Chapter 1285: Land Acquisition Plan

Baifeng looked at the plan Sanxin had made, and it was still very good; the basic compensation and such were completely fine, and it was also precise regarding the groups of people who should be relocated.

Those who were originally supposed to live in the Second Ring and Third Ring were not within the scope of relocation compensation, though of course, if they wanted to choose to move away, there would be no problem; they could even take advantage of some benefits anyway.

Because if they moved away, Huaxia would give them a new, larger homestead, as well as more compensation, and even if they moved away, because someone in their family worked at a certain unit in Huaxia City, they would still be allocated a courtyard in the end, whether bought or rented, at a relatively low price, because it was mainly to satisfy those young people who had just started working and whose families were not so well-off.

However, Baifeng believed that most people who met the criteria would also choose to move away, because living in a courtyard in Huaxia City was, after all, relatively cramped, just like the large communal courtyards in the hutongs of Jing City back in the day; they were under the feet of Heaven, but as for the living conditions, a whole large family was squeezed into just a few rooms, and the entire courtyard of people used a public toilet and a public water basin.

Although they were a family now, it was too crowded, yet they wouldn't think about not having more children; at night there were no entertainment activities, so what else was there to do but have children? Furthermore, they didn't even have any contraceptive measures, so the children would only become more numerous, and the houses would only become more crowded.

In the Second and Third Rings, wanting to change to a larger homestead was almost impossible now; several years ago, when there weren't so many people and there were still some vacant lots, they could be rewarded, or through a lottery or waiting in line, they could be given a larger courtyard, or they could increase the area of the homestead and let them tear down the courtyard walls and rebuild it themselves.

Now that was no longer possible; for the past few years, it hadn't been done, and even if they had already received a number plate and were waiting bitterly, there was no vacant land left in Huaxia City for them to build a courtyard; the roads and basic landscaping could not be demolished, as this was the basic protection for Huaxia City.

Now, letting these people move out had many benefits; not everyone in the family worked for the government, and even in a large family of a hundred people, perhaps only two or three worked for the government as officials or Clerks.

The rest of the people were basically farmers or Workers; they could not sacrifice their own quality of life just for the convenience of two or three family members working here.

The subsidies based on area and population alone were enough for them to add many things to their homes, so why not move? In the end, those few people working for the government would definitely be rearranged a place to live; at worst, it would just be a little smaller.

How the courtyards were arranged was Huaxia's business; individuals could not stop it or influence it, and it was basically impossible to have them assigned back to their original homes.

Some smaller courtyards could be assigned to a single family or two families to live in, but this family could only consist of the one person who needed to work for the government, along with their spouse and children.

Regardless of whether this person was male or female, in terms of the husband-and-wife relationship, at most you would be given forty square meters; it depended on how many wives you could bring, and rotating them to come was also fine.

As for children, only school-age children could stay, those who needed to attend school in Huaxia City; the quota was limited, so they would calculate how many people in the family met this standard and then arrange the housing.

For those who were unmarried or young people who hadn't had children, they would be assigned a large courtyard as a collective dormitory, and one room per person was perfectly sufficient.

In this way, everyone's troubles would be solved; it just depended on how many people were willing to move and how many were not.

Sanxin's plan was summarized only after conducting public opinion polls below; it was impossible to just come up with a plan, have Baifeng sign it, and force people to move—that wouldn't be appropriate.

According to Sanxin's statistics, the number of people in the entire Second and Third Rings willing to move away had already exceeded one percent.

Among those who were unwilling to move, a large reason was that the head of the family or the decision-maker was an elder who had followed Baifeng in the beginning, but they had no authority; they simply wanted to be closer to the center of Huaxia City, feeling that the closer they were, the better.

Young people definitely wanted more space for themselves; if they were in their teens and still had to squeeze into a room with their siblings, what fun was there in that?

The Tribal Chief was different; even if the old man no longer had children, he lived in the largest and best room; those who could earn more grain or had a certain amount of power could choose slightly larger rooms, while children had no power of choice, and they had no say in this family at all.

If you wanted to change the status quo, the only way was to study hard, take exams to become an official, or become a teacher, a doctor, or something similar; that way, your status would be higher, and you could live a little more comfortably at home.

If you could save up some grain of your own, you could split the family and live alone, building your own house; like before, this was a difficult task, as all the grain you earned had to be handed over to the family's Grain Storehouse, and you couldn't say how much you had saved because it wasn't truly in your own hands.

Now it was different; with Grain Coupons and Cloth Coupons, every salary was issued in the form of vouchers, so you could hand over a little to the family and keep a little for yourself; this was what it meant to truly have property of your own.

Splitting the family didn't require the consent of the head of the household or the Tribal Chief; as long as it was confirmed that you could be self-reliant, you just had to apply at the Ministry of Revenue.

But after all, you still had to discuss it with your Tribal Chief; if your parents didn't agree and the old man in the family wasn't willing, and you forced a split, it would very likely affect your relationship with the family, unless you were truly very uncomfortable at home and your parents and Tribal Chief were not good to you, and you didn't care about anything anymore—then fine, we would just make up our minds to split the family.

Legally, you still had a relationship, but in terms of household registration, you had already separated; all your wealth and land would fall to the head of your new household, and if the old Tribal Chief died, you would have a share in the inheritance of the property; of course, if the Tribal Chief had already given you your share in advance when you split the family as capital for setting up your home, then after the split, the assets of the original family would have nothing to do with you.

This regulation was simply to protect those who were mistreated at home and had no choice but to move out and be self-reliant; Baifeng had also had that kind of experience, had seen it quite often, and it was even relatively common.

The elders loved the eldest and doted on the youngest, while you in the middle were worth nothing, and when splitting the family, they would give you the worst share.