I had a sweet dream all night and exchanged a stone of salt for ten ploughing oxen. From the dream field full of sitting in the car and reminiscing for a long time. Dreams don't come true, but it's a good sign.

And that's true, since that dream, Tian Man's journey has been smooth sailing. The wide gallop road was unimpeded, and there was no need to get up early and be late, and it only took three days to rush from Fuyang to Ning County. Buying cattle was also smooth, and Qingzhou salt and silk were very popular.

It's a pity that when they came, in order to avoid trouble, several people didn't bring iron tools. Tian Man's short knife was favored by a Xianbei man, and he was willing to give two cows in exchange. Tian Man's heart was so moved that he almost responded. His short knife is a military product, very sharp, and the market price in Qingzhou is only about 500, and this Xianbei man has increased tenfold as soon as he opens his mouth. This temptation is too great, how can Tian Man withstand it.

Fortunately, Wang Xingshang was an experienced man and refused very simply. After listening to the advice of people to eat enough, Tian Man remembered the regulations of the border market - iron weapons, weapons and horses were forbidden to be sold to the Hu people. Tian Man gritted his teeth and reluctantly refused the deal. The Xianbei people talked for a long time, but Tian Man was resolute and decisive, and he did not fall for the Xianbei people's provocation. In desperation, Xianbei people left with regret. As soon as the Xianbei people left, Tian Man's face fell, and he sighed endlessly, which was unbearable.

Wang Xingshang didn't pay attention to it at first, but Tian Man sighed for more than half an hour and didn't stop.

"Oda, are you finished?"

"Alas, Brother Wang. That's 5,000 money...... "Tian Man was grief-stricken.

"Xiao Tian, why didn't I find out before, you are so greedy for money?"

"Brother Wang, what is this, what is greed for money, didn't I sell it to him......"

Wang Xingshang slandered, which made Tian Man very dissatisfied. Is he greedy for money? Faced with temptation, he flatly refused. How gritty is that......

"Cut! My heart hurts to death! ”

"That's it!"

Seeing that Tian Man was so brazen, Wang Xingshang couldn't help but slap him.

"It's good that you kid has a little conscience, otherwise, I'll report you when I go back......"

"What?"

"What?" Wang Xingshang slapped him again, and Tian Man dodged, "Iron weapons and weapons can't be sold." Sell it to the Hu people, and the Hu people will not come to buy our things, but will take swords and arrows to rob the ......"

"Brother Wang is right!"

In Tian Man's eyes, Wang Xingshang's image suddenly became taller.

"Moreover, not everyone can do the iron trade. Xiao Tian, if you don't have a way or power, you can't even think about it. If you sell a knife to that Xianbei man, you don't need me to go, someone will report to the city official in a moment. You're done, and you don't say anything about it. At least five years of hard labor.

Then I might as well report it, at least it won't involve me......"

Wang Xingshang said in the end. The sound was almost inaudible.

“……”

Tian Man's mouth opened wide, he couldn't say a word, and pointed at Wang Xingshang's chest angrily, his fingers trembling......

The silk of Qingzhou is famous all over the world, and it is as popular as the salt of Qingzhou, which is snow-white. After laughing for a while, someone came to ask for the price, and the matter was reversed. Neither of them took the matter to heart. Of course, Tian Man also knows it. If he really sold the knife to that Xianbei man, Wang Xingshang would report him. Otherwise, everyone will be doomed together.

As a son of Juntun, Tian Man would not sell weapons to the Hu people. Moreover, he did not dare to sell. The three bans in the border city have been around for a long time, but in recent decades, there have been some influences, and no one has taken the ban seriously. However, with Zhang Huan occupying Youzhou, the situation is different.

The Quanzhou Qi clan and the Yuyang Xianyu clan are both well-dressed families in Yuyang County, and they control the two largest mines in Yuyang County, respectively. At the same time, both are staunch supporters of the former Youzhou Mu Liu Yu. After Zhang Chenggong took control of Youzhou, the two were naturally suppressed. There is only one crime, that is, "going out of the customs with iron weapons and weapons without permission" -- this did not wrongfully accuse the two families, and Zhang Huan came up with conclusive evidence. The iron tools produced by the two companies each year account for half of Yuyang County, and the iron tools and weapons produced by the two companies account for as much as seventy percent of the total.

What is striking is that Zhang Huan uprooted the two families like the autumn wind sweeping the leaves. The Qi family and the Xian Yu family are both prosperous surnames, and there are hundreds of men, women, and children. According to the Han law, all the men were executed, all the women were sold into slavery, and all the property of the two families was confiscated. Zhang Huan gave an order, and thousands of heads fell to the ground. In order to appease the panicked people, Zhang Huan immediately announced that he would not be blamed for the past, and if he committed it again, the new and old accounts would be counted together, and the whistleblower would be heavily rewarded. But Zhang Huan's ruthlessness still shook the entire Youzhou, and the trade of iron weapons became a ban. When Zhang Huan disposes of a very small number of people who are delirious, no one is willing to risk their lives anymore. Tian Man traveled all the way, and he would not have been unaware of this.

