Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1788, the first winter of immigrants

In Shangyun Town, Heitu Province, with the howling cold wind, snowflakes were flying, and the land was vast.

Li Da got up early as usual, the winter here is really too cold, much colder than his hometown Feng County, the government said that the temperature has reached minus ten degrees, it is freezing cold, terribly cold .

It has been about half a year since I immigrated here. Seeing that the [-]th year of Hongzhi is about to pass, and the [-]th year of Hongzhi is about to pass, time flies so fast.

Waking up early in the morning, Li Da hurriedly swept and cleared the snow in his house, and removed the thick snow on the roof to prevent the house from being overwhelmed by the snow.

After doing this, I hurried to the sheep pen and horse pen to see my sheep and horses, and added some warm hay and forage to them.

These hay and forage are also stored on the grassland with machines in autumn. If the livestock do not have enough forage during the winter, they will definitely freeze to death.

After finishing all this, it was quite good to hear the cry of his son. Three months after coming here, his wife gave birth to a big fat boy for him, and at the same time became the first born in Shangyun Town. Mr. Deng Shandeng from the immigration office also came to visit in person after hearing about it, and helped to name him Li Shangyun.

This name sounds nice at first glance, but if Li Dalai was asked to choose a name, it might be another name like Li Damao or Li Dalang.

"Brother Li, I have your letter~"

At this time, Li Da's neighbor Wang Kaiwen raised a letter in Yang's hand and said.

"A letter from home?"

As soon as Li Da heard it, he immediately put down the things in his hands happily, and hurried over. After receiving the letter, no one could read, so he handed it to Wang Kaiwen for help.

"It said in the letter that your family was very happy when they heard that you had given birth to a son, and told you to take good care of it, saying that the weather here is very cold, so try not to take your child out in winter."

"I also said that the family told your younger brother Li Er about a marriage. They are also planning to immigrate to Heitu Province next year. You can see if you can help take care of Li Er."

Wang Kaiwen opened the letter and read it. The content was not long, and there was very little to say. He mentioned that his younger brother Li Er was going to get married at the end of the year, and that he planned to immigrate next year.

"The second child is getting married too?"

"Calculate your age. You will be seventeen soon after the Chinese New Year. It's time to get married."

"It's good to immigrate, it's good to immigrate."

Li Da smiled and nodded after listening.

In the past, I always felt that it was better inside the mountains. I heard the elders say how, how poor and famine the outside world is, and I can’t even eat food. In a year of famine, I don’t even have to eat bark.

It’s better to be in the mountains, where bullies and officials can’t be bullied, and you don’t have to pay taxes and corvees, and you don’t have to worry about famine. Although the mountains are a bit poorer, it’s better than suffering outside.

However, after he really came out, Li Da realized that the outside world was very different from what the elders said. The people outside not only had enough food and warm clothes, but also had good food and beautiful clothes. The high-rise buildings outside, the bustling city, and the rich life.

These are much, much better than being in the mountains, and you can live a good life casually.

It's as if I am here in Shangyun Town, the court has all the food and clothing, and the An family's money. Although there is no food this year, I still have enough food and clothing.

Moreover, the Immigration Department has been organizing everyone to build roads, harden streets, etc. The Immigration Department also pays wages for these jobs. You can get five taels of silver for a month. The wages are very average. In the big city, there must be no one doing it.

But for immigrants who have nothing to do, this is also a good income. After working for a few months, the streets of the entire Shangyun Town have been hardened, and at the same time, the road from Shangyun Town to Dayang has been repaired. There are more than 200 miles of roads in the town, and Dayang Town is not idle.

During this period of time, the cement road to Xiaoyang Town was built. Xiaoyang Town really built the road to Kaffa Port. In this way, a concrete road was built through many immigrant towns.

There are many benefits of building concrete roads.

In the past, in this snowy winter, it was difficult to travel together, and it was extremely inconvenient to travel, but the cement road was built, and travel was much more convenient.

The immigration department has a special snowplow, which travels between the immigrant towns every morning to remove the snow on the road, which is convenient for the passing four-wheeled carriages, cars and other materials to ensure the safety of each immigrant town. Immigrants not only have food to eat in winter, but also vegetables and meat.

It can be said that after immigrating, Li Da's life is much better.

