At the beginning, the whole family fled from famine, and I used a milk bottle as a koi carp

Chapter 25 Living in a big city is not easy

When we entered Guangyang City, we saw that it was very different from Jiangbei. There were a lot of tea plants here, and people drank and tasted tea, which was different from the north. In the north, only wealthy families with status and wealth could afford to drink tea. It is obviously different here, because it is a planting area, ordinary people can afford to drink crude tea, drink tea and discuss tea, and it is integrated into people's lives in all aspects.

When sending a few road bullies to the county government, An Laoer deliberately stuffed some money into the paperwork and inquired about whether they could live here.

"Oh, there are turmoil in various places, and the imperial court is very strict about household registration. Even if you have a household registration, it is very difficult to register." The clerk touched his beard and said with a look of embarrassment.

An Laoer "." If you want money, just say so, don't scare people!

"Sir, is there anything we can do? Our whole village fled here from a natural disaster in the north. There really is nothing we can do. We are all good and law-abiding people. There are still more than thirty scholars in the village. We cannot delay their future!" An Lao Twenty He said with emotion.

There are more than thirty scholars. Although they are young, they are already studying. They are scholars!
  The clerk was shocked. Scholars are so rare these days. Not only do scholars cost a lot of money, but it is also difficult for ordinary families to support a scholar with the whole family. There are more than thirty scholars in a wealthy village. In this era when more than 90% of the people are illiterate, it is already very good for a village to have one or two scholars.

The document also seemed to be selling well at the moment, "Not to mention our Guangyang, there are dozens of large and small cities like Xuancheng County and Xin'an County. Big cities are really not good!
  The imperial court has issued an announcement. You know the current turmoil among the princes and kings. In order to prevent the city under the jurisdiction of the imperial court from being involved, it has strictly prohibited the inflow of refugees from the territories of the princes and kings. "

"It was easy to operate in the past years. This year's epidemic situation has been tightened in various places. I don't know how you ended up here, but unless you are far away from the jurisdiction of the imperial court, don't even think about a small city. There are so many people, and it is even harder to operate."

"Thank you sir for your advice. We don't ask for a big city, as long as we can find a place where people in our village can live and work in peace and contentment. It's really not our choice which household registration we belong to. The princes and kings are also the territory of the imperial court, so it's hard to do that. Don't care about us."

An Laoer was a little unhappy. It didn't matter if people were divided into three, six or nine grades. Even their territories were divided into three, six or nine grades. Didn't the territories owned by princes and kings belong to the imperial court? Isn’t it within the jurisdiction of Dazhou?

"Look, what are you so anxious about? Aren't we just chatting? Guangyang is a big city. Do you know how big it is under Guangyang's rule?"

An Laoer didn't believe it. How remote could it be? Is their Xiushan Village remote?

"It can't be too remote. After all, there are more than 30 scholars in our village, and they have to go to the county town frequently to communicate. We can't be too isolated."

"Look at you, brother, we can still pick one. You are also lucky to have met me. Every city has some quotas for land reclamation, but as the ugly saying goes, these quotas are not given for free."

An Laoer "." Just tell me how much you want to spend and that's it.

"Sir, how much money is it? I don't have the final say. There are more than 300 people in our village? You have to inform the village chief. You know, there is a natural disaster today. Life for us farmers is difficult. All year round, can we It’s already hard to keep a full stomach, so how can you have any spare money?

If it's less, you can still get it together, but if it's more, it'll probably be difficult. "

"Okay, brother, think about it carefully. In terms of silver, it's twenty taels per person. It will be difficult to estimate it any lower." After finishing the paperwork, he left.

This is a clearly marked price in secret. If it is too low, there is no way to operate it. He just changes hands and earns hard-earned money. The majority of it will be given to the boss?

An Laoer shook his head at Liu Erhu, pulled Liu Erhu, who wanted to be more careful, and left. When I found the village chief, I told him the situation. The village chief waved his fingers and calculated, 20 taels for one person, and 300 taels for 6000 people!

shocked! So expensive!

"Um, is there any other way?" the village chief asked the two of them excitedly.

"The clerk said no, this is still a quota for land reclamation, and it's not in the city. This is still a very remote place." An Laoer patted his head and returned helplessly.

This is too expensive. Of course, some people in the village can afford it, but others may not be able to afford it.

"Then let's see! We are not in a hurry, there is always a place. It is too expensive, 6000 taels, and it has emptied everyone in our village. I don't know if we have any. After we settle down, we will still open up wasteland and cultivate land. We still need to build a house. If we give this money, we won’t be able to live in the future.” The village chief was very anxious! With so many people brought out, they cannot be brought safely to a safe place.

An Ningning followed other people in the village to wander around the city. Guangyang is a big city, obviously more lively than the previous Anqing city. There is no longer any trouble of drought in this place, and there are several large lakes nearby. Therefore, Guangyang is hardly short of water, and its economy is much better than that of Anqing.

An Ningning and Sanbao were holding buns and gnawing on them, squatting on the roadside and watching the people coming and going.

"Dad, do you think we will stay in Guangyang? No one will stop us from entering the city?" An Ningning asked An Ningning innocently.

"Your father doesn't know about this. Your brother-in-law went and asked, so many people in our village used to farm. How can our farming families leave the land? People living in the city are all wealthy. , or he is a businessman and is not short of money.

We can't, Ning Bao, we farmers don't know how to make money after leaving the land. Everything in this city costs money. "Boss An replied, looking enviously at the streets with people coming and going.

They can't do it. They can't leave the land. Without the land, they have no roots and how can they live?

Not to mention him, not even the village chief would agree. This city is good, but it's okay to come here occasionally.

Old man An and old lady An looked at each other, and it could be seen from each other's eyes that they were hesitant to speak. It was them who felt sorry for the children. But in that situation, there was no other way, and returning to the village was also a helpless move.

Boss An looked at the old couple's silence and handed the kettle over, "Father, mother, you drink water. Our family is living well now. Look at the children. Dabao and Erbao are studying well. They can continue in the future. Sanbao and Ningbao are still young, the second brother is also studying, and I am doing well farming at home. Our family is busy with things, and as a family together, life will always get better and better!"

An Ningning looked at Boss An in confusion, feeling as if they were playing riddles and didn't say anything.

She didn't understand. She turned around and looked at Sanbao who was eating the buns. She was drooling and swallowing the buns. It was really eye-catching.

Forget it, as Dad said, when the family is together and everyone has something to do, the better.

With her here, it won't be particularly difficult to make money once the family finds a good place. She thought of those ancient traditional skills, such as paper making, gunpowder, and charcoal burning. No matter how bad it was, as long as there were mountains, she was also good at hunting!
  (End of this chapter)