Traveler Major League

Chapter 184 The Road

Because it is impossible to know the exact month, Liu Ze made the decision to travel again to August [-], the first year of the new era. This is also based on the comprehensive consideration of the full moon and the waning of the moon and the climate. It may be a little different from the real calendar. But not too bad.

Accompanied by the intense busyness, it is time to celebrate the new year. In order to celebrate the arrival of the new year, the villages distributed on the 200-kilometer-long and wide plain sent three representatives to the new Hefei city to hold a report meeting to provide the people's government with The most detailed first-hand materials are used to find and solve problems.

There is still some unmelted snow on the flat dirt road. These were built by the officers and soldiers who were captured before. They run from the outermost township to Xinhefei like spider webs, and pedestrians pass by constantly on the road.

The squeaky wheelbarrow shaft rubbed softly, and Li Kun, wearing a gray cotton-padded jacket, pushed the cart hard, following the ruts to press the snow inside more tightly. A rattan frame was placed on each side of the wheelbarrow, It is covered with a grass cover, full of dangdang.

On both sides of the road are newly reclaimed fields, the exposed dark brown soil is matched with patches of snow, and the spots are very conspicuous. Li Kun panted heavily, and the water vapor from his breath hit his flying beard and hair as he walked quickly. , condensed into pieces of ice crystals, and he still looked at the fields on both sides from time to time when he pushed the cart and walked.

Although Li Kun gradually got used to the sights on both sides, in his more than 40 years of life experience, such a vast field, and he also has the same one under his name, makes him still like a dream, and the same cart behind him The two are also in a similar situation.

It was the first time for the three people in this group to leave the settlement where they had lived for several months. They were very curious about the environment on both sides of the road. Villages are also delineated at the farthest boundary places.

"My brother is going to Xinhefei too?" At the intersection of the fork road, amidst the sound of horseshoes, another man in his thirties led the horse and rubbed against Li Kun.

Li Kun looked at the person who was asking the question. He was dressed in the gray-black carrying suit unique to soldiers of the People's Army, with bulging pockets, a red scarf around his neck, and a large marching bag slung across the white horse he was leading. There are rifles and waist knives on the side, "Yes, brother, where are you from? Are you going to Xinhefei?"

The soldier was very talkative, nodded quickly and said, "Let's go back to take a vacation to visit relatives for a few days, and we have to go back before the Chinese New Year. It's in the southeast mining area."

"We are on the farthest edge of the east. There is also a mining area there. Those who mine iron ore are digging by captive officers and soldiers. Recently, released officers and soldiers have been assigned to our village. I heard that the mining area will be released. Is it over? Is there anyone else?"

"It's the officers and soldiers who have been released, but there are more and more people. They are all red-haired man, recently liberated." The soldier replied that he himself had just taken a vacation after attacking a red-haired man's village. Now his company The attack radius is getting farther and farther, and the naturalized red-haired barbarian company assigned to them has increased to two companies. They are all active members who have completed naturalization education, but nearly half of them are half-grown children.

"No wonder, I just said that iron ore is so expensive, how can there be less manpower, how are those red-haired men? Are they obedient?" Li Kun asked curiously. He had never had much contact with red-haired men so far. The red-haired man is also forbidden to appear, so I can only listen to the old people of the People's Army telling how small, how rude, and how stupid the red-haired man is.

Thinking of this, Li Kun couldn't help laughing, but looking at the suspicious eyes of the soldiers opposite, he immediately felt that this was not good, so he stopped laughing, smoothed his sleeves, and looked away in embarrassment.

The soldier didn't notice his mental activities, but shook his head vigorously and said: "They are all hard-working people, and they will be obedient if they make sense. Every hour to preach, and then labor reform, but this one hour is enough shit, and the words are not easy to speak."

"What's the matter? Wasn't it good before?" Li Kun asked curiously. He used to be from Luochuan County. He lived in Luochuan Daying for half a year. Soldiers are not afraid of death.

"In the past, those red-haired man at least half a day to work and half a day to preach, but now the demand for mines is increasing, so they have changed it, saying that it focuses on training young red-haired man, and adult red-haired man mainly focuses on industrial and mining transformation. You see Look, those children who have been added to our company recently are not able to dig a trench, and they are very slow."

Now Li Kun understood where the soldier's complaints came from. The feeling was that the industrial and mining robbed them of their soldiers. Thinking of his two little grandsons, who didn't study hard every day, they were so fucked up.

