 million. The area of cultivated land is a little complicated. We have divided it into good farmland, ordinary farmland, and poor farmland.
The more detailed data about how many fertile fields there are in a certain county and how many people there are still in other documents. They're still being collated. When they're done, I'll send them over to you ~"
Lee Puchang was more capable than ordinary people. Although he was not as good at government affairs, he still put in a lot of effort in doing these things. The numbers on it were very accurate. The population was accurate to single digits, and the cultivated area was accurate to the extent of a fraction of land.
"You did well. I will give you a reward of 500 dollars before the year ends. Consider it an affirmation of your work during this period. Remember what I said before and do your job well.
If you do a good job, I will give you the reward. If anyone wants to plunder from the commoners again, don't blame me for turning my back on you. It's useless even if you know a major general, let alone a general of the imperial army.
My immediate superior is Commander Tada. I don't think I need to say this, right? In the North China army, I don't think there's a general who's better than the commander."
Liu Chuan put down the document and said to Lee Puchang. A reward of 500 yuan was not a small amount. In short, if you do a good job, you will get the reward. If you want to plunder from the people, then wait for death!
"Pike, what about you?"
Every time Liu Chuan thought of this, he wanted to laugh. The word Pu in their names was pronounced Pu, but Liu Chuan wanted to evilly pronounce it as another polysyllable-Piao.
"Director, after I returned, I investigated all the police officers in the Luxi government. These are the basic results of the investigation.
Some of them had been found out, but the details had not been verified yet. However, more than half of them had been verified.”
Pike said as he hurriedly took out a document and handed it over. During this period of time, he had also done a lot of things. The first was to investigate the internal staff of the police department. Everyone knew that the police department of the puppet government was no worse than the officials of the puppet government.
However, this matter was not instructed by Liu Chuan himself, but by Pike himself. The reason was very simple. In their eyes, Liu Chuan was the number one traitor. Look at how much the Imperial Army trusted him!
If he did this well, he would definitely be promoted in the future. During the five days that Pike went back to recuperate, he was thinking about how to win Liu Chuan's favor. Who wouldn't want to get promoted and get rich by hugging Liu Chuan's thigh!
After pondering for a while, he felt that Liu Chuan hated them for embezzling the people's life-saving food, which meant that Liu Chuan cared a lot about the people. Therefore, when he came back, he decided to investigate the fake government police officers who reached out to the common people.
He had been investigating for quite some time, and he was pretty much familiar with the police situation in Luxi's government. He quickly came to Liu Chuan to take credit. As long as Liu Chuan gave him credit, it would be easy for him to make a meteoric rise in the future.
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