Hebei, with its developed water system, has been a rich land since ancient times, with abundant products and fertile soil.

In the era of agrarian civilization, land was like the lifeblood of the people, and even if people were desperate to sell their sons and daughters, they would never sell their land.

Without land, you are no different from a homeless.

King Yuan's practice of distributing land to the displaced people is indeed very popular with people, so even if they want to work for King Yuan, many people are willing.

This kind of policy of all the people being soldiers, picking up hoes to farm, and putting down hoes to kill the enemy is indeed wise.

When the big boat sailed to the riverside, a warm wind with the fragrance of osmanthus rushed to the face, and Changchun, the capital of Hebei, was finally close at hand.

Nalan Shuo was recalled to the city by an urgent letter the day after Haoyue's condition improved, he didn't know what he talked to Xu Jingyang before leaving, and the conversation between the two was a little unpleasant.

At this time, Haoyue, who had just recovered from a serious illness, was being held in Xu Jingyang's arms, looking at the Changchun City Gate not far away, and everyone on the deck was chatting.

"I heard that in this Changchun city, flowers bloom all year round, and people who are particular about it will wear flowers to make flower crowns, and some men also wear them."

"Not only that, I heard that there are many shops in the city, and there are also beautiful women dancing in the streets."

Hearing this, Haoyue was curious, what would a man look like with flowers on his head? And the beauty of Hudi, what kind of dance is she dancing?

"Hehe, we still want to get the land as soon as possible, and we will be sure to get the title deed." The second brother, who had recovered physically, lifted his sister above his head and said with a smile.

Er Ya Niang: "Yes, after wandering for so long, I can finally have a place to stay." ”

While everyone was chatting, the heavily armed Fang Qishan took a group of soldiers onto the deck.

Fang Qishan, who had a long beard and fluttering hair, put his hands behind his back, looking majestic, and then he said in a loud voice:

"Three days ago, King Yuan ascended the throne at the Fengye ceremony, and the founding name of the country was Yuan, and now everyone is my great Yuan people."

"After disembarking, the land division will allocate the fields, and after a month, the recruits will enter the camp for training, and they can go home and cultivate for one day every six days."

Haoyue called him a good guy after listening to it, and in a few days, King Yuan would be directly proclaimed emperor in Hebei?

And when you get off the boat, you will be given land, and you can do six days off and one day off when you are a soldier, and you don't have to worry about farm work if you don't have labor at home.

It seems that this emperor of Da Yuan really has two hits.

During the conversation, the big ship docked, and everyone finally landed on the long-lost land.

A group of soldiers set up a simple pavilion on the pier, in which a long table and chairs were placed, and on the table a stack of papers was pressed with an inkstone, and next to the paper was a box of red clay for pressing handprints.

It seems that it should be the office desk of the Land Division, and Da Yuan's Land Division is mainly responsible for the distribution of fertile land and the collection of taxes, and the position seems to be quite large.

However, I don't know what the character of this land division is, whether he will use his power to collude with the gentry to annex fertile land and impose taxes.

Soon, people lined up in a column and went to the gazebo to collect the title deeds.

Hao Yue smiled instantly when she saw the busy figure in the gazebo.

Isn't this Zhang Xiang?

After getting off the ship, he became the Land Division.

Adjutant General Zhang, Dr. Zhang, Zhang Tusi....

This Zhang Xiang is simply a brick, where he needs to move, he can be called the most popular hard-working worker by his boss.

However, Zhang Xiang is really conscientious in doing things, but his temper is a little impatient.

Seeing Xu Jingyang, who was holding the title deed of Haoyuelai, Zhang Xiang hurriedly put down the pen and paper in his hand, arched his hand and said: "Brother Xu, in the face of this epidemic, your family has made great contributions, General Fang has approved the delivery of an additional thirty acres of land, this is a total of eighty acres of land, you just need to put a fingerprint on this land deed." ”

After speaking, Zhang Xiang handed a land deed to Xu Jingyang.

However, don't think that these 80 acres of land are a lot, the ancient production technology is low, and it is good that 80 acres of land can produce 200 stones.

Xu Jingyang pressed his handprint, and then put the title deed in his sleeve.

After everyone had completed the formalities, Zhang Xiang sent someone to send them to the place where they had already been divided.

Da Yuan's military field farming system, every 50 people for a tun, each tun about accommodated two villages, the tun set up agricultural captains, agricultural captains.

The people of Xujia Village were grouped together with other displaced people, and the tun where they were located was called Erlitun.

Originally, Haoyue still thought that after entering the city, she could walk on the streets of Changchun and feel the city of Changchun City.

