The second group of new immigrants arrived as scheduled, and this time it was Mr. Gu who was in charge of greeting the task.

According to the established plan, after the number of immigrants in one village reaches 1,000, they will be arranged to the second village, and so on. To this end, the village chiefs of the second to fifth villages came to the first village one after another to learn from the experience of the placement and management of newcomers, so that when their villages accept newcomers, they can seamlessly connect and accelerate integration.

Old man Gu didn't hide his selfishness, he taught each other, and knocked a lot of bamboo poles from several village chiefs by the way!

In order to allow the new immigrants to integrate into the auspicious new life faster and better, the old man specially arranged for Qiao San, the leader of the fifth group, to lobby door-to-door, so that the five groups of people could pick up the upcoming 32 newcomers to their homes, so that everyone could feel how the first comers took root in auspiciousness.

Yang Guang's family hosted a family of four, an old woman, a young woman and two children of five or six years old.

After some exchanges, it was learned that the old woman's son had died in a dispute between slaves half a month ago, and the master felt that the family had no value to use except for the little woman's appearance, and the little woman was as strong as fire and failed to succeed several times, so he simply sold them to Jixiang to make some money.

The young woman's surname was Liu, and her single name was Yao, and soon after she got married, her husband's family was forced to become a slave because of the loss of business and the inability to repay the loan.

Liu Yao was a little cramped, and the two children had been holding her thighs, so Yang Guang took out some of the fruits issued to them in the canteen and distributed them to the two children, making the atmosphere a little more harmonious.

Since the new family has no male owner, Yang Er asked his daughter-in-law to communicate with them, and he went to the front yard to turn over the ground, he planned to ask for some vegetable seeds to plant in a few days, and if he couldn't eat them, he could sell them.

Yang Liu first said hello to the old woman, and then pulled Liu Yao to look around in his yard, and when he saw Yang Er turning the ground in the front yard, Yang Er smiled shyly at Liu Yao.

This scene stimulated Liu Yao a lot, she could feel the sincerity of Yang Er's smile, it was a smile from the heart, a smile of satisfaction, but such a smile had disappeared on her face for a long time.

Yang Liu explained in detail the scene and uneasy mood when they first arrived, Liu Yao had already experienced it, and then talked about the house, Liu Yao's batch should be divided into rooms in the afternoon, and their lunch should be dealt with at Yang Guang's house.

Liu Yao was very interested in the Yang family's house, and asked some questions about details from time to time, such as whether the house was repaid or paid, whether there were any additional conditions, and so on.

Yang Liu also answered one by one, and when asked about the birthday, Yang Liu was very happy and said: "Sister, we were originally going to work today, but we heard that you were coming, so the construction site will be suspended for a day, and we have to go to repair the road tomorrow morning." We are temporary people and have no wages, but we are not tired of living, and we still take care of food and meat! We have also plowed all the fields, and they are all good black soil. ”

The two children yearned for the meat after hearing it, and Liu Yao's eyes were eager enough to melt the dew in the morning after hearing that there was still land.

"Sister Liu, can I also go to work, my mother-in-law is old and her legs are inconvenient, I still have the strength to not be afraid of hardship, I can do any job, really, can you help me ask?"

Liu Yao looked anxious, and the rations that could save her alone would be enough for the three grandparents and grandchildren in the family to eat a full meal, so she was eager to know the answer.

Yang Liu didn't hide it from her, and said with a smile: "I don't have to say this, you don't have to worry, your team leader will notify you when the house is divided in the afternoon, and everyone has work to do." It's a blessing for you to be here, we never dreamed we'd be like this when we first came, and the locals were friendly to us, they wouldn't despise us because of our previous slave status, and I still feel like a dream!"

Looking at the strong sense of happiness on Yang Liu's face, Liu Yao also completely let down her guard.

A similar situation was played out in the five groups, and with the appearance of the first batch of immigrants, the latecomers slowly let go of their doubts and rejoiced in the favor of the god of fate.

At noon, the seven of them ate a fragrant meal of rice, in addition to two plates of green vegetables, there was also broth, and the meat was sent down by the village to wash the dust of these new mascots.

In the afternoon, the newlyweds gather in a circle on the village square, and their new leader of the sixth group often comes to supervise the house.

"Don't crowd or rush, every family has it, line up and draw in order. The new leader of the six groups often came to command.

Liu Yao wanted her mother-in-law to go and draw it, but her mother-in-law refused, and only muttered: "This family will depend on you in the future, you go to smoke, even if you draw the shack, we won't dislike it." ”

The old woman said as she looked at the five groups of residents beside her, and she was envious.

Finally it was their turn, Liu Yao trembled and handed the drawn number to the supervising official next to her, she drew the sixteenth, about five hundred meters in front of Yang Guang's house, where was the boundary of the six groups.

