Farming, learning Wu, and peace in the world

Chapter 61 Going to the Countryside
From Chengguan Town to Shikou Township, the road is bumpy and has not been repaired for a long time.

Like Chengguan Town, Shikou Township is backed by Cuilong Mausoleum thousands of miles away, and is also adjacent to Pengli Lake. Half of the villagers here beg for food from the mountains and half from the lake.

The living standards of the people are relatively good.

The [-]th group of the Jiangwu Hall rode upside down on donkeys and rushed to Shikou Village in a mighty way. Officials from the Township Administration here had been waiting in the cold wind for a long time, ready to make contact.

"Chief Hao, welcome, welcome, but I'm looking forward to seeing you here." The township head is a fat man, wearing thin clothes, with an extraordinary demeanor. It is obvious that the martial arts achievements are not low. "Every teacher and student in the martial arts hall, the village has prepared a simple meal Let's go to the Township Office to get warm."

Hao Bozhao grabbed the mayor's hand and said, "Major Liu, I'm sorry for disturbing you."

"Where."

With such politeness, nineteen teachers including Hao Bozhao and two hundred students from the martial arts lecture hall were all invited into the compound of the Township Administration.

Shikou Township is not a financially rich township, but the township office is quite luxuriously built. The two buildings in front of and behind the compound have five floors.Although there is no heating and air conditioning in the room, there are radiators.

It was roasting loudly, making the room very hot.

"My colleagues in the martial arts hall, on behalf of the fathers and fellow villagers of Shikou Township, I would like to express my gratitude to you. With your presence, the people can finally live a stable year."

There are only two weeks left until Chinese New Year.

Head Liu set the tone high, and his words were even more sincere, and highly praised the benevolence of the martial arts hall.

Hao Bozhao declined naturally and modestly, and said: "This time we are here, despite the arrangements, Township Chief Liu, you must do something practical for the affected people in a down-to-earth manner."

Another deputy township head, surnamed Chu, was busy smoking and lighting the fire.

The young assistant to the mayor followed behind, serving tea and water.

"What's your name, little brother?" Deputy Township Chief Chu quickly smoked in front of Chi Qiaosong. Judging by his sturdy body, he should also be a martial arts master.

It's a pity that my figure is now bloated and fat.

Ikehashimatsu waved his hand and refused with a faint smile: "Thank you, I don't smoke... I, Ikehashimatsu, is an assistant teacher in the martial arts hall, and I will follow all the teachers here to help."

"It turned out to be Assistant Professor Chi, young and promising." Deputy mayor Chu took back the cigarette, and said to the assistant mayor, "Xiao Wei, hurry up and pour tea, you young people should talk more."

The assistant to the mayor is also a martial artist, about 21 years old.

Basically, those who can be a half-time official in the local area are warriors, or have warriors behind them.

Smoke on, tea.

The atmosphere in the conference room suddenly became active. Since the Township Administration was hosting a luncheon, there was no rush to arrange work, and everyone first contacted each other.

Ikehashi Song didn't say much, but just listened.

Get a general idea of ​​the organizational structure and personnel composition of Shikou Township.

The head of the township, Liu Wujun, is a master of the warrior realm and the leader of the entire Shikou Township.

Among the four deputy mayors, Chu Weimin, Tao Jinxiu, and Yin Deng are all masters of the warrior realm; the only female deputy mayor, Jia Caiyun, has never practiced martial arts, but she is a serious college student and Liu Wujun's sister-in-law.

The last is Wei Ding, assistant to the mayor, a warrior of the strongman realm, and he is also Liu Wujun's nephew.

Basically, Shikou Township is these six masters.

In addition, there are several warriors in Shikou Township, who are in charge of the patrol house, militia battalion, power station, water conservancy station, health center, and forest farm.

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I thought that disaster relief work would be arranged in the afternoon.

Unexpectedly, after the luncheon, when several villages were allocated, Township Chief Liu used the bad weather as an excuse to leave the teachers and students of the martial arts hall in the compound of the Township Administration.