As a result, they didn't expect that they didn't need to enter the city at all, the leader took them directly to the outskirts of the city, and then pointed to an open land by the river and said, "This is Erlitun." ”

Everyone followed the leader's hand and looked around.

It was a sandy field overgrown with weeds, with a few pebbles lying on it, so barren that not even a single brick could be seen.

？？？

Everyone wondered, isn't this just an ordinary river beach?

"Two miles further east, and you will be given the field." After speaking, the leader who led the way left without looking back.

Leaving everyone in a barren field, staring at each other with wide eyes.

Haoyue's eyes widened as well.

That's it?

Erlitun?

A field with nothing?

Let's not talk about eating and living, there is not even a single brick and tile in this place, and everyone still has to continue camping.

Looking at the weeds that grew tall, Haoyue understood that everyone was coming to the wasteland.

Start directly by picking up thatch to build a house.

No wonder the recruits entered the barracks a month later, it turned out that this month was reserved for everyone to build a house....

Hey, I don't even give the city in, and fool people with a piece of field, this King Yuan is really boring.

Haoyue scolded in her heart, and kicked the small pebbles beside her into the river, causing a ripple on the surface of the river.

The people of the Xu family gathered around to discuss what to do next.

"What else can I do? Build a house during the day and continue to sleep in a tent at night. ”

"Xu Jia, I remember that you worked as a mason, and our fifth uncle is a carpenter, everyone helps each other, and you can still build a house in a month."

"Yes, there is still a month before winter, we can't sleep in tents all the time, the winter in Hebei is wet and cold."

"But we don't have a large population now, so hurry up and finish it before entering the camp."

After the epidemic, the population of Xujia Village has now halved, and most of the people alive are young people, and the older generation did not survive even two days in that epidemic.

Now the population of the Xu family is probably only about 30 people, and there are almost seven or eight families.

After the discussion was completed, the conclusion was that the materials for building the house should be prepared immediately.

Nowadays, most people live in adobe houses, which are basically made of clay mixed with straw and straw to make adobe bricks, and then built into earthen walls one by one.

After the meeting, the men pitched their tents in the field and then began digging clay by the river.

Fortunately, there is a lot of clay by the river, and a hoe down brings out a lot of earthy red clay.

The women of the Xu family fished in the river and looked for edible wild vegetables on the shore.

Hebei is worthy of being a place rich in products, there are many fish in this river to flock together, look at it, a piece of black pressing, I feel that I can scoop a lot directly with a scoop.

Haoyue and her brother were placed on a big stone by the river by Shen Yinxing, the river water was shallow, and the stones were covered with moss.

Shen Yinxing tied a sharp knife to a long wooden stick to make a speargun, then pulled his trouser leg to his knees and went down to the river to spear fish.

Don't look at Shen Yinxing's cooking skills, but when it comes to hunting and fishing, it is estimated that no one is her opponent.

I saw her standing in the water, sticking the speargun in her hand into the river, and when the speargun was lifted again, there was a big carp jumping around on the tip of the spear.

Then, Shen Yinxing took off the river fish at the tip of the spear, and then threw it with his hand, and after the river fish drew a graceful arc in the air, it fell steadily into the basket on the shore.

"A-Niang is so amazing! A-Niang is so good! Haoyue sat on the stone and cheered for Shen Yinxing.

One, two, three, four, five.... Soon, the baskets on the shore were filled, and large and small river fish were spitting blood bubbles and flicking their tails in the baskets.

For Shen Yinxing's ability to catch fish, Er Ya Niang is not as good as herself, but she can also touch some clams and small fish and shrimp in the river.

Haoyue's seventh aunt came over with two dolls, and the basket on her back was full of shepherd's cabbage that she was looking for by the river, and the shepherd's cabbage was tender and fat, and the stems and leaves broke when they were gently broken.

"Yo ~ Haoyue Niang, your ability to catch fish is really good, you have caught a basket of fish with so much effort" Aunt Qi praised, and then patted the back basket: "This riverside, there are a lot of edible wild vegetables, and I also dug up a few wild garlic and wild peppers, and when I can cook fish, I just get rid of the fishy smell." ”

A basket of fish, a dustpan of shrimp and clams, a basket of camellia and wild garlic.

After collecting the ingredients, the women of the Xu family began to pack up the ingredients, and they would make braised carp, shrimp and clam soup with shepherd's cabbage, chili fish head, and charcoal-grilled small river fish.

When night falls, the women light a bonfire on the shore, listen to the sound of flowing water, and roast fragrant river fish.

