Chapter 1029, Sticking to Principles

“Fulfillment or emptiness?” Ren Xiaosu frowned, “The first thing we’re facing right now is the food shortage, so it’s too late to think about these issues.”

Wang Yue rested, “That’s why I stopped Miss Zhou, not to say that these potatoes should be thrown away, but I hope that the Major Commander’s side will order that they be sold at a flat price to stabilize the market, and that they not be given away for free to the wall residents. Getting something for nothing will feed the idle, not everyone is so ambitious, and when they find out that they don’t have to put in any labor to live, there will be many who will be completely decadent.”

Ren Xiaosu thought for a moment and said, “If it were me, if I didn’t have to worry about food and warmth every day, then I could go and do something more meaningful.”

“Major, you are you, there is always that part of this society that is prone to decadence,” said Wang Yuexiu seriously, “Why are there beggars with sound hands and feet in this walled city? Why are there young people at home waiting for their parents to work to support them in this time of suffering? There are not many people who are truly motivated and have self-control. Some people play cards and mahjong all night long, and the reason that can make them get up and leave the table is that they still need to survive and work, and if they can continue to sit at the table without doing anything, then they are really wasted. Playing all the time is good, but playing for a month or two might be good, what about playing for a year or two?”

Wang Yue Breath continued, “Maybe I could jokingly say that I could be happy all the time as long as I don’t have to work, but is that really the reality? It isn’t. Young Marshal, I’m just hoping that these potatoes can be sold at an affordable price to stabilize the price of goods, not that Miss Zhou’s contribution is worthless. Moreover, setting the threshold for a little relief in the midst of a crisis is in itself desirable.”

Ren Xiaosu nodded, “Well, then let’s do as you say.”

Let’s not discuss whether Wang Yuexiu’s thinking was correct or not, let’s not discuss long-term and short-term considerations, the fact that the other party was able to block Zhou Yingxue, the black market lord and the redoubt beside the Major, for his own ideas was in itself a person with principles and courage.

Moreover, the other party was not extreme, just asking to sell potatoes at a flat price, Ren Xiaosu had no reason to refuse.

He also agreed with Wang Yuexiu’s statement about setting the threshold for relief, he had seen a book before that said that a long time ago, when someone gave out rice for relief to the victims, they would mix some sand into it, was this intentionally disgusting to the victims? This was a deliberate attempt to disgust the victims? The real hungry victims will not care whether there is sand in it, but on the contrary, some people who are not too hungry see that there is sand, so they do not come to take advantage of this.

Recently Ren Xiaosu also learned a story about this person, Wang Yuexiu, which was quite interesting.

Nowadays, the 144th barrier has a lot of foreigners, including some refugees and poor people from the Central Plains, resulting in a lot of people not being able to afford to buy a house or rent a house, and end up sleeping on the streets.

The Policy Research Office led by Wang Yuexiu then developed a relief program, which was to build a number of low-priced houses and use them to rent to those refugees.

But Wang Yuexii in the implementation of this project specifically requested that this rental housing does not set up independent toilets, must be a dozen households to share a toilet, and also must be squatting.

At first, many people in the barricade scolded Wang Yuexii, saying that Wang Yuexii is really not a thing, this is not called personnel.

Later, we realized that those who scolded Wang Yuexii were all trying to take advantage of the situation, and they themselves may not need a house, but they wanted to occupy the rental housing with financial subsidies from the barriers.

This is the time to set up public toilets, not the benefits of independent toilets to come, because people who have been sleeping on the street to have a place to live is good enough, who cares whether the toilet is public or independent?

As a matter of fact, Wang Yuexii did have his own way of managing the government.

At this time, Wang Yuexii continued to Ren Xiaosu, “By the way, I have one more thing to ask the Major, I hope that Miss Zhou’s side to plant potatoes and winter melons, don’t plant too many, and also must keep it a secret.”

“Why?” Ren Xiaosu asked with a smile.

“This means, Miss Zhou, is our bottom card,” Wang Yuexiu explained, “These potatoes can keep the Northwest from starving, but if we plant them on a large scale and make everyone think that the Northwest won’t need to farm anymore in the future, then I’m afraid it will be a disaster. In the decades that Miss Zhou is around, there might not be any accidents, but what if one day Miss Zhou is no longer around?”

Zhou Yingxue muttered in a small voice, “How is this still cursing people, saying who won’t be around one day.”

She was extraordinarily honest in front of Ren Xiaosu, she didn’t even dare to refute Wang Yuexi’s words particularly loudly, it’s just that Zhou Yingxue was after all the owner of the Northwest Black Market today, even with Ren Xiaosu holding it down, Wang Yuexi was very aware of how pugnacious the other party was.

However, Wang Yuexii did not retreat, but continued to ask: “Major, to put it in a worse way, if we really all rely on Miss Zhou to provide food, then what if one day she goes to Wang? I’m just hypothesizing, but who can guarantee the future? By that time, the lives of everyone in the Northwest will be in the hands of Miss Zhou alone, is this something you would like to see, Young Marshal?”

Ren Xiaosu laughed, “Are you worried about Zhou Yingxue betraying the Northwest?”

Zhou Yingxue said from the sidelines, “How could I possibly betray my master?!”

“You should understand what I mean, Major,” Wang Yuexiu continued to insist, “When you told Wang Fugui earlier that Yunsu couldn’t meddle in the economic lifelines of the Northwest, you were also worried that if you were gone one day, Yunsu would turn into a new consortium, weren’t you? Major, there will always be that day when you, me, and Miss Zhou, will all be gone. That’s why since we’re now going to greatly revitalize the Northwest, we need to find the most suitable mode and system of survival for it, rather than looking for a savior.”

As a matter of fact, the probability was that Zhou Yingxue would not betray Ren Xiaosu, but everyone had birth, old age, sickness, and death, and if Zhou Yingxue passed away one day, at least the Potato Shooter would be absolutely unapproachable at that time.

Potato shooter in the hands of Ren Xiaosu and Zhou Yingxue into a humble crop, but outsiders privately close to the words, it will also regain their dignity ……

By then, I’m afraid that there won’t be many people in this world who can obtain potatoes from a large field of Potato Shooter farmland.

Ren Xiaosu smiled and said, “It makes sense, let’s do it as you said, Zhou Yingxue you don’t make it difficult for him, you must follow the rules of the barriers, and hand over the potatoes that were shipped in to the barriers.”

It was at this moment that Wang Yuexiu was relieved, to be honest when he had just assumed that Zhou Yingxue would betray the Northwest, he himself was quite worried that Ren Xiaosu and Zhou Yingxue would burst into a rage.

But he didn’t think his suggestion was wrong, and what he said wasn’t wrong either.

“Thank you, Young Marshal, for being able to understand my plight,” Wang Yuexiu said.

Ren Xiaosu patted him on the shoulder, “What are you thanking for, it’s my turn to thank you, the Northwest should prosper with people like Commissioner Wang.”