After the New Year, when it was time for everyone to set off again, the team had expanded several times. There are three fathers and sons in the Cai family, two fathers and sons in the Tang family, and there are many in the Bao family, Bao Zhengrong, his fourth uncle and his wife, the eldest brother Zhengqiang, the eldest sister, and the second sister. In addition, some other families also followed, and from a distance it looked like a small guerrilla fighting force.

The relationship between Bao Zhengrong and the eldest sister of the Cai family has been decided, and it is too late to get married in the first month, and it just so happens that the Cai family and the Tang family also have the intention to move over. Bao Zhengrong thought about waiting for them, if they thought about moving over, it happened that everyone was moving together, and there was a partner on the way. Bao Zhengqiang's original family affair in February was done in the first month, just so that he could catch up with his brother and go out to do work to earn some money.

Every year, a temporary convoy of hired vehicles will pick them up, and this year I really didn't expect them to add so many people all at once, so I had to hire a few more horse-drawn carriages in the local area for temporary use. They arrived at the place where the workers in the west temporarily lived, and looked at the open space in front of the house, with happy smiles on their faces, busy old people, women, and children running and playing on tiptoe, only to find that they had fallen far behind in their minds of only moving.

Because it was not yet time to start work, Cai's father and Tang's father were led by their respective sons and walked around.

They went to the wasteland opened by their family first, and Cai's father looked at the land that had been ploughed by tree stumps, and asked his eldest son, "Are you all like this?" In the future, if there is more wasteland, it will be a piece of east and west, and it will be inconvenient to grow crops! ”

"Daddy! You don't have to worry about this, the prefect has long wanted to be ahead. The adult who manages the land said. We do the same, and the number of acres of land we open up will be measured and recorded. When all the wasteland is cleared, someone will come and help us take care of it. According to the number of acres cultivated by each person, it is redivided according to the piece. Anyway, everyone grows crops the same, and there will be no such thing as this loss or that bargaining. ”

Cai's father and Donald both nodded with admiration, and Donald also sighed: "This official is different, don't think about things, but also be comprehensive." Otherwise, any thing is an entangled trouble. ”

"Brother Donald! That's why a good official is willing to use his brains so much for the sake of the people, if you meet a foolish official, you just wait! ”

"Hey! That's what Brother Scar said. Well, brother, I really can't raise the bar with you. ”

When the boss of the Cai family heard his father say this, he knew that his father had a good impression of this. Rejoice in the heart. I also wanted his father to see the big reservoir halfway up the mountain.

"Dad, Uncle Tang! There are no crops here, but a layer of loess, so there's nothing to see. Let's go, I'll take you to see the big reservoir? I'm afraid you've never seen a natural reservoir. And the trees and the grass grew in the waters. It's as unusual as the big trees by the pond flooded in our house. At the outlet, the government built a high, long, and thick sluice, all made of stone and cement, which was much more solid than the road we had built. ”

Cai's father already thinks that the cement road is very strong, and the sluice gate is even stronger than the cement road, so what should it be? When he got closer, he looked at the large sluices that were several times thicker than the city walls. It took a long time to keep my mouth open before I remembered to close it.

Each cement pier is pointed at both ends, and there are wide and deep grooves in the middle of both sides of the pier. Specially used for plugging and draining water. The water level is now very low, and the water level is only half up to the railing. It was the first time they had seen such a sluice, it was fresh and at the same time had a hint of mystery. The two elders feel that today is a long insight, especially when they look from the high to the low, facing the entire waterway network of artificial dams, canals, and waterways, and see that the roads are all open, they are even more shocked by the immeasurable wisdom of people.

In fact, this waterway network was designed by two officials of the original workshop, and at that time it was simply a series of sediment waterways. Because the sediment waterway is too drafty, the water often dries up before it reaches its destination, which does not reflect the superiority of the waterway at all. When the prefect of Wang was preparing to build a cement dam here, he saw that the design pattern of the two people was very advanced and particularly suitable for the geographical conditions of the place, so he adopted this water conservancy design.

Although it is true that it took a little longer, it took thousands of people three years, and it has not been completely repaired. But this advanced and scientific nature of comprehensive irrigation will be understood by anyone who sees it. Of course, this also includes Cai's father and Donald's father.

"You've put a lot of thought into this drain! How did you come up with this? It's just like what the scholar said, what kind of heavenly work! ”

The third child of the Tang family followed his father's words and asked, "Does Dad want to say that he is ingenious?" ”

"Hey! You kid has been out and about for the past two years, it's just different! will also drag the text! "Daddy Tang is quite optimistic about the prospects here, and he is also in a happy mood, and he begins to make fun of his youngest son.

