our family is gone

Chapter 235 Residential Life
If a small town wants to use agriculture as a pillar industry, it must meet one condition, that is, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and the average arable land must be relatively high, otherwise it will be difficult to export agricultural products without being able to support itself.

This was the situation before Hamlet. Except for the farm controlled by the farmer, there were many fields around the town, but they were all divided up by the farmer and the mayor under successive disasters.

It wasn't until the arrival of Lance that the reform was promoted, and the land was measured and distributed to those urban residents.

This part of the land needs to be taxed [-]% of the tax. They have no right to trade and are essentially leased to them.

Don't look at the need to hand in so much, but for those people, it is already a huge bargain.

You must know that when Lance didn't come, they would pay [-]% to [-]%, and [-]% would still belong to others. In addition to the [-]% religious tax, they would only have [-]% left in their hands.

No matter how hard you try, you can only live comfortably, and eating enough is a luxury.

If there is any problem, if you want to sell the land, you can only become a serf of a certain farmer in the end, that is, you will lose everything and become a cow and horse, and your life will end.

Now Lance has directly removed all miscellaneous taxes, and there is no religious tax. It can be said that the remaining [-]% is directly put into his own pocket.

This is why most people support him, in the final analysis it is their own interests.

However, agriculture is doomed to be just a living, and if you really want to grow Hamlet, you have to look at infrastructure.

The biggest project is urban construction and renovation, which is a project that benefits most of the townspeople.

A large number of jobs have been created, so that those people have jobs and money.

Those professional craftsmen are organized into engineering teams, and their wages are more formal, usually on a monthly basis.

At the same time, during the reform, Lance also standardized their treatment. Originally, they were provided with food because they had no money to buy food. Now that they have money, Lance canceled this treatment and let them eat by themselves.

Only in this way can we expand domestic demand and use grain to recover the money in their hands so that money can circulate.

Otherwise, there will be no channels for consumption, and the value of money will drop at that time, and saving all the money is not conducive to the development of the urban economy.

At the same time, give them a little pressure in life to prevent them from being rotten.

Not many people object to this, because the engineering team is stable, and there are projects going on all year round. Compared with farming, drought and flood can guarantee the harvest.

But the remuneration is limited to this, and being able to pay wages on time is already beyond most jobs in this era.

In this era, it is impossible for the productive forces to support other social security systems, even entering an industrial society. Lance is not a fool, knowing that this is unrealistic.

Sometimes one step beyond the times is a genius, and two steps beyond is a lunatic, and there is no room for manipulation in the end.

Of course, the above are only official residents who can enjoy this kind of policy treatment. Most refugees need to work for Hamlet unconditionally for one year and have no bad records before they can become regulars.

Whether it is to become a regular or to survive in this troubled world, they are willing to turn into bulls and horses and carry Hamlet on their shoulders.

In order to digest this group of people, Lance developed three farms and moved out most of the refugees without special talents to let them cultivate and do the things they are most familiar with.

However, only a small part of the land around Hamlet was allocated after the measurement and clarification, and a large part needs to be taken care of.

For this reason, Lance simply released a batch of fields for those refugees who had not yet become regular farmers.

Things like arable land need to be carefully taken care of, not to mention that they have to provide food for them to survive.

So Lance simply promised to give them [-]% as rations. The harder you work, the more you will reap, and the more you will have left, which will inspire their struggle.

Everyone knows that these reclaimed lands must be better, so ordinary refugees are not yet qualified to get these places.

Only some family members of soldiers, those who perform well or have made meritorious service are eligible to apply, so these places are allocated as rewards.

The same group of people also stayed in Hamlet and did not need to go to other farms to open up wasteland.

This caused some people to be more free during the slack season, and it was easy to cause problems if they were allowed to wander when Hamlet was not yet perfect.

For this reason, Lance chose to give some quotas to each engineering team, and recruit some day-to-day handymen on the construction site who only need to spend energy and do not need skills.

These are not within the system of the engineering team, and the daily salary is even less in comparison.

A regular worker can get three copper coins a day, while a handyman can only have one or two copper coins according to the difficulty, but it is worth cherishing for refugees who have no income channels...

Hamlet is under the scorching sun, and the hot sun shines on these workers who need to work in the open air. The sweat is not half of the money across the skin, causing burning pain.

But what is more terrifying than this is that this kind of weather reminds many people of the severe drought, and they can't help but feel a little fear in their hearts.

