Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 75 The Joy of Harvest ([-])
Not only Huang Laifu and Yang's, but also the people at the neighboring tables nodded repeatedly. Zhou Wendong said to Wang Qinian, "Brother Donglu, what do you think of the propaganda team that your lord has set up?"

Wang Qinian said: "Although it is inappropriate for women to show their heads, everyone is from Wuzhaibao, and they understand that this is all for the sake of their own appearance. Who would say anything about the folks in the village? Besides, this song is strong and inspiring. Listen to it. It's really exciting. Wang has only one word, good."

Zhou Wendong also sighed: "Yeah, the talent of adults really admires Zhou. You see, the morale of the soldiers in Wuzhai Fort was inspired by just one song. A mere propaganda team will There is such a magical effect, Zhou has never thought of it before."

The two of them were talking here, while He Fuqianhu and the others were also whispering to each other, nodding and smiling.

He Fuqianhu and others used to think that the propaganda team was full of girls, and they were afraid that some influence would be bad, making people think of going to the military prostitute camp.However, after these days of practice, they found that the thoughts of the military households inside the fort and the folks outside the fort were still sincere.

The girls in the publicity team brought them wonderful enjoyment and sincere and proud emotions. They sang their hearts and sang the emotions in their hearts. Everyone is only grateful and will never have bad thoughts. .

Those military households with daughters in the propaganda team were still a little uneasy before, fearing that others would gossip.But after a few days, they found that their daughter was very popular with everyone. When they usually stood in front of others and sang, they would only look at them with respect and welcome.Usually when talking with others, everyone would nod and applaud, and there was nothing they were worried about, which made them feel at ease.What's more, my daughter's income is one stone a month, which is higher than their income as a farmer, which is really enviable.

In fact, the opening of the mind at the end of the Ming Dynasty, especially during the Wanli period, ushered in all the liberation of the mind.Citizens in the town take pleasure in violating etiquette, which is a popular trend.But in the hilltop fields among the people, young men and women usually sing love songs boldly, with straightforward and strong feelings, without the slightest affectation.The so-called Song-Ming Confucianism, the daughter's family can't show their faces, and there is less and less market among the common people at this time.

One after another, the celebration banquet lasted from 11:1 a.m. to [-]:[-] p.m., Huang Laifu's later life time.Everyone is very satisfied with eating.After eating, everyone rested for a while. Huang Laifu and others drank tea and chatted in the martial arts hall. They are starting to set up, and then, a series of reward ceremonies will be held.

Of course, the award ceremony held today is the harvest collective award. As for individual awards such as moon food, it will take some time until the time before the Chinese New Year.

The women and some military households are busy, and some idle military households are in groups of three or four, all discussing enthusiastically, how much is the harvest of their own farms this year, and everyone can get it from Master Qianhu How many rewards.

According to the rules and regulations set by Huang Laifu, if the yield per mu of the farm reaches 3 shi, the ordinary villager will reward 10 shi, the head of the small village will reward 20 shi, the head of the large village will reward 50 shi, the head of the village, and the deputy head of the village Reward 10 stones.If the yield per mu of the farm reaches 20 shi, the ordinary villager will be rewarded with 50 shi at the end of the year, the head of a small village will be rewarded with 100 shi, the head of a large village will be rewarded with [-] shi, and the chief and deputy head of the village will be rewarded with [-] shi.

As of today, the harvests of all the farms have basically come out. Except for Huanglaifu Dazhuang, all the farms in Wuzhaibao generally produce two stones per mu.After successfully fulfilling Master Qianhu's request, the grand prize is in sight, and everyone is beaming.Especially Huanglaifu Dazhuang, whose yield reached three stones per mu, and the stewards Wang Bange and Zhuang Ding were even more complacent, discussing loudly, and received countless envious and jealous eyes.

Soon, after the tables and chairs were moved away, the competition field was cleaned and arranged again. According to Huang Laifu’s request, a large banner of “Wuzhaibao Harvest Celebration Commendation Conference” made by Derunbuzhuang was hung above the entrance of the martial arts hall. On both sides of the entrance On the other hand, there is a huge vertical banner with the words: "All people are of one mind, unite and struggle."

After this arrangement, the atmosphere in the arena looked solemn and enthusiastic, and every military household felt very novel after seeing it.

Soon, when Huang Laifu’s time was nearly 2:20 p.m., the villagers of each farm, under the leadership of their respective chiefs and under the supervision of supervision, sat in piles on the floor of the field according to the order of the farms. Looking at Huang Laifu and others sitting above the Martial Arts Hall, everyone fell silent, and finally dared not speak out.

