Chapter 576: Lost
Each person's boundary card is not the same, Li Shouxin's boundary card is marked with his name and position, in addition to his position, there is a simple map and mark on the other side of the boundary card, for example, Li Shouxin's first boundary card is the starting point, the number is one, it is also in the easternmost southeast of Jining Haizi, and the landlord next to Li Shouxin is the general Yang Sixun. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Nie Lei pointed to a blank space on the boundary card, pointed and said: "The Military Orders Department is planning to reform the military system once, and this time the war still reflects some inconsistencies in the military system, and it is estimated that it will be changed, including the names of each division or something." ”
"It's a big move." Li Shouxin also vaguely heard some rumors, but the Military Orders Department directly obeyed Zhang Han's orders, and did not consult the opinions of his subordinates unless necessary, he only heard about it.
At this time, everyone didn't care about chatting, everyone turned their horses' heads again, Li Shouxin saw that his parents were not only very interested, but also a little impatient, and he didn't dare to say that he asked the second elder to go back first, fortunately, the place is less than ten miles away from here, and his parents' bodies and bones should be able to withstand it, but Li Shouxin still asked someone to send a message to his guards, and asked someone to bring a few tents over, and it is very likely that he will sleep in his field tonight.
Less than ten miles of road, everyone rushed to the next half an hour, even if the second elder of the Li family also let go of the horsepower to run, all the way to the east with the boundary card to run the soldiers, there are also some people in the carriage with their families to the east, I believe that the west and southeast, southwest should be the same situation, Li Shouxin is excited, but also a little strange in his heart, he is a person who knows the news of the upper class, knows that Zhang Han has never presided over the granting of land to the soldiers, and even strictly forbids the soldiers to buy the land privately, because of the generous salary of the soldiers with the reward of Yusheng, It is easy for the soldiers to save up the money to buy the land, and once everyone has a large number of acres, it is inevitable to hire tenant farmers, and even exploit the military households, suppress the people, the low-level soldiers are easy to be annexed by the upper-level officers, and the upper-level officers are easy to become the landowners, and the harm will not be great in the short term, but the embankment of a thousand miles collapses in the anthill, and after ten or twenty years at most, a new general will be born.
With this understanding, Zhang Han has always been very cautious about granting land to soldiers, and it is forbidden to buy land, let alone give land to soldiers free of charge.
With some doubts and worries, Li Shouxin's excitement finally subsided, and he was able to carefully observe the land under his name.
This is a large plot close to Haizi, a radius of five miles are on the edge of Haizi, there are some broken ice floating on the blue sea, this is a small area of ice left after the last snowfall, many places are still frozen, if there are a few more heavy snowfalls, the whole Haizi may be frozen, the lake surface of more than ten miles can be driven and run horses, it is most convenient to use a dog-pulled climbing plow, and you can chisel ice to fish in winter, which is also the experience of the local Mongolians.
The land by the lake is the same as the ordinary grassland, there are dead grass everywhere, the place near the water is mixed with weeds and riverside aquatic weeds, there are some reed stumps standing in the mud by the lake, Li Shouxin and others know that in the spring, a large area of lush aquatic plants will grow here, there are quite a lot of wild birds flying from the north, and after staying here, they continue to fly south, and when the shadow of the birds in the sky is also when he Yusheng just built a fort here, many soldiers take fire guns or bows and arrows to fight birds, and the harvest is very rich.
From the edge of the sea to the west, and then to the south and north, there is an endless grassland with withered grass.
The second elder of the Li family was indeed a little tired, standing on the grass and trembling a little, and the north wind made people feel that the weather was very cold.
Mother Li said in a trembling voice: "Boss, these lands are all yours?" ”
Li Shou still had some doubts in his confidence, but a smile appeared on his face: "Mother, Master Zhang talks and does things, when has he ever been ridiculous?" What is ours is ours, and the emperor can't take it away. ”
"Yes, yes," Father Li said: "Lord Zhang is the most fair, and what he gives us is our ......."
The two old men looked at each other and suddenly burst into tears.
Li Shouxin's eyes were also sour, Zhang Chunniu and Lu Dafu had been giggling, and they were also silent at this time, the two glanced at each other, held the boundary card and said: "Team officer, let's also go and insert the boundary card." ”
Just now, Nie Lei also gave these two goods the world card logo, and the two also asked someone to notify their henchmen and transfer people to help insert the boundary card together, anyway, there are not many acres of land below, everyone will help together, and soon this idea will be done.
Li Shouxin nodded, took the number one boundary card in his hand, strode to the easternmost head, took a suitable place, and inserted the end of the top of the boundary card into the soft soil.
"My heart has finally settled." The second elder of the Li family cried for a while, and his mood calmed down, speaking of which, the elderly really can't be stimulated by this kind of big stimulation, from one acre of land to thousands of acres of land at once, this kind of stimulation is like a jackpot of hundreds of millions of dollars in later generations, and the mood should be about the same.
