The drizzle sent away the busy March and ushered in a slightly more leisurely April, and the first batch of slaves purchased from Great Xia had arrived at Jixiangling with Captain Lu's transport ship.

Wang Xuan attaches great importance to this, this is an attempt to increase the auspicious population, once successful, it will no longer be limited by labor, and the development will also be accelerated, so he specially asked Zhou Bin of the Ministry of Civil Affairs to receive the arrangement.

After receiving the news that the first batch of slaves would arrive four days ago, the plate factory rushed out the required 67 prefabricated house components and transported them to a village in Hedong overnight.

In order to facilitate the distinction and management, Wang Xuan named the settlements in Hedong, and divided them into the first village of the old man, the second village of Lu Youcai, the third village of Tian Dazhu, the fourth village of Jiang Feng, and the five villages near the foot of Dongshan Mountain.

When Mr. Gu learned that a village would be supplemented with 67 households and nearly 300 people, he was so happy that he immediately organized the old and weak women and children to sort out a large vacant land in front of the fourth group in the south of Mosquito Street, which was called the fifth group of a village in Hedong, which was specially built for "immigrants".

In order to assemble the simple house as soon as possible, the old man also pestered Zhao Sheng to ask him to allocate a hundred skilled workers who had been engaged in the construction of the Chengnan farm to assist.

In addition, it is also planned to move from one group of five households to five groups, so that new immigrants can integrate into the auspicious new life faster and better.

The newly arrived "slaves" will also be selected from five households to live in the original group of relocated houses, which is called "mutual exchange and deepening understanding".

There were no special talents among this group for the time being, they were either the children of slaves or those who had been enslaved by exploitation and oppression, and there were also defeated prisoners thirteen years earlier.

Qiao San, the newly appointed leader of the fifth group, has the main task of publicizing auspicious policies, appeasing the new group of people so that they can integrate into the new life as soon as possible, and contributing to the development and construction of Hedong.

The simple house built this time is not like the two-story upper and lower sides of the Chengnan Farm, but a single-storey two-entry yard, which is more in line with the style of Daxia.

Pushing open the wooden gate, you will find a front yard surrounded by wooden piles, and you can grow vegetables, pile up sundries, or build your own house on both sides of the yard.

Then there are two front rooms, one on the left for the kitchen and the other on the right for the storage room.

The courtyard wall of the second entrance is made of stone and mixed wood, which plays a good protective role.

There are two east and west wings built against the wall, which can be used for both people and sundries.

The main house is an east and west bedroom plus a hall in the middle, and the overall layout is the same, or there are slight differences.

In each house's kitchen and storage room, at least three adults eat rice, noodles, oil, and salt for a month, and the firewood used to clear the land is also piled up.

The Government Council also set aside a portion of the cloth purchased in Bactria to make ready-to-wear garments for new immigrants to change.

At the end of the day, the fleet had stopped at the west bank of the four groups, and the leaders of the team, Qiu Ye and Captain Lu, took the lead in going ashore, and the officials of the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Civil Affairs stepped forward to hand over the ship.

Zhou Bin, Minister of Civil Affairs, made an enthusiastic speech: "Hello everyone, I am Zhou Bin, Minister of Auspicious People's Affairs, and welcome to Jixiangling. At this time, your heart should be worried, and you should be confused about the future, everyone see!"

As soon as they had finished speaking, two men picked up their contract for the sale of slaves, and then a fire was lit by the river, and a young official dressed as a scribe took out a copy of the contract and read it aloud.

"Yang Er, male, 34 years old, with his wife Yang Liu and son Yang Guang, sold himself to Zhang's territory in June 50 of the Xia Yuan calendar, and resold to the Jixiangling Wang ......family on March 24, 54 of the Xia Yuan calendar."

The scribe's voice was unhurried, reading one after the other, for a whole hour.

"Is there any truth in the above?" confirmed the scribe after reading it.

Seeing that everyone didn't answer, the scribe looked at Zhou Bin, and after seeing Zhou Bin nodding, he carefully threw the deed of sale he had just read into the fire one by one.

The contract burned with the flames, and the ashes were blown up by the fireworks, scattering on the auspicious rivers and land.

The slaves opened their mouths wide when they saw this, and their faces were full of incredulity, and they were still in shock until all the contracts were completely burned.

At this time, Zhou Bin cleared his throat and said: "From this moment on, you are no longer slaves, but temporary subjects of the auspicious territory, and if you do not violate the law and discipline within two years, you will become an official subject after two years, and you will enjoy all the rights and benefits of the lord." ”

How dare the people, who were slaves just now, believe that such a good thing would happen to them, which is beyond their expectations for the most beautiful life.

Zhou Bin had done his homework before, and he also understood everyone's minds, and it felt unreal for this kind of thing to happen to anyone.

The old man Gu of a village arranged for four groups of villagers to take everyone to the public bathroom to wash and change into new clothes.

The clothes are issued according to height, which may be a little ill-fitting, but who cares at this time.

