After Wei Shan returned to the village, he left the village two days later, calling his father and brothers home, and many men in the village also came back.

The old and young masters in Xiashan Village crowded into Wei Shan's house every day to discuss matters.

A small closed mountain nest in Xiashan Village, where almost every family has no food and clothing, and now I hear that immigrants outside the customs can actually get so many fields, and none of them are calm.

If what Wei Shan said is true, then no matter how many mountains are dug and how many roads are built, they can't earn back that kind of family business.

Even the son of Master Wei, the only landlord in the village, came every day. Although Master Wei is the landlord in the village, his family's land is only about 200 acres, and the fields in the mountains are thin, and he can't harvest much grain in a year, and he doesn't have much other output, so this landlord is actually from an average family.

Old Man Wei has many children and grandchildren, and this business will be passed on to the eldest son in the future, and the other sons can only share some money according to the rules, not the land. Therefore, when they heard that they could get a hundred acres of fertile land outside the customs and could be allocated to one person, the other sons of Master Wei were also a little moved.

At first, everyone didn't believe that there was such a good thing, there would only be hail in the sky, and pies would fall somewhere. As a result, two days later, Wei Shan went out of the mountain again, went to the county, and then when he came back, two people who ate public grain came with him.

The matter of immigration is now the top priority of the yamen in various localities, and it is the main business. Under the examination law of various official offices, the tasks assigned by the above cannot be sloppy, and if the tasks are not completed within the specified time limit, they will have to deduct points and get bad evaluations, and if there are too many points, they may even have to be demoted, or even directly removed from public office, so not only officials at all levels are very concerned. Even the officials below are concerned.

Now all the officials have increased their salaries, and no one wants to throw away this food errand.

According to the will of the imperial court, Shandong Province should immigrate to Liaobei Province, and Shandong Province is also divided by prefectures. And then build a new prefecture and county.

Yishui County belongs to Qingzhou Mansion in Shandong, which is adjacent to Yanzhou Mansion in the south, Jinan in the west, and Laizhou Mansion in the east.

The task given to Shandong above is to immigrate 1 million to Liaobei Province, while the task given by Shandong to Qingzhou is to immigrate 200,000. Qingzhou Prefecture to Yishui County is a population of 20,000 immigrants.

The tasks transferred layer by layer were pressed on the heads of the officials in Yishui County.

Qingzhou is a big house, but Yishui is a poor county. But the poor are poor. The population is quite large, but it is also a difficult task to immigrate 20,000.

The county officials have been thinking about how to accomplish this difficult task recently, after all, although the conditions given by the imperial court are good, ordinary people may not believe it. And even if they are poor, some people still can't leave their homeland.

At this time, Wei Shan took the initiative to come, which undoubtedly made the county very happy.

The county lord clapped his hands. Immediately sent two officials to personally accompany Wei Shan to the mountains to formally introduce the imperial court's immigration plan to them.

Efforts should be made to mobilize them to emigrate.

The tolerance in the county came. The same words, but coming out of their mouths, are much more convincing.

According to the tolerance, this was the plan of the imperial court and the will of the emperor himself. Some of the people migrated from Shandong to northern Liaobei and settled down there. Divide the land and grant the land.

"Don't worry about anything, the court is all for everyone's sake. We have also seen the situation in your village, deep in the mountains, the roads are impassable, and there are very few fields. The villagers have lived here for generations, and their lives have always been very poor. To go out of the mountain, you have to walk forty or fifty miles of mountain roads, and you usually have to walk for half a day to buy a salt, which is too inconvenient, especially for Tian Shao. ”

"There are more than 100 households in the village, with a population of more than 1,000, but the average person is less than one acre of land, and at the end of the year, they can't even get enough food and clothing. Most of the male babies in the village who can't marry a daughter-in-law in their twenties are poor and famous, and when other villages hear that they are from Xiashan Village, they refuse to let the matchmaker enter the door. ”

The old and young masters of Xiashan Village lowered their heads in embarrassment when they heard the words of the people, they were telling the truth.

"Thinking about change, change makes sense. Now there is a good opportunity in front of everyone's eyes, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, the imperial court opened up territory outside the customs and laid a large area of land. You know that in the north of Liaodong in Liaoxi, we went to sea from Denglai in Shandong, crossed the Bohai Bay by boat to Lushun on the Liaodong Peninsula, and went all the way to the north of Liaobei. It is the same as the banks of the Liao River, it is an endless great plain, not like we are all mountains here, and when you get there, it is difficult to see a mountain, it is all flat land, and the water is also abundant. ”

The tolerance depicts a whole plain of Songnen Plain, which he knows from the information sent from above, but it also seems to be true.

