Volume 9: Home Chapter 277: Cat Tribe Transformation (Part 3)
The weather on the grassland is gradually getting warmer, and it is time for the big cats to shed their fur.
After living in the cold cursed land for two hundred years and several generations, even the cheetahs with relatively short hair have evolved fluffier and thicker fur, not to mention the big cats which already have thicker fur... It is shameful to waste so much natural animal hair, so notices with black text on a white background to collect hair appeared on the notice walls of the welfare department at resettlement sites everywhere.
"Two pounds of fur for one pound... How do you pronounce this word?" A leopard cub, about six or seven years old, tilted his head and tried hard to identify the more complicated word for a long time, but still couldn't recognize it, and looked at his friend next to him for help.
"Stupid, it's the word 'bing' in 'biscuit'." Another older leopard cub said proudly, "You don't know the word at the end, it's the word 'tang'. Two kilograms of fur can be exchanged for one kilogram of biscuits or half a kilogram of sugar~"
"Really?" The smaller cub's eyes widened in surprise. "Great, let's go collect the shed hair from the adults!"
"This notice has been posted here since this morning, and the adults have seen it. Only a fool would give you the fur for nothing now." The older cub gave a cute smirk, leaned close to his friend's ear, and lowered his voice, "If you want the fur, why not go find it..."
The two leopard cubs were less than ten years old. Apart from eating, sleeping and playing, they had a lot of free time. When the older child came up with an idea, the two immediately ran back to their dormitory, rummaged around for a long time, came out with a small bag, and ran to the tiger tribe's vermicelli factory.
There is a natural stream a hundred meters south of the OEM factory. A group of tiger cubs are squatting on the bank, using their claws to dig out the rotten parts of sweet potatoes. The sweet potatoes that Farm No. 1 had snatched from the flood have been consumed. The sweet potatoes now used by the OEM factory are sent from other farms and have been stored for a winter and half a spring. No matter how well they are preserved, they are bound to be moldy.
"Help us comb our hair? You guys?" The tiger cub leading the work was about sixteen or seventeen years old. He was almost as big as an adult cat, but his body was slightly thinner. After hearing the two leopard cubs' unreasonable "show of goodwill", the young tiger cub showed a puzzled expression, obviously not believing that these cats could be so friendly.
"Yes, aren't you very busy and tired? We don't have any work to do, so we come to help." The larger leopard cub was a little scared of the tall tiger cub, but was unwilling to give up. He mustered up the courage and said with wide eyes.
The young tiger cub scratched his head, seeming a little embarrassed: "Well... okay, thank you for your help." He turned around and called a smaller tiger cub to pull out a long straw mat, and grabbed a sack that had been used to hold sweet potatoes, and gave it to the leopard cub to pack its fur.
Next, the tiger cubs continued to dig out the moldy parts of the sweet potatoes. The two leopard cubs squatted upstream and worked hard to comb the fur of the tiger cubs who came in turn...
The tiger cub was slightly bigger than other snow wolves of the same age, so combing its fur was difficult. When it was completely dark and the cubs had dug out and cleaned tens of thousands of pounds of moldy sweet potatoes, the two leopard cubs finally dealt with the last tiger cub.
The two leopard cubs, who were so tired that they could hardly lift their arms, sat on the ground, panting heavily, and grinned foolishly at the two large sacks of tiger hair they had combed off.
"Thank you so much. We don't have any gifts to give you. Take these washed sweet potatoes and eat them." The young tiger cub was very happy. He brought a basket full of sweet potatoes and stuffed them into the two leopard cubs without saying a word. He said enthusiastically, "You can eat them directly. They taste very sweet. You can also put them in the stove and roast them. Just shake off the ashes."
Without waiting for the two leopard cubs, who were exhausted and thirsty, to speak, the young tiger cub picked up the two bags filled with tiger hair and walked happily towards his family members: "There are so many hairs, we can exchange them for a lot of candy from the Welfare Department!"
"How come we get so much hair from our bodies?"
"That's great, can I have pudding instead?"
"I don't know. I need to ask the people in the Welfare Department..."
Two leopard cubs, holding a basket of sweet potatoes, watched in amazement as a group of tiger cubs happily walked away...
