Autumn has come and winter has come, and the weather in Hanzhong is getting colder day by day. The howling north wind has been raging from last night to dawn, blowing a heavy snow. It is really like catkins flying in the sky, Qiong Yao Zazai, Zhijiao is surrounded by a vast expanse of white. . Lan
In the forest, Lao Huangtou and his grandson Huang Xiaochun kept watch for half a day, and finally caught two three-pound pheasants. Today's harvest was good, which made the grandson and grandson laugh with joy. Now they could see a few more meaty meals.
Seeing that it was almost noon, Old Huangtou said hello and led his grandson home. After all, Huang Xiaochun was a child of twelve or thirteen years old. Seeing the colorful and beautiful feathers of the two pheasants, he rushed to hold the two pheasants in his hands and admire them from time to time.
Their home is at the foot of a mountain, and there are five or six other families on the left and right, all of whom are fellow villagers. There are three or four wooden houses and a small courtyard surrounded by wooden fences. Although it is simple, it is still tidy.
After entering the main room, Lao Huangtou told his wife Li and his daughter-in-law Shi that they would cook half a chicken at noon, boil a pot of wine, and wait for his son Huang Dachun to come back and have a delicious meal as a family.
Half an hour later, Huang Dachun, wearing a bamboo hat and raincoat, returned home. He smelled the aroma of meat in the house and couldn't help but sigh: "It smells so good!"
"Dachun is back. The chicken is stewed in the kitchen. Dinner will be served soon." Old Huangtou heard the noise and walked out of the back room, and asked again: "Have you heard any news?"
Huang Dachun was picking up his hat and taking off his clothes, and replied: "Listen, Nalu Qiangfu said today that the Hanzhong County Governor has issued an explicit order. As long as I go out to the mountains in the spring of next year to establish a household, I can get the land."
"Can this be true?" Huang Dachun's mother, Mrs. Li, took out the stewed chicken and placed it on the wooden table.
A scent immediately filled the whole room, and Huang Xiaochun, who was playing in the back room, was lured out and reached out to grab a piece of chicken to try.
Huang Dachun reached out and slapped his son to stop him: "There are no rules. My father hasn't touched his chopsticks yet. How can a kid like you eat first?" Huang Xiaochun stuck out his tongue. Seeing his father getting angry, he didn't dare to do anything again. .
Old Huangtou laughed when he saw this: "Xiao Chun is greedy. Go to the kitchen and help your mother bring out other dishes and you can eat them." Huang Xiaochun nodded happily after hearing this, and happily went to the kitchen to help his mother with her work. .
Only then did Huang Dachun answer his mother's words: "It should be true. These days, the government sends people to the mountains every day to announce that we should go out to create households and farm. Today, Lianhua Township called us to listen to the report. Nalu Qiangfu said it accurately , saying that as long as we agree, everyone can get ten acres of land after we go out."
"How much does one person have? Ten acres of land?" Old Huangtou was surprised.
Mrs. Li was also shocked and said in disbelief: "With ten acres of land, our family can get dozens of acres. Head, you know how to calculate. Can you tell me how much our family can get?"
Old Huangtou stood up, picked up a wooden stick, scratched it on the ground, and replied happily: "If it is true, our family can get fifty acres."
"Fifty acres, that's enough for me and others to eat and clothe." Mrs. Li imagined such a life and said happily.
At this time, Mrs. Shi and Huang Xiaochun came out with three plates of dishes and a pot of wine. Mrs. Shi could hear clearly what was said outside in the kitchen, and looked at her husband with some excitement, as if she had agreed to go out and create a household.
Mrs. Li and Mrs. Shi arranged the cups and plates and prepared to eat. Country people are not so particular about eating separately, so the family of five gathered around to eat.
Huang Dachun added some charcoal to the charcoal stove nearby, took out two wine glasses and poured some home-brewed rice wine into it. He handed a glass to his father, raised the glass and said, "Come, let's talk while we eat." After that, he and the old man Huangtou touched it.
After a glass of wine, Huang Dachun felt more relaxed. He picked up a piece of chicken and ate it. It felt extremely delicious.
Feeling comfortable in his stomach, he was also happy in his heart, and said with a smile: "Actually, it is not as much as fifty acres. Nalu Qiangfu said that although there is no distinction between men and women, they must be adults, so if our family can We were allotted forty acres of land." Lan
"Forty acres is quite a lot." Although Li was a little disappointed, she still said happily.