Until the bell rang for the noon break, those workers could temporarily put down their work.

Everyone hurried to the side of the big wooden barrel, but what was poured out after unscrewing it was not wine, but clear water.

They all know that this is not ordinary water, but purified water, and they will not get sick or have abdominal pain after drinking it.

After drinking ordinary water, it is easy to cause gastrointestinal diseases such as diarrhea or vomiting, and even worms. The root cause is that the hygiene of the raw water is not up to standard.

Simple life experience tells them that drinking fermented liquid does not cause so many diseases, but beer brewed from grain is very expensive, and ordinary people can only pick berries or throw fruits into water for fermentation.

Fermentation kills some of the bacteria and insect eggs, which can be regarded as disinfection to a certain extent, but the sour fruit wine is not good at all, and although the disease caused is better than drinking raw water directly, it is also risky.

For thousands of years, choosing this is just a simple harm between the two powers, which reveals the helplessness of ordinary people.

So when the drinking water station was established, boiled water spread through the pressure brought by the plague.

Most townspeople tell the truth after feeling it, no one would want to drink those sour fermented drinks if they could.

Each filled a cup, and then drank it in a big gulp. The cold water passed through the throat and seeped into the limbs, suppressing the dry heat and replenishing the thirsty body at the same time.

Nothing beats this!

The noon break is for eating. Those regular workers go home to eat, but those who have no official status can eat the big pot of the lord.

Everyone gathered around the central square to receive their own food. The standard was two grains of bread and a bowl of sea fish stewed vegetables.

The bread is the size of a palm, but it is actually black bread without sawdust and grass roots.

As for the soup, most of it is vegetables, and there is very little fish, but the salty mouthful is very salty, and I am willing to add salt.

But even so, what they ate was extraordinarily sweet. Compared to when they didn't even have anything to eat before, it's already good to eat what they have now.

Soak the bread in the soup and eat it after it softens a bit.

Everyone gathered in the shade, eating bread and drinking soup, and chatting as soon as they stopped.

From the things on the construction site to talking about various things that happened in the town, the most worthy of attention is naturally the lord.

"Have you heard? The lord has entered the wilderness to the north again."

"I heard it a long time ago. It seems that there is a lack of some kind of herbal medicine to cure the disease. The lord is looking for it himself."

"..."

Gossiping during the break was inevitable, and soon rumors spread in the town that in order to treat the wounded, the lord himself went into the wilderness to find medicine to save people.

Even the porter, who was sweating profusely under the scorching sun, couldn't help feeling proud when he heard it.

In this huge empire, how many nobles and lords will go into the dangerous wilderness to find medicine for a few ordinary people who are sick?
I am afraid that this is impossible to others, but they believe it, because this is not the first time this kind of thing has happened.

It has also appeared before that the lord called the doctor back for the wounded late at night, and many people know about it.

This is Hamlet!
But soon a new recruitment notice was posted on the square, and a person stood aside and shouted loudly, explaining the general content to these illiterate people.

"Recruiting people to develop the wilderness in the north, three copper coins a day, only one hundred places, voluntary principle, first come first served, come and sign up."

When this spread, it immediately aroused discussions among those workers.

This kind of condition has no temptation for regular workers, but it is a rare opportunity for casual workers.

"The wilderness is dangerous, right? And the plague has not been completely eradicated."

A man expressed uneasiness about this, but the people around him seemed indifferent.

"I'm afraid, the lords are all over there, not to mention there are troops patrolling."

"That is, three copper coins a day, and we are not craftsmen, where can we find a job with this kind of salary?"

It was only when the two of them were saying this that they found that the man got up and walked out with his job in his hands. Only then did they realize that he said that those were just for sneaking away, so they rushed up and complained.

"Good guy! Didn't you say it's dangerous?"

"That's right, it's actually faster than us."

"Dangerous is the dangerous point, but after finishing this project, I will have money to buy some chicks, and when they grow up, I will have eggs to eat." The man smiled honestly, and didn't care about the teasing of the two, but his pace quickened. .

Similar things appeared around, and soon the 100 people were recruited, and those who didn't get it were also annoyed why they didn't hurry up.

Naturally delighted to get the quota, I will start working in the wilderness tomorrow as required...

When the sun sets, the workers who are busy on different construction sites finally put down their work.

