From Chief to Ball

The new person in charge spread his hands and said: "We don't want to have it, but this is the reality of what we do. If it's their own choice, they can save themselves, grab grain, organize production, and if the government doesn't release grain, they can grab the granary. But they didn't do that , and would not do this, and it is even difficult to organize together. What can we do at this time? We have saved thousands, but not tens of thousands. The purpose of saving these people is to teach these people how to organize and save themselves in the future , reproduce, so that this never happens again.”

Chapter 93 Flood, survival

"Besides, God, God, etc., can decide who lives and who dies. But what we do now is to decide who lives, not who dies. We are not a charity organization, we are a political organization, There is our purpose."

"There will always be blood in the process, but we didn't cause the blood. If you squatted at home, you wouldn't see it. Anyway, if you don't solve it, let everything take its course. You feel comfortable in your heart, but has the world changed? Being a good person is probably the reason many of you join the organization in the first place, but if you have that mindset, believe in God, Buddha, or any number of religions are fine. But obviously, that's not what we do, if you want Without this, it will be difficult to do many things. To put it bluntly, we are destroying the basis for the existence of good people at this time."

"You have also seen that some local gentry have relief behaviors, so from a certain point of view they are good people. But why do they have to be good people? If the food belongs to the laborers and let them accumulate, Do we need such frequent good people? If the relief is strong, we can organize people to build water conservancy projects during the slack season, and in disaster years, we can adjust and quickly organize disaster relief, will more people survive even if there are not so many good people?"

"No way, we can't do it now, we have to be good people. But what I hope is that one day there won't be so many good people, and these people won't die. We are working hard in this direction step by step, so this is our The purpose of being a good person, not being a good person. Remember, being a 'good person' at this time is only a stage we have to go through in order to achieve our purpose, not our ultimate purpose."

"If the ultimate goal is this, I advise you to leave the party, believe in religion, and cultivate your character. Even if you are also doing disaster relief, our ultimate goal is not to be a good person to complete the sublimation of body and mind, complete self-salvation, and complete moral glory. .”

"Everyone thinks about this question. It may be difficult to figure it out, but I am a miner, so it is easier to think about this question. For example, even the best mine owner is not what I want."

Everyone was silent, pondering these words, maybe they can figure it out temporarily, but many questions in their hearts are still unsolved.The New Mexico Party, which was born out of the Progressive Alliance, even after a split purge, still has many people who joined out of a view of human nature.

This kind of people who want to make the world better out of kindness or based on the improvement of human nature can easily be unable to bear the cruel world when faced with such problems.But because of reasons beyond the era of productivity, many people who joined the organization did so out of this idea, just as most countries with backward productivity understand similar organizations as being a good person, a saint, a Puritan, and an ascetic.

Soon, the silent people started a discussion.There is a cruel world outside, and there are many things to do tomorrow, but this kind of discussion is indispensable and necessary.

After temporarily reaching a consensus, the new person in charge said with a wry smile: "I'm afraid, we will continue to be bad guys in a few days, so this discussion is not a waste of time. People, after all, have their own ideas, and you are not for Profit is not for money, it must be in line with everyone's beliefs to make things happen."

With a long sigh, he said, "Read out the committee's discussion and decision. This time, the people who are sent to Wangbei City only need to be young and strong and children, and the old and weak are not allowed. In other words, even if there are elderly parents, we can't do this." Those who are still alive, stay where they are. There is no way, this catastrophe is beyond our previous expectations, and the reclamation of Wangbei City has just begun, and there is simply not enough food, so we have no way to save everyone."

"There are two reasons. If we just want to be a good person, then we can save some light and strong organizations for reclamation. If there is another disaster in the future, we can save more people. Second, if we don't just want to be a good person Good people, then organize reclamation, teach knowledge, in case you don’t need so much relief in the future, you can live more with your hands, and it’s best to take away more light and strong.”

"No matter which reason you agree with in your heart, I hope you can think clearly, strengthen your thoughts, and firmly believe that we are doing this for the future and for more people."

"If you can't agree, or think it's cruel to do so, then if you can remain in doubt but follow the organization's decision, stay here."

"If you have any questions, opinions, or objections that you don't understand, let's talk about it after the matter is finished. If you neither agree with nor willing to abide by the organization's decision, then we will send you back to Wangbei City, take a boat Go back and leave the organization."

"Give everyone one night to think about it, and give an answer tomorrow morning, because this matter will be implemented soon. If there are no other questions, let's leave first, and the people who manage the ships and store food will stay for a while." Yes, the rest of you should go back and have a good rest, there will be more exhausting things in a few days."

Everyone either agrees or disagrees but decides to abide by the decision of the organization discussion, and eventually disperses.No one chose to look back at Beicheng early the next morning. This is a good sign, and some people who agreed with it tried their best to communicate with those who had opinions in their spare time.

A few days later, there were nearly [-] people gathered at the Shaxian Relief Station, and more people flocked here.In some places in the county, there was a wave of looting food and eating rich people, and the officials in the county didn't care about the affairs here.

The boat was already waiting downstream where it was navigable, just waiting for those internal members who had organized the miners' petition to organize these people to go to the place where they could take the boat without any problems.

This is a very difficult task for ordinary people, even if it is convenient for some general military officers who may not have such abilities, this is a skill.

At the relief station, it is not convenient for those in charge of publicity to communicate with these victims.Sha County speaks a hybrid of northern Hokkien or eastern Hokkien, and most of the first batch of people who came to Wangbei City spoke Hokkien. Although the pronunciation is not different, it is not easy to communicate.This leads to some effects being greatly reduced, and some overly radical propaganda and agitation words cannot be said.

