Chapter 1803, the encounter in the black soil province
At the Port of Kaffa in Black Earth Province, Li Er, Lu Da and a group of young people who came out of the mountains got out of their clothes and looked curiously at the bustling port in front of them.
Since this became the Black Earth Province of the Ming Empire, the territory of the Ming Dynasty has included the entire east and north of the Black Sea, covering the vast fertile areas north and south of the Caucasus Mountains.
Kaffa Port serves as an important transit point and port for Ming Dynasty immigrants to Black Earth Province, and is also an important distribution center for Ming Dynasty's land trade with Europe.
In a very short period of time, the place prospered rapidly.
Merchants, trading houses, immigrants from the Ming Dynasty, as well as merchants from Europe, the Ottomans, and the Mediterranean all gathered here, and the situation was much greater than that of Xijigang Port in Nanyun Province.
The port here has been expanded, with wide docks, a busy port, ships flying various flags, and everything else here.
Li Er, Lu Da and others were all dazzled by this.
Although they have seen many prosperous places along the way, they have seen the excitement of Kaifeng, the prosperity of Chang'an, the tallness of the snow-capped mountains in the Western Regions, the richness and vast wilderness of the Hezhong area, and the exotic scenery of Nanyun Province.
Flavor.
But when I arrived at Black Earth Province, I knew I had arrived. I was still very curious about everything here. I kept looking around and watching everything here.
For these children who came from the mountains, it was their first time to see the vast sea and the turbulent waves. Many of them had vomited all sorts of things on the boat. After finally arriving in Black Earth Province, they could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
.
“Is this where we immigrated?”
Lu Da was just nineteen years old. In later generations, he would still be a student in an ivory tower, but now he has a family and a business, and he also immigrated to Black Earth Province with his newly married daughter-in-law.
"This is the Port of Kaffa in the Black Earth Province. Although it is the Black Earth Province, it is not the place where we immigrated. We just passed by here, but my brother's letter said that when we arrive at the Port of Kaffa, it is so close to the small town where we immigrated.
The town is very close, and we estimate that we will almost arrive at the place where we immigrated in a few days."
Li Er thought for a while and said, he has now become the leader of his group of seven or eight people, just because his brother Li Da immigrated here in advance and wrote a letter to his family, explaining a lot of things clearly.
Let Li Er know the route he will pass in advance.
"Didn't your brother say he would come to pick us up?"
"Why are we all in Black Earth Province and your brother hasn't come over yet?"
Li Er's wife Lu said weakly.
"How big is the Black Earth Province, and how does he know when we will arrive here? Even if he is looking for us, he has to wait until we have settled in and know that we are in that immigrant town before he can come to find us."
"But once we've settled in, we'll go find my eldest brother first. He's at No. 18 Huanghe Road, Shangyun Town."
Li Er quickly retorted that he had already kept his brother's address firmly in his mind.
"Oh~"
Lu thought for a while and nodded.
This port is very big. Immigrants come here every day, ranging from hundreds to thousands. The immigration ships are not scheduled at regular intervals. Even if Li Da wants to come here to find Li Er, it may not be easy.
things.
"Let's go, let's go, follow the official~"
"My brother said that when we get here, we must follow the officials closely so as not to leave. And when we get to Kaffa Port, the Immigration Department will start sending us horses, so we don't have to walk, we can ride there.
This is the town where we immigrated.”
"After arriving in the immigration town, we can also receive our resettlement fee, which is thirty taels of silver per person. In addition, we will be allocated our own house, our own food, furniture, daily utensils, etc., which is much better than what we were here.
It’s much better back home.”
"Next we have to draw lots and be assigned to different towns."
Li Er led the crowd and followed the officials.
The management of the Black Earth Provincial Immigration Bureau is also very effective. It has also formed a complete system for the management of immigrants. As soon as the immigrants arrive at Kaffa Port, many arrangements are quickly made.
The first choice for immigrants from various places is to disrupt the lottery and assign them to different immigration towns, so that people from one place will not immigrate together. This will easily form small groups, which will be detrimental to the immigration work.
"Brother, which immigration town have you been assigned to?"
After Li Er drew the lottery, he was assigned to an immigration town called Xiaofeng Town. He just asked someone from the Immigration Department and they said that Xiaofeng Town is not too far from Shangyun Town, and there are only a few steps in between.
It's just a small town. If you ride a horse, you can reach it in 2 days.
"I was assigned to Dafeng Town~What about you?"
