Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 855, the panicked landlord
Lin County, Henan Province, Lin County is the Lin County where the famous Hongqi Canal is located in later generations, the Lin County that suffers from water shortage.

Because of the unique geographical structure and geographical environment, the entire Lin County is extremely short of water, with nine droughts in ten years, and severe droughts in successive years. The drought in Lin County is far from being comparable to the droughts in other places.

In other places, when the drought hits the sky, there is no harvest, and the farmer has no harvest, but here in Lin County, during the drought, even drinking water for humans and animals will become a problem, and the river will dry up. outside.

Lin County is very poor, with undulating mountains, criss-cross gullies, thin soil and thick rocks, and droughts nine times out of ten.There are bare hills, water shortages are as expensive as oil, rich families are forced to rent debts, and poor people worry day and night. The entire Lin County is spent in hunger and drought.

Under the severe drought, it is too common for people to be killed by a load of water.

At this moment, on the pipeline leading to the outside of Lin County, thousands of people from Lin County moved out with their families, preparing to immigrate to Liaodong, Western Regions, Nanyang and other regions.

Anyway, it doesn't matter where you go, as long as you leave Lin County.

Ever since the imperial court began to organize immigration, people from Lin County who had immigrated outside in the early stage sent news back one after another, and the entire Lin County began to set off a wave of immigration.

Especially this time, as the imperial court issued documents to immigrate millions to the Western Regions, the people here in Lin County were almost empty, regardless of whether there were quotas or not, almost all of them were planning to immigrate.

On the official road that left Lin County, crowds of people from Lin County were migrating out. Some were pushing carts, some were carrying burdens, and some were carrying parcels, thinking about the outside world to migrate.

"Country folks, please don't believe what those people say. It's better to have a hometown in the outside world."

"The Western Region is thousands of miles away. It is said that it is a desert area, which is even more arid than our Lin County. Where are there a large number of Tartars, and those Tartars are murderous without blinking an eye."

"This Liaodong has been a place of bitter cold since ancient times. I heard that it is too cold. Wherever I go, I will be frozen to death in winter. Where is a good place?"

"There is also Nanyang, which is a land of barbarians, full of miasma, mosquitoes are so big that they can eat people, and there are so many that they can suck up cows."

"Everyone, let's calm down first. The gold and silver nests are not as good as the dog kennels at home. No matter how good the outside is, that's not our hometown, no matter how bad this Lin County is, it's also our hometown, isn't it?"

"Everyone, don't be fooled easily. Let's calm down. This year, as long as I rent my family's land for farming, I will only charge [-]% of the rent. [-]%, [-]%!"

The landlord, Mr. Cai Lin, stood by the road, looking at the crowds of people who moved out with their families and their families, and he was very anxious.

There are really too many people who have moved out this year. Almost nine out of ten houses are empty. People from ten households and nine households are all moving out, immigrating outside.

Originally, at the beginning, Mr. Lin felt that their life and death had nothing to do with him, so he moved out as soon as they moved out. After they moved out, he took the opportunity to seize some people's fields.

There were also some people who moved out and sold their fields cheaply, which was eaten by Mr. Lin. He took up a lot of fields at once, and even planned to increase the rent this year.

After all, a large amount of silver flows into Daming every year, which causes the price of goods in Daming to rise. Silver is no longer as valuable as before. If the rent does not increase, the standard of living will drop.

But soon, Master Lin was dumbfounded.

Because there are too many people who have migrated out, almost all the tenants who have rented Master Lin's fields for generations and ancestors have decided to emigrate.

It seemed that spring plowing was about to start, but no one came to rent fields from him. In the past, there was no need to say that these people would come to their homes to beg him to rent more fields for them to plant.

No one rents their own fields, so they can't grow the fields themselves, can they?

Master Lin panicked, and began to persuade these people not to immigrate. Not only did he not increase the rent, but he also lowered the rent.

But still no one pays attention to Mr. Lin, everyone knows the news, as long as they are willing to emigrate, not only have enough water to drink, but also have a lot of fields, which are still their own fields, who would want to stay in such a poor place like Lin County?

"Wang Laogen, you are already old, and you still want to immigrate?"

Master Lin saw an old man, hurried over and said.

This man named Wang Laogen, who is already fifty years old, has been farming for the Lin family since Grandpa Lin, almost a lifetime of farming for the Lin family.

"Yes, even if you die, you must die outside, on your own field."

