CHAPTER XXV

Chen Wenhui is obviously a little more idle than the previous year after the year, because the work has been arranged, and the rest is for his people to work. She had a lot of free time, so she went to the city to visit some people. It is good to know how well the policy is being implemented and what new situations are emerging.

During her visit, Chen Wenhui found that ordinary people, who accounted for the largest number of people, were the people who migrated from those three counties. They came here almost destitute. It's just that he dragged his family and brought his hands over. When they were in Dachu, they lived in a poor county in the northwest of the capital. They are at the bottom of the poor county, they have no land, they live by farming for the landlords, and they can't survive at the slightest natural and man-made disaster. Many of them have only one piece of clothing in their family, and the rest are in a state of being unclothed. These people, the whole family only has a tattered quilt, or there is no quilt at all, just covered with wheat straw for a living. Since the emperor issued an order to let this group of people migrate, they have also cursed and hated, although their own family is very poor, but the gold and silver nests are not as good as their own kennels, and they still have a love for the land. In the beginning, officials at all levels in the county treated them roughly, forcibly let them relocate, and put some people who did not want to move in prison cells for this purpose. Unable to do anything under pressure, these people began to pack up their small possessions and prepare to migrate.

But things soon got better. Chen Wenhui's second brother, Chen Wenlin, came to the three county towns with many stewards, negotiated with local officials, and began to distribute clothes, bedding, and horse-drawn carriages to these people, from the small village where he had lived for generations to the wharf in the city. Then take a boat and head for the capital. The men were on board with clean and tidy clothes. Wearing a warm quilt made of cotton at night is a blessing you can't dream of. Not to mention, although they stay on the ship every day, their lives are not difficult at all. Because every day the meal is ready, they just need to take the bowl and go to the meal. Many people have never lived such a life of being able to eat enough every day. On board, although there are only two sets. But they have always been industrious. Wash your clothes every day. Every day, I tidy up my residence. Their quarters were cramped, with a dozen people crammed into a small cabin. Each ship was loaded with the maximum number of people. However, these are not difficult things. After all. They all grew up with hardship, and this crowding is still unbearable. In addition to being crowded, they are fed and clothed every day, not to mention. Every day, there are also special people to teach them some simple words. Most of these people cherish this opportunity. As a poor person, they have been illiterate for several lifetimes, and now they can learn for free, and everyone cherishes this opportunity. Of course, there are those who are not willing to learn. These stewards also had a method, and if they did not study well, they would stop serving food for the day. Hunger is the biggest motivator. Soon, everyone mastered a lot of words. Such. Arrived in the capital. I rested in the capital for two days and lived in a tent. They are not used to boats, and they are very happy to stay on the ground for two days. Two days later, they were gathered on another large ship, this time from the canal in the capital to Shanghai. The name of the city is unknown to many people. The voyage is still very smooth, and I live the same life every day, except for eating, I know how to read. After a few days, they all arrived in Shanghai. After arriving in Shanghai City, they took their tents to live in a special open space in the city, and after resting for three days, they got on the sea boat and began to march to Xinguang City, which has always been the city. This time the voyage was longer, the sea was very rough, and many of them were sick, but there were doctors on board to treat them, so there were no deaths. The ship was large, and although they lived in a cramped room, the stewards allowed them to go out on deck every day to enjoy the magnificent view of the sea. Here, of course, there is still learning. However, learning has begun to move away from simple literacy, and some teachers have begun to teach them about some crops and ask them to memorize how to grow these crops. There's a lot of content, and these things are crops they haven't seen before. Until they arrived in Shin Kong City, they hadn't finished their studies.

When they arrived in Xinguang City, the old rules, they rested for another three days. It's not the same as on the mainland, the climate here is warm, the air is humid and hot. Only then did they understand why the steward only gave them single clothes, because single clothes were enough here, if it was in Dachu, at this time, it should be late autumn. Three days later, they boarded a ship and headed for Luzon. Every day was spent studying, sailing, so that after a few days, we arrived in Luzon. They thought they had reached their destination, but the stewards told them that this was not their destination, but Puning City of the Black Family. They were going to Qingchun City. However, when they arrived here, not all of them went to Qingchun City, they were divided into four parts, one part went to Qingchun City, some went to Tongren City, and some went to Tianshui City, and finally there was a group of people who stayed in Puning City without trekking.

