Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 67 Returning Home Point General Military Parade ([-])

After all the military officers met with the new Lord Qianhu in the official office, Huang Laifu led them to inspect various places: the city defenses in various places in the fort, various farms in Wuzhai Fort, etc.

All the military officers rode horses, with swords on their waists, hugged Huang Laifu, and some servants hugged him, and the military officers' costumes were bright and dazzling, which made people feel proud.After Huang Laifu left, Huang Sihao went back to Qianhu House to recuperate with peace of mind. As a father, he was very satisfied with Huang Laifu's performance this year, and he could let Huang Laifu do everything with complete confidence.

As for him and the elders of the Yang family, they were concentrating on planning and preparing for Huang Laifu's marriage next month in the Thousand Household House.

The various farms and livestock farms in Wuzhai Fort are nominally Wuzhai Fort's farming property, but in fact they are just the private property of the Huang family, and the officers can only pay some dividends at the end of the year.At this time, Huang Laifu called everyone to inspect together, which made all the officers flattered.

The people rode horses and walked among the fields of the farms outside the fort. The scene of the harvest of wheat waves was the most moving. The laughter from the soldiers and householders in the fields, and the envy and shock of the non-local households and merchants His expression made everyone smile.

Led by He Chaoxun and Deputy Qianhu, the military officers of each Wuzhai Fort were laughing and talking all the way.Everyone is guessing how much grain they can earn from Wuzhai Fort this year, and how much benefit they can get.

"Master Qianhu is here."

The crowd crossed the north bank of the Qinglian River. Amidst the sound of horseshoes, the crowd surrounded Huang Laifu and arrived at the No. [-] Farm in Wuzhai Fort. He Deli, the chief of the village, and Huang Tingshou, the farm supervisor.

Therefore, when Huang Laifu and others arrived at the gate of the farm, He Deli and Huang Tingshou had already led a group of village chiefs to manage affairs. When Huang Laifu's horse's head approached them at the gate, the two of them led the crowd to worship respectfully. Come down: "The little one welcomes Lord Qianhu."

Huang Laifu raised his hand and said with a smile, "Get up."

The two stood up, Huang Laifu looked around the largest farm in Wuzhaibao for a while, and said, "Lead the way ahead."

He Deli responded loudly, and immediately everyone rushed Huang Laifu into the farm.

After looking at the warehouses, grain depots, livestock pens, grain drying grounds and other facilities on the farm, Huang Laifu saw that the villagers in the farm were nervously preparing for the autumn harvest, cleaning the grain depots, leveling the grain drying grounds, preparing sickles, etc. No one dared to be lazy, so they nodded in satisfaction.

While He Deli and Huang Tingshou accompanied Huang Laifu carefully, they both paid attention to Huang Laifu's expression. Seeing Huang Laifu's satisfied expression at this time, both of them secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He Deli's skin was originally thick and dark, but now he has been running around on the farm for nearly a year, and this person looks even darker. He looks like an old black farmer, but his spirit is very good, obviously because of his fulfilling career.He had been paying attention to Huang Laifu's expression, and now seeing Huang Laifu's satisfied expression, he couldn't help but let out a long breath, feeling that all his hard work was worthwhile.

And He Chaoxun and Deputy Qianhu were also paying attention to Huang Laifu's face. Seeing that Master Qianhu was satisfied with his younger brother's work, he also smiled happily. .

Huang Laifu got off his horse, led by Jiang Dazhong, and slowly patrolled around the farm with his hands behind his back.Seeing Huang Laifu dismount, all the officers got off their horses in a hurry, and followed closely behind Huang Laifu, paying attention not to overstep Huang Laifu's footsteps, while discussing the situation in the farm happily.

Different from the beginning of the year, after a year of construction, the surrounding wall of the Wuzhaibao No. [-] Farm has been built very firmly, and the defenses are complete. In the barracks of the mud-wooden houses, each barracks has a kang, which is enough for the garrison inside to survive the cold winter of Wuzhai Fort.

After entering the meeting hall of the barracks, Huang Laifu sat in the first seat, and the rest of the officers sat below.After He Deli reported his work, Huang Laifu ordered the farm supervisor Huang Tingshou to fetch the farm's accounting books, and he looked through them carefully.Huang Tingshou stood beside Huang Laifu respectfully, explaining something softly from time to time.

