The migration to the northern part of the river was much faster than everyone expected.

In order to get the first group of migrants to their destinations before the heavy snowfall, the first group of migrants were ready to leave five days after signing up.

"Shi Ming, is this Datang Transportation Group's carriage really sending us to Hedong Road for free? Don't go halfway to collect money from us, right? ”

Shi Fu was a little apprehensive and stuffed the last package into the carriage.

Although the imperial court was responsible for solving the problem of travel for immigrants, it was impossible to equip each family with a horse-drawn carriage so luxuriously.

Basically, a four-wheeled carriage was crowded into more than a dozen people, plus the packages of each family, it can be said that it was full, and there was no need to think that you could rest in the carriage at all.

However, there were no complaints.

It's better than walking, right?

If you really want to have your own carriage, you will drive it yourself.

"Uncle Shi Fu, you don't have to worry, this Datang Transportation Group was established after His Royal Highness the King of Chu personally invited His Majesty, and the people are backed by the household department, so they are not short of our money at all. Even if you can't trust other coachmen, you must have confidence in Your Majesty and His Royal Highness the King of Chu. ”

Shi Ming could have set off with the students of Guanshishan Academy, but considering that he was also going to Hedong Road, he came over and squeezed it.

In this way, it made the other farmers around feel a lot more relaxed.

The other officials who were in charge of assisting the immigrants did not know as much as Shi Ming, and everyone did not necessarily believe it when it came to explanation.

"This Datang Transportation Group, I heard that a carriage route from Shuozhou to Chang'an City will be opened in the future, and there will be at least one carriage from Shuozhou to Chang'an every day?"

Shi Yang looked at the four-wheeled carriage that was slipping around, and he was also very curious.

The emergence of this Datang Transportation Group was very sudden.

I heard that many of the coachmen in it are still temporarily borrowing the manpower of the labor cattle transportation team and the transportation team of Nanshan Construction Engineering.

However, the carriages used are the latest four-wheeled carriages sold by Mercedes-Benz Carriage Company, the bearings are made of stainless steel, and the wheels are also a combination of cast iron and cork, this kind of carriage is not cheap.

"Not only that, in addition to Chang'an City and Shuozhou long-distance carriages, Chang'an City to Luoyang, Luoyang to Jinyang, Jinyang to Shuozhou, between the main state capitals in the middle of the Datang Transportation Group long-distance carriage in operation, in order to facilitate everyone to take the car, these places have also built a special station, all passengers on and off the train, in principle, are carried out at the station, so that it is also convenient for some people to transfer."

Shi Ming has also been busy enough these days.

On the one hand, Guanshishan Academy has done a series of emergency training for students who go to Hedong Province and Yunzhong Governor's Mansion, which takes up a lot of time.

On the other hand, his family also has to emigrate, Shi Yang is a little helpless many times, and Shi Ming has to go back to help.

Fortunately, I finally survived, and the carriage set off in a while.

Shi Fu: "Aren't these stations a bit like the post stations of the imperial court?" ”

Shi Ming: "Uncle Shi Fu, it's very appropriate for you to understand it this way. As far as I know, the imperial court is now preparing to put all the post stations in various places under the Datang Transportation Group, and then each post station can become each station, and all long-distance carriages can settle in the station, and passengers can also rest in the station. ”

"So, isn't the carriage we are riding in equivalent to the carriage of the imperial court? Isn't this Datang Transportation Group the yamen of the imperial court? ”

Shi Ming's concerns about this line of work were reduced a lot.

In recent years, the prestige of the Tang Dynasty court among the people is still very high, and the people's trust in the court is relatively high.

When officials at all levels faced the people, they did not dare to have too much oppression, and the relationship was relatively harmonious.

"You are not wrong to say so, but although this Datang Transportation Group was established by the imperial court, it is still different from the yamen such as the Chang'an County Ya and the Ministry of Household Industry. In the words of His Royal Highness the King of Chu, this Datang Transportation Group belongs to the state-owned enterprises of Datang, which is still a little different from the Yamen. ”

The people in the several carriages around him were basically villagers who Shi Ming knew, so he didn't mind telling everyone what he knew.

It seems that this can also ease everyone's nervousness.

"State-owned enterprises?"

Shi Fu and Shi Yang looked at each other.

It's the first time I've heard of it.

It seems that this is different for people who have studied in Guanshishan Academy.

Shi Yang felt a little relieved inexplicably.

But Shi Fu felt that when his child grew up, he would definitely let him go to Guanshishan Academy to study.