"There is going to be a burning ...... here" Li's father is an old farmer, that is, he has planted a lifetime of land and has never planted his own, at this time, he waved his hand, quite a feeling of command when Li Shouxin commanded the soldiers under his command to fight, and waved his big hand full of calluses, and said confidently: "These more than 3,000 acres of land, you have to burn the wasteland for half a month, and then open the ridges to store fertilizer...... Where does so much fat come from? You have to plant beans to fertilize the field and drive grass first, but this bean seed needs hundreds of stones......"
The more Father Li calculated, the less confident he became, and he already felt dumbfounded.
Mother Li was very happy, looking around to choose a place to build a house here, so much land was divided, the two elders of the Li family no longer cared about the boundary of the Tartars, the territory that had just been grabbed, the land was divided into their own place, and the Tartars had to guard when they came, and then built the house, raised some chickens, pigs and sheep, and planted the land, which was properly the ancestral property of the old Li family, which could not be moved, and passed on to the descendants for hundreds of generations.
"I'm a useless person." Father Li's eyes suddenly reddened: "Boss, you have earned such a big business by yourself, I have no other skills, I am in my fifties now, if I can live for another ten years, I will help you to take care of these lands." ”
Li Shouxin had to appease his father while dealing with his mother's idea of building a house, and he said with some tears and laughter: "Dad, there are thousands of acres of land here, can you plant it alone?" ”
"Yes." Father Li came to his senses and said, "I still have to find long-term jobs, short-term jobs are not successful, there are too few people here." I saw that there were people coming all the way, and they all said that they were hired by Yusheng to repair the fort, and I don't know if they will settle here. We have to hire at least thirty families, rent 100 acres for each family, and divide them fifty-fifty, and here anyway, we don't pay taxes to the imperial court, and we don't pay miscellaneous labor to officials, and half of a family is already very cost-effective. ”
Li Shouxin also seriously considered this matter, thousands of acres of land can not be planted by his own family, it seems that he can only hire dozens of families to open up wasteland and farm land as his father said, there is one case, he hires people to farm here, and the officers who have divided the land must also hire people, and everyone swarms to grab long-term labor, which will inevitably cause the price of the share to rise, and will also cause serious chaos.
Li Shouxin said: "Dad, it is estimated that it would be good for the four of us to have six families, we still have to find a way to buy dozens of cows, we have to find a way to get a kiln to burn bricks, and we have to cut wood in the forest. There must also be a place to see a doctor, a place to buy groceries, clothes, shoes, farm tools for use......"
After this calculation, Li Shouxin said with a headache: "We can't get this thing done, so we can just rent out the fields." ”
Father Li was also a little frustrated, squatted on the ground and said, "If you can't get it, someone else will get it?" If everyone can't plant it, who will you rent it to? What is the use of so much land but not being able to grow it? It's not difficult for us to open dozens of acres at home, but as you said, seeds, ploughing cattle, farm tools, houses, everything, what else can we get. ”
Mother Li was a little angry, but the people from Lingqiu to Xinpingbao were in awe of Zhang Han to the core, and only criticized the people in the military department at the moment, saying: "Why did they do such a thing, and they didn't think about what to do in advance?" ”
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The craze of horse racing and dividing the boundary card was very lively for a few days, but after a few days, the heat subsided, and most of the people were just like Li Shouxin's family, and suddenly remembered that this land is not easy to plant, although He Yusheng will rush to build a military fort and military platform on the periphery, and completely protect these grabbed plots, without worrying about security problems and troubles, and from next year, with the improvement of Yusheng's military strength, the army will only grab more and more territory, and there is no need to worry about this aspect of things.
What worries Li Shouxin is that it is not easy to hire manpower, it is not easy to bring it to the grassland, and it is not easy to lack many materials. Li Shouxin's hometown is a small village in Lingqiu, which is already a very remote place, but there are also blacksmith shops and grocery stores in the village, where you can buy and sell items and sell agricultural products in exchange for what you want.
And here in the grassland, the real land is vast and sparsely populated, the whole grassland is as vast as the sea, not to mention the village for ten miles, and it has just walked to the neighbor's plot, looking at the past except for the sea is the grassland, at most see a few yellow sheep or wild donkeys and wild camels, don't think about anything else.
In Zhang Chunniu's words, you have to ride a half-day horse to get around here, not to mention the grocery shop, the garment shop, the shoe shop, the blacksmith shop, there will be no Langzhong, a merchant, a shaver, and there is no bathhouse and tavern, and don't want to go to the Qinglou with some silver in your arms, there is only the howling north wind and the dry yellow all over the ground.
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The north wind is howling outside the window, the window is as warm as spring, Zhang Han and Sun Jingting are sitting opposite each other, the two chatting casually, Sun Jingting said with a smile: "There are all kinds of sayings, the funniest thing is what Zhang Chunniu said, saying that the land is divided, it seems to peek at the big girl taking a bath, I can't see it, I can't touch it, I divide this place, my heart is even more itchy!" ”