Ten days later, on the first day of February, the first batch of immigrants from Zhongxing Road also came to Xiangyang Road by boat.

The number of immigrants in this group reached more than 15,000, which of course was only the smallest of the four groups from Zhongxing Road.

Yes, this time there are a lot of voluntary immigrants, far more than Zhang Shihua imagined in advance.

Since ancient times, the Chinese people have had this strong sentiment of being inseparable from their homeland, so Zhang Shihua thought that it would be good for all the immigrants in the five places of Zhongxing Road to add up to 100,000.

But what Zhang Shihua never expected was that in Zhongxing Road alone, the entire immigrant population of the seven cities of Zhongxing would be close to 80,000. The total immigrant population in Zhongxing, Anlu, Xiazhou, Jingmen, and Chuyang has reached a staggering 200,000.

is twice as many as Zhang Shihua expected.

Of course, 200,000 people are not worth mentioning at all in the eyes of our future generations, that is, the population size of a small county.

But if the 200,000-strong population of immigrants had been placed in China in the 14th century, it would have been a very big thing. And you must know that Zhang Shihua is now just a small warlord who occupied eighty percent of the land in the late Yuan Dynasty.

Therefore, the pressure on the 200,000 immigrants can be imagined.

Therefore, in order to solve this major immigration problem, Zhang Shihua even put the newly trained recruit battalion into this matter.

But even so, after nearly ten days of busy work, they were just able to transport the first batch of immigrants from Zhongxing Road. After all, at the beginning, Zhang Shihua's plans and arrangements were only formulated according to the standard of 100,000 people. Now that the number of immigrants has doubled all of a sudden, it is natural that all the plans and arrangements that were originally made will be overturned.

Fortunately, the Black Army is still a nascent regime, and the regime itself is still full of positive vitality.

Therefore, although this spring migration has caused great pressure on the entire army in the country, with the full cooperation of the government and the military, as long as there is no accident, it is expected that by the end of February, 200,000 immigrants will also be able to receive their own land, farm tools and seeds, and be reasonably resettled.

But these are all later stories, just now, because the first batch of immigrants signed up, Lu Gan, who has never even been out of Jiangling County, couldn't help but board a boat at Anlu Mansion and came to Xiangyang, which is hundreds of miles away from his hometown.

"Alright, folks, have you all seen the boundary monument by the river? Now, let's officially come to Xiangyang Road. After boarding the ship from Anlu and doing the ship for a day and a night, Lu Gan, who was alone and only holding a small package, couldn't help but hear the captain of the ship say such things to them.

And on this big sand boat, more than 100 villagers heard this, and they couldn't help whispering when they were deeply confused and even afraid of the future.

But on the surface, most of them are at least happy. After all, they are finally in this place that is said to be full of hope.

"Hey, Captain Boat, how long will it be before we get our own land and a place to put down roots?" After whispering for a moment, a man with dark skin and a face that looked almost forty years old couldn't help but ask the captain of the ship a question that everyone on the ship was most concerned about.

"It didn't take long." The captain looked at the man and replied with a smile. "You know, after a few hours at most, we can get to Yicheng. In the past two years, Yicheng has suffered a particularly bad military disaster, and the people in the city have almost gone. ”

"So next, you boatload of people will be placed in Yicheng. When the time comes, as long as you register, our Lord Pingzhang will give you the land, farm tools, and seeds. ”

"What, Lord Pingzhang will also give us farm tools!" Hearing the captain say this, many people on the boat couldn't help but cry out with joy.

After all, for these poor people at the absolute bottom, iron farming tools are really a very valuable asset.

And the boss of the boat also understood this, so he waved his hand, suppressed the noise on the boat, and continued to speak: "Listen to me, there will definitely be farm tools, seeds and other things. And the seeds must have been given to you for free, but I don't know if anything other than the seeds was given for free. ”

"After all, if you look at it, you can see how many people have emigrated like you this time. But you can rest assured, with our Pingzhang adults, our Pingzhang adults will definitely not pit you. You say no. ”

"Yes, that's true." Hearing the boss of the boat say this, these ordinary people on the ship couldn't help but nod their heads.

Although people like them, in the words of the old man, they are all mud legs who don't know a single one in big characters.

However, after experiencing the ups and downs of life, there is no reason to eat free lunch in the world, and they all understand it. So they're not the kind of people who are 'greedy enough to swallow elephants', and even if things like farm tools cost money, they are all acceptable.

After all, the truth that 'it costs money to take something that is not their own' seems to them to be a matter of course. It's like the sun has to rise in the east every day, there's nothing unacceptable.

However, although he understood this truth in his heart, people like Lu Gan still couldn't help but be a little worried. Because he didn't have any money to sell farm tools.

But at this time, I thought that I was about to be able to own a piece of land. Lu Gan's heart was filled with hope again.

As long as you can have a piece of land and are willing to work hard, everything will always be there. Lu Gan clenched the patched simple package in his hand, he had just turned twenty years old, and his eyes couldn't help but become firm again.

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"Oh, everyone's wake up, wake up, we're here now." At noon, after eating some dry food from the officials when I got on the ship, and sleeping in a daze, I couldn't help but hear the boss of the ship shouting on the deck.

As soon as he heard this, Lu Gan opened his eyes violently, and couldn't help but grab the package he had been holding in his hand into his arms again.

Then he opened the package a little and took a look at the more than 200 copper plates that he had managed to save in the package. Lu Gan took a deep breath, and he couldn't help but follow the crowd and came to the deck together.