Thinking of this, Li Kun quickly slapped his thigh, and asked excitedly: "The team has recruited young soldiers now? Both of my grandsons are in their teens, are they right?"

"What's the matter, you have to be at the age of [-] to join the army. Those young red-haired boys are quite different. They are not in the same system as you. Their naturalization company doesn't have such a thing. Only we have it." The soldier patted the side of the horse. Rifle Road.

"Didn't it say that human beings are equal?"

The soldier glanced at Li Kun, and said with a chuckle: "That means we humans are equal, these red-haired man are not human, and they can only be classified as human household registration when they make contributions, how can they be equal? How can humans be so easy to be? Isn’t it too cheap if everyone comes?”

"Only the children of the red-haired man who died, wounded and made great contributions in Ming Dynasty before have the chance. For this, they have to wait for them to pass the Chinese proficiency test and the ideological and political test before they can officially enter the human household registration. Now, they are all red-haired man It’s a small book.” Thinking of the squad leader and platoon leader-level teenagers who had been naturalized in the naturalization company, the soldier smacked his lips and sighed: “It’s really lucky, brother, you have to urge your grandson to study hard. There's a lot to do."

Hearing what he said, Li Kun felt a little confused, and really didn't understand clearly, so he tilted his head and asked curiously, "What's the matter? Is there any news, brother?"

"Is there any other news, did you not read the notice issued by the People's Government? Focus on training young reserve talents. Our company's instructor has just turned 19 years old, and he will be promoted soon. Look at me, I am a squad leader. I can't compare it."

The soldier pointed to the tightly covered frame of the wheelbarrow and asked, "What is this? So tight?"

"These two baskets are full of excrement and nitrate, used to make gunpowder. The main quantity was too small to be sent over before. This happened to be on the way, so we took it together."

"I heard from the instructor that all soldiers will have to change to the first-year rifles from now on. There is too little saltpeter, and I am afraid that the supply will not be enough. This is also thanks to the accumulation of saltpeter fields in all villages. It will be better if the weather is cold. middle."

Li Kun nodded. These stocks were accumulated when it was not too cold before. Their village was established too late, and everything was a step behind. If it takes more than ten days, I might as well bring it to the city and send it directly to the gunpowder factory, and I can exchange a few more coins.

The situation is the same in every village now. Everyone has nothing at the beginning. Whether it is mules, horses, livestock, knives, axes, saws, or winter clothes for grain, they all come from loans, and they are all waiting to provide valuables such as fur and saltpeter. Luckily, the land was distributed for free, and some of them were too much to grow. In the first year, they were basically slash-and-burn farming in order to catch up with time. It made him feel distressed to see him, and he was really too busy.

There are eight people in Li Kun's family. The father-in-law, two sons and daughter-in-law, and two children. The seven are all children, and they are really capable of giving birth. The oldest is only 12 years old. The family was allocated [-] acres of land, and had to ask other people from the farmers association to help with planting. There isn't much left of what's yours.

Thinking of this, Li Kun sighed, patted his chest and asked curiously: "Brother, can your land be planted here?"

"If you can't grow it, you'll be fooled this year. I heard from the instructor that if the land is not tended for several years, then the fertility will be greatly reduced in the future, and the production will have to be reduced."

"What? What should we do? The last time the agricultural technician stayed in our village for one day, he didn't say anything about it."

Li Kun was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead. There were big ones and big ones. He stretched out his hand to wipe it while staring at the soldier, trying to get some solution from him.

"Don't worry, maybe the technician doesn't know either. We also heard from the instructor that it doesn't matter for the first two years, but I'm afraid we'll have to rotate the crops after two years, and then let the naturalized red-haired man come to help. At that time Give them points, and they can join the population as soon as possible, and live a good life in the land they are assigned to." The soldier slammed his mouth and said: "We need to have more children, this good opportunity must be seized."

The two of them were not tired of talking about this topic, they smiled at each other, Li Kun said: "Our commander is not young, this big wedding, we have to hurry up and have a baby."

"What? The commander is getting married?" Li Kun asked in surprise. This is a big event, but I haven't heard of it.

"Don't you know? I also heard from the instructor that he couldn't come back, so he specially asked me to bring a gift. Not only the commander is going to have a big wedding, but also many other people. They said it was a collective wedding."