……

Tian Man poured everything he had, in exchange for thirteen cows, and a large number of furs, and made some money. The big ox that Tian Man bought for himself was very much in line with his heart. Rhubarb is about half a foot taller than other cows, its fur is smooth, thick and powerful, and its two big eyes are blinking, which makes it look very kind. When Tian Man saw it, he liked it very much. For this big scalper, Tian Man paid a high price of one and a half stone of Qingzhou salt, which was enough to sell for 3,000 yuan in the border market.

Xu is because Tian Man often feeds it, and Rhubarb is very affectionate to Tian Man, sniffing Tian Man with a wet nose from time to time, and then licking his hand with his tongue, as if he is trying to eat the ground. At this time, Tian Man never refuses it, maybe it's a bunch of weeds, maybe it's half a handful of grass seeds. Wang Xingshang often laughed at Tian Man, saying that he was so good to rhubarb, it was better to accept rhubarb as his son.

Tian Man was not angry either. A good cow is sometimes more important to the farmer than a son. He had seen the teeth of Rhubarb, who was only two and a half years old, and could use it for more than ten years, much better than his son. Tian Man ignored him either, and privately considered whether to use rhubarb as a cattle or a ploughing cow when he returned home. Cattle are not so obedient to work, and if they want to work as cattle, they can only be cows and steers. But rhubarb is not a common cow, and it's a pity that it's castrated. In other words, Tian Man is thinking about the lifelong 'sexual' blessing of rhubarb.

, or not? This is a problem.

Raising cattle is not the same as raising pigs, and it takes fifteen acres of land to feed a cow. If the rhubarb is kept as a breeding cow, then another cow should be left for farming. Rhubarb can be eaten again, so that thirty-four or five acres of land must be used for cattle raising alone; Twenty acres of grain must be planted for their own food, as well as vegetables, hemp, and so on; Only more than 40 acres of land can be planted to raise pigs. Tian Man calculated it, but he didn't think it was a good deal. Rhubarb suddenly felt a cold current pass by, and the sky changed......

On the way home, Tian Man was a little nervous. This trip to the border city, it was still too late to hurry up, Tian Man estimated that when he returned to Yi County, it would be almost mid-November. The cow was bought, but what can I eat when I go back...... However, cattle in the border market are really cheap. Tian Man was also ruthless, he really couldn't do it, so he went back to Qingzhou, it was all about selling cattle, anyway, he wouldn't lose his money.

……

Unexpectedly, as soon as Tian Man returned home, he was pleased to find that the problem had been solved. In the more than 20 days that Tian Man went to the north, the people who stayed behind did not rest.

Built at the back of the house, two round barns filled with grain.

In the field in front of the house, a few fields were newly opened. In a short time, the cultivated fields were about one hundred and twenty or thirty acres, lush and full of verdant greenery. In the sunny leeward part of the hills, some were also sparsely planted. The half-foot-tall green leaves swayed in the wind, indescribably attracting love.

"It's a pity that it's still too late to plant, if it's ten days and a half a month in the morning......"

Tian's wife came up with a good idea, and she was praised by her husband, and she was happy, but when she spoke, she naturally revealed three points of regret. Tian Man looked funny, and couldn't help laughing at her:

"Are you praising yourself, or are you expressing regret, half a month earlier, we are still on the road......"

“……”

Tian's wife glanced at her husband, what is this saying, she just said that, picking out what words.

After Tian Man left, everyone was busy. As the weather gets colder, housing becomes a top priority. It is not only necessary to have a strong house, but also to be able to protect people from the wind and rain so that people can survive this winter. After building a house, he went to reclaim the wasteland and plant it, and collected all the wild vegetables and weeds that could be used as fodder. After it has been dried semi-dry, the feed is stacked next to the barn.

"With limited manpower and no livestock, we relied on manpower to pull the plow, and there was not much land to be opened, only 117 acres; I saw that the forage was not enough, so I discussed with everyone and went to pick some, which could be about 130 stones. In addition, when I purchase a grain rice field. and bought five hundred and thirty stones. However, I didn't expect to buy so many cattle back, it should not be enough to eat......"

Tian Man was already very satisfied, much stronger than he expected:

"Almost, there are only seventeen of us in total, eleven households, where can we use these cows. Look at me. Let's leave three, well, four, just in case.

The nine cows are sold early, and they are also sold; Late sales are also sales. Looking back, let's suffer a little loss and make a cheaper move. Anyway, it's cheaper. In this mile and outside, you can save a lot of forage, and it will be ** not far from ten......"

"Well, I see! Uncle Gao of Gaozhuang in front of him happened to have a dead cow, as long as the price is right, it should be successful. If it doesn't work, we can also ask him to help introduce the customer......

