In this era, transportation was basically dependent on walking. It was fine to take a car or drive out, but the purchase and maintenance of a car was not something that ordinary people could afford!
An ordinary black car would be sold for tens of thousands of dollars in the East, while a famous car in this era, such as a Cadillac, would be sold for more than 20,000 dollars.
Forget about 20,000 yuan, just an ordinary car that cost tens of thousands of yuan, what kind of concept was that?
A person who could fork out 10,000 yuan was definitely a local tyrant in this era. Only a landlord with a family property of more than 50,000 mu could fork out such a large sum. A landlord of this level was already at the top of the middle-level landlord class and was about to enter the ranks of the big landowners.
How many people in the country could afford a car? Less than one percent!
Naturally, Wang Zhihong, as an editor-in-chief, was a big shot in the newspaper office and the newspaper industry. However, he could not afford a car, so he walked around.
The closer he got to Lu 'an City, the more confused he became. The people working in the fields were always middle-aged and old people. The youngest was estimated to be in his fifties. He did not see anyone under the age of fifty.
This made him very puzzled. As night fell, Wang Zhihong was still seven or eight miles away from Lu 'an City. He did not rush to the night road, but found an inn in the nearby Dalin Town to stay.
Dalin Town was a small town on the eastern side of Lu 'an County. It was seven or eight miles away from Lu' an County.
"Shopkeeper, do you have anything to eat? Get us something to eat. We've been walking for a day and we're starving!”
Wang Zhihong brought Lin Xin to an inn in the town. After putting away their things, they went downstairs to eat something.
"Customer, it's late at night. We only have noodles left. Would you like some?”
The shopkeeper had a gray towel on his shoulder. As a small inn in the town, there was no waiter in his shop. He was the only one who ran the waiter and the cashier. His wife was the one who cooked the dishes.
After all, it was an inn in a small town. It was impossible to spend money to hire people.
When Wang Zhihong heard that there were noodles, he couldn't help but laugh."That's fine. Hurry up! I'm starving to death after a day's journey!"
The shopkeeper smiled and went to the kitchen.
After a while, two bowls of noodles were served on a tray.
Wang Zhihong looked at the noodles in front of him and didn't stop the boss who was about to leave.
"Shopkeeper, don't go yet. I want to ask you something. What was going on with Lu 'an? On our way here, we saw that the people working in the fields were all middle-aged and elderly people in their fifties or sixties. What about the young people in Lu 'an?
Where did they go? Why didn't he see her? Don't tell me there aren't any young people in Lu 'an!”
Wang Zhihong had been suppressing this question in his heart for the whole day. He couldn't help but ask the innkeeper tonight.
The innkeeper was also a talkative person. When he saw Wang Zhihong asking him a question, he pulled over a bench and sat down beside him. He smiled and said,"It seems that you have come from afar. I don't know what's going on in Lu 'an.
Ever since the new county head took office, Lu 'an has changed a lot. He heard that the county head had opened many factories in the western part of Lu 'an, recruiting young and strong laborers to work. They received three yuan a month, and food and accommodation were also included.
All the young people in our county have gone. Even some old guys in their forties or fifties have gone to do odd jobs. I heard that those who do odd jobs get one or two yuan a month, including food and accommodation. Now, the people working in the fields were all old men in their forties or fifties.”
The inn owner smiled and continued,"Last month, in October, many people from other counties came. I heard that they were disaster victims from other places.
It was our county head who requested for them to come. He said that the factory and some infrastructure company needed a lot of labor, and our county's labor was not enough. In just a short month, our county's population seemed to have exceeded ten million.
I even heard that the county head complained from time to time that the population was not enough. It would be even better if there were more people. Right now, the Red Star Group in Lu 'an County is hiring like crazy. As long as you have the strength, others will want you.”
Wang Zhihong couldn't imagine what the innkeeper had said. He asked in disbelief,"Boss, don't lie to us. The population of his county is over ten million? The total population of the Anhui Province was only about 19 million, right? The population of his county was more than half of that of a province?”