Of course, the venue inside the venue is limited, and some residents can't get in, so they can only squeeze outside the venue to watch.There are also many households outside the castle, all looking at everything inside with a look of envy, while discussing softly.Everyone is discussing, it would be great if I can enter the various farms in Wuzhaibao next year, and everyone is guessing, will Master Qianhu open up wasteland again next year?This way they have a chance.

Soon, Huang Laifu stood up and announced the start of the commendation meeting. First, he took out his speech and gave a speech, which was the result of his labor of preparing all night last night.

"Soldiers, folks, Zhuang Ding, Tun Ding,..."

"Osmanthus osmanthus is fragrant, spring planting and autumn harvesting. Today, with excitement, we usher in the autumn of the 18th year of Wanli. In this season, we are full of joy of fruitful results, and welcome this commendation conference... in Here, on behalf of all the soldiers of Wuzhaibao, I would like to express my sincere gratitude and salute to the commended farms..."

Speaking of this, Huang Laifu frowned dissatisfiedly when he saw that there was no reaction from below, and clapped his hands. Immediately, the people on and off the court woke up like a dream, imitating Huang Laifu, and thunderous applause rang out.Although the people of Ming Dynasty never applauded, they usually bowed their hands together.But it turns out that the common people are the best at learning, and in just a few seconds, they applaud, and they are very familiar.

Huang Laifu raised his hand in satisfaction, stopped everyone's applause, and continued: "The 18th year of Wanli was a year of unrest. During this year, all parts of Ming Dynasty were hit by a rare and severe drought. Our Wuzhai Fort also We have accepted a severe test. However, with the hard work of all the soldiers, we have achieved fruitful results. According to statistics, the highest corn and wheat in our Wuzhai Fort has reached three stones. This is a very remarkable achievement, and I feel sincerely pride and pride, and all of these are inseparable from the efforts of the soldiers..."

Huang Laifu spoke up and down above, while Huang Laifu's mother Yang Shi sat aside and listened with a smile. She secretly said to Huang Sihao: "Old man, where did Fu'er learn this kind of speech? It really looks like that." of."

Huang Sihao also stroked his beard with a smile and said: "This kid will always do some weird things. Never mind him, anyway, when the kid grows up, he can do whatever he wants."

The two elders smiled at each other, and Wang Qinian on the side also whispered to Zhou Wendong suspiciously: "Brother Zhou, did you write Master Qianhu's manuscript?"

Zhou Wendong shook his head and said, "No, what's the matter?"

Wang Qinian said: "It's nothing." But he couldn't believe it in his heart, he didn't expect that as a general, he could write such a stereotyped article, it's really admirable.

Huang Laifu's speech aroused warm applause from the audience.After Huang Laifu finished speaking, the commendation and award ceremony began.

First of all, Huang Laifu Datianzhuang steward Wang Bange who won the first prize of the group came up to receive the award. Huang Laifu presented him with a pennant with the words "First Prize of Advanced Team" written on it.There is a line of small characters next to it: "Huang Laifu, a thousand households in Wuzhaibao, donated Huang's Datianzhuang in the 18th year of Wanli." and other words, the pennant was made by Derun Buzhuang.

Then he was given a new wooden sign that said 100 shi for grain, stamped with the seal of a thousand households, and a small wooden box that contained dozens of small signs that said [-] shi or a few shi for grain. After Brother Wang Ban went down, according to the positions of the servants and small stewards, everyone would send it down.After the meeting is over, the Zhuang Ding can follow this sign and go to the Wuzhai Fort warehouse to collect food.

When Brother Wang Bannak got the silk banner and the wooden sign for receiving food, he was so excited that he couldn't utter a complete sentence, but he kept saying: "Thank you, Mr. Qianhu, thank you, Mr. Qianhu..." Because of being too much He was so excited that he couldn't walk steadily. When he stepped off the stage, he accidentally staggered and fell down, which drew good-natured laughter from the audience.

Brother Wang Ban went down with a blushing face, and the headmen of other farms, dressed in the best clothes in their own homes, came up one by one after Huang Laifu reported their names.But these people are not much better than Brother Wang Ban. When Huang Laifu presented awards to them and nodded and smiled at them, many people were so excited that they couldn't stand still.

When these chiefs received the rewards from their own farms, many of them felt like they were in a dream. Thinking of the days when they were hungry and cold, and thinking of the abundant life now, many of them secretly made up their minds that they would pay more in the coming year. Work hard, continue to win a good life for Qianhu adults, and for yourself.

After the general chiefs returned to the stage and handed out the wooden signs for the small wooden boxes, all the villages and villages were also very happy. Food, what do you want to add to the family, most of them are to add some clothes for the wives and children at home, and some small village chiefs, the chief village chiefs, are already thinking about whether to repair their dilapidated houses After a while, or like Liu Zongqi, build a new brick house.

