Chapter 705: It's all borrowed from the government
Those who have land at home, those with a large population, and many worries, so they will leave a few people behind, plant a few acres of land at home, and all the rest will follow.
With this stroke, two-thirds of the people in Wujia Village want to follow, and they are all aiming for so much land.
Wu Pozi's mother's family, as well as her two daughters, Wu Sanzhuang sent a message, and if you are willing to follow her, you can follow it.
There is a stipulation on it, if you bring one over, you will be given two taels of silver, and this look, there are hundreds of people, nearly a thousand taels of silver.
Wu Sanzhuang was happy in his heart.
However, he had the responsibility to bring these people safely.
The sixty taels of silver in his hand did not dare to spend more, and kept it on the road in case of accidents.
After the New Year at home and the Lantern Festival, Wu Sanzhuang took everyone on the road.
Old Man Wu's family immediately decided to sell their family's three acres of land, a total of twenty-four taels of silver, to buy an ox cart and grain, and then hit the road.
Some did not have ox carts, so they put the elderly and children in baskets and carried them around. Older children and young people, in the prime of life, walked.
Although the road is long, so many people are on the road together, so there is no fear.
Along the way, Wu Sanzhuang had a way to lead, and the officials in various places had been notified by the imperial court to give him permission and convenience.
Provide some water and food, and even herbs.
There are many people in the Central Plains, and the officials are also worried, and now some of them are leaving, and they are still going to the north to open up wasteland, which is also to support the decision-making of the imperial court, which can be regarded as a political achievement.
Because of this cooperation, these people migrated in an organized manner, and the journey was quite smooth.
A situation like Wu Sanzhuang has appeared in many places in Da Zhou.
Many people dragged their families with their families and followed these fellow villagers who fought in the north and made meritorious contributions to the north to seek a living.
After two months of traveling, Wu Sanzhuang finally arrived in the north with five or six hundred people.
At this time, it was the middle of March, the land was thawed, and grass appeared on the ground, and it was the time to open up the land for farming.
"Brother Xu, you moved fast, you arrived before me." Wu Sanzhuang stepped forward and greeted a strong man.
Xu Zhuangshi smiled, "I think that if I come here early, I will be able to get the land early." Ouch, you've brought a lot of people! ”
Wu Sanzhuang replied: "We have less land and more people, and when I heard that one person here can get ten acres of land, many people are willing to come." ”
"Okay, you hurry up and register, and then get tools to build a house and farm tools to open up wasteland. The sooner we start work, the sooner we can live in a big house and farm early. Xu Zhuangshi urged, he had already registered, and immediately proceeded to the next step.
Wu Sanzhuang smiled, "Okay, Brother Xu, you are busy, you are free, I invite you to come to the house for dinner." ”
"Good!" Xu Zhuangshi should go down.
Wu Sanzhuang brought people over and counted the number of people.
The person in charge of registration handed each person a sign and said, "When the time comes, the land will be divided and the materials will be distributed according to the sign." You can't get more, you can't get less. ”
"I'm tired." Wu Sanzhuang smiled.
"I'll give you a slip here to get farm tools and tools." According to the person in charge of registration, the number of tools and farming tools is distributed according to the population.
After getting the slip, Wu Sanzhuang smiled and said: "We have a lot of things, come to fifty years of life, follow me to get farm tools and tools." ”
Although Patriarch Wu was tired, when he saw so many people, he was completely relieved, and waved his big hand, "Hurry up and follow." ”
Wu Sanzhuang took more than 50 people, and after a while, he brought a lot of shovels, pickaxes, rakes and other tools and farm tools, and put them on the car.
Next, someone took Wu Sanzhuang and these hundreds of people to measure the land.
According to the number of people in each family, how many wooden plaques divide the land, and then demarcate the land boundary, the village boundary, and the village name is still called Wujia Village.
Wu Sanzhuang himself has 200 acres of land, and there are 15 people in his family, and his family has 350 acres of land.
He is also a landlord.
The old patriarch also made a bloody investment this time, and the eldest son's family of four stayed in his hometown, and he brought the remaining sons and grandchildren to come here, a total of twenty-three people, and they were divided into two hundred and thirty acres of land.
The old patriarch held the strip, his hands trembled with excitement, "Oh my God, so much land, I have made a fortune, I have made a fortune, I knew that if the eldest family also came, there would be forty acres more." ”
However, it can only be planted here for one season, and it is still necessary to leave a way back and leave roots for the Wu family.
Where there is too much sand and gravel, you can't open up wasteland, so you can build a house.
The people of Wujia Village began to use the soil used to dig ditches to build houses, and adults and children began to get busy.
First build a shack to live in, which can block the wind and rain, and then start to roar and cultivate the land.
Cattle in the north are particularly cheap, two taels of silver to buy a cow, and a pair of quyuan plows for one or two silver. If you have money, buy it directly.
It doesn't matter if you don't have money, you can borrow money to buy it.
When the harvest is in the fall, just pay back four taels of silver.
As a result, almost every household has an ox and an iron plow.
With oxen and iron ploughs, the efficiency is greatly improved.
Before dawn, he came out of his house and went out into the field to clear the land. After dark, I went back.
If you don't have food, it doesn't matter, go to the government to borrow it
When it comes to the autumn harvest, there are two more achievements.
Therefore, with so many people, in order to have enough to eat, they have borrowed from the government.
After the wasteland was cleared, the government came to distribute wheat seeds.
These seeds, which are also borrowed by the government, are the same price as ordinary wheat, which is five cents a catty.
With land, the common people have the confidence to borrow it, and the common people have heard that these wheats are high-yield wheat promoted by Mrs. Derui, and they trust it very much.
Carefully follow the various requirements, plant wheat, apply fertilizer.
By the end of April, all the wheat seeds had been sprinkled in the field and the beet seedlings had been planted in the field.
The fields were temporarily idle, but the people of Wujia Village were not idle, and they began to throw mud bricks and prepare to build houses.
For example, Wu Sanzhuang had money in his hands, so he directly bought bricks and tiles to build a house.
If you don't have money, you don't worry, you slowly drop the mud bricks, dry them and put them away, and wait for the autumn harvest to have the silver, and then ask someone to build a house.
The people in the village will also borrow money from Wu Sanzhuang, and Wu Sanzhuang will also borrow money for the sake of the villagers.
Soon, many houses were built in Wujia Village.
The entire north of Mulberry City and south of Beiyun City are all in full swing.
Build water conservancy, erect water wheels, and build water conservancy.
The north is a great place!
By May, there were 150,000 more people in the north.
Fortunately, Gu Shao was well prepared before, and transferred a lot of grain from the south to lend it to the people who migrated over, so that he could be so stable.
There are also soldiers who return to their hometowns, and then they continue to bring people over, and the population of the north is increasing rapidly.
Liu Pan'er lived in Zhuangzi at this time, expanded the planting of mulberry trees, and cut down the originally tall and large mulberry trees.
Liu Zhuang's head was reluctant, "Madam, how many years have these mulberry trees been, you see, the branches are luxuriant, how can you be willing to cut them down?" ”