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Chapter 39

Hebei, with a well-developed water system, has been a land of prosperity since ancient times, with rich products and fertile soil.

In the era of farming civilization, the land is like the lifeblood of the people. Even if people are desperate to sell their sons and daughters, they will never sell the land.

Without land, they are no different from refugees.

King Yuan's method of distributing land to the refugees was indeed able to attract people's hearts, so even if they wanted to work hard for King Yuan, many people were willing to do so.

This kind of policy that all the people are soldiers, pick up hoes to farm, and put down hoes to kill the enemy is indeed wise.

As the big boat sailed to the river, a gust of warm wind with the fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus came rushing towards us. Changchun, the capital of Hebei, was finally approaching.

Nalan Shuo was recalled to the city by an urgent letter the second day after Obscure Moon's condition recovered. Before he left, he didn't know what he had talked with Xu Jingyang, and the conversation between them was a bit unpleasant.

At this time, Ouyue, who had just recovered from a serious illness, was being hugged by Xu Jingyang, looking at the Changchun City Gate not far away, and everyone on the deck was chatting.

"I heard that in the city of Changchun, flowers bloom continuously all year round, and sophisticated people even wear flowers to make flower crowns, and some men also wear them."

"Not only that, I heard that there are many shops and shops in the city, and it is very lively, and there is also a beautiful girl from Hudi dancing on the street."

Hearing this, Ozuki was curious, what would a man look like wearing flowers on his head?And Hudi's Meiji, what kind of dance is she dancing?

"Hee hee, we still want to get the land as soon as possible, and we will feel at ease when we get the land deed." Brother Erya, who has recovered, lifted his sister over his head and said with a smile.

Er Ya Niang: "Yeah, after wandering for so long, I finally have a place to stay."

While everyone was chatting, the heavily armed Fang Qishan led a group of soldiers onto the deck.

Fang Qishan, with long beard and fluttering hair, put his hands behind his back, looking very majestic, then he said in a resonant voice:

"Three days ago, King Yuan ascended the throne at the Feng Ye Grand Ceremony, and the name of the country is Yuan. Now everyone is my great Yuan's people."

"After disembarking, you will be assigned fields by the Land Secretary. One month later, the recruits will enter the camp for training, and they can go home to farm one day every six days."

Obscure moon heard it and called it a good guy. In a few days, Yuan Wang directly proclaimed himself emperor in Hebei?
Moreover, the land will be allocated upon disembarkation, and soldiers can still do six days off, and those who have no labor at home don’t have to worry about farm work. It’s well thought out, not bad.

It seems that the emperor of Da Yuan really has two tricks.

During the conversation, the big ship docked, and everyone finally landed on the long-lost land.

A group of soldiers set up a simple gazebo on the pier, with a long table and chairs inside, a stack of paper pressed with an inkstone on the table, and a box of red clay for pressing fingerprints next to the paper.

It seems that there should be the office desk of the land department. Da Yuan's land department is mainly responsible for allocating fertile land and collecting taxes, and the position seems quite large.

However, I don't know the character of this land secretary, whether he will use his power to collude with the rich gentry to annex good land and impose taxes.

Soon, people were forming a single file and heading to the gazebo to claim the title deeds.

As soon as Ozuki saw the busy figure in the gazebo, she smiled instantly.

Isn't this Zhang Xiang?

After disembarking, he transformed into a land secretary.

Vice General Zhang, Doctor Zhang, Chieftain Zhang.
Zhang Xiang is like a brick, he can be moved wherever he needs to go, he can be called the most popular hardworking worker by his boss.

However, Zhang Xiang is indeed conscientious in his work, but his temper is a bit irritable.

Seeing Xu Jingyang, who was holding the title deed to the moon, Zhang Xiang quickly put down the pen and paper in his hand, cupped his hands and said, "Brother Xu, in the face of this epidemic, your family has made great contributions. General Fang has approved the gift of an additional thirty acres." Field, this is a total of [-] mu of land, you just need to put your fingerprint on this land deed."

After finishing speaking, Zhang Xiang handed a land deed to Xu Jingyang.

However, don't think that the 200 mu of land is a lot, and the production technology in ancient times was low. It is not bad that the [-] mu of land can produce [-] stones.

Xu Jingyang pressed his fingerprints, and then put the title deed in his sleeve.

After everyone had completed the formalities, Zhang Xiang sent someone to send them to the designated residence.

In Dayuan’s military farming system, every 50 people is a village, and each village can accommodate two villages. There are farming captains and farming school captains in each village.

