Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 73 The Joy of Harvest ([-])
At this time, Huang Laifu took the wine bowl, walked to the wine table, and toasted to all the soldiers, and the officers naturally followed behind him.Seeing Huang Laifu like this, all the subordinates below hurriedly stood up. When Huang Laifu toasted to them one by one, many of them were flushed with excitement and spoke incoherently.

At this moment, Huang Laifu walked up to the third father. The third father was already too excited to stand still. Huang Laifu raised his bowl and said to him: "Master, thank you for sending me a good son."

The third son's father left the banquet and knelt down, saying that the adults didn't dare to kill the old man.

Huang Laifu laughed loudly, and said to Zhang Dasan beside him: "Young man is not bad, he looks very strong, he will work hard in the barracks, and he will strive for meritorious service in the future, ah."

Zhang Dasan's face was flushed, and he tried his best to stand up straight, and replied loudly: "Yes, my lord, Dasan will never let you down."
Huang Laifu nodded in satisfaction, made a round of toasts at the banquet, and then returned to the banquet.

When the banquet was about to end, Huang Laifu said: "Our military and civilians are united as one family. From now on, Wuzhai Fort will be your home. If you have any difficulties, just come to us." In addition to disability benefits, there are several other provisions.

For example, if military members of Wuzhai Fort come to Wuzhai Fort to buy rice and sell vegetables, they can enjoy some preferential prices. For example, every Chinese New Year and holidays, there will be a condolence team in the fort, and every time each family will give out a few catties of meat , sending a few bags of rice noodles, sending a few New Year pictures such as a full house of children and grandchildren to show condolences, or taking them to the military camp to participate in some party activities, will definitely make them feel proud of being members of the military.

This kind of treatment makes people feel like they are in a dream. If it is said that in the past, any of the children in the family joined the army, they would be embarrassed to mention it, for fear of being despised as a joke, but now everyone only has pride in their hearts.My own children are selected as sergeants in Wuzhai Fort, all of them are real men, one in a hundred, and they are definitely different from the tofu dregs from other places.

The monthly salary of my children can not only maintain the food and clothing of the whole family, but also various treatment can guarantee the life of the rest of my life, and according to the adults, what, that is dignity and honor.Someone in your family has participated in the Wuzhaibao Banner Army, that will definitely make others look up to you, decent!

That night, many people were drunk, and many people were sleepless all night.That night, I don't know how many military family members had a long talk with their children and confessed all night long.
The next day, Huang Laifu gave these recruits a five-day leave and told them to go back first to deal with the affairs at home so that they could come back to training with peace of mind.Anyway, the autumn harvest is coming, and I am too busy for a while, so I can postpone the formation of the army for a few days.Since many of the new troops were newly recruited, the farms in Wuzhaibao had sufficient population, which would not affect their manpower for the autumn harvest.

When these new soldiers returned home with their families, Huang Laifu also asked He Fuqianhu, Yang Baihu and others who were idle to do nothing to organize some old and old military households in Wuzhaibao who were also idle and idle. Some business representatives sent them home beating gongs and drums all the way, attracting countless crowds of onlookers along the way.

After beating gongs and drums, sending them home is not counted. When they get home, they still nail a sign "Military Family Glory" on the gatehouse of each house. Along with this sign, there are also white Anjia silver and white rice flour cloth.The sound of firecrackers was very lively and made them very proud.Seeing the envious expressions of others, all the military subordinates looked dignified, and the selected sergeants also tried their best to put on a mighty look, and felt that they were much more sensible.

The effect of this event was very good, and it really created the public opinion effect of "one person joins the army, the whole family is honored", and it also made the Wuzhaibao Banner Army a place that people around Wuzhaibao yearn for.

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March 1590, 8 AD.

I just finished eating mooncakes yesterday, celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival, and celebrated a series of activities such as the successful recruitment of soldiers. The joy has not yet passed, and the whole Wuzhai Fort is immersed in the joy of the harvest. There are laughter and smiling people everywhere. .

This morning, the whole Wuzhai Fort mobilized and started harvesting wheat.In August, although the wheat harvesters in various farms were sweating profusely, the joy of harvest was rippling on their faces, heavy, and the golden wheat ears bent their waists, but all the hard work paid off. is worth it.

Wuzhai Fort, Huanglaifu Dazhuang.

Along the Qinglian River, the Huanglaifu large waterwheel, which has become a symbol of Wuzhaibao, is still turning non-stop, and this kind of waterwheel has already stood along the river with more than ten rounds, irrigating all kinds of water by the river with high power. at the field.Irrigation with sufficient water sources, coupled with advanced labor methods like large farms, the results have come out now.

This Huanglaifu Dazhuang has nearly a thousand acres of land around it, and it is the most fertile part of the [-] mu of land privately owned by the Huang family in Wuzhaibao in the early days. This village system was first started by Huanglaifu Dazhuang. The zhuang dings in the village usually have a sense of superiority, because compared to other farm ding dings, they are the first people around adults.

