In just two or three days, the government paid and provided relief to the affected people in the city, and used labor instead of relief and rebuilding Yangzhou spread throughout the city like notices posted everywhere. Even in many places outside the city, people heard about this and planned to come and take a job.

The number of people who rushed to the government office to register and were willing to obey the government's arrangements and exchanged their own labor for food and money to make their families survive continued to increase. In the end, the number on the books was as large as 40,000 to 50,000.

The government represented by Li Ling was naturally not vague and immediately showed its attitude. As long as people who were willing to sign up and who were willing to follow the government's arrangements to rebuild Yangzhou City, they would now get half a kilogram of brown rice as their first-day rations, and stipulated that as long as they were working, they could pay the grain and money every day.

The yamen was able to be so generous, which was naturally due to the fact that the wealthy families sent part of the food as they had agreed before. As for the money, it was only a small part. For these wealthy families, a few thousand taels of silver was not a small number.

The food is handed over to the registered people, and the work arrangements and remuneration forms urgently printed by the government. The above printed the various work and remuneration calculations set by the prefect in a simple and clear manner. For example, it is twenty cents a day to carry stones in the city, and it is thirty cents a day to pick stones on the mountain; for example, repairing the city walls can get one hundred cents a day, and repairing the houses in the city can cost one hundred cents a day...

The content on this table is extremely detailed, but it makes people understand it at a glance. It is reasonable. It is completely rewarded according to the difficulty of various tasks. He also considered that some families in the city were unable to produce young people and could not do cool labor chores, and thoughtfully released the daily meals from the yamen and handed them over to the hands of some women and elderly people. As long as they can do things according to regulations, it will be enough to support themselves. The food will definitely be much better than receiving relief.

Such detailed remuneration arrangements gave everyone greater hope. In the eyes of everyone, the prefect who could make such arrangements shows that he really wanted to do things for the people of Yangzhou, otherwise just thinking about the cumbersomeness would be enough to discourage people. Of course, they didn't know that such remuneration form arrangements were really a piece of cake for Li Ling, an accountant who traveled through time. As long as you have a concept, everything could be easily improved.

On the third day when the news spread, Li Ling officially announced the start of the disaster relief plan in Yangzhou City. Early that morning, when many people gathered in front of the government yamen from all directions, Li Ling had already taken the initiative to leave the yamen and made the final mobilization for everyone on a high place in an open area on Yaqian Street:

"Since ancient times, there were famines, or the people had no support and turned into refugees, and they left their hometowns and even became bandits who became bandits, destroying their lives; or they could only sell themselves as slaves and lose their freedom from then on. One or two people could truly get out of disasters and live a good life again.

"Why is this? Because the court and government have always done something wrong. All they want is to take out some limited food to ensure that the affected people do not starve to death and do not take risks due to hunger and cold. Can such passive relief really minimize the damage to us?

"No! That will only turn short pain into long pain, and make countless disaster victims suffer even more tormented life! This really should not be what we, officials from all directions, should do for the people. So I think that everything should change. Disaster relief is not only the affairs of the government, but also the affairs of all the people of Yangzhou.

"Our city is destroyed and our home is destroyed, so we should watch and do nothing? No, we should use our own hands and our hard work to repair our homes and restore Yangzhou to its usual shape. During this period, we can also support ourselves through our own labor, without leaving our hometown, nor with the expression of others. As long as you are diligent and smart enough, not only you, but also your wife and children, can have a full meal! When your home is repaired, everyone can go home again and be a dignified Dayue people!

"My fellow villagers, tell me, do you want to be a useful person who can be upright and upright in the future, or be a bandit, a slave to a servant, even your life and death are controlled by others?"

"We must be upright!"

"We want to support ourselves and our family!"

"We have hands, feet and strength, and we can use workmanship to support ourselves and our family!"

Everyone's emotions were inspired by Li Ling, and they waved their fists and shouted loudly. For a moment, the sound shook the world. In the whole of Yangzhou, those inspiring shouts could be heard everywhere, and everyone's enthusiasm was even ignited.

