my steam dam

Chapter 160
Not to mention, this Luo fish looks very ugly, but after being made into a dish, it is still very attractive.

Whether it is steamed, braised or made into sashimi, it has a special flavor.

And after it's made into a dish, it's not ugly anymore.

Immigrants such as Zhao Liusheng, after serving the delicacies made of He Luoyu, immediately divided them and ate them, exclaiming that they were delicious.

Anyway, this is meat. Most of the people who come to participate in the immigration are not in good living conditions. It is not bad for the family to eat meat once a month.

Now there are sea fish to eat. Although the taste does not taste like meat at all, it is enough for them to say that it is delicious and enjoyable.

As for the ugliness of He Luoyu before it was cooked, everyone has long forgotten it.

For Chinese people, as long as they can eat and taste delicious, no matter how ugly or disgusting they are!
After a delicious meal of He Luo fish, the immigrant fleet was almost arriving at its destination.

Standing on the deck, you can already see the Liaodong mainland on the other side.

After lunch, an hour later, this fleet of eight large transport ships docked at Jinzhou Port in Liaodong.

Under the command of the soldiers, the immigrants disembarked in an orderly manner on a household-by-household basis, and gathered in the open space that had just been cleared in Jinzhou Port in the past two months.

After getting off the boat, Zhao Liusheng saw a busy scene in Jinzhou Port.

A bunch of large machines driven by steam engines are constantly hoisting very heavy steel and transporting it to the newly opened place on the port.

Countless craftsmen with steel helmets on their heads are directing the workers to expand this natural deep-water port in Liaodong.

Even though it is already winter and the weather is very cold, every worker is still sweating profusely.

Seeing that Zhao Liusheng and the others were very curious, the officials who brought this group of immigrants explained with a smile:
"There is an order from the Ministry of Industry to expand Jinzhou Port to a size that can accommodate more than [-] large transport ships and [-] warships at the same time."

"It will become the main base of the Liaodong Fleet in the future."

"The expansion of Jinzhou Port will also make it easier for materials from Shandong to be sent to Liaodong, and the garrison will also increase, so that your future life will be safer."

"Jinzhou Port alone can transport [-] soldiers from Shandong at one time after expansion!"

"Materials can transport more than 20 shi of grain at a time!"

Although the current Jinzhou Port is also a base commonly used by the Liaodong Fleet, it can only accommodate ten transport ships with [-] materials and twelve warships to dock at the same time.

It was enough for the capital of Liaodong, whose population was only 50 and almost all of them belonged to the military.

However, it is definitely not enough for Liaodong Chief Envoy who will immigrate more than one million in the future.

If you want to get rich, build roads first. This sentence is also applicable to waterways.

The officials told the immigrants about this to reassure them and let them know that the imperial court did not mean to ignore them when they immigrated here, and that Liaodong would be vigorously developed.

Sure enough, after listening to the official's introduction, the group of immigrants felt a lot more at ease.

The bigger Jinzhou Port is, the more secure they feel.

On the Liaoxi Corridor side, if the northern barbarians are powerful, it is possible to occupy the Liaoxi Corridor.

In the past 1000 years, except for the Ming Dynasty and the prosperous Tang Dynasty, no other dynasty in the Central Plains has occupied the Liaoxi Corridor.

Immigrants who come to Liaodong are also worried.

Although Emperor Hongwu was in such a mess right now that he suppressed and beat Beiman, no one can say for sure what will happen in the future.

When they immigrated to Liaodong, they wanted to take root and live for generations.

What if after several decades, Daming's military strength weakened and the Liaoxi Corridor was lost, then the people of Liaodong would lose contact with Daming from the land and become an enclave.

Now the imperial court is working hard to expand the construction of Jinzhou Port. If the Liaoxi Corridor falls in the future, there will be at least one sea-land line to support Liaodong.

No matter how powerful Beiman is, it is impossible for him to run to the sea.

In this way, at least Liaodong can still advance, attack and retreat.

Only when everyone's land is guaranteed can they live in peace.

Zhao Liusheng and the other immigrants nodded in satisfaction and looked at the Jinzhou Port with expectant eyes. They couldn't wait to see what the fully expanded Jinzhou Port would look like.

"Let's go, I'll take you to the immigration point."

According to everyone's immigration certificates, the officials divided this batch of more than 3000 immigrants into three teams, and arranged convoys for them respectively.

Most of this batch of immigrants are local immigrants from Shandong, and a small part are immigrants from other places who move faster like Zhao Liusheng.

They are all lucky, and most of them will immigrate to the newly opened villages near Jinzhou.

In the whole of Liaodong, if you want to talk about where you can live the best, it must be the former Liaodong Capital Office, and now the Liaodong Chief Envoy's yamen is located in Liaoyang Mansion!

It's just that Liaoyang Mansion has been developed by Liaodong Capital for more than ten years. Half of the 50 people in Liaodong are gathered near Liaoyang Mansion, and most of them are military members of Liaodong Capital.

This place cannot accommodate many immigrants.

Besides Liaoyang Mansion, the second best place in Liaodong should be Jinzhou.

After all, there is Jinzhou Port here. After the expansion of Jinzhou Port in the future, Jinzhou should become the most important hub in Liaodong, and the business is extremely prosperous.

What brought about the prosperity of business was that all kinds of items in the inland of Ming Dynasty could be bought in Jinzhou.

