Chapter 332 Digging the Wall
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The big bull brothers came back from Taozhou.
The news they brought back spread throughout Bashang like the wind. Originally, the imperial court had sent people to spread the official documents, but everyone did not respond so much to those.
But when the Big Niu brothers came back, it was different.
Especially the news brought back by the Big Niu brothers is different from the notices passed down by the court.
The court's notice stated that the new soldiers recruited to Longyou for war last time were now elected by the court as the government soldiers and stationed in the Longyou prefectures. The government soldiers will be granted land in the local area, with a total of 100 acres of land. In addition, their families will also be granted land according to the order of equal land, with a total of 100 acres of land per 100 acres of land, and the middle-aged man will be given 50 acres of land. Each household will pay 5,000 yuan for each family.
But when the big bull brothers came back, they brought different content.
Daniu brought Zhang Sanlang's handwritten letter to everyone by the gentlemen of Bailu Academy.
The Bashang children who served as the government soldiers in Taozhou were granted 300 acres of land. The families of these government soldiers went there, and each male was granted 100 acres, the middle male was granted 50 acres, and the women also granted 50 acres. Even children over three years of age were granted 20 acres, both male and female, and all were granted 20 acres. In addition, all newly moved people had tax rents for three years, and only half of them were paid in the fourth and fifth years.
The contents on both sides do not match, and everyone doesn't know who to listen to.
"Of course I heard from Sanlang. When did Sanlang deceive everyone? He asked everyone to work, and said that the wages would be as much as possible, and even gave additional rewards. Usually, if anyone has an urgent or difficult matter at home, when did he refuse to find Zhang Sanlang? I believe more. Sanlang is now the governor and governor of Taozhou. Everything in Taozhou is decided by Sanlang. He said that a man in a mansion would be divided into 300 acres, then there would be 300 acres. He said that a man who had 100 acres would be 100 acres, and there would be no discount."
A man from Zhangjiagou said loudly.
"Yes, I believe in Sanlang too. It would be better to go to Taozhou. The troops in the government are divided into 300 acres of land, and a family man is divided into 100 acres. Not only are they taught, but half of them are Yongye fields."
A son happened to go to Taozhou with Zhang Chao last time and said happily. There were hundreds of acres of land. He just simply calculated that if his family moved there, he could divide more than 600 acres of land. He was a little unbelievable. He found the teacher from the academy to calculate that he had calculated it wrongly, but in fact it should be 720 acres.
There are only 720 acres of land in Bashang now. His family has only 20 acres of land in total. The last time they were granted land, and the twenty acres were all divided into land, and there was no one acre of Yongye. Fortunately, the income was good because of the work of the Zhang family. Otherwise, the family would not live a life of twenty acres. In the past, when their family was free, they had to go up the mountain to chop firewood and burn charcoal and work for the nearby landlords. They had to work hard and tiring, but they were always unstable and could barely have enough food and clothing.
If the family had 720 acres of land, how prosperous and comfortable it would be. Moreover, half of it was Yongyeland, which could be passed on to the son and the son to the grandson.
Although Taozhou is on the border, they don’t care so much. Many people from Ningmin County, Bashang, actually moved from Longyou a long time ago.
Moving back now is not a big deal, the key is to have land and land.
What's more, there is Zhang Sanlang in Taozhou, what are you worried about?
However, there are some people who are reluctant to leave Bashang. If they had been half a year ago, they would definitely not hesitate, but now they have a good life. There is some land at home, and they can work for the Zhang family when they are free. Basically, the whole family can work in the Zhang family, and the money and grain earned by the workmanship are more than farming.
After all, life in Bashang is very good now, so you don’t have to worry about food and clothing. Another thing is that there is a college in Zhangjiagou, where can your children study here. After going to Taozhou, will they still have work in the future? Will your children still have free books to read?
Zhangjiagou is so lively and bustling like a big town. Many people really feel that life is booming and have a bright future. They are already very satisfied with the life of having no worries about food and clothing. If their children still have the opportunity to study, what do they still want?
Some people asked these questions.
"When we arrived in Taozhou, will the children still have a chance to study?"
Cui Yingying and her father stood at the entrance of the school and accepted everyone's inquiries.
"Everyone hopes that children have the opportunity to study, which is a good thing. Sanlang said in his letter to me that he has already planned to build a college there, which will be larger than Bailu Academy and can accept more students. As everyone has passed, children will also have the opportunity to study, and they will also be exempt from tuition fees. In addition, students who are already studying in Bailu Academy do not have to worry. They can transfer to Taozhou or continue to stay here to study. The Zhang family will still take care of them, treating them as children and nephews, and will have food and accommodation."
