Chapter 493: Aiding Agriculture

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Wu Shaoting took a good rest for a day, but in the morning he went to the Zhang family to pay New Year's greetings. Afterwards, he returned to the Governor's Office and received the subordinates of the military government to congratulate him. At the same time, he also ordered several servants to visit the relatives who had recently settled in Guangzhou instead of him, and sent some New Year's goods and New Year's money. Because the fuss was too late yesterday, after finishing his work, he slept for a full afternoon to recover.

Then until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, at least three invitations to dinner every day, from the Zhang family to various subordinates, and even foreign consulates from the consulate to join in the fun of China. Anyone with a strong reputation who knows Wu Shaoting is eager to invite the Governor to visit.

Wu Shaoting handed over the dinner to Zhang Xiaoya, and Zhang Xiaoya said she would go wherever she wanted.

However, during the second and third day of the junior high school, Zhang Xiaoya did not agree to visit anyone's home. Instead, she said to Wu Shaoting very seriously: "You, Wu Shaoting, have the support of the Guangdong army and the love of the people of Guangdong. Now, on this *** festival, the most important thing to accept is not others, they are them. In the second and third day of the junior high school, Shaoting, please concentrate on rewarding the soldiers of the army and condolences to the people."

After hearing this, Wu Shaoting was very moved. He never expected that after he got married to Zhang Xiaoya, this once strange girl turned into such a gentle and virtuous mature woman who knew the general. Perhaps his eyes were too backward and he always regarded Zhang Xiaoya as the cute and naughty girl he used to be, but in fact, Zhang Xiaoya is already twenty years old this year and has truly become a tasteful woman.

He solemnly agreed to Zhang Xiaoya's words and asked Zhang Xiaoya to accompany him to reward and condolences.

That night, he asked Deng Keng to arrange this matter. In order to show sincerity of reward, he not only walked around several military camps in Guangzhou, but also went to Qingyuan, Zhongshan, Jiangmen and Shaoguan counties. The Guangdong-Hankou Railway's Guangzhou Zhishaoguan section has been opened, and it only takes more than three hours from Guangzhou to Shaoguan, so it is not inconvenient.

Deng Keng made detailed plans and arrangements overnight and sent a telegram to several military camps, so that these military camps could prepare for the welcome and security work in advance.

Wu Shaoting and his wife got up at six o'clock in the morning of the second year of junior high school. They had breakfast together, and then set off for the Whampoa Military Academy, the East Suburb Barracks and the West Suburb Barracks. The Whampoa Military Academy recruits students according to the semester system. The regular class is fourteen months' school system, and they will rest for one month and immediately start recruiting students for the new period. Therefore, even if it is the Spring Festival now, it is still a normal study schedule for all teachers and students of the Whampoa Military Academy.

Wu Shaoting visited the Whampoa Military Academy on the second day of the Lunar New Year, brought a lot of New Year gifts to the school teachers and students, and went into the classroom to deliver inspiring speeches, expressing his appreciation for the students and instructors who remained at their posts during the Spring Festival.

The teachers and students of the Whampoa Military Academy were also very surprised by Wu Shaoting's sudden visit. They never expected that the principal still remembered them during the holidays. From instructors to students, they all felt deeply moved. Even though Wu Shaoting ignored the affairs of the military academy on weekdays, he was a general manager every day, but he was able to care about the details every time he needed, which was really touching.

Because of the tight schedule today, I only stayed at the Whampoa Military Academy for an hour. Before the noon arrived, I immediately set off for the Eastern Suburb Barracks and Western Suburb Barracks. Wu Shaoting went to various barracks to express condolences to the soldiers and also prepared some New Year's goods for the soldiers. In order not to favor one or the other, he specially distributed 30,000 yuan in cash to each barracks as the year-end subsidy, so that the barracks could buy New Year's goods for each soldier, even if it was a few extra meals.

At noon, Wu Shaoting and Zhang Xiaoya were having dinner in the canteen of the Western Suburbs Barracks, and then immediately took the train to Qingyuan and Shaoguan.

It was already eleven o'clock when I returned to Guangzhou. I originally planned to go to Jiangmen and Zhongshan, but unfortunately there was not enough time, so I had to give up. Wu Shaoting was pretty good, but it was a pity that a weak woman, Zhang Xiaoya, was inevitably exhausted from the long journey, but Zhang Xiaoya never said any complaints from beginning to end.