At this time, the foreman is extraordinarily busy, because he needs to be responsible for registering the handymen and then sending out the money.

Most people can't read, all they need is to press their fingerprints on the paper, and then get today's fee from the foreman.

The man looked at the handyman in front of him before taking away a copper coin. After a tiring day, he could only see a smile at this time.

Even one or two copper coins are precious assets for these refugees who have no wealth.

"next."

Following the foreman's yelling, the man hurriedly followed, and received today's wages from the foreman after pressing his fingerprints.

His salary could be a little better and he could have two copper coins, but the sweat-soaked clothes knew the price.

"Brother Foreman, I won't be coming tomorrow." The man greeted the foreman with a smile.

"You have also signed up to go to the north to develop, right? You must work hard not to waste this opportunity and contribute to the construction of Hamlet."

Hearing this, the foreman was not too surprised. There were a few similar ones just now, and he was happy for him.

Anyway, there are still a lot of vacancies in the town, and it is not difficult to recruit them all. The departure of a few people will not have a great impact on the project.

"Yes, yes." The man nodded with a silly smile, and echoed after hearing that, "We must work hard, and we will not let down the lord!"

At this stage, Hamlet has not been able to cultivate the class gap. On the contrary, what Lance instilled in them is a collective consciousness. Everyone is his people, everyone is a Hamlet, and they fight for Hamlet.

The man clenched the copper coin in his hand, but when he thought of the smile on the face of his wife and children at home, he even quickened his pace by half a minute.

The newly built dwellings in Hamlet are not the kind of longhouses where livestock live together, although the core technology is still thatched huts with wooden skeletons and mud.

It's just that the design has been simplified, most of them are square and square, with a small yard separated by a fence, which is left for them to raise some livestock.

Only by separating them can it be more hygienic and less likely to cause diseases.

As for large-scale livestock, such as cattle and pigs, a piece of land is specially planned to build pig pens and cattle pens, so that they can be better managed in a unified manner.

It's just that there are not many people who can afford to sell pigs and cattle to raise them. It can only be said that Lance has thought far ahead when these positions are reserved.

"Come back, the food is almost ready, hurry up and wash your hands and prepare to eat."

The man opened the door and entered, and could see his wife's busy back.

The man had been doing a good job in assisting the management of the camp before, so the family applied for a piece of land, which was relatively easy, but because there was a three-year-old child at home, he still wanted to fight for the child.

I chose to work on the construction site during this non-busy season, and my wife is not idle. She shouldered the responsibility of taking care of the farmland and taking care of the children.

"Look at what I bought?" The man took out the things in his hand.

The woman couldn't help but exclaimed when she found out that it was actually a piece of fish meat and more than a dozen eggs.

"Why do you buy so much meat!"

"Hee hee! I changed a job with a higher salary, let's celebrate." The man smiled and passed the things over, "I just can't come back often, so buy some vegetables first, the lord has said that eating more meat is better for your health. "

The woman didn't respond happily when she heard this, she just took the things silently before opening her mouth.

"Have you signed up to go to the north? The whole town knows about it. Do you know how dangerous it is?"

"Don't worry, the lord is in the northern wilderness, and there are troops to protect us." The man was afraid that his wife would not let him go because he was worried about his safety, so he didn't say it clearly, but now he was told to comfort him.

"With a salary of three copper coins a day, I only spent two copper coins to buy so much meat. Work harder and save some money for your children to go to school. Maybe you can get a new set of clothes for you."

I have to say that the temptation of this treatment is indeed hard to refuse. Everyone wants to live a better life, and the woman can only agree after a moment of silence.

"I'm going to cook the fish, you sit down quickly, you've been tired all day."

"Okay!" The man smiled even brighter when he heard his wife agreeing, and held up the child beside him, "Thank you Lord, life will get better and better."

This incident passed quickly, and they didn't have much choice for this family. All the woman could do was pray.

"Master Lance bless~"

There are no those in the small family who shout to dedicate themselves to Hamlet. What they value has always been the interests that are actually related to life.

But it is these small families that make up Hamlet.

"Here comes the fish soup!" The woman came out holding the fish soup.

The fresh sea fish does not have too much fishy smell, on the contrary, the freshness and sweetness surprised them who were inland before.

The child didn't know so much, and most of the fish was eaten into his mouth, but the parents didn't care too much, and a mouthful of fish soup could satisfy them.

This life is so good...

(End of this chapter)