1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 171 Welfare Guarantee
It is obviously not feasible to imitate the Haihan people in the production process. Although Li Nai felt a little depressed, he quickly accepted this fact.After all, the strength of "Furuifeng" is trafficking, not production. The profit generated in the process of commodity circulation is the most important part of "Furuifeng". Just do it.

After visiting the production process of the salt field, Li Nai asked to visit the homes of the salt households, or “salt field members” to be precise.Anxi readily agreed to the request and took them to the dormitory at the foot of the inland mountain.

Because a large amount of labor is used for the production and renovation of the saltworks, the members of the commune still live mainly in the boat-shaped houses built in the early days, and there is no time to build stronger brick houses.At present, the Salt Field Commune has more than [-] members and managers in total, and a group of about [-] new immigrants will be assigned here in the near future.The allocation of boat-type houses is basically based on the rule of one household and one household. If there are two or even three generations in a household, the commune will make other arrangements as appropriate.

Although the accommodation conditions are relatively simple, Li Nai did not see the distressed and desperate expressions of the salt households in the Daming Salt Farm from the faces of these members. A sense of awe that comes from within.As long as they saw Anxi and others coming, they would stop what they were doing, stand up straight and bow.Moreover, the clothing styles and colors of these commune members are very consistent, obviously distributed to them uniformly by the Haihan people.There are hundreds of people on this farm, and this alone is not a small number.

Li Nai couldn't help asking: "I see that the people in this farm and saltworks are all dressed in uniform, why do you spend so much time buying clothes for them?"

Tao Donglai responded: "We do this for two reasons. One is to facilitate management. I think Mr. Li must have noticed that laborers in farms, saltworks and other places wear clothes of different colors. They can know the unit the workers belong to. The second is to let them have a sense of identity with the group they belong to through uniform clothing. Then you will realize that you are a member of the Salt Field Commune.”

Li Nai doubted, "Is this really useful?"

Tao Donglai waved and called a working member nearby: "Member, report your identity!"

Seeing that Anxi was standing behind the person who was questioning him, the man knew that he was probably a bigwig among the Haihan people, so he responded with trepidation and fear according to the usual teaching method: "Report to the chief, the villain Jiang San, a junior worker in the third brigade of the Salt Field Commune."

Tao Donglai pointed at Li Nai and said, "This Mr. Li asks you any questions, and you answer him honestly, understand?"

Jiang San nodded repeatedly: "Yes, I understand, I understand."

Li Nai didn't expect Tao Donglai to do this, so he asked casually, "Jiang San, how did you get here? How long have you been here?"

Then Jiang San responded: "Back to Mr. Li, the villain came to Shengli Port from Yazhou on the fifth day of last month by boat."

"Then why did you come here from Yazhou to work?" Li Nai continued to ask.

Jiang San's face darkened and said: "Back to Mr. Li, my father was bedridden by a sudden illness last year, and the family was poor, so he could only mortgage a few acres of land to borrow money for medical treatment. After all, he couldn't be saved after all. The villain for a while Unable to repay the loan, the creditor was in a hurry, and the family's fields and the house were taken away. The villain knows nothing except farming, and he can't find a household registration in Yazhou to make a living. Later, I learned that the heads of Haihan We are recruiting people, we will take care of food and housing and pay back the salary, so the villain went to sign up. If it wasn't for the chiefs to take him in, the villain would have starved to death in Yazhou city at this time."

"In your opinion, how is this place?" Li Nai continued to ask.He was really curious about how the local people viewed the existence of the Haihan people. It was rare to have such an opportunity to ask in person, and Li Nai would naturally not let it go. He just wondered if this Jiang San had the courage to answer this question.

Sure enough, Jiang San's face became a little hesitant, and he turned his head slightly to see Tao Donglai's expression.Tao Donglai didn't care, he waved his hand and said, "You can say whatever you think!"

Then Jiang San gritted his teeth and said: "Back to Mr. Li, the villain feels very unfair after coming here!"

As soon as this remark came out, Tao Donglai's face didn't change much, but Anxi's brows frowned, thinking that if you dare to talk nonsense, you will be sent to a labor camp to be rehabilitated when you turn around. Know why a new life is so precious!
Li Nai was taken aback, he didn't expect his question to be so famous, he subconsciously replied, "What's wrong?"

