On November 20th, the construction of irrigation canals has been two months. In some places, irrigation canals have been built and some auxiliary trucks have been put in place.
Seeing the water conservancy facilities being gradually repaired, the people who had divided their fields were happy and energetic.
Dai Quan's family was a refugee rescued by the Fanjiazhuang army. It has been three months since they escaped from the clutches of the Tatars. In these three months, the Dai family's situation has been getting better and better - better than ever before.
Dai Quan is thirty years old this year. He has a 28-year-old daughter-in-law at home, a fifty-year-old father, and two teenage children. It is a family of five. His family used to be in Bao0.
Wangjiajizi in Di County rents 30 acres of dry land from Mr. Wang’s family. The family has three mud houses. There is no water source next to the field, so they have to fetch water from a river a mile away to irrigate the fields. Because of insufficient irrigation, they can only plant crops a year.
He had to pay twenty-five to six kou of rice and noodles, but he had to give 50% of it to Mr. Wang for rent, and he could only keep twelve or three koku at home. Every year during the lean season, the whole family would go hungry.
What was worse was that when the Tatars came later, Dai Quan and his family hid in the county. As a result, the county was also captured by the Tatars, and the family became slaves of the Tatars. The Tatars shaved their hair and left pigtails in pigtails, disobeying Chinese clothes.
They also wanted to capture everyone and make them slaves in the bitter cold land of Liaodong, doing hard labor every day and serving them with whips. At that time, in the Tatar camp, at night, there was a murmur of cries all around.
The ten days that were taken away by the Tatars were not long, but in Dai Quan's memory, those ten days were extremely long. During those ten days, Dai Quan once thought that his life was over, and the next step was to do
Cows and horses were whipped to death after more than ten years of hard labor.
Who knew that when they arrived at Fanjiazhuang, the ferocious Tatars were defeated by the officers and soldiers of Fanjiazhuang, and all the people who had been plundered by the Tatars were rescued.
The chief of Fanjiazhuang was called Li Zhi, and he was a kind man. He allowed the people to settle in the north of the city and gave them thick porridge to eat. Because of his contribution to defeating the Tatars, he was promoted to a guerrilla general by the court, and everyone called him General.
Later, the Tatars came out of seclusion, and the people around them returned to their hometowns one after another. But Dai Quan's family could not go back, and they would have no food to eat. The landowner Wang's family also suffered a military disaster, and he was also captured by the Tatars like himself.
In the slave camp of the Wang family, the Tatars probably robbed all the food stored by the Wang family. When I go back to the Wang family to collect food, what will I eat this year?
Just when Dai Quan was hesitant and desperate, the road was boundless, and news came that the general was going to lead everyone to reclaim new fields. When he heard the news, Dai Quan shed tears.
Good news comes one after another. It is said that the general will allocate 20 acres of dry land to every adult and strong woman, and only collect 30% of the land rent a year. Moreover, the dry land that the general will allocate to the poor is good land with canals for irrigation.
Hearing the news, Dai Quan's family cheered and cheered. Forty acres of good land, 30% of the land rent. Although Dai Quan was not good at arithmetic, he knew how to ask literate people and found out that these fields were well cultivated, and he could have 20% of the land rent a year.
Seventeen or eight kilos of food can help your family live a good life.
The general sent Zheng Baihu to organize everyone to build irrigation canals and install dragon-tail carts. He also summoned a large number of masons from all over Gyeonggi to repair the houses of the poor. By November, half of the irrigation canals had been repaired, and the dragon-tail carts were said to be installed.
Half done. Zheng Baihu sent someone to allocate a piece of land next to the canal to the Dai family. It really is 40 acres, and they will wait until the next spring to start sowing.
Dai Quan tried out the dragon-tail cart. He asked his wife to dig the ditch next to his field, and he shook the dragon-tail cart by the river. He saw the trickling river water being pumped into the ditch by the water truck, and all of it flowed into him.
In the dry fields. At this rate, during the irrigation season, I can irrigate my family’s 40 acres of paddy field by driving the water truck in one day. I no longer have to work hard to fetch water from the river.
What made Dai Quan even more happy was that the house assigned to him was also repaired.
These are two brick houses, very spacious, built in a planned small village. The houses are made of fine red bricks, with black tiles on them. It is said that the cement invented by the General is also used. In short, the houses are very
It is sturdy and does not leak even under heavy rain. Dai's family used to live in a leaky mud house with a thatched roof. Where have they ever lived in such a good brick house? Even the house where Mr. Wang lives is nothing more than that.
