Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 854, Active Response to Immigration

Hearing everyone speaking Chinese, Liu Laizi took his time and took a sip of tea.

Well, this is also a habit I developed after I went to Liaodong.

The Liaodong area is very cold, and drinking tea in winter is also a popular trend.

Of course, the most important thing is that Liu Laizi now has silver in his bag and can afford to drink tea. In the past, he was so poor that he couldn't even eat enough to eat, let alone drink tea.

"Cough cough~"

After drinking the tea, Liu Manizi coughed slightly, and the people around immediately fell silent, quietly waiting for Liu Manizi's next words.

"Well, I know something about the Western Regions. As the name suggests, the Western Regions are located in the westernmost part of my Ming Dynasty. It is far away from Liaodong where I am. One is in the east and the other is in the west. There are thousands of miles between each other."

Liu Laizi's trip to Liaodong was obviously not for nothing.

Liaodong is full of immigrants, and the immigrants are under centralized and unified management. Large villages and towns have been established. Liaodong is actually very close to Beijing and Tianjin, especially after there are boats.

Naturally, the old and young people in the Liaodong area are more concerned about national affairs and know more. There are more people who read newspapers, and other people know something more or less.

"The difference is thousands of miles~"

"That's too far away, can it be the same as Liaodong?"

When someone heard it, they couldn't help but say it immediately.

"Yes, yes, I'd better go to Liaodong with Brother Liu. At least in Liaodong, the land is fertile and there is a lot of land that can be reclaimed. As long as you work hard, you will always have a chance."

"Ah yes, the Western Regions, I heard that the Western Regions are all desert areas, and there are a lot of Tartars in the Western Regions. It's definitely not safe to go there."

Someone also yelled and said.

"What do you know?"

When Liu Laizi heard the chattering voices around him, he immediately scolded loudly.

"Yes, yes, everyone be quiet, everyone be quiet, and listen carefully."

Patriarch Liu Fu followed suit and said to the crowd.

Immediately, everyone quieted down one after another, quietly waiting for Liu Laizi to continue speaking.

"Although the Western Regions are far away from Liaodong, one is in the west and the other is in the east, but whether you go to Liaodong or the Western Regions is actually the same."

"Isn't it clearly written on the document below the imperial court?"

"This is as long as immigrants go to the Western Regions, each household will be rewarded with a hundred acres of fertile land. In addition, because there are many vagrants in the Western Regions, not long ago, my Ming Dynasty won a great victory in the Western Regions. I defeated many tribes in the Western Regions, captured a large number of slaves, and captured a large number of cattle and sheep. and horses."

"So in order to encourage immigrants to go to the Western Regions, the imperial court rewarded each household with one cow, one horse, and ten sheep. Such generous conditions did not exist when I immigrated to Liaodong."

"When I was in Liaodong last year, cattle were very scarce and the price was extremely high. We reclaimed the fields with our own hoes."

"It's different when immigrants go to the Western Regions. Where there are enough cattle, sheep and horses, it will be very labor-saving in this kind of land."

"Think about it, as long as you immigrate there, you will have your own cattle, horses, and sheep. Such conditions are only available to landlords and veterans in our village."

Liu Laizi saw that everyone was quiet, so he continued talking.

"To tell you the truth, I'm going to buy a cow this year, but here in Liaodong, there are too few cows, even fewer farming cattle, and the price is very high, but there are a lot of horses, because it's close to the grasslands, and grassland people raise more horses."

"Now that you immigrated to the Western Regions, you have your own cattle, sheep and horses. Such a good thing is now available."

"The imperial court now has a lot of silver. You may not know that last year alone, there were shiploads of silver brought back from overseas. That's why the imperial court was able to organize everyone to emigrate."

"When the immigrants go to the Western Regions, you don't have to worry about eating and drinking. The post stations along the way will be responsible for the food for the immigrants. The food they eat is rice or white flour steamed buns from Nanyang, which are better than what you eat at home."

"As for saying that the Western Regions are all deserts, that's right and wrong."

"There are indeed many deserts in the Western Regions, but where there is water, there are lush pastures and oases. The land is fertile and the pastures are rich."

"The climate here in the Western Regions is very suitable for growing cotton. After you immigrated to the Western Regions, you have a lot of land. You can grow some grains, most cotton, and raise cattle and sheep. It will take less than a year to keep all of you salted fish. Turn over and live the life of a landlord and rich man from now on."

"If it wasn't because I immigrated to Liaodong first, I would have wanted to immigrate to the Western Regions."

"I've heard that, in the Western Regions, our Ming Dynasty Army swept across all directions, sweeping up countless tribes in the Western Regions, large and small, and captured many orchids and slaves."

