Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 95 Marriage ([-])

But at this time, everyone on the third farm gathered in the grain drying field.Everyone was talking about it. In the afternoon, we will go to Wuzhai Fort to drink the wedding wine of Lord Qianhu. What gift should everyone give?

The sun-drying farms are very large, because when Huang Laifu was building each farm, he considered the future development of these farms, so the construction of each farm was thought about in a big way, and he would rather leave a place in the farm than crowded or small .And the construction of the farm also has a certain plan.For example, the division of streets, the location of wells, the location of temples and theaters, and the location of each courtyard, etc., all have certain considerations.

Huang Laifu also considered that there might be family members living in the villages in the future, so when repairing various farms at that time, he built many houses similar to courtyard houses. In each courtyard house, a small village lived in, with about ten households. , The internal management staff is the head of the village, such a posture is also easy to manage.

In addition, there are warehouses, grain depots, livestock pens, grain drying grounds, public baths, public canteens, public large huts and other facilities in each farm.The last courtyards, together with various public facilities, and fort walls, finally formed the entire farm.

According to the plan of Wuzhaibao No. 100 Farm, it is divided into two large villages, with a chief village chief, a deputy chief chief, and a supervisor.Each Datun has 10 Ding Ding, with one head and one deputy head.Each large village is divided into ten small villages, each with 1000 people, and a small village chief.Of course, this is just the number of the villagers, but now all the villagers are bringing their own children here one after another. The population of the third farm in Wuzhaibao is increasing. There are more than [-] children, and it looks like a small town.

Of course, compared with Wuzhai Fort, the various farms, including the third farm, are still a bit rough.The external building of Wuzhai Fort is brick and stone, and there is a bluestone street inside. The buildings in the fort are tall and tall, and there are many shops in the fort. The business is prosperous, and it is the decisive center around Wuzhai Fort.

The walls and gates of Wuzhaibao No. [-] Farm are only built with rammed earth slabs, and there are no bluestone slab streets in the farm. They are all dirt roads. Sometimes there will be some small stalls crowded with vendors, messy, and everything looks very messy.

But the villagers are very satisfied, because here, they can eat and clothe themselves warmly, and have a stable job.As the villagers of Wuzhai Fort, whenever they go out, the households of the villages in various places, and some refugees who fled famine to Wuzhai Fort to make a living, look at them with envy.

Whenever they saw this look, everyone couldn't help but straighten their backs when they walked.Under such circumstances, girls from private households in various places are more and more willing to marry into various farms in Wuzhaibao, which was inconceivable in the past.After all, in Wuzhai Fort, if you have a military household registration, it is easy to find a meal, because compared with the rapid development of Wuzhai Fort, as long as you are willing to work, you don't have to worry about finding a job.With work, you can support your family.

Unknowingly, Huang Laifu's theory of "iron rice bowl" has become more and more popular in everyone's mind.Thinking of my poor life in the past, and looking at the precarious life outside the fort, everyone cherishes the present life, fearing that they will make mistakes and be kicked out of the farm, and their family will be over.

Of course, when the villagers and their families lived in the various farms in Wuzhaibao and lived there, they did not get used to it for a while. up.

In the various farms of Wuzhaibao, there is no such thing as an idler. Every villager must be organized to work every day. After all, the quota output of each farm is there. Well done, the task is overfulfilled. , the entire farm has rewards.If they don't do well, the whole farm will be punished, especially the head of the village, supervisors and other management personnel, who will be under more ideological pressure, so the work on the farm is usually strictly controlled, and no one can be lazy.

In addition to these farmers, their family members also have jobs, the elderly and women, or work in various large livestock farms, or work in the farms, canteens in various farms, sanitation, cleaning, etc. All work needs to be done by people.It is impossible for the old men to do this, so these things are done by the elderly and women, even some children who can work are organized to work.

In this way, men and women, old and young, were all organized to work and became the factory workers of later generations. The so-called natural economic lifestyle of men farming and women weaving no longer exists.

At first, it was somewhat uncomfortable. Some family members of the refugees came over, and the women followed the habit of the family, saying that we should stay at home to wash and cook, take care of the children, serve men, raise some chickens, or Let's do something like weaving. It's not good for women to go out to do things.But soon, they and the men in the family discovered that it was not worthwhile to stay at home like this.

When it comes to cooking, they found that every farm has large dining halls opened by military households in Wuzhaibao. The food they eat every day is very cheap, and the variety of meals is also very rich. For a penny, you can eat rice and all kinds of vegetables, which is enough to fill you up. If you want to eat something better, add a few pennies and you will have fish to eat.And buying vegetables and cooking by myself, after a month, the money spent is no less than that in the cafeteria, and I am exhausted, cooking at home is smoky and dirty.

Slowly, after the women cooked for more than a month, they and their families became impatient and went to the cafeteria to eat.This also formed a spectacular situation. Every morning, lunch and dinner, the cafeterias of the various farms were full of people and bustling.

In addition, some merchants who were doing business in the farm and some passing households also found the way to eat in the canteen of the farm. The food is cheap and there are many varieties, and everyone flocked to the various farms in Wuzhaibao. Buying food in the cafeteria, which shocked the farmers of various farms.It also aroused everyone's discussion on whether to restrict these merchants and households from eating in the canteen on the farm.

This is cooking. When it comes to the weaving that women do at home, first of all, you have to spend a lot of money to buy looms, cotton, silk, etc. This is the same thing.And how many bolts of cloth can you weave a month?After deducting the cost, how much can you sell for?It's better to go to the big livestock farm to do something.So they just had this idea, and after being talked about and persuaded by others, they quickly dispelled this idea.

As for raising chickens and ducks, there are many chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep in the large livestock farms in Wuzhaibao. duck?After a year, not to mention not earning much money, I was exhausted to death.