I got up again the next morning, went to the countryside for a walk, visited several poor villages, and delivered a lot of New Year's goods to every household. At the same time, I personally handed over the tax refund this year to the villagers.

In addition to visiting the towns and towns around Guangzhou, I finally had time to go to Zhongshan and Jiangmen today, and also visited poor villages.

At the end of today's trip, Wu Shaoting was deeply touched. He originally thought that Guangdong under his control had reached the point where everyone lived and worked in peace and contentment, but he did not expect that there would still be such a sad corner. He knew that farmers in China accounted for the vast majority, and this was the foundation of the entire country. If the country was to be strong, it was up to industry, but if it wanted to consolidate the country's foundation, it was inseparable from agriculture. He secretly wrote this in his heart. After the Spring Festival, he must formulate a set of policies to help farmers and should not focus on industry.

The Lantern Festival has not ended yet, and Guangdong has begun to discuss it again, and Governor Wu has once again become the focus of public opinion.

The story of Wu Shaoting's hard work in the countryside on the second and third day of the Lunar New Year's Day was soon spread. The people were moved and jealous. What was grateful was that Wu Governor Wu was a person who always cared about people's livelihood and did not forget his roots. What was jealous was that Wu Governor Wu did not come to their homes to deliver warmth and New Year's goods. The soldiers in the army showed high respect. Although Wu Governor Wu did not go all the military camps in Guangdong, Wu Governor Wu still pulled out the money to buy New Year's goods for the entire army, and sent a telephone to congratulate him. Can such an adult find a second one if he looks at China?

For a time, Wu Shaoting's reputation became better and better in the south, so that many people in neighboring provinces began to flow into Guangdong. However, at the beginning it was just a small wave of immigration, and local governments were able to resettle these immigrants from other provinces, and these immigrants from other provinces could also find a temporary job in Guangdong Province.

After the Chinese New Year Festival, the entire Spring Festival is finally over.

On the morning of the 16th day of the first lunar month, Wu Shaoting held the first working meeting for the New Year at the Governor's Office.

Originally, Wu Shaoting planned to go through the work meeting to let all the staff recover from the happy atmosphere of the Spring Festival. However, since he had been rewarding and condolences for the second and third grades of junior high school, he deeply realized that some problems must be dealt with immediately, so this work meeting turned into a serious work.

The work meeting was divided into three parts. The first part was that Wu Shaoting had a meeting with several ministers to arrange the focus of the work for this quarter. Wu Shaoting didn't say anything nonsense and directly asked to worry about the landlord representatives of counties and cities within ten days to hold a discussion meeting and decided to reduce the land rent for farmers in the name of the military government.

After hearing Wu Shaoting's words, Zhang Zhi immediately said strangely: "Zhenzhi, didn't the taxes be reduced by 10% last year? Why did he have to lower the taxes this year? This frequency is a bit too fast, I'm afraid those landlords will be very unhappy."

Minister of Finance Li Yutang also said: "Ship Ting, this matter cannot be done hastily. If the landlords are not properly dealt with, they will cause trouble."

Several deputy ministers of the bureaucratic class followed and discussed that their ancestors had several real estate properties, which reduced the rent and this directly affected their own interests.

Wu Shaoting said loudly: "If I want to do it hastily, I don't have to hold any discussions. The reason why I held the discussions was to hope to solve this problem well. Speaking of tax cuts last year, yes, it was reduced by 10% of the agricultural tax. But agricultural tax and land rent are two different things! I originally thought that reducing agricultural taxes could prompt landlords to reduce rents, but yesterday morning I just got a report that except for some landlords in Shaoguan and Guangzhou who reduced the rent, most of the other counties were indifferent. Now, I reduced taxes and only cheaped the landlords, and they still did not share the favors to farmers."

When everyone heard this, they felt something was wrong. Governor Wu seemed to be determined to do this, so no one dared to say anything. Zhang Zhi was actually just saying some of his own suggestions. Now he was devoted to Shengye Heavy Industry, and the field was almost insignificant. He sighed secretly and thought in his heart that he would not cause any trouble.

"That's what it's decided, the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Civil Affairs are responsible for the arrangements." After Wu Shaoting said that, he announced the end of the meeting.

Afterwards, Wu Shaoting came to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to hold the second part of the meeting to listen to the department's predictions and reports on the civil affairs.
Chapter completed!