The two leopard cubs returned to the dormitory crying and went to their respective parents to complain, making the big cats who had worked all day feel at a loss whether to laugh or cry...
"Okay, who told you to take advantage of others first?" The leopard parents patted their cub's butt, took off their clothes, got off the kang, and lay on the ground, "Come and comb my hair, I'll give you half of it."
The leopard cub finally stopped crying and laughed, picked up the brush and climbed onto its adult.
The combed hair can be exchanged for candy and biscuits, or for soap, towels, washbasins and toothbrushes. The molting season that used to make big cats annoyed has become a small barter shopping festival this year.
While the molting campaign was underway, the molting activity jointly organized by the wool spinning mill and the Welfare Department was also used as teaching material in the second phase of the big cats' courses.
Teacher Lynx explained the organization process and handover of the exchange of goods for wool to the students. After everyone understood, she asked with a smile: "Exchange of goods for wool is profitable for both the Welfare Department and the wool spinning mill. The Welfare Department can use this opportunity to clear out a batch of hard-to-sell goods, and the wool spinning mill only needs to pay the Welfare Department's total price of goods plus 10% of the labor fee to obtain a large amount of natural wool. But there are obviously implementation problems... How to ensure that no one will tamper with this exchange activity, such as changing the original two kilograms of wool for one kilogram of biscuits to three kilograms of wool for one kilogram? Can't the extra kilogram of wool be taken by themselves?"
This overly straightforward question made the big cats and tiger heads twitch their lips...
"Uh... increase supervision? Send someone to monitor every molting site?" Ted thought hard and said cautiously.
Teacher Lynx smiled and nodded, but did not comment on whether the idea was right or not. Instead, he looked at others with encouragement.
A leopard looked around at everyone and said carefully: "I think... it's unnecessary. Doesn't the notice clearly state how many pounds of wool can be exchanged for how many things? This notice is visible to everyone and cannot be faked. The woolen mill staff just need to come and see if the notice is posted properly... Anyway, the words on it are not difficult to recognize and many people can understand it."
The big cats and tiger heads nodded one after another, thinking that this should be the correct answer, but the lynx teacher still just smiled and nodded, continuing to look at everyone with encouraging eyes.
After waiting for a while and seeing that the students were scratching their heads and couldn't come up with a better answer, Teacher Lynx finally answered: "The correct answer is to increase the penalty for illegal operations and the cost of making mistakes."
Teacher Lynx's eyes became sharp: "What is the cost of making a mistake? Let's take an example. Everyone knows that it is wrong to attack others at will. Others will fight back and you will get hurt. If you fail to hit someone and get hit instead, it is not worth it. You will suffer a loss. But if the target of the attack is someone weaker than you, and the other party is unable to resist, then the cost of attacking others becomes negligible."
"If you know that doing something wrong will harm the interests of others, but your own interests will also be harmed in the process, this is the cost of making a mistake. The greater the cost of making a mistake, the more unbearable it is, so people who take the initiative to make mistakes will be more thoughtful and cautious. After all, there are not many fools in this world who are willing to suffer losses themselves and make others suffer, right?"
"Both the wool spinning mill and the welfare department are public units owned by the tribe of the Fire Tribe. They have high salaries and good benefits, so the requirements for employees are relatively high. According to the management system of the wool spinning mill and the welfare department, if someone makes a personal mistake when implementing a project plan and the collective interests of the wool spinning mill and the welfare department are damaged, then depending on the degree of damage, the person concerned will receive severe punishment from the management department, and the person's direct superior will also be held jointly liable. If it is lighter, he will be punished, and if it is more serious, he will be fired and lose his job."
Teacher Lynx looked at Ted Zhongzhang and said with a smile: "The vermicelli outsourcing factory is an outsourcing enterprise, and it also has the same responsibility system and accountability system. For example, if a subordinate of Ted Zhongzhang steals vermicelli from the vermicelli outsourcing factory and is caught, this person will lose his regular job, and Ted Zhongzhang, as the direct manager, will also be held accountable. If the circumstances are serious and the vermicelli outsourcing factory suffers huge losses, Ted Zhongzhang may also be implicated by this person and lose his job... In this way, those who want to steal vermicelli must consider whether it is worthwhile to exchange a long-term stable job for such a small amount of extra income before they act. Ted Zhongzhang will also be careful to keep an eye on everyone and not allow anyone to have evil intentions."