Shen Yinxing didn't know how to cook, and he didn't bother to learn, so he continued to pull the half-grown children of the Xu family to practice martial arts, and Haoyue's body was still a little weak, so he sat next to the fire to help roast the small river fish.

Just when everyone was busy, Xu Jingyang pulled a donkey cart and carried a cloth bag and walked over leisurely.

It turned out that in the afternoon, Xu Jingyang did not participate in digging clay, but went to Changchun City to play.

"Okay, you daddy, you are actually lazy and slippery, and you go to the city to play by yourself, and you don't take me with you!" Seeing this, Haoyue jumped in front of Xu Jingyang and said with an accusatory face.

"Hehe, Yue'er, look at what I brought you back" After speaking, Xu Jingyang took out two strings of rock sugar gourds full of sugar crystals from an oily paper bag, Xu Jingyang tried to use the sugar gourd to make Haoyue forget about it.

Haoyue saw the rock sugar gourd, and her eyes lit up with joy.

She really hasn't eaten sugar gourds for a long time, woo, and now thinking about the sweet and sour taste of sugar gourds, her mouth is full of drool.

Haoyue took the sugar gourd and was about to take a bite, when she suddenly remembered a question: "No, Daddy, where did you get the money to buy these things." ”

Haoyue pointed to the donkey cart and the goods behind Xu Jingyang.

Xu Jingyang: "Ah, this, I went to advance next month's military salary, and then went into the city to buy some tools needed to build a house, and also bought some food." ”

Xu Jingyang's original identity was a carpenter, so he had some knowledge of building a house in his mind.

"Can you still advance your salary?" The second brother behind Haoyue shouted.

Seeing the surprised eyes of the second brother, Xu Jingyang pretended to say in a puzzled tone: "Don't you know about this?" ”

The second brother was dumbfounded: "No one told us?" ”

"Oh, it may be that you can't, but I can as a captain of agriculture!" After Xu Jingyang finished speaking, he touched his nose angrily.

Haoyue jumped three feet high after listening: "Daddy! Have you been promoted? ”

Xu Jingyang snorted: "Heh, just a captain of the agricultural school, I haven't taken it in my eyes yet." ”

"Daddy is amazing!" Haoyue shouted happily.

In fact, due to the relationship between Haoyue and Nalan Shuo, as well as the performance of Haoyue's family in this epidemic, Fang Qishan felt that rewarding 80 acres of land was not enough, so he gave Xu Jingyang a position as a captain in agriculture.

"Okay, okay, stop talking, let's eat!" The second girl brought a pot of steaming braised carp to the big stone and said with a smile.

Then, the clam soup with fresh eyebrows and shrimp and shrimp, the roasted yellow and crispy river fish, and the fish head choked with garlic and chili peppers were all brought to the stones.

Xu Jingyang also took out a large bag of pancakes bought in the city, and people ate the most comfortable meal of escaping from the city with a mouthful of pancakes and a mouthful of fish soup.

Here, there is no need to worry about horse bandits, no need to worry about the invasion of the Qiang army, and no worries about dying of thirst and starvation and being killed by the plague.

People listened to the roaring river, sat on the ground, ate fatty fish and shrimp paste, and lived a miserable life into a quiet time.

Haoyue ate with a round belly, and then lay on the stone beautifully looking at the stars, listening to the gurgling water and the ethereal sound of insects in her ears.

In the evening, everyone went back to their tents to sleep, and prepared to go to the allotted fields the next day to have a look.

This night, is Haoyue slept the most restful night, she dreamed that the family lived in a big mansion with three entrances and three exits, eating delicacies from the mountains and seas, sleeping on gold silk soft beds, listening to shadow puppets, and raising a group of cute little animals.

......

The next day, everyone got up early in the morning, took their farming tools and walked to the fields to the east.

Haoyue also got up early, got dressed, and followed the Xu family to walk two miles to see the eighty acres of land that her family had allocated.

At this time, there are not many crops to be planted, so everyone will go to turn over the soil first, pull out weeds or something, and then continue to build a house when they go home.

When the sun showed slightly, the group finally walked to the field stalk.

Beneath their feet were vast fields that stretched as far as the eye could see.

But the people standing on the ridge widened their eyes at this time.

Belch... How to say it....

There was no need to pull weeds in this field, and the hoe and sickle he brought with him were useless.

Why, you ask?

Because it doesn't grow anything on it, and there is no hair....

Looking at the gray-white soil under his feet and the barren fields, Haoyue's head suddenly hurt.

Where is this fertile field? It's obviously saline-alkali land!

Pit daddy, this is!