Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 26
Huang Laifu, Gu Yunniang, Yang Steward and others returned to the Thousand Households in Wuzhaibao.It happened that Huang Sihao, Yang Shi, and Gu Qianhu were waiting for them to have lunch.

Before the banquet started, Gu Yunniang told about what happened in the farm just now, and everyone was very open-eyed. They didn't expect Huang Laifu to have such a thing.

Butler Yang sighed in admiration: "Young master's way of managing the farm really impresses the old slave. As a result, all the Zhuang Ding are not working hard. Presumably after the beginning of spring, the farm will have a different view."

After hearing this, Huang Sihao couldn't help smiling with satisfaction.Gu Qianhu also stroked his beard and nodded.

Yang Shi said: "My son, five buckets of rice per month for the third-class farmer is nothing, but the monthly rations and annual rewards of the first-class farmer and the second-class farmer are not too high?"

Huang Laifu smiled and said: "Mother, there are rewards and punishments, so these farmers work hard. There is a saying that the wool comes from the sheep. If the income of the farm increases at the end of the year, it is okay to give them a higher reward. We eat Meat, you have to give others some soup, don’t you?”

Everyone nodded, and Gu Yunniang also looked thoughtfully at Huang Laifu.

Yang said with a smile: "My son is confident, so I won't say anything for my mother."

She said, "Come, everyone, eat, eat."

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Wuzhai Fort is just a small place, if there is any disturbance, the whole fort will know immediately.

The story of Huang Laifu in the farm was quickly spread in Wuzhai Fort after being passed on by word of mouth among those in Huibao.

Everyone in Wuzhaibao was surprised and discussed a lot. One thought that when the yellow tiger would farm the land, he would take care of the farm.Second, how did this yellow tiger turn his temper and be so kind to people, and even treat every tenant to drink porridge?
To tell the truth, when Huang Laifu had an accident, many military households dared not say it openly, but secretly everyone was happy, especially those who had been bullied by Huang Laifu, and prayed that the yellow tiger would never wake up after the accident.But what was disappointing was that it didn't take long for Huang Laifu to be alive and kicking again.

But when I think about it now, Huang Laifu has become kinder after waking up from the accident. Although he was still scary to see him, he never bullied the military households in the fort again.Everyone didn't understand how this Huang Laifu could change. Didn't it mean that the country is easy to change, but the nature is hard to change?

Regarding Huang Laifu's new employment method in the farm, many tenants of other farms of the Huang family, and military households in the castle were all moved when they heard this, thinking that it would be their turn when such a good thing happened.Everyone was going to inquire whether Huang Laifu should implement this new method in other farms, or whether he should hire someone.

However, after hearing Huang Laifu's new employment method, the officers in the fort took a wait-and-see attitude.Before Huang Laifu's new method has no effect, they will not rashly change the long-standing tenancy method.Some people think that if Huang Laifu does this, it will be ridiculous if he can't even pay the monthly rations.

At this time, Huang Laifu was riding on the street, and he faintly heard the discussions of the people.But after seeing Huang Laifu, these people quickly stopped talking, and then quickly moved away.It is obvious that Huang Laifu's power is deeply rooted in the hearts of these people.

Huang Laifu thought to himself: "The story of the farm spreads quickly." But this is also what he expected, and what he does naturally needs more publicity from others to deepen its influence.

After lunch, Huang Laifu didn't rest in Qianhu House for long before going out.Jiang Dazhong, Yang Xiaolu, Yang Steward, Gu Yunniang and others were still following him.Gu Yunniang didn't know what was going on, these days, she made up her mind to follow Huang Laifu every day.Wherever he goes, she will follow.

Huang Laifu didn't pay much attention, he was busy with business, at this moment, in his bosom, was hiding the drawings of the big waterwheel that he had drawn in the past few days, and the direction he was going was the place where the military craftsmen of Wuzhaibao lived .

In the Ming Dynasty, there were hundreds of thousands of craftsmen, divided into military craftsmen, civilian craftsmen, and kitchen craftsmen.The craftsmen in the guards are basically military craftsmen. They came from "soldiers who were unfit for duty" in the early Ming Dynasty. They served after learning techniques such as piercing armor and making bows and arrows.In addition, there are also those who act as military craftsmen for various reasons.According to the system of the Ming Dynasty, military artisans were served for the rest of their lives, and like military households, their descendants inherited the business and were not allowed to leave their nationality and change their careers.

There are also dozens of military craftsmen in Wuzhai Fort, who are usually responsible for the repair of some weapons and armor and the forging of some weapons in the fort.Speaking of it, these military craftsmen are worse than military households.Not to mention being used as serfs at ordinary times, in terms of treatment, even military households are far inferior.

Theoretically, ordinary military households have a monthly ration of one stone and their own fields, while military artisans have nothing but selling some technical hard work.Their monthly rations were no more than three buckets, and they only had a daily supply of japonica rice when they went to work.However, like the military households, their monthly rations have also been heavily deducted, and when they are distributed, they are already meager.

The treatment is so poor, and all kinds of hard labor emerge in endlessly. After Ming Xuande, like military households, craftsmen fleeing became a common phenomenon. In the three years of Zhengtong, there were 250 escaped craftsmen, and in the ten years of Zhengtong, tens of thousands of craftsmen escaped. Jingtai In the first year, there were more than 800 escaped craftsmen.

Having seen the poverty of the military households, he also had memories of the Wuzhaibao military craftsmen in his mind, but when he saw these military craftsmen at this time, Huang Laifu was still shocked.

