Chapter 928, Western Regions, Autumn in the River (Snack)
Lantian Town, Western Region.
Li Guaizi drove the four-wheel carriage staggeringly towards the outside of Lantian Town. On the carriage behind him sat his two wives from the Western Regions, Mayila and Alina. Both of them were now pregnant. Originally, they were pregnant.
Li Guaizi wouldn't let them go out to harvest wheat.
But the two women felt sorry for Li Guaizi and insisted on harvesting wheat together, so they took them with them. At the same time, Mayila's daughter Ellie also followed, playing with toys and eating candied haws in a carefree manner.
Li Guaizi was very kind to the three of them. Although Ellie was not her biological child, she raised her as his own daughter. This moved Mayila very much, and she gradually put her body and mind into Li Guaizi.
Although Li Guaizi was a cripple and his legs were not very convenient, he was good at carpentry. In addition, after immigrating to the Western Regions, the court allocated a large field and a pasture. His life was actually quite good and he lived a prosperous life. The key is
It's still very stable.
Unlike the life they lived before, chasing water and grass, they lived a nomadic life with no fixed place and a very poor life. Especially in winter and spring, life was the most difficult.
It was the autumn harvest season at this time, and the entire Blue Sky Town was extremely busy. Every household was like Li Guaizi's family, riding four-wheeled carriages to the fields outside Blue Sky Town, preparing to harvest wheat.
"Brother Kidnapper, are you going out to harvest wheat?"
The same goes for Zhang Aizi's family. They drove a four-wheeled carriage to the outside of Lantian Town and unexpectedly met Li Guaizi.
Li Guaizi looked at Zhang Chaozi, then at the two Kazakh women behind him, smiled and said.
"Haha, each other, each other, we originally didn't want them to go to the ground, but we have to make a fuss. We have no choice but to take them outside for a walk. The ground will definitely not let them go to the ground."
Zhang Aizi smiled and nodded, with a happy smile on his face. He, Zhang Aizi, was going to be a father, and the women he bought were all very tall, so the children he would give birth to would definitely not be short.
"Then let's go together~"
Li Guaizi smiled and nodded and suggested.
So the two drove the four-wheeled carriage side by side. The two of them chatted incessantly in front. On the carriage behind them, Mayila and Alina also started chatting with Zhang Chaozi's two women.
After leaving Lantian Town, a beautiful scenery like a scroll came into view soon.
The location of Lantian Town is very good, it is only more than a hundred miles away from the Western Capital City, which is located in Ili in later generations, which is the richest and most beautiful place in the entire Western Region.
Ili's location is very special. The Tianshan Mountains are divided into north and south here. In such a position, the airflow from the Atlantic Ocean (yes, that's the Atlantic Ocean) is lifted by the Tianshan Mountains, forming precipitation here in Ili.
The amount of precipitation here is comparable to that of North China during the Ming Dynasty. The precipitation is abundant, and coupled with the melted snow on the surrounding snow, etc., it has also given birth to the most beautiful and fertile area in the entire Western Region.
(Some people say that if Waiyili had not been abandoned later, the capital of Xinjiang would definitely have been placed in Ili instead of the current Urumqi)
Thanks to such a unique climate and geographical location, the entire Lantian Town not only has huge pastures, but also large areas of excellent fields.
Sitting on the four-wheeled carriage, Li Guaizi looked around and saw patches of golden wheat fields nearby. The wheat fields shone like golden waves as the wind blew.
On the hillside further away, there are vast pastures, with herds of cattle and sheep, picturesque grasslands, galloping horses, and brilliant seas of flowers.
Looking further into the distance, there are patches of lush forest. The boundaries between the forest and the grassland are very clear, like a stroke of the gods, clearly distinguishing each other.
In the farthest distance are the snow-white mountains. You can still see the white snow on the top of the snow-capped mountains. Under the sunlight, they are as holy as virgins.
Snow-capped mountains, forests, grasslands, wheat fields, as well as the Blue Sky Town and the river winding down from the snow-capped mountains, this picture is as beautiful as a scroll. Even a person like Li Guaizi who cannot recite poems and compose poems can't help but endure it at this moment.
They couldn't help but start singing songs from their hometown in Lin County, Henan.
"My family lives in Lantian Town~"
"Oh oh oh~ oh"
“Blue Sky Town, Blue Sky Town, so beautiful~”
Li Guaizi's voice was very rough, and he actually changed the lyrics, so Zhang Chaizi next to him couldn't help but said: "Brother Guaizi, this word is wrong."
"What's wrong?"
"You know nothing. If I ask you to go back now, will you go back?"
Li Guaizi looked at Zhang Chaozi, smiled and asked.
"I would go back if I was stupid. Life here is so comfortable, why would I go back?"
Zhang Xiaozi replied without thinking.
