Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 857
early summer.

Haiyan Golden Beach and Silver Beach are full of wild flowers, surrounded by mountains on all sides.

Blue sky, white clouds, grassland, cattle and sheep, the winding Xichuan River, and the rippling Dongtan Lake.

The rolling hills, rolling hills, a grassy prairie, the blue sky and white clouds seem to be within reach. Guo Shoufu, who moved from Baoning Prefecture in northern Sichuan, sat on the roof of the caravan and looked at it with some expectations and curiosity. Everything here.

"Is this our new home?" asked a woman in the same car. She also came from Baoning, Northern Sichuan. Her husband was also a miner in Northern Sichuan. After a month of training, I went to Lanzhou via Wudu and Minzhou, and then transferred to Xining, where I trained for another two months.

Then he was assigned to the newly established Haiyan County, Xihai Prefecture, where he was stationed in the Triangle City camp. Her husband wrote to her saying that he would be given fifty acres of arable land and one hundred acres of grassland, the letter said. It was written in the document entrusted to them in the camp, and the description was very good. She asked her to bring the children here quickly, and sent her a sum of money, which was also the money that Tun Town gave them to relocate their families.

In the early years, the woman's family was almost eaten by local tyrants and yellow thieves in northern Sichuan. The northern Sichuan army, local bandits, and western thieves repeatedly attacked and killed the people. The people were reduced to lambs and even food, and the population lost a lot. It also caused tigers and wolves to run rampant in northern Sichuan, and many people were eaten by wild animals.

The surviving people had to hide in caves or some dangerous mountain tops, and build a stronghold to defend themselves. However, hiding in the mountains must not only guard against tigers and wolves at all times, but also guard against local rioters and yellow bandits, and guard against government troops or western bandits from plundering. It was miserable, but fortunately, their family survived until the Ming army returned to Sichuan.

They temporarily settled down in the original stockade, and they can even trade at the foot of the mountain, exchanging local produce and grains for other materials such as salt and iron. However, the land in the mountain is limited, and life is still tight, but it is much safer.Later, when someone came to mine, my husband became a miner, working hard, and finally able to provide for the family's food and clothing.

However, going down to mine is very dangerous, and people often die, all of whom are risking their lives to make money.

In the past, some people came to recruit soldiers or bravery, and even mobilized them to immigrate to Liaodong or Taiwan. However, many miners may not have heard the news, or they may not understand it enough.Besides, although the miners are suffering, they are much better than the previous few years.

It was only when some brave people moved out that they gradually began to send letters to their relatives in their hometown, saying that the new life of immigrants would be good there. After a long time, more people were finally tempted.

I don't know how many years I can live in the dark life in the well.

The woman's husband decided to immigrate, mainly because his wife had another child, the family had more mouths, and the expenses were higher, and a sudden accident happened to him in the mine, and he and a group of miners were buried in the mine for more than ten years. God, he survived by drinking urine. Fortunately, the mine owner still had a conscience and reported to the government. The mine and the government rescued them together, and finally rescued them.

After this incident, he finally made up his mind to immigrate.

Registration, experience, and then Baojia, patriarch's guarantee, government review, etc. After a lot of procedures, it finally passed.

After the husband changed into a military uniform and left with red flowers, the woman took care of a few children at home. Fortunately, there was a settling allowance left by her husband for expenses, but she was always nervous and had nightmares. She was afraid of her husband Gone forever.

Fortunately, during the restless and waiting period of half a year, I also received several letters from my husband who entrusted me to write them back. Every time the letters were very good, I ate and drank well during training outside, and I also took literacy classes to learn Mandarin, etc. My husband said Longnan Gansu is much better than my hometown in northern Sichuan.

When the last letter came, saying that Haiyan was allocated fifty acres of arable land and one hundred acres of grassland, she could hardly believe it.

They were in their hometown, and when the government registered and distributed the land in the stockade to them, it was only a little over an acre, and the mountainous land was barren. Even if they planted drought-tolerant corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes, there was not enough to eat.

Fifty acres of arable land, how big is that?
In the past, the landlords in her natal village only had twenty or thirty acres of land, which was enough to make them envious.

Although she couldn't believe it, in the end the woman packed up her things immediately, took a few children to find the Yamen, and then there was a docking arrangement with the clerk in charge of immigration. With a few children, she got into the carriage like this, and went with the army along the route her husband left for Sichuan.

This road is more than 2000 miles long, and it is the route of Longnan, which is also the most difficult road to walk. Even if the road has been repaired in recent years, there are still many places that are very difficult to walk.

They had to change cars constantly along the way, but fortunately, the court had special arrangements, and the government would meet them along the way, and she also got a lot of help from Guo Shoufu, a fellow villager, along the way.She also knew him before. Guo Shoufu and her husband used to work in the same mine, and they were buried under the mine together.

Guo Shoufu took good care of the wives and children of this mine partner with the same surname. He was a bachelor, and his whole family died in the war. If they were eaten, some of them were killed in battle by the strong men, and it was fate for Guo Shoufu to survive.

