Ming Zuo

Chapter 1501 New Hometown

Dragon City, which has just been established as the provincial capital, is like a monster devouring heaven and earth, constantly attracting people from all directions.

It has now become a focus of immigration.

There are tens of thousands of new immigrants following Pan Yunlong.

After getting off the boat and standing on the ground, these people who had traveled thousands of miles were all pale and weak.

Thinking of the previous itinerary, I just feel like a lifetime away, and I am a new person.

These people who had lived in their hometown all their lives knew for the first time that the world was so big.

How vast is the empire.

Finally set foot on land, they looked at the new world with curious eyes.

This is a place completely different from their cognition.

The land is as flat as a mirror, stretching without end.Countless forests have laid a green carpet for the whole land, which is lush and magnificent.

The sky is also high and blue, and the white clouds are shining with holy brilliance under the sunshine.

The breeze blows from the north, carrying a domineering coldness, which instantly makes people's intestines dry.

The liveliness on the pier made these new immigrants not care about being tired, so they needed to run for the next new life.

"Workers come this way! All come this way!"

There have long been staff here to greet and perform their duties.

The new immigrants are not only farmers, but some are workers.

Immediately after the call, a large group of people walked over with large and small bags.

The staff was very conscientious and counted carefully several times to make sure that the number of people was correct.

"Everyone follow closely, follow me. Now take everyone to your residence and have a good rest."

Hearing that they could finally rest, all the new immigrants let out a sigh of relief.They cheered up one after another, took their luggage, and followed the staff to leave the pier.

Although the current Dragon City is very prosperous, everything is still very simple, and the corresponding urban planning is relatively rough.

The factories are all on the east bank of the Jingqili River, which is the lower reaches of Heilongjiang.

In this way, domestic water supply in upstream cities will not be affected.

The first factories established here are mainly cement factories, brick and tile factories, and steel factories.

After all, these are the most basic things needed for the establishment of a new city, and other industries in the future will revolve around these.

According to Longcheng's plan, at least [-] workers are needed.

If it weren't for the fact that the empire on the mainland has begun to act in unison, and now occupies Hebei, Shanxi, Henan, Huguang and other places, it would be really difficult to gather enough immigrants.

The workers had to go to the east bank of the Jingqili River, while the peasants had to cross the city and settle on the vast plains in the north.

Chen Laowu was in such a team.

He is from Guide Mansion, and his family's ancestors have been farmers for generations.

Naturally, he suffered a lot in the chaotic times of the late Ming Dynasty.

The government's exorbitant taxes brought him to the brink of bankruptcy, and then the government army and the peasant army fought in Guide Mansion several times, causing his home to be looted repeatedly, and finally he was destitute.

If that's the case, Chen Laowu can still persist through gritted his teeth.

However, Chongzhen's 15-year flood in the Yellow River destroyed his last hope.

He still remembers that the monstrous flood that night swept away the entire village.

If he hadn't gotten up to go to the toilet in the middle of the night and felt wrong, he quickly woke up his wife and children and climbed onto the big locust tree at the entrance of the village. He would have been swept away by the flood just like everyone else in the village.

After a natural and man-made disaster, Chen Laowu lost everything except his family.

He could only become a refugee with his wife and children, and embarked on the road of begging.

Just this year, the empire finally started the battle for unification, entered the Guide Mansion, and resettled the people.

Hearing the immigration policy explained by the officials, Chen Laowu was moved. After discussing with his wife, he set off on the journey with his three children.

This walk is half a year.

It was the first time that the native farmers knew how big the world was, the first time they saw the sea, and the first time they ate seafood until they vomited.

Just when he was about to forget what the land felt like, they finally reached their destination.

"Officer, it's going to be cold soon, do we have a place to live?"

Seeing that he had been walking for a long time and getting farther and farther away from the town, Chen Laowu couldn't help himself, and cautiously approached the staff leading the way to ask.

The other immigrants also pricked up their ears.

The staff are young and cheerful.

"Uncle, don't worry. In order to welcome you to come here, nothing has been done here, just build a house, so that you can live comfortably."

The hearty smiling faces of the young people gave Chen Laowu and the immigrants confidence, and everyone couldn't help but quicken their pace.

After walking like this for more than a day, when I turned a gentle slope, I saw several rows of brick houses suddenly appeared on the flat ground, there were hundreds of them.

And each brick house has a big yard.

The courtyard door made of solid wood has been painted, and it is as clean and tidy as the house of a rich landlord.

"Everyone has seen it, let's go to the place."

A group of immigrants stood still in a daze, and many of them even rubbed their eyes, unable to believe what they saw.

Such a beautiful house, such a big yard, is it really for them?

At the entrance of the village in the distance, someone had been waiting for him, and he took the initiative to greet him.

"I am the village head of our Baijiang Village. I will be responsible for managing the affairs of the village from now on. Everyone will stay in Baijiang Village from now on. If you have anything to do, come to me."

Zhao Zhihe, the head of Baijiang Village, is an old immigrant who has already been familiar with everything here.Therefore, they were scattered by the government and arranged to serve as the lowest-level village officials in various villages.

This is of course a great thing for ordinary people, so Zhao Zhihe took office eagerly.

Looking at these new immigrants, that is, the future villagers, Zhao Zhihe was very happy.

"The big guy came from afar, so he must not be familiar with this place. But don't worry, let's do one thing at a time. First, let's divide the room."

Hearing that everyone was given a house to live in, Chen Laowu and the others couldn't believe it.

"Village chief, isn't this house expensive? How much do we want to pay?"

Zhao Zhihe laughed.

"You poor ghosts, do you have any money? You don't have any money, so what's the point?"

Although the words were vulgar, they immediately brought everyone closer, and the scene suddenly became lively.

Although I have heard the government's explanation before coming here, I will give you a house when I arrive here.But now that they saw it with their own eyes, these new immigrants finally felt at ease.

Everyone is looking forward to it, imagining what it will be like to live in a new home.

Zhao Zhihe has already started presiding over the work.

"The population of each household has been counted. Now that you are studying, go to the corresponding courtyard. Put your heart in your stomach, it is definitely enough for big guys to live in."

(End of this chapter)