Traveler Major League

Chapter 183 New World

The torches were still burning in the daytime, like dots of stars, the originally noisy voices gradually converged into a huge shout, which erupted in the sea of ​​people, and the figures of people kneeling in the circle stretched their hands towards the sky, forming a huge crowd. The countless arm forests turned into a plain on the back after falling down. The cheers like a tsunami frightened the mules, horses, donkeys, cows and other livestock in the outermost circle into silence, unable to move.

Liu Ze climbed up to the top of the polka-dot building, turned around and waved his hands. Because it was too noisy, he couldn't hear clear words, only murmurs in his ears. Seeing such an unprecedented grand occasion, Liu Ze had to say softly: "Quiet!"

The guards around him immediately shouted together: "Quiet!" "Quiet!"

A burst of echo-like passwords spread from the central dot to the four sentry towers, like a drop of water falling into the ocean, and the cheers gradually subsided. Gradually understand that this is the beginning of a new era.

Looking at the crowd kneeling down, Liu Ze was very proud at the beginning. Although he had led his men across twice before, but none of them was on such a large scale. Liu Ze looked down at the crowded heads, so many people , no matter how much they resisted him before, but now he takes everything, if he declares himself a god here, there will be no objection, even if he goes back to the Ming Dynasty immediately, these 1205 million people will become The most loyal berserker.

A gust of cold wind blew by, Liu Ze suddenly trembled on the heights, and then he was full of panic. This is not his real self, he is just a great power emitted through this unknown stone slab. If he really lost himself, that is The stupidest thing ever.

Such a large population is both a resource and a test. The first big problem is the lack of food. Just a rough estimate, the food collected here is only enough for everyone to eat for three months, and three months later, it is just winter here. .

There is no time left, there is a need to feed everyone, and the first step is to give everyone confidence.

Liu Ze thought about the statistical data, straightened his waist and said loudly: "We are no longer in Daming, this is a new world, the only good thing is that there are no more severe droughts, locust plagues, etc. like Daming, you may have many questions .”

Looking at the people below who couldn't hold back and whispered to each other, Liu Ze cleared his throat, and then gave the guards next to him a wink. After the guards issued the "quiet" order one after another, order was restored in the arena. It's just that the people who were still kneeling just now raised their necks and stared at Liu Ze with puzzled eyes.

"Don't think about it, there are many things you don't need to know, the only thing you need to know is that the good days are coming."

"Remember my previous promise? Everyone has one hundred acres of land, regardless of men, women, old or young."

"But before that, you still need to cultivate it, right here, in this fertile plain."

"This is not March in Daming, but probably October."

"Although some of you live in Xi'an and have never cultivated land, you still have to learn. We must support ourselves before we can live a good life."

"Taking advantage of the right weather now, everyone needs to participate in the reclamation work, plant winter wheat, and support themselves in the beginning of the new year."

"We will create the House of the People, our people's own governing body."

"According to your current order, implement the Baojia system." Liu Ze said, because there are too many people now, and most of them are family members, so this is the simplest and most effective way of grouping.

With the relay of the messengers, almost everyone understood that Liu Ze was going to organize households and civilians, with households as units, ten households as armor, and ten armors as security. The organization method was similar to the current organization in the civilian army. Each family has a specific number, which is numbered as Bao, Jia, or household, and the head of the household is set up.

In the case of tense reliable personnel, despite such a miracle, Liu Ze still dare not take it lightly. In this critical moment, the purpose of the Baojia system is to turn this place into a tightly controlled large group through the law of joint protection.

Joint guarantee is a joint guarantee between various households, and they have a joint guarantee. They guarantee each other not to do illegal things. , Ten families were jointly convicted.

This Baojia system is different from the systems of all generations in history. It is only for the convenience of management and does not have much actual power. A guarantee is a village.

Taking the circle here as the starting point, each village draws a grid on this plain according to the area explored before the previous crossing, like a spider web. Elect a guarantor.

