Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 37 Crazy land reclamation ([-])
The entire thousand-household house was busy, and Mrs. Yang was directing a few servants, who were preparing for the final offering ceremony, the ceremony of posting peach charms, Erniang, Sanniang, and several older sisters, Gu Yunniang and others. Help by the side.

Only the children were playing and playing carefree, lighting a firecracker with the incense in their hands and throwing it out from time to time, causing a burst of screaming.

The younger sister, Huang Xiurou, was the head of these children, and she was surrounded by a few little ones, who kept yelling "Auntie, Auntie".Seeing Huang Laifu coming in, she threw herself into Huang Laifu's arms like a gust of wind: "Brother."

Huang Laifu did her favorite action, picked her up and twirled her around, which made Huang Xiurou giggle non-stop.

Huang Laifu put Huang Xiurou down, Huang Xiurou hugged Huang Laifu tightly and said: "Brother is bad, little sister ignores you."

Huang Laifu said: "Why is my younger sister ignoring my elder brother?"

Huang Xiurou pursed her lips and said, "Big brother doesn't play with little sister during these times."

Huang Laifu remembered that he was too busy during this period, and spent most of his time in the Datianzhuang, he apologized: "It's the elder brother's fault, the elder brother promised the younger sister that he will definitely have fun with the younger sister these days, okay. "

Huang Xiurou happily said: "Okay."

At this time, Mrs. Yang came over and said: "Okay, okay, don't make trouble." He stepped forward and took Huang Xiurou who was acting like a baby in Huang Laifu's arms.

He smiled at Huang Laifu: "Fu'er is back? Hurry up and have a rest, and we will have a New Year's Eve dinner later. The firecrackers will be set off by you, Huang's eldest son."

Huang Laifu smiled and said: "Okay, mother." Hearing this, Huang Xiurou rushed to the lobby with a group of little ones.Yang also continued to work with a smile.

Huang Laifu said to Jiang Dazhong and Yang Xiaolu who were behind him: "Dazhong, little donkey, it's Chinese New Year, you should go back and reunite with your family too, you don't need to serve today." He said to Steward Yang beside him: "Uncle Yang, you Give Da Zhong and Xiao Donkey 10 taels of silver each, as their annual rewards this year."

Jiang Dazhong and Yang Xiaolu were overjoyed and hurriedly said, "Thank you, young master."

Most of the servants of the Huang family were the rest of the banner army of Wuzhai Fort. At noon, Huang Sihao asked these servants to go back to have a New Year's Eve dinner with their families. When they left, they also received their annual rewards.

These servants of the Huang family have always been well paid. In addition to the monthly grain and two stones, they also have eight renminbi of silver coins, and at the end of the year, there will be an annual reward of eight renminbi silver coins. Therefore, these servants are in Wuzhai Fort. The most loyal group to the Huang family.

This year, the Huang family had a lot of money, and the reward at the end of the year was doubled, and each person gave two taels of silver. As Huang Laifu's heart blessings, Jiang Dazhong and Yang Xiaolu, Huang Laifu even gave each of them an annual reward of ten taels this time. For the two of them, this was a considerable amount of wealth, which naturally made the two of them overjoyed.

After Jiang Dazhong and Yang Xiaolu happily followed Steward Yang away, Huang Laifu turned around and saw Gu Yunniang standing beside him, looking at him with strange eyes.

Seeing Huang Laifu looking at her, Gu Yunniang's face turned red. She wanted to stare at Huang Laifu, but in the end she lowered her head and said in a low voice, "Brother Laifu, are you back?"

Seeing her like this, Huang Laifu thought to himself that it was rare for a young lady to see such an attitude, and remembering that this girl would be his wife soon, he felt tenderness in his heart, and said, "Yes, I just came back from Datianzhuang, Yun Niang , These days, you have been helping my mother with things, you have worked hard."

During the time before the new year, Gu Yunniang did not accompany Huang Laifu to run around anymore, but spent most of her time in the thousand-household house, accompanying Yang and the others to rush in and out.

Gu Yunniang glanced at Huang Laifu, and said, "It's okay, I'm idle, I'll do something with my aunt."

She played with the skirt of her dress with both hands, gathered her courage, and said: "Brother Laifu, this time I came to your house, you have never taken me out to play, when will you take me out to play?"

Huang Laifu glanced at her and said, "I'll be free in the next few days, so I'll take you around."

Gu Yunniang looked happy, and then she seemed to remember something, but she didn't dare to speak.Her face was flushed, and Huang Laifu was quite moved by that shy and timid expression, thinking that this girl is also a great beauty.The military family is not like some literati's families, who bound their daughter's feet. From all aspects, Gu Yunniang's figure and appearance, to be honest, fit Huang Laifu's aesthetics very well.