People from Xujia Village were grouped together with other refugees, and the village they lived in was called Erlitun.

Originally, Ozuki thought that after entering the city, she could walk the streets of Changchun and feel the city of Changchun full of jewels and rich households.

Unexpectedly, they didn't need to enter the city at all when they entered the village. The team leader took them directly to the outskirts of the city, then pointed to an open land by the river and said, "This is Erlitun."

Everyone followed the leader's hand and looked around.

It was a sandy land overgrown with weeds, with a few pebbles lying sparsely on it, so barren that not even a single brick could be seen.

???

Everyone wondered, isn't this just an ordinary river beach?
"Go two miles to the east, and that's the field you're allotted." After finishing speaking, the leader who led the way left without looking back.

Everyone was left in a barren field, staring at each other with big eyes.

Ozuki also widened her eyes.

That's it?

Erlitun?
A wild land with nothing?

Let's not talk about food and housing, there is not even a brick in this place, everyone still has to continue camping.

Looking at the weeds growing as tall as people, Ozuki finally understood that everyone's feelings are here to open up wasteland.

Start directly by picking thatch and building a house.

No wonder the recruits did not enter the barracks until one month later. It turned out that this month was reserved for everyone to build houses.
Hey, don't even enter the city, give a piece of wild land to fool people, this Yuan Wang is really boring.

Obsessed with curses in her heart, she kicked the pebbles beside her into the river, causing ripples on the river surface.

The members of the Xu family gathered together to discuss what to do next.

"What else can I do? Build a house during the day and continue to sleep in a tent at night."

"Xu Jia, I remember that you worked as a mason, and my fifth uncle is a carpenter. We all help each other, and we can build a house in a month."

"Yeah, it's winter in one month, we can't sleep in tents all the time, the winter in Hebei is wet and cold."

"But we don't have a large population right now, so hurry up and finish it before entering the camp."

After this epidemic, the current population of Xujia Village has been halved, and most of the survivors are young people. The older generation did not even survive the epidemic for two days.

Now the Xu family's population is only about 30 people left, which is about seven or eight families.

After everyone discussed it, they came to the conclusion that they should immediately prepare the materials for building the house.

Most people now live in adobe houses, which are basically mud bricks made of clay mixed with straw and straw, and then built into adobe walls piece by piece.

After the meeting, the men pitched tents in the fields before digging clay by the river.

Fortunately, there is a lot of clay by the river, and a lot of red clay was brought out with a hoe.

The women of Xu's family fished in the river and looked for edible wild vegetables on the bank.

Hebei is worthy of being a place rich in natural resources. There are so many fish in this river that they gather in groups. If you look around, it is so dark that you can scoop up a lot of them with a ladle.

Mizuki and her elder brother were placed on a big rock by the river by Shen Yinxing. The river was clear and shallow, and the stone was covered with moss. Mizuki took off her shoes and stepped on the water on the shore. Occasionally, a group of small fish came over and kissed Mizuki's little feet.

Shen Yinxing tied a sharp knife to a long wooden stick to make a spear gun, then rolled up his trouser legs to his knees, and went down to the river to spear fish.

Although Shen Yinxing's cooking skills are not good, but when it comes to hunting and fishing, no one is her opponent.

She stood in the water, and casually inserted the spear gun in her hand into the river. When the spear gun was lifted up again, there was a big lively carp on the tip of the spear.

Then, Shen Yinxing took down the river fish at the point of the spear, and threw it casually. After the river fish drew a graceful arc in the air, it fell steadily into the basket on the bank.

"A Niang is amazing! A Niang is amazing!" Obscure Moon sat on the stone and cheered for Shen Yinxing.

One, two, three, four, five. Soon, the baskets on the bank were full, and river fish, big and small, hopped around in the baskets while spitting blood and flicking their tails.

Regarding Shen Yinxing's ability to catch fish, Er Yaniang felt inferior to herself, but she could also touch some clams, small fish and shrimps in the river.

The Seventh Aunt of Obscure Moon walked over with the two dolls. The basket on her back was filled with the shepherd's purse she was looking for by the river.

"Yo~ Miyueniang, you are really good at catching fish. You have caught a whole basket full of fish in such a short amount of time." Aunt Seven praised, and then patted the basket on her back: "By this river, there are many edible I also dug up a few wild garlic and wild peppers, which will remove the fishy smell when I cook fish."

A basket of fish, a dustpan of shrimp and clams, a basket of shepherd's purse and wild garlic.

After collecting the ingredients, the women of the Xu family began to pack the ingredients. They will make braised carp, shepherd's purse, shrimp and clam soup, chilli fish head, and charcoal-grilled small river fish.

