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Get up early this morning, Fang Shun's family began to get busy, as the village head of Qishutun, Fang Shun wanted to take his eldest son Fang Yuanshan and nearly 100 strong people in the village to repair the road to the neighboring village, which was a strict order from the Beihua Government Affairs Department Ma Daren, ordering all parts of the Beihua Plain to widen and repair the road.

In fact, the road was opened up as early as the beginning of the development, but it was not spacious and flat enough, so it was common to widen and flatten the road.

Fang Shun instructed his wife and second son Fang Gaoshan to bring weapons when they went down to weed, just in case, and then came to the threshing floor in the village with their eldest son with knives, guns, shovels, and drafts, only to see that more than ten strong people had come to the open space.

At the beginning of the morning, Fang Shun led nearly 100 strong people out of the village to the east to line up to work, the work is actually very simple, that is, to widen the original road to both sides of a zhang, with horse-drawn mills to compact, and on both sides of the road to dig drainage ditches, to prevent the coming rainy season rain erosion.

There is no one to supervise the work, and the villages are rushing to work on their own, but the above strictly orders that if the road is widened unqualified, the village will be heavily taxed, so the villages do not dare to slack off, they are all busy fast and good, and they are afraid of being picked out of the mistakes.

An hour later, everyone has widened the road for more than 100 steps, the drainage ditch is also dug, and the big guy is also sweating, Fang Shun ordered the time to rest and eat, the day is so busy, Fang Shun knows that he still has to let everyone rest more, otherwise I am afraid that in the afternoon, I am afraid that my physical strength will not be enough, but I will not reach it quickly.

The big guys sweat and chat together, the atmosphere is relaxed, although the days in Beihua are bitter, but there is hope, this year's fifty acres of land in each household are cultivated, and now the wind and rain are smooth in summer. As long as there is no flooding, it will definitely be a good year.

And the three-year tax exemption stipulated by Lord Zhao is only the second year, and the big guys are expected to have a lot of surplus money in the family this year, and many families have begun to plan to build houses and hold marriages for their children next year, and now as long as the big guys get together, they can't do without this topic.

"Fang Tou, your two sons are in their twenties, so they have to do something next year." Lao Yu asked while wiping his sweat. He still uses the old name.

"The matter of the distant mountains is decided, the fifteen-year-old second girl of the old Gao family in the neighboring village, our two families plan to build a new house next summer and start the marriage immediately," Fang Shun's eyes flashed with joy, but it was fleeting, "Alas, the affairs of the mountains are not easy to do, there are too few girls in our Liaomin, and even if there are them, they are also predetermined." It's not easy to do. ”

"Yes, it's time for my family, as soon as I go to inquire, some of the girls around me are ten years old, I'm so worried, there is a baby at home, what to do." Old Yu let out a long sigh and looked at his son, who was making a fuss in the distance.

"Don't worry too much about this. Every village is like this, and Lord Zhao has already spoken. To find a female baby from Daming, it will be done within three or two years, which is what the Government Affairs Department just learned about yesterday. Fang Shun said.

"Seriously, don't lie to me." Old Yutou's eyes were round, and his beard was curled up and turned very funny.

"I said old Yutou, when did I lie to you." Fang Shun glared.

"I'm not in a hurry. Don't take the square head to heart. Old Yu Tou laughed dryly twice, and wiped his sweat again.

In the distance to the west, the dust was rising, and the faint sound of horses' hooves sounded, Fang Shun hurriedly ordered everyone to get up and be on guard, although it was likely to be a soldier of the Broken Army who was heading to the Eastern Quarantine Zone. Fang Shun didn't dare to be careless, in case it was a loose rider of the Anui people, it was not a big mistake to be careful.

Nearly 100 young men with spears and guns in their hands formed a phalanx, which was very neat, and this was the result of the March training in the village sent by the army to the village last winter.

Throughout the winter, the Broken Army sent three soldiers from each village to train the villagers, which opened the prelude to the Beihua Reserve Military Service, and the results of the present are displayed at this moment.

The muskets here are all old-fashioned arquebuses, no flintlock pistols, and there are not many of them, only twenty, mainly against the Anui bows and arrows, after all, the Anui bows and arrows are not a small threat to many young men without armor.

When dozens of cavalry and flags appeared in sight, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, this was the cavalry of the Broken Army, and the big red banner and black big characters 'Broken Capture' marked their identity. The war horse did not trot, but walked by the reins, followed by a long line of Liao people, which were the newly arrived Liao people who set out from Fangmao Port to the East to open up.

The newly arrived Liao people looked timidly but very curiously at the Qishutun phalanx stationed on the side of the road, the people in the phalanx were dressed in disorderly clothes and were certainly not the military masters who escorted them on the side, but they were also strong, full of spirit, and majestic, so that they were still worried about the future of the Liao people envied, this is the first Liao people to arrive and settle down.

Look at the vast green acres around them, the spirit of holding knives and guns, it is really enviable, this is what the adults in Fangmaogang said about pioneering life, it seems that the adults did not deceive me, everything in front of them is proof, there have been twenty or thirty villages along the way.