"..." Ted Zhongzhang silently wiped the cold sweat off his forehead... When the vermicelli production line was handed over, the Centaur in charge of the transportation did mention this matter with a stern face and even issued a small booklet called "Outsourcing Enterprise Work Specifications", but Ted Zhongzhang never took this matter seriously at all~!
After running the vermicelli outsourcing factory for four months, Ted Zhongzhang had taken it for granted that he would be the factory director. Now that he thought about it, it turned out that his position could be dangerous!
As an enterprise with welfare benefits comparable to those of the Fire Ministry's state-owned units, if he lost his position as factory director due to mismanagement, the other big cats would surely rush over with red eyes to grab the position - with the monthly bonuses and salaries that the 31 regular employees of the Tiger Tribe receive, the sumptuous extra dishes in the cafeteria every day, and the daily necessities purchased lavishly by the Welfare Ministry, who wouldn't be tempted!
"If you want people to work, you have to feed them. If you want people to work hard, you have to feed them well and lead a better life. This is what we mentioned in our previous courses." Teacher Lynx continued, "But it's not enough to just have benefits. People also have to know what they can't do and what serious consequences and painful prices will result if they do. This is the significance of formulating management systems and implementing them."
"There are many details that must be paid attention to. First of all, when implementing the management system, rewards and punishments must be fair, just and open. No matter who made the mistake, we must ensure that the same crime is punished equally. This is the only way to ensure the authority and credibility of the management system. To ensure this, the Fire Department will review the reward and punishment cases implemented by various departments during the mid-year and year-end work summaries every year to ensure that managers do not abuse their power for personal gain or knowingly commit crimes when exercising their management power..."
The tiger-heads were fine, but the big cats were obviously excited after hearing these details...
As ordinary members of the tribe, these big cats have become accustomed to the tribe leader assigning work and tribal resources according to his preferences over the years, and have accepted that there is no such thing as fairness in the tribe - after all, this is how everyone lives, and all the customs in the tribe are passed down from generation to generation. If the ancestors could accept it, there is no reason for people today to protest and reject it.
However, accepting the established distribution principle that the chief eats meat, the warriors gnaw on bones, and the ordinary people drink soup does not mean that these big cats are completely free from objection. It's just that no one listens to their voices and they don't know how to express their voices correctly and fight for the rights they deserve.
The salary and bonuses received by the regular workers of the Tiger Tribe must be shared with the tribe members, and the same applies to the big cats who have entered the second-term course and formed the new farm production team... Every month, the benefits of these regular workers are transported from the Fire Department, and at least half of them will be taken away by the tribe leader, and only half of the taken away will be distributed to others - this is when the local tribes such as Qingtian and Amber have always been used as targets and the tribe leaders are embarrassed to do something too ugly. (So everyone knows why the tribe leader Qingtian has not been offline. It would be a pity not to use such a living negative example to the extreme... cough cough!)
Now, after hearing Teacher Lynx say that the management system of the Fire Department requires all managers to be fair and just and to bear joint responsibility for the mistakes made by their subordinates, if it weren't for the pride in the cats' bones, they would have wanted to "rebel" on the spot and cling to the Fire Department's thighs to make a living...
Facing the eager and glowing eyes of nearly twenty big cats in the classroom, Teacher Lynx was calm as if he hadn't noticed anything, and continued to diligently explain the management regulations of the Fire Department.
The teachers for the second term were not randomly assigned by drawing lots. After A Jiang discussed with Chief Arthur, he went to seek advice from Xiao Yun and carefully selected them to brainwash these more motivated big cats~!
Since the strategy of "using cats to control cats" has been proven to be feasible, then among these new cats, who serve as the backbone of organizational mobilization work and middle-level managers, it is natural to train the best among them~!
An efficient mobilization mechanism and a relatively complete management system are the hard power that best reflects a country's national strength on Earth, and the former must be built on the basis of the latter. Without a relatively complete management system, there is no mobilization mechanism at all. For example, in the Fukushima incident that exposed Japan's underwear, the government's mobilization ability was actually worse than that of the gang. This is completely ridiculous.
