Early the next morning, Liu Yan and Wang Yue finished washing up early, and then dressed neatly and came to the wing room of the 100 official halls, which was where Jia Hongyu worked.

After Jia Hongyu exchanged a few words with Liu Yan, he took Liu Yan and Wang Yue to lead people according to Wang Weizhen's instructions.

On the way, Liu Yan put forward the hope that Jia Hongyu could help support some cattle, farm tools, bluestone wood and other materials, Jia Hongyu couldn't help but feel embarrassed, at present, the shortage of the Wang family master is getting more and more serious, and the population of Tunpu is insufficient in various places, even if Jia Hongyu can help to make peace with the steward, this matter is also difficult.

So Jia Hongyu had no choice but to pat Liu Yan's shoulder and sigh, and said, "Brother, I also have difficulties, and I have to think of more ways for my brother." ”

But then Liu Yan was disappointed again, and after seeing the ten military households, he found that most of these people were old and weak, and they were too far from his expectations. However, Liu Yan still accepted it, after all, although the mosquito leg meat is small, it is also meat, and there is no reason to let it go when it enters his mouth.

So Liu Yan and Wang Yue drove the ox cart and took the ten military households back to Dapandun. Before leaving, Wang Weizhen personally stopped Liu Yan and handed Liu Yan an official document issued by the Baihu Official Office.

"I have already written in the official document about your tuntian, you can take this official document to try your luck in the Qianqian Household in Xiahe Village, maybe Shangguan can support you with some materials and population."

Liu Yan was overjoyed when he saw this, and thanked him again and again.

On the way, Liu Yan was very happy, although the materials harvested from this trip were not much, but it finally opened the first step.

And the military households that were allocated to Liu Yan were dragging their families one by one, carrying their simple luggage behind the ox cart, and everyone looked a little uneasy, they had changed their owners, and they didn't know what their future fate would become.

Liu Yan's reputation is rarely heard of by these military households, and the matter of Huangshandun has spread all over Wangjiazhuang, but often such a person has a more violent temperament, will Liu Yan, the commander of the armor, treat his subordinates well? I heard that this trip is to Dapandun to Tuntian, what will be the future prospects?

All the military households rushed to the road, and at noon, the group arrived outside the Dapandun Gate, Wang Yue stopped the ox cart at this time, and then ran to the front and shouted to stop the military households, so that everyone paid attention to avoiding several hidden cellar traps next to the trench. Liu Yan smiled slightly when he saw this, this Wang Yue is really hardworking, but it's okay like this, at least Wang Yue has already put himself in the right position.

At this time, the suspension bridge and pier door opened, and Chen Xun and his wife Chen Jiang greeted them with smiles.

At this time, the ten military households were already hungry, and Liu Yan got off the ox cart and ordered loudly: "Brother and sister of the Chen family, you take a few family members to cook some porridge to fill the hunger of the new brothers, and the porridge should be thicker." ”

"Okay, Captain A will put a hundred hearts, and he will definitely let these brothers be fed."

Then Liu Yan added: "Just use the rations in my house, and then let Chen Xiaoqi take people to buy some more grain tomorrow, which will be counted as the reserve grain for our Dapandun." ”

Chen Xun and his wife Chen Jiang hurriedly agreed.

Chen Jiangshi turned around and trotted into the pier, shouted twice, and heard two women answer loudly, and followed Chen Jiangshi to Liu Yan's house to get food, ready to cook porridge.

At the same time, hearing Liu Yan's words, the military households were in a commotion, it seemed that the new owner had a good heart, which did not match his fearful appearance, and everyone was surging with hope, it seemed that this trip would not be so bad, everyone looked for a place to sit down, just whispered, and waited for Liu Yan's further arrangements.

At this time, Liu Yancai looked at those military households carefully, and saw that among the ten military households, including the small family, there were more than 40 people, and about half of them were men and women.

Liu Yan estimates that among this group of people, there may only be seven or eight young people who will look stronger, and there will be more than a dozen strong women. And some of the children who shrank next to their parents, with unkempt hair, yellow and thin faces, and torn clothes like sacks, just looked at Liu Yan, who was tall and tall, with a frightened gaze, and looked curiously at the tall big pandun in front of them.