Soon, the news about going to Wangbei City spread in the relief station.

When people start to starve to death from hunger, the meaningless future and hope become heavier than when they were hungry, so this is not something that can be solved with a bowl of porridge.

The victims heard that they worked there for four years, and the monthly wages were quite a lot. After four years, they could be allocated a piece of land or continue to work.

Some people who have lived in Wangbei City for a year also came to speak out. These are people from the mountainous areas in northern Fujian that were found among the victims last year.He said some pleasant words in the credible identities of fellow countrymen and neighbors, and the people Chen Jian sent were all black-haired, black-eyed and yellow-skinned. easy to believe.

When the victims were hopeful, some selection conditions were introduced: as long as the healthy and healthy people and children were not required, the elderly and the sick and disabled were not.If it is a family and there are elderly people, they can only stay here to fend for themselves.

It was Sheng Mien fighting Mi Qiu, and there might be some objections, but they were quickly suppressed under the suppression of bamboo poles and sticks.

Most of the people who survived the catastrophe were young and strong, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled could hardly survive, and those who opposed it were still few in the end.

In a simple cabin in the relief station, a mother and son are frowning.The son is in his 20s and the mother is in her fifties. The rest of the family died in the flood. When the son’s filial piety happened, the mother and daughter-in-law fell into the water, but he chose to save the mother. Because of this problem It can't be a problem at this time, and the values ​​​​do not allow such a rebellious problem.

The news of only Qingzhuang has been circulating for a few days, and he is starting to register and sign paperwork, but the son didn't sign up, and the mother knows what's going on.

"Son, don't blame others. If it weren't for their relief, we would have starved to death half a month ago. We can't complain like those people."

"Mother, look at what you said, can I know what's good? Let's not go to the North City. I reckon that if the weather is good this year and people have to work in the fields, we won't starve to death. Our Just go back, or go to the county to find something to do and make a living."

When the son is comforting his mother, there are disasters everywhere now, how can it be so easy to find something to do, I don’t know anything else except farming, and now a child can only be sold for a few dollars, and now I only have an old woman left Rags, even if you flee famine and beg for food, someone has to have food.

Even if he can't starve to death for the time being, but looking forward to the temptation of getting a piece of land in Beicheng in a few years, he actually knows in his heart that one of them is in the sky and the other is in the ground.

The couple had also talked about this before, fantasizing about a luxury called "the future" after eating a bowl of porridge.Especially after listening to people with local accents who have lived in Wangbei City for a year talk about some things, they are full of expectations, and it is a kind of expectation that can be seen and felt.

He feels that he has lived for more than 20 years, and he has never been so close to "hope".

The choice under this kind of "hope" is even more difficult and more precious. He chose his mother instead of his own hope, a choice that can be praised without saying much.

After the two mothers made a decision, the son and his mother took three catties of dried sweet potatoes from the relief station, kowtowed to the people at the relief station, and made a begging stick and a walking stick out of tree branches for the mother. The two left the relief station.

After walking for half a day, the mother kept praising her son's filial piety, and said nothing else, just repeating it over and over again, as if she wanted to finish all the words for a lifetime.

Dang'er said: "Mother, save some energy and talk less, you have to go a long way."

The mother shut her mouth, walked for a while and said, "I'll go and relieve myself. You wait here for me."

It happened that I was tired from walking, so I took out a piece of hard, raw and rough dried sweet potato, pinched half of it in my mouth, carefully moistened it with saliva, sucked the sweetness inside, and my heart was full of sweetness. Said that the sweetness of the sip is gone, and then chewed and swallowed, it can last all morning.

I waited there, chewed, waited and waited, but my mother did not come back. Suddenly, he let out a strange cry, as if he understood something, and ran towards that side in a hurry, ignoring the dried sweet potatoes scattered all over the floor.

The mother had already made a hanging rope out of her clothes and hung it on the tree for a long time, her body was already stiff.

Neither mother could read, so the suicide note left by the mother was something drawn with branches on the mud on the ground.

The top is pointed and the bottom is semicircular.

Like, a bowl of rice is full, and it's still dry. If it's gruel, how can it stand up?

It was like a bamboo basket full of rice, and it was so full that it looked crooked as if it was about to spill down.

For example, an ingot, although I have never seen the real one, but I have seen it made of paper when the village died, and it looks roughly the same.

Or, like a long-distance ship that can go to Wangbei City.Or, like a lot of things.But everything that a son can think of is hope and future for the present: to survive, if it is possible to eat a bowl of dry rice after living, and then have a large basket of overflowing rice, You are only eligible to dream of an ingot when you are dreaming.

But all of this, it seems that there is no other choice but to rely on the same boat.

Chapter 94 Death to the World

Some people died, some people lived.The disaster will always pass, and the pain of the dead relatives will fade away one day, but the memory of having an extra means of survival will always be clear.

The ships transporting the victims along the river sailed quietly through Fuzhou one after another, completed the handover at the secret coastal port, and carried these light and strong children across the strait in various large and small boats.

On the opposite side of the strait, all aspects of preparations have been prepared, and the number of people is strictly controlled, leaving a margin of 5000 people to prevent those who come across the sea alone.

Nearly 2 people are crowded in the north of Taiwan, and there are more lands in the south, but they cannot be controlled temporarily, and these victims who crossed the sea have nothing but strength and a life.

Chen Jian calculated very clearly that if he wanted to obtain cheap labor and control these people, the best way was to sign these four-year documents to ensure that these people could obtain a piece of "legal" land and obtain similar loans, Support such as farm tools.

If there are a thousand cadres in the organization at this time, they can safely occupy the fertile land in the coastal areas of Taiwan immediately. .