Chapter 125: The First Disaster Relief (Part 9)
Lei Hu never thought that he would be forced to learn mathematics. He never thought that he would be doing accounts with these people who had not received much education and there were seven or eight rooms full of accountants.
Pain, pain. Lei Hu felt like he was being cut by a blunt knife. If he wasn't careful, he would make a mistake. However, he was concentrating and soon felt as if his chest was on fire. It was burning and uncomfortable.
After finally finishing a day's work, Lei Hu mustered up the courage to go see Huo Chong. Huo Chong happened to be back at the headquarters of Zichuan County. When he saw Lei Hu coming in, he asked him about his recent situation. Lei Hu told Huo Chong his feelings frankly, and Huo Chong smiled.
"Mr. Huo, are you making fun of me?"
"No. I've worked as an accountant before. I've never looked down on people who can do these things steadily. After I've done it myself, I look down on these accountants even more. They are better than us."
Hearing Huo Chong's sincere words, Lei Hu sighed: "Even if he is not a hero in the world, he should not be underestimated."
"So what do you want to do?"
"Is there anything I can do to help Mr. Huo?"
"You came up with brainpower, right?" Huo Chong laughed. Looking at Lei Hu, who was obviously a scholar, Huo Chong knew what he was thinking when he was young. Lei Hu was in his early twenties, probably less than twenty-two. He would have such expectations for his life.
"Mr. Huo, I want to help you. But I think Mr. Huo's way of disaster relief is a bit unsubtle."
"For those who want to mess with me, no matter how subtle I am, it's useless. I don't care about that anymore."
"Mr. Huo..." Lei Hu wanted to say that Huo Chong was too magnanimous and might cause some big trouble. However, Lei Hu felt that he had only known Huo Chong for two or three months, so it was inappropriate to say this.
"Lei Hu, you are a scholar, and it seems that you are well educated. Why did you come here?"
Hearing Huo Chong change the subject, Lei Hu thought it was okay. However, when talking about his sad story, Lei Hu couldn't help but say, "Mr. Huo, I don't want to hide anything from you. I have to make it clear first that I never covet other people's property."
"I understand. How could someone who dares to directly say that he covets my eldest disciple's beauty care about other people's money?"
Lei Hu became even more anxious after hearing this, "No, it's not like that! Mr. Huo, Miss Qian is indeed beautiful, but the way she walks is more admirable than her beauty. Miss Qian is beautiful and intelligent, and her virtue is better than her beauty."
"I understand. Haha." Huo Chong couldn't help laughing. In the 21st century, girls can rely on makeup to look beautiful, but their body shape depends on their own strict training. Qian Qing learned kinesiology from Huo Chong. In this era, not only women can't compare, but even ordinary men are far inferior.
Even under Huo Chong, those who felt this power were more afraid of Qian Qing. It was not easy for Lei Hu to appreciate and dare to appreciate Qian Qing's beauty. With a little appreciation for Lei Hu, Huo Chong asked: "Lei Hu, how did you get beaten by society?"
Lei Hu didn't understand what this meant. After communicating with Huo Chong and understanding the meaning of "being beaten by society", Lei Hu shook his head and sighed, talking about his experience.
Lei Hu is from Baoding, 20 years old this year, 21 years old in lunar age. He passed the imperial examination at the age of 18 and was very knowledgeable. Because he loved reading, he was also very arrogant. Because of this arrogance, Lei Hu also received the corresponding hostility. Finally, someone brought the stolen goods to Lei Hu's home and reported Lei Hu. In the end, Lei Hu had no choice but to run away and ended up in Shandong.
"How pitiful. Your fame..." Huo Chong sighed.
"Mr. Huo, when I said that you don't know how to hide your true intentions, it wasn't because I was arrogant. It was just that I was thinking about my own problems and felt inspired. Mr. Huo, please don't get me wrong." Lei Hu found a chance to explain himself.
Huo Chong laughed dryly. If Lei Hu was not lying, this man could really be used. Qian Qing could choose to follow Huo Chong without any care, and didn't care that Huo Chong wanted to rebel. It was because Qian Qing had no choice and no future. Lei Hu was similar in a sense. When scholars were desperate, they at least hoped to drag the world down with them.
But Huo Chong didn't want to say more. After chatting for a while, Huo Chong said that the disaster relief was almost over. "After it's over, we need to quickly settle all the finances. We should also prepare for next year."
"Mr. Huo, with so many people on the platform, can we really make arrangements for them?"
Huo Chong had seen that the new China had arranged for more than a billion people through policies, so it was not difficult to arrange for these tens of thousands of farmers and landless laborers. Moreover, there was no industry in the shitty Qing Dynasty, let alone any commercial system. There was not even a competitor on this white and clean land.
"Lei Hu, the arrangement I'm talking about is production. It's not that I'm arranging these people, but that these people need to make a living through production. What I call arrangement is to provide these people with more convenient production, sales, purchase of livestock, farm tools, and seeds. If they are willing to follow us, we will even arrange what they should plant, how to plant, and how to harvest what they plant . The key point is not what I want to do, but what the people want to do..."
Lei Hu listened with great interest. Huo Chong was also very happy. Those people who had to engage in agriculture actually didn't know what they were doing. In such a narrow environment, they couldn't form a concept.
Huo Chong now understood why Yongzheng regarded him as a "gangster". It was because Yongzheng misjudged him. Yongzheng did not believe that Huo Chong had already understood the world in his heart. He did not know that Huo Chong had constructed a framework and concept of the world through learning.
However, Yongzheng saw that Huo Chong was able to penetrate the barriers between different industries and different classes and achieve the results Huo Chong expected. This kind of person really meets the criteria of a great bandit.
Lei Hu is certainly not a bandit. The difference between this guy and the common people of the Qing Dynasty is that Lei Hu has acquired a certain ability to accept other people's concepts and shape the concepts in his cognition through learning. Just in this respect, Lei Hu is really better than many people. Huo Chong is not so tired when talking to Lei Hu.
After chatting for a while, Lei Hu's face was full of tired joy. For normal people, using their brains to shape concepts is a very exhausting process. Huo Chong also felt very happy. He finally found someone with whom he could discuss concepts. It was not easy in this shitty era.
Just as the conversation was about to end, Lei Hu said, "Mr. Huo, I am not exaggerating. With Mr. Huo's ability to distinguish right from wrong and have a bird's-eye view, there are probably too many people who hate you. They don't hate Mr. Huo because he really did something to them. As long as they can understand that Mr. Huo can see what they can't see, they will hate him. Please be careful, Mr. Huo."
