Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1802, Encounter in Black Earth Province

Li Er, Lu Da and a group of young people who came out of the mountain area got off at Kaffa Port in Black Earth Province, and looked curiously at the bustling port in front of them.

Since this place became the Black Soil Province of the Ming Empire, the territory of the Ming Dynasty has covered the entire east and north of the Black Sea, covering the vast and fertile areas north and south of the entire Caucasus Mountains.

Kaffa Port is an important transit point and port for Ming immigrants to go to Black Earth Province, and it is also an important distribution center for Ming's trade with Europe on land.

In a very short period of time, this place has rapidly prospered.

Merchants, firms, and immigrants from Ming Dynasty, as well as businessmen from Europe, Ottomans, and the Mediterranean, all gathered here, surpassing Xiji Port in Nanyun Province.

The port here has been expanded, with a wide pier, a busy port, ships with various flags, and everything that is hustle and bustle here.

Li Er, Lu Da and the others were all dazzled.

Although they have seen many prosperous places along the way, they have seen the excitement of Kaifeng, the prosperity of Chang'an, the tall snow-capped mountains in the Western Regions, the richness and vast wilderness in the middle of the river, and the exotic places in Nanyun Province. flavor.

But when I came to Heitu Province, knowing that I had arrived in Heitu Province, I was still very curious about everything here, and I kept looking around and watching everything here.

For those children who came out of the mountains, it was the first time for them to see the vast sea and the turbulent waves. Many of them had already vomited all kinds of meat and vegetables on the boat. After finally arriving in Heitu Province, they can finally breathe a sigh of relief .

"Is this where we immigrated?"

Lu Da is just nineteen years old. In later generations, he would still be a student in the ivory tower, but now he has married and started a business, and immigrated to Heitu Province with his newly married daughter-in-law.

"This is Kaffa Port in Black Soil Province. Although it is Black Soil Province, it is not the place where our immigrants settled down. We just passed through here, but my brother's letter said that when we arrive at Kaffa Port, it is a small distance away from our immigration. The town is near, and we estimate that in a few days we will almost arrive at the place where we immigrated."

Li Er thought for a while and said, he seems to have become the little leader of his seven or eight people now, just because his brother Li Da immigrated here in advance, wrote a letter to his family, and clarified a lot of things, Let Li Er know the route in advance.

"Didn't your brother say he would come to pick us up?"

"Why have we all gone to Heitu Province, and your brother hasn't come over yet?"

Li Er's wife Lu Shi said weakly.

"How big is the Black Earth Province, and how does he know when we will arrive here? Even if he is looking for us, he will have to wait for us to settle down and know that we are in the immigrant town before he can come to look for us."

"But once we've settled down, we'll go find my elder brother first. He's at No. 18, Huanghe Road, Shangyun Town."

Li Er quickly retorted that he had already firmly remembered his brother's address in his heart.

"Oh~"

Lu thought about it and nodded.

This port is very large, and immigrants come here every day, ranging from a few hundred people to several thousand people at most, and the ships that come here are not scheduled. Even if Li Da wants to come and find Li Er, it may not be easy things.

"Let's go, let's go, follow the officials~"

"My brother said that we must follow the official messenger closely so that we will not go away, and after arriving here in Kaffa Port, the Immigration Department will start sending us horses, so we don't have to walk, we can ride horses The town we immigrated to."

"After arriving in the immigrant town, we can still receive our resettlement fee, which is thirty taels of silver per person. In addition, we are allocated our own house, our own food, furniture, living utensils, etc. Home is much better."

"Next we will draw lots, and we will be assigned to different towns."

Li Er led the crowd to follow the official mission.

The management of the Immigration Bureau of Black Soil Province is also very effective, and a complete system has been formed for the management of immigrants. As soon as the immigrants arrive at Kaffa Port, many arrangements are made quickly.

The first choice for immigrants coming from various places is to disrupt the lottery and allocate them to different immigrant towns, so that people from one place will not be allowed to immigrate together. This will easily form small groups, which will be unfavorable for immigration work.

"Brother, which immigrant town did you get assigned to?"

After Li Er drew the lottery, he was assigned to an immigrant town called Xiaofeng Town. He just asked the people from the immigration office and said that Xiaofeng Town is not too far from Shangyun Town, and there are only a few It's just a small town. If you ride a horse, you can arrive there in 2 days.

"I was assigned to Dafeng Town~ What about you?"