On the contrary, when doing things in Wuzhaibao, whether it is in various large livestock farms, weeding pigs, feeding pigs and chickens, or doing other things, the basic monthly rations are three buckets, and there are rewards for good work, and The family members of these Tun Ding did not find anything to do in Wuzhai Fort. They saw the women from military households making noise in the large livestock farm, and they didn't see anyone say anything.

The eyes of the common people are snow-eyed. After watching for a while, the family members of these refugees also joined the women's labor force one after another.As a result, the so-called natural economic way of life of men farming and women weaving has long since ceased to exist in Wuzhaibao.

Now, whether it is the military households in the fort or the garrisons of the various farms outside the fort, they all have their own jobs, and they have gradually discovered that as long as they have food and silver in their hands, merchants and civilians can do whatever they want. Households, it will naturally be delivered to your door.As long as you have money, want to eat well, wear well, and play well, what do you have?
This kind of concept quickly impacted the thoughts of all the villages and their families. They concluded that in the end, it is the most important thing to do the job at hand right now. It is all about getting more monthly rations and more rewards. .As for washing and cooking at home, raising chickens and weaving textiles, they are all heresy and not cost-effective at all.At present, in various farms, as long as you work hard, you can have rich rewards. Therefore, everyone is devoted to the farm with great enthusiasm.

The military households in Wuzhaibao and the farmers on various farms do not produce anything other than grain and livestock. In this way, food, clothing, and use must be purchased from outsiders.In terms of this factual demand, a huge consumer group has also formed in Wuzhaibao and various farms. Of course, due to the small-scale peasant thinking left over from the original Tunding and its family members, and they were also afraid of poverty and hunger in the past. Yes, so many of them are relatively economical. The monthly rations that are distributed can be paid without monthly rations.Many still save a large part, and the rest are used for consumption.

But even so, a large demand circulation market has been formed. After all, food and clothing are needed every day.Every day, in order to meet the food needs of at least a thousand people in the farm, the canteens of each farm have to buy a large amount of grain, vegetables, meat, etc. Here, a large number of merchants and private households from all over the place are supported.There are also needlework cloth, cotton, salt, tea, wine, etc. needed by the settlements and their families, all of which must be purchased outside, and many businessmen have been attracted here.

In the third farm of Wuzhaibao, since the bumper harvest, more and more merchants and street vendors have been crowded in for more than a month.They are pervasive and manage everything Tun Ding and his family members need.

For example, in the canteen in Wuzhaibao No. [-] Farm, after a few months, many people’s consumption habits have become more and more liberal. Tired of eating in the cafeteria, if you want to change your taste, you can go to small restaurants, small fried shops and other shops and stalls opened by some merchants and Tunding family members in the farm. There is even a restaurant in the farm. .These restaurants and restaurants are doing good business every day.

In addition to these foods, there are many vendors selling cloth, salt, tea, coal, alcohol, etc. Every market day, the surrounding households or merchants transport their goods to the market. Come here to sell, from the street inside the farm to the intersection outside the farm, there are hawker stalls everywhere, and the market is held every few days, which is quite lively.

In the past few days, the merchants found that their cloth, tea, wine, etc. sold better, but these days, because the weather is getting colder, the demand for coal in the farm is getting stronger and stronger.

In Wuzhaibao and various farms, coal is usually used as fuel. Huang Laifu originally considered whether to build biogas digesters in each farm, but it was unrealistic to think about it, because it was difficult to solve the problem based on the technological level of the Ming Dynasty. The sealing and pipeline problems of the biogas digester, what to do if it explodes accidentally, so the fuel problem is to use coal, which can also promote consumption and circulation with other places.

In fact, because the demand for coal in Wuzhai Fort is getting stronger and stronger, there have been many large coal merchants in Wuzhai Fort. They bought coal from Ningwu and Datong, and transported it to Wuzhai Fort to sell.

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In Wuzhai Fort, Huang Laifu has absolute authority. With a single word from him, he can make someone prosperous, and with a single word from him, he can also make someone's family complete.Therefore, whether it is the military households living in the fort or the villagers of the farms outside the fort, everyone pays great attention to Huang Laifu's actions, especially the heads of the farms, they are even more concerned about Huang Laifu's treatment of him. view.

Under Huang Laifu's system design, in the various farms in Wuzhaibao, no matter whether they are ordinary villagers or village chiefs, it is impossible to have other wills. All the power of the farms is in the hands of Huang Laifu. To keep the current status and treatment, we must do everything according to Huang Laifu's wishes, and pay close attention to Huang Laifu's views on himself.

Most of these village chiefs in the past were military households in Wuzhai Fort. They didn’t live a good life like this before, but people are like this. Once they live a good life, they want to go back to their previous life. No one can stand it.Thinking of the poor food and clothing life in the past, and now looking at the abundance of food and clothing, good food, good clothes, and a large group of people under his command... If you lose it, think about it, everyone will shudder.

According to Master Qianhu, Huang Laifu, today is his happy event, so the entire Wuzhai Fort is off for a day, no matter which farm the Tunting and his family members are, they can enter the fort to drink wedding wine.Therefore, everyone dared not neglect today's happy day for adults of thousands of households. The ordinary villagers and their families are fine, but they are just grateful and blessed, while the heads of the villages are more thoughtful.

At this time, in the grain drying field, the chief, deputy chief, and supervisor of the third farm stood together, discussing in low voices, what gift should everyone give when they enter Wuzhai Fort, and what should they say? it is good.

As for the ordinary village dwellers and their families, they were also standing in a group in the east and in the west, and everyone was discussing in full swing.Of course, the adults were discussing things, and some children were carefree, holding some firecrackers, running around and having fun on the grain drying field.

(End of this chapter)