Now Chen Wenhui is in contact with these people who have come to Qingchun City after a long journey, although they are very poor, but these people are free people. When they arrived in Qingchun City, these people saw that this was a jungle, there was no city, and the city was for them to build. So, the steward gave them tents and three days' rations, and then told them that they had two options, one was to go to the construction sites in the city to work, so that they would be given food every day and paid every month. The second way is that if you have savings in your hands, you can go outside the city to open up wasteland, but you have to buy land first, and one or two pieces of silver can buy three acres of mountainous land and one acre of flat land. Timber and the like can be sold to a workshop specially purchased by the Castle Lord's Mansion.

If you are ready to open up the wasteland, you can borrow money from the bank of the city, up to 100 taels of silver. If you go to work on the construction site, you can also borrow money from the old and weak women and children at home to buy small livestock, and the small poultry will come back to raise. You can borrow up to ten taels of silver.

After this announcement, these people talked a lot. In fact, these policies are on board, and the stewards have already sued them. But they couldn't believe it. Where in the world is there such a good thing? Now it's already surprising to eat and drink for nothing, where can you give them money for nothing, let them start a business, if it's really like what the stewards said, then these people have to work hard for a few more years, be hardworking, and they will not all become rich? Although most of them don't believe it on board. But when I arrived in Qingchun City, I saw the stewards talking to them like this, and they also moved the silver paper over on the spot, and the neat silver paper was placed there, and a group of stewards were ready to work on the spot with pens. A few bold people stepped forward to find out the identity tag, registered it, and then applied for a loan of one hundred taels of silver. After a period of checking, I immediately got it in my hands. And there was a special person who led him to the yamen to go through the procedures for buying land. After they were done, they were asked to buy tools, and immediately took them to the field they bought, and let them start working.

The power of such an example is endless, and everyone took action for a while.

Many people who had made up their minds on the ship went to take out loans to buy land and open up wasteland. There are also some people who do not dare to take out so much money, so they go to work on the construction site, and they have a monthly money, and they also borrow money to buy livestock to feed the women and children at home.

When these people started, the conditions were very bad, and many people were crammed into a tent. Subsequently, the first houses were built, and many artisan families bought houses, moved in, and vacated many tents. The tents were again distributed to the poor people. In this way, each family was divided into two, and even later, four tents. The family can already live more spacious. But, after all, this is a tent. This place in Qingchun City is particularly hot and humid, and it is very uncomfortable to live in a tent.

Fortunately, the construction of the house was progressing quickly, and most of these people lived in temporary houses. This temporary house really makes these people happy, spacious and bright, sheltered from the wind and rain, but it is not big, and there is no house, but each family can be divided into two or even three rooms according to the size of the population, there is another kitchen and a utility room, and each row of houses has a clean toilet. Such a house has been much better than their thatched house in Da Chu. The most pleasing thing is that each house is also equipped with simple furniture, that is, a bed of miscellaneous wood, and a simple miscellaneous wooden table. I don't even have a cabinet. But this also made them a lot happier, because many of them were surrounded by four walls when they were in Dachu, and now they still have a bed and a table for eating, which is already good.

As for other things, among these people, those who work on the construction site and get paid, usually go to the workshop and spend a little money to buy a few cheap furniture, such as cabinets and the like. And those who open up the land are even easier. The trees that were cut down on their own ground, the large timber, the precious timber were all sold, and the small timber and the like were collected, and these industrious poor people could also put together a simple piece of furniture by themselves, which was even more economical, and they didn't have to spend a penny.

Therefore, what Chen Wenhui sees is these people who are very poor, but they are very satisfied with their current lives. These people saw that Chen Wenhui didn't have a little arrogance, and she was a little girl, very likable, so they told Chen Wenhui about the cause and effect of the incident, and also told their current situation and vision.

After visiting several such ordinary people, Chen Wenhui found some problems.

Quickly gathered his men together to discuss. (To be continued)