"Hum~~" As soon as he walked out of the cabin and came to the deck, the noisy noise around him couldn't help but fill Lu Gan's mind.

And with the noise on his back, Lu Gan's last bit of sleepiness disappeared. So I saw that he put the package on the ground next, rubbed his eyes, and couldn't help but look at the surrounding environment curiously.

At this time, it seemed that they had come to a small ferry.

Yes, in Lu Gan's eyes, this is indeed a small ferry. After all, compared with the ferry terminal in Jiangling City, this small ferry port in Yicheng is really not enough.

Therefore, Lu Gan, who has been begging for a life on the ferry since he was a child, and is accustomed to seeing such a formation, does not feel strange and afraid because of the large number of people, and strangely has a sense of relief.

And it was at this time that the captain of the ship finally spoke with an iron horn. "Okay, everybody. Now we will dock the boat, and when the boat is parked, everyone will follow me, and we will not be left behind. I will take you to the registration office as soon as the time comes. After all, it's not too early now. ”

"Let's take care of this before the sun goes down, and then you can stay in the tent over there for the night and rest."

"Okay, the boat is docked, now everyone follows me, don't be left behind." The captain of the ship shouted with an iron horn.

And hearing his words, Lu Gan's hundreds of people naturally followed him closely behind him and walked towards the registration place.

"Hey, sir. This is all from the Jiangling Mansion on Zhongxing Road. The number of our ship is Ship A No. 3, and I will register it. "I walked to the registration office and saw the officers working under the protection of several black-clad sergeants.

The ship's boss couldn't help but smile on his face, and said to these officials respectfully.

Seeing this, the clerk in charge of registration nodded, and couldn't help but pick up the pen, opened the paperwork, and began the registration with the ship's boss asking and answering.

"Okay, your ship has been recorded, take this small ticket, and you can go over there to get the money." After registering the boat boss first, the clerk couldn't help but give the boat boss a small ticket stamped with a red seal. pointed him in the right direction, and couldn't help but let him get his share of the fare.

"Okay, there's a laborer, there's a laborer." Seeing the bright red seal on the receipt, and knowing that his efforts could be compensated these days, the smiling ship boss couldn't help but thank the official again and again.

The officer just nodded silently and didn't say anything.

"Alright, folks, come here to register. My mission is complete, and you will be in charge of the arrangements for the next step. Then, my old Wu will also leave. The captain of the boat carefully put the ticket into his arms, and then turned to the people who followed him closely, and couldn't help but say such words.

And hearing his words, Lu Gan and the other people naturally understood. After all, since they came from Zhongxing Road to Xiangyang, it is not the first time that such a situation has been encountered.

So some of the people said hello to the boss of the boat again, and then watched him leave.

"Alright, he's gone, now you all have to come and register right away." waited until the captain left, and one of the five officials sitting behind the table couldn't help waving his hand and saying such a thing.

And it wasn't until they heard this that these people, who seemed extremely restrained on such an occasion, walked to the table with a smile on their faces.

"Poor, poor master, how do we register, are we pressing fingerprints?" A dark-skinned man who looked to be in his thirties and looked very thin asked cautiously when he walked to the table and walked to the table.

However, in response to such a question, the white-faced and beardless clerk sitting behind the table looked up at him, then picked up his pen and opened the paperwork, and asked him: "Give me your name, age, and place of origin." ”

"Hey, my name is Ma Ergou......" Hearing the officer's question, the man rubbed his pants with both hands, and couldn't help but make such an answer.

However, hearing his answer, the official frowned slightly, but said coldly: "I'm talking about a big name, your big name is called Ma Ergou?" ”

"Yes, sir." Hearing the clerk ask, the man became even more restrained. However, when he saw the woman who was not leaving him an inch, he still hurriedly smiled and said: "My name is called Ma Ergou, and my father said that such a cheap name is easy to support." ”

"Okay, Ma Ergou." Hearing this, the white-faced and beardless official pursed his lips, and took the note after the name Ma Ergou was not. couldn't help but continue to interrogate Ma Ergou's age, place of origin, and the like.

Of course, at this time, I didn't know that this one official was registering work, and after the other officials were busy with the things at hand, they also called some people from the team and asked them to come to their side to register.

After all, this is the last boatload of people today, and the sooner these people are registered, they will be able to leave work earlier.

And because there were five officials in charge of registering the more than 100 people, the time spent on these people before and after only added up to just over a quarter of an hour.

Therefore, just after the registration was completed, a platoon commander of the black-clothed army, who had been sitting next to him drinking tea, couldn't help but put down his teacup, stood up and shouted to these people: "Okay, this boatload of people from Jiangling is all registered, right?" ”

"......" was silent. I just came here, and I am not familiar with the place, so these restrained people naturally dare not say anything. However, this is also obviously registered.

So when the platoon commander saw this, he waved his hand and couldn't help but say, "Okay, since that's the case, then you all come with me." I'm taking you to dinner now, and I'm arranging a place for you to stay. Tomorrow, you'll have to make the last stretch of the road. The platoon commander said this, and his tone seemed very easy-going.

But after saying this, he waved to Lu Gan and the others, and then turned around and left directly.

And when Lu Gan and the others saw him like this, whether they were dragging their families or alone, they naturally followed one after another, for fear of falling behind.

And now at this time, among the crowd, Lu Gan naturally followed. However, because his figure is relatively thin, he is wrapped in the crowd, and he is not tall, but he has never been able to carefully see the environment on this side of Yicheng Ferry.