Chapter 109: Granting Land (continued)
Xiyang City is in an uproar for the granting of land, and the Hulin Army barracks on the outskirts of the east of the city are also full of people, and the camp has always been strictly forbidden to make noise, but now the law enforcement team is turning a blind eye to this situation.
Because it is a special situation, today is the critical moment of the "lottery", and Yuwen made Jun special permission to allow everyone to be "lively".
The school field was full of soldiers, and there was a table table on the high platform in front of it, on which were several large bamboo tubes, and behind the high platform hung a huge white cloth curtain with a zigzag figure waving on it.
It is a map of the terrain around Xiyang City, and the graphics in the map represent each piece of land that can be granted, and the soldiers who came to the stage in turn are drawing lots in the "lottery", and they choose the land in order according to the size of the numbers on the bamboo sticks.
From April this year to the present, the Zhou army has fought against Chen Guo many times, and the soldiers of the Hulin Army have fought bloodily under the leadership of the commander Yu Wenwen, and the soldiers who have made meritorious contributions have waited for the day of granting the field.
All meritorious soldiers are registered, their personal merits are written in detail and announced in the barracks, and although everyone can recite a thousand characters, the literacy rate is still very low, so there are special people who are responsible for 'answering questions' at the edge of the list.
After no one questioned the publicity for a period of time, the activities of on-site land inspection were in full swing, and the soldiers who were qualified to divide the land went to the site of the field survey under the organization of the superiors.
The land to be divided by the Hulin Army has already been drawn, and the plots corresponding to the number of people who have been granted land have been drawn, because the ditches have been repaired in advance, so each plot can be well irrigated.
Although it is wasteland, but the soil quality is also good and bad, in order to ensure fairness, the division of the plot to avoid the occurrence of good land, secondary land separately piled up, of course, absolute fairness is not possible.
The scope of the generals and above is separately demarcated, and the lottery is also carried out separately from the soldiers, firstly, to reflect the difference between superiors and subordinates, and secondly, to avoid the generals from enclosing all the good land.
Therefore, the division of the plot is the key, Yu Wenwen personally presided over the work, assigned people to the scene to investigate, and also organized soldiers to elect representatives to participate together, and the final division of the plot was finally finalized after several publicity.
In view of this, whether it is a general or a soldier, there is no doubt about the land division plan, and the soldiers who are qualified to divide the land have already memorized the advantages and disadvantages of each block through on-site investigation, and everything depends on the "lottery".
In order to avoid the people who have made great contributions from drawing to the next lot, and making it chilling to eat leftovers at the end, the people who draw lots are divided into five grades according to their military merits, and the highest first gear is drawn first, and everyone in this grade will only reach the second gear after they have drawn it, and it will continue like this until the end.
Yu Wenwen personally on the stage of the abbot ceremony, by the loud voice in the full of roll call, the soldiers according to the size of the merit in order on the stage "lottery" draw, of course, after the stage of the generals and soldiers are separate for the lottery, and how many numbers to shake depends on their luck.
All the soldiers were assembled according to the army, buildings, teams, squads, and even the soldiers, who were waiting for the division of land, listened attentively, and walked up to the stage to shake the trumpet when they heard their names shouted on the stage, while the other soldiers were onlookers and witnessed their comrades exchange military exploits for land.
"Ah Guo, it's time for me in a while, which piece of land do you think you should choose?" Liu Hulu said excitedly, he made military merits and was qualified to divide the land, although it was only the final fifth gear, but it still made him excited, and Tongshi's partner Zhang Xutuo could have been divided, but he gave up for promotion.
"Haven't you thought about it all, no matter how bad it is, it's not much worse, don't panic." Zhang Xutuo said that Liu Hulu had been so excited that he hadn't closed his eyes for several nights because of the matter of granting land and dividing land.
Listening to the names of one by one, and then the names were passed from the front to the back, and under the attention of everyone, they walked up to the stage to 'shake the number', and after selecting the plot, a small flag was planted on the big curtain, looking at the more and more small flags, Liu Hulu was anxious and looking forward to it.