Old Huangtou frowned and said, "Didn't the government say a while ago that we were going out to farm fields? Why did it change to granting fields now?"
Huang Dachun replied: "It doesn't count as a change. The government said that this land still belonged to the government for the first five years. It was only given to us for planting, and the government had to take 40% of the grain. After five years, the land will be truly granted. We, at that time, collected taxes according to the regular rules of the imperial court."
"So that's it." Old Huangtou nodded.
Li said disappointedly: "We have to wait another five years!"
Huang Dachun said: "Mom, this is a good condition. Lu Qiangfu said that the refugees like us will be granted the same land regardless of whether they are natives of Hanzhong or not. There is no difference."
"So what the government said about official learning before still counts?" Shi, who had been silent until now, asked. Lan
Huang Dachun knew his wife's intentions. He gave Huang Xiaochun a loving look, and then nodded firmly: "As long as the household is registered, Xiaochun will be able to go to school and learn to read."
Huang Xiaochun, who was chewing chicken legs, heard that he was going to school and looked at his parents blankly, with a mixture of expectation and confusion in his eyes. When Old Huangtou and Mr. Li thought that their grandson could read and write, their faces were filled with smiles, and their hearts were filled with excitement.
Even so, Old Huangtou still asked uneasily: "Is anyone willing to go out?"
"Yes, after listening to what Nalu Qiangfu said, many people immediately shouted that they were willing to go out." At this point, Huang Dachun asked with some earnestness: "Sir, the conditions of the government are good, do we want our family too? "
Old Huangtou pondered for a while and replied: "Let's eat first, and we'll do the sum total in the afternoon. Being in the mountains has its benefits, and going out has the benefits of going out. It's related to our family's livelihood, so we can't rush it."
"That's fine, let's wait and see for a couple of days before talking." Huang Dachun nodded.
On the rural road in Lianhua Township, more than a dozen horses moved forward slowly. Yang Qing and others braved the wind and snow to walk into the mountains. He had been in Chenggu County for three days in order to supervise the household registration of refugees, and he planned to go into the mountains and forests to have a look in person on this day. Lan
Not all of these refugees living in the mountains and forests were locals from Hanzhong, but many also flowed in from Guanzhong, totaling no less than 20,000 people.
Originally, Hanzhong was a rare pure land in troubled times, but since Cao Cao attacked Zhang Lu, Hanzhong has been involved in the whirlpool of the battle between the two heroes Cao Cao and Liu Bei. In order to avoid the war, many people hid in the mountains and forests until Now.
After several wars, Hanzhong's population was only a few hundred thousand. In order to increase the number of households, Yang Qing had ordered counties to recruit refugees from the mountains and forests a month ago.
He did not want to force the people to relocate, so he issued a government decree to grant land. The ownerless land was first returned to the government, and then distributed to the refugees for farming. After five years, these fields were owned by the people.
As a result, the refugees' willingness to come out on their own became much stronger. Coupled with the loan of seeds, farm tools, and the establishment of official schools, there were thousands of people in the city of Sunlight who were willing to go out and register households in the past few days.
Although the effect was achieved, many refugees were still doubtful and worried, and they were not as enthusiastic as Yang Qing thought.
Yang Qing knew that these people either did not trust the government's land grant orders, or were unwilling to go out and accept government rule, so he ordered county and township officials to take the initiative to preach the government order to the refugees to eliminate their doubts. Lan
As for paying the government taxes, Yang Qing felt that first of all, this was the obligation of the people. Secondly, the 40% tax he set for the first five years was very fair. Cao Wei's farm harvests were divided among the people, and the government got 60%. , the people got four, and could barely survive starvation.
Not to mention that here in Hanzhong, the land belongs to the individual at the end of the year. The farmers in Cao Wei did not have this treatment. They had to farm the land for the government for decades. This is true exploitation.
Many people could not bear such heavy oppression and would rather go to Soochow than stay in Cao Wei to farm. I heard that Sun Quan gained a population of more than 100,000 because of this.
"How far is it?" After passing through a jungle, Shen Da asked the local official in Lianhua Township next to him.
Lu Qiangfu replied: "To the Ming court, you can reach it just after turning around this mountain. There are several families living at the foot of the mountain. One of them is named Huang. Yesterday, he went to Xiaoren's place to listen to the field order."
Yang Qing heard this and said, "Botong, when you get there, go to the Huang family first."
"Yes, Mr. Fu." Lan
