Struggle in Russia

Alexei felt that there was no such reason, and he never wanted to distribute the remaining land to anyone else. But Li Xiao immediately told him that the rest of the land had to be scored, and it would not do if there were too few points, at least 10 of the best properties had to be allocated!

"Why!" Alexei didn't understand.

Li Xiao explained patiently: "These 10 top-notch properties are prepared for the domestic opposition and power officials. If you don't feed them enough, you still want to carry out reforms in Wallachia?"

Alexei immediately fell silent. I have to say that he has an advantage, that is, he is not as stubborn as Leonid. If this matter is led by Leonid, then Li Xiao's hype is useless, that brother will never compromise.

But Alexey is different. Although he also strongly supports the reform, he also understands how cruel the reality is, and knows that if he does not bow to some realities, it will be difficult to move forward. And people like him who have a bottom line and persistence but know how to compromise and make concessions are suitable for carrying out reforms. If they are replaced by Leonid, they will immediately fail.

After thinking for a long time, Alexei let out a long sigh: "Hey, just do as you say! You really can't do anything if you don't feed those evil wolves!"

But at the same time, he also emphasized again: "Only 10 is my bottom line, absolutely no more!"

Naturally, Li Xiao agreed. 10% of the land is not too small, because he is not going to buy all the opposition in Russia, because if he can't get 100% of the land, it will be hard to fill.

Li Xiao's 10 is only used to win over and buy the most important people, those who hold great power, such as Nesselrode, Menshikov, Ordorf, Peter Volkonsky, Adler Big guys like Berg. As long as they are dealt with, the other little shrimps are not worth mentioning at all.

And these people are about 10, which is enough, and there are even a lot of tricks in it. For example, the land property obtained by Li Xiao under the banner of the French can be put in for nothing, and he can even help the brothers Yang and Constantine by the way. Keep a certain amount of land.

Anyway, the article here is very good. After this wave of wretched operations, I believe that the financial situation of Li Xiao and his friends will be greatly improved, at least they will not feel that they are short of money to support their families.

Of course, the matter is not over, because as Alexey said, the 40 land is indeed not enough, and the serfs on the 40 land cannot be liberated. What about the remaining 60 serfs?

Li Xiao's answer is easy!

"Of course we can't just liberate some serfs. Our policy is to restore the freedom of all serfs. All serfs will be free again and will no longer be subject to any constraints. But only the best-performing serfs will be able to get the land immediately! Those The serfs and their families who have participated in the rebel army and served the rebel army will not be able to obtain land!"

Alexei was dumbfounded, because he never expected that Li Xiao would do such a trick, because it was too bad. To put it bluntly, the vast majority of serfs in Wallachia supported the former provisional government. Today, more than half of the serfs who helped fight the Russian army in Bucharest are serfs mobilized by Kuza, because Kuza promised them that they would be free after victory and could obtain land .

In other parts of Wallachia, there were not a few serfs who joined the serf owners in rebelling against the Russians. If this group of people were directly eliminated, the most conservative estimate would be to remove one-third of the serfs. In this case, 40% of the land is barely enough.

But Alexei was also worried: "What about the serfs who can't get any land? They will definitely not be happy! And after they regain their freedom, what will they do for a living!"

Indeed, this is also a big problem. Because after the serfs regained their freedom, it was obvious that their original masters could not continue to let them work for themselves. If they didn't work, they would naturally have nothing to eat. They couldn't live on the northwest wind without any skills and land!

Li Xiao smiled and said: "They will change from serfs to farm laborers,

You have to introduce a national minimum wage for farm workers to make sure they get an income that can support their families. After all, there were no more serfs, and the land of the church and the remaining serf owners couldn't just be left unused, and they must still be cultivated by people. Introduce a minimum wage standard for farm workers to ensure that they will not starve to death! "

Is this a good way? It should be said in general. But there is no way to do this, and the land is limited and can only be dealt with in this way. After all, it is not possible to work hard these days and convert excess labor directly into workers, so the idea of ​​land has to be dealt with.

In a sense, Li Xiao's solution was to transform the unsecured serfs into somewhat secure farm laborers, and give them a bite to eat so that they would not starve to death.

Alexey worried: "Can this church and the remaining stubborn ones agree?"

Li Xiao smiled and said: "If you talk to them well, explain and persuade them patiently...then they will definitely not agree!"

Alexey almost squirted out, someone is too skinny, right? Could it be possible to threaten their cooperation?

Li Xiao rubbed his chin, and replied solemnly: "It's not impossible to threaten, but the effect is not particularly good... This matter requires some strategies... You have to do it this way!"

He cleared his throat and said, "First of all, we can't even mention the reform of land distribution and serfdom! After you become the governor, you will first introduce the minimum wage standard for farm workers!"

"Do this first?" Alexei was puzzled and asked, "Why?"

"Because it's easier for you to do this first. Think about it, if the serfs were not liberated, how many so-called farm laborers would there be in Wallachia? The introduction of such a standard will affect those stubborn old people who don't know our ultimate goal. No big deal, since you are a new official, they dare not and will not strongly oppose it!"

After a short pause, Li Xiao snickered and said, "But they never imagined that this is just the beginning. We are working for the benefit of a large number of hired farmers after the serfs are liberated. But when it really comes, it will be too late for them to react!"

Alexei also realized that according to Li Xiao's method, the group of landlords, rich, conservative and diehards would definitely be fooled. Thinking of what expressions they would have on the day the serfs were liberated, Alexei felt happy.

He said with a smile: "I can't wait to see their expressions on the day they see the emancipation decree. They must be very happy! Haha!"