Chapter 552: Transforming Mongolia (3)
In order to encourage more Han Chinese to sign up for immigration, Zhu Cicheng also ordered the Publicity Department to vigorously publicize the imperial court policy and the benefits of immigrating to Mongolia through the Daming Daily.
Daming Daily tried its best to publicize it in a good place, and almost promoted the Mongolian steppe into a paradise that everyone yearns for.
Of course, Zhu Ciji did not want to deceive the people, in fact, there will be something that will be publicized by Daming Daily.
For example, the imperial court's promise to buy cattle, sheep and horses is of course true, but at the time of publicity, it became a year to raise forty sheep, ten cows, and ten horses, according to the imperial court's purchase price, it is 18,000 silver dollars a year, which is equivalent to the value of cultivating 100 acres of land, and the return on investment is large, etc., in short, if you come back after eight years, each person can bring back more than 144,000 silver dollars.
Another example is the introduction of Mongolian women marrying unmarried men, focusing on Mongolian women who are wild, have a good figure, should be concave and convex, have a big buttocks and can give birth to children, and have many characteristics that Central Plains women do not have.
Finally, it also solemnly introduced the endless grassland scenery, the abundant water and grass everywhere, how to be suitable for herding cattle, sheep and horses, riding horses every day, driving a group of cattle and sheep around the grassland and coming back, which is much more comfortable than the wind and sun, sweaty cultivated land.
The explanation in Daming Daily was so tempting that people across the country were talking about it for a while.
"Have you heard, the imperial court is ready to immigrate a group of people to live in the Mongolian steppe, not only free houses, give away cattle, horses and sheep cubs, but also buy cattle, cows, horses and sheep cubs at a high price in the future, and the most reverie, but also to unmarried single men to introduce beautiful Mongolian women to their own children, boom! Such a big benefit, I can't stand it, if I don't already have a wife and children, I will definitely sign up! A man in his mid-thirties said.
"Moreover, you can choose to come back after eight years, and come back with more than 100,000 silver dollars when the time comes, so much money, you can't envy other people!" Another man in his twenties said.
"It was said that the imperial court introduced Mongolian women to marry, but the imperial court has just exterminated a large number of Mongolian tribes, will those Mongolian women be willing?" A single, nineteen-year-old man asked.
As soon as these words came out, many people around him immediately looked at this person with idiotic expressions.
"You are stupid, didn't you say that the imperial army has just wiped out a large number of Mongolian tribes, the whole Mongolia is under the control of the imperial court, and if you don't want to, you have to be willing, besides, didn't it be said in the Daming Daily, many Mongolians still follow the tradition of this woman's brother to brother, not only has no ethics, but most Mongolian men regard Mongolian women as property rather than their wives, Mongolian women don't have much affection for them, and my Han men are mostly very good to their wives, at least after marrying my Han man, They are all members of the Ming Dynasty, and they can enjoy the benefits of the Ming Dynasty to the people, how can they not want to! Some people explained.
Of course, it remains to be considered whether this is really the case, but what Daming Daily said so, it must not be far off.
Hearing this, the nineteen-year-old man was immediately moved, he has not yet married, although his life is better now, but it is not much easier to marry a daughter-in-law than before, at least the dowry has also risen, he has four brothers in his family, only the eldest has become a family, he is the fourth, and when the family has saved enough money, he has to wait for the second and third to get married before it is his turn, that is at least three or four years later, when he is about to come back from the Mongolian steppe, not only can bring back his Mongolian wife, but also bring back hundreds of thousands of silver dollars, I don't know how many times better than a family's hard work every year.
It is not uncommon for people who are the same age as this 19-year-old man and who have not yet started a family to have such thoughts.
"You rabbit cub, what are you kidding with Lao Tzu, you can't finish cultivating a lot of fields at home, you still want to go to the grassland to graze cattle, your head is clamped, you want to be angry with you Lao Tzu and me" A big scolding came from a farmer.
This farmer is located in the south of the Yangtze River, with nine people in the family and 100 acres of land.
"Dad, my son is not joking, my son is telling the truth, my son really wants to go to the grassland to develop, Dad, you agree!" This is exactly the nineteen-year-old man who talked to people on the street, and he made such a deliberate decision.
The four brothers in the family, not only because he wants to marry a wife will have to wait for several years, but what worries him more is that after the four brothers get married, once they split up in the future, according to the current situation, each brother can get a maximum of twenty or thirty acres of land, which may be enough for him to live as a family in the future, but his next generation, if he also has more than two or even three or four sons, is it not that after his sons divide the family, each son will not even be able to share ten acres of land, by that time, Will the son blame him for missing the opportunity and letting go of a chance to make a fortune?
It is precisely because of this thought that the man is so determined to go to the grassland.
"Bastard, Lao Tzu is not dead yet, you don't want to send Lao Tzu to the end of his old age, you have to run so far!" As the head of the family, the old man did not think as far as the man, he only knew that the family's fields were almost not planted, and if one son went to such a far place, wouldn't there be a lack of labor, and the other three sons would be even harder.
Besides, the old man has lived for more than half his life, and he always thinks that there is no pie in the world, and it is better to really farm and farm, as long as the family does not starve to death, it is unrealistic to think about making a fortune.
"Little four, Mongolia is four or five thousand miles away from home, don't run so far away if you have nothing to do." The man's mother also spoke, and she knew that she didn't agree with it when she heard the tone.
"Yes, fourth brother, my father and mother are right, what are you doing so far away, you can honestly farm at home, it's my turn to say kiss next year, I'll let you first, and I'll wait for two more years, what's the matter?" The second brother of the man also spoke out to persuade him.
"Fourth brother, although the court has good publicity, you also have to think clearly, it may not be as good as the court says." The man's eldest brother also persuaded.
"If you want to open it, don't go to the fourth brother." Even the third brother of the man spoke out to persuade him.
In general, none of the big families agreed to sign up for the man to settle in the Mongolian steppe.
The man was speechless for a while, his face kept changing his subordinates, and after a while, he became firm again.
"Daddy, three brothers, I still think there is no future in farming at home, so even if you oppose it, I must go!" The man insisted on the Tao very much.
The man was resolute and a little careless, he firmly believed in his belief that he would definitely make a fortune if he went to the Mongolian steppe.
"Rebel, don't listen to the old man, I'll kill you a rebel!" The old man was immediately furious, and he found a stick and threw it at the man, hoping to wake him up.
The man endured it silently.
That night, after the man packed his baggage, he quietly left after the early morning, and rushed to the county government early the next morning to sign up for the Mongolian steppe to settle down.
There are no longer a few people in the same situation with the man, most of them are single young men with many brothers in the family, and there are very few people who drag their families with their mouths, after all, the Ming Dynasty has just settled down in the past few years, and there are a lot of land restrictions because of decades of war, and there are almost very few families who lack land to cultivate.
Of course, there are also some who simply don't want to farm and want to go to the Mongolian steppe to make a fortune.
The proportion of the number of people who sign up may be extremely low, with an average of only one person in hundreds or even one or two thousand people, but the current population of more than 140 million in the Ming Dynasty, and the number of people all over the country who have signed up, there are no less than four or five hundred thousand people who are willing to do so. Don't underestimate these four or five hundred thousand people, most of them are unmarried young adults, once they have a family in the grassland, each of them is giving birth to a few children, and in less than eight years, the Han people on the grassland will be able to exceed one million. Eight years later, even if some people still want to return to the Central Plains, there will not be many. At the same time, the Mongolian steppe is so big, Zhu Ciji is definitely not only a group of immigrants, there will be more people one after another.