Shi Ming: "That's right, the meaning of this enterprise is similar to that of a workshop, and this state-owned enterprise, as the name suggests, belongs to the enterprise of Datang, and the owner behind it is the household department, one of the six departments of the imperial court." It is said that for the sake of the affairs of this state-owned enterprise, a state-owned enterprise management department has been specially set up under the Ministry of Households. ”

"In this case, this carriage can be regarded as the household's, so I don't have to worry about it. When my family Shi Liang and Shi Wen went to Xiangyang, it was also the people from the household department who were responsible for arranging the itinerary all the way, and everything turned out to be smooth and smooth. ”

Shi Fu breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the family members in the carriage, and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

It was not easy for him to make this decision.

Shi Liang and Shi Wen have opened up the situation in Xiangyang, as the eldest brother, as long as he brings the rest of the family directly over, he can live a comfortable life.

However, he is also very clear about the benefits of growing cotton.

After listening to Shi Ming's persuasion, of course, the most important thing was that Shi Yang's family was also preparing to immigrate to Hedong Road to plant cotton, and Shi Fu, who didn't sleep all night, finally chose to go to the county government to sign up.

"Everyone get into the carriage and sit down, the convoy is about to leave!"

Soon, there were officials from the household department who kept shouting in the convoy.

This time, Datang Transportation Group dispatched 200 four-wheeled carriages at one time to transport more than 2,000 people to Hedong Road at one time.

In addition to some relatively well-off families, they drove their own carriages and followed the large army, and almost this time they directly completed the immigration task of 3,000 people.

Such a big movement naturally caused a great repercussion in Chang'an City.

……

In Liujia Village, Lantian County, early this morning, the patriarch Liu Laotou was woken up by Liu Fang, who rushed back from Chang'an City.

The small village of Liujia, surrounded by mountains and home to thousands of people, lives on some fields on both sides of the stream.

Therefore, once there is any natural or man-made disaster, there is only a way to escape the famine.

That's how Liu Dalang became a homeless person in Chang'an City.

However, taking the opportunity of recruiting workers in the workshop of the Chu Wangfu, many people in Liujia Village went to Chang'an City to make a living.

Liujia Village, which was originally poor and backward, has now become a well-known and wealthy village in Lantian County.

During the Chinese New Year, there are always some villagers who are not bad in Chang'an City to return to Liujia Village and hold a feast, which makes the people in the surrounding villages envious.

"Patriarch, the purpose of my return this time is to suggest that everyone move to Hedong Road to grow cotton as much as possible. This is something that the imperial court strongly encourages and supports, and the expenses along the way are basically solved by the household department, and when you arrive at Hedong Road, each adult can get a hundred acres of Yongye land. These are not the most important things, after all, there are so many paddy fields that can be distributed to the immigration destinations of Gangnam Province and Shannan Province. ”

After Liu Fang simply greeted the patriarch, he immediately began to talk about the purpose of his return.

"So what's the most important thing?"

Although Old Man Liu is not young, his mind is still very sober.

"The most important thing is that the yield of growing cotton is ten or twenty times higher than that of corn. If it weren't for the imperial court's order that cotton should not be planted in all parts of Guanzhong Road, where would it be our turn in Liujia Village? We just don't even want to buy cotton seeds. ”

When Liu Fang came back, he naturally persuaded the clansmen to go to Hedong Road to plant cotton.

As a fourth-level worker of Nanshan Construction Engineering, Liu Fang is now also literate and hyphenated, and the news is relatively well-informed.

For the recent events in Chang'an City, it is naturally familiar.

As soon as the imperial court's policy was announced, he immediately felt that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Liujiacun.

Although he Liu Fang is now doing a good job in Nanshan, some other farmers in Liujia Village are working as helpers in Chang'an City, and their lives are not bad.

But in my hometown, there are still hundreds of families in the village who have not come out.

Although the life is much better than that of the surrounding villages, it is not at the same level compared to the good life of the immigrants that Liu Fang saw from the Datang Daily.

Liu Fang has read every newspaper since the founding of Datang Daily.

For the happy life of immigrants, he can be regarded as having a calloused ear.

"What is this cotton, we have never heard of it, you say that the income is so high, how can you make everyone believe it?"

Old man Liu has experienced a lot of things in his life, although what Liu Fang said is very exciting, he still calmly asks all kinds of questions.

