Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 34 Crazy land reclamation (2)

In the grain drying yard of the Huang family's big farm, hundreds of ragged Huang family tenants stood below, peeking at Huang Laifu above in awe, while listening carefully to what Steward Yang was saying loudly next to him.

These tenants have all inquired about Huang Laifu's actions in the big farm.Over the past month or so, the treatment of the servants of Datian Zhuang has made them salivate with envy. In this kind of situation, having a stable place to eat is better than anything else.

Where is it not working anyway?Working desperately in the fields, he can't get five buckets of rice a month, and according to Huang Laifu's Zhuang Ding Regulations, if he works hard, various rewards will emerge in endlessly.The tenants are not afraid of tiring and heavy work, but they are afraid that they will not have enough to eat after doing it.

What made them rejoice was that, sure enough, Huang Laifu would implement the same treatment measures as those in the big farm, and these people all became Zhuang Ding in the same way.Everyone cheered and thanked immediately, thanking the young master Huang Laifu for kindly giving them a chance to eat.

After Steward Yang made the announcement, he cautiously said to Huang Laifu, who was drinking tea slowly, "Master, is there anything else you want to add?"

Huang Laifu said: "No more, Uncle Yang, let them all sign a new contract with you later."

Steward Yang said, "Yes, Master." His face was full of red, and although he was busy following Huang Laifu during this period of time, the sense of fulfillment in his career made him look like a second spring. Much younger than before.

Amidst the excitement of the audience, Huang Laifu left Datianzhuang with Jiang Dazhong and Yang Xiaolu.

In the afternoon, Huang Laifu, accompanied by He Fuqianhu, Jiang Baihu, Yang Baihu, several town governors, and twenty servants from his own Qianhu House, met with the accused at the horse farm in Wuzhaibao. Summon the Wuzhaibao sergeants who came here.Except for the 300 sergeants and their families stationed in the forts outside Wuzhai Fort.There are 800 sergeants and their families in Wuzhai Fort.

After these sergeants in the fort were summoned, under the urging of hundreds of households and the general banner, they formed a sparse formation on the racecourse. For half a day, it was still noisy and did not form a formation.

Today is a big cold, the weather is extremely cold.However, many sergeants still had thin clothes, their faces were black and blue from the biting snow and cold wind, their bodies were shivering non-stop, and they jumped a few times to warm their bodies from time to time.Looking at them carefully, there are old and young, young sergeants who are more than ten years old, and old ones who are more than 50 years old.Huang Laifu couldn't help shaking his head.

Theoretically, the sergeants of Wuzhai Fort defended the city with three points and farmed the fields with seven points.But for many years, they have never practiced, and with the rise of recruitment, the main force of the main battle outside has become the militia battalion. These sergeants farm the land every day for a living, and they have all become typical farmers.

Huang Laifu won't be taking over until next year, so he's not here for a military parade when he invites these soldiers from Wuzhaibao today.I just took a fancy to some of these sergeants in their prime of life.His land reclamation required a large number of manpower, and these sergeants would certainly not let it go. As for the training of soldiers, let's wait until Wuzhaibao has enough money and food.No money, no food, what do you use to practice?
At the same time, Huang Laifu thought to himself, it seems that these people will be his own army team in the future, but these people, not to mention the extremely strict selection conditions of later generations, are selected according to the feudal army of General Qi Jiguang, the God of the Ming Army at this time. As far as military regulations are concerned, at least half of the people are unqualified.

For those who are not qualified to be soldiers, let them be servants in their own farms. As for the source of soldiers, I will slowly figure out a way at that time. Alas, after much deliberation, the population of Wuzhai Fort is too small.

The sergeants below were trembling, waiting for the superior's lecture with big eyes and small eyes.But when everyone peeked at Huang Laifu above, they were full of anticipation.These days, they have heard and seen the treatment of the military craftsmen in Wuzhai Fort and the servants of the Huang family farm.

In fact, generations of officers have worked for the officers. They have long since regarded themselves as sergeants. They had no hope in the past. Now everyone just wants to enter the Huang family's farm, be a good farmer, have enough food, and earn money every month. Monthly food to feed his wife and children.This is what all the soldiers are thinking at the moment.