Huang Tingshou is about 30 years old this year. He is tall and tall, with green stubble all over his face.He has a brother who works as a servant in the Huang family, and is highly valued by Mr. Huang Sihao, an old householder. He gets the moon first if he is close to the water, so he got the position of supervisor of the largest farm in Wuzhaibao.Usually, he leads ten supervisors to patrol the first farm every day, and evaluates the diligence and laziness of everyone in the farm, which will be used as the basis for each person's monthly food and annual rewards.

The ten people under supervision do not need to work in the fields at ordinary times, but they need to urge everyone on the farm to work hard from time to time. Although they only have five buckets of monthly rations, if the farm has a good harvest at the end of the year, their year-end rewards are very generous. The year-end award for the supervising village is the same as that of the chief of the village, and Huang Ting's year-end treatment for this supervision is the same as that of the chief of the village, He Deli.

Of course, if the farm fails to harvest due to their lack of diligence and supervision, Huang Laifu's punishment for them is also very severe.Because the treatment of these people is linked to the grain output of the farm, therefore, without Huang Laifu's urging, these supervisors are all working hard.

According to the third-class settlement treatment system implemented by Huang Laifu in each farm, among the 10 settlements in Wuzhaibao No. 2 tael.There are 1 people in the second-class settlement, and each person has a monthly ration of one stone.

Huang Laifu carefully looked at the status of the awards and evaluations from the beginning of the year to the present. The official awards began in March this year. Up to now, 40 people from Wuzhaibao No. 200 Farm have won the first-class awards and evaluations . More than 300 people have won the second-class Tuding award.In this regard, in the past few months, the farm has spent more than [-] shi for grain, and of course all of this money was paid by Huang Laifu.

In addition to these rewarded people, there were five other people who were whipped and kicked out of Wuzhaibao No. [-] Farm for not working hard.The people Huang Laifu comforted, these five lazy people were all civilian households and refugees outside the fort, and none of them were military households and banner troops in Wuzhai Fort.

Among the recipients of these awards, two of them attracted Huang Laifu's attention. According to Huang Laifu's award and evaluation method, the first-class and second-class entrenchments must remain unchanged for at least 7 months before they can receive annual awards.However, very few people can keep this record every month, except for the two.

The two of them have already received first-class Tun Ding rewards every month for the past five months. If they can still get rewards in two months, they will be able to get generous annual rewards.Looking at the names, Huang Laifu had some impressions. Aren't these the same two when the sergeants were summoned in the fort that day years ago?One is Erniu and the other is Dagou. I remember that I had a good impression of them at that time, and I rewarded each of them with a tael of silver.

Huang Laifu laughed, and said with a laugh: "Okay, they really are two heroes. Where are these two people, I will recruit them immediately!"

Huang Tingshou immediately stood aside and said loudly: "Yes, the little one respects the orders of the adults."

He said to a supervisor next to him: "Go, call Sun Erniu and Yang Dagou immediately, the Lord will reward him!"

The supervisor Tun Ding responded and hurried away.

The officers in the hall commotioned for a while, and everyone looked into who Sun Erniu and Yang Dagou were, and which adult's subordinates they were.

Sitting next to Jiang Yongsheng and Jiang Baihu, Han Bing and Han Baihu smiled complacently. These two are his bannermen. Seeing that they were appreciated by Lord Qianhu, Han Baihu also felt proud. His fat face was full of oil, and at this moment, he was smiling, and it was even more radiant.

Seeing Han Bing and Han Baihu's expression, all the officers in the hall, except Huang Laifu, looked at each other with jealous expressions in their eyes.

Soon, two tall sergeants, both in their 20s, came in, knelt down on one knee, and saluted Huang Laifu with fists, and said loudly, "I have seen Mr. Qianhu."

Compared with the ragged clothes of the previous year, the clothes of the two people at this time are much neater. Although they are still common clothes, they look so lively and energetic when worn on their burly bodies.And after several months of sufficient food and recuperation, the faces of the two have become rosy and full of nutrition. With the long-term hard work on the farm, the chests exposed by the two are even more muscular and full of strength.

As soon as the two walked in, a strong spirit rushed towards them.

Huang Laifu was even more delighted to see him, and shouted: "Okay, if you are two heroes, I am very happy to see you."

He made the two of them stand up, and laughed loudly: "I have seen the bookkeeping of this farm, only the two of you can get the monthly bonus every month, but this is not enough, what I hope is that by the end of the year , personally present you with year-end rewards, I hope you two won't let me down when the time comes."

