A part of the grain was distributed to the young and strong families who carried it on their shoulders to make room for the cart as much as possible, so that the elderly and children could take turns to ride the cart and speed up the journey......

Zhang Heizi, who had been on the battlefield and fought Tartars, immediately made a decision that was most suitable for the whole group to hurry......

Not to mention, after losing the drag of the elderly and children, these people who have suffered are no worse than the officials and soldiers on the road. The thirty-day journey was completed by them in only eighteen days.

As for the 1,800 catties of grain distributed to them, it was only 800 catties when it was full.

And this means that a whole thousand catties of grain will become their private property.

When each family received 80 to 120 catties of grain from Zhang Heizi according to the number of people. Ten households of sixty or seventy people directly became boiling.

Especially old people like Zhang Heizi's parents......

In the humble house assigned to them by the local county government, Zhang Heizi's family of ten people gathered around a table, looking at the rice on the table that was almost filled with two sacks.

The old father, who was full of old faces, directly stretched out his hands and picked up a handful of white rice from the sack. After watching the rice flow back into the sack from the palm of his hand, the whole person was directly moved to tears because of the excitement.

Because, they have lived for so many years, and they have never had the experience of having so much rice at one time in their own rice tank.

Out of excitement, the two old men asked a question that Zhang Heizi was a little tired of asking again: "Heizi, these grains are really ours...... The government really doesn't take it back anymore......"

"And our rations in the future, the government will really continue to send them to us. The government here will really be as they promised. Give us the land according to the head. Until the harvest is in the field until the grain is harvested......"

Zhang Heizi nodded and affirmed: "Really." It's all true...... This time, we can be regarded as meeting a good official mansion and a good Qingtian master. Not only did they not let us pay taxes, but they also gave us food and land...... It's simply a bodhisattva in the world, no, better than a bodhisattva......"

After speaking, he looked at his father with emotion and continued to ask, "Kuroko." Tell me again, what did the village chief just tell you? How can we get the fields, and how will our rations be resolved before next autumn's harvest? ”

Zhang Heizi, who also had a thick smile on his face, hurriedly answered.

"The village chief said that the house we live in now is distributed to everyone for free by the Governor's Mansion Marshal Wei, and you don't need to spend a tael of silver. Starting tomorrow, we will go to the deserted wasteland outside the village to reclaim the fields and build ditches. Dig deep wells. ”

"According to the regulations of the Governor's Palace: for every acre of tun land we reclaim, the Governor's Mansion Wei Dashuai will give us a reward of five dollars of silver. digging wells and building ditches. Each person could receive fifty wen a day from the Governor's Palace......"

"When it comes to spring ploughing next year, the Governor's Mansion will divide the land for everyone according to the number of people in each household, with each adult divided into ten acres of fertile land, and children and the elderly divided into five acres of fertile land......

"As for our rations in the future, the Governor's Mansion will sell them to us very fairly at the price of five taels of silver a load......

At this time, the old mother suddenly said with a face full of heartache: "We still have to pay for the rations ourselves...... I thought that just like when we came to Shaanxi, all of them were distributed to us free of charge by the government. ”

Hearing this, before Zhang Heizi could explain, the old father had already taken the lead and scolded: "What do you know as a woman? The grain of the Shanxi Governor's Mansion is not from the sky......"

"The Governor's Palace asked us to work, paid us, let us buy grain, and later gave us a share of the land...... This is already the Blue Sky Master, and you are still not satisfied......"

"Our family plus two grandchildren, there are three young and strong ......"

"If you go out to work. You can earn back one hundred and fifty dollars a day, and buy three catties of grain from the Governor's Palace......"

"Isn't this amount of food enough for the remaining seven people in our family to eat? You must know that when we were in Shandong, the family's ration for the next day was only one pound of grain, and most of it was still coarse grain, you were simply greedy......"

At this time, his wife, who had not spoken, said: "Is there anything I can do as a woman." I also have the strength and the ability to do things, but I can't stay at home every day, watch you do things, eat and drink for nothing. Otherwise, I'll go to reclaim the tuntian tomorrow....although the speed is a little slower, but after a month of hard work, I still have no problem reclaiming one or two acres of tuntian......"

Under the gaze of several pairs of eager eyes, Zhang Heizi directly gave his wife a very positive answer.

"Of course there is, but the village chief said that it will take another month......"

"In this month's time, you can also follow me to cultivate the tuntian and earn money from the governor's palace."

"The village chief said that in another month, the governor's palace will send us a large number of cattle and sheep from Mongolia."