If a more complete management system can be established, then mobilization efficiency will come naturally - the "Chinese speed" demonstrated countless times in modern China has proved this.
Otherwise, why has Xiao Yun been obsessed with management education for so many years... If the management team cannot be led well, what's the point of talking about development!
This is the reason why old revolutionaries, when talking about local government problems, can often accurately and sharply point out that "there are problems with the cadre team" instead of saying nonsense like the people of this generation are not good enough.
When Xiao Yun was away, there was a flood in his hometown, but the tribesmen were able to steadily and steadily overcome the flood. This is a reflection of the role of the Fire Department's management education and management team building over the years... If the heads of various departments had not been able to organize personnel to fight the flood at an extremely fast speed, no matter how smart Dahe was, he would not have been able to turn the tide.
A relatively complete management system that is at least generally fair and just has another obvious advantage: a management system that is formulated on the principle of protecting the rights and interests of the vast majority of people will naturally be supported by the vast majority of people!
Don’t talk about nonsense like “dictatorship” and “tyranny of the majority”. The most basic rights and interests cannot be guaranteed, so what about your freedom?
In each classroom, the enthusiastic gazes of the big cats who entered the second period of study were enough to show how valuable the system explanations used by teachers for ideological work were...
Through day-to-day work and study, 15 more Tigers successfully graduated from the first phase of literacy training and entered the second phase. With the increase in the number of students in the second phase, the teachers selected some outstanding students to serve as teaching interns in the second phase.
As the sweet potatoes sown in spring by the new farms that have received policy support for agricultural machinery and pesticides enter the harvest period, many clan leaders come to the farm management office where clan leader Arthur is located every day. They seem to be bored and drink tea, but in fact they are frantically inquiring into the profit distribution issues of the new farms.
These new farms are made up of advanced big cats who have been promoted to the second-term course before the beginning of spring. There are a total of 18 production teams, each of which has contracted 20,000 acres of land, all planted with sweet potatoes and potatoes.
As for the big cats who didn't have the chance to get support from the new farm policy, they also opened more or less farms around the farms according to their tribes. The more diligent tribes could open more than 10,000 acres, and the lazier ones could at least open a few thousand acres.
Farm No. 1 is located in a large sunken valley, where water conservancy projects are very easy to build. Just dig a canal to bring water for irrigation. There is no need to build a dam in the river to block the water or use water wheels for irrigation like Farm No. 2 and Farm No. 3, which are located at higher altitudes. With this natural water resource advantage, even a tribe that has only opened up a few thousand acres of land can make a good profit.
But...it is true that we have a harvest at home, but the growth is not as good as that on the new farms~!
These new cat leaders have talked to the local cats. If the sweet potatoes they plant can produce 3,000 kilograms per mu, the new farms will produce at least 5,000 kilograms per mu! (The yield of spring-sown sweet potatoes is higher than that of summer-sown sweet potatoes. The sweet potato seeds produced by the Academy of Agricultural Sciences on Earth are calculated by kilogram per mu, but here only kilograms are calculated.)
They have more land!
How could it be possible that these new cat leaders would not be tempted?!
Facing the tribe leader who was frantically asking questions, Arthur took a sip of water slowly and spoke in an official tone: "What you said makes sense, and I agree... But there are only more than 30 people from your tribe in the No. 11 production team, and most of the team members are from other tribes~"
The chief, who had been pestering Chief Arthur for several days, thought that Chief Arthur had finally given in, and immediately said anxiously: "Our tribe doesn't want to take over all the output of Production Team No. 11. As long as the part that belongs to our tribe is handled by us, that's enough!"
"That's true, but our system is that the output of the production team is under the control of the production team. We have to seek ~" Chief Arthur spread his hands in embarrassment.
"If I, the clan leader, agree, doesn't that mean all my clan members agree?!" the clan leader couldn't help but shout.
“We don’t agree!!”
A louder noise came from outside the house. Chief Arthur pretended to be surprised, but actually he looked over as steady as an old dog. He saw more than thirty panting cats outside the house. They should have just returned from the fields, with a lot of mud on their sleeves and trouser legs.
"You, you guys..." The leader of these big cats suddenly stood up and pointed at them. His voice and arms were trembling. No one knew whether he was angry, guilty or scared.