The entire awards ceremony has been very enthusiastic and full of laughter. From the first prize to the second prize to the third prize, Huang Laifu fulfilled his promise to himself one by one.

Naturally, during this process, the village dwellers and village dwellers in the venue were full of pride and satisfaction, while the householders who watched the excitement outside were drooling with envy, wishing that they would soon become Wuzhaibao Tunting people in various farms.And after today, when they returned to their village, they must have another good topic for a long time.

According to Huang Laifu's estimation, Huang Laifu will have to pay nearly [-] shi for the harvest award alone this year, but all of this is worth it. The wool comes from the sheep. The more these farmers get, the more Huang Laifu gets. , Huang Laifu is very happy that each of these villagers can get a good harvest.

Only Huang Sihao, Yang Shi, He Fuqianhu and others next to him were very heartbroken, but seeing Huang Laifu's indifference, everyone secretly admired him.Huang Sihao felt that his son had grown up, and when he was building a large water truck that day, when he gave his son 200 taels of silver, he had to calculate and calculate again and again.But right now it's nearly [-] taels of silver, but the son didn't care about it, but that's the only way to make his subordinates return to their hearts.If this is the case, I feel relieved.

But He Fu Qianhu, Jiang Baihu, Yang Baihu and others admired it in their hearts. Only Qianhu masters could do such a big deal. Shi Liang's hard work.Alas, it's no wonder that his family is a thousand households, and his family has been hereditary for decades, and has always been deputy thousand households, hundred households, general banners and so on.Immediately, everyone remembered the year-end bonus promised by Huang Laifu, and everyone became excited.

And Wang Qinian and Zhou Wendong were also impressed by Huang Laifu's courage. They thought that following such a master, they would have a good result in the future. By the way people.

After the award ceremony, Deputy He Qianhu made a final summary: "Thank you, Mr. Qianhu for your speech, thank you for your awards, thank you for encouraging us, and thank you for your encouragement. I propose to thank our Lord Qianhu with another round of warm applause."

In the thunderous applause, he finally said: "Okay, today's commendation meeting is over here, everyone should leave."

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Wuzhai Fort, Dadong Street, next to Qi County Guild Hall.

There are people coming and going on Dadong Street, full of busy people.

Under the eaves of the Qixian Guild Hall, some children from military households are playing around on the street paved with bluestone slabs from time to time. Unlike the shabby clothes in the past, now the children from various military households in Wuzhaibao are all wearing clothes. new clothes.According to the words of my parents, all this was brought by Mr. Huang Laifu from thousands of households. Everyone must remember Mr. Huang's kindness.

While playing, they sang "Wuzhaibao" and watched with curiosity the various rice merchants coming in and out of the Qixian Guild Hall. The rice bag, following the owner's house, walked in and out.

"Ah, isn't this the shopkeeper..."

"Aha, so it's shopkeeper Liu. How are you, why, do you always come to buy rice?"

"Hehe, that's not what it is. I would like to ask the shopkeeper to make it easier for us to visit Liu's shop, and we can also bring in a few stones of rice for a stutter..."

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When Qu Yuanrui walked into the Qixian Guild Hall in a happy mood, all the merchants fawned on him along the way, which gave him the greatest satisfaction in his heart.And Qu Yuanrui did have the capital to please people.

While all states and counties are experiencing bad years and generally lacking harvests, Wuzhaibao has achieved an unprecedented bumper harvest of grain.Grain production reached more than 40 shi.

As for the food, Huang Laifu calculated that there are now 1120 people from the New Banner Army in Wuzhai Fort, and these people need more than 1 shi of food a year.There are also various farms in the castle, with more than 5000 settlers, who need nearly 15 shi of grain a year.With the addition of the livestock from various livestock farms in Wuzhai Fort, Wuzhai Fort needs to consume nearly [-] shi of grain a year. Huang Laifu decided to reserve [-] shi of grain this year.

The remaining nearly 30 shi of grain were all sold to Qu Yuanrui.According to the contract between Qu Yuanrui and Huang Laifu, Huang Laifu sold the surplus grain to Qu Yuanrui at a price of 6 yuan per stone of grain and silver.

According to Qu Yuanrui's distance and closeness with the merchants, he sold the grains at different prices. According to his estimation, after the grains were sold, not only could he recover the 5 taels of silver he invested last year, but he would also be able to recover the net income of 5 taels of silver. Earn [-], nearly [-] taels of silver.

This return on investment is truly amazing.

(End of this chapter)