He Fuqianhu and the two town governors worked for a while below, barely getting all the soldiers to form a formation, and then He Fuqianhu hurriedly ran to Huang Laifu's side, and cheerfully said courteously: "Young master, everyone! The sergeants are all here, and you can speak." Since Huang Laifu, He Fuqianhu and others discussed the matter of reclaiming the Wuzhaibao wasteland that day, He Fuqianhu has been busy these days, more than anyone else. Focus on.

Huang Laifu remained calm, and said to Jiang Dazhong beside him, "Dazhong!"

Jiang Dazhong hurriedly said: "Yes, young master, Dazhong understands."

He waved his hand and shouted, "Bring them all up."

Some members of the Huang family suddenly brought out pots of hot rice, hot noodles, hot vegetable soup, pots of fine wine, and several pots of fat meat from the barracks next to them.

The sergeants were all agitated, and all of them showed overjoyed expressions.Sure enough, the good things in their minds came.But seeing the officers on the top, especially the two governors watching, they didn't dare to make a big move. The governors are in charge of military discipline in the guard, and they don't want to be caught out when the delicious food is in front of them. Hit the baton.

Huang Laifu said: "Dazhong, share the food, wine and meat."

Jiang Dazhong said: "Yes, young master." He shouted: "Everyone, don't mess up, come one by one, everyone has something." He directed the Huang family members to divide the wine and meat.

The sergeants smiled one by one, and each came up in turn, took the bowls from the servants, and then shouted: "Thank you, Mr. Huang." There was a jubilation in the field for a while, and many people drank hot soup, wine and meat. Tears come.

Jiang Baihu opened his mouth wide open and looked at his busy son Jiang Dazhong, thinking that his son was serving as the young master's servant.After a few months, Young Master Huang will be the next thousand households in Wuzhaibao. Judging from the current situation of Young Master Huang, his future achievements will be limitless, and his son will follow suit. It was a wise decision to send him to a thousand households to be a servant.Thinking of this, his mouth widened even further.

The hot aroma of wine and meat seemed to dilute the coldness of the weather. All the sergeants were eating happily. In the heat of the scene, a rough voice suddenly said: "Thank you for the wine and meat, sir. You are so kind, I, Erniu, are willing to die for the young master."

His words seemed to have stirred up the atmosphere in the arena, and the sergeants were even more noisy.

"Yes, we are all willing to die for the young master."

"As long as you say a word, I will never frown."

"The young master is so benevolent, if he doesn't repay him, is he still a human being?"

Although most of the Wuzhaibao sergeants have become farmers, the century-old military tradition still makes them somewhat bloody.The thinking of the sergeants is very simple, whoever treats them well, they will work for them.Although Huang Laifu is just a gift of a meal and a drink at the moment, it also makes them very moved, especially in this era when the officers are exploiting so much that they are numb, it is even more precious.

Seeing the surge of emotion, He Fuqianhu, Jiang Baihu and others were all stunned. They didn't expect that Huang Laifu would just reward some wine and meat, and let the soldiers of Wuzhai Fort return their hearts. This person is really incomparable to others. .But they never thought about whether they had given wine and meat to the soldiers.

Huang Laifu shouted: "Okay." He shouted: "Who are Erniu and Dagou who spoke just now?
I saw two sergeants coming out of the queue, knelt down on one knee, clasped their fists with both hands, and saluted Huang Laifu loudly: "The little Erniu (big dog) has met the young and old." Both of them looked like they were in their 20s, He is tall and tall, and although he wears the same ragged clothes, he is much more energetic than the other sergeants.

Huang Laifu smiled and said: "Okay, good man." He glanced at the crowd and shouted: "Come here, give me a reward!"

Immediately, Yang Xiaolu came up, took out two pieces of broken silver from his bosom, about one or two pieces each, and threw them on the ground. Erniu and Dagou were overjoyed, quickly picked up one piece each, and thanked Huang Laifu loudly.For a moment, all the soldiers off the field showed envious expressions.

Huang Laifu raised his voice and said: "Everyone has seen what kind of benefits people who are willing to work for me, Huang Laifu, will get. Also, everyone must have heard about my Huang's farm a while ago, and I know everyone I am very envious of the treatment of those Zhuang Ding, but what I want to say is that you will have a better life than them in the future, because you will all be my soldiers in the future!"

"In the future, you will understand what an honor it is to be my soldier of Huang Laifu!"