"We don't agree!" A Snow Leopard warrior repeated with his eyes wide open. He walked into the house first. He didn't look at his chief, but stared at Chief Arthur who slowly stood up. "Chief Arthur, you said when we were reclaiming the land that the output of the production team belongs to the production team. You won't lie to us, right?"
Chief Arthur smiled in his heart, but his face was serious and solemn: "We have rules and regulations in the Fire Department. As long as it is clearly stipulated, it will not be easily changed unless the system will seriously harm the interests of most people."
"Okay!" The Snow Leopard soldier nodded heavily. "In this case, we demand that all the output of our production team be at our disposal. We want to pool the money to build beautiful and spacious brick houses, and use the remaining money to buy thick coats, long-pile socks, thick-soled rubber shoes, thick blankets, and everything we want. Is that okay?"
Chief Arthur pretended to hesitate, looked at the pale-faced chief with embarrassment, and said reluctantly, "We will give priority to supporting the production team's decision. If you strongly request, our farm management department is also obliged to apply for construction support from the Fire Department and preferential prices for bulk transactions of large piles of goods from the Welfare Department."
"Okay, then please let Chief Arthur tell us what we should do." The Snow Leopard Warrior said immediately.
“Shut up!” Their chief couldn’t help himself and pushed the Snow Leopard Warrior back several steps, his eyes wide open, “Think carefully about what you are saying. You are a warrior trained by the tribe with great effort. Are you going to lead them to betray the tribe?!”
The big cats standing at the door looked unhappy, and some of them showed guilty looks, as if they regretted following along and going against the patriarch.
The Snow Leopard Warrior turned to look at his tribe leader and took a few steps forward, his eyes widened and his voice more angry: "Tribe leader! Before asking us why we betrayed you, why don't you ask us what we did?! I get a production team subsidy of five kilograms of sugar every month. Has my cub ever eaten a piece of candy in the past few months? You ask other tribe members to stare at us and ask us to be docile and obedient, so do you have the qualifications to deserve unconditional obedience?"
“You, you——” The patriarch was so angry that he almost couldn’t breathe.
The Snow Leopard Warrior spread out his hands and pointed at the tribesmen who followed him: "We will not betray the tribe, we will always be a member of the tribe. We want to build a more spacious new house, and there is also room for the tribesmen. But--" The Snow Leopard Warrior pointed to the tribe leader and said firmly, "We will no longer accept your power to distribute the income of all the tribesmen. Since you can't be fair and just, let the distribution right return to the tribesmen!"
"Not only can you not control the output of us, but also the farms that our tribe members have worked so hard to take care of!"
The big cats outside the house were extremely excited and their hearts were pounding. They glared at the clan leader in unison. Even the big cat who had felt a little guilty before straightened his back.
The chieftain glanced at his tribesmen who were clearly in opposition to him and had no chance of recovery, then looked to Chief Arthur for help.
Chief Arthur gave him a helpless look and said politely, "I'm sorry, but the principle of our Fire Tribe is not to interfere in the internal affairs of other tribes. We have no right to interfere in the internal affairs of your tribe."
The clan leader fainted immediately...
The news about Production Team No. 11 spread quickly. Within two days, the entire No. 1 Farm and the thousands of big cats in the resettlement site knew the cause and effect of the incident, whether actively or passively. They even understood every word said by the snow leopard warrior who took the lead in rebelling against the patriarch and succeeded.
In the fields of traditional and new farms, big cats gradually began to gather together and discuss passionately during their rest time.
Small-scale, low-intensity physical conflicts that were highly concealed also occurred within each tribe. The screams of meows that had disappeared for a long time reappeared in the quiet night.
On the day before the sweet potato fields of each farm officially began to be harvested, early in the morning, a group of local cats walked into the management office of Chief Arthur with solemn expressions.
The person who was chosen to speak was also a warrior. This warrior, who was supposed to be a beneficiary of the upper-middle class of tribal resource allocation, stood in front of Chief Arthur and the first thing he said was: "We want to leave the Sunny Sky Tribe, integrate into the Fire and Flame Tribe, and become a member of the Fire and Flame Tribe."
Chief Arthur pinched his thigh hard, and forced his laughing expression into a combination of shock, joy, embarrassment, and hesitation.