Cai's father looked at the big reservoir that could not be seen at a glance, and then looked at the large piece of land in front of him, and silently calculated in his heart that this irrigation water was indeed not a problem. Even if it doesn't rain for a while, it won't affect farming. Now the biggest regret is that you can only grow one crop a year, in this case, there has to be something else to do best, otherwise this person will be lazy if he stays.

After looking at the reclaimed wasteland and water conservancy, the boss of the Cai family took them to a place dedicated to building residential houses.

The house has only been demarcated, but the construction of the house has not yet begun. Because the government should first count which of these workers need the government's help to build houses, and which ones have the ability to build houses themselves. It is not enough to count these alone, but also to build some spare houses for backup, so as to prevent some residents from other places from suddenly coming over without a place to live, just like the sudden influx of so many people this year, which has already caused a lot of housing trouble.

The square lines made of white lime powder are on both sides of the road near Qujiaao. The homestead is three or four zhang away from the main road, and it is extremely convenient to go out in the future.

"Daddy! You see, if you live here, you can get to the city in a horse-drawn carriage for a day, and you won't be stuck on a muddy road when it's raining. ”

Cai's father smiled and looked left and right, it was indeed a good place. When there are more and more residents, it can become a small town.

At this time, the boss of the Cai family was basically sure that his father would definitely migrate, and his heart settled down, so he had the leisure to observe the Tang family's father and son.

The third child of the Tang family is not as eager as the boss of the Cai family, he has already thought about it, if his father and brothers don't come, then he will come over by himself and be a neighbor with Bao Zhengrong. Therefore, it doesn't matter whether Daddy Tang is satisfied or not. However, Daddy Tang's mind is similar to that of Cai's father, and he doesn't want to come to such a good place, so he is not too worried, but stupid. However, Daddy Tang didn't show much on the surface, on the other hand, he also wanted to make sure whether the government could really build a house for them to live in first?

On the other side, Bao Zhengrong is much more complicated and difficult than Cai Tang's father and son, he has to arrange the residence of his two younger sisters and fourth aunt, which has to beg someone, and he can't solve such a problem himself.

There is not a single woman among the workers here, and even the cooks are men. Therefore, all he can find is the Peng family brothers who are in charge of the Wang family for help, although he is also in charge, but not the Wang family, of course, there will not be much contact with Peng Yunhai, and the two can be regarded as acquaintances at most. When he found Peng Yunhai, Peng Yunhai was naturally a little surprised.

"Brother Peng! I brought my fourth aunt and two younger sisters with me, and wanted to trouble my sister-in-law to help me arrange a place to live. Feasible? ”

"It's not a big deal, but I have to report it to the owner. If your sister-in-law and your two younger sisters want something to do, I can also ask my daughter-in-law to arrange something suitable for them. ”

"That's great! Thank you, Brother Peng. "Although the main purpose of the two younger sisters is to get along, they can't always stay here and do nothing. He stood up as he spoke, and bowed deeply to Peng Yunhai.

Peng Yunhai saw that Bao Zhengrong was so serious, but it was not good to treat his request casually. Hurriedly stretched out his hand to hold Bao Zhengrong's arm and said, "You don't have to be so serious, in fact, we have a lot of things to do now, and my daughter-in-law and a few younger siblings can't be busy at all." Your aunt and sister can come over to help, but they have helped my daughter-in-law solve a big problem, and I have to thank you if I really want to talk about it.

The accommodation is easy to solve, but I am afraid that I will wronged your aunt and sister and let the three of them live in one room, do you think it is feasible? ”

"Okay, okay! This is much better than at home, and today is really troublesome big brother. ”

"You really don't have to be so polite! Everyone is out and about to help, and besides, we do need manpower, and if you're too polite, I'm embarrassed to ask your family for help. ”

Peng Yunhai has lived in exile since he was sensible, and then he has followed the Wang family to do things, and he really has no experience in dealing with people. He was so polite and polite, he was really tired.

And he's right, they really need more women to come and do things. At present, more than 90 percent of them are men, not to mention the things that both men and women can do such as washing clothes and cooking, and they can't even find anyone to spend money to help them sew and mend things. His daughter-in-law took over the whole family, although at once she had two older sisters and her mother who could help with some needlework. But their mothers and daughters are all slow-handed people, and the little work they do is really good, and it doesn't help at all. He had been thinking about how to recruit female workers for a long time, and today Bao Zhengrong brought his aunt and sister over to ask him for help, which made him a little surprised. (To be continued.) )