The innkeeper smiled indifferently and said,""How would I know the details of this matter? I heard it from the people who came and went. However, it's true that all the young people in our county are working for the Red Star Corporation.
Some time ago, some people from the Red Star Group came to our town to recruit people. They even held a recruitment meeting. All the young people in our town went there.”
Wang Zhihong and Lin Xin looked at each other in disbelief. Lu 'an County could settle tens of millions of people? With a population of tens of millions, the county head Han Bin still felt that there was not enough manpower?
No matter how they listened, they felt like they were listening to a fairy tale.
Wang Zhihong thought for a moment and asked the inn owner,"Boss, I heard that a month ago, the county head Han Bin killed two big landowners for no reason. Is that true?”
As soon as Wang Zhihong finished speaking, the inn owner stretched out his hand and said,"Sir, your words are wrong. You can't call the county master by his name. Our county master is a rare good official. If you disrespect the county master again, don't blame this old man for chasing you out.
If the townspeople knew about this, they would definitely beat you to death!”
These words made Wang Zhihong's heart skip a beat. He felt that things were far from what he had imagined. He did not expect the people here to support Han Bin so much. This kind of thing was rare.
Now, he was the chief editor. When he was young, he was also a small reporter. In the past, he had traveled everywhere for news. The people in other places did not have much respect for the county magistrate.
On the contrary, many commoners spoke of their county head as if they wanted him dead. It was the first time they had seen such support.
After Wang Zhihong recovered, he looked at the inn owner and smiled."Boss, I just came here and didn't know! But from what you said, this county head Han is a good official!”
The innkeeper waved his hand." Our County Head Han is not an ordinary person. Which of the people in our county has not received the favor of County Head Han?" Who doesn't support Han County Head?
Take eating as an example. In the past, the higher-ups wanted us commoners to die. Why would they care about our lives? However, the first thing that County Head Han will do after he takes office is to improve the lives of the common people and let us eat. So, you can't talk nonsense. Otherwise, you won't be able to walk out of Lu 'an County.”
Wang Zhihong felt that he knew too little. After reorganizing his words, he looked at the inn owner and said,"Boss, what's up with those two landowners? Did you know?"
The innkeeper chuckled." You can't blame County Head Han for this. Those two landowners are heartless. This year is a year of great disaster. The common people's families are almost unable to make a living."
These landowners forced us commoners to pay rent in the year of the disaster for money. Some commoners were forced to sell their children.
"Then, these two landowners maliciously raised the grain prices in the year of the disaster. Our commoners were almost unable to survive, but these landowners were still not satisfied and still wanted money.
After our county master took office, he asked them to restore the grain prices. These two big landowners are courting death and want to go against the county master. They won't lower the prices no matter what and want to squeeze us commoners.
Would the county magistrate indulge them? For the sake of us commoners, the county lord directly led his men to attack the homes of these two landowners. He directly captured them and paraded them through the streets. Then, he beheaded them at the entrance of the market.
I heard that tens of thousands of people went to watch that day. After these two landowners were beheaded, the other landowners were afraid and quickly ran to the county magistrate. Only then did the grain prices in Lu 'an County return to normal.
After that, our county lord distributed the grain he collected to the common people, saying that he wanted us to live a good life. After that, the land of the two big landowners was distributed to us commoners.
In order to prevent our land from being annexed by other landowners, all of them are under the Red Star Group. Only then do we commoners have land. The commoners in our small town are very grateful to the county lord.
After that, the county magistrate said that the common people had to face the yellow soil and face the sky for their entire lives. Their lives were poor, so they had to provide free school in the county. He said that school was an opportunity to change their lives. Everyone had to go to school, and they didn't even have to pay tuition fees.
The people of our county are very grateful to the county lord. If anyone dares to speak ill of the county lord in the county now, we can take his life without anyone else doing anything. Our county lord is a good official that only appears once in a thousand years.”
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Today, the first chapter is presented! Kneel!
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