Villager of Daming

Chapter 1259 Migration has been scheduled for population security

There was no sunrise glow at dawn, and I wasn't sure whether it would rain that day.

It will definitely rain if there is morning glow, and it may also rain without morning glow, even though the Northeast does not have a tropical monsoon climate.

After everyone had breakfast, Nahachu's men set off with light luggage.

They threw away their large weapons, including unusable muskets and wooden shields, leather shields, leather armor and other war tools.

The things were placed in one place, and the team sent a telegram to the Liaoduwei trade place, and people from there came here to pack them.

This not only prevents Nahachu's people from suddenly betraying again, but also reduces the burden on the team.

It was agreed that these things would be given to them when the team migrated. They could ask for tools of equal weight, or exchange them for money. As for weapons, what were they for?

Those whose weapons were confiscated were happy. They only needed to take the other things that were distributed, such as the wounded and sick...

As the team marched, Zhu Chong and Gege Haji rode their horses together again to talk about people's livelihood.

“The hardest time living here is winter, but summer is pretty easy, the grass grows well, and there’s enough food for the livestock.

In winter, apart from the pine trees, there is no other green to be seen, and most people die in winter.

There were few people who died of starvation because there was enough food. Most people died of freezing, and many died in the morning.

Another thing is illness. When the weather is warm, people don’t get sick very often, but when the weather gets cold, if one person gets sick, others can easily be infected.

Especially after the heavy snow, Your Highness couldn’t figure out how cold it was, it was just…”

"It's more than thirty degrees below zero. If you catch some prey and throw it outside, it won't go bad all winter."

Zhu Chong listened to what Gegehaji said, and suddenly added: "The most uncomfortable parts are the ears, chin, hands and feet, the rest of the body can be tolerated.

If you encounter a white hair wind, the wind will blow across your skin, just like a knife cutting.

Let's build a heated kang! Heat it up before going to bed at night. The kang is so hot that your back will get hot when you lie down to sleep, and your nose will get red from the cold if it's exposed.

A basin of water in the house is a basin of ice in the morning unless someone is watching the fire burning in the brazier.

"How did Your Highness know?" Gege Haji was stunned, and the horse under her also paused, as if stunned as well.

"We followed our brother to Helin, did you forget? Fortunately, the team from Xiaqiu Village followed us, otherwise there would be a lot of deaths!"

Zhu Chong reminded the other party that he had been to cold places that were even colder than here.

"Your Highness, have you ever suffered from frostbite?" Gege Haji asked with concern.

"That's not the case. If Xiaqiu Village follows us, how could we get hurt?

There were people in the team who were frostbitten, as well as local herdsmen. Xiaqiu Village had medicine.

Animal fat oil is quite effective for treating frostbite, depending on the animal. Ghee made from milk is also very effective.

As long as it is not so cold anymore and you don't continue to freeze, mild frostbite is easy to treat.

I am most afraid of freezing every day, and not being able to clean the wounds in time, and not being able to get effective treatment..."

Zhu Chong recalled and said that the scene of going to Helin seemed like it was just yesterday. It was so cold when he first got there!

Gegehaji listened and felt that they had found a common language. Since the other party knew how cold winter was, they could talk about these things.

"Your Highness, do you sleep on a heated kang? Is there someone responsible for lighting the fire? Is there someone guarding the brazier in the room?"

"No, no, no!" Zhu Chong shook his head: "It's too troublesome. That kind is not good. It will cause carbon monoxide poisoning. We use heating. We have boilers. The craftsmen at that time were better than those now..." He talked about heating, how the craftsmen built boilers, made heating pipes and radiators, and the house was so hot that he had to open the windows...

Gegehaji: "..."

"Your Highness, there were some here last winter? Why didn't Liu Sheng tell me about it?"

Gege Haji was very angry when he learned from Zhu Chong that official Liu Sheng had started using heating last year.

According to her understanding, Liu Sheng would talk about any good things, such as greenhouse vegetables.

It's not that I can't afford it. I've bought greenhouse vegetables before. The roads were easier to walk on in winter, and there were sleds when it snowed.

We would find people there to exchange for good things like cucumbers, lettuce, spinach, eggplant, cowpea, and yes, watermelon. We would cover them with quilts and pull them back on a sled to eat.

Ordinary people can’t enjoy it, but it’s not a problem with my status. Since the heater has been there for a long time, why don’t you sell it?
"That's all he has. Tell him, should he give it to Huimin Pharmacy?
That thing is not easy to make, especially the welding. Soldering cannot withstand low temperatures at all and will break when the weather gets cold.

Fire welding is easy to use, but it requires high temperature, and others don’t have that technology.

It will be fine in the future. The craftsmen there are working hard to create a simple system. It can't be too complicated for fear of leaking the secrets.

In the future, when you go to Beijing Province or Henan Province, we will install heating and vegetable greenhouses for you in the winter.

Then allow people from other places to live here, reduce their land tax, and give them food, utensils and tools.

Even giving them money is fine, as long as they are willing to come and help them build houses, they will stay there well. "

As Zhu Chong was talking, he started to talk about the future arrangements. The people of Nahachu could not continue to live here, including the Jurchens.

Move these people to other places, and then migrate them here, otherwise we might worry that they might rebel at any time.

Gegehaji blinked and said, "Going this year?"

“We will go this year, but you and your brother have to go to Yingtian Prefecture first, and some of the others have to go as well.

Those officials and captains of ten thousand and one thousand men must follow.

We will arrange temporary management and tell everyone what to do. Don't worry, we will give you benefits once you get there."

Zhu Chong spoke frankly and said, "You should give up your power first and go to Yingtian Prefecture to see our father."

"Oh! That's fine! The main concern is that we don't have a place to live and there's a lack of arable land. We can't always ask the court for food."

Gegehaji also expressed his concerns. There is a lot of land here. What if there is no land somewhere else?
“There is land, but the war has left many parts of the Peking Province barren.

You raise a lot of large livestock and know how to take care of them. Once you get there, it will be great to rotate crops twice a year.

How is the rotation here in the Northeast! It takes more than a month for the weather to warm up in spring, and then it’s more than a month from now for the harvest to start. What else can be planted?
You can plant wheat over there, and after harvesting it, you can plant sorghum and millet, which is just right, since you have a lot of livestock anyway."

Zhu Chong hastened to assure us that although there was land, there was a shortage of manpower to fight the war, and most importantly, there was a shortage of tools for tilling the land, as it would be tiring for people to pull the tillers.

Gege Haji smiled when he heard this: "Your Highness, are you short of people? There is a war going on there too, or you can add a few tens of thousands of people. We will put them wherever you say, and they are very obedient."

"It's a vacancy, but it's hard to arrange. Who should we let go? Once we separate, what if someone doesn't want to go and causes trouble?"

Zhu Chong thought about his fiefdom and thought that an increase in population was a good thing, but he just didn't know how to get it.

"In the past, when a princess got married, did she have to bring a lot of people with her? Now the princess of our Ming Dynasty is not married yet, what should she do when she gets married?" Gege Haji talked about the princess's marriage.

"Princess, of course... uh... hehehehe..." Zhu Chong said and suddenly laughed foolishly. No, it was a silly smile!

(End of this chapter)