Lu Da also hurriedly said that after arriving here, everyone will be separated, and there is a lot of uneasiness in each other's hearts. After all, people are accustomed to staying in familiar environments and dealing with familiar people.

This time we have to separate, and everyone is very reluctant to be divided into different immigrant towns. place.

"We are in Xiaofeng Town, ha, our two towns are very close, so it will be much more convenient to travel in the future."

As soon as Li Er heard this, he immediately became happy. Fortunately, there were only two neighboring towns, so they wouldn't be too far apart.

"I've been assigned to Yiyang Town~"

"I've been assigned to Sanyang Town."

"I've raised money to get to Dagu Town. I heard it's the farthest town."

"I'm in Xiaogu Town, the two of us will be the closest in the future."

Others also called out one after another. When they came, the small group of seven or eight people was about to separate soon.

"Brother, after we settle down, we will come to Dafeng Town to find you."

Li Er's wife burst into tears.

When I came out, there was originally an older brother with me, and some relatives were by my side, but now I will be separated again, thinking that in the future, there will be no relatives besides her husband, Li Er, by her side. reluctance and sadness.

"Don't cry, don't cry~"

"Everyone follows each other, and we will walk around each other more in the future. This black soil province is a plain area, and every household has horses. Usually, we can walk around each other more when we are free."

"It's not a big deal, it's just a small town away, ride a horse, and you'll be there soon."

Lu Da also hurriedly comforted his younger sister, and then took his wife to gather with the officials of the Immigration Bureau of Dafeng Town.

Immigrants from each small town have officials from the immigration bureau of each small town to take them there, and then settle down in the immigrant town.

It is the coldest season of the year now, and immigrants need special attention in all aspects, which also makes the people in the immigration office extremely busy.

But fortunately, everything is well prepared. Under the leadership of officials and officials from the immigration bureau of their respective towns, immigrants from small towns received their own horses, winter clothes and warm clothes in Kaffa Port. Wool boots, and then embarked on a trip to their respective towns.

On a concrete road in Heitu Province, immigrants heading for Xiaofeng Town rode horses and followed the official post in front of them. Although it was snowing and freezing, the road was still easy to walk.

Because it is a cement road, and this cement road has a snowplow every morning to shovel off the snow on the road.

This time there were more than 300 immigrants who immigrated to Xiaofeng Town, all of them were riding horses, following a banner in front of them, for fear of getting lost.

"Everyone hurry up, hurry up, try to arrive at Shangyun Town in the evening, we will stay here for one night, and move on tomorrow."

The officials rode on horseback with tin horns and yelled at the immigration team.

To be honest, in this winter, everyone wants to sleep in the bed with their mother-in-law in their arms, but there is no way, the imperial court attaches great importance to immigrants.

Especially for the immigrants who immigrated now, they pay more attention to it. They should not have any problems. They must be properly resettled, and it will be spring in a while. This area of ​​immigrants can just catch up and will not delay this year's farming season. , This has brought huge work pressure to the people of the immigration agency.

"Shangyun Town?"

As soon as Li Er heard this, he couldn't help but widen his eyes. He didn't expect that he would pass through Shangyun Town on his way to Xiaofeng Town, and even had to rest here for a night in Shangyun Town.

"Have you heard, we are going to rest here in Shangyun Town for the night, and my elder brother is in Shangyun Town."

Li Er excitedly said to his wife Lu Shi: "We will see big brother soon!"

Li Er was very excited, wishing he could arrive at Shangyun Town immediately and go find his elder brother.

The team is constantly advancing, and it is still very easy to walk on horseback.

Before sunset, the team finally arrived at Shangyun Town. Before entering the town, they could see that there were many people waiting outside the town, as if they were waiting for something.

Among them, Li Er saw his eldest brother at a glance, and he couldn't help but shouted loudly.

"Brother~Brother~"

While shouting, he kept shaking his hands and was so excited that everyone who accompanied him looked over one after another.

Here, Li Da was walking back and forth coldly.

Ever since he knew that his younger brother had also emigrated, he had been inquiring about his younger brother's news constantly, and at the same time calculated the time accurately, knowing that his younger brother would arrive here in Heitu Province in about a few days, and he also waited and watched at the intersection of Shangyun Town every day. See if you can wait until your brother passes by.

At this time, a familiar voice came from the team not far away, which made Li Da startled for a moment, and then saw a figure riding a horse, and ran over excitedly.

"Second child~"

(End of this chapter)