"You don't have to worry about how to get over, the court will be responsible. If you are willing to go, you should first register with the government, and then the court will arrange it for you. At that time, we will all line up in one county, and when the spring of next year begins, and when we are ready, we will set off together. The imperial court will prepare carriages and horses for you, prepare food for the road, and even send troops to escort you, and will also arrange for doctors to follow, and provide tents to ensure the smooth and safe road. ”

"When you get there, you don't have to worry. At that time, all the immigrants from one of our counties will be arranged to one place, and when they get there, they will build a township, and those in Yishui County will be divided into one township when they get there. In the first year, everyone worked together to reclaim the wasteland, help each other, build houses together, build Zhuangzi, and repair water conservancy. ”

"After a year of adaptation, the village of Tunzhuang was built, and then everyone went their separate ways. Cultivate your own fields, as long as everyone is willing to work hard, the fields are not there. Rest assured, the imperial court will also provide us with lease of ploughing oxen and horses, farm tools and seeds. ”

"Newly cultivated fields are tax-free for the first three years."

"For those who are willing to immigrate to northern Liaoning, the imperial court will also issue 20 yuan for each household and provide 100 yuan of interest-free loans."

Hearing that the official messenger said it so well, everyone couldn't help but be moved.

Xiashan Village is indeed too poor, and everyone used to stay in the mountains every day, and they didn't think much of it. This year, I went out to build roads with the arrangement of the county, which can be regarded as broadening my horizons and seeing the outside world, only to find that compared with other people in Qingzhou, they are indeed too far behind.

It's just that Liaobei is far away after all, and if you want to cross the ocean, you will first go to Liaodong, and then go north. This north, I don't know where it is north, everyone is still worried about Hulu, I heard that Liaobei used to be the territory of Mongolia and Jurchens, everyone went, are they willing?

While eating breakfast, Wei Shan's father looked at his son, the breakfast at home was French fries vermicelli, and a big pot was cooked, and the family ate very happily.

Wei Shan's father asked, "Dawa, what do you think, Liaobei is really so good?" ”

"That's what the imperial court said, and I believe the imperial court." Wei Shan put down his chopsticks and said to his father, "Dad, look at the current imperial court, after the new emperor succeeds to the throne, is our life much better?" In the past, the government collected grain and taxes every year, so how can we have a good life. You see, now, the imperial court has reduced rent and interest, and the government not only does not come to levy taxes, but also organizes us to build roads to make money. In the past, we also went to repair roads and cities, but when we didn't bring our own dry food, how could we have the money to get it? ”

"Now this court is different from the previous Ming Dynasty, Dad, look outside, there is a prosperous scene everywhere. I'm in Qingdao, and it's even more lively. I really don't want to continue to stay in this small mountain village, but after all, I can only work for others outside, and now the imperial court has beaten Xinjiang soil and divided land for those who are willing to move, how can I miss such a good thing. ”

Wei Shan's father's eyes fell on his wife, whose hair was half white and two of her teeth were missing. "What do you think?"

Wei Shan's mother said, "Which of our women understands that, we have stayed in this mountain all our lives, and we don't know the outside world." But if you go to Liaobei and there is really an official messenger who says it is as good, you will go. She thought more simply, only knowing that her four sons had not begged for a daughter-in-law, and the family could not afford to ask for a daughter-in-law.

If you go to Liaobei and have land, not to mention one hundred acres per person, it is ten acres per person, then life will be very different.

Wei Shan's father hesitated with chopsticks, he was over half a hundred years old, and he was still a little hesitant to leave his hometown for thousands of miles to go to northern Liaoning. What about the ancestral tomb of the family, and the four married daughters are also married in this vicinity, if you go to Liaobei, can you see each other in the future?

He was still a little afraid of leaving his hometown after all.

"Big baby, otherwise, you go with the second child, the third and fourth children are still young, so stay here with the little girl and us." After hesitating for a long time, Daddy Wei finally made a suggestion.

Wei Shan looked at his father and didn't speak.

He believed in the imperial court and hoped that the family would be able to move together. However, his father proposed this plan, and he was also prepared.

"Dawa, I think so, your brother and sister are still young, and the family has moved thousands of miles, and I feel a little unsure. It's better for you to go with the second child first, if you get there, it's really the same as the government said, and when you settle down, we can come again. ”

This is also for the sake of insurance, it is the wisdom of the farmer, and the eggs cannot all be put in one basket.

Wei Shan thought about it and didn't persuade his father.

"It's okay, then my second brother and I will sign up first tomorrow, anyway, we have to leave in the spring of next year."

The third Wei Jun was dissatisfied at this time, "Dad, I'm going too, I don't want to stay at home." "Wei Jun is already sixteen years old, which is the age of stupidity, and after going outside to build roads, it can be regarded as an eye-opener, and he has no attachment to the backward small mountain village.

Father Wei thought about it, and saw that the third son was resolute, so he had to back down, "You can go if you want, or let the second child stay." ”

The second Wei He immediately shook his head, "I'm going to Liaobei." ”

"Okay, okay, you all go, the fourth brother is at home with me." Daddy Wei was helpless.

The fourth brother also wanted to follow his brothers, but Wei Shan immediately said, "Fourth brother, you stay at home first, take care of your father and mother for us, and when we settle down there, we can pick you up at that time." ”

There are many families like the Wei family in Xiashan Village, and most of them did not choose to move the whole family in the end, but the old man stayed, and one or two of the sons were selected to stay.

In the end, more than 300 people registered at the official mission and were willing to immigrate to Liaobei.

Wei Shan took the second and third brothers to report their names at the official mission, and solemnly pressed their handprints together. (To be continued.) )

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