In the end, Gu Yunniang blushed, lowered her head, and said softly like a mosquito: "Brother Laifu, you said that day, if I want to hear you sing, you can sing it to me again. You... When will you sing that song again?" Songs for people to listen to?"

Seeing her shy look and smelling the girlish fragrance on her body, Huang Laifu was even more moved, and said in a low voice: "If you want to hear it, I can sing it to you anytime, I still have many love songs here , then you can listen slowly."

He used to linger in the flowers in his later generations. After starting a business, most of the women he came into contact with were trading for desire. Although there were many women who had relationships, few of them could leave traces in his heart.However, the situation with Gu Yunniang at this time made him feel a little like first love. After many years, he has this feeling again... not bad.

Gu Yunniang said shyly: "Who said I want to hear you sing love songs?"

Huang Laifu said, "Didn't someone just say they wanted it?"

"I hate it." Gu Yunniang covered her ears, paused, and glanced at Huang Laifu with moist eyes.

Huang Laifu's heart moved, and he stretched out his hand to pinch her hand, feeling that the palm was soft and smooth, as soft as boneless.

"Let go of me, let my aunt and the others feel ashamed to death when they see it." Gu Yunniang couldn't help being ashamed. Although she and Huang Laifu had known each other since childhood and played together, it was the first time that they were so close.

At this moment, they suddenly heard a cough, and the two looked around, only to see the elder sister standing not far away, looking at the two with a half-smile, and said: "Okay, you young couple don't want to mess with me any more. , we should have dinner."

"It's all your fault." Gu Yunniang glanced shyly at Huang Laifu, not daring to look at her elder sister, and hurried away.

The eldest sister came over and gave Huang Laifu a thumbs up in a low voice: "Brother, you are the best!"

Huang Laifu spread his hands: "Small things are not worth mentioning."

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When Huang Laifu arrived in the lobby, everyone was already sitting around the table, and everyone was present.Gu Yunniang was sitting beside Yang Shi, and when she met Huang Laifu's gaze, she blushed and was a little afraid to look at him.

Yang smiled and said to Huang Laifu: "Fu'er, it's almost time, you can take the wedding cannon outside the door and release it."

Huang Laifu responded, took a bunch of long firecrackers called Overlord Whip from the servants, and took them outside the gate, followed by a group of children screaming.

After the deafening firecrackers went off, thousands of households closed their doors to eat the New Year's Eve dinner.

The house was full of excitement, and everyone had smiles on their faces.And the table is also full of sumptuous dishes. During the New Year’s Eve dinner in the Ming Dynasty, rice cakes and dumplings are eaten, and money is placed on the rice cakes for decoration. A large plate of fish is placed in the middle, but that’s just for viewing. Eating food symbolizes surplus every year.

This year, Huang Laifu got [-] taels of silver from Qu Yuanrui. It can be said that the year is very good, plus a few sisters, unmarried daughters-in-law, and in-laws are all here to celebrate the New Year. The wine and food must be the most abundant in so many years that's it.

Huang Sihao's face was full of red. This year can be said to be the most comfortable year for him. He brought the Tusu wine that he specially drank for the New Year, and said, "Come, come, come, let's all have a drink on this beautiful day." Everyone joined together and raised their glasses swig.

Gu Qianhu also had a smile on his face. For him, these days in Wuzhaibao are really comfortable, and seeing his son-in-law achieve success and his daughter relying on him, he is also satisfied.

After the New Year’s Eve dinner, everyone will light up the lights and stay up late to watch the New Year’s Eve. Of course, there is no Spring Festival Gala to watch at night. Regardless of the Ming Dynasty’s north and south, everyone gathers in the house for stud, mahjong, and Pai Gow.

When it comes to playing mahjong, Huang Laifu was born in the business world in later generations, so he naturally has a lot of experience in it. At this time, mahjong was mostly made of horns or bamboo pieces, which were also very exquisite. The gameplay is not much different from that of later generations. Play.

Huang Laifu has worked hard for a long time, and today he wants to relax completely.He and his mother Yang Shi, eldest sister, Gu Qianhu and others joined the table and moved to Quechang to cut the Great Wall.Others are watching from the sidelines.

I played until the fifth watch, I don't know how many laps I played, and finally the battle ended victoriously, and Huang Laifu won a small amount of silver.They were all awarded to the younger brother Huang Lingbin and the younger sister Huang Xiurou.These two boys have always insisted on sitting next to Huang Laifu, a good baby watching the battle.Gu Yunniang was sitting next to her father Gu Qianhu, seeing Huang Laifu winning her father five coins, she kept rolling her eyes at Huang Laifu.

After everyone enjoyed themselves, seeing that the sky was about to turn, they got up again to burn incense and see off the Jade Emperor, and then went to the doors and windows to paste red paper gourds. These were the customs of the Northland at that time.