"Patriarch, it's normal that you don't grow cotton. In fact, there are not many people in Guanzhong Province who can grow cotton, but you don't have to worry about it at all. The Agricultural College of Guanshishan Academy specially arranged for students to follow the immigrants to Hedong Road to guide everyone to plant cotton. This year, 10,000 acres of cotton have been planted outside Chang'an City, and I heard that it is easier than planting corn, so what do you have to worry about? ”

"Liu Fang, after all, this Hedong Road is far away from Lantian County, this rash immigrated to the past, and the place is not familiar, what should I do if I am bullied by others?"

Just as Old Man Liu was talking to Liu Fang, some nearby villagers also came over.

Liu Fang: "It is precisely because of this that I suggested that the patriarch relocate our entire Liujia Village to Hedong Road, and even invite the ancestors' spiritual seats to come over." There are hundreds of us, surrounded by other immigrants, who dares to bully us? ”

Old man Liu: "Last year, when I heard Liu Dalang return to his hometown, he said that you were busy building a cement road from Jinyang to Shuozhou. ”

Liu Fang: "That's right, the cement road from Jinyang to Shuozhou has been built. All immigrants can take a four-wheeled carriage and go along the cement road to Hedong Road. Moreover, the immigrants who leave early will be arranged in the south of Hedong Road, and the immigrants who leave late will be arranged to the north, and the further they go, the more they will be resettled in the north. Patriarch, you also know that the further north you go, the more desolate it becomes, and the closer you are to the Hu people. ”

"This ...... You give me half a day, and I will gather all the strong laborers in the village, and everyone will discuss it, and see how many people are willing to go. ”

Hearing Liu Fang say this, Old Man Liu was a little anxious.

As the patriarch of Liujia Village, he is also a little knowledgeable, so he naturally knows that this is placed in the north and the south, and the difference is big.

To put it mildly, the south side of Hedong Road, which is next to Guanzhong Road, is a prosperous place.

And those places in Shuozhou in the north are considered frontiers.

For the same 100 acres of Yongye land, the land price alone is much worse.

……

Du Fu.

"Big brother, do you really want to go to Shuozhou in person? Although the imperial court rewarded 30,000 acres of land, these lands are all ethereal, and they are simply a grassland. To develop them into cotton fields, it will cost nearly 10,000 yuan, to say the least, and a lot of people will have to be arranged. ”

Although Du Ruhui is no longer alive, he still has his place among the twenty-four heroes.

As Du Gou, who inherited the title, he naturally owns the 30,000 acres of land rewarded by the imperial court.

"Second brother, I know you don't like His Royal Highness the King of Chu, to be honest, I don't like it either. However, how profitable is this cotton planting, don't you really know how big? If it weren't for your obstruction this year, our family would have planted at least dozens of acres of cotton, so that the tenants could master the technology of cotton planting. Now that you've missed once, do you want to miss a second time? ”

Du He is obviously preparing to concentrate the strength of the Du family and operate the 30,000 acres of land rewarded by the imperial court.

Unless you want to miss out on this wave of cotton gains, you can only go to Hedong Province or Yunzhong Governor's Mansion.

"Big brother, although there is a lot of profit from planting cotton, but so many people go to plant it at once, if the Chu Wangfu lowers the purchase price to a very low level, won't everyone make wedding clothes for him?"

Du He lived the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and felt that if it were himself, he would probably do so.

"Hehe, you underestimate His Royal Highness the King of Chu too much. Although the decline in cotton prices is an inevitable trend, His Royal Highness the King of Chu will definitely not let it become extremely cheap in a short period of time, otherwise there are so many nobles in Chang'an City, who will let him go? Even His Majesty will have an opinion. ”

"But...... But ......"

Du He didn't know how to refute for a while.

"Don't! This time, I will take people to Hedong Road, and you will take some people to Lingnan Road to buy some land to grow sugarcane. Nowadays, cotton and sugar cane are things that the nobles of Chang'an City are keeping an eye on, Aya died early, if our Du family does not grasp this opportunity, maybe the family business of Nuoda will decay in our hands, how will you go to see Aya at that time? ”

"To Lingnan? Eldest brother...... This...... This Lingnan, it is simply a place for exiled criminals. ”

When Du He saw his eldest brother's attitude, he immediately knew that there was no room for bargaining.

"Hmph, the Chu Wangfu, the Fang family, and the Cheng family have all taken the lead, are you still struggling with this here? Second brother, you are messing around with the eldest grandson chong all day long, do you open your eyes to see what the eldest grandson's family is doing? The convoy to the Governor's Mansion in the Clouds had already set off yesterday. The shopkeeper who went to Lingnan to buy land set off last month. ”

Duhe: ......