The people gathered here in the circle have been in such a narrow and cramped area for a whole day. Contrary to Liu Ze's worries, almost everyone is still enthusiastic and not bored at this time. It was crowded and hot, but they raised their heads occasionally and stared at Liu Ze devoutly like a Buddha statue. Their eyes were full of exploration, and they resolutely followed Liu Ze's request. Let the election be the election, let the If you are grouped, you will be grouped, and if you sit down, you will never stand.

Liu Ze took out the schedule he had prepared, and continued to read his decree here.

The village that completed the Baojia formation first received a sequence number. After receiving the basic tools and animals, they settled in the designated place under the escort of the cavalry arranged by Wang Youyuan and Chao Zhongchen according to the principle of moving from the near to the outside. The management personnel are all elected internally, which is basically a replica of Liu Ze's previous establishment of the farmers' association.

After arriving at the designated place, the first thing they did was to establish a place of residence and distribute the land. The land they were assigned was about [-] miles in radius. The basic village was a small fortress with walls, and the fortress here was also a part of the village. The people's living quarters, their food storage, tools, and distributed supplies are all collectively owned. These were collected by the People's Army with a lot of effort before, and are now being distributed.

All the forests, rivers, and cultivated land around the village are owned by the village collective. In theory, everything here is jointly owned by the members of the public association. As long as everyone joins this kind of cooperative farmers’ association, theoretically they can Each person enjoys the basic right to use [-] acres of land, which cannot be traded, but is free for life.

In order to encourage childbirth, future newborns will also enjoy this kind of welfare. It is the same as Liu Ze's previous land reform in various villages. Land rights belong to the village collective, and each family enjoys distribution benefits.

The order of distribution is still based on the principle of joining the army first, the militia in the village is the second order, and the selection order is determined by drawing lots. The difference from before is that all adult males are forced to join the militia to protect the village from accidents.

In addition to the fixed [-] mu of arable land per person, other homesteads, grasslands, woodlands, and swamps will also be divided equally according to the number of people.

Every ten villages will form a township, which will be set up by the people's government from the original Luochuan camp: a township head, a military judge, a militia captain, a taxpayer, a postal service, a Doctors will then be filled according to the talents they have trained, adding deputies and subordinates.

Theoretically, the people's government still implements the military control system, and the only thing that is in place in one step is to smash the previous clan landlords and squires. These people and prisoners will be detained in the newly established Hefei City near Liu Ze's circle.

The biggest problem for the first batch of village builders was to take root on this unexplored continent. This piece of great plain, which has not yet been explored to the end, is covered with dense forests and numerous river systems. In the end, the first thing almost everyone did at the beginning was to clear trees and reclaim land.

Fortunately, the iron and steel factory resumed work on the first day, and began to mass-produce agricultural tools and tools after increasing the manpower. However, at first, it was basically slash-and-burn farming. The experience here is completely different from that of all the farmers in the Ming Dynasty. There is basically no possibility of intensive farming when there are fewer people and more land. After the limited grain is used as grain, the grain reserve allocated to each village is basically only about one month, and the rest is concentrated in the granary of New Hefei City as an emergency reserve.

The food reserves in each village are not evenly distributed to the people. The most important thing here is to achieve food self-sufficiency. Fortunately, the vast jungle here has prepared abundant food for everyone this autumn.

There are all kinds of berries and nuts in the forest.Berries such as blackberries, raspberries, lingonberries, and strawberries are nutrient-dense fruits.

Nuts such as walnuts and chestnuts are not difficult to find, and flocks of pheasants, wild ducks and pigeons flying in groups often appear in jungles and swamps. According to Liu Ze’s previous experience, these wild animals are stupid and not afraid of people , or in other words, I haven't seen anyone much, and the difficulty of arresting is extremely low.

There are also a lot of fish in streams and lakes, and they are basically edible fish, which are delicious and easy to catch. In addition to fish, there are algae, shrimp and other edible species in the water. Overall It can be said that this place can basically be regarded as a paradise.

