Author: Emei Swordsman

"Dangdangdang--"

Early in the morning, the refugees were awakened by a rapid gong.

The yamen runner who was beating the gong did not feel at all disturbing people's dreams. Instead, he shouted loudly: "Don't sleep, don't sleep! The government's resettlement regulations have come out! If you want to stay or go back to your hometown, you can keep it.

Satisfied everyone-"

"What? The resettlement regulations have come out? Then I have to go and have a look!"

Hearing this, the refugees in the barracks were immediately shocked, turned over and got up, put on their clothes casually, poked their heads out, and walked towards the position where the yamen runners were.

The yamen runners carefully pasted the notice on a wall, then turned around and said to the refugees surrounding him: "This is the notice from the government. The specific resettlement regulations are written on it, so everyone can take a good look."

"Let me see! Let me see!" A teenage boy was so anxious that he jumped up and down like a monkey, and squeezed in the crowd for a long time before he could get out smoothly.

He stared back and forth with his eyes bulging, without blinking, and looked very seriously. A refugee was about to ask, but when he turned his head and looked at the yamen runner next to him, his face blankly:

What is this written? I can't read!"

Everyone felt speechless and laughed and scolded: "You are illiterate and you have been reading for so long? I thought you understood it!"

Seeing this, an official shook his head and laughed. Then he walked up to clear his throat and said to everyone: "Okay, OK, I'll read it for everyone!"

"First of all, there are two methods of land distribution, mainly for families with two people or more. The first is to allocate land according to the head, and one person with two acres of land, and one woman with one and a half acres, exempting one year of land tax.

If a person dies, he will be taken back by the government and will only be used for farming and cannot be bought or sold."

Before he finished speaking, someone couldn't wait to ask, "Is that dry land or paddy field? Can you choose it yourself?"

The official replied: "There are all dry and paddy fields. By drawing lots, whatever you catch is what you catch, and it cannot be replaced."

As soon as the words were finished, everyone was in an uproar:

"That's all based on luck? I don't know how to grow rice. If I'm not lucky and I'll catch all paddy fields, wouldn't I let the family drink the northwest wind?"

"This is too unfair. Each piece of land is not as fertile as it is. You can draw lots together without distinguishing it? You must know that sometimes three acres of low-end fields are not as good as one acre of high-end fields!"

"What is the difference between exempting only one year's land tax and inevitably? I originally had to open up land and cultivate the first year, but the harvest was not high. Even if I wanted to collect taxes, the government couldn't collect it!"

"Silent! Listen to me!" Limu frowned and clapped his palms, "The fields in Hangzhou Prefecture vary in size and geographical locations. I can't do it exactly the same for everyone.

, Instead of the government's distribution at that time, you might as well draw lots from the beginning. Everyone depends on luck, and don't blame anyone!"

"What's more, these are all uncultivated wastelands, which are not much fertile. Even if there are differences between good and bad, there is not much difference."

Seeing that everyone was quiet, Li Mu sighed and then introduced: "The second method is the same as the first method, and the distribution method is the same as that of the first. It is a woman with two acres of one and a half acres, and it is also a lot to draw. The difference is that this can be avoided.

The annual land tax is taxed and the land is returned to everyone, and the government will not take it back!"

"But the government has requirements!" Seeing that the crowd was about to get restless again, the official suddenly raised his tone and pulled everyone's attention back in time. "That is, these fields can only be used to plant mulberry trees, and cannot be bought and sold at will, let alone planted.

Other crops!”

A refugee widened his eyes: "Planting mulberry trees? This thing cannot be eaten or sold, so why are you planting it?"

The official said slowly: "Of course, it is for raising silkworms. Mulberry leaves cannot be sold, but silk can be sold. Mulberry planting and silkworm breeding is very popular in the Jiangnan area. Mulberry farmers' income throughout the year is higher than rice farmers."

The refugee looked embarrassed: "I have never heard of planting mulberry trees or raising silkworms. What if I die?"

Limu replied: "Don't worry, about mulberry planting and silkworm breeding, the government will conduct unified skills professors, and will also provide mulberry seedlings and silkworm eggs, so that everyone will not explore it themselves."

"But mulberry seedlings can not grow into mulberry trees overnight. It takes time for silkworms to grow from larvae to spin silk. What do we eat and drink during this period? You can't hold the mulberry trees and eat leaves!"

Without waiting for the official to answer, a man next to the refugee continued, "What's the matter with this? Let your wife go to the weaving and dyeing workshop to make money! You have to know who in my house, it's only been three days.

The weaver made more than 80 cents! It was more than I worked on the construction site. Isn’t this enough for the whole family to have a meal?"

The refugee's eyes lit up: "Really? I have more than 80 cents in three days?"

It has only been a few days since the government recruited refugee women to work as weavers. Most of them are in the weaver learning stage and have not started to work. Therefore, many people have no personal experience of this and do not know the profits in it.

How many people are there? I was very surprised when I heard this man say this.

The man raised his chin proudly: "Of course it's true! I want to say that compared to planting crops, I am more willing to raise silkworms. After all, once the mulberry seedlings are planted into the soil, I don't have to worry about it, just watch it at home

Just silkworms are good, and you don’t have to be exposed to the sun and rain like planting crops. This is so leisurely!”

"Besides, planting mulberry trees is exempt from three years of land tax, and the land is still ours. In this way, when I get old, I can pass on the land to my son, which can be considered as leaving a family business for my descendants, right?"

Everyone was moved: "Thus, it is indeed more cost-effective to grow mulberry and silkworms. I don't know how to grow rice. If I catch paddy fields, I still have to start from scratch. Instead of doing this, it's better to plant mulberry and follow the government to learn.

I'll find out myself."

"If I had known that being a weaver is so profitable, I would have sent my daughter to me and let her learn to weave silk with her mother. I would just plant mulberry trees and raise silkworms alone at home!"

"This relationship is good. I was worried that my mother would go to the factory and I was busy farming, so I might not be able to take good care of my child. If I could stay at home to raise silkworms, I could take my child with me at any time.

It's just killing two birds with one stone!"

The advantages and disadvantages of the two are clear at a glance, and you can tell which one is more cost-effective after a little thought. So for a moment, everyone is more inclined to the second method of land distribution.

But some people don’t buy into both methods: “My father and I are the only ones in my family. No one can work and make money. Whether it is planting crops or mulberry trees, it will take at least several months to get a harvest. Before that

We have neither money nor food to store, wouldn’t we starve to death?”

"And I!" A man stood on tiptoe and poked his head out of the crowd, "Just I heard just now, the fields were only distributed to families with two or more people, so we will eat and the whole family will not be hungry.

What should I do if the bachelors do? The government doesn’t care about us anymore?”

The official smiled slightly, deliberately provoking the tone to aroused everyone's curiosity: "So, there is a better choice for your situation--
Chapter completed!