The teachers headed by Hao Bozhao pretended to decline a few words, and then readily agreed.

On the second day, everyone left in groups and went to the village to settle down.There is no need to move the group of Chiqiaosong, because the township office is located in Shikou Village.

"There are basically no people affected by the disaster in Shikou Village. Xiaochi, you don't have to run away. How about going hunting with me in the forest farm?" Wei Ding, assistant to the mayor, dragged him to Xiaosha.

"No Brother Wei, my teacher is here." Chi Qiaosong declined.

He really wanted to do something practical. He led ten students around the streets of towns and villages to care for the needy households.But after running for a day, I realized that there was a limit to what I could do.

Most of the villagers in Shikou were not affected by the disaster and do not need help.

A small number of poor villagers are either injured or have no income, which cannot be solved by a cold relief operation. At most, some rice flour and oil can be donated to subsidize it.

This time, Jiangwutang brought a batch of rice flour oil for disaster relief.

But a drop in the bucket.

Especially in some villagers' homes, there is not even a quilt. The bed is covered with old straw, and the quilt is stuffed with straw.Some raised chickens and ducks, and the chickens and ducks lived in the same bed as humans.

"My man was dragged to hard labor by the commander. He said he would send money back during the New Year, but he hasn't received it yet." A sallow-faced and thin woman said to Ikehashisong.

The walls of her house are bare, and the walls are cracked and leaking air.

"Didn't you save any money before?"

"No, my man worked as a long-term worker for others. After three years of work, he didn't get a penny of his wages."

"Who will be a long-term worker for whom?" Chi Qiaosong frowned.

"Where are the high officials in the city?"

"The high officials don't give money?"

"I can't see the high official, only the adjutant of the high official. The adjutant said that the high official has no money."

Officials who can have adjutants are at least at the level of county governors, that is, from the county level up.Those who can serve as the county level are basically the masters of the martial arts.

Ikehashi Song sighed helplessly: "The master will also default on wages..."

Faced with such a situation, he was powerless to help, so he could only go to Wei Ding: "Brother Wei, can the Township Administration come up with a batch of quilts? Many families don't even have a quilt."

Wei Ding said embarrassingly: "This... the Township Administration is also in difficulty, and now it still owes a lot of financial debts."

Afraid that Chi Qiaosong would not believe it, Wei Ding added: "Even the banquet at noon yesterday was owed to other restaurants on credit, and IOUs were issued. The Township Administration can't afford the money for the wine."

The words have ended.

Ikehashi Song didn't bother anymore.

He deeply felt that the Great Xia Republic still had the cruelty of not having enough food and clothing under the current situation of the Republic of China, where flowers were blooming like brocades and the fire was cooking oil.

He wanted to say that he should do something to change the world.

But now he is just a fighter in the warrior realm, let alone governing a country, he is not qualified to govern a town.The only thing that can be done is to accumulate strength silently.

One day, the Great Xia Republic will usher in the opening of the world.

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Ikehashi Matsu is not a entangled character, some things just need to be kept in the bottom of my heart.

After running a few laps in Shikou Village and sending out a batch of rice flour oil, his task of fighting against the cold and disaster relief would be considered complete.

After listening to his report, Hao Bozhao expressed his satisfaction: "You can feel the hardships of the people, so you didn't run in vain this time. Remember this feeling. In the future, when you become an official in politics, remember to be a good official."

Then he said: "Okay, don't worry too much about these troublesome things. Didn't Wei Ding invite you to the forest farm to hunt several times? Go ahead and take the students to have fun."

The forest farm in Shikou Township is a standard deep mountain forest, deeper than a ridge, where bears, tigers, wolves, pigs, and leopards often appear.

After Chi Qiaosong let go of his thoughts, he hunted well at the forest farm, but unfortunately he didn't find any big ones, only two wild boars and a few roe deer.

Give half to the students, and take the other half home.

This trip to the countryside is over.

(End of this chapter)