341.New life

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Yinzhou.

See Silver County Harbor.

A dozen ships sailed from the sea and then docked at the berth of the port.

Drop anchor and reef the sail.

The spacious, reinforced and strong planks were lowered diagonally from the deck in line with the harbor berth.

At the berth, the port staff used iron hooks to connect the ship plates to the placement below to achieve a fixed effect.

After putting down the ship's planks, two movable wooden boards on one side of the deck were pulled apart, revealing the slightly uneasy faces on the deck.

Each of these people carried several of them to salute, either in their hands or on their shoulders. Anyway, no one was empty-handed.

As these dozen ships docked, the village chiefs who arrived at the port early in the morning each brought about ten people to greet them.

"Hey, you are all brothers from Qingzhou, please get off the boat. It has been a tiring journey. We have prepared food. After you have eaten and rested, we will handle the household registration for you and distribute the fields."

"You have caught up with the time this time. Last year, the prefect led us to open up more than 100,000 acres of farmland. After naturalization, each of you can get ten acres. It is all good farmland and has been cultivated for a full year. ”

"Besides, you don't need to pay taxes on this land for the first three years, and you only need half tax for the next three years."

A dozen village chiefs happened to have one person per boat, which seemed to have been arranged from the beginning.

Under their words, these people from Qingzhou also followed them off the boat in ignorance.

It is abnormal to be ignorant. It is the first time for many people to sail such a long distance by boat, and now they no longer know where they are.

Almost everyone will be cautious when facing an unfamiliar environment.

A dozen village chiefs each took hundreds of people off the boat.

Those who had followed them from the beginning began to check the health of the arriving Qingzhou people one by one.

To prevent possible contagious diseases.

In fact, they had already checked it once when boarding the ship in Qingzhou before coming here, but to be on the safe side, it would be good to check more often.

About a quarter of an hour later, each of these people was responsible for a dozen of them and quickly checked everything.

There is no special illness.

Upon seeing this, the village chief calmed everyone down.

"Free examinations are a good thing. In the past, we had to spend some money to see a doctor. Now we can check everyone for free. You can feel at ease knowing that there is nothing wrong with you."

"Okay, I'm tired from the journey. Come on, let's go have a meal. The food is sufficient, but don't fill up your stomach. Haha."

Say it.

The village chief took his several hundred Qingzhou White Stars to the canteen at the port.

There are a lot of staff at the port, so the canteen is large in size. The order came down from the prefect's mansion early in the morning, so the chefs in the port canteen were well prepared.

Fish buns, sweet potato polenta, sweet potato vermicelli, potato vermicelli are all available.

Before they even arrived, the people from Qingzhou smelled the aroma.

The spacious, bright and clean dining hall made all the people of Qingzhou feel at ease.

The young village chief who brought them here smiled and said with relief.

"Let me take you to get food. From now on, this will be your home. Why are you so polite when you get home?"

"Let's go, let's keep up. I haven't eaten yet."

The enthusiasm of the young village chief made the people of Qingzhou feel relieved. They followed closely and followed the young village chief to the meal window.

The staff in charge of preparing meals were very enthusiastic: "We're here, you've had a hard journey, come on, order whatever you want to eat, and you'll be satisfied!"

Perhaps because everyone along the way was so enthusiastic, the people of Qingzhou felt a little more relaxed at this moment, under the guidance of the staff and the chatty young village chief holding a bowl of potato flour.

The people of Qingzhou all had hot food.

"The chopsticks are over there, and there are steamed buns next to it. If you want to eat, just put it in the bowl. Just don't waste it."

As long as a Qingzhou citizen brings food, the staff will say in the direction they want to go.

And the fanciful young village chief was standing where the chopsticks and steamed buns were placed. He came over and recommended the taste of the steamed buns without any explanation.

That enthusiastic look really made all the Qingzhou people feel like they were back home.

Delicious food comforts these people who have left their hometown.

Everyone was very satisfied after eating and drinking. They were all farmers living at the bottom of the society. When had they ever eaten something so delicious?

Those steamed buns and white noodles, I have only heard of them, but this is the first time I have tasted them.

The powder in the bowl is strong, and it looks like fine food at first glance.

With such preferential treatment, 90% of these people recognized this place after eating this meal, and they were also convinced by the enthusiastic village chief in front of them.

"Are you all full?"

The young village chief casually wiped his mouth with his sleeve, then blew his nose and asked.

"If you're not full, grab some steamed buns. These are oily and watery enough to keep you hungry."

After that, he stepped forward, took two and put them into his pocket.

Seeing him like this, many people followed suit, but they didn't take more. Like the young village chief, they were satisfied with just two.

"Hey, come on, let's go. From now on, you will be in the same village with me. My name is Zhao Ji, your village chief. From now on, you can call me by my name or Village Chief Zhao."

"Let's go and apply for household registration."

After a meal, the three to four hundred people in Qingzhou felt very good about the village chief in front of them. They gradually relaxed their courage and began to ask Zhao Ji questions in Qingzhou dialect with a slight accent.

"Village Chief Zhao, can we really receive ten acres of land each? And we don't have to pay taxes?"

"Of course, why did I lie to you?"

While talking, Zhao Ji led the hundreds of Qingzhou people out of the cafeteria.

On the way, he happened to meet a young village chief who was as young as him and brought hundreds of Qingzhou people with him.

"Hey, you're done eating, so soon?"

"Haha, we are not good at anything else. We are the first in cooking. Stop nagging. Everyone is hungry. You can take them to eat quickly."

"Okay, see you later."

"Well, see you later."

The two teams passed each other.

Seeing that the two village chiefs were the same age, some of the people Zhao Ji led asked curiously.

"Village Chief Zhao, you are all so young. At such a young age, you can think that I am asking questions that I shouldn't and shouldn't ask."

With a snap, the person who asked the question gave himself a mouthful, and was a little embarrassed to please Zhao Ji. Although they are getting along a little harmoniously now, after all, the people are civilians and officials are officials, not to mention that the village officials are in charge of them directly.

If this is remembered, there will be trouble in the future.

Zhao Ji laughed: "Why are you beating yourself? Why can't you ask? We are not officials of the Han Dynasty, so we don't have so many things to stress over."

Then he turned around and said solemnly to the people of Qingzhou: "I know what our days were like in the past. I am also an ordinary citizen who has been rescued in the past few years. I used to be like everyone else and had endless things to do every day. Labor and endless taxes!”

"But, everyone is different now. We have all been saved by your Majesty. From now on, we will be able to farm enough to fill our warehouses, and there will even be a surplus that can be sold to the Prefect's Mansion every year. None of what I just said to you is a lie. , we no longer have to pay so much miscellaneous taxes, and everyone can live peacefully in the future!"

Zhao Ji said it seriously, but the people of Qingzhou who were used to living a hard life only half-believed it. They still had the worst plans for themselves before experiencing it.

Things are business as usual.

got used to.

(End of chapter)