Wang Laogen nodded solemnly, clenched the wooden stick in his hand, and his eyes were full of longing for the future life. By his side, Wang Laogen's sons were all like this.

Hearing Wang Laogen's words, Master Lin said in disbelief: "This homeland is hard to leave, and the fallen leaves return to their roots. Why are you bothering?"

"Your family has planted my family's land for several generations. As long as you don't go out, I will only charge [-]% of your family's rent this year?"

"Master Lin, our ancestors farmed your family for generations, but in the end we couldn't even get enough to eat. Now as long as we immigrate to the Western Regions and Liaodong, we can have our own land. Who will farm for you?"

Wang Laogen's son shook his head with a smile and said, after finishing speaking, he continued on the road. The road was still long, but they walked firmly, with hope in their eyes, and the road under their feet was not bitter at all.

"Are you all crazy?"

"Is everything the court said true?"

"Who knows what will happen to the outside world, what's wrong with Lin County."

Master Lin stared blankly at the Wang Laogen family who were walking forward step by step, and then looked at the huge team migrating on the pipeline. Although everyone was dressed in rags, their eyes were full of hope.

"No, no~"

"If this continues, even if the entire land in Lin County is mine, no one will farm it for me."

Master Lin realized an extremely serious problem, so he hurried to the Lin County Government.

He was going to respond to this issue with the county magistrate of Lin county. The magistrate had to come forward and prohibit these people from moving out. Otherwise, the entire Lin county would exist in name only from now on. In the end, there might not even be a few thousand people in such a large Lin county.

Lin County Yamen, Master Lin came here in a hurry, and only found out when he arrived at Lin County that a large number of gentry from Lin County had gathered here in the entire Lin County Yamen.

"Oh, all the tenants in my house are gone. It seems that spring is about to start, but no one came to me to rent a field for farming."

"No, it's the same with my family. Where I am, nine of the ten villages have been emptied, and the remaining one is preparing to move out. There are no people. Ten rooms are empty. Who will farm for us in the future? "

"Yeah, yeah, no one farms for us, what do we eat and drink?"

"The government doesn't care about it and encourages immigrants. This is simply a policy that harms the country and the people. We gentry will starve to death in the future."

Many gentry and landlords gathered together were anxiously discussing, the situation is really serious.

There are too many people who have migrated out of Lin County.

The impoverished Lin County is considered to be the poorest place in Henan, and it is also the place where immigrants are most active and thorough in Henan. Almost all the people in Lin County are going out.

Li Rusong, the county magistrate of Lin County, came out in a hurry after many gentlemen and lords begged for an audience.

Seeing Li Rusong coming out, many landlords and gentry were also in a hurry. You said everything, and there was only one core meaning, that is, Li Rusong must immediately come forward to block the exit channels of Lin County, and severely It is forbidden for people from Lin County to move out.

"Everyone, I know everyone's feelings, and I can understand everyone's concerns."

"I am also worried about the future of Lin County. After all, there are people who have everything. A large number of Lin County people have migrated out, and the entire Lin County will exist in name only. I have also reported the situation of our Lin County to the state capital. It must be very soon. There will be news."

"As for what everyone is talking about now, I'm afraid I have no way to do it, because the imperial court encourages immigration, and the imperial court has issued repeated orders, requiring local governments to do a good job in immigration-related work, and not to affect the development of immigration work."

Li Rusong looked at the landowners and gentry in Lin County in front of him, and said hurriedly.

He is very clear about the situation in Lin County. This is the poorest place in Henan. Due to the severe drought and water shortage here, it is reasonable for people to immigrate out in large numbers.

The landlords and gentry in front of us are in a hurry, the sheep are gone, and these wolves will have no sheep to eat. Even though this occupies a large amount of land, if no one cultivates them, they can only drink the northwest wind .

"Master Li, this matter has reached the point of urgency. If you don't take any action on your side, in a few days time, our Lin County will be empty."

Master Lin said anxiously, there are too many people who have moved out, and there is no need to worry.

"I have already reported the situation to the state government. Now that everyone wants to go out, there is nothing I can do. Firstly, this is an order from the imperial court. Secondly, if people want to leave, even if they stay for a while, they cannot stay forever."

Li Rusong said helplessly that he had already decided to leave Lin County. The Western Regions, Nanyang and other places needed a large number of officials, and he had already applied to the higher authorities.

Looking at the anxious expressions of the landlords and gentry in front of him, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He didn't expect that one day the landlords and gentry would worry that their fields would not be cultivated.

　Just ask if you are in a hurry?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)