It is the ideal life of beating roe deer with a ladle to scoop fish, and pheasant flying into the rice cooker.

After farming, these first immigrants had to carry bows and arrows and fishing gear to hunt and fish in the jungle, swamps and streams, or collect various wild vegetables and fruits to make up for the lack of food.

Agriculture started under such difficult conditions. This method of scattered food is Liu Ze's confidence in fighting against food shortages. At least in the past few years, everything is in the accumulation stage. This is the real road to trouble.

There are inspection teams in each township to carry out regular inspections. The inspection team is composed of courts, hospitals, and civil affairs teams. Under the protection of more than a hundred riflemen, they inspect the bottom layer like Liu Ze's tentacles. This is the last guarantee. .

The most difficult thing at the beginning is that there are no roads at all in these jungles and grassland swamps. Even if there are intermittent natural trails, they are rugged and difficult. Basically, you have to overcome thorns and thorns to find your own way from one place to another. .

Lu Xun once said: There is no road on the ground, but when there are many people walking, it becomes a road.

This sentence is very suitable for the initial stage of the embarrassment faced by the people's government. This primitive transportation network is organized by captured officers and soldiers. In addition, these prisoners will also be responsible for assisting in the construction of water conservancy facilities in various villages and mining in mining areas. Waiting for the collective construction work, and the promise they got was that after finishing the work, they would have the same rights as ordinary people, with one hundred acres of arable land per person, and become ordinary people.

In the entire control area of ​​the People's Government, it is not just these single farming villages. In fact, the whole can be divided into seven kinds of gathering places:
(1) Ordinary villages: the homes of ordinary people with their families. They will provide food, meat and other materials. There are also non-staple food villages that specialize in planting tea, mulberry trees, fruits and vegetables, etc., basically focusing on the most suitable advantageous industries.

(2) Mining villages: mainly former government and army prisoners, providing raw materials for various factories.

(3) Livestock breeding villages: mainly distributed in grassland areas, where some female livestock such as mules, horses, donkeys, cattle and sheep are concentrated, mainly for breeding.

(4) Military strongholds: Riflemen and militiamen are stationed, equipped with a small amount of artillery, and built in dangerous and defensible areas to control the surrounding arteries and areas with strategic value.This is also the node of the road. All caravans, transportation teams and ordinary people can repair and replenish their supplies here. In case of emergency, they can also turn to the garrison here for help. It is also the main force to deal with the surrounding red-haired barbarians.

(5) Primary processing village: Mainly engaged in primary processing industries, such as tanning fur, rough processing and crushing ore, etc., and then transported primary products that are more convenient to transport to New Hefei City for further processing.

(6) Supply and marketing cooperatives: purchase and sell various materials, divided into two parts, one part is resident business stores, set up in townships or military strongholds, and the other part is caravans, which travel between villages and serve as messengers, etc. business.

(7) The core city, only the new Hefei City, where most of the army, all manufacturing factories, warehouses and the main institutions of the people's government are concentrated.

In addition, there are many small teams directly under the People's Mansion, such as the road exploration team, which is mainly composed of elite cavalry scouts. They mainly survey and explore unknown areas. In the wilderness, once they found valuable ore veins, they would soon dispatch manpower to build mining villages, and sailing teams would explore along the coast.

In just one month, a city-level institution with basically complete government functions was established in this way, and a different kind of society driven by military law passed the initial stage in a stable way. After that, the proportion of ordinary people's secular life will be reduced Increasing.

Fortunately, Xi'an was captured and a large number of officials were captured. As the most basic law, because Liu Ze didn't know much about the law, he could only promulgate and implement it based on the "Law of the Ming Dynasty" and delete outdated parts.

In this way, a strange world was born with the interweaving of modern and ancient laws and the integration of the popular program of the people at the root.

(End of this chapter)