When night fell, the women lit bonfires on the bank, listening to the sound of gurgling water, and roasting delicious small river fish.

Shen Yinxing didn't know how to cook, and didn't bother to learn, so he continued to practice martial arts with the half-grown children of Xu's family. Ozuki was still a little weak, so she sat by the fire to help roast small river fish.

When everyone was busy, Xu Jingyang walked over with a donkey cart carrying a cloth bag.

It turned out that in the afternoon, Xu Jingyang did not participate in digging clay, but went to Changchun City to play.

"Well, you daddy, you are actually being lazy and slippery, and you went to play in the city by yourself, and you didn't take me with you!" Seeing this, Lu Yue jumped in front of Xu Jingyang, complaining.

"Hey, good boy, look what I brought back for you." After finishing speaking, Xu Jingyang took out two bunches of candied haws covered with sugar crystals from an oil paper bag.

When Ozuki saw the candied haws, her eyes lit up with joy.

She really hasn't eaten candied haws for a long time, hoot, now thinking about the sweet and sour taste of candied haws makes her mouth water.

Obscure Moon took the candied haws and was about to take a bite when she suddenly thought of a question: "No, Daddy, where did you get the money to buy these things?"

Obscure Moon pointed to the donkey cart and the cargo behind Xu Jingyang.

Xu Jingyang: "Ah, this, I went to pay in advance next month's military pay, and then went to the city to buy some tools needed to build a house, and bought some food."

Xu Jingyang was originally a carpenter, so he had some knowledge about building houses in his mind.

"Can you still pay the military salary in advance?" Er Ya who was behind Ouyue called out.

Seeing Erya's surprised eyes, Xu Jingyang pretended to be puzzled and said, "Don't you guys know about this?"

Brother Erya was dumbfounded: "No one told us?"

"Oh, maybe you guys can't, but I can as a farming captain!" After Xu Jingyang finished speaking, he touched his nose arrogantly.

Obscure Moon jumped three feet after hearing this: "Father! Have you been promoted?"

Xu Jingyang snorted: "Oh, I haven't paid attention to the mere agricultural school lieutenant."

"Daddy is amazing!" Ozuki cried happily.

In fact, due to the relationship between Ozuki and Nalan Shuo, as well as the performance of Ozuyue's family during the epidemic, Fang Qishan felt that the reward of [-] acres of land was not enough, so he gave Xu Jingyang the post of agricultural school lieutenant.

"Okay, okay, stop chatting, let's eat!" Er Ya Niang brought a pot of steaming braised carp to the big rock, and said with a smile.

Then, the shepherd's purse river prawn and clam soup with fresh eyebrows, the grilled yellow and crispy small river fish, and the fish head choked with garlic and chili were all served on the stone.

Xu Jingyang also took out a large bag of pancakes bought in the city, and everyone had a mouthful of pancakes and a mouthful of fish soup, and had the most comfortable meal after fleeing.

Here, you don't have to worry about the horse bandits, the Qiang army's invasion, and the plague.

People just listened to the rushing river, sat on the ground, ate fat fish and shrimp paste, and lived a miserable life into a peaceful and peaceful life.

Obscure Moon ate with a round belly, and then lay beautifully on the rock to watch the stars, listening to the gurgling water and ethereal insects.

At night, everyone went back to their tents to sleep, and prepared to go to the assigned fields the next day to have a look.

That night was the night that Ozuki slept the most peacefully. She dreamed that her family lived in a big mansion with three entrances and three exits. cute little animals.

The next day, everyone got up early, took the farm tools and walked towards the east field.

Obscure Moon also got up early, got dressed, and walked two miles with the members of the Xu family to see the [-] mu of land that her family had been allocated.

There are not many crops that can be planted at this time, so everyone will turn over the soil and pull out weeds when they go today, and they will continue to build houses when they return home.

When the sun came out slightly, the group of people finally reached the field stalk.

Under their feet is a large expanse of fields, which is boundless as far as the eye can see.

But the people standing on the ridge of the field stared wide-eyed at this moment.

uh. how to say
There is no need to pull weeds in this field, and the hoe and sickle brought are all useless.

You want to ask why?
Because there is nothing growing on it, there is no hair
Looking at the gray-white soil beneath her feet and the barren fields, Ozuki's head suddenly felt a pain.

Where is this fertile land?It is obviously a saline-alkali land!

This is it!
　Babies, I'm sorry I didn't notice a few paragraphs of messy text in the text just now, and now I have corrected it.

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