Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 556
Ma Dabangzi is tall and tall. He used to be good at wielding a big stick, hence the name.

As the deputy of the Fubing team, he also has a ninth-rank official rank and a military cavalry captain.Therefore, he lived a good life in this village. He had [-] mu of Fubingjun farmland, [-] mu of Xun farmland, and [-] mu of official land for rent.

Ever since Luo Cheng announced that the remaining Fubing would bring his family and divide the land according to his mouth, Ma Dabangzi immediately wrote back to his hometown in Qi County, Henan. Fu Bing, at this time, the [-] mu of military land was not evenly distributed, but only [-] mu of land was allocated, which is not a good farmland.

The family has a wife, children, mother, and several children, and life is hard. They used to live on tenant land and doing odd jobs, but now they have dozens of acres of land under the command of Fubing, and life is better.But after the Eastern Expedition, there were bandits all over the place. Even if Qi County was better, there were often bandits and soldiers. In addition, the past two years were either flooded or drought, which was really hard.

If it weren't for Ma Dabang's meritorious service and reward, the family would definitely not be able to eat enough by farming.

He sent a letter, so the whole family came. They came by boat from Donglai, and there was a navy boat there that was responsible for transporting the families of the Liaodong soldiers.

The family finally crossed the sea to Liaodong, and Luo Cheng did not break his promise.

The whole family was allocated land, not only Ma Dabang's wife and mother were allocated [-] acres of land each, but his four underage children were all allocated [-] acres of land each, and even those who came over had already separated their families. There are eleven members of the family's two brothers, and Luo Cheng also gave them all the land.

Anyway, there is no shortage of other things in Liaodong now, but the population is the most lacking.

If you can come, you are welcome.

Some of these lands were cultivated by the Goguryeo people in the past, some were uncultivated wasteland, and some poorer slopes, etc., but the number was not discounted.

Now the three Ma Dabang brothers live together, and there are 100 people together. In addition to Ma Dabangzi's more than [-] mu of land, his family has also been allocated nearly [-] mu of land. Surprising enough.

Not to mention, Ma Dabangzi also had a Goguryeo concubine, who also shared dozens of acres of land.

After Ma Dabang's wife came over, she saw that there was a Goguryeo woman in the room, so she scratched Ma Dabang for a while, but then she stopped making trouble, and thought about it. There is no way to accept Goguryeo concubines. Besides, Ma Dabangzi will coax her, telling her that these concubines are actually helping to farm the land.

After all, this Goguryeo concubine is young and able to work, and now he happens to help his wife take care of his old mother. In addition, there are seven people in this Goguryeo concubine's family. The whole family is now his tenants, helping him farm the land .

The woman was very realistic. After thinking for a long time, she felt that this was indeed the case, so she stopped.

The house is quite big, with a log structure, and the trees are all felled on the mountain. The soldiers of the government helped each other to build the house.The style of the house is primitive and rough, but very strong.

There is a big firepit in the house, which can be used for cooking and warming up, and there is also a big kang.

Luo Cheng scanned the house and found that there were still a few pieces of meat hanging on the firepit, which had been smoked black, and there was still meat on the firepit, which showed that the government soldiers were doing well.

"Is there enough food?" Luo Cheng asked.

"Enough, there is a cellar under the roof, in which not only food is stored, but also some vegetables are stored, enough to last until the spring of next year." Ma Dabang is very satisfied with the current life.

When he was in the Central Plains, he was just a coolie, but since he joined the army and went to Liaodong, he has become an officer in a few years, and now he has become a landlord.

In this small village, he is still the head of the village. There are 20 members of his family, plus [-] members of the family of concubines and servants. There are more than [-] people in this big family.

Even if it is snowing and freezing outside, he often goes out for a walk, just to see his land, and often discusses with his wife on the kang. Also turned over, planted with wheat and soybeans.

He also plans to buy two more cows to farm.

Luo Cheng smiled and said, "There is food at home, don't panic, just have food to eat. Ma Dabang, tell me about the situation in your village, how many people are there in total, how many soldiers are there, and how many mansions are there?" The soldiers brought their family members over, have the land been divided? According to the regulations above, is there any less? Also, I heard that some of the government soldiers who left your village left their concubines behind. These people How do you live now, does anyone care if you are pregnant?"

Ma Dabang listened carefully to these questions and answered them one by one.

"Marshal, there are a total of 23 soldiers in our village now. There were 27 before, 30 left, and [-] were left. Later, the higher-ups arranged for three to come. The [-] people belonged to the nearby Siping Yingyang Mansion. ·······"

According to what Ma Dabangzi said, half of the thirty government soldiers had already brought their family members here, and the other half planned to bring their family members over after the spring of next year.In addition, among the half of the people who have brought their family members here, only some of them brought the whole family like him. Many people just came from their families to explore the way and see the situation.In addition, some people are planning to call the brother's family next year.

As for the concubines who were not taken away, here are seven of them.

Among them were four concubines from refugees, three concubines from Goguryeo, and seven concubines from government soldiers who were left behind. Five of them remarried to other government soldiers as concubines or married other immigrants, but the remaining two did not marry because they were pregnant.

"How do these people live now?" Luo Cheng asked.

Ma Dabangzi sighed, "These women are also quite pitiful. We have written letters to their husbands, but they have all returned to the Central Plains, and it is impossible to come to pick them up again, even if those few were exiled because of the rebellion. It is impossible for a woman to take her back to the Central Plains."

"In our village, let's all help and take care of them now. Every family has sent firewood and regular food to help them survive this winter."

This situation is not limited to this village, but is very common.

At the beginning, Luo Cheng had forced these soldiers to have a sense of belonging here, and forcibly assigned them land and concubines. Then the emperor issued an edict and recalled [-] soldiers back to the Central Plains.

As a result, many concubines who were here were left here. Those who didn't have children were fine, anyway, they just remarried, but some people were pregnant, but it was troublesome.

It was only two or three months before they were married to Fubing. Some of them didn't even realize they were pregnant when Fubing left. Now it's almost Chinese New Year, and their stomachs are starting to stand up one by one.

"Ma Dabangzi, you have done a good job. No matter what, these women must be taken care of. I have decided that after these women give birth to children, if they are willing to raise them by themselves, the left-behind government will subsidize some money and food every month. If they are really unable or unwilling to raise them, the Left Behind House will also set up a special children's camp to take them over and raise them to grow up."

Ma Dabangzi scratched his head, "Actually, we have some government soldiers, and we are willing to support them."

Xiao Hei scolded with a smile, "Didn't you fucking think that widows don't need money, and can help you work if you raise them. When the child grows up, it will be a laborer again."

Some people really think this way, anyway, they should be treated as slaves, and they still don’t need money.

But Luo Cheng shook his head.

"It's impossible to think like this. Anyway, these children are also the sons of soldiers from the Central Plains. They are not Goguryeo slaves, so we have to treat them kindly after they are born. They will be citizens of a good family in the Sui Dynasty and will not be slaves."

"Ma Dabang, take me from house to house to see these women."

"Hey, okay."

　Thanks to Liu Angang and Maple Leaf Dingding for their rewards, thank you!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)