"That's right, this is our home, the home where our children and grandchildren will live, so this word is correct, right?"
"Yes, yes, that's right, that's right, that's how it should be sung."
Zhang Xiaozi nodded repeatedly, and then started singing along.
The immigrants came to the Western Regions. On the way there, they experienced a long journey. They were disheartened. After seeing the desolation and desert of the Western Regions, they even regretted it for a time.
But there was no turning back when I opened my bow, so I had no choice but to bite the bullet and come to the Western Region, to Lantian Town.
From the initial discomfort, I gradually adapted to the life here, and now, I have truly fallen in love with this place, cannot live without it, and regard it as my real home.
They also sang this song that they had modified at will from the bottom of their hearts. As their singing spread, people in the surrounding rice fields and on the road also started singing along.
Blue Sky Town, this is their home, everything here is so beautiful, it makes people forget their hometown.
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Longtou Town on the banks of the Mother River in the Hezhong area also ushered in the harvest season.
In the vast fields, Liu Daring, as the only person in Longtou Town who can drive a steam harvester, was driving a steam harvester around in the fields. As the steam harvester moved, piece by piece
The wheat fields have been harvested.
Liu Bingdao's face was filled with a smile that couldn't be concealed, especially when he looked at the wheat field in front of him, he was smiling from ear to ear.
When he immigrated to the Hezhong area at the beginning of the year, he was still worried about his future life. He was restless. When he came here, he had to start everything over. There was no food at home, so he relied on the food regularly distributed by the court.
Live life.
What is even more worrying is that the area in the middle of the river is still very unsafe. From time to time, nomadic tribes from the surrounding areas will come to harass you. Occasionally, you can hear that someone died under the butcher's knife of those barbarians.
But as he gradually became familiar with everything here, he also began to like it.
The land in the river area is very flat, open, and fertile. The river brings abundant water sources and sufficient sunlight, making it very suitable for growing wheat and rice.
Because there was so much land, the imperial court encouraged reclamation. In addition to the fields allocated by the imperial court, the cultivated fields also belonged to oneself.
After a year of hard work, Liu DaDa’s family’s fields also ushered in a bumper harvest. Hundreds of acres of wheat were golden, golden, and it was very pleasing to look at.
Thinking about it again, the court exempted them from taxes for several years, all the wheat belonged to them, and they didn't even have to pay the field tax. The whole person was filled with joy.
For people like Liu DaDa, who have been farming all their lives, land and food are naturally the most important things. With hundreds of acres of land and endless food at home, these are good days.
"Liu DaDa, Liu DaDa~"
At this time, someone rode a horse and came to Liu Dadan's side and shouted loudly.
When Liu boldly heard this, he looked at the other party, immediately stopped the steam harvester, and said with a smile: "Mayor, what do you want from me?"
"Liu Daring, do you sell your wheat?"
"If you want to sell it, remember to send it to the grain depot in town. The imperial court purchases a large amount of grain in our area in the middle of the river. Four stones of grain can be sold for one or two silver."
Liu Rong looked at Liu Bingdao and asked. He also received an order from above, requiring towns in the Hezhong region to purchase excess grain from the people.
Liu Rong is a retired soldier. You can guess it with your toes. The court must be preparing for next year's military deployment. The bumper harvest of food in the Hezhong area not only meets the needs of the immigrants in the Hezhong area, but also does not need to be transported from the original source.
The grain has reached the river.
At the same time, the Ming Dynasty seized Hezhong and its purpose and intention of managing the Hezhong area was initially realized. The abundant harvest in the Hezhong area can provide sufficient food for the army that will continue the western expedition in the future.
"Four stones of grain only cost one tael of silver. This is too low. I won't sell it, I won't sell it~"
When Liu boldly heard this, he immediately shook his head and said.
"It's up to you whether you want to sell it or not. This price is pretty good. You didn't read the newspaper. Wheat from Liaodong only costs one tael of silver for five dan. The price given by the court is pretty good."
"You can make up your own mind. It's up to you whether you want to sell it or not. I guess you don't have much room for wheat in your house, so you might as well sell some to the court. It will be of great use to the court."
Liu Rong smiled and said, and then rode his horse to the next place.
"Four kilos of grain are sold for one tael of silver. My more than 500 acres of land can only harvest less than 1,000 taels of grain. After all, I still have more than two hundred taels of silver. I earn more than two hundred taels of silver a year.
It seems pretty good.”
Seeing Liu Rong leaving, Liu boldly looked at the wheat field in front of him, calculated it carefully, and suddenly smiled happily. These days are quite good, and he can earn more than two hundred taels of silver a year just from farming.
This was something that was unimaginable before I immigrated. In the past, the only thing I thought about when farming was to get more food and eat more meals, but I didn’t dare to think about making money.
"It's better to immigrate. Next year we must open up more fields and use more machinery to earn more money!"