"Mortgage it to us at the price of one hundred and fifty taels of silver for one cow and ten taels for one head of silver. The Governor's House does not ask us for a penny of interest, and as long as we can pay off the arrears within three years, the cattle and sheep will henceforth be our own. ”

"I thought about it, and when these cattle and sheep arrived, we would bring back one cow and ten sheep......"

"The child's mother, as well as your second elder and a few other children, usually go to herd sheep and sheep, cut grass and store forage......"

"Ten sheep, as long as we take care of them, by this time next year, will become sixteen or seventeen. In two years, it may become more than 20 ......."

"When the time comes, as long as we sell some of the sheep, we can pay off the one hundred taels of silver we bought the sheep."

"If you wait for a year, when the number of sheep reaches fifty, you may be able to pay off part of the money owed to the governor's palace for the purchase of cattle......

"Of course, if we're lucky, in the middle of these three years, the cattle we buy can get a calf...... The one hundred and fifty taels of silver owed for the purchase of the cow will make you even less worried......"

"Even if there is no calfboy....the grain harvested in three years is enough to pay off all the arrears of the Doge's Palace...."

"So at most a month, all of us in the family will have something to do...... From now on, our family's life will get better and better...."

Early the next morning, with immigrants who were looking forward to the future, they helped the old and the young, took simple tools, and began to cultivate the tuntian in the uninhabited wasteland.

As for the skilled craftsmen, under the organization of the village chief, deep wells and ditches were dug in the middle of the tuntian......

The wasteland, which had been full of dead silence a few days ago, slowly became lively with the addition of these immigrants.

Not only that, but the helplessness and despair of more than half a month ago can no longer be seen on the faces of migrants who have hope and food. Everyone's face showed an expression of longing and longing for the future.

What happened here was not impartial, but it happened to be on the official road, in the eyes of Sun Chengzong, who came to check the disaster situation in Shaanxi.

In Sun Chengzong's view, Shaanxi, which has experienced famine and military disasters, has experienced a sharp decline in population, and even if it has returned to peace, it is impossible for hundreds or thousands of people to work in batches.

Therefore, when Sun Chengzong saw the scene of hundreds of thousands of people in a village in front of him, and all of them gathered to work, his face immediately revealed a trace of shock and incomprehension from the bottom of his heart.

Sun Chengzong, who was dressed in civilian clothes and had the idea of knowing the real situation of Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces as much as possible, left the official road without thinking about it and walked towards the place where the big guy had reclaimed the tuntian.

Sun Chengzong, who approached them, had not yet spoken, but he felt a slight difference from the language of their speech.

Sun Chengzong, who had been an official in many places in Daming, could be sure that they did not speak the Shaanxi dialect, but the Shandong dialect......

"Could it be that these people have fled from Shandong......" This is Sun Chengzong's first thought at this moment.

However, as soon as this idea appeared in his mind, he was denied by Sun Chengzong himself......

Shaanxi was occupied by rebels, which was a well-known thing throughout the Ming Dynasty. The news that the rebels in Shaanxi were wiped out by the Tiger and Leopard Army is unlikely to reach the ears of ordinary people because it has only been two months.

Under such circumstances, these people would never risk their lives and flee to Shaanxi.

Besides, Shandong is dry, and Shaanxi is also dry. Even if these people fled the famine, it would not be possible to flee to Shaanxi, which was also dry and rainless, and almost no longer produced food.

Since they didn't flee the famine, there is only one possibility left, they were sent by the Shanxi Governor's Mansion and organized immigrants. And as the governor of Shanxi on the surface, he didn't even know about this......

Therefore, no matter what the purpose, Sun Chengzong must figure out the reason.

Sun Chengzong, who was full of questions, happened to walk up to Zhang Heizi and asked with a smile: "This brother, what you are saying seems to be Shandong's dialect, I don't know if you are from Shandong......

After seeing that Sun Chengzong was obviously dressed as a person in the official mansion, and there was no malicious intent.

Out of gratitude and trust for the Shanxi Governor's Mansion, Zhang Heizi immediately put away the caution in his heart and replied to Sun Chengzong: "This old gentleman is right, I am from Shandong...... It's not just me, everyone here is from Shandong......"

After the other party replied and affirmed the judgment in his heart, Sun Chengzong's brows immediately wrinkled, and he continued to ask: "So many people come to Shanxi, are you all fleeing from the wilderness......

Zhang Heizi shook his head and replied, "Are there many people here...... To tell you the truth, Mr. Sù, there are more than 10,000 Shandong people who came with us, and we are only the first batch of people to come to Shaanxi......" (to be continued......