Summer in Beihua is cool and comfortable, much cooler than in Liaodong.
Please search for the most complete and fastest updated When they got up early this morning, Fang Shun's family started to get busy.
As the village chief of Qishutun, Fang Shun had to take his eldest son Fang Yuanshan and nearly a hundred people in the village to repair the road leading to the neighboring village.
This is the Beihua Government Affairs Department.
Master Ma issued a strict order to widen and repair roads in various parts of the Beihua Plain.
In fact, roads have been opened since the beginning of development, but they are not wide and flat enough, so it is common to widen and flatten roads.
Fang Shun ordered his wife and second son Fang Gaoshan to bring weapons with them when they went to weed in the fields just in case.
Then he and his eldest son brought swords, guns and shovels to the threshing floor of the village.
They saw that more than ten strong men had already arrived.
On the open ground.
At the beginning of the morning, Fang Shun led nearly a hundred strong men out of the village and lined up to work eastward.
The work was actually very simple, which was to widen the original road by one foot to both sides, compact it with horse-drawn rollers, and lay on the road Drainage ditches were dug on both sides to prevent erosion during the upcoming rainy season.
There was no one to supervise the work, and each village rushed to work on its own.
However, the superiors strictly ordered that if the road widening failed to meet the standards, the village would be severely taxed.
Therefore, the villages did not dare to neglect, and they were busy working quickly and well, for fear of being caught.
Find fault.
An hour later, everyone had widened the road for more than a hundred steps, dug the drainage ditch, and everyone was sweating profusely.
Fang Shun ordered a break for a meal.
The day had been so busy, and Fang Shun knew that he still had to let everyone have more time.
Take a rest, otherwise you may not have enough energy in the afternoon, and you may end up hasting more haste.
Everyone sweats and chats together, and the atmosphere is relaxed.
Although life in Beihua is difficult, there is hope.
This year, each household has cultivated fifty acres of land.
Now that the weather is good in summer, as long as there are no floods, it will definitely be a good time.
Years.
Moreover, this is only the second year of the three-year tax exemption stipulated by Mr.
Zhao.
Everyone expects that their families will have a lot of surplus money this year.
Many families have begun to plan to build houses and hold weddings for their children next year.
Now as long as everyone is This topic cannot be avoided when we get together.
"Fang Tou.
Your two sons are both in their twenties.
They have to do things next year."
Old Yu asked while wiping sweat from his head.
He still used his old name.
"The matter in Yuanshan has been decided.
The fifteen-year-old second girl from Lao Gao's family in the neighboring village.
Our family plans to get married as soon as we build a new house next summer."
Fang Shun's eyes flashed with joy, but it was fleeting. .
"Alas, Gaoshan's affairs are difficult to deal with.
There are too few girls among us Liao people, and even if we have some, they have been trained and reserved.
It is difficult to deal with."
"Yes, it's time for my family too.
When I went to inquire about it, I found that some of the girls around me were betrothed at the age of ten.
I was terribly worried.
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There was only one baby at home.
What should I do?"
Old Yutou A long sigh.
He looked at his son who was having a wild and careless time in the distance.
"Don't worry too much about this.
It's the same in every village.
Mr.
Zhao has already said that he will find a girl from the Ming Dynasty and it will be done within three or two years.
This is what the Government Affairs Department just informed yesterday."
Fang Shun said.
"Seriously, Fang Tou, don't lie to me."
Old Yu Tou's eyes widened.
The beard is very funny.
"I'm an old man.
When have I ever lied to you?"
Fang Shun glared.
"I'm impatient, don't take it to heart Fang Tou."
Old Yu Tou laughed dryly and wiped his sweat again as if to cover up.
Dust started to rise in the distance in the west, and the faint sound of horse hooves could be heard.
Fang Shun hurriedly ordered everyone to get up and be on guard.
Although it was likely that they were soldiers of the Polu Army heading to the eastern quarantine area, Fang Shun did not dare to be careless.
If it was a loose horseman of the Anui people, there would be no big mistake in being careful.
Nearly a hundred young men holding spears and firecrackers formed a square formation, which was very orderly.
This was the result of the Polu Army sending people to the village for three months of training last winter.
Throughout the winter, the Polu Army sent three soldiers to each village to train the villagers, which opened the prelude to Beihua's reserve military service.
Today’s results are revealed at this moment.
The fireguns here are all old-fashioned matchlocks.
There are no flintlock guns, and there are not many people.
There are only twenty.
They are mainly used to deal with the bows and arrows of the Anuis.
After all, the bows and arrows of the Anuis are a big threat to many young men without armor. .
When dozens of cavalry and flags appeared in sight, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
They were the cavalry of the Polu Army.
The red flags and the black characters Polu marked their identities.
The war horses did not trot, but walked freely, followed by a long team of Liao people.
These were newly arrived Liao people who set off from Fangmao Port to explore the east.
The newly arrived Liao people looked timidly but very curiously at the Qishutun square array stationed on the roadside.
The people in the square array were messily dressed and certainly not the military commander escorting them, but they were all strong and energetic.
Their majestic appearance made them the envy of Liao people who were still worried about their future.
These were the first Liao people to arrive and settle down.
Looking at the green and vast fields around them, they are so energetic with swords and guns in their hands.
It is really enviable.
This is what the adults in Fangmao Port call pioneering life.
It seems that the adults did not lie to us.
Everything in front of us is proof.
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There are already twenty or thirty villages like this along the way.