It's March now, but the weather is still cold, and the climate at the end of the Ming Dynasty is not normal, and the climate is abnormally bad almost every year.

Now the leather jackets and felt hats on these military households are full of holes, and a cold wind is blowing, and many people are shivering with cold. Some of the men were fine, but the women and children around them were even worse.

Looking at these people in front of him, Liu Yan couldn't help but sigh, where are the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, it is clearly a group of Ming beggars, although the people in his Dapandun are also dressed in tatters, but their physical fitness and mental outlook are much better than these military households. It seems that it will take some time to recuperate for them in the future, otherwise how can such a person be used?

After waiting for a while, Chen Jiang took two family members out of the pier, and the three of them struggled to bring a large pot each, only to see the steaming in the pot, and the fragrance of rice porridge wafted over in the distance.

There was a commotion among the soldiers, all of whom stretched their necks vigorously to look over there, especially the children, who were swallowing their saliva vigorously, apparently hungry.

Chen Jiangshi greeted warmly: "Drink porridge, everyone will bring the dishes and chopsticks to drink porridge." ”

The military households have found the dishes and chopsticks from their luggage, there are Liu Yan and Chen Xun brought out the four dun soldiers in front, they dare not crowd and scramble, according to the entrance of the house, one by one with the bowl to line up to receive the porridge, the queue behind is just a constant probe to probe the brain, very anxious waiting.

Chen Jiang's family kept greeting those military households, and now that there are newcomers coming from Dapandun, for the sake of being the old man of Dapandun, Liu Yan's heart will definitely go further, thinking of this, Chen Jiang's work harder.

I saw Chen Jiangshi scooping porridge for everyone with a spoon, and said loudly: "Everyone is drinking porridge, don't forget the kindness of Lord Liu, the first chief." We can drink such thick rice porridge, all thanks to the blessing of the first chief! ”

The military households just didn't say yes, while looking for a place to gobble up food. The porridge in the bowl is sweet and thick, it is pure rice porridge, and there is no added wild vegetable bark or the like.

Liu Yan and Chen Xun also drank porridge together, and Liu Yan did not forget to instruct Chen Jiang's family to let people also cook porridge for the Dunjun and their families in the dun, and today's food is counted as their own.

Chen Jiang smiled happily, handed over the matter of dividing the porridge to another family member, and hurriedly ran back to the pier to make arrangements.

Then Liu Yan sat on the ground outside the pier without any scruples, and after drinking four bowls of porridge in a row, he patted his stomach and stood up, Chen Xun and Wang Yue also stopped the bowl, and then looked at those military households, after all of them drank some porridge, their spirits were much better.

Liu Yan asked Wang Yue to call the soldiers over, only to see Wang Yue muttering: "Lord Zongqi has spoken, everyone should be quiet and come over." ”

Liu Yan walked in front of those people, looking at these people, Liu Yan also felt the pressure, in the future, their food and clothing will have to rely on themselves to maintain their food and clothing, can he let them live a good life?

After staring at these military households for a long time, Liu Yan opened his mouth and said loudly: "Yesterday, the master of the management team allocated you to me, and in the future, you will all be in my fort and Tuntian, I, Liu Yan, say a word here, I will be the brother of a fort in the future, and I Liu Yan will treat you equally, and I will never treat you badly." ”

There was no speech at the bottom, many people listened numbly, and when they were about to be cold, a young man at the bottom said in a low voice: "Elder A said to let the little ones come to the fort and tuntian, I don't know what the adults want to do with the small ones?" ”

Liu Yan said: "This brother asked well, Liu Yan was ordered by the management team to reclaim the field, in the future, we will all reclaim the wasteland around this Dapandun, and everyone will divide the field afterwards, as well as ploughing cattle and seeds, etc., the management team has promised me, Tunbao just let go and do it, and the fields that will be reclaimed in the future will never be disturbed, and everyone just needs to plant with peace of mind." ”

Hearing Liu Yan's words, there was a commotion among the people below, obviously the assurances of Wang Weizhen, the officer in charge of the team, were still convincing to these people, and when the time came, there would not only be fields, but also cattle and seeds to be distributed, which also had a strong attraction to these military households.

