Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1772, The outside world
"Boss, do you really want to immigrate to that black soil province?"

In the evening, Li Da's family got together to discuss the matter of Li Da's emigration to Heitu Province. Li Da's father, Li Carpenter, looked at his son who had grown up, and then looked at the half-sized children next to him, and wanted to be firm. He asked Li Da to stay, but he couldn't get out.

The mountains are not really a paradise. Although there is no government tax, no official oppression, and freedom, it is still very difficult to live here.

The fields are scarce and not fertile, and the food production is pitiful. Even if there is no need to pay taxes or rent, there is not much food. As for other daily necessities, the scarcity is even more scarce.

That is to say, relying on mountains to eat mountains, there are a lot of game and so on, but when there are too many children in a family, eating is also a big problem.

"Yes, staying in this mountain, eating is a problem."

"What's more, when the younger brothers grow up, they will have to marry a wife and have children. Our family only has so much land, and there is not enough to support a large family."

"I've grown up, and it's the time when I have strength. The last time I went to the town to visit the market, I also heard people talking about immigration. Many people outside have immigrated out, and their lives are very good. good."

"And now working outside, as long as you are willing to do it, at least you can eat."

"Erxiu and I don't want to spend our whole life here in the mountains, we want to go out and have a look."

Li Da and his wife Erxiu looked at each other and said.

"Besides, I've already obtained this guide, so I can't regret it."

"Okay~"

"Since you want to go out and venture out, then go out and venture out. After arriving in Heitu Province, you can find a way to send some letters back."

"Just send it to the Lin Family Salt Shop in the town. When you go later, I will also go to the town and tell Boss Lin, the shopkeeper of the Lin Family Salt Shop. If you receive a letter from this in the future, please take it for me first. I will leave the mountain." I'll ask when the time comes."

Because Carpenter Li has a good carpentry skill, he was able to barely support this big family in this mountain, and raised his sons to grow up.

Sometimes I will pick up wooden stools and chairs and walk the mountain road for several hours to the nearest town to sell, exchange some money, buy some salt, ironware and so on, so I can be regarded as a person who often goes out of the mountains in Shangping Village up.

Of course, it is said that it is often, but in fact, it may not be possible to go out once a month, because the mountain road is too inconvenient. If it is not for buying daily necessities, basically you will not go out of the mountain.

"Hmm~"

Li Da nodded, firmly remembering this point.

"Woooo~woooo~"

Li Da's mother has been silent by the side. The rules in the mountains are like this. What matters is men's decisions, and women should follow suit. But thinking of her son's departure, she may never see her again, she still couldn't help it. Has been wiping tears, sobbing softly.

"Mom, why are you crying? I'll go outside to have a look first. If it's not good, I'll just come back. If it's good outside, I'll write a letter and come back. Our whole family will emigrate."

Li Da comforted him.

As for Li Da's younger brothers, all of them are still ignorant at this time, and have never been outside. They even think that the whole world is the same as the inside of this mountain, but now, it does not prevent them from thinking about the outside world. world to come.

In the following days, Li Da took his daughter-in-law back to her natal home, explained the situation to her father-in-law, and at the same time asked her to say goodbye to her family.

At the same time, it has already spread in the village. It has spread that Li Da will immigrate out. Most people naturally scoff at this, in their minds.

This is a paradise in the mountains, and outside is a world of constant wars and famines. There is no comfort in the mountains outside, so no matter how good it is, it is better to stay at home.

Of course, there are quite a few people who are in the same situation as Li and everyone, thinking about whether to immigrate with them. Life in this mountain is actually very difficult, with inconvenient transportation, poor information, and extremely closed.

Is the outside world really what the grandparents said it was?

Half a month later, under the watchful eyes of the villagers, Li Da and his wife came down and opened the mountain where they grew up. After walking for several hours, they arrived at the nearest small town.

Here, Carpenter Li and Li Da went to the Lin Family Salt Shop to explain the situation to the boss. Boss Lin also readily agreed that if there was a letter coming, he would definitely help keep it. They were at ease.

At the same time, I also feel that Li Da's choice is a wise move. The world is changing rapidly now, and life outside is much better than before. Many people who immigrated out are now living a good life.