If it were in the mountains before, the whole family would lie on the bed in winter, eat very little every day, and just sleep constantly to relieve hunger.

Although there is no need to pay grain or rent in the mountains, the fields are scarce and barren, and the food produced is very limited. The Li family has a lot of people, so there is not enough food at all. They can only eat porridge and sleep to survive.

And every winter, it was also the time when Li Da’s father, Li Carpenter, had the worst temper. It would be good if someone asked him to help break the furniture.

As for earning money by working, don’t think about it at all. Even if you go to help people make furniture or something, you can rarely get money. If you have enough food to eat, you can bring some food back before you leave. That’s pretty good. up.

I worked outside for a month and took five taels of silver. Calculated according to the price of grain outside, these five taels of silver could buy thousands of catties of high-quality Hezhong rice, enough to eat for a long time.

Li Da also explained all this in detail in the letter home, and sent some money back by the way, asking Carpenter Li to buy some food in the town to eat back, and add some new clothes and quilts for everyone.

Obviously, Li Da's money has been put to great use.

Li Carpenter used this money to marry his younger brother Li Er, and Li Da's life outside also made his younger brother yearn for the outside world. Li Er also wanted to immigrate next year.

Li Da fully agrees and supports his younger brother's emigration. Only after living outside can you understand the abundance outside.

Now is the most prosperous time of Ming Dynasty. The country is rich and the people are strong, the national power is at its peak, and the life of the common people is very easy. There is no end to food and land to grow. There is no need to die in the mountains. warm.

"I'm going to trouble you to write a reply letter again."

Li laughed and said to Wang Kaiwen.

"It's okay, it's okay, I just received a letter from home, anyway, I'm going to write it together."

Wang Kaiwen said with a smile.

He is from Hezhong, and his home is much closer to here. He can receive a letter from home almost once every ten days and a half months. letter.

Came to Wang Kaiwen's home, began to write a reply.

"Just write back and say that it's good for the second child to immigrate, but try to immigrate as early as possible after the Chinese New Year. If you do so quickly, you can still catch up with next year's farming season. I immigrated a little too late this year, so this year's land Basically, it’s all panic, nothing.”

"If possible, it is actually best for the whole family to immigrate. The outside world is not that bad. The main thing is that they are willing to endure hardships. Some of the land can be cultivated, and some of them have endless food."

"In addition, Chinese New Year is coming soon, so don't save money. You should eat, drink, buy clothes, quilts and so on. Only when people are full can they be healthy and not easy to get sick."

"What's more, everything is fine here. I have food and drink. I can't finish eating a lot of vegetables grown on the ground. My wife and children are also fine. My son is now a fat boy. "

Li Da thought about it and said.

"Okay~"

Wang Kaiwen also nodded after listening, and then sorted it out, and started to write after a while, and it was finished in a few strokes.

"It's better for those of you who have read the book. Those who can read and break characters, and know astronomy and geography at the top, know a lot."

Looking at the beautiful words written by Wang Kaiwen, Li Da also said enviously.

Thinking about myself, those who are illiterate need help to read even the letters, while Wang Kaiwen is a little younger, but he can read and break characters, and he understands a lot of things.

He can also drive and repair machines. He was the first person in the town to buy a cultivator. He had plowed his own field early on, and reclaimed thousands of acres of land. Seeds can be sown after spring.

And because I have read books and have knowledge and culture, I am also very good at planning. Taking advantage of the current time, I actually invested a lot of money to build a pig farm on my own land outside the town and wait for the spring. After the weather warmed up, they began to raise pigs. They also said that everyone in the river is doing the same.

"Brother Li has won the award, and I was a bit playful in school, otherwise I should be studying in a college now."

Wang Kaiwen smiled and shook his head. His city is actually very average, because he has good grades and goes to colleges and universities. His average grades either go to learn technology, or come out to work early.

"Brother Li, do you want to buy a cultivator?"

"If you buy a land cultivator now, you can start large-scale land reclamation after the spring. Otherwise, you can't grow much land by yourself and horses."

"This cultivator is very good, but I heard that it costs more than 100 taels of silver. It is very expensive, and I don't know how to drive it."

"If you buy a cultivator, there is policy support from the imperial court. Bank loans don't even require interest, and you can't open it. Let me teach you. It's very simple. You can also try my cultivator first."

(End of this chapter)