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When Huang Laifu left the racecourse, these Wuzhaibao soldiers had all temporarily become Huang Laifu's employees. During the time Huang Laifu promised them to work, each of them had six buckets of food per month, and they were also given food every day.If you do a good job, there are other rewards.

When Huang Laifu promised the treatment of the sergeants, he was expressionless, but He Fuqianhu, Jiang Baihu and the others all took a breath, and each had six buckets of monthly rations. It was Huang Laifu and the shopkeeper Qu Yuanrui, so they had nothing to say.

Ignoring the ebullient soldiers at that time, Huang Laifu hurriedly led the servants and left the racecourse. He had a lot to do.

January [-], [-] AD.

Huang Laifu posted a notice in Wuzhai Fort, recruiting Wuzhai Fort military households and civilian households from other places to reclaim land. In terms of treatment, the military households in Wuzhai Fort each have five buckets of monthly food, and the elderly and women who are able to work have monthly food Three buckets.But outside the Wuzhai Fort, the strong men of the private households each have four buckets of food per month, and the private households do not recruit women or the elderly, and all of them are provided with food every day.

It can be seen that the treatment of military households and civilian households is different. Huang Laifu consciously distinguishes the treatment of military households and civilian households. He wants to subconsciously cultivate the sense of pride and superiority of soldiers and their families.

Huang Laifu recruited a total of about 2000 people this time, and less than [-] people in Wuzhai Fort were able to work. The other [-] people were recruited from private households outside the fort.

When the news came out, all the places were shaken, not to mention inside Wuzhai Fort, but also the various folk forts outside Wuzhai Fort, and people kept flocking to the recruiting places in Wuzhai Fort. The times are not good, and working for Huang Laifu can earn four buckets of food every month, and even provide meals every day. Who wouldn't want to do it?Who doesn't rush to come?
At this time, even the strong soldiers and civilians in the border towns who worked in the camps and soldiers were only given one cent of silver a day, and the monthly ration of silver was less than three dou.Not to mention the military households in Wuzhai Fort, even the civilians recruited from other places, all of them have four buckets of monthly rations, and they are also provided with food every day. Such a generous treatment, so as soon as the notice is posted, those who sign up It's pouring in from all over the place.

And after hearing this news, faced with Huang Laifu's generosity, for a while, the guards, prefectures, counties, and military towns around Wuzhaibao were speechless for a while, not knowing how to evaluate this matter.However, when the businessmen heard the news, with their keen sense of smell, they immediately felt that the business opportunity was coming, and soon, with the arrival of recruiters, many businessmen also came to Wuzhai Fort.They brought a lot of food, cloth, pigs and sheep, etc., which greatly solved Huang Laifu's urgent needs.

Some time ago, although Qu Yuanrui brought 2 taels of silver and several thousand shi of grain at the same time, it was far from enough to meet the next demand. After these merchants came, they finally solved this problem.

The arrival of these merchants has also made the small Wuzhai Fort market a lot more prosperous. After all, so many traders and people work here, and they have to solve the problem of food and accommodation consumption, which can be regarded as driving the economy of Wuzhai Fort.

Of course, these merchants would also inquire about Huang Laifu, the influential figure in the fort, and the reason why Young Master Huang made such a big move. Soon, they would know that Huang Laifu will vigorously reclaim land in Wuzhai Fort in the coming year. , and after they had seen Huang Laifu's large waterwheel and animal-powered waterwheel, some people still held a wait-and-see attitude, while some people became alert.

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January [-], [-] AD.

Huang Laifu first organized hundreds of Zhuang Ding under his own name to dredge ditches and dig wells for the other [-] mu of Huang's land. Wells, animal waterwheels, etc.

Previously, the dozens of military craftsmen in Wuzhai Fort were obviously not enough. Huang Laifu asked Yu Ding from their family to join the craftsman camp, and selected some smart and strong young people from the military households in Wuzhai Fort to supplement them, and the treatment was the same. , so that the number of craftsmen camp reached 300 people, and finally barely met the production progress and needs of various water conservancy tools and equipment.

January [-], [-] AD.

Huang Laifu selected thousands of hired laborers from military households and civilian households with rich experience in farming. Along the central area of ​​Wuzhai Fort, he first surveyed the wasteland to be reclaimed, built channels, and dug wells!
(End of this chapter)