After finishing these tasks, the sky was already bright, and the daytime of February [-], [-] AD was ushered in.

This day is New Year's Day in Ming Dynasty, which is the first day of the Spring Festival in later generations.On this day, firecrackers are set off, lion dances, dragon lanterns are played, and flower markets are set off all over the Ming Dynasty. Even in the Daming Palace, there are various entertainment activities such as setting off paper cannons and dropping thousands of gold.

And from this day onwards, the Huang family ushered in a frenzy of New Year greetings.All the military officers in Wuzhai Fort, and some distant and close relatives from all over the world poured in, making everyone in Qianhuzhai busy again.

In the past few days, Huang Laifu also fulfilled his promise, taking Gu Yunniang to play around in the castle, and the relationship between the two has also been rapidly improved.

February [-], [-] AD.The fourth day of the Lunar New Year.

From this day onwards, all the hired workers from private households came from all over the country to Wuzhaibao.In addition, there were a large number of civilian husbands recruited from all over the country, and Wuzhai Fort became lively again, and some foreign businessmen continued to come.

February [-], [-] AD.

Qu Yuanrui, who went back before the Chinese New Year, returned to Wuzhai Fort and received another 3 taels of silver. The prelude to the Wuzhai Fort Agricultural War started.

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February [-], [-] AD.

In February, the weather in northern Shanxi is still freezing cold, and the wind is cold.But at this time, the field a few hundred meters away from Wuzhai Fort was in full swing, with red flags fluttering everywhere.Looking from the Martial Arts Hall, the arena was crowded with people, full of military and civilian employees in the fort.

A few days ago, after those private household employees brought back their monthly rations, their families were both surprised and happy. It can be said that the family had a rare good year. They were afraid of being robbed of their jobs by others, and no one dared to Negligence, in time on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, I rushed to Wuzhai Fort.

And there are still many people who are prepared after discussing with their family members. This time, they must strive for the qualifications to be a villager in Wuzhaibao. It's not as real as working in the farms of Wuzhaibao, where the salary is good, stable and generous.Not to mention the military household employees in Wuzhai Fort.

In front of several Zhang-high red flags, Huang Laifu stood with his hands behind his back, and beside him, He Fuqianhu, Jiang Baihu, Yang Baihu, Qu Yuanrui and others surrounded him like stars surrounding the moon.There are also Huang Sihao, Gu Qianhu, Gu Yunniang, Yang Shi, a few sisters and others standing aside.

Looking at the rolling heads below, Huang Laifu felt a sense of arrogance filling his chest, as well as a feeling of being high above the sky. His mood at this time made him understand why so many people have pursued power by all means since ancient times.

Huang Laifu held his waist knife in one hand, stretched out his hand, and slowly turned his body. The military and civilian employees below immediately cheered for their parents, Mr. Huang Laifu.

The atmosphere is contagious, and the cheers below are like waves rising and falling.

The pride in Huang Laifu's chest almost burst out, a man can't be powerless for a day, isn't that the case?
As soon as he pressed his hand, the cheers below slowly stopped. Huang Laifu said: "As long as you work hard, you will be full. As long as you work hard, you will be rewarded. I am determined to build Wuzhaibao into the Jiangnan of northern Shanxi. "

He waved his hand vigorously: "Forward!"

On February 1590, 2 AD, Huang Laifu led an army of 11 farmers to swear an oath in the field outside Wuzhai Fort, which opened the prelude to the Agricultural War.

The 6000 people were organized into teams of thousands, teams of hundreds, and teams of ten. According to the plan prepared in advance, they drove to various places outside Wuzhai Fort.Last year, 2000 people sent by Huang Laifu had surveyed the land to be reclaimed, built many channels, dug many irrigation wells, and reclaimed a lot of land. The preliminary preparations have all been prepared.

Right now, after the [-] land reclamation army entered the above-mentioned places, they immediately spread out across the board. The hired workers braved the severe cold and used the tools in their hands to build grass sheds and build farms. upsurge.

April 1590, 4 AD.The second day of March in the lunar calendar.Ching Ming Festival.

After several months of hard work, by the beginning of April, 10 large farms had been built on the land outside Wuzhaibao, namely Wuzhaibao No. [-] Farm, Wuzhaibao No. [-] Farm, and Wuzhaibao No. [-] Farm. Go all the way to Wuzhaibao Tenth Farm.

Entering the busy day of spring farming in Qingming, Wuzhaibao has reclaimed 20 mu of land, and built a series of supporting facilities such as irrigation wells, ditches, houses and farms.

When the news spread, all places were shaken.At the same time, a secret report from Jinyiwei was also sent from an unattractive merchant in Wuzhaibao, all the way to the capital!
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