The family came to their house with great anticipation, and there was a big "16" symbol written on the left side of the door, Liu Yao didn't know this symbol, but she also knew that this was their new home, because this symbol was exactly the same as her smoking except for the difference in size.

The five groups of people who led the way explained that they would leave on their own after gathering at the village head tomorrow morning, Liu Yao pushed open the gate with her mother-in-law in her arms, and looked around excitedly.

As the sister of the Liu family said, the kitchen has rice, oil and salt, and the bedroom has futon, all of which are fully furnished.

"If I had known this was the result, my poor son should not have been so impulsive, after all, it would have been a few days late, and it would have been nice if he had endured our family for a few days!"

"Child, I'm sorry for you, wait for the two babies to be older, and the mother will find you a good family!" the old woman looked at it at this time and promised.

"Mother, I don't marry, now that I have hope, I just want to pull these two children to adulthood and give you filial piety!" Liu Yao also felt that her life is much better than in the past, and she can live well with her two children.

"You stupid child has this heart, your mother is not an unreasonable fool, how can you be a widow for the rest of your life if you are still young. My son is unblessed, you don't owe him and you don't owe us the Chen family, if you still recognize me as a mother, then listen to me. The old woman was unusually resolute.

"Mother......

Liu Yao choked up but no longer insisted, and after her mood eased slightly, she took the child to brush the pots and dishes, wash rice and cook, and her heart was so unsteady.

On the second day, Liu Yao was assigned to the kitchen to be responsible for washing vegetables and side dishes, and the two children were allowed to follow her, just to take good care of them so as not to cause trouble. This made Liu Yao nod again and again to assure that although the child was young, he was very sensible.

Because there were elderly people with mobility problems at home, Liu Yao was allowed to go home at noon to visit and cook for the elderly. The steward also brought a bowl of broth for her to take back to replenish the old man's body, and Liu Yao was grateful again.

The Government Council, the office of the Minister of State.

"There is nothing wrong with these two groups of newcomers, right?" Zhao Sheng found Liu Quan, he was also very concerned about this matter, as long as these people can adapt to it in the early stage and not cause chaos to the government, they will become authentic mascots in the later stage. From a slave to a free man, and a house and land for a job, he really couldn't think of any reason for the newcomer to betray, except for auspiciousness, where would there be such a large amount of money spent on a group of slaves?

In Zhao Sheng's view, these people should be grateful, should live and work hard, and build their new home well.

"Everything went smoothly and everything went well. Liu Quan replied with a happy face.

In fact, with the demonstration and guidance of the first batch of immigrants, the latecomers adapted quickly, everyone worked very seriously, and here they got the material security, respect, and security they never had before!

Some of the newcomers' homes also set up immortal tablets for Wang Xuan, which were enshrined every day.

Wang Xuan has been researching on the farm recently, and he doesn't want a 'surprise' to happen at a critical moment.

The rice has been planted, and the wheat and rape have also grown new seedlings, although the wheat and rape planting time is not very timely, but who calls the climatic conditions here good, this looks a tender green, it is very eye-catching.

The trees on both sides of the main road have been completed, and Wang Xuan prefers economic forests, preferably cinchona trees.

At present, the construction corps is building a secondary road, the road is six meters wide, and the road surface is tamped and then paved with two-inch stones, and finally paved with river sand. After the cement comes out, all the roads above the second grade will be built into cement pavement.

After the farm investigation, Wang Xuan went to the board factory, he wanted to check the preparation of the timber for the construction of the river sand boat, the wood needs to go through a series of processing, drying before it can be used as ship timber, once the wood preparation is insufficient or the method is improper, two years of time will be wasted, such a major mistake is absolutely not allowed.

The panel factory covers a wide area, and there are as many as five workshops for the production of simple furniture. In addition, the production of simple room boards, doors and windows, wooden tools and molds add up to more than 20 places, which is currently the largest factory in Jixiang.

Due to the wide range of raw materials in the plate factory, there is no difficulty in the early processing, and many residents around have obtained a lot of benefits from the plate factory.

All kinds of woodworking tools purchased from Daxia have been put into use, and the sawdust has been preserved at Wang Xuan's request to be used as an accelerant for mosquito coils.

Some of the larger trunks of the trees are stored in an orderly manner in the courtyard, and they will be used to build the keel of the ship.

Inland waterway vessels are rectangular in shape with a flat bottom protruding outwards like a "fin" designed to stabilize their course. There are no watertight cabins and canopies in the ship, but the thickness and strength are increased. The cabin is also a square straight design, which is convenient for "container" placement.

This design is also a last resort, and many bridges on the auspicious river must also be lined up, and the rainy climate makes most of the rivers high in water levels, making it difficult for tall boats to pass under the bridges.

If the height of the bridge is increased, it is not conducive to land transportation, and some sections of the river have risen a lot due to long-term siltation, and the cargo navigation of the pointed bottom ship is at risk of running aground.