Seeing the chaotic team in front of him, he waited for his waist straight under the timid and envious gaze, and seeing them was like seeing his former self, and a sense of pride and superiority arose.

Look, we have all lived and worked in peace and contentment when we arrived early, you have just started, the acres of land here are all we have bought with blood and sweat, and you have just begun to work hard, and you will suffer in the next few months.

Fang Shun stared at some of the teenage girls, he straightened his clothes, stepped forward, and said to a soldier, "This military master, where is this team?" ”

"This is the Liao people who went to the upper reaches of the New Liao River to open up." The soldier looked at him and said. Military regulations stipulate that the people must speak well and not be arrogant, otherwise they will be punished by confinement and fines.

"Master Jun, you see, there are a lot of good girls here, we have too many male babies here, can I discuss with them... Fang Shun was interrupted by the soldiers just at the beginning, "That's no need to think about it, the village chief of every village along the way is like this, Master Fang Maogang Gu has spoken, don't disturb the new Liao people along the way, as for the matter after they settle down, that's your business." ”

Fang Shun smiled and gave a salute, thanked him, and returned to the queue, there are many smart people in their hearts, and they all know how to come forward to talk.

Well, no, he stopped, and didn't care after settling down, so he couldn't send someone to follow them to see where to settle, this new Liao people must be as difficult as we were back then, if I could help them... Well, just do it... Hmmm, go back and discuss it well, Fang Shun was in good spirits, and walked back briskly.

Liao Min continued to march behind the back of the two tails, followed from a distance, when the guards of the broken army Ding found out and went to inquire, found that it was a tunpu village chief sent to see where the Liao people were placed, in order to marry, which made the guard of the Bai Zong cry and laugh, what to do, Bai Zong is also well aware of the situation of more men and fewer women in Beihua, yes, open one eye and close one eye, it is difficult for the village chief, but also for the sake of the whole village young and strong.

However, when the soldiers spread the news as a joke, many village chiefs began to follow suit.

Zhao Guang and his younger brother Zhao Yuan were dressed in tattered cotton armor and held spears in their hands, and stood vigilantly on the small post in the east of Xigangzi Village with more than 30 other young men with weapons in their hands.

From here, you can see the movement of more than ten miles around, in the north of the village, about 300 men, women, old and young are clearing the wasteland, most of the grass here is grassland and two large pine and poplar forests, the grassland is still easier to deal with.

It's just that the development of woodland is not so easy, the trees are cut down, the larger logs are all named by the adults of Fangmaogang, and the smaller logs are left in the village for future construction of houses and furniture.

The most troublesome is the cleaning of tree roots, just a tree root will be busy for more than half a day, after digging the roots of the forest, it is necessary to bury the tree pit and grass with deep ploughing, and finally level the ground, but this woodland took nearly two months, and the grassland has already been deeply cultivated, and planted with sweet potatoes.

Zhao Guang and Zhao Yuan looked carefully to the east and north, these two directions are adjacent to the quarantine area set up by the Broken Army, the Anui people appeared, and even fought with the villagers who were clearing the wasteland a month ago, three villagers in the village died, six villagers were injured, and eight Anui people who came to attack were killed.

Zhao Guang and Zhao Yuan's father, Zhao Limin, is taking his youngest son Zhao Hao and neighbor Huang Jishan's son Huang Haizi to take care of the village's 23 Jeju horses.

Jeju horses are not big, but after all, they are big animals, hauling wood, leveling the land, opening up roads, and cultivating the land are much stronger than people, and without these Jeju horses, the village will not be able to grow sweet potatoes until now, so the food rations in the winter will be tight.

No, in the past two days, two Jeju horses have died of illness, and the village elder Han was furious and ordered Zhao Limin to take care of the horses.

Zhao Limin looked at Zhao Hao and Huang Haizi who were delivering grass to the stable, the two half-boys were playing while working, looking energetic.

Seeing them Zhao Limin also has comfort, although it is very hard here, from time to time there are some Anui people to make trouble, but after all, there is still a lot of hope, when the final forest land is leveled, each household will have fifty acres of land divided, next spring will be each family to cultivate their own acres, three years of tax exemption, three years after ten taxes only.

Thinking of these, the past of Zhenjiang and Shenmi Island in Liaodong has begun to blur, and this will be the new home.

Zhao Limin entered the stable, added some miscellaneous beans to the manger, and added some material to the horses to make the horses stronger, which was the eyes of the village chief and the whole village.

He estimated that there was still more than half an hour, after cleaning up the horse manure and letting the two bear boys take good care of the horses, he went home to repair the roof of the family's nest, and the roof of his nest was a little leaky after the rain the day before.

Thinking of Diwozi, Lao Zhao will pray for a good harvest next year, otherwise where will the money and grain come from to build a house, now the whole village lives in Diwozi, although the logs are piled up in the south of the village, but still have to wait for another two years.

Lao Zhao looked in the direction of the east of the village, listened, there was no movement, he sighed, walked home, and said in his heart These Beihuayi people are not worry-free, I hope everything is safe, and his two boys are on duty today. (To be continued.) )