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On the day we were assigned a house, the whole family sang, danced and had fun all day long.
The person who allocated the house to Dai Quan said that the two houses cost ten taels of silver and were loaned to Dai's family by the general. They would be repaid in five years. In the next five years, Dai Quan would have to pay an extra pound of rice and flour when paying the land rent.
One stone of rice and flour is not much, and the general only charges 30% of the land rent. Dai Quan knows that he now has a surplus of twenty-seven or eight stones a year, so he can afford one stone of rice and flour.
Dai Quan felt that good times were just around the corner, so he and his wife worked hard on the canal construction site every day, very actively. His efforts were noticed by the officials in Fanjiazhuang, and he was labeled as an activist by the officials. He usually lit fires.
The officials gave priority to Dai Quan's daughter-in-law to do light tasks such as cooking. They also asked Dai Quan to do the honorable tasks of sharing meals with the poor.
Being appreciated by the officials, Dai Quan worked even harder.
On this day, Dai Quan was ramming soil at the construction site, but he heard Mr. Chai calling his name, saying that the cattle were being divided.
Sir General, will you share the cattle with us?
Dai Quan handed his rope to a farmer next to him, patted the dirt on his hands, and followed the poor man to the place where the cattle were divided. When he arrived at the place where the cattle were divided, Dai Quan saw hundreds of cattle gathered in a field.
Below the slope, a dozen "activists" stood there waiting to share the cattle. Zheng Baihu, the manager, came in person to check the account books.
The chai who brought Dai Quan said to Dai Quan: "Your Majesty, the General, is kind enough to lend one cattle to every five people, and leave it to honest people to take care of it. You, your wife, and the three people in your village will share one cattle."
.The price of the cattle is thirty taels. It is lent to you by the General. It will be returned to the General in five years. On average, each person in the family will pay an additional six dou of grain per year."
I used to rent cattle from Mr. Wang, but now I have my own cattle!
Farmers have a natural love for cattle. Dai Quan's eyes lit up when he looked at those strong cattle. The General was so kind to us that Dai Quan hurriedly agreed to Master Cha's words.
Seeing that Dai Quan didn't ask clearly, Mr. Cha said: "Do you know how much food you will have left in a year after paying for the cattle?"
Dai Quan was stunned for a moment and said, "Go back to me, I can't figure it out."
The poor man smiled and said: "The two of your family rent forty acres of dry land. Calculated based on the harvest of one stone, the grain harvest is forty stones a year. Twelve stones are given to the general for rent, and there is still twenty
Eight shi, if you pay one shi of grain to make a house, you will still have 27 shi left. If you pay another one shi and two bullfights for two people, you will still have 25 shi and eight dou. If you eat fourteen shi of grain for five people a year, you will still have 11 shi.
The remaining balance of Shi Badou is twenty-three taels of silver."
He could have a surplus of more than 20 taels of silver a year, which was enough to make cotton-padded jackets and quilts for the children and buy meat. When he heard that he had such a surplus, Dai Quan flushed with joy and said: "My lord, the general, is so kind to me.
remember forever!"
The poor man smiled and said: "The harvest of spring wheat planting in the first year will be lower and more difficult, but in the first year you only receive 15% of the land rent, your family can still have a balance of fifteen taels of silver!"
After being able to save so much money immediately in the first year, Dai Quan had nothing to say and could only nod his head desperately.
Seeing that Dai Quan was happy, the poor man taught him a lesson: "You have to take care of the cattle of these five people. You must manage them well. The cowshed must be built securely and the cow dung in the cowshed must be cleaned up in time."
You have to feed bean cakes when you use them, you have to graze the cows and eat green feed in the summer, and you have to comb the cows and clean them to prevent epidemic diseases in the winter. Did you know?" After a pause, Mr. Cha added: "Of course you don't do these things alone, they are distributed.
The five members of the family who use the cow take turns taking responsibility, but you have to manage it and not let the cow get sick and die."
Dai Quan only nodded hurriedly.
The poor man gave Dai Quan a lesson and took him up to collect the cattle. When it was Dai Quan's turn to queue up, Zheng Baihu walked around the herd and gave Dai Quan a majestic bull. Dai Quan saw that
The cattle's limbs are strong and its hair is shiny. It holds its head high and looks strong, and is smiling happily.
Seeing Dai Quan's happy look, Zheng Baihu said with a smile: "The good cow is given to you, so take good care of it!"
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