After everyone finished washing, they put on brand new clothes, and finally looked a little good, and the body will be slowly raised in the future, the old man thought silently in his heart.

Immediately after the crowd was gathered in a circle, in the middle of the circle is a small box, the box is filled with the house number, everyone in the household unit in turn to draw lots, the number of the draw corresponding to the house is the new home of the people. Single people share a house in groups of five.

"Zhao Si, No. 16 ......"

"Chen Ergou, No. 33 ......"

After each household, the villager in charge of leading the household will lead the household to the door of the corresponding house, and then hand over the bamboo plaque representing the deed to the head of the household, and inform the relevant precautions.

Finally it was Yang Er's turn, he drew No. 12, it was the first house on the side of Hedong Avenue, a family of three looked at the simple but not simple two-way yard and was speechless for a long time, and the impact of today's various kinds hit their dilapidated souls like a tsunami, still in a dream.

The slaves, who had always been underfed, clothed, and tortured, survived, but were resold to the auspicious collar. In Great Britain, once a slave was resold, it meant an even more tragic end.

But now that the deed of sale has been burned, and there is a two-entry house, what is this not a dream? Looking at the bamboo card representing the deed in his hand, Yang Er felt as heavy as a thousand catties.

It didn't take long for the thirty-five households to finish out one after another, and when they saw their own house, they were as afraid as Yang Er's family, this house was like a grave for their lives, and they were to be buried.

Yang Guang didn't think about it so much, opened the door and rushed in to check, he saw the rice in the storage room, saw the oil, salt and firewood piled up in the kitchen, all of them were real, no one was watching and no one was watching outside!

The couple also hurriedly walked in, everything in front of them subverted their cognition, and after a while, they sat down speechless.

Suddenly, a grunt pulled everyone back to reality.

"Mother, I'm hungry!"

Yang Guang had no scruples, and the amount of food at the age of the body was naturally large, so the woman put aside her thoughts and went to the kitchen to wash rice and cook, and only when she was full did she have the strength to think about things.

The family of three ate a long-lost full meal and sat in the living room quietly drinking tea.

After a while, some familiar "slaves" came to the door one after another, and Yang Er's calmness, wit, and helpfulness won their recognition during the transportation, which was to find comfort.

Yang Er only said three sentences, the first sentence is that there is no one around us to guard and monitor;

The second sentence is: This kind of life is exactly what we want;

The third sentence is: Now that people are swordsmen and I am fish and meat, even if there are other auspicious plans, where can we go and what can we do?

Everyone's mood gradually stabilized, and they felt that the more Yang Er's words were pondered, the more reasonable they became. What are the intentions of auspiciousness? It's a big deal to give up a life, if that's the case, why bother to spend such a cost? Everyone is confused, they are not afraid of the name of auspicious 'ominous land' and 'cursed land', but they are afraid of the unknown, and this night is destined to be sleepless.

The next day, the team leader Qiao San knocked on the door from door to door and issued a temporary "ID card".

After everyone received the identity card on behalf of the auspicious leader of the temporary leader, a hanging heart was half put down, and then received a notice that they would gather at the head of the village (the small square in the southeast of Mosquito Street, east of the four groups) early tomorrow morning to divide the land for everyone.

We still have land!

God, please tell the elders what virtue they have accumulated, and we will continue unswervingly and persistently in this life!

In the early morning of April 5, when Mr. Gu came to the village, all five groups had already arrived, and the scene was quiet.

The old way, drawing lots, regardless of whether it is a ding or not, two acres per person. The tax is very simple, the government tax is 50% in the first two years, and the tax is 10% after two years, and there are no other harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes. In case of bullying and forcible expropriation, you can report to the village committee and will not be tolerated.

After the lottery is completed, each goes to find his own land.

According to the fertility of these lands, one acre of land is enough to feed one person, and if you count other miscellaneous incomes, you really don't have to go hungry, and you don't have to go hungry anymore.

There are few people and a lot of land here, except for the owner, other fields can apply for rent, and the tax is 20%. Once new immigrants move in, the fields will be repossessed for compensation and redistributed.

Crazy, the new leaders are crazy, the desire for land and the expectation of life make them fearless and even more unscrupulous, and a family of three dares to apply for a hundred acres of land to open up.

In the end, the old man took action, and each person rented a maximum of five acres of land, and the farm tools were uniformly distributed, and the expenses were repaid after the harvest.

On that day, under the condition that the farm tools had not yet been distributed, the temporary leaders used branches, sticks, and stones to plough their own land, row by row, ridge by ridge, as if they were ploughing not the land, but life!

At this time, the half-hung hearts of the new leaders finally let go, all this is true, they are free, they have land, they have houses, they have homes, they are no longer lowly blanks that people hate dogs, they are auspicious!

The energy generated by the realization of this shocked the indigenous people, most of whom worked until dawn, hoping that the seeds would be planted as soon as possible and that they would be planted in anticipation of the next harvest.