Another person asked, "I wonder how much grain the little ones will have to pay in the future, and will the little ones have to pay back the things they have for ploughing cattle and planting seeds?" ”

Liu Yan said loudly: "The Ming people don't say secret words, now everyone is working together to reclaim the land and build water conservancy, these money and grain are all paid by me, and considering that everyone's rations are not much, I will also pay for the daily food in the future." In the future, when the rice and wheat are ripe, I will exempt everyone from tax in the first year. In the second year, one bucket of grain was levied per mu of tuntian to pay for the cattle and other silver that had been borrowed before. In the third year, two buckets of grain were levied per mu of tuntian, and since then, it has become a precedent forever, and no more new ones will be sent. How is it! ”

After listening to Liu Yan's straightforward words, everyone looked at each other, all of them were moved, Liu Yan's words were straightforward, and they would have to collect grain from the second year, but they would have a real and credible feeling, Liu Yan's words were much more convincing than those Shangguan who were blowing the sky.

If it is really as Liu Yan said, after the third year, there will be no more distribution, then two buckets of grain per mu are completely affordable for everyone, this is only the share of grain paid by military households in the early Ming Dynasty, although the rent is heavier than that of the households on the surface, but in the current year, this burden is already very light, at least it can make everyone eat their stomachs, so that they will not live like beggars anymore.

After pacifying and reprimanding, Liu Yan prepared to register these dun soldiers, and Wang Yue quickly moved a broken wooden table and a chair for Liu Yan.

Liu Yan is not a problem with writing brush characters in traditional Chinese, he swiped his pen and registered these ten military households one by one according to the military household posts of all the people, and the annual registration of each household, the color of the army's footsteps, the address, the family, the men, women, and the Cheng Ding were remarked one by one, and the two books were issued.

According to the final statistics, there are 45 men and women in 10 military households, of which 22 are men, 18 are adults, and 4 are not adults. There are twenty-three women, fifteen strong women over the age of thirteen, and eight young girls under the age of thirteen. In addition, the personal property brought by each household is also registered one by one.

After finishing all this, Liu Yan breathed a sigh of relief, stood up and moved his hands and feet, he hadn't touched the pen for a long time, and he felt a little tired when he had only registered ten households.

At the same time, Liu Yan sighed secretly in his heart, in the future, there will be more and more affairs in the dun, do you have to do everything yourself? Especially this kind of paperwork.

It's a pity that there is no one in the pier who knows words except himself. Liu Yan really has no other way than to do it himself, but with the development of Tunpu in the future, there will be more and more clerical affairs, and it seems that he will have to recruit a scribe in the future.

Those military households were secretly surprised when they saw that Liu Yan could write books fluently, and everyone showed a look of admiration on their faces.

After Liu Yan was busy, he asked Wang Yue to take his four dun soldiers to arrange a place for those new military households, so many people must not be able to live in the dun, and there is no barracks arrangement for the time being, so they can only get some thatched huts along the pier to live temporarily.

However, Liu Yan knew that at this time in the north, the homeless people had the habit of building a nest in the wild, digging a pit in the ground, finding some stones and branches to build a small wall around the perimeter, and then building some thatch on the top to become a house, this kind of building is simple and effective, no raw materials are needed, I heard that it is rumored that as long as there is a certain amount of firewood, grass and charcoal, it can well resist the cold.

So Liu Yan taught Wang Yue the method, and called the four dun soldiers under his command, and asked a few people to command those new military households to build a nest outside the dun. Everything else is okay, Liu Yan just asked those new military households to arrange in an orderly manner when building a nest, and when it is convenient, they must also be concentrated in a thatched pit, not scattered and arranged, and must pay attention to hygiene.

At night, the nests have taken shape, piles of firewood are burned, and the children's laughter adds a lot of vitality to the inside and outside of the big plate.

The next day, Liu Yan called Chen Xun and set off with four dun soldiers under Chen Xun, preparing to survey the distribution of the surrounding wasteland.