"Work-for-relief?"
Lu Changgong heard new words from Su Sijin again.
It was very novel. He was confused for a moment when he first heard it, but after thinking about it for a while, Lu Changgong seemed to understand what "work-for-relief" meant?
Therefore, he stared at Su Sijin with warm eyes, "What is work-for-relief?"
Su Sijin rolled her eyes at him speechlessly. Pretending? You know it’s happening, but you still pretend?
However, in order to avoid any ambiguity between what Lu Changgong thought and what she thought, she still explained it carefully.
"In a narrow sense, cash-for-work means we provide financial support, plan and build housing for them, and they use their labor to get paid to cover the costs of housing construction."
When Lu Changgong heard this, his pupils unconsciously expanded several times, his eyeballs became unusually bright, and his expression was extremely excited.
Lu Changgong urgently signaled Su Sijin to continue explaining.
Su Sijin smiled and stared at him, then continued:
"For example, housing costs two taels. When we build a house, we hire them to do the work and pay them. After the house is built, we distribute the houses to each household according to the number of people."
"After they are allocated houses, the money for the houses will be deducted from their wages, and the cost of registering their household registration in the city will also be deducted. If there is any surplus, the excess wages will be returned to them."
"What if it's not enough? Continue with the work-for-relief program until it's repaid?"
Su Sijin teased Lu Changgong with a teachable look, and said with a smile, "The child is teachable, but this is just a narrow-minded work-for-relief."
Lu Changgong understood immediately and continued, "The broad concept of work-for-relief can be extended to other areas, such as land reclamation and planting."
"That's right. As the saying goes, help in times of emergency, not in times of poverty. When we first arrived in Lingnan, what did they need most?"
"Silver. Food, clothing, housing and transportation all require silver."
"Well, we can save them from danger, but it's only temporary, not permanent. So they have to stand on their own two feet, and learning the strengths of a branch is especially important."
What Su Sijin is more worried about is that at least one-third of the more than 600 people had a privileged life in the past and they had not experienced the sufferings of the world.
In the future, facing a harsh environment and with empty stomachs, they will not have the ability to survive and will lose the courage to live.
Facing Su Sijin's fleeting worry, Lu Changgong whispered comfortingly, "Ajin, along the way, they have experienced many life and death situations, and the sacrifices of their parents and brothers. Their state of mind has long been changed."
Lu Changgong looked at Xu Hao, Jiang Hong, Xu Kai and others. None of them was the legitimate son or grandson valued by their family, and none of them was the successor who was carefully nurtured and cultivated.
Today, they have discarded their former pride and arrogance, protecting their families behind them and becoming the pillars of the family.
Perhaps they will face countless hardships in the future, but they will never forget the advice and expectations of their fathers and brothers before their sacrifice.
"Ajin, do you want to know what they are discussing together? What are they gesturing on the ground?" Lu Changgong is very confident about the future. If these people are used properly, they will become the strongest guard team.
Su Sijin looked at the young people who were discussing enthusiastically by the campfire, smiled and nodded, and continued the previous topic.
"Only by allowing them to be self-reliant and strong, establishing their life values, and cultivating them to become useful people, can I truly live up to the sacrifices and trust placed in them by Uncle Jiang."
"Because blindly helping them will gradually wear away their ambitions, and over time they will become selfish. It's only natural. If that happens, how can we explain it to Uncle Jiang?"
Lu Changgong looked around and found that no one was paying attention to this side. He wrapped Su Sijin's soft hand in his hand. Only then did he realize that Su Sijin's hand was very small.
The small one would break if squeezed lightly, so Lu Changgong carefully protected it, "Ajin, thank you."
This was not her responsibility, but because she married him, went into exile with him, became displaced with him, suffered with him, and survived many life-threatening situations with him, now his responsibilities were taken on her.
How could Su Sijin not know the guilt and heartache that flashed through Lu Changgong's mind? She said nonchalantly, "Alright, alright, don't be so sentimental. I have never regretted anything along the way."
She has a lot of room to cheat, and her personality is to go with the flow, never making assumptions, and never complaining about herself.
Although! The road was full of difficulties and dangers, but now we have come through it, haven’t we?
"Broadly speaking, work-for-relief also includes economic development and education."
"educate?"
Su Sijin's eyes were full of smiles. "Yes, education, education is the foundation of all development. I plan to let everyone receive the influence of education."
"The first step is literacy. I want men, women, young and old to be able to read and calculate." In Dai Viet, girls from poor families were not eligible to go to school or learn to read.
Even for girls from eunuchs' families, it was not emphasized that they had to be knowledgeable. They were only required to be able to manage the household.
Su Sijin grew up under the red flag. How could she allow girls to be treated like slaves and money-losing tools in her territory?
As long as girls are given opportunities, their achievements will be no worse than those of boys, but the prerequisite is that they must study, because reading can open up the mind. After studying, her three generations will not be too bad.
Su Sijin told Lu Changgong her thoughts, and Lu Changgong became more and more shocked the more he listened.
He discovered that Su Sijin still had a lot of treasures that had not been dug up, and he wanted to dig them slowly and carefully, and enjoy the joy of finding the treasure.
"Ajin, I will fully support you." Lu Changgong solemnly promised.
In the past, his life goal was to defend his country and ensure that the people of Dai Viet lived and worked in peace and contentment.
Even though he was suspected, suppressed, and framed by Emperor Yuande, his mind never changed.
Now, join Su Sijin's grand goal and fight alongside her to build that prosperous country.
The prerequisite is that Emperor Xuantong must step down.
Otherwise, all beliefs and goals are in vain.
"Pfft..." Su Sijin couldn't help laughing, "You don't think I'm ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth! I challenge the secular world and the ethics, don't you think I'm a heretic?"
Lu Changgong laughed and cried helplessly, "If you were a well-behaved, dull and boring girl, maybe we would be a couple who are even strangers than strangers."
Su Sijin was stunned and cute, and was left in tears and laughter by Lu Changgong's sudden show of goodwill. Does this guy always show off whenever he gets the chance?
If others saw this, they would be shocked.
Su Sijin thought of the funny scene and laughed out loud without hesitation, "Hahaha..."
Lu Changgong looked at Su Sijin who was laughing happily, the corners of his mouth rose along with the laughter, he looked at her dotingly, letting her make fun of him.
Su Sijin was concerned about the people around her before, worried about disturbing their rest, but now she didn't want to hide it at all and smiled at Lu Changgong.
Lu Changgong just raised his eyebrows, and at this moment the corners of his mouth formed the most perfect brackets.
Su Sijin's comfortable laughter attracted Jiang Hong and his group to look over. Although they only saw Lu Changgong's back, they couldn't help but laugh.
Jiang Hong listened to the refreshing and bright laughter, lowered his eyes to hide his loss.
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