Doomsday Code

Chapter 835 Chen Cheng's Work

Chen Cheng looked at Brunei. Like Jamil and the others, he was wearing a white robe that represented purity. When he looked into his eyes, Chen Cheng remembered his eyes immediately.

Although his eyes were filled with fanatical admiration for himself, behind this fanaticism was an extraordinary calmness and sharpness.

When Chen Cheng looked at him, he felt like he was facing the political commissar of his previous life.

"My lord."

Brunei saluted Chen Cheng.

"Get up. Since you want to stay by my side, you don't need to wear this conspicuous white robe from now on. Also, don't call me Lord from now on. Just call me Young Master."

Brunei agreed very obediently.

"It's your son."

He took off his divine robe, revealing an ordinary person's robe underneath.

When he took off his divine robe, he looked less mysterious and majestic, but more heroic like a handsome middle-aged uncle.

"Brunei, I won't stay here for long. I'm afraid I'll spend most of my time traveling to various places, so you have to think carefully about whether you really want to stay with me."

"Sir, I want to stay and run for the position of Political Commissar of the newly formed First Army."

Brunei immediately expressed his thoughts.

Chen Cheng did not expect Brunei to make such a request.

"Oh, why is that? Don't you regard me as a god? Why don't you choose to stay by my side?"

Chen Cheng asked tentatively.

However, Brunei did not hide anything and said to Chen Cheng:

"Because I am your servant, and the First Army is your weapon for building a new nation, I have the obligation and responsibility to help you manage the will of this sword, so that it can obey your will at any time."

However, Chen Cheng was not very excited after hearing this. Instead, he frowned, because in his opinion, Brunei's words were too selfish and the meaning was too narrow, which was something he did not want to see.

However, Chen Cheng did not say anything definite directly. After all, this was just the first meeting, and his current talent pool was not enough to allow him to be so arrogant as to decide how to employ people based on first impressions.

"It's no use telling me this. Political workers all have to go through an exam. Even if they pass, they'll still be put under observation when the army is established. Only those who pass the exam can decide whether to stay or leave."

What Chen Cheng meant was that he would not give Brunei any easy access just because Brunei was his fanatical follower.

However, this is also what Brunei wants. He just wants Chen Cheng to agree to give him a chance.

"Sir, I will try my best."

Chen Cheng just nodded and let Brunei leave.

Afterwards, Chen Cheng participated in the recruitment of new soldiers for the First Army, and also took the opportunity to conduct a field investigation at the current base.

Although there were no senior political workers that Chen Cheng wanted, there were still many basic political workers. They implemented the new ideas taught by Chen Cheng and governed the villages well.

When Chen Cheng asked the elderly farmers in various villages and towns about the changes in their lives over the past year, he could hear the gratitude in their words.

At the same time, in their words, they compared their lives. Although they could not achieve the wealth that Chen Cheng had imagined, they had gone from being hungry to being able to have three meals a day.

However, if we really want to talk about what kind of help King Pingbei and his men gave to these old farmers, it was nothing more than distributing the land that they had previously rented from the noble lords to them.

However, this kind of land distribution was not completely free of charge. It was to be divided into several years and the amount of grain produced each year was divided into a small portion as compensation, which was collected together with the grain tax.

At the same time, they collected reasonable taxes on land and helped them build several canals to solve small problems such as water supply for the fields.

They still work tirelessly in farming as they did in previous years.

And just like that, Chen Cheng and others were like saviors in their eyes.

After learning about it, Chen Cheng felt that farmers were the most lovely people to the rulers.

For thousands of years, they actually didn't ask for much. Just a piece of land for farming, reasonable taxes, and stable prices. As long as these can be guaranteed, farmers will be the easiest class to rule.

After returning to the town, Chen Cheng called all the current senior leaders of the base.

"I went down to take a look, and you did a good job, but I think you can do better."

"For example, the compensation for land distribution, I think this part needs to be studied. Although you may think that giving it to them for free will make them not cherish it, I feel that this is completely unnecessary.

Their previous lives could be said to be those of serfs. They were not free and had no assets of their own. But after we distributed the land to them and it became their asset, I believe that not only will they not lose their appreciation for the land, but on the contrary it will greatly increase their enthusiasm for work.

All we have to do is stabilize prices, especially food prices, so that with the market's support, they won't be lazy and will work even harder."

"Because in this way, their income is linked to the completion of their own labor. The harder they work, the more food they harvest, and the richer they become. And those who have tried their best to live in hunger and poverty will not want to go back to the past."

"So I think this part of the compensation can be completely cut, and to ease their pressure, we can provide them with free funding for growing crops and animal power."

"Also, regarding land tax, the first year can be completely exempted or most of the tax can be exempted. Then the tax can be increased year by year, and within three to five years, it will completely reach the normal land tax standard."

It can be said that what Chen Cheng said today was based on his previous life, and as long as he persists in this way, it won’t be long before the base area welcomes the birth of a large number of newborns.

At the same time, economically, even if there is not enough commercial economy, there will be enough taxes to support the operation of the government.

Politically, the benefits are even greater.

After hearing this, the others also started discussing it in the meeting.

When they set these standards before, they were all based on the perspective of ordinary people, but those peasants were not even ordinary people, they could only be said to be serfs of the noble landlords.

After Chen Cheng's guidance, they also realized the shortcomings in their work.

And this is only part of Chen Cheng's work here. In other aspects such as commercial economy, military construction, weapons manufacturing, etc., it can be said that Chen Cheng is busy like a top and has no time to rest.

At this time, Chen Cheng would often think at night that he was so tired just managing a city. If he had to manage a country in the future, it would probably take more than splitting him into eight pieces.

At the same time, he also understood why Huidun had to review endless documents all day long.