In the fourth year of Chongzhen, it was May 25th.

On this day, the whole Chengdu was in a state of excitement.

Tian Jiapeng walked out of the door in a wooden wheelchair.

This is the wheelchair that Commander Su Hesu specially found craftsmen to customize for him.

He has a cast on his leg and is still unable to walk.

His original legs were broken, but without treatment from a doctor, the bones grew crooked.

For further treatment, the only option is to fold the legs again and fix them with plaster.

The pain of the broken leg was unbearable even when he woke up after anesthesia.

Tian Jiapeng was pushed by the guards and walked towards Su He's residence.

He saw his neighbor Niu Ermao dragging out his family and even the infant baby.

"Uncle Niu, what are you doing?"

When Niu Ermao saw Tian Jiapeng, he said respectfully: "Master Tian, ​​the land will be allocated in Rongcheng Prefecture today.

Our tofu shop cannot feed a large family.

I’m going to divide a few acres of land and plant some soybeans.”

"Plant a few acres of land and run a small business, and your life will get better and better in the future, but don't forget to pay taxes."

After Tian Jiapeng said hello, he asked the guards to push him away.

Niu Ermao almost knelt down just now. He often saw Tian Jiapeng. The first few times he wanted to kneel down, Tian Jiapeng wouldn't let him.

This man is really prosperous. I heard that he became Commander Su's secretary.

This should be a very high-ranking official. The governor of Sichuan would be polite to him when he saw him.

Niu Ermao took the whole family and continued walking out of the city.

He told his sons and daughter-in-law: "From today on, we will separate our families.

You two, even if you are one household, you must pay attention when registering.

If anyone makes a mistake, I will break his legs when I go home."

His sons said in unison: "Dad, we remember."

The eldest son Niu Xiangshan asked: "Dad, if you ask each of us to borrow 100 acres of land, can we, a young couple plus a baby, farm the land?"

If you ask me to farm, I won’t be able to farm three acres of land a year, and I don’t know how to farm!”

Niu Ermao slapped his eldest son on the forehead.

"If you don't understand, don't speak.

Take advantage of this opportunity to buy more land to grow soybeans, so that we can develop and expand the tofu shop.

Forgot how we were targeted, couldn't buy a soybean, and ended up being humiliated by people kneeling down.

We used to want to buy land to grow soybeans, but Mr. Zhu Hongde defrauded us of a lot of money.

If you buy the several hundred acres of land Mr. Zhu owns in Zhujiazhuang, how high will the yield of soybeans be?

But Mr. Zhu cut off the water directly.

He wants us to pay one tael of silver per acre for water.

He said the land was for sale to us, but the water next to it was not for sale.

We couldn't afford such expensive water bills, and when the seedlings in the fields were almost dying of drought, we had no choice but to sell the land to Mr. Zhu at a low price.

Now Mr. Zhu has been exiled to Jianchang, and the land in Zhujiazhuang has been redistributed.

Let's go to Zhujiazhuang now to divide the fields.

It's close to Chengdu, and the land is used for farming. Most villagers don't like planting, but that land is suitable for growing soybeans.

Soybean and rice planting and harvesting times can be staggered.

We only need to hire local villagers to help us plant, and it will not affect their rice cultivation. There must be someone willing."

When Niu Xiangshan heard what his father said, he raised his thumb and praised: "Dad is still smart. No wonder you can build this business from a refugee."

Niu Ermao brought his family to Zhujiazhuang.

He saw a dozen soldiers holding guns and maintaining order.

Township head Ma Shengzhong is in charge of allocating fields.

Ma Shengzhong looked at the expectant and nervous villagers in front of him. He started to divide the fields according to the method taught by the prefect during the training.

"Folks, I am the mayor of the township, Ma Shengzhong.

Commander Su drove away the Ming government and all the gentry were arrested and tried.

That old guy Zhu Hongde controls all the fields in Zhujiazhuang and several surrounding villages.

Now Zhu Hongde is exiled and he will never come back.

Following the orders of Commander Su and Prefect Jin, I began to allocate fields to everyone.

I have told you the process of allocating fields several times a few days ago, and I also took you to see the fields."

Some people shouted at the side: "Stop being so nagging, hurry up and allocate the fields to us."

"Yes! Who wants to hear your talk? Hurry up and divide the land.

After the distribution, we still have to take care of the rice in the fields.

My family has been saving farmyard manure for two years and has never been willing to use it.

I am willing to use the hard-earned cooked manure for my own fields."

When Ma Shengzhong saw the chaos ahead, he immediately struck the gong in his hand.

The loud sound of the gong made all the villagers quiet.

"These things must be explained clearly before I can allocate the fields.

We also don’t want the land we were allocated to be confiscated by the government because it doesn’t meet the regulations.”

When the villagers heard what Ma Shengzhong said, they all shut up.

"I have already talked about the detailed plan for dividing the fields several times in the past few days. I won't go into details today and will only talk about the key points.

The first point is that this is a land loan, we don’t need money.

After the crops in the required fields are harvested, the field tax and loan payment will be calculated based on the quality of the field and the average yield per mu of similar fields in the area.

The second point is that you cannot abandon the land. You must plant as much land as you borrowed. If you abandon the land, you will be severely punished.

The third point is that these fields are not allowed to be traded, and if they are rented to others, they need to be registered in the township.

Both the buyer and seller will be severely punished if they are found to be renting instead of selling.

The fourth point is that during the previous military control period, we had arranged for everyone to plant rice.

There are seedlings in the fields now.

These seedlings do not belong to anyone but to the village.

Everyone has worked hard, we only collect a certain amount of grain after autumn, and the seedlings in the fields are yours to buy from the government."

When the villagers heard what Ma Shengzhong said, they immediately shouted: "Hurry up and divide the fields, we can't wait."

When Ma Shengzhong saw that the villagers were very anxious, he immediately said: "I will start dividing the fields right now."

He unfolded the field distribution map of Zhujiazhuang.

"We will first allocate fields to everyone according to the fields originally rented and farmed. If you have any objections, you can speak out."

Ma Shengzhong picked up the brush and paper and started recording.

Zhu Gou left three acres of the middle field and seven acres of the upper field.

Zhu Dashu has ten acres of farmland.

…

Li Tiantian has one acre in the middle field and six acres in the upper field.

A cow with two hairs goes to the fields for one hundred acres.

Niu Xiangshan farms one hundred acres.

Niu Xianghe farms one hundred acres.

Niu Xianghu went to farm one hundred acres.

After Ma Shengzhong finished recording, he looked at the family in front of him.

"You even split up the family to borrow a hundred acres of land, and you can't plant it even if you don't split it up.

The families are separated. I can plant this here to make fun of me!
To be continued...