Space at hand: Pick up a prince to farm

Chapter 1688 Difficult Choices
Outside every shed, there were people shouting.

"Victims participating in land reclamation can receive twenty kilograms of grain and two taels of silver each."

"Those who are able-bodied can get [-] taels of military expenses and [-] taels of silver per month for joining the army."

As soon as these shouts came out, many victims began to become restless.

I almost wanted to rush there when I heard about food and silver, but the next moment, I remembered what I said before.

Open up wasteland!
join the army!

The places you go to to open up wasteland are bound to be desolate and barren places, and you will definitely be farther and farther away from your previous hometown. If you really go there, you will really be leaving your hometown.

Now even though they have left their homes due to natural disasters, they still believe that the court will not ignore them.

But if you really go to open up wasteland, it means settling down in the wasteland.

It has nothing to do with my hometown at all...

As for joining the army... Although it is a peaceful time now, everyone is still a little afraid of joining the army, especially older people.

Unless absolutely necessary, young people at home will not be allowed to join the army.

For a moment, the originally restless crowd suddenly became quiet again.

However, the temptation of food and money was too great.

Looking at their current situation, they have no fixed place to live and no food to eat, even though a large tent has been hastily set up outside the city to give them a temporary shelter.

But dozens of people are crowded together in a tent, which means they don't need to be exposed to wind or rain, so they sit outside almost during the day and only go in to sleep at night.

Not to mention eating.

Now they almost always rely on the white porridge provided by the imperial court for two meals a day. Although the white porridge is still thick, they cannot live like this forever.

It will be almost impossible to return to my hometown in the short term.

What's more... they don't know whether they can return to their hometown.

Those whose families had a large population quickly calculated their accounts and found that a family of five could get one hundred catties of grain and ten taels of silver.

These things are not a small sum to ordinary people like them when there is no disaster, let alone now.

But it was a very difficult choice for them to give up their hometown.

Some people hesitate, but others think this is an opportunity.

Especially those who have a small family.

When you return to your hometown, you have to start everything from scratch. It is an extremely difficult process, as anyone who has experienced it knows.

But to open up wasteland...the only disadvantage is that you have to leave your hometown.

There is food and money.

The most important thing is to be able to quickly change their current situation.

"We want to open up wasteland, what do you think?"

Beside the city wall, a middle-aged man looked at another man beside him and spoke in a low voice.

Beside him was an already emaciated woman and a child who was waiting to be fed, both of whom seemed to be in bad condition.

He didn't want to part with his hometown, but looking at his wife and children, he knew that if the situation didn't change, something would happen to them.

As a man, what kind of man is he if he can't even protect his wife and children?
He believed that even if he chose to open up wasteland, his ancestors would forgive him.

"If we go to open up wasteland now, we can get food immediately. My family's livelihood is almost exhausted, and I can't continue to waste time here."

When the man next to him heard what he said, he also turned to look at the woman next to him. She was also sallow and skinny, almost losing her human shape.But, he is the son of the village chief!
"Brother Xiong, I can't open up wasteland, otherwise I won't be able to see my ancestors even if I die."

When the man said this, his expression darkened.

He would be lying if he said he wasn't moved. He couldn't live like this anymore.

His answer seemed to be expected by him being called Brother Bear, and he sighed heavily.

"Our village has been completely destroyed, and not many people have escaped. Can we still go back there?"

Brother Xiong's words were already muttered to himself at the end.

But in fact, he knew very well that even if he could go back, it would be an extremely difficult process.

"I don't plan to go back anymore. I'm going to collect food and money, take my wife and children to open up wasteland, and live a good life in the future. If my ancestors still treat me as their descendants, they will definitely protect me!"

After saying this, he said nothing more and stood up and walked towards the shed.

The moment he stood up, he felt full of strength.

Taking extremely firm steps, he walked towards the shed step by step.

"Brother Bear..."

The man from the same village as him looked at his back and opened his mouth, but in the end he said nothing.

In fact, deep down, he envied Brother Bear.

He knew very well that from today on, Brother Xiong's life would be full of hope.

As the first person to stand up, he attracted the attention of most people.

Everyone is almost holding their breath waiting for the results.

Some of them were reluctant to part with their hometown, while others did not believe that they would really give them so much food and money.

Brother Xiong walked step by step from the foot of the city wall to the outside of the shed, took a deep breath, and then slowly spoke.

"I, I want to open up wasteland."

The people in the shed looked up at him. He was a strong man who seemed to be used to farm work. He should have been very strong before, but because of the natural disaster, he was now a little thin.

However, this does not affect land reclamation.

"you alone?"

"I am a family of three. My husband and I have a six-year-old child. Well, although the child is still young, he will be able to..." when he grows up..."

"Come here, weigh sixty kilograms of grain for him, and calculate it as sixty taels of silver!"

The man in the shed knew what he was going to say next. According to the past land reclamation, these people without labor were not counted. But this time the land reclamation was actually to solve the problems of these victims. It was mentioned above, don’t say it. It is a six-year-old child. Even the infant child must be counted per head.

"You are the first to stand up, so you have preferential treatment. Where is your hometown? We have two options for this land reclamation. One is to return to your hometown for reconstruction, and the other is to go to the southwest to reclaim land. You can Choose to go back to your hometown and rebuild!”

"Sir, do you really have a choice?"

When Xiong Dayi heard this, he was stunned, his eyes filled with disbelief.

He has made all preparations, and now being told that he can return to his hometown to rebuild is such a surprise.

The attitude of the people in the shed was not bad at all.

Wei Wei nodded, "You can choose, but if you choose to return to your hometown to rebuild, we will not provide farm tools. If you go to the southwest, we can provide you with a farm tool!"

(End of this chapter)