Chapter 271: The Dead Man is Coming!
To the south, the central part of Eastern Qin is an alluvial plain that extends south to the southernmost tip of the Central Mountain Range.
The reclamation number of the four houses in Zhangzhou is located on both sides of a river called Beigang Creek.
The topography is also peculiar, with the river flowing about forty kilometers above the estuary, splitting in two, separating a large flat land from the perimeter.
In another time and space, Yan Siqi was cultivating near another tributary.
The reason why they all chose this place is because it is so suitable for reclamation, and the endless reeds can be reclaimed only with ploughing torches.
Since the Song family took the lead in reclamation here, the reclamation number of the four of them has gathered more than 20,000 people here and reclaimed nearly 200,000 acres of land.
And with the growth of the reclamation number, more and more businessmen have also chosen to participate in the shares, as long as a sum of silver is given, some family children and population, you can get a title deed, and you can receive dividends every year.
"Hurry up and die, cheap embryos, give Lao Tzu lazy one by one, be careful of your skin!"
Early in the morning, one by one, the stewards began to urge with whips.
Similar to Yan Zheng's use of prisoners of war to reclaim, the method used here is that a dozen young and strong people can control more than 300 laborers by setting up one or two literate account rooms.
Most of these laborers were men, all of whom came from Fujian and Guangdong, and all of them signed death contracts.
Li Youtian is one of them, he didn't run here because he ran away, he was purely deceived.
At that time, he went to a family to look for work, and the family asked him to work as a long-term worker, and after drawing the word "ten" on a contract, he was sent here.
Illiterate, he didn't know that it was a death contract, and from the moment he drew it, he became a slave of the family.
Outside, the whip rattled, and he hurriedly crawled out of the low wooden shed, and gathered into the crowd tremblingly, waiting for the stewards to take them to the place where they were to be cultivated today.
There are already lush paddy fields on the road, and these are also planted by them, planting when the farm is busy, and going to open up the land when the farm is not working.
Li Youtian took a deep look and clearly remembered that the few pieces of land here were reclaimed by him with his own hands.
It's a pity that these lands are not his, and he is not even qualified to be a tenant, and there is no other preferential treatment except for two thin meals a day.
These serfs walked on the road in rags like beggars, and when they reached the place that needed to be cultivated, they went to collect farm tools.
What makes Li Youtian envious is that there are some people who can talk to the steward, and they can use ploughing cattle to cultivate.
Like him, you can only get a hoe.
"Cheap bones, remember for me today, if the canal is dug and the water does not go away, you will receive a hundred whips! Those who do not obey discipline will be the end! ”
A steward whipped and pointed at a wooden stake, on which was tied a naked man, whose blood had solidified and blackened.
This is used to establish authority this month, and after leaving the Ming Kingdom, these stewards seem to be even more rampant.
The serfs here were isolated and helpless, and they could only run into the dense forest, but most of the people who ran into the dense forest appeared on the stakes the next day.
Gradually, they didn't dare to run, knowing that there were headhunters in the dense forest.
Li Youtian held the hoe, laboriously raised it high and swung it down, the soft ground did not require too much effort, but he felt very struggling.
After a while, he had Venus in his eyes, and he really ate too badly, two thin meals a day, and most of them were bran, even if they were unpalatable, he couldn't have good bowel movements.
He's a man, and he's only been here for four months, and he's already been hungry and thin.
Peng ...... Rumble...... Peng...... Peng...... Peng. ”
Suddenly, there was a roar in the distance, and Li Youtian didn't dare to look up, he felt that it must have been thunder.
But not long after, a group of panicked lords ran this way like crazy.
As he ran, he shouted, "...... The black-haired people are coming, the short-haired ones are coming...... Here comes the Tyrants...... Shorthair is coming! ”
Everyone present was stunned, but the stewards reacted immediately.
Without saying a word, they immediately ran along.
Li Youtian wondered for a moment, he didn't know about the black people and short-haired people, and thought that the surrounding Shengfan was calling.
The serfs looked at each other, and finally, without knowing who it was, began to run to the lower reaches of the river, and many of them came to their senses and immediately ran towards that side.
Others, who don't know how to water, can only grit their teeth and run towards the dense forest.
Li Youtian doesn't know how to water, but he also wants to go to the beach, and he heard that if he enters the sea with a log, he can swim back to his hometown, he doesn't know if this is true, but they came by boat, and this is very likely to be true.
The only few times I fled without seeing my head cut off was when I swam along a river.
Li Youtian was hesitating, but suddenly heard a dull sound from the direction of the dense forest, and the person who was running there just now was so frightened that he returned the same way.
The serfs, who did not know the situation, became even more panicked, but this so-called black man seemed to be everywhere.
When he came back to his senses, Li Youtian finally saw the traces of the black people.
I saw that the people were wearing indigo shirts, white pants, black helmets, and holding a spear in their hands, which would burst into flames and thunder from time to time.
They ran so fast that a few men in armor were knocked down in an instant, like chopping vegetables.
The stewards also knelt down and begged for mercy, and there was no longer the majesty of the past.
Li Youtian was stunned, only then did he realize that they had nowhere to go, and when he looked at the people around him, they were all kneeling on the ground, trembling.
He knelt down and kept his head down, not even daring to look at him.
Soon, he felt a group of black men walk in front of him, and the bright leather-soled cloth shoes were only a few steps away from him.
"Fellow, Fujian or Guangdong?"
"Ahh Li Youtian glanced up in confusion, only to see that under the black helmet, there was a young man's face, looking at him with a bright face.
"Fujian's? Or is it from Guangdong? It can't be from Jiangxi, right? The young soldier asked again.
"I ...... I'm from Longyan, Fujian, Longyan! Li Youtian said busily.
The young soldier smiled and helped him up and said, "That's a coincidence, I'm also from Fujian!"
Li Youtian was flattered, and was suddenly at a loss by the young man's kind and easy-going look.
"Don't be afraid, we are here to help you this time, you go and talk to the others, let them find out the bad elements, and let them persuade those hidden fellows to come out!"
"Don't worry, our Huaxia Army will call the shots for you!"
Li Youtian was stunned, looking at the young man's immature but enthusiastic face, he didn't know why, he had a strong idea of not wanting to refuse.
In the distance, several people were carrying baskets of rice balls, distributing them one by one.
"Good!" Li Youtian responded tremblingly.
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After two hours, the serfs were gathered together.
Except for some who ran away and were not found, there were more than 19,000 people here.
Some of the strong men also captured more than 300 people, who were wearing armor from Eastern Qin, and tried in vain to resist the Huaxia army at the port.
As a result, under the consideration of Zhang Sanfeng and An Shan, the Huaxia army landed three battalions in the distance, and only attacked the port after outflanking.
There is not much suspense in the ending, and the main task of this operation is to contain these serfs.
"There were 17,000 men and more than 2,000 women, and the captives of the stewards and the people, totaling more than 1,500 people."
The numbers were quickly told, and the documents were collected.
Wang Qimei took the document and ordered: "First interrogate those stewards, as well as those people and strong!" Try to appease these serfs, and when they are emotionally stable, then divide them into small groups for self-government. ”
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