Cui Yingying's words made many people change their minds. Since Taozhou also has a college and children have the opportunity to study, it would be nice to go to Taozhou.
"After going to Taozhou, can you really get so many places?"
"You can ask Daniu Erniu for this, they just came back from Taozhou." Cui Yingying said.
Daniu stood in front and was a little nervous.
Erniu was better than him and said loudly, "Taozhou is very good, with many rivers and many flat land, and many of them can be watered directly. But there are very few people there, with a population of tens of thousands, but last time we fought, many of the Qiang people who were originally affiliated rebelled and returned to Tuyuhun, and some people were captured. Now the land is vast and sparse. Sanlang said that if the land in Taozhou City was reclaimed, there would be no less than one hundred thousand acres, but there are only a few thousand households there now. We went there, and some were land!"
"Is there dangerous place? Will foreigners often not be able to fight?"
"Don't worry, there are Sanlang in Taozhou, and there are more than 5,000 soldiers in six military prefectures. The foreigners don't have the courage. The foreigners are actually not that powerful. Last time we escorted Sanlang with food and grass, we met Sanhan's three thousand Qiang cavalry on the way. As a result, Sanlang lured them into the city with one trick, and ended up closing the door and beating the dogs, and directly wiped out them all!"
At this time, Cui Yingying told everyone another good news.
"If everyone is willing to move to Taozhou, the Zhang family is willing to buy their land, even houses and furniture and other things that cannot be taken away, and the prices are reasonable. Moreover, we will be responsible for organizing cars and horses to send everyone to Taozhou."
According to the rules of the court, only Yongye fields can be inherited and sold by the court. The land that is distributed to the court cannot be sold, nor can it be passed on to the descendants. However, there are exceptions, that is, if a family member dies and has no money to be buried, he can sell the land and hold funerals. The second is to move from Sa Township to Kuan Township, and sell the land and share the land.
Moving from Bashang to Taozhou is to move from Saxiang to Kuanxiang. They can sell their land and divide the land. When they arrive in Kuanxiang, the court will give them another share of the land. This is also to encourage the people to move to the border and immigrate to the border.
The fields on Ba are mostly dry land on the plateau slopes. Good land is worth four or five jin, while the general one is worth two or three jin per mu.
Most people have land granted by the imperial court, and they mainly divide the land with the ranks. Most people only have twenty or thirty acres of land in their families.
Now the Zhang family is willing to buy their land, so that they can find buyers to take action, and save others from taking the opportunity to be sold. This is a good thing. Besides, dilapidated houses, homesteads, furniture and even trees at home, etc., the Zhang family is willing to buy these.
This made many people worry a little more.
Many people have started to register at the Zhang family.
Some families are still hesitating. Many of their sons have ordered soldiers in Taozhou, but there are still sons at home who have already started a family and started a business.
"It's easy to deal with. My son who has already started a family will let them separate and stay in Bashang. All the original fields and houses of your family can be left to him. You can take your wife and children to Taozhou and live with your younger son." The manager gave them advice.
Cui Yingying even thought of a good idea for everyone, which was to sell the land cheaply to the Zhang family, and the Zhang family sold it to their sons at the original price. After walking around like this, they fell into the hands of their own sons. And when they went to Taozhou, they could divide the land again. Although this was digging for the imperial court, everyone was very happy to hear it.
If you don’t walk around like this, the land cannot be left directly to your son, because then it will be the court’s mouth to divide the land. But after reselling it, the land will become private land.
Anyway, the people of Bashang have few private land, and the upper limit is not more than 100 acres.
Cui Yingying did not object to the villagers leaving the land to their sons. The Zhang family paid for the land to collect the land, which was also a mutually beneficial thing. The people sold the land and took a sum of money to live a new life in Taozhou. The Zhang family also took the opportunity to accept a lot of land, which was a mutually beneficial thing.
In the end, many people still planned not to put all the eggs in a basket.
Leave one or two sons in Bashang, so that there is a root on Bashang and another branch on Taozhou. Of course, some people live in Bashang, so they just fight for it. The whole family and young family signed up to go to Taozhou together and sold the little bits of land at home to the Zhang family, and sold all the residential land, trees and even old furniture in the broken houses.
How much can I sell, just leave a few cages, and then take clothes and bedding and leave.