By the way, the grain in Yi County is more expensive. Millet costs 50 yuan a stone, and millet costs 70 yuan per stone, and 150 stone of millet was purchased successively. There are also fifty-five stone rice, which used 11,350; Forage is five dollars a stone. It took 2650 money; In addition, there is car foot money. 340；

In short, the total expenditure on rice grain and forage was 14,340 yuan.

In addition......"

"Oh, you don't have to worry about money, just keep the accounts clear......"

"Don't worry! Just how much you have in your heart...... Every time I go out to buy something, I will bring someone else with me, and there will be no mistakes in the account, so you can rest assured. "Tian Man is good at everything, but sometimes his heart is too careful. Tian's wife hated him, so she didn't say anything, she was confident in the accounts, "By the way, don't worry about money, the food is almost ready, enough to eat until next year, there is no place to use money......"

……

The next day, Tian Man divided the cattle and the furs. Of the eleven families, six asked for cattle, while the rest asked for furs or waited for a share of the money from the sale of cattle. After running in the city and countryside for more than ten days, he finally sold four cows. In winter, the cattle do not work, and they have to eat forage, and everyone will calculate this account. Therefore, the price of cattle is not high. The cheapest sold to Uncle Gao was only 3,300 yuan, and the rest of the land was 3,700 yuan for one head and 4,200 yuan for the other, and the highest one was only sold for 4,500 yuan. In addition, the sporadic sale of furs was sold for a good price, and the total was sold for twenty-seven thousand four hundred.

However, the silk and salt that Tian Man brought to the border city only cost 37,800 yuan. There is no need to calculate carefully, Tian Man also knows that he has earned at least five cows on this trip.

The winter in the north is even colder, and everyone is busy and does not pay attention, and before you know it, the winter has passed. The grass and trees on the edge of the field showed a trace of green buds, and it was spring that appeared, and a small village appeared on the bank of the Yishui River. More than a dozen houses are neatly arranged in two rows, the doors are facing each other, and the courtyard walls are closely connected, forming a simple village barricade.

After the three or four inches thick wood was charred at one end, it was nailed into the ground three feet deep, and the stakes more than seven feet high were densely arranged to form a solid wooden wall. The rammed extremely solid earth house is the same as the house in the hometown, a tall house, tall doors and windows. However, there is no decoration in the new house, the outside of the house is a yellow mud wall, the house is only painted with a layer of white ash on the New Year's Day, the very simple wooden bed and desk are not even painted, and they are covered with the natural texture of wood. In addition to barns and barns, another extremely important building is the biogas digester. The digester was very rough and the sealing performance was not very good, and it basically failed to provide biogas in the cold winter. However, the provision of a large amount of high-quality fertilizer is what farmers value the most.

Spring is coming, and so are the reclaimers. The village soon grew to thirty-eight households and seventy-one people. Tian Man also officially became the village lizheng, and the size can be regarded as an official.

In the summer of the fourth year of Chuping (193), Tian Man planted 20 acres of wheat, 10 acres of hemp, and 1 and a half acres of vegetables, and the rest were planted. By the way, Rhubarb was still poisoned by Tian Man after all, and he couldn't escape the knife. So, Tian Man bought twenty-one piglets and fed nineteen of them. In addition, Tazuma also raised 27 chickens and 14 ducks.

“…… 373，374375……”

Tian's wife spread out the golden five baht and counted it over and over again, the glittering golden five baht was so tempting, she had never seen so much money. Tian is not tired of counting hundreds of wives, but Tian Man is a little worried.

During the year, the area under grain cultivation decreased, which led to an increase in food prices. Grain prices in Qingzhou have risen by 30 percent. However, because people generally began to raise pigs, sheep, or chickens, ducks, fish, etc., the price of meat and poultry non-staple food fell. Tian Man didn't earn as much as he expected, and after removing the cost of input, he only saved 7,3500 yuan a year.

Of course, Tian Man is not worried about expenses. As a reclaimer, Tian Man did not have to pay land rent in the first year; In the second year, you can also enjoy the preferential treatment of halving the land rent. Tian Man and his wife only need to pay the calculation (head tax) this year, but the calculation is insignificant, only 240, which can be basically ignored.

But what to plant next year?

……

Anyway, Tian Man made a small fortune. Triumphant, Shi Shiran took his wife back to his hometown in Qingzhou for the New Year. When they returned, the newly retired second brother and his wife also followed them to Yi County. In the third year, Tian Lao Er and his wife also went to reclaim the wasteland. The family completed the transfer from Qingzhou to Jizhou. While they are cultivating wasteland, they are also cultivating their own future. However, there is no gentleman in the village, and it is not always a solution. After Tian Man discussed with the villagers, he decided to let his second brother Tian Tun be Mr. for the time being. Tian Tun's knowledge is not much better than Tian Man's, but he can teach some simple words and arithmetic, and he is still competent.

The Tian family is just one of the thousands of families affected by the land reform, and there are many, many more examples like this. Some of them are undesirable craftsmen, some are incompetent petty workers, some are homeless people in the homeless settlements, and some are bankrupt fishermen...... Whatever their original status, here they have only one name in common - "Reclamation".

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