The places where these military craftsmen live are very dilapidated, all are thatched huts, with cracks everywhere, and the mud walls of some huts look like they are about to collapse.The military craftsmen I saw were all sallow and thin, with disheveled faces.In the cold weather, many people were still wearing thin clothes, shivering from the cold.Some of the children were even more similar to the African refugee children I had seen on TV before.

After seeing Huang Laifu and others coming, these people quickly moved away in fear.Those with children hurriedly pulled the children aside.

Huang Laifu sighed: "It's miserable, it's really miserable."

Gu Yunniang originally had a look of unbearable expression on her face, but when she heard Huang Laifu's words, she couldn't help giving him a blank look: "When did you become so kind? I heard that many people here have been whipped by you before."

Before Huang Laifu could speak, he saw a middle-aged man crawling out of a thatched hut. He rushed to Huang Laifu's horse, his face was full of fear, and he said repeatedly: "I don't know if it's the elder Come, welcome if you are far away, welcome if you are far away."

This person is Liu Zongqi, who is the leader among military craftsmen. Just like military households, military craftsmen are also organized according to hundreds of households, general banners, and small banners.But even though he is the general banner, he did not live a better life than the other craftsmen, he had the same disheveled face, the same tattered clothes, and the thatched hut he lived in was not less than others.

Huang Laifu got off his horse, threw the whip to Jiang Dazhong, and raised his voice, "General Manager Liu, I came here today and I need your help with something."

Liu Zongqi repeatedly said: "Look at what the young master said, if you have anything to do, just send someone to order it, and thank you for your kindness, it really makes me feel uneasy."

Huang Laifu smiled slightly: "Zongqi Liu just knows how to talk."

Liu Zongqi hurriedly laughed: "Where, where." He tentatively said: "Do you think he entered the house to talk?"

Huang Laifu nodded, and was about to leave, when he saw a child in shabby clothes not far away, leaning on the side of the house and looking at him timidly.With a heart move, he waved at the child.

A group of onlookers had already gathered around the thatched hut just now, seeing Huang Laifu like this, a look of horror flashed in everyone's eyes.

Liu Zongqi's face was also a little unnatural, and he forced a smile and said: "Young master, children are not sensible, if there is something that offends young master, I hope you will have a lot..."

Gu Yunniang on the side also said: "Huang Laifu, what are you doing... This kid didn't mess with you." But Jiang Dazhong and Yang Xiaolu were preparing the whip.

Huang Laifu thought: "Grandma, my image is so bad?"

Glancing at Jiang Dazhong and Yang Xiaolu, who were not helping, he smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't hurt him." He waved to the child again, and the child timidly came over, walked up to Huang Laifu, but I dare not speak in fear.Only then did Huang Laifu realize that it was a little girl. Looking at her disheveled hair from a distance, she couldn't tell if it was a boy or a girl.

At this time, the little girl was less than ten years old, dressed in thin and tattered clothes, with a pair of tattered hemp shoes on her feet, shivering all over from the cold, and looked at Huang Laifu timidly with a pair of bright eyes.

Huang Laifu smiled at her gently, but before he spoke, a young girl came out from a room, rushed to Huang Laifu, knelt down and said, "Elder Young Master, if Er Niu offends me in any way, please raise your hand , let her go. Yumei kowtowed to you."

Huang Laifu was a little embarrassed, thinking: "The bad reputation is outside, and doing good deeds will also be misunderstood."

He slowly took out a paper bag from his bosom, opened the paper bag, and inside were a few pieces of pastry, it was when Huang Laifu was eating at noon, he thought the pastry tasted good, so he packed a few pieces and prepared to take it to the farm to eat slowly. At that time, Mrs. Yang saw that she wanted to use a food box to carry it, and asked Huang Laifu to pack more. Huang Laifu said that enough, so he just wrapped a few pieces, and now it is used here.

Huang Laifu put the pastry in the little girl's hand and said with a smile, "Er Niu, this is for you."

The little girl Erniu just looked at Huang Laifu, both excited and hesitant, but she didn't dare to take it back.

Huang Laifu smiled and encouraged her, Er Niu suddenly stretched out her hand, stuffed the pastry into her mouth, and ate it voraciously.

The girl Yumei who was kneeling on the ground couldn't believe her eyes, she stood up slowly, and said in a low voice, "Thank you, young master..."

Huang Laifu nodded to her with a smile, and walked forward.At a glance, the girl Yumei was about fourteen or five years old, thin and thin, wearing a sarong with patches all over it.His face was rather disheveled, but there was a bit of beauty between his brows and eyes.

Huang Laifu turned around, only to hear the childish and cheerful voice of the second girl behind: "It's delicious, sister, you can eat too."

I only heard Yumei say: "Sister doesn't eat it, Er Niu eats it..."

Liu Zongqi at the side saw all this, and had a strange look on his face. Seeing Huang Laifu move at this time, he hurriedly followed him and said, "Please, young master, please."

Huang Laifu said: "General Liu, please." A group of people entered the house.

There was a low voice of discussion from the crowd behind: "Have you seen it? Has this yellow tiger changed his sex? He won't beat anyone, and he will give Er Niu some cakes."

One person said: "Is there some kind of trick?"

One person said: "What kind of trick, if someone gives me pastries, what kind of trick is there, I will admit it."

One person said: "I heard that this yellow tiger has shown kindness recently. Have you heard what happened to Huang's farm at Xiangwu? Did this yellow tiger give the tenants porridge?"

Everyone said: "Oh, what about Huang's farm? We haven't heard of it."

The man proudly said: "This matter will be discussed slowly..."

(End of this chapter)