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

Chapter 32 Naturalization Money
  Sanbao took the fawn and fed it with grass to the edge. The fawn even shouted at him, "Bah-bah."

An Ningning stroked the deer's body fur with her hands. Not to mention, she didn't expect that this little thing was very spiritual. It would act coquettishly if anyone was nice to it.

Ye'er walked over, a little timid, and looked at An Ningning and Sanbao touching the little deer with its big innocent eyes blinking, and was anxious beside them with envy.

"Why don't you come over and touch it? It's very well-behaved." An Ningning looked at him like this and said invitingly.

Hey, what a poor little boy!
  The security team in the village was very alert that night, and the young people in the village were ready to fight at any time. Fortunately, nothing happened overnight.

Early the next morning, Miao Mengyao gave Mrs. An the baggage left for Ye'er to put away, and gave the village chief two 100-tael silver notes. , I will distribute this money to the people in the village, thank you very much for their help."

Then he followed the other three remaining guards and left in a carriage.

Today, Ye'er has already changed into Erbao's clothes. He is the same age as Sanbao, but several months older than Sanbao, so he cannot fit into Sanbao's clothes.

Yesterday he was a young master from a wealthy family wearing gold and jade. Today he looks like a dirty beggar.

But An Ningning was satisfied with this outfit, it was safer.

Ye'er knew that the little ones were laughing at him, but he was usually more reserved. He just lowered his head and said nothing. He had not yet gotten over the sadness of his mother's departure.

His mother talked to him for a long time last night and promised that he would come to her after the problem was solved.

Mrs. An hid Ye'er's things, looked at the good boy standing in the corner, and said to the other children in the family: "Dabao, Erbao, this is the new brother; Sanbao, Ningbao, you two are going to Call me brother. From now on, our family will call you Yebao!

All the children in our family are called Bao. They are easy to call. Don’t be sad, child. Your mother will be back soon. "

Ye Bao nodded obediently. He understood everything in his heart, but he was just a little sad for a moment.

The village reorganized the team and equipped the remaining horses a little to make them less conspicuous, and then they started on the road. We can't delay any more. We have to build a new house before we get there. It's already mid-October and we're pressed for time.

The village chief urged everyone, but they didn't encounter those bandits again along the way.
  When passing Qidu Town in the middle, I stopped for a while and bought some food. Qidu Town is a small place and the food supply is not as high as that in Square City.

The place they want to go is Qimen, but this Qimen is not backed by mountains. The land they want to open up is actually an intersection area of ​​several cities. It covers a very large area and is divided into three counties. Each county has one area. .

When they inquired in Qidu Town, they heard that the mountains near Qimen were steeper and not as good as the Shitai side. Shitai was also closer to them. The village chief discussed with the clan elders and decided to go to Shitai to discuss it first.

Shitai County is at the foot of the mountain not far away. It will be more convenient for them to go to the county seat in the future.

An Laoer followed the village chief and went to the county clerk to ask about the situation. If they could spend some money to solve the problem, they would not necessarily go to Qimen. Even if Qimen would be given to them, it was far away from the county seat. It was estimated that there would be more trouble in the future. Detour around the stone platform.

"Oh, we have this quota for land reclamation here, but this land is not for farming. This quota is for tea cultivation. Not everyone can be naturalized, and there is a fee."

The village chief secretly stuffed a couple of silver coins, and after collecting the documents, he said: "Brother, in fact, we came here to naturalize, and we didn't just find them randomly. There is a distant relative in our village who is an official in Guangyang. Guangyang is a big city. In the city, we farmers, who know nothing but farming, will definitely not be naturalized there. Look at our journey from the north, to the fiefdom of King Huainan, through half of the court, to here, we have basically spent every day. Personal family background. I also heard from my relative that it is easier to naturalize here."

An Laoer bowed and asked: "Sir, we have come all the way here and have some understanding of this place. May I ask if there is a fee for naturalization?" He just stood aside and listened to the village chief and the clerk's explanation. After going around and around, I felt a little dizzy, so I first found out the amount clearly. If it was really a lot, I might as well go to Qimen.

If it's about the same, there's no harm in staying here. Although I'm not familiar with Liang Guancai, even if they say that his distant relatives are in Qimen, it means he still has a sense of face.

The clerk pinched a tael of silver in his sleeve and lowered his head to think. The quota itself is free, but although there are not many people in their county now, it is not that in short supply. What about the fees? It is true that this money is not given to him alone. The quota belongs to the county, and the county magistrate will always receive a share.

Think about the fact that there are more than 300 people, and five taels per person is only one thousand five hundred taels. In fact, the land in the mountains is not valuable. What is valuable is cultivated land, but there is no quota for cultivated land in these quotas.

"Ten taels of silver per person!, and those under three years old are free of charge." The clerk gritted his teeth. The most indispensable thing in these ten miles and eight villages is mountains. If you miss this group of people, you don't know when you can earn some money, so why not come here? Cruel.

The village chief's face dropped. It was too expensive. For more than 300 people, it cost just over 3,000 taels.

"Are these prices everywhere? I have a friend over there in Qimen, and I don't know what the situation is there."

"With such money, we have to discuss it with the whole village when we go back. Not everyone can be naturalized." The village chief didn't say anything.

The paperwork was tangled up. Hey, these people are too poor. Sure enough, they are worried about scaring people away if the price is too high. But these old-fashioned people don’t know how to bargain!

"The minimum is eight taels. It can't go any lower. You can discuss it again." The clerk gritted his teeth and lowered the price by two taels. It hurts, but if these people can't afford the money, he really can't make it!

The village chief and An Laoer looked at each other, and it felt like something funny!

The two said goodbye and went back.

"Uncle Village Chief, these eight taels are really not cheap. With just ten people in my family, it costs 80 taels. In the past, every family in our village could save two or three taels a year, which was incredible."

The village chief sighed, life is not easy!
  "Ye'er's mother paid 200 taels of gratitude to the village before she left. She gave it to more than 10 households in the village, less than taels for each family. After paying this money, a house will be built later to grow tea, but the tea leaves and tea seedlings will eventually be lost. I want to buy it, but I feel like this thing is not cheap, how can ordinary people afford it."

Money, money, money, money everywhere!

"How about we go to Qimen and ask again? I heard that the mountains on the other side of Qimen are steeper. If naturalization is free, it is not impossible to consider! We can compare the two sides. What does the mountain allotted to us look like? So If you spend some money, you will always know whether it is worth the money spent.”

The village chief nodded, "I'm going to look for this document this afternoon to see if I can find out where it is. Anyway, we're at the place, so there's no rush. You can find someone to go to Qimen and ask. You guys go there on horseback. Can be faster."

"Okay, don't worry! We're here anyway, it won't cost us any money." An Laoer said a little pretentiously.

　A new life is about to begin!

　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)