Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 96

Chapter 96, The Governor can’t come for nothing, right?

The reason why Ossena was asked to do the city-wide screening was not to ask the girl to investigate the case.

Her professional skills were not suitable.

In fact, Gu Hang hoped that she could do this while distributing food throughout the city to ensure people’s livelihood.

But Gu Hang didn’t have much hope for this city-wide screening, he just did it by the way.

The main reason was that there was no particularly easy-to-use screening method.

The cultists would not admit it directly when you asked them.

He also told Ossena that this matter was done by chance, and the main task was to ensure people’s livelihood.

The army that followed Gu Hang into the city had already controlled several grain warehouses.

But at this time, a bad news came first:

the city’s food reserves were not enough.

According to the normal consumption of the city’s population of one million, there would be only about fifteen days of inventory.

This level of food reserves is too dangerous for a city that mainly relies on foreign trade food imports. It seems that the previous alliance government did not understand the importance of food security at all.

But from another angle, it seems to make sense.

After Ossena took over the granary, she calculated the consumption of the poor people in the outer city according to the per capita standard of the Governor’s Camp and the Abandoned Cave Society; but before that, the Alliance authorities may have never calculated it that way. They may only regard the 100,000 people in the inner city as serious people. The poor people in the outer city? Think of a way yourself.

Of course, in fact, the food supply for the residents of the outer city must still come from these granaries, otherwise how can the people in the outer city survive? It’s really impossible to survive 800,000 or 900,000 people by eating tree bark.

However, the residents of the outer city don’t eat as much as the standard population consumption calculated by Ossena. A population of 800,000 to 900,000 may only consume 300,000 to 500,000 people/day/food consumption.

On average, only one-third to half of the food can be eaten every day, so malnutrition is normal. And here is an average, which means that some people in the outer city can eat and drink enough, while others may not have food for two consecutive days.

This situation is also in line with the actual situation of the outer city of Fuxing City. Osena had survived in the outer city for several months, and she knew very well that the life of the residents in the outer city was really like this.

According to this standard, the food for fifteen days can be turned into a reserve for about thirty or forty days.

But Osena decided not to calculate it this way.

She would provide the population of the outer city of Fuxing City with a standard amount of food.

Otherwise, before the governor came, we were not full; when the governor came, we were still not full… Then wouldn’t the governor come in vain?

At the current stage, it is an important step to establish the prestige of the governor to ensure that everyone can eat enough.

The people in the inner city are indifferent to the incoming governor?

Then you can be indifferent, really think it’s the era of the alliance before? Only the people in the inner city are counted as people?

In the long communication between Gu Hang and Osena before, they both made it clear that the greatest wealth of Fuxing City is the hundreds of thousands of people in the outer city. As long as they wholeheartedly support the governor, everything else is a paper tiger.

The rich and powerful can be overthrown, and all means of production can be confiscated. Gu Hang does not need their support to complete his rule.

The residents of the inner city who live relatively well, no matter whether you have resentment or not, just do your job honestly, and those who dare to mess around will be governed by their own methods.

In the outer city, a large number of poor people will have their living conditions improved. They will live a better life under the kindness of the governor, and then quickly return to the factory and their jobs to contribute to the governor’s career.

Of course, it is not enough to just distribute food. In other words, distributing food is the basis for solidifying the governor’s rule and the price to be paid; above the price, how to get a stable harvest is a more challenging part for Ossena.

Ossena knew clearly that just opening the warehouse to release grain was not considered to be her ability.

As if no one could do it.

She had to let the residents know clearly that this was a favor from the Governor while paying for the food. Only in this way could the value of releasing the food be brought into

play. At the same time, she had to anchor a principle from the beginning: people cannot be fed for free.

She did not intend to define this batch of food as simple relief or welfare.

Whether Renaissance City is poor or rich depends on the perspective from which it is judged. To say that it is rich, it only treats the people in the inner city as human beings. It is indeed quite rich, at least according to the standards of this wasteland. Their wealth is based on the exploitation of the hundreds of thousands of people in the outer city as if they were not human beings.

But now, Ossena wants to treat all the 800,000 or 900,000 people in the outer city as human beings, which will add such a huge burden.

According to such standards, it is impossible to be considered rich.

The current reserves of Renaissance City cannot support high welfare.

Ossena will give the residents of the outer city a normal life, but what she can give is only opportunities and platforms. If they want to really live a decent life, they still have to rely on the hard work of their own hands.

This is certainly not as beneficial as directly distributing food, but Ossena would rather lose a little of the benefits of giving to others to ensure that the finances of Renaissance City are on a relatively healthy path.

In addition, the residents of the outer city must be willing to work hard. Ossena, who has lived in the outer city, fully believes this.

In this regard, Ossena has probably formulated a temporary system.

She will distribute food to residents outside the city without distinction, but only for a few days and only one-third of the ration, which can ensure that people do not starve to death.

If you want more, you need to buy it.

The government grain sales window will sell food at a fair price and purchase it in limited quantities based on the per capita ration system. Severely crack down on the behavior of gangs using other people’s quotas to buy food and hoard it.

For a long time to come, the grain industry will become a government-run industry, and the Governor’s government will do its utmost to ensure the stability of grain prices. Private individuals are not allowed to intervene in this industry for the time being.

As long as there is a stable channel for purchasing food at a fair price, the basic life of the residents of the outer city will be guaranteed.

Of course, there are also a considerable number of residents in the outer city who have no savings. Recently, because of the war, there is no work, and they can’t make ends meet.

Ossena also has supporting measures.

Next, all the factories, handicraft factories, and shops that have been regained control will absorb the employed population after reopening. The “food coupons” will be settled every day and can be directly exchanged for food.

Ossena thought about the work point system and decided not to promote it in Fuxing City for the time being.

The administrative team she has now has only a dozen clerks, and it is really impossible to promote the implementation of work points and replace the existing monetary system.

There will be great turmoil, and it will require stronger administrative capabilities and grassroots control to do this.

In fact, even if it is just the distribution of food and the promotion of resumption of work and production, she and the dozen people under her can’t handle it.

But fortunately, there will be an army to help her.

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One more chapter!

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