Chapter 42: Old Friends

When he entered Xingqing from Baihe, Zhao Ran walked for fifteen days, and it took even longer to return to Baihe from Xingqing, just to Lingzhou, it took five full days. This is also a helpless thing, who let Zhao Ran drag the sixty-three Ming people who were auctioned from the Jinbo Club?

In order to bring them back to Daming smoothly, Zhao Ran bought three flatbed ox carts, one of which was used for women who couldn't walk in turn, and the other two were pulled with felt, clay pots, millet rice, dried meat, etc., prepared for food and lodging on the road.

Fortunately, the people who can be slaves in Western Xia and survive for ten years by doing heavy work are basically strong laborers with extremely tenacious vitality, so there are not so many disasters along the way, plus Zhao Ran takes care of him a lot, so he has not lost a single person.

When these people heard that they were going to return to Daming, the older ones began to have tears on their faces after leaving Xingqing, and the younger ones were a little dazed in addition to being excited, and they couldn't help but feel a little sad when they saw Zhang Juzheng and the Ming army.

After arriving in Lingzhou, Zhao Ran did not enter the city, but found a big car shop next to the official road outside the city. It was too troublesome and time-consuming to get in and out of the city, and he couldn't afford to wait until he returned to Songfan by October.

That night, Zhao Ran gathered these people together and said: "Poor Dao will pay you to redeem you from Xingqing, and in the future, everyone will still be the people of the Ming Dynasty, and they will no longer be slaves who are beaten and humiliated." ”

This remark once again caused a burst of sighs and aroused tears in many people.

Zhao Ran continued: "Poor Dao will escort you back to Daming, and after crossing the White River, you need to think carefully about where you go." I know that you are all the people of the Song Domain, and you were exiled to Western Xia because of the disaster of war, and there are some people whose relatives died in Western Xia, and now you are alone, such as Gu Niangzi, and some people, it is possible that your family members are still in the Song Domain, such as Lei Dalang. When you return to Daming, you can go home, and after ten years, you should also go to see the former residence of relatives and friends, and see if there is any left......"

The crowd fell down and shouted, "The Taoist has mercy."

Zhao Ran raised his hand to help him, asked everyone to get up, and said: "Everyone, what Poor Dao has been thinking about in the past few days is that you have returned to the Ming Dynasty and are no longer slaves, which is indeed gratifying, but you are penniless, how will you make a living in the future? After many years of war, what land, what pasture, what house, to be honest, most of its file deeds have been lost, and the system is undoubtedly corrupted. Poor Dao was thinking, if after you go back, you will have no food and clothing, and you will be exiled in the wilderness, so that you will die, wouldn't it be the sin of Poor Dao?"

Everyone was silent and looked at each other, and immediately someone took the lead and shouted: "Please also ask the Taoist to show mercy and guide me to a way to live." ”

Zhao Ran nodded, and said: "After Poor Dao goes back, he will go to Hongyuan White Horse Academy to serve as a Taoist, and at the same time, Poor Dao is still a disciple of the Louguan School. ”

At that moment, Zhao Ran explained his method of granting the field in detail.

The "land granting law" that Zhao Ran planned to implement in Hongyuan was not a direct grant, but a sales system. The land granting method implemented in Guyang County back then did not work in Hongyuan, because Zhao Ran did not contract so much land - his current status is not as good as he did back then.

Of course, it is not impossible for the government to grant the land directly, that is, the White Horse Academy, but the quality of the land, the ethics of the officials, and the cumbersomeness of handling it will bring all kinds of drawbacks, and in the first few years of granting the land, the government will not get any money income, which will also affect his development plan for Hongyuan.

Zhao Ran's plan was for the government to come forward and sell the land at a price ranging from one tael to two taels per mu for those who wanted to cultivate it, and for those who wanted to raise livestock, the price of the pasture would be three to one tael.

In the specific operation, we introduced a charity fund that already had a rich foundation and a complete system in Longan Province, and borrowed money from farmers in need, and after borrowing money, the farmers purchased it from the government and returned it at low interest.

Farmers were given land and worked hard to cultivate and graze their cattle under the stimulus of borrowing and repaying interest, and the government received the population and money to start projects such as water conservancy and road construction, so as to promote the high yield of farmland and pasture and the flow of commerce, so as to obtain more taxes, so as to achieve a virtuous circle of civil governance. At the same time, the Daomen gained a stable following, gradually changing the ethnic contrast of Hongyuan.

After explaining, Zhao Ran did not force them to agree immediately, but extended the period to after Hui Ming.

"After crossing the White River, if you are willing to settle down in Hongyuan, you can follow the poor road to Dajun Mountain to choose the fields and pastures that you are satisfied with, and if you don't want to, you can also go home by yourself. ”

After finishing speaking, Zhao Ran turned around and left, and Zhang Juzheng beside him naturally followed closely all the way, kept asking Zhao Ran for advice, and asked for more than half an hour before he went back to rest.

In the middle of the night, Zhao Ran's heart moved, opened the door, and said to Mingjue at the door: "The master is still not resting?"

Mingjue shook his head: "Send the Taoist chief out of the summer realm, the little monk's trip is considered complete, how can he rest in peace......?

While speaking, a monk fell over the wall in the courtyard, Zhao Ran looked carefully, and couldn't help but be happy: "Jueyuan Daoyou, it's been really hard to follow these days, I haven't seen you for many years, don't come to harm? ”

Mingjue on the side was still a little unclear, so Zhao Ran had already explained to him: "This is my old friend, I got acquainted with him when I first entered the threshold of cultivation, the master can rest assured, it's okay, just talk about the old feelings." Oh, by the way, I forgot to introduce, this is Jueyuan Daoyou, Nai Da Lei Yin Temple......"

Before he finished speaking, Jueyuan corrected: "Great Thunder Light Temple!"

Mingjue asked: "Da Lei Guang Temple, Jishi Mountain outside the Xi River, do you remember that one night peeping at the official post was you?"

Jueyuan stepped forward and folded: "Amitabha, I have seen Senior Brother Mingjue, and the little monk is Jueyuan, the abbot of Da Lei Guang Temple. I heard the name of my senior brother earlier, and I can see it today, and I hope that my senior brother will give me more advice. ”

Mingjue asked, "You've heard of me earlier?"

Jueyuan smiled and said, "Senior brother serves as the special envoy of Fengying Hongti, who doesn't know about this matter?"

With that, the three of them entered Zhao Ran's room and sat opposite each other.

Zhao Ran knew that he would definitely not be able to drive away Mingjue, so he simply let him listen generously, and said to Jueyuan: "What realm is Daoyou in now? I remember that Daoyou was the second view of wisdom in the monk realm back then, I haven't seen it for seven or eight years, right?"

Jueyuan glanced at Mingjue and said, "The little monk has had an epiphany in recent years, and now he has seen through the realm of ear perception and entered the novice realm. ”

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