"Hello, uncle, we are here from Chang'an. Firstly, we are traveling here, and secondly, we want to learn about the history here." Li Ke greeted the other party with a smile.
"Haha, young man, you have come to the right place. Our Zhangjiacun is a place that has been passed down for more than a thousand years." The old man said with a smile.
Li Ke simply sat down next to them and asked with a smile: "Uncle, will you live a long life this year?"
"I'm not old, I'm eighty-nine this year. Our Zhangjiacun is a longevity village. The youngest among us is eighty-seven. The oldest is one hundred and seven this year!" The uncle said with a proud smile. .
Li Ke looked at the more than 20 old people sitting here. They all looked at Li Ke with smiles on their faces. To be honest, many of the old people here really didn't look like they were in their eighties.
"Uncle and aunt, you are all really old. To be honest, I have to call you grandpa." Li Ke said with a smile.
"Haha, just call me uncle and aunt, it sounds young." The uncle who just started talking said with a smile.
"Uncle, I think our village seems to be quite big, but why don't we feel that there are not many people there?" Li Ke asked curiously.
"You don't know this, right? Our village has a large population. There are about more than 1,500 permanent residents in our village. But at this time, the children have all gone to school, and the older people are all working. Well, our entire village is a forest ranger affiliated with the Forestry Department." The uncle said with a smile.
"The whole village?" Li Ke was a little surprised.
"Yes, it's the whole village, not just the whole village. Our village has been passed down for more than 1,400 years. Our village has village records, and the records for more than 1,400 years have never been interrupted."
"We also grew food in the earliest years, but at that time the Holy Emperor had not succeeded to the throne, and it was still the Taizong period. When the Holy Emperor first proposed to reform the entire Loess Plateau and maintain the ecology of the Loess Plateau, according to the information recorded by our ancestors, The Holy Sect gave us a choice at that time."
"Either migrate out or become professional rangers."
"Then the ancestors did not choose to leave this land, but chose to protect this forest for generations for the Holy Sect, who was still His Highness at that time. In the next more than 1,400 years, the youngest person in our Zhangjia Village so far has been the sixth Fourteen generations.”
"For generations, we have guarded the agreement we made with the Holy Sect and guarded this forest."
"Some of the children went out, but in their thirties and forties, many chose to return to their hometowns and villages and became forest guards. There are also some promising people who are engaged in fields related to ecological protection. Work. Our Zhangjiacun also has several great scholars, all of whom are geographers and biologists."
"Over the past fourteen hundred years, the number of people in the village has not decreased, but has increased. Many children have gotten married and have brought their families back with them."
"This place is very prosperous and will continue to prosper." The uncle told Li Ke and the others very excitedly.
Li Ke listened silently. He had never been here. Although he was the one who issued the policy at the time, at that time, according to the reports, many people did choose to stay in the local area and become forest rangers.
At that time, Li Ke also gave them adequate treatment, but he didn't expect that these people are still guarding here now.
Sixty-four generations, one thousand four hundred years, this number may not seem large, but it is extremely long. For Li Ke himself, he did not know that he would have such a big influence.
But looking at them living here, no matter how long they live and live a good life, it is a good thing.
"Uncle, is it convenient for you to live here?" Li Ke asked with a smile.
"Convenient, what's the inconvenience? It's not like it used to be. In the earliest years, according to ancestral records, at that time, the land allocated to each family in Datang was one hundred acres, but because a protected area was to be established here, it was Special treatment."
"Every household is allowed to retain their grain fields, and the rest must be planted into forests. His Highness said that only in this way can we leave a better life to future generations."
"After cultivating grain fields for decades, the Tang Dynasty became stronger and the roads connected to the outside world were better built. When food from outside could be transported in, each household reduced the planting area, and each household was allowed to retain One acre of land is used to grow daily vegetables, etc. All food is purchased from outside.”
"Because our government has always given good wages, even more than a thousand years ago, and it is still the same now."
"So we can all afford food, so even now, we can also buy vegetables and the like in the town."
"However, each of our families is still allowed to reserve one acre of land for growing vegetables and fruits."
"So, life is going well. Even though you are from Chang'an, the life in Chang'an may not be as good as ours. At least, the average life expectancy in our village is leading in the Tang Dynasty. ." The uncle was very talkative and said with a smile.
"Uncle, don't you regret staying here all your life and never living in a big city?" the assistant asked curiously.
"Hahaha, little girl, what do you regret? You grew up in the city and it doesn't matter, but after living here for a long time, I tell you, you don't want to go back to the city. Don't tell me, Do we Tang people have the gene for farming in our bones? When we reach the age of forty-five, we all want to grow something."
"As for the city, we also have holidays every year and can travel and so on. It's okay to live in the city for ten or eight days. It's a long time and I can't stay here, so this place is better."
"The air is good, and there are all kinds of wild animals in the mountains. I can see all kinds of animals. If I live in the city, I don't think I will live to be more than eighty years old." The uncle smiled very much. carefree.
Li Ke nodded silently, and then said: "Uncle, are there any older buildings in our village? Can I take a photo?"
"Shoot, just shoot, you have to publicize our place, so that more young people and girls will move here and get married! If it is an ancient building, it is the ancestral hall of our village. It is almost a thousand years old. Inside The statue of the Holy Sect is more than 1,400 years old, and there may not be anyone older than us in the entire Tang Dynasty." The uncle stood up directly, "Come on, I will take you to see it."
"There are statues of the Holy Sect everywhere." Li Ke was a little helpless.
"Hey, you don't know. According to the ancestral records in our village, there are far fewer of them now. Do you know? In the time of the Holy Sect, every household had a Holy Sect longevity tablet and a portrait of the Holy Sect."
"Nowadays, there are only one in each village, or even one in each township is good, not to mention too many." The uncle shook his head and then took the lead to walk towards the village very quickly.
