Yao Minle worked in Hsinchu for a month. Every day he followed the team leader to burn wasteland, level the land, dig and ram soil to build canals. Although it was hard work, Yao Minle worked hard because the resettlement site had enough food to eat in the temporary resettlement site.
Three meals a day, white rice, lots of vegetables, and occasionally meat.
At dinner on September 15th, the day Yao Minle's family of three had meat, Yao Minle cried.
This is how people live. In the past, in Tianjin, even during the Chinese New Year, a family of three would not be willing to cut a piece of meat. His wife had been with him for three years, giving birth to children for him, and he had lived a miserable life for three years.
Yao Minle felt very guilty after not eating meat during the Chinese New Year for three years. However, when he arrived in Hsinchu, it was just an ordinary meal, and his uncle gave meat to the land reclamation team.
Yao Minle was reluctant to eat the large piece of meat. He wiped his tears and gave the piece of meat to his wife, saying, "I don't like eating meat. Wife, you can eat it!"
Yao Minle's daughter-in-law smiled, gave the piece of meat to her daughter, and said, "The bird eats meat!"
Que'er looked at the two large pieces of pork belly in the bowl and said, "Quer has meat!"
Yao Minle's daughter-in-law touched her daughter's head and said, "The bird eats the bird's meat, and the bird also eats the father's meat."
Yao Minle's daughter laughed happily and took a bite of the pork belly. It tasted so delicious.
Seeing the happy look on his daughter's face, Yao Minle shed a few tears. He secretly said that he would work harder to repay his uncle for his kindness.
What shocked Yao Minle even more was that on October 10th, after breakfast, Yao Minle was about to go to work when he heard the squad leader yelling, "Go to the yard and pay monthly!"
Yao Minle was stupid at that time. What kind of monthly payment should be paid? What kind of monthly payment should be paid to him? He could open up wasteland and have a house with bricks and tiles to live in, food to eat, new clothes to wear, and meat to eat, but he still had to pay himself a monthly payment?
Seeing Yao Minle standing there dumbly, the squad leader pushed Yao Minle and said, "Yao idiot, why don't you hurry up and line up to get the money? If you don't want it, you can give it to me if you get the money!"
Yao Minle then put away his shovel and shovel and ran out to collect his monthly payment.
In the yard, hundreds of farmers who opened up wasteland gathered in front of a small raised platform in the yard, waiting for the team leader standing on the raised platform to hand out money.
The captain shouted: "You farmers who opened up wasteland were transported to Taiwan by my uncle's fleet. Your uncle organized you to give out new clothes and rice. You have decent houses to live in and meat to eat. How are you living?"
The farmers below shouted in unison: "Have a good life!"
“Good day!”
The captain who distributed the money said: "Not only that, I will also give you a monthly payment. Each person will receive two taels of silver a month. Those who work hard this month will also receive a bonus!"
When the farmers below heard this, their faces were full of surprise and their eyes were shining.
After the captain finished speaking, he began to call his name. The farmers whose names were called went up one by one to collect the money. When Yao Minle was called, he walked up to the captain and saw the captain stuffing an envelope into his hand:
"Yao Minle, you work hard and your performance is considered to be top-notch. You will receive a monthly salary of 20 taels and a bonus of 5 taels, totaling 2 taels and 5 cents of silver."
Yao Minle actually became a little nervous. He took the envelope with trembling hands and walked down the platform. He opened the envelope and saw that there were two taels and five pieces of silver in it.
Yao Minle was working in Tianjin with his face turned to the earth and his back to the sky. When had he ever held so much silver in his hand? He felt that it was a huge sum of money. He took a bite of the silver and felt that the silver was soft and extremely fine.
good.
Yao Minle felt that Taiwan was giving him surprises one after another.
Yao Minle was excited there when he suddenly saw more than a dozen soldiers from the Zhenhai Regiment rushing into the yard. They checked the yard back and forth to confirm that no one in the yard had offensive weapons, and then controlled the entrance and exit of the yard. Passed.
After a while, two soldiers wearing gilded full-body armor stood at the door of the courtyard and shouted:
"Uncle Xing Guo has arrived!"
Seeing this posture, the captain was the first to kneel on the ground. Under his leadership, all the farmers who were clearing the land knelt on the ground, prostrated and kowtowed. After a while, the guards walked into the yard holding gorgeous flags and placards.
Uncle Xingguo shouted in front of him, and rode a tall horse under the protection of hundreds of personal guards. Under the guidance of Mr. Zheng in red official robes, he walked in. In the middle of the yard, Uncle Xingguo jumped off his horse, showing great interest.
He looked at the farmers clearing the wasteland.
Xing Guobo walked into the farmer's house, inspected the living environment of the farmers who opened up wasteland, and then walked back to the yard.
Uncle Xing Guo looked at the farmers kneeling on the ground and suddenly asked Yao Minle, "What is your name?"
Yao Minle raised his head and looked up. Seeing Uncle Xing Guo looking at him, he quickly replied: "The younger one's name is Yao Minle!"
Xing Guobo asked: "Yao Minle, stand up and talk. What did you eat this morning?"
Yao Minle stood up, swallowed his saliva, and replied nervously: "The little one eats two large bowls of white rice porridge and an egg."
Uncle Xing Guo nodded and asked, "Are the days of pioneering wasteland difficult?"
Yao Minle shook his head and said: "Here we have good food, good clothing, good housing, and monthly payments. It's a good life where you can even hold a lantern and have nowhere to look. It's not bitter at all."
Zheng Hui, standing behind Uncle Xing Guo, shouted loudly: "Yao Minle, my uncle has given you such a good life, how will you repay him in the future?"
Yao Minle's face turned red and he said with some excitement: "My uncle has given Yao Minle such a good life. Yao Minle will definitely work hard in the future. My uncle asked Yao Minle to go east, but Yao Minle will never dare to go west!"
When Xing Guobo heard Yao Minle's words, he laughed loudly, waved his hand and said to the farmers: "Everyone, get up."
The farmers got up from the ground.
Xing Guobo did not stay long. Surrounded by his guards, he mounted his horse again and rode out of the yard.
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Li Zhi left the temporary resettlement site on horseback and said to Zheng Hui with a smile: "Zheng Hui, you organized well in Taiwan, you have merit!"
Zheng Hui cupped his hands and said, "The fact that Hsinchu was built like this is all due to my uncle's material supply. Zheng Hui dare not take credit for it."
Li Zhi asked: "Is there any problem?"
Zheng Hui thought for a while and replied: "One problem is that Hong Mao covets our wealthy Hsinchu and always wants to rob us. From last year to this year, the Zhenhai regiment has defeated Hong Mao's team twice."
After listening to Zheng Hui's words, Li Zhi said calmly: "If you are not of my race, your heart must be different! Hongmao has Relanja City in the south of Taiwan Island. It is convenient to sail the ship to Hsinchu to rob."
After thinking for a while, Li Zhi said: "This time, there are two thousand soldiers from the Zhenhai Regiment who came to Taiwan with me, plus a thousand soldiers from the Zhenhai Regiment stationed in Hsinchu, and there are three thousand soldiers. Let's go to Relanze and bring the red-haired soldiers to Taiwan.
The stronghold was taken out!"
Zheng Hui cupped his hands and said, "My uncle is wise. If Hongmao had no base in Taiwan, he would not care about the wealth of Hsinchu."