When he was in the mine, his income was still a little more than enough for one person to spend. Originally, on his terms, it was fine to marry a local wife and start a family. It’s just that the younger and more beautiful local girls were mostly sent to the local defense camps and provincial patrol camps. , Tunzhen, yamen officials, and township security officials have been asked away.

There are actually not many choices for him, most of them are women who are dead miners who are pulling their children, not to mention carrying oil bottles, and most of the women are not young, and he is unwilling to be so burdened, but the general conditions are slightly higher. For a better girl, people are willing to find a man with better conditions, at least there must be a father-in-law to help her, not an orphan and bachelor like Guo Shoufu.

"Sister-in-law, we are going to Haiyan City soon, and elder brother will probably come to pick you up then."

The woman also had an expression of anticipation and joy on her face. For a woman who had never been thirty miles away from her hometown before, the trek of thousands of miles was not easy. The special commissioner was in charge of their team, as well as the support of the government offices and even the garrison along the way, plus the help of Guo Shoufu, she didn't know how to find here.

“This place is beautiful!”

On the prairie covered with honeysuckle, a long four-wheeled caravan is winding forward. The coachman driving the car said with a smile, "The little golden flower is called Jinlumei, and the little silver flower is called Yinlumei. These little flowers are so beautiful. Yes, deer like to eat.

There are many herds of deer here, and the Mongols call this place Baohutu, which means a place with deer. "

The green hills are emerald, and the green fields are thousands of miles away.

For the pedestrians from their hometown in northern Sichuan, the scenery here is so beautiful. In their hometown in northern Sichuan, it is said that the road to Shu is difficult to climb to the blue sky. Many places are passed by plank roads, and even walk over mountains and mountains on bird and animal trails. Sichuan people are used to They are used to high mountains and flowing water, and suddenly this endless plain is really hard for them to get used to.

She had heard people say that Chengdu, the provincial capital, was also a large plain, but she had never seen it before, and she couldn't even imagine it. Seeing such a large plain at this moment made people amazed and fascinated.

When entering the Hehuang Valley, the prosperity of farming in the [-]-mile high loess valley has already excited her for a long time. She never imagined that there is such a large grassland on both sides of the Xichuan River at the source of the Huangshui River. .

"How big does this land have to be, how many acres?"

"Haha, how many acres? Let me tell you this, this Jinyintan grassland is 200 million acres, not counting the other grasslands in Haiyan County. Although our Haiyan County is newly established, but here before In the Western Han Dynasty, it was the land of Haixi County. Now Haiyan County is connected to the Hargai River in the northwest, Qinghai Lake in the east, Riyue Mountain in the south, and Dahei Mountain in the northeast. There are a total of more than 400 million mu of grassland and 50 mu of arable land. "

The Jinyintan Grassland of [-] mu is a figure that an ordinary woman in the mountains cannot imagine and calculate.

Guo Shoufu said excitedly, "No wonder one person can divide [-] mu of cultivated land and [-] mu of grassland. With so much land, more can be divided."

The driver smiled and said, "That can't be divided completely. Haiyan used to be one of the eight tribes of the Mongolian tribes around the sea, the Dayu tribe. Now it belongs to our Ming Dynasty, and they have also naturalized and settled down. The imperial court also divided them into pastures and pastures according to households. , They have a total of more than 200 households, and more than 6000 people."

The flowers on the floodplain are in full bloom, and the honeysuckle and silver flowers are blooming in pieces.

Under the blue sky and white clouds, a herd of black and white yaks is grazing leisurely, next to a herd of sheep like clouds, and a Dayu herdsman in a Mongolian robe rides through the herd on a Qinghai horse, looking at it from a distance. The caravan sang songs.

"These Mongolian herdsmen are very hospitable."

The coachman laughed, "Since our saint's imperial guards came here with guns and cannons, built castles, practiced on the grassland, and even wiped out a rebel tribe who dared to attack and plunder our supplies, the Mongolian people by the Qinghai Lake The herdsmen have all become good at singing, dancing and hospitable."

The caravan turned a bend.

The roadside in front is full of colorful prayer flags.

"Not far ahead is Haiyan County." The coachman reminded everyone loudly.

Even the horses pulling the cart were snorting excitedly, and the horseshoes became stronger. This kind of four-wheeled caravan is extremely heavy and can carry several tons. The only disadvantage is that the speed is not fast enough. But it can carry both cargo and people.

Now the Shaotian Dynasty has a more and more developed and smooth postal system, which uses a large number of four-wheeled carriages, which can not only deliver letters and goods to counties and towns, but also carry people, and serve as short-distance transportation.

Over the past few years, the Ming Dynasty has continued to expand its borders and immigrate everywhere. These large carriages have also played a huge role in transporting families in the interior to various places in the frontier.

Guo Shoufu and the other five immigrant passengers who were sitting on the roof couldn't help standing up immediately after hearing this, wanting to see Haiyan City immediately.

In the convoy behind, many passengers in the carriage stood up, eager to wait.

(End of this chapter)