"Okay, is there anyone else who wants to be the team leader? If not, let's start voting. There are currently five candidates for team leader: Gouzi, Zhao Jingqian, Li Jinjun, Sun Shaoyang, and Chen Hongwei. Anyone else? If not, let's start voting."
Xu Zi asked seriously, "An'an, Yu Jiu, and little Yuan Yuan are also sitting below. Seeing him looking so majestic up there, little An'an couldn't help but hug Yu Jiu's arm and whisper proudly."
"Dad is so amazing, everyone listens to him."
"Yes, Dad is amazing."
Yu Jiu nodded with a hint of pride. Although some people opposed Xu Zijiang's suggestion, he was very good at keeping things under control at crucial moments. If he really made a decision, no amount of opposition from others would help, and they wouldn't dare to oppose him.
"Mom, shall we vote for Uncle Dog later?"
"Yes, children can't vote. Only those who are 18 or older can vote. If An'an wants to vote, Mom will give you her vote."
"Okay, thank you, Mom. I'll vote for Uncle Dog later so he can be the captain, just as awesome as Dad!"
Little An'an was incredibly excited.
"Alright, since no one wants to be the captain, let's start voting. Begin with the people in front, from left to right, stand up one by one and loudly tell me who you want to vote for."
Xu Zi doesn't engage in underhanded dealings; his nomination of Gouzi has already been very helpful to Gouzi. His followers will be willing to vote for Gouzi, who is already ahead of the others.
"I vote for the dog."
"I'll vote for the dog too."
"Dog."
"Li Jinjun".
"Sun Shaoyang".
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Yu Jiu and An An were sitting in the middle, so it took several people to vote before it was Yu Jiu's turn. An An immediately stood up and shouted.
"I want to vote for Uncle Dog!"
"Okay, little An'an voted for Gouzi for her mother Yu Jiu. I'll remember that."
Xu Zijiang smiled and nodded to little An'an, then drew an extra horizontal line under the dog's name. An'an didn't cause any trouble; she was voting for Yu Jiu. Since that was the case, no one had any objections, and soon it was the next person's turn. Although calling out names one by one and having Xu Zijiang mark them seemed rather slow, it was fair, just, and transparent, and very effective. Besides, it wasn't too slow, and everyone liked the voting process.
An hour later, the voting ended, and basically everyone in the Beitang team who could vote was there. The results were obvious; even if Xu Zi didn't count, everyone could hear whose name was called more times—without a doubt, it was Gouzi.
Dog received more than half the votes, more than all the others combined, so Xu Zi felt no pressure and immediately announced the name of the next captain.
"Congratulations to Gouzi on becoming the next captain of the Beitang team. Work hard in the future, lead everyone to make money, get out of poverty, and live a good life."
Xu Zijiang solemnly announced, then he led the applause, and everyone else joined in, with little An'an clapping the most enthusiastically. She admired Xu Zijiang so much. Yu Jiu couldn't clap because she was holding little Yuanyuan, but seeing An'an clapping so hard, she couldn't help but worry that An'an would hurt her hand.
"Thank you all for your support. I will strive to be a good captain and follow Captain Xu's example!"
Gouzi stood up with a grin, bowed to Xu Zijiang and everyone, and delivered his inaugural address, brief and powerful, which naturally won another round of applause. The voting results were in, and even if some people were dissatisfied, there was nothing they could do; they hadn't won the hearts of the people. The matter was settled, and now it was time to begin another important event.
"I know everyone is a bit dissatisfied with the land distribution based on the number of people. How about this, let's vote to see if we want it distributed based on the number of people or the number of households. If it's distributed based on the number of people, it's really unfair to families with fewer people. So I'll set a minimum figure: it's distributed based on the number of people, but each household must have at least eight mu of land. If it's distributed this way, the team's land will be enough for everyone. What do you all think?"
Xu Zijiang thought for a moment and then suggested eight mu of land. If it were a family of three, they could get an extra five mu, making a total of eight mu, which wasn't bad. Although it was indeed a bit less compared to the dozen or so mu that others had, those families had more people and ate more, so they might not have more left over. Once Xu Zijiang mentioned this, the smaller families didn't object much.
"Alright, since no one objects, let's start voting."
Xu Zi will announce the start again, and as before, only those over 18 years old can participate in the voting. Those under 18 are too young and not qualified to participate in the team's major decisions.
This was actually Yu Jiu's suggestion to Xu Zijiang. For example, allocating only three mu of land to a family of three was indeed too little. So Yu Jiu proposed a minimum limit of 5678 mu per household. Because Yu Jiu wasn't quite sure how many mu of land the team had in total, or what the minimum number of mu needed to be allocated, but her suggestion was excellent, and Xu Zijiang quickly adopted it. After calculation, he set the figure at eight mu. If it were allocated per household, then each household would receive approximately 10 mu.
Dividing the land by the number of people is actually fairer. Dividing it by the household means that some people who haven't separated their families yet, with twenty or thirty people, would only receive 10 mu of land in total. Others, a family of three, would also receive 10 mu, so the difference is indeed huge.
As expected, everyone voted to distribute land by population. This method resulted in the fewest people losing out, a result that Yu Jiu and Xu Zijiang could have predicted. However, a problem arose: besides the number of acres, there was also the fertility of the land. Some people wanted a certain plot in the east, while others wanted a certain plot in the west, all wanting the most fertile plot. Land can be fertile or barren.
How to divide it is another matter entirely, and Xu Zijiang hasn't figured it out yet.
"Let's adjourn this meeting for now and decide on the allocation method. As for which company gets which plot of land, I'll need to think about that further. I'll allocate them all first, and then we'll have everyone draw lots at the end, okay?"
Xu Zi will try his best to be fair, but in this matter, it's impossible to be completely fair. He can only say that he will be close to it, but someone will definitely suffer a loss.
However, it is certain that the fertile land will not be allocated to any one household. Fertile land and barren land will be distributed together, resulting in pieces here and there. People will then be able to exchange them among themselves.
Xu Zijiang can manage this, but he can't possibly handle that. So how could Xu Zijiang not be busy lately? Just thinking about these things is making his hair fall out. Luckily, his hair is thick, so even if he loses a few more strands, it won't all fall out.
After dividing the land into lots of days, and with everyone urging him to finish, Xu Zijiang still couldn't divide it properly. Frustrated, he couldn't help but hug Yu Jiu and ask her for help.
"This land allocation is giving me a headache. Honey, do you have any good ideas? Give me one quickly, I can't take it anymore."
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