"After the villain came here, he found that everyone here has food, clothes, and houses, but they don't need to spend a penny. As long as they work hard, they will still be paid at the end of the month. There is no such a good place that does not cost money? The villain worked so hard in Yazhou, but ended up being homeless in the end. The two places are only a hundred miles apart, why are they so different? Why does God treat people? So unfair?" Jiang San complained angrily, but didn't notice that several audience members were dumbfounded.

Li Nai really wanted to say that if you were my servant, you could get the same treatment, but after thinking about it, I felt that it was wrong. The Haihan people did not use these people as domestic servants, but as long-term hired workers with food and housing. The usage cost is slightly higher.He Qiang had already caught the loophole in Jiang San's words, and retorted: "You come here, and someone in the family sees a doctor and takes medicine, which also costs money."

Jiang San shook his head and said: "The chiefs have said that members of the commune will not be charged for seeing a doctor or taking medicine."

He Qiang was taken aback for a moment, and then said: "Children always have to pay Xiujin for reading and writing."

Jiang San continued to shake his head and said: "The chiefs have said that the members and their children don't need money to study!"

"Weddings and funerals, weddings and funerals, we always need to spend our own money to organize them!" He Qiang continued to give examples without giving up.

Jiang San glanced at him like a fool and said: "Mr. is talking about the rules of Daming. There is a red and white council here, which is in charge of organizing weddings and weddings. The money spent is also given by the chiefs!"

"This..." He Qiang was at a loss for words for a moment, but he couldn't think of anything else that could refute Jiang San's words.

During this process, Tao Donglai did not speak, but just listened to him, secretly amused in his heart—some of his original civil affairs management designs seem to be gradually being realized now, and the benefits of low-income and high-welfare treatment are not enough to bribe ordinary people. People's hearts have achieved very good results, and the public's sense of recognition for these tangible welfare benefits is quite high.

From the beginning of designing the naturalization civil treatment system, the executive committee decided to adopt the method of low income and high welfare.This is because the Ming Dynasty in this period was in a stage where the social order was constantly collapsing. Most of the people who actively or passively took refuge in the time-traveling group were unable to survive normally in the original environment, but the time-traveling group happened to Can provide them with a comprehensive social security system.Even if there are not many opportunities to make a fortune in this system, it is already attractive enough for these people who want to live in a stable environment.

As Jiang San said, after people entered the commune system and became naturalized people, almost all daily expenses would be replaced by collective arrangements.Eating, dressing, reading, seeing a doctor, and even birth, old age, sickness and death are all in the responsibility of the commune management committee and its subordinate grassroots organizations with detailed functions. Ordinary people can’t even find the need to spend money in the commune environment.

The cost of such comprehensive employee benefits is naturally not small, but judging from the information feedback, the rewards are quite worthwhile. When the people realize that their current benefits can only be obtained under the rule of the Haihan Executive Committee, for The identity of the group you belong to will be higher.When one day they need to promote or take up arms to defend this social system, it is very likely that there will be no need for ideological mobilization at all.

Of course, these huge welfare expenditures still come from the sheep, after all, they all come from the product value created by these people in the commune and in the factory.The executive committee returned some of these values ​​to the naturalized people in the form of social security benefits instead of wages, but this is already a great move in the eyes of the naturalized people, and some people even put these social The guarantee is regarded as "the kindness of Chief Haihan".

It is not without voices of opposition. Some people think that this will lead to poor circulation of local commodities in the future. Because of the general low income of the people, social consumption capacity will be very limited, and a large number of industrially produced products can only be exported. Local people cannot enjoy it.

However, the economic experts headed by Schneider quickly refuted this view, and the crossing group based on the planned economy can completely avoid this situation by regulating the internal commodity circulation price.The fact that commodities are expensive for export does not mean that they circulate internally at the same price.

For example, a set of glass stationery with an ex-factory price of [-] yuan can be reduced to [-]/[-] or even lower when it is supplied to the academy.Through internal product price regulation, the public can even enjoy products that will sell at high prices overseas at a price below the cost.In this way, even low-income people can have the opportunity to live a middle-class life.The financial subsidies needed for internal price reduction can be recovered in the form of internal losses and external compensation. Compared with the export volume of industrial products that can be expected in the future, this internal digestion capacity is really nothing.

(End of this chapter)