Lu Da also quickly said that after arriving here, everyone will be separated, and there is a lot of uneasiness in each other's hearts. After all, people are accustomed to staying in familiar environments and dealing with familiar people.
We are all going to be separated now, and everyone is assigned to different immigration towns. Everyone is very reluctant, but this is the rule of the court. It will not be based on everyone's temper, and immigrants from one place will not be concentrated in one place.
place.
"We are in Xiaofeng Town. Ha, our two towns are very close to each other. It will be much more convenient to travel between them in the future."
When Li Er heard this, he immediately became happy. Fortunately, they were just two neighboring towns, not too far apart.
"I was assigned to Yiyang Town~"
"I've been assigned to Sanyang Town."
"I have raised funds to reach the ancient town. I heard it is the farthest town."
"I'm in a small ancient town. From now on, the two of us will be the closest."
Others also called out one after another. When they arrived, the small group of seven or eight people soon separated.
"Brother, after we settle down, we will come to Dafeng Town to find you."
Li Er's wife burst into tears all of a sudden.
When she came out, she was originally accompanied by her eldest brother, and she had some relatives around her, but now they were suddenly separated again. Thinking that in the future, she would have no relatives by her side except her husband Li Er, she was terrified.
The reluctance and sadness.
"Stop crying, stop crying~"
"Everyone should follow each other and move around each other more in the future. This Black Earth Province is a plain area, and every household has a horse. We can usually move around each other more often when we have nothing to do."
"It's not a big deal. It's just a small town apart. Just ride a horse and we'll be there soon."
Lu Da also quickly comforted his sister, and then took his wife to gather with the officials of the Dafeng Town Immigration Bureau.
Officials from the immigration bureau of each town are responsible for bringing immigrants to each town, and then they are responsible for settling in the immigration town.
Now is the coldest season of the year, and all aspects of immigration require special attention, which also makes the people at the Immigration Department extremely busy.
But fortunately, everything was well prepared. Under the leadership of the immigration officials and officials of their respective towns, the immigrants in each town received their own horses, winter coats and warm clothes at the Port of Kaffa.
wool boots, and then began the journey to their respective towns.
On a cement road in Heitu Province, immigrants heading to Xiaofeng Town rode horses and followed the official officers in front of them. Although it was snowing and freezing, the road was still easy to walk.
Because it is a cement road, and this cement road is plowed every morning by snow plows to remove the snow on the road.
This time, there were more than 300 immigrants who immigrated to Xiaofeng Town. They were all riding horses and following a flag in front of them for fear of getting lost.
"Everyone, hurry up and catch up, hurry up and try to arrive at Shangyun Town in the evening. We will stay here for one night and continue moving forward tomorrow."
The officer rode on a horse with a tin trumpet and shouted at the immigration team.
To be honest, in this winter, everyone wants to sleep under the quilt with their mother-in-law in their arms, but there is no way, the court attaches great importance to immigration.
Especially the immigrants who are immigrating now are extremely important. They must not cause any problems and must be properly resettled. Moreover, it will be spring in a while, and the immigrants in this area can just catch up and will not delay this year's farming season.
, which brings huge work pressure to the people of the Immigration Department.
"Shangyun Town?"
When Li Er heard this, he couldn't help but widen his eyes. He didn't expect that when he went to Xiaofeng Town, he would have to pass through Shangyun Town, and he would even have to rest here for one night.
"Did you hear that? We are going to rest here in Shangyun Town tonight. My eldest brother is in Shangyun Town."
Li Er said excitedly to his wife Lu: "We will see our eldest brother soon!"
Li Er was very excited and wished he could arrive at Shangyun Town immediately and go find his eldest brother.
The team is constantly moving forward, and it is still very easy to walk on horseback.
Before sunset, the team finally arrived at Shangyun Town. Before entering the town, they could see a lot of people waiting outside the town, as if they were waiting for something.
Among them, Li Er saw his eldest brother at a glance, and he couldn't help shouting loudly.
"Brother~brother~"
While shouting and shaking his hands, he was so excited that everyone accompanying him also looked over.
Here, Li Da was walking around coldly.
Ever since he learned that his younger brother had also immigrated, he had been constantly inquiring about his younger brother. At the same time, he had calculated the time accurately and knew that his younger brother would arrive in Heitu Province in the next few days. He also waited at the intersection of Shangyun Town every day.
See if you can wait until your brother passes by.
At this time, a familiar voice came from the team not far away. Li Da was stunned for a moment. Then he looked at a figure on horseback and ran over excitedly.