As for Huang Laifu Datianzhuang and other Huang family's private fields, since they don't need to distribute dividends to other officers in Wuzhai Fort, these various treatment and rewards will come more than other farms in Wuzhai Fort.

At this time, in a field at the farm by the river, the steward of the farm, Wang Ban, looked at the waves of wheat rolling in front of him, holding the heavy ears of wheat, and couldn't help crying. There will be such a bountiful harvest in the farm.According to his estimation, this year's [-] mu of land in Huanglaifu Dazhuang can produce as much as three stones of grain per mu.

How much is three shi, Changsha and other places known as Huguang cooked, the world's largest, is the place where Huguang produces the most grain, and it is also one of the four famous rice markets in Ming Dynasty, but it only produces three shi of rice per mu.Even in Jiaxing, Huzhou and other places, the maximum rice yield is no more than four stones.This is still rice from the south of the Yangtze River. If it is placed among the various types of wheat in the north, the best fertile land will yield no more than two stones per mu in a good year with good weather and good weather. Generally speaking, it is one stone. It is normal to produce a few buckets, or even no harvest.

It is astonishing that a place like Wuzhaibao can produce three stones of wheat per mu in such a bitterly cold place.

Brother Wang Ban is considered an old man of the Dazhuang. When he was a tenant of the Huang family, he was the head tenant of the farm. After Huang Laifu reformed the farm system, he became the steward of Huang Laifu's Dazhuang. The day of hunger, living a well-clothed life, everyone is a person of conscience, Mr. Huang, now Mr. Huang, so kind, if everyone doesn't work hard, are you still human?
Although Huang Laifu's farm system stipulated that lazy people should be severely punished, but everyone was doing things consciously and never dared to be lazy, and now they finally got results.
Don't talk about monthly food rewards, just talk about total production awards.The farm has more than 50 mu of land, and there are 5 farmers, and there are [-] small stewards, and one steward.According to Huang Laifu's regulations, if the village's average yield per mu reaches one shi at the end of the year, ordinary farmers will be rewarded with one shi for grain, three shi for junior stewards, and ten shi for stewards.

If the average yield per mu reaches two shi, the ordinary farmer will reward three shi for each person, the small steward will reward ten shi for grain, and the steward will reward fifty shi for grain.If the average yield per mu reaches three shi, the ordinary farmer will reward 10 shi for grain at the end of the year, the small steward will reward 20 shi for grain, and the steward will reward 100 shi for grain.

Right now, the grain yield of Huanglaifu Dazhuang has reached three shi per mu, which means that in addition to monthly rations and rewards, the farmers of these farms will also have a reward of 10 or 100 shi. People are happy.

At this time, all the people in Huang Laifu Dazhuang were crying and laughing at the heavy wheat ears in front of them. In the end, Brother Wang Ban came to his senses first. He is worthy of being in charge, and his self-control is higher than others .He wiped away his tears and said to the crowd: "Everyone hurry up, work hard, and finish harvesting the wheat, and don't miss the business of your lord, do you understand?"

All the Zhuang Ding said one after another: "My lord, don't worry, we all know it in our hearts, and we will definitely not miss the time for harvesting wheat."

Holding the grain of wheat in his hand, Brother Wang Ban said cheerfully, "That's good, let's start working."

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The bumper harvest happened continuously in various farms of Wuzhaibao. The head of Wuzhaibao No. [-] Farm burst into tears, thanking God and Mr. Huang Laifu... Wuzhaibao No. [-] Farm, Wuzhaibao No. [-] Farm... …From the Huanglaifu Dazhuang, to other Huangjia farms, to the various farms in Wuzhaibao, there are bumper harvests and smiling faces everywhere. The final statistics are:
Among the more than 1000 mu of land in Huanglaifu Dazhuang, the yield of wheat grains per mu is the highest, reaching about three shi per mu, followed by the ten thousand mu of Huang's other farms, with an average of two shi and five buckets.It has just been reclaimed this year, and the newly planted farms in Wuzhaibao have more than 20 mu of land, and they have also achieved a bumper harvest.The average yield per mu is about two shi, and in some remote places, there are also five dou for one shi.

The final estimate is that Wuzhaibao will harvest a total of 43 shi of grain. Now that the price of grain in the northern border towns of Daming is rising, one tael of silver can’t buy a shi of rice. , will be as high as 43 taels of silver.

Shocked, this result really shocked everyone, not to mention that everyone in Wuzhai Fort is unbelievable, even the merchants in the fort and the householders outside the fort couldn't believe it. study carefully.You say this is really strange, why do these farms created by Mr. Huang Laifu have such a high yield of wheat grain?It is one thing to have all kinds of well irrigation tools, but the output is not so high?

Among them, what is the secret?

(End of this chapter)