"The imperial court rewards meritorious officers and soldiers only reward orchids and slaves. When you go to the Western Regions, it is definitely no problem to marry a random orchid as a wife."

"I heard that these orchids are all tall, with big buttocks, fair skin, and good fertility. The children born here must not be bad."

Hearing what Liu Laizi said, the eyes of those old bachelors in Liujia Village couldn't help but start to shine.

This Liu Manizi immigrated to Liaodong for more than a year and became a genius, and they were no worse than Liu Manizi, so naturally they were all moved.

Who doesn't want to have a mother-in-law who warms the bed?
Who wouldn't want to have a field of their own?

To have their own cattle, sheep and horses, to work hard, to eat and drink enough, to have grandma and baby, this is the life they most desperately desire.

Such a life was out of reach for them before.

In the land of the Central Plains, the land has already been fully developed, and the land is highly concentrated. Almost all the land is concentrated in the hands of those landlords and gentry.

Ordinary people like them, even if they have land, it is pitiful. The land that has been cultivated for thousands of years is already barren, the water source is scarce, and the population is large, which makes everything here appear extremely fragile.

Once there is some kind of natural or man-made disaster, the ancient land in Henan will be starved and starved, and refugees will be everywhere. The land here is no longer enough to support the growing population.

The people living here, no matter how hardworking and smart they are, what can they do?
The per capita land and resources are too scarce, coupled with this fragile natural environment, hard work can not get the corresponding return, so what about wisdom?He only thinks about how to steal and plunder, because only by robbing other people's land and resources can he live a better life.

This is an important reason why Liu Jin has always insisted on large-scale relocation of the population of Shaanxi, Henan, Shanxi, Shandong, and Anhui.

It's not that the people here are not hardworking, nor are the people here not smart.

It's because with limited resources, no matter how hard you try, the resources will never increase, and life is still very hard.

"Patriarch, let me immigrate to the Western Regions?"

Someone took the initiative to stand up and volunteered.

Liu Laizi's example is here, even if he doesn't know where the Western Region is in his mind, and has no idea about the situation in the Western Region.

But at this moment, they are looking at the life of Da Liu Laizi now.

So in their minds, as long as they immigrated to the Western Regions, they could live the same life as Liu Laizi.

Owning a large amount of your own land is enough for you to plant more than you can finish. After a year of hard work, the grain is piled up in the granary, and you can’t finish eating, instead of being hungry and full as you are now.

Have your own wife, someone will warm your bed and give birth to your baby when it is cold in winter, and you will work hard outside to farm, and the house will be cleaned by a wife.

Live a rich life, work hard to get rich, own your own cattle, sheep and horses...
"Patriarch, I also want to immigrate to the Western Regions~"

"I'm going too, I'm going too!"

Someone started, and others also stood up to express their opinions. They are all poor people who have been living a hard life. Now that they see hope, they grit their teeth and immigrate to the Western Regions. Maybe they will soon be able to live the same life as Liu Laizi .

"Ok~Ok~"

"Everyone who wants to go come and register. If there are too many people, we will draw lots. If it is really not possible, I will report to the higher authorities to see if we can immigrate more people from Liujia Village."

Seeing the scene in front of him, patriarch Liu Fu immediately smiled and nodded.

He could see the situation in Liujia Village. Everyone was poor, with their faces facing the loess and their backs facing the sky. Even if they died of exhaustion in the fields all year round, they still couldn't harvest a few catties of wheat and couldn't get enough to eat.

Perhaps emigrating is also a good way out.

He knows a little more than most people.

There are many places in Henan where a large number of people immigrated. At first, the government forced everyone to move out, but slowly they were all taken out by their relatives and friends.

Liaodong, Nanyang, and even going to the West, Australia, and the Golden Continent. In short, the world outside of Ming Dynasty is very big, and there are many, many fertile lands. As long as you are willing to emigrate, you can live a good life.

On the contrary, the people who are dying here in Henan, their life is still the same, there is not much change.

The only change is that with more and more people immigrating out, the number of local people in Henan is decreasing, and there are not so many people cultivating the fields of the landlord Lao Cai’s family, so everyone can rent more land from the landlord’s family to plant. Other than that there isn't much of a difference.

"Those who want to go to Liaodong, pack up quickly in the past few days, and I will go back to Liaodong the day after tomorrow."

"It's going to be spring soon, and I have to go back to plow my fields."

Liu Laizi also shouted to the crowd with a smile on his face.

It has already been discussed in his family. All the brothers are going to Liaodong, and even the married sister is planning to move the whole family to Liaodong.

Liu Laizi laid some foundations here in Liaodong, and everyone went to Liaodong with the basis, and they were able to adapt quickly.

(End of this chapter)