Cui Yingying immediately arranged for someone to be responsible for registration, and also arranged for someone to be responsible for measuring the land and evaluating the property.
The people from the yamen and the people from the nearby tribes were invited to witness as intermediaries.
After the negotiation is completed, the contract is signed.
Finally, the Zhang family issued bank tickets for everyone.
"This is for everyone's sake. It is not convenient to bring a lot of money and silk on the way. Just take this bank ticket. When you arrive in Taozhou, there is also a Zhangji bank where you can withdraw money directly."
Cui Yingying suggested that everyone only take some change, and most of them were deposited in the money house to issue bank notes.
The money shop will specially invite guards to transport money and silk to Taozhou, so that everyone will be convenient and worry-free on the way.
"Sister-in-law Qing, look at your family, with a total of 20 acres of land, and the estimated price is four guan per acre, with a total of 80 guan. In addition, two old caves, including the kang stove and old furniture, etc., the estimated price is twenty guan. Your family has 130 mulberry trees, jujube trees, elm trees, etc., which together counts 35 guan, a total of 135 guan. Do you think it is right?"
Zhao Siniang took a pc, sat in front of the account book, and told a widow in the village. His Ke Qing's wife, her husband, died in Hebei half a year ago, and she was with a child. Now her brother-in-law is a soldier in Taozhou. Her parents-in-law and elder brother and sister-in-law are going to Taozhou, and she is planning to go there.
I sold all the family inside and outside to the Zhang family, and there were actually 135 stagnants.
No wonder everyone said that the family was worth a lot of money and lived a tight life, but they really sold them all, and they even sold them for a lot of money. However, the big head was still the twenty acres of land that could not be sold. Her husband died, but because she died in battle, she was a widow, so the court confiscated the land.
The price given by the Zhang family is quite sincere now. They did not lower the price, and even gave more, giving 4,000 acres of land, which is 80 stagnant.
Sister Qing looked full of gratitude. A family like the Zhang family did not bully their orphans and widows, and they took care of them like this.
"Thank you, thank you, Shisanniang, thank you, Zhang family, good family!"
"Look, I will give you a 130-ton house ticket, and then prepare you a 5-ton house price of 1,000-ton house price of copper coins, and then prepare you a 20-ton house piece of silk for four-ton house? For the purpose of the road, the rest will be stored in the money house. You can collect the 130-ton house tickets and then go to Taozhou to withdraw the money."
Sister Qing said with some concern, "What if I lose my money on the road or get damaged?"
"Don't worry, these bank tickets are registered. Even if others get them, they cannot withdraw your money. And if you lose them, it doesn't matter. There will be an account book on the bank. Then you will go there directly, show your account post, check your identity, and then check the secret words you left behind. You can re-open a bank ticket and you can collect your money."
After hearing this, Sister Qing was relieved. More than 100 stagnant of money was the money to raise a couple of children in the future.
Bashang was quite lively for a while.
There were three thousand young men who followed Zhang Chao to Longshang, and more than 100 of them died in battle. More than 1,000 were divided into several other states as their prefectures, and only 1,500 were in Taozhou.
The soldiers in other states were not as well treated as Taozhou. They gave land worth 100 acres, while Taozhou had 300 acres, and the family's treatment was different.
Many people feel dissatisfied, but after asking, it is impossible to blame the Zhang family for this matter. After all, the Zhang family does give good treatment, which is just the same as other states.
Many people want to go to Taozhou.
There are also some who have no children in Taozhou to serve as soldiers, but they also want to go.
"If you want to go to Taozhou, you can share the land and give it to the land there, and you can enjoy the same treatment as the family members of the government." Cui Yingying knew that her husband needed a population in Taozhou, so she agreed directly.
Anyway, the court did not prohibit the people from immigrating, especially from places with dense populations in Guanzhong like Bashang to places with vast and sparsely populated areas. The court actually supported it very much.
Manager Zheng found Cui Yingying helplessly.
Because of the three thousand apprentices leaving, several workshops were greatly affected. Now no one of the three thousand apprentices can come back. The villagers here of Bashang are moving to Taozhou on a large scale, and the workshops are going to lose their staff again.
"This is not a big deal. Our workshop is treated so well. If you leave, you can recruit apprentices from other places to supplement them immediately."
Although the impact of reducing a large number of craftsmen and apprentices was still very great, Cui Yingying could not take into account both. She could only reduce the output of the workshop first, and then slowly recover after recruiting personnel.
Chapter completed!