Seeing the chaotic team in front of them, with their backs straightened under the timid and envious eyes, seeing them was like seeing themselves in the past, and a sense of pride and superiority arose spontaneously.
Look, we who arrived early are already living and working in peace and contentment.
You are just starting now.
The acres here are all obtained by us with our blood and sweat.
You are just starting to work hard.
You are not kind and secretly implying that in the next few months You have suffered a lot.
Fang Shun stared at some teenage girls among them.
He straightened his clothes, stepped forward, and said to a soldier, "Master, where is this team?"
"These are the Liao people who came to open up the upper reaches of the Xin Liao River."
The soldier looked at him and said.
Military regulations stipulate that people must be kind to the people and cannot be arrogant, otherwise they will be punished by confinement and fines.
"Master Jun, look, there are many good girls here.
We have too many boys here.
Can we discuss it with them..."
Fang Shun was interrupted by the soldiers just as he started, "That's no need to think about it.
This The same is true for the village chiefs of every village along the way.
Mr.
Gu from Fangmaogang has spoken, not to disturb the newly arrived Liao people along the way.
As for their settlement, that is your business. " Fang Shun smiled dryly and gave a salute, thanked him, and returned to the queue.
There were quite a few smart people who knew how to come up and talk to them.
Well, no, he stopped and didn't care after settling down.
He couldn't send people to follow them to see where to settle.
These new Liao people must be in the same difficulties as we were back then.
If we can help them. . .
Well, just do it. . .
Well, let's go back and have a good discussion.
Fang Shun felt refreshed and walked back briskly.
The Liao people's marching team was followed by two tails from a distance.
When the guarding Polu soldiers discovered it, they went to inquire and found that it was a village chief who sent them to see where the Liao people were placed.
Marriage, this made Mr.
Bai, who was guarding him, dumbfounded.
What should I do?
Mr.
Bai also knew very well that there were more men than women in Beihua.
So, just turn a blind eye.
It would be difficult for the village chief and for the whole young people in the village.
Think about it.
However, when the soldiers spread this incident as a joke, many village chiefs began to follow suit.
Zhao Guang and his younger brother Zhao Yuan were covered in tattered cotton armor and holding spears in their hands.
Together with more than 30 other young men holding weapons, they stood vigilantly on the small hillock in the east of Xigangzi Village.
From here, you can see the movement of more than ten miles around.
In the north of the village, about 300 men, women, old and young, are working on land reclamation.
Most of the area here is grassland and two large pine and poplar forests.
The land reclamation of grassland is relatively easy to deal with. of.
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It's just that the development of forest land is not that easy.
When trees are cut down, the larger logs are requested by the adults in Fangmao Port, while the smaller logs are kept by the village for future construction of houses and furniture.
The most troublesome thing is the cleaning of tree roots.
Just one tree root will take more than half a day.
After digging the tree roots in the forest, it is necessary to dig deep plows to bury the tree pits and grassland, and finally level the ground.
It only took nearly two days for this forest land.
In a matter of months, the grassland has already been plowed and sweet potatoes have been planted.
Zhao Guang and Zhao Yuan looked carefully east and north.
These two directions were adjacent to the isolation zone set up by the Polu Army.
The Anui people had appeared before, and even fought with villagers who were clearing land a month ago.
Three people in the village The villagers died, six villagers were injured, and eight invading Anui were killed.
After the accident, the Polu Army stepped up patrols in this area, and the Anui never came again.
Zhao Guang and Zhao Yuan's father, Zhao Limin, are taking care of the 23 Jeju horses in the village with their youngest son Zhao Hao and their neighbor Huang Jishan's son Huang Haizi.
Jeju horses are not big, but they are big animals after all.
They can pull and transport wood, level the land, open roads, and plow the land deeply.
They are much better than humans.
Without these Jeju horses, the village still cannot grow sweet potatoes.
So in winter, Food rations will be tight.
No, two Jeju horses fell ill and died in the past two days.
The village elder Han was furious and ordered Zhao Limin to lead people to take care of the horses.
Today, the horses were not allowed to go out to work, just to let the horses that had worked hard for more than two months Have a good rest.
Zhao Limin looked at Zhao Hao and Huang Haizi who were delivering hay to the stable.
The two young men were working and playing around, looking very energetic.
Seeing them, Zhao Limin felt comforted.
Although it was very hard here, and some Anui people made trouble from time to time, there was still hope after all.
When the final forest land was leveled, each household would be given fifty acres of land. , every family will cultivate their own acres in the spring of next year.
They will be tax-free for three years, and after three years they will only be taxed 10%.
Thinking of these, the past of Liaodong Zhenjiang and Shenmi Island has begun to blur, and this will be a new home.
Zhao Limin went into the stable and added some miscellaneous beans to the manger, adding some food to the horses to make them stronger.
This was the eyes of the village chief and the whole village, old and young.
He estimated that there was still more than half an hour left.
After cleaning up the horse manure and letting the two naughty boys take good care of the horses, he went home and repaired the roof of his home's home.
It rained the day before yesterday.
The roof of the shed is leaking a little.
Thinking of Diwozi, Lao Zhao would pray for good weather and a bumper harvest next year, otherwise where would the money and food come from to build houses?
Now the whole village lives in Diwozi, although there is a huge pile of logs in the south of the village. , but still have to wait two more years.
Lao Zhao looked towards the east of the village and listened.
There was no movement.
He sighed and walked back home.
He thought that these Beihua Yi people were not easy to worry about.
I hope everything is safe and that his family is safe.
The two boys are on duty today.
To be continued
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