His family is very poor and landless, relying on farming for others to barely survive, and then his mother fell ill, and spent almost all his property in order to treat the disease.
Yuwen envoy's soldiers are notoriously well treated, Liu Hulu didn't think so much, his mother was frail and sickly, and the family laborers included him, his father and his brother, but the rice he earned back after a year of being busy was not enough to eat, and he was willing to gamble his life in order to have enough to eat.
As a result, this bet was the right one!
Joined the Tiger Forest Army, day and night exercises, tired is very tired but really full, he saved the monthly military salary, entrusted the army messenger to send home, and also thought about retreating when he went into battle, but that couldn't be done.
The comrades who practiced together were all killing the enemy, he had no face to retreat, and military law was not a joke, not to mention that there were rewards for meritorious service, this desperate effort actually saved the life of the owner of the building on the battlefield, plus other accumulated military merits, the land can be divided, although it is a wasteland, Liu Hulu can no longer believe his ears.
What about the wasteland, he went to see the scene, there are river embankments to protect and ditches to irrigate, no matter how hard that land is cultivated, it will be a good field in a few years, and with good land there will be food, and with food can it be considered a home.
He has asked someone to bring the news home, the whole family has set off to Bazhou, and the newly built house of the Hulin Army in Bahe City is also ready, that is, to settle the families of these soldiers who have divided the land, so they can open up the wasteland in the spring.
Many soldiers are homeless, but it doesn't matter if they don't have farm tools, the army rents iron plows, iron hoes, and shovels at low prices, including the curved plough seen at the beginning of the year, and ploughing oxen can be rented.
There is also the novel method of rice planting, if you are willing to use it, someone will teach you by hand. It doesn't matter if you don't want to plant rice, you can plant rice seeds if there is a supply, and the cost will be settled at the end of the year.
No matter what, you must work hard, next year's harvest will be your own after paying off your debts!
Zhang Xutuo saw Liu Hulu's distraction, and he also had a special taste in his heart, today's military camp gave the field with great fanfare, and the Hulin Army was very excited, and naturally smiled from ear to ear when they had a share of the field, and those who did not have a share for the time being were envious.
Of course, land is not a common reward, according to the latest regulations, meritorious soldiers have two choices: either divide the land, or choose to be promoted, and the two can only choose one of them.
Many poor soldiers did not hesitate to choose the land, but Zhang Xutuo did not hesitate, he chose to be promoted.
Zhang Xutuo's family was originally in Jingzhou, his father was a county prince, and after being implicated, he came to Bazhou, and the land was naturally gone, but his father is now working as a clerk in the state government, and he got Lu rice during the autumn harvest, and it is not a problem to feed the family with Yulu, so Zhang Xutuo decided to seize the opportunity.
After this granting of land, there will be personnel changes in the Hulin Army, and Zhang Xutuo's chief will also be promoted, so Zhang Xutuo gave up the opportunity to divide the land and took over the post of chief with military merits.
The establishment of the Hulin Army is eleven people, and the chief has ten soldiers, and in a few days, Zhang Xutuo will be the chief and can command his ten soldiers to fight.
"Liu Hulu! The third team of the second building of the third army, the first team of the second squad, Liu Hulu!! ”
"Liu Hulu of the Third Army!" "Liu Hulu of the second squad and the first Shi!!"
The shouts came from the front to the back, first the roll call on the stage, then the military master to whom this person belonged continued to shout, then the owner of the building to which he belonged, and then the owner of the team to which he belonged continued to shout.
Many people around him turned their heads to look at him, looking at the envious expressions of their comrades, Liu Hulu, who had become the focus of attention, was a little at a loss, and even the chief shouted to him one after another without hearing him.
"Hurry up, hurry up and get on stage!" Zhang Xutuo patted Liu Hulu's shoulder, raised his right hand, and watched his companion run towards the stage with small steps, Zhang Xutuo also quietly clenched his fists.
"If you have to work hard, I will work hard!" (To be continued.) )