Li Ling was also excited and blushed with his face, and immediately waved his hand: "Then let us use our actions to tell everyone that we can! Our Yangzhou will be rebuilt by ourselves! Start construction!"

With the order of the prefect Li, everyone divided into different teams and led by their respective leaders to head in all directions inside and outside the city.

Some people went to log and quarry outside the city, and many of them were stonemasons and woodcutters, so they were naturally the most confident. Some went to the city to check the situation and prepared to repair the collapsed city walls first; some people went to see the burned or pushed down residential houses nearby, thinking about how to repair them as soon as possible...

Everyone was involved in this reconstruction activity of Yangzhou. Everyone was full of energy and wanted to show their capable side in front of the people of the city.

Seeing this scene, Li Ling smiled. The Chinese nation has been the most diligent and down-to-earth nation on this planet for millions of years. Whether it is the slash-and-burn farming in the early days or the great machinery era in later generations, we have deep memories of hard work and wealth and infrastructure to build the country. Now, he is just inspiring this side. He also believes that with the joint efforts of these tens of thousands and tens of thousands of Yangzhou people, this person who has experienced floods will be reborn.

Perhaps there are some people who cheat and make contributions among so many people. However, Li Ling has already arranged for people in the yamen to monitor him. As long as someone dares to do any bad behavior, he will be treated with severe punishments and serious laws. Now the prefect Li has no intention of doing any ideological work for them.

In order to ensure fair supervision, Li Ling made a special cross-arrangement. The people in each area under the supervision of the people in the yamen are the people most unrelated to them. In addition, there are also some people watching Zhang Qi Lao. Even if some people want to form gangs, it is difficult to hide the gaze of all the monitors.

Of course, this is just to prevent problems. Now everything is just beginning, everyone is in full swing, and no one will think of such a bad idea. Now Yangzhou City is a bustling and crowded construction site, and almost everyone is doing their best to contribute to this city.

With everyone working together and relevant arrangements and adjustments, the reconstruction process of Yangzhou City is faster and smoother than Li Ling expected. Every day, the collapsed city walls are constantly being improved at a speed visible to the naked eye. Every day, there will be more than a dozen more houses in the city, so that more homeless people can have a temporary shelter and no longer have to worry about where to hide if it rains and is cold.

In order to boost the morale of everyone, Li Ling set an example and did many things by himself. Every evening, he would work tirelessly to deliver the food and wages to the leaders of the team, and then told them to pay the money to all the hard-working people as much as possible.

Every night, he would carefully check the relevant account records to prevent anyone from doing anything to deceive himself. For him, ordinary people's accounting is obvious at a glance. As long as someone dares to make fakes, he can see through it at a glance.

In fact, two or three days later, four or five yamen clerks who thought they had some power colluded with several village chiefs to deduct the people's wages. As a result, Li Ling found out that night, and without any delay, the few people were ordered to be arrested by Li Ling.

Before the next day, these people were pushed out in public, beaten thirty pieces and made public shackles, deprived of all their rights to serve as a warning.

Since this move was used to warn all the people, no one else dared to have any bad intentions. The prefect Li's selfless and fair reputation has quickly been established among the people, and everyone admired him for a while.

By the time it was mid-October, the reconstruction of Yangzhou City had reached its final stage. All the walls on all sides had been repaired, and the residential houses and shops in various places had also reappeared. Even the number of people in the city had been greatly supplemented, as if they were five or six times the same as before.

Now, the people have been guided by Li Ling to start reclaiming fields in and outside the city. These fields have been destroyed by floods and disasters, and have recently discovered that they are suitable for cultivation, and have been designated by the government to reclaim them for future use. So in a few days, the number of fields in the Yangzhou Prefecture Books was more than 300 acres more than in the past, and this part of the fields naturally became official fields and fell under the name of the government.

As the city gradually returns to its old appearance and the people live in peace, many people can go home again. Doing their previous work means that this strategy of labor-for-relief has been completely successful.

The reputation of Li Ling, the new magistrate, also reached its highest point at this time. At this time, the whole mansion only knew about the magistrate Li and the magistrate Li, they all had to sincerely praise him, that he was a good official who truly ruled for the people.
Chapter completed!