In the small town, Li Da bid farewell to Carpenter Li, and left the town with tears in his eyes. It took half a year to arrive in Feng County in a four-wheeled carriage, and he found the yamen to report here.

In the Yamen, thousands of people who are planning to immigrate to Heitu Province like Li Da have gathered. There are many mountain people like Li Da, but most of them are poor people in Fengxian County. The immigration policy Okay, so I decided to emigrate to the Black Earth Province in response to the court's call.

From their mouths, Li Da also learned a lot of information. Now the outside world has changed a lot. There are many places to choose for emigration, such as Liaodong, Western Regions, Hezhong, Central Asia, Nanyang, Golden Continent, Australia, overseas colonies, Kingdom and so on.

Almost every place is using various preferential policies to attract people to immigrate. In many places, as long as you immigrate, you will be given slaves, women and so on.

This also shocked Li Da. Are there slaves and women?
At the same time, Li Da also quickly met a few mountain people who also came out of the mountains, Tian Sanwa, Ding Laosi, and Bao Laoer. These three people are the same as Li Da, with random names, but there are many people in their families. Brother, I really can't hang around in the mountains, so I also want to come out to hang out.

Because they are all mountain people in the mountains, the four of them got acquainted with each other very quickly, and they were going to immigrate to Heitu Province together, so naturally they all got together.

When it was time to set off, the government also sent a few officials to take them on their way. Their first stop was Kaifeng, Henan, where immigrants from all over the Daming Pass gathered, and there were special trains to take them directly to Kaifeng, Henan. Yun province here.

There were officials leading the way, and thousands of them also followed the officials to the Henan side. Apart from walking hard, there was nothing else to worry about.

Because all the food on the road is the responsibility of the official post, if there is a post station, it will be settled in the post station, and if there is no post station, it will be resolved in the small towns and counties on the road.

This walk is several days.

On this day, when walking, walking, and turning over a mountain, the field of vision suddenly became wider. The terrain became open and flat, which was completely different from the ups and downs in the mountains. A huge plain appeared in the field of vision. among.

They have already crossed the Qinling Mountains, began to enter the border of Henan, and entered the plain area.

"It turns out that there really is such a flat place!"

Li Da, Tian Sanwa, Ding Laosi, Bao Laoer and other mountain people looked at the open and flat area in front of them, and they also showed disbelief. Many people have never been out of the mountains in their lives, and they dare not imagine that there are still people in the mountains. such a place.

"Everyone work hard, the next road will be much easier, and there will be a concrete road for everyone to walk."

"After arriving in Kaifeng, you don't have to walk anymore. There is a train from the imperial court, so you can go to Nanyun Province by car."

The official leader of the team was also a little excited when he saw Pingyuan. Kaifeng will soon be opened, and his errands are considered completed.

Along the way, these officials are also trembling, for fear that these people will regret it and run away halfway. In that case, these officials will also be held accountable.

Fortunately, it’s not like before. In the past, organizing people to immigrate might have to run away more than half of them on the way. Now everyone knows that immigrants have a good life, so they don’t run away. They can’t wait to arrive at the immigrant’s place as soon as possible. Have a good day.

"There is still such a road!"

When he came to the concrete road, walking on the flat and clean concrete road, Li Dadu couldn't help stamping his feet to see what the concrete road was, why it was so hard and smooth, the key is to Look, this cement road is extremely straight, extending to the end of the field of vision.

Look at the two sides of the concrete road. There are villages here and there. People's houses are beautifully built, painted white on the outside, and the windows are big and bright.

At the same time, you can also see the situation where people are riding strange two-wheeled vehicles. Occasionally, you can see strange machines that chug and scream in the flat and open fields. These machines can be seen walking around in the field. The soil in the field has been plowed out.

On both sides of the road, you can see small family restaurants, tea shops, inns and so on everywhere. People seem to like to gather on both sides of the road to build houses.

After walking on the road for a while, Li Da and the others also saw the iron shell with four wheels, which was very fast, and disappeared from sight in the blink of an eye like a gust of wind on the road.

After asking someone around, I found out that this is a car, and it is very expensive. A Mercedes-Benz car costs more than six thousand taels, while other brands of cars are not cheap, and the worst ones cost hundreds of taels more. Woolen cloth.

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help exclaiming again, how many thousand taels of silver would you buy such an iron shell?
(End of this chapter)