Chapter Seventy-Four: New Immigrants

After more than a month, the weather in Pingzhou gradually warmed up, and Li Xiaowen was really busy, he wanted to lead people to slowly bring the refugees from Phoenix Island to various places to reclaim the wasteland, and prepare for the spring ploughing below. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoAfter a few months of recuperation, the refugees' mental outlook has improved greatly, and they used to be hungry and cold, their faces have become rosy, and their bodies have begun to become healthier.

Li Xiaowen wanted Ma Han's refugees to be arranged by Ma Yuan, but Jiang Hexing suggested that it was best for him to let all the refugees who came this time be resettled together, because they were all from Dongjun, and many of them were relatives, so they could settle down here by taking care of them.

The water of the Liao River has not yet thawed, and it is not yet possible to sail, and it is estimated that it will take another month before it can really start to be transported in large quantities. However, the first batch of refugees had to travel by land from Mahan to Anwu, then to Pingzhou Prefecture, and then from Pingzhou Prefecture to various wasteland areas.

The port of Mahan, facing Phoenix Island, is full of sailboats, and the water is light and clear, not rolling up white waves. The weather here has a bit of an early spring February feel. The trees have turned green, the grass is showing its buds, and the warm sun is shining on the earth.

Three miles northeast of the port of Mahan, there is a place where refugees are concentrated, and Peng Daniu's family lives here. Peng Daniu received news the day before yesterday that they would be the first batch of refugees to go 200 miles north of Pingzhou Mansion and have been packing up their belongings for the past two days. Fortunately, there are no belongings, and they have been packed. Look at the time, the sun is already in the west, why hasn't this car come yet?

Peng Daniu sent his eldest son Peng Zhongyu to his cousin Peng Bohai's house to inquire about when he would leave. After a while, Peng Bohai arrived, and hurriedly said to Peng Daniu: "Big brother, don't worry, what I said is that the carriage will arrive tonight, and then you can leave with your belongings on it." ”

"Oh, Bohai, what other belongings do I have, you and the Bojiang family can also load a car, I see that they have a lot of things in this carriage." Peng Daniu looked at his cousin and said.

Peng Bohai smiled bitterly and said: "I don't have any belongings, if I wasn't poor, who would want to come to this ghost place from thousands of mountains and thousands of miles." Those who came out of Pengjia Village all had no land at home, and all of them were tenants, so they wanted to come out and try their luck. There are 32 households and 175 people here, and you can see that a few people have come here to buy belongings. Even if you have money, you won't buy it now, and you have to move out anyway. It's nothing more than pots and pans and the like, these are issued by the household, and you don't need to buy them, and there are some tents, and the bedding is not fake, but it's not worth much. ”

Peng Daniu sighed and said: "You are right, our 32 families, fortunately, are all together and have a care for each other." But in just a few months, you see that you have not posted a good thing, and some of the other people in the village are talking about you in private. ”

Peng Bohai said: "What do you say?" ”

"It's nothing more than that you have a high vision now, and you also learn from them when you speak, and you have a bit of Qingzhou flavor, and you don't look like us from Dongjun. And are you and Bojiang going to do business again? ”

"Big brother, Bojiang and I are discussing doing some business, but we haven't decided yet, so we will wait until the place, get the land first, and then do some business when we have time while farming. You see that in the past few months, we have helped others to do chores first, and then we have done a little bit ourselves. ”

Peng Daniu said: "Did they say how many cars we have here in Pengjia Village?" ”

Peng Bohai said: "I said, 10 cars, basically three families have a car, but they all cost money, saying that it is a maintenance fee, and if the car is badly damaged, it will be charged." But one for the three of us is enough, and you don't have to worry about the money. It's not easy for you to carry sacks in the port every day, and the money you've saved in the past few months has been used to buy things for a few children. ”

Peng Daniu smiled and said: "I used to be hungry every day, and I didn't think much of the time to spend so much money, don't look at the hard work of carrying a sack, the salary here is high, I think I will work for a month, and I will work in my hometown for a year." In the past few months, I haven't been able to save any money, it's just a few children, I see what other people are wearing, and I have to wear it well, and I see what kind of hot pot people eat every day, and they also want to eat hot pot, and the money is spent on their heads. ”

Peng Bohai rolled his eyes and said: "Big brother, you see that if it is easy to make money here, otherwise we will not go to the Pingzhou Mansion first." After all, life here is good, you see that Zhong Yu is not small, let him come out to do something, he can also earn a lot of money, otherwise it will be okay with me, I will guarantee him to settle down here within a year. ”

Peng Daniu hurriedly waved his hand and said: "There is land over there in Pingzhou, and it must be good land to go early, I can't wait to go where I go now, and it's better to do anything than farming." ”

Peng Bohai said: "Big brother, don't look at it here, it's not very cold here, it's still cold and snowy there, it's still far away, and Ju said that it will take about a month to get there." ”

Peng Daniu smiled: "Don't say a month, I'll go for another half a year." ”

Peng Bohai didn't say anything more, the two brothers chatted about some other people's families in the village, and the two were chatting, when someone outside the tent said loudly: "The car is coming, the car is coming, everyone pack up your things." ”

The two hurriedly ran out of the tent and saw a long row of four-wheeled carriages parked on the main road. Each car is pulled by two horses, and each horse is tall, athletic, and magnificent.

As soon as Peng Bohai arrived on the road, someone said to him: "They are looking for you, hurry up." ”

Peng Bohai ran to the carriage like a smoke, looked at the soldiers who were driving the carriage with a smile, and greeted them cordially. A yellow-faced bald little leader said to him: "Are you Peng Bohai?" ”

Peng Bohai said: "Exactly, I don't know what the general is called?" ”

"Haha, general, I don't think I have much hope in this life, my name is Zheng Qiang, and I am the transportation squad leader in charge of transportation in your village. You call me squad leader Zheng, the two of us divide the work, I have the final say on the matter of being a soldier, and you have the final say on the affairs of the village. We will bring our own food along the way, as well as grain and grass, but we may not need it, there are people along the way, villagers do not need to bring their own food, there are food distribution points along the way, and food is distributed according to the head. However, it is not available everywhere, that is, a ration of food for 500 miles, so I suggest that you bring your own dry food in case of emergency. ”

After listening to the introduction of this squad leader, Peng Bohai had a few words in his heart: "Squad leader Zheng, what does this vehicle allocation say?" ”

Squad leader Zheng said: "There are 10 cars here in your village, you can allocate them yourself, tell me if you assign them, and I will ask the soldiers to go with you." ”

Peng Bohai hurriedly nodded and said, "This is excellent, I can arrange it when I go back." ”

After speaking, Peng Bohai went back with a smoke, and after a while, Peng Bohai was followed by 9 men, and then said to squad leader Zheng that he would take a car back to load his belongings. ”