Being able to settle near Jinzhou should be the best choice for immigrants coming to Liaodong.

It is also more convenient to go back to the hometown to visit relatives or something.

With a joyful expression on his face, Zhao Liusheng boarded a steam transport vehicle according to the arrangement of the officials of the Immigration Department.

Most of the people sitting in the car were immigrants with the couple when they were in Penglai.

But there are also a few who don't know.

In particular, there was an old man among them, whose hair was already half white, and his wife was pulling two and a half children, looking pitiful.

Most of the immigrants that Zhao Liusheng met along the way were mainly young and middle-aged, 20-30 years old.

Few are over 40.

After all, immigration is risky, and only those who dare to gamble will sign up.

Most of the applicants for immigration are young people who do not have much land in the local area, or the land is not enough to support themselves, and the second and third children in the family who cannot share the property.

In the Ming Dynasty, from the dignitaries to the ordinary people, they all practiced the inheritance system.

Only the first son can inherit most of the family's property, and the second, third and fourth sons, even if they are also descendants, can only get a little bit of floating wealth.

After all, the land of most commoners' homes is only more than ten acres, which is just enough to feed a family.

If the family is separated and the land is distributed equally to all the children, the family will have three to five acres of land, and they will not be able to eat enough.

It's better to leave all the land to a child, so that at least one can guarantee a good life, and even have a chance to stand up in the future.

Therefore, ordinary people in Ming Dynasty, when they grow up, the non-legal sons need to find their own way out.

Either go to the city to work, or with the support of parents, take a sum of money to rent land as a tenant.

But now there is another way, you can sign up for immigration!
Therefore, most of the applicants for Liaodong immigration are Zhao Liusheng, whose family has no property due to various reasons.

Or the second or third son in the family, the poor who cannot inherit the land of the family.

There are very few elderly people in their early fifties who come to immigrate.

Are you not afraid of illness and death on the way?

Not only Zhao Liusheng, but other immigrants in the car also looked curiously at the immigrant family with two and a half children.

A relatively extroverted man asked directly: "This old man, at your age, you also come to apply for immigration?"

"These two and a half children are your grandchildren, right? Where are the children in the family?"

The old man, who was about to sink half of his body into the ground, tightly held his grandson's hand, raised his head and looked at the other immigrants with cloudy eyes.

"My son and daughter-in-law both died of illness due to the plague in their hometown, leaving behind this pair of underage dolls."

He sighed: "Old man, I have been farming all my life, but I have always been helping others."

"The family is exhausted, but they can barely survive. If there is a disaster year, I'm afraid they won't be able to survive."

"Left and right are dead, why not fight while you have some strength!"

"I apply for immigration, but there are [-] acres of land!"

As soon as Tian was mentioned, the old man's originally cloudy eyes also burst out with some light of hope, and the layers of folds on his face stretched a lot.

"Old man, although I am over 50 this year, it is still no problem to work in the fields. Be careful, and I should be able to live for another ten years."

"As long as we can work hard for another ten years and get the Tiandu servants issued by the court ready, the two children will have a guarantee for their lives and lives in the future."

"At that time, these two children will have a good life, and I will be the little old man, but I have a knot in my heart. Even if I die underground, my face will be radiant."

"Hey, it's worth it to leave two hundred acres of land!"

Zhao Liusheng couldn't help but interjected, "What about the two hundred acres of land, can you plant it all by yourself?"

Two elderly people in their 50s, plus two half-children who looked only eleven or twelve years old, how could they be so busy?
"I asked the official of the Immigration Department. Although my wife and I are old, but with our two children and some farming machines issued by the court, we can still work hard to get [-] acres of land!"

"Besides, after the imperial court grants this land, although it is not allowed to be bought and sold within 20 years, it will not be taken back. Now we will cultivate [-] acres, and when the children grow up, they will be able to cultivate [-] acres of land!"

"The first few years are difficult, but as long as we get through it, life will be prosperous."

Zhao Liusheng nodded thoughtfully.

His mind was still very flexible, and he probably guessed why the immigration agency would allow this old man Zhao's family to immigrate.

I'm afraid it's because of these two half-grown children.

They immigrated to Liaodong, and after three to five years, there will be two strong laborers, and they will be good at farming.

If there were only old man Zhao and his wife, it is estimated that the Immigration Department would definitely not allow them to immigrate.

"Don't worry, old man. When we arrive in Liaodong, we will have good days to look forward to."

"We all immigrated to the same place in the car, and we will be in the same village in the future. Everyone will take care of us. If there is anything that is too busy in the field, you can say hello, and we will all help!"

The other immigrants smiled and comforted the old man Zhao.

Every immigrant in the car, including Zhao Liusheng, expressed very boldly that he would help the old man Zhao's family in the future.

In the past, everyone was poor with little land and little land, and their lives were in a mess. There was no time to spread kindness, let alone help others.

But it's different now. In the future, everyone will be a rich family with [-] acres of land.

Although Tian hasn't got it yet, the generosity and compassionate kindness that rich people have has already begun to take root in his heart.

With each household having [-] mu of land, old man Zhao is undoubtedly the most difficult family.

The simple and simple immigrants naturally patted their chests and expressed that they would help more.

The granary knows the etiquette, and the food and clothing know the honor and disgrace!
(End of this chapter)