As the distance to New Hefei gets closer, the number of pedestrians on the road gradually increases. Those who know each other say hello, and those who push the car line up in a long line, like a long dragon walking together.

The soldier leading the horse walked with him for a while, and then he said hello and rode the horse one step ahead. Li Kun was not lonely either, and he and the other two from the same village stared intently at the more and more novelty things on both sides of the road. When I first came here, I didn't have these things. The development is so fast that it is not an exaggeration to say that it changes every day.

The first thing to pass was a bastion, not far from the road, and a small building was set up on the side of the road as a guard point. From time to time, a group of soldiers with rifles on their backs patrolled past, but they ignored the pedestrians on the road.

Further inside is a small city gate. The walls on both sides are made of logs, only more than three meters high, and they are connected together bare. The inside is two meters high rammed earth, about three meters thick. It looks very simple. , far inferior to the previous city of Xi'an.

"Uncle, look." The nephew behind him nuzzled with his mouth. Li Kun looked in that direction. Along the streets in the city, there were wooden houses on both sides. , there are food written on it, some say bookstore, some write sundries, some directly draw patterns, some are more luxurious with wooden signboards, and there are cries of hawking everywhere.

Li Kun knew what his nephew meant, because he was hungry too. Hearing his stomach growling, Li Kun pursed his lips and said, "Let's send the nitrate to the gunpowder factory to sell, and then find a place to live for some money." Go down and find some food."

"Don't worry, we still have to stay here for a few days. The superiors have informed us that the accommodation here is free and there are subsidies, so you can go shopping when you have time." Li Kun watched the two nephews slow down, and they didn't bother. Wishing to go on his way, he only looked around curiously, and said a little unwillingly.

The speed increased, and the three of them found the purchase point under the jurisdiction of the gunpowder factory in a short time. After the purchaser checked the quality of the nitrate, he calculated the payment on the spot and handed over the payment to Li Kun. The payment was actually a small stack of banknotes. At that time, gold, silver and copper coins were still used in basic commercial activities, but these precious heavy metals had greater uses, so after the development was on the right track and stabilized, first the allowances of each army were issued in the form of paper money, and then the staff of each workshop Salaries, all purchase expenses of the People's Mansion are gradually changed to banknotes, and banknotes are not issued randomly, but are directly linked to grain price reserves, and are guaranteed by the supply and marketing cooperative system all over the country, so the areas under the People's Mansion are also They are slowly adapting to the change.

It is impossible to have counterfeit money, because after the occupation of Xi'an, technical personnel such as paper workshops have been recruited into Minminfu paper mills, and technical personnel from all walks of life were not assigned to ordinary villages, but were concentrated in New Hefei up.

In the inn, Li Kun and Li Kun were received by a wrinkled old man. Most of these old and frail people who are unwilling to travel far gather in Xinhefei to make a living. Their [-] mu of land is only a theoretical existence. , Those who have not registered in the village will not be actually allocated land, and correspondingly there will be compensation for other material guarantees.

The old man led the way tremblingly, reached out to the registration office and said, "ID card."

Li Kun and the others quickly handed over their ID cards. This so-called ID card is a piece of folded paper with a globe pattern printed on the outer skin, hanging in the middle behind a starry background, with a form on the inside, and the name and appearance of the person on the left. The place of household registration is XX Bao XX A, XX Township, XX Township, New Hefei City. On the right side, record the time when the ID card was issued, the name of the issuer, and the expiration date is XXXX.

The current ID card is basically valid for one year, and it needs to be checked when staying in a hotel to pass the customs. However, it is completely different from Luyin. The public is talking about private crossing of Guanjin." The road guide is basically a pass, and the applicant needs to write down the record of the reason for going out, the destination and the name of the Guanjin, and the ID card issued by the people's government is just a proof. Indistinguishable from a modern ID card.

After checking his ID card, the old man nodded, took the three of them to the row of wooden houses, pointed to one of them and said, "The three of you live in this room, you are a little late, you can take care of yourself these days." Take a stroll, it will be your turn to meet you three days later. Morning and evening meals are served in the cafeteria in front, so don’t miss the time, or you will have to go to a restaurant outside.”

"Thank you, old man. Is there any good place to go around here? It's our first time here too."

The old man looked at Li Kun who was bowing, nodded and said: "You can take a stroll around, there are many good places, it's still early, you can go to the pier by the river to have a look, I heard that there is a big fish with a skeleton bigger than a human, You can go and see what's new."

(End of this chapter)