Sun Erniu and Yang Dagou knelt down on one knee again, and said loudly, "I will do my best not to let you down." For Huang Laifu, a young adult from a thousand households, both of them were very convinced. Both of them spoke sincerely.

Huang Laifu nodded with satisfaction, and he pondered: "You two are both good men, and the names Erniu and Dagou are really not worthy of you. Well, I will reward you with a name each. Sun Erniu, in the future You will be called Sun Zhongfu, Yang Dagou, and from now on you will be called Yang Chengfu. I hope that you will live up to your name, be loyal to this thousand households, and serve Wuzhaibao well.”

Sun Zhongfu and Yang Chengfu were overjoyed, and their lord gave them names, which is a rare honor.The two hurriedly knelt down again, kowtowed loudly, and thanked Huang Laifu for giving the name.

Huang Laifu stood up in satisfaction, and said with a smile to everyone: "Next, it's time to inspect the Wuzhaibao livestock farm."

※※※

Not far from the Wuzhaibao No. [-] Farm is the Wuzhaibao Livestock Farm.

When Huang Laifu and others came to the Wuzhaibao large livestock farm, Qian Shi, the manager of the large livestock farm, and Wang Qinian, the veterinarian and Wuzhaibao's animal husbandry staff, also waited aside.After these months of living in Wuzhaibao, Wang Qinian's face has long since lost the frustration he had when he first arrived. His face is full of high spirits, and the arrogance and self-confidence are even stronger. He stands with his hands behind his back, his waist straight Get straight.

When Mrs. Qian hurriedly kowtowed to Huang Laifu, he just bowed to Huang Laifu and said, "The student has met the adults."

Huang Laifu asked Qian to get up, and Qian stood aside respectfully.

Huang Laifu smiled at Wang Qinian: "Brother Donglu, are you doing well in Wuzhai Fort these days?"

Wang Qinian glanced at the big livestock farm, his eyes showed fascination and yearning, he said: "Thank you for your concern, the students like this place very much. The student's wish is to live here for many years in the future."

Huang Laifu smiled and said: "That's good." Only Mrs. Qian snorted softly and looked sideways at Wang Qinian, it seemed that the two of them were very contradictory and getting along very unhappy.Wang Qinian obviously saw Qian's expression, but turned his head to the side, showing a look of disdain.

Under the leadership of Qian Shi and Wang Qinian, Huang Laifu led He Chaoxun, Deputy Qianhu and others to patrol around the large livestock farm.Wang Qi explained to Huang Laifu in a youthful voice. On that day, according to Wang Qinian's opinion, after more than a month of rectification, the livestock farms in Wuzhaibao had already been repaired.

All the pig houses and chicken pens have been rectified, and underground heating circles have also been built. Presumably, in the cold winter, there will be no worries about the wintering of chickens, ducks, pigs, etc.Huang Laifu and the others saw that in the pen, those little pigs from years ago had grown into big fat pigs.And those little chickens and ducklings have all grown into big chickens and ducks, and many chickens and ducks have begun to lay eggs.

As for the places where rapeseed, turnip, and alfalfa are grown, they are also growing well. Now pigs have already eaten feed made of turnip, alfalfa, etc. It has been proved that these things are good crops for feeding pigs.After those pigs ate these feeds, they all grew fatter, and the slaughter rate was much higher than that of the pigs raised by those private households.

Moreover, this kind of circular feeding and utilization has also proved its success with facts. Pigs eat feed, pig manure fertilizes the fields, chickens and fish eat feed in pig manure, and ducks eat in ponds. Recycling is profitable.Looking at the prosperous scenery in the large livestock farm, all the officers from the thousand households down from Deputy He were all in high spirits. If it was said that they didn't understand Huang Laifu's breeding method a few years ago, but now they admire Huang Laifu so much.

After visiting the Wuzhaibao Livestock Farm, accompanied by Wang Qinian, Huang Laifu and others went to the horseshoe slope sheep farm again.

The problem of the sheep house here has also completely changed after Wang Qinian's rectification.The underground heating circle has been built, and the sheep houses have basically been built in places with high and dry terrain and good ventilation and drainage.The activities of the sheep in the sheep house, feeding troughs, water tanks, and cleanliness have also been effectively resolved.The lambs in the sheep house at the beginning of the year have basically grown into big sheep, happily eating the sheep food made of alfalfa in the sheep house.

Looking at everything in front of him, Huang Laifu felt his heart was filled with joy: the harvest season has arrived!

(End of this chapter)