The next morning, when the citizens woke up, they found soldiers holding papers and thick rice juice pasted in conspicuous places on the streets.
This made the commoners very curious. They did not understand what these soldiers were doing. After the soldiers left, a group of people quickly surrounded them to see what was up there.
Some literate people began to interpret the contents of the book to the commoners. However, after they finished speaking, they caused a wave of exclamations from the surrounding commoners.
"Is this true? The Red Star Group has rented the land to us. They don't collect rent, and we only need to pay the land tax? Is there such a good thing in the world?"
"Yeah! Paying rent to the landlord had been a rule for thousands of years. Since when did they not need to pay rent and only need to pay land tax? Isn't this equivalent to giving us the land? Is there such a good thing in the world?"
"How can this be fake? Didn't it say so? These lands belonged to the three great landowners. The county lord said that these three great landowners had maliciously raised the price of grain, disrupted the market, hoarded, and exploited the people.
In any case, they committed a serious crime. The county lord confiscated all their land and put it under the name of the county lord's Red Star Group. Then, he rented the land to ordinary people like us.
As long as we plant Red Star Group's land, we don't need to pay rent. We only need to pay land taxes! This was a government official document issued by the county lord, and the government guaranteed it! Do you think you can lie to us commoners?”
"Our newly appointed county magistrate is really a good official! In the few days that he has been in office, he has been providing relief to the victims and renting land. He is our great lord and a good official who is really good for the people!”
The people surrounding these official documents were overjoyed after confirming the contents. They were very grateful and supportive of Han Bin.
This news was not only spread in the city. Some soldiers also got on trucks and left the city. They also began to post such official documents in various towns and villages in Lu 'an County.
In a short period of time, the entire Lu 'an County knew that there was no need to pay rent to rent the land under the Red Star Group's name. They only needed to pay land taxes.
Countless commoners cried tears of joy. In their eyes, this was not renting land. This was distributing land to poor families like them!
Moreover, it also stipulated that they were not allowed to trade or buy the land. They only had the right to use it, not the right to own it!
This didn't seem to have much of a reaction, but for the people, this was good news. After the 70-year lease expired, they could just renew the lease with the Red Star Corporation.
The commoners wanted land for farming to survive, but many times, when land was annexed, one could not stop it.
For example, in a famine year, a landlord would force a buyer to buy an acre of land for a piece of money. As a commoner, there was no room for resistance.
They could only watch helplessly as the landlord bought the land in their hands at the price of one yuan per mu of land. There was no place for them to complain.
But now, they were not afraid. As long as these lands were in their hands, the landlord would not be able to snatch them away. If they did anything reckless, they would be going against the Red Star Group and the county lord.
Therefore, they were very happy. On the contrary, they did not have the right to own it. They felt that this was the same way of saying it. Why? Seventy years of usage rights, what was the difference between this and giving it to them? Moreover, he needed a big backer.
Because of this, Han Bin's reputation in Lu 'an County began to soar in a very short period of time. Those who were not familiar with the new county magistrate now knew about him.
If someone came out at this time and said that he didn't know Han Bin, it was obvious that he was from another county.
Countless people in Lu 'an County ran around to spread the good news. To the people, they could finally have their own land without worrying about being taken away by the landlord.
Since ancient times, the annexation of land had been accompanied by the blood and tears of the common people. The consequence of every piece of land being taken by the landlord was the bankruptcy of a common family.
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Jinling, Leader's Residence
The weather in late September was relatively cool. He sat on the balcony and enjoyed the cool breeze. He was reading a document slowly in his hand.
The Eldest Young Master walked into the living room on the second floor and came to the seat behind him. He said softly,""Father, the price of grain on the market has soared by two points in the past few days. The government was going to intervene in this matter. If they didn't, the people wouldn't be able to live.”
The committee member continued to read the newspaper and said without raising his head,"I know about this, but the government is powerless to interfere. The north was unstable, and so were the warlords in the southern provinces.
Currently, the army was planning to reorganize and needed a large amount of money. They needed the Kong family to borrow money from abroad!”
What the committee said was basically saying that Fatty Kong was making huge profits behind the skyrocketing grain prices. Now, they needed Fatty Kong to make money to maintain the military expenditure, so they couldn't move.
The Eldest Young Master naturally understood and immediately said hatefully,""But if that's the case, how will the people live?”
The committee member didn't say anything. There were two major expenses in the military reorganization. The first was the expenditure on weapons, equipment, and ammunition. The second was military pay. However, the military pay was like a small house in front of weapons and equipment.
Let's put it this way. An infantry division's monthly salary expenditure was about 200,000 dollars, and its weapons and equipment cost two million dollars, ten times the salary.
Other than that, there was also the expenditure on ammunition. When there was no war, there was no expenditure on ammunition during normal training. If there was some shooting training, the monthly expenditure on ammunition for an infantry division would be between 10,000 to 30,000 dollars.
However, in a war, whether it was the consumption of bullets or shells, the military expenditure would rise in a straight line. After a war, the ammunition expenditure of an infantry division would start at a million dollars. The so-called cannon firing was worth ten thousand taels of gold.
Now that the army was reorganized, they needed to re-establish the standard equipment of the army. The troops needed to be trained to become combat effectiveness. The cost of weapons and equipment, as well as ammunition for training, were all huge sums of money.
The Eldest Young Master naturally knew this, so he could only shake his head and smile bitterly. Then, he said with some worry,"Brother Bin has been in Lu 'an for a few days. I don't know how his situation is now.
The first batch of 1,000 tons of food that I collected was just gathered two days ago. It only arrived at Pukou yesterday and is still on the way. It will only reach Lu 'an tomorrow morning. I really hope that nothing will happen to Brother Bin. There are more than 100,000 disaster victims!
If he was not careful, it would lead to another civil revolt. Brother Bin would be in danger!”
Hearing this, the committee member put down the newspaper in his hand and frowned slightly.
"Han Bin shouldn't be in danger now. If there's any danger, Dai Yunong will report to me. You don't have to worry too much about this matter. He has just become the county magistrate of Lu 'an County.
In a few days, the second batch of food ordered by the government from the United States will arrive in Shanghai. I will allocate 20,000 tons of food from it, plus the 30,000 tons of food you ordered from the foreign firm.
With this 50,000 tons of grain in hand, it would be enough to solve the disaster victims in Lu 'an County. When the grain arrives and the disaster relief is completed, I will use this as a political achievement to transfer him back.”
The commission master was also unwilling to let Han Bin, this genius, stay in Lu 'an. In the commission master's heart, he still wanted to bring Han Bin by his side and slowly teach him. In the future, Han Bin would definitely become the greatest help to his son! If such a genius that he had nurtured was to be lost in Lu 'an, he would definitely cry to death!
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