Volume 1, Chapter 50, Shuluo Village, Yongding County
Xu Danian tried his best to calm down and stuttered back to Zhao Ting's words.
"But along the way, the ones who have contributed the most are the family of my younger brother and my brother Xu Dalei. These two people are Xu Wen, the second son of the clan brother, and Xu Yunqing, the grandson of the second row of the family. One of the two fathers and sons is a scholar, and the other is a child.
"
Xu Danian introduced Xu Wen and his son next to Zhao Ting.
"Students have met adults."
The two fathers and sons bowed to Zhao Ting as students at the same time. Great Qi respects scholars, and those with meritorious status do not need to kneel before officials, and they can still call themselves students.
"You two don't need to be polite. I heard from the guard who came to deliver the message that Brother Xu and his family took good care of Zhao Jin along the way. I would like to thank your family very much. That boy Zhao Jin can still listen to you. Your words are better than
My dear brother still works, hahaha."
Zhao Ting said to Xu Wen jokingly.
"Although Zhao Jin is usually a bit lazy, he is kind, sincere, generous and enthusiastic. He is a rare friend. It is a blessing for students to have such a good friend. It is also right for a friend to take care of each other. He is not worthy of special thanks from an adult."
Zhao Jin's face suddenly stopped hurting when he heard Xu Wen's evaluation of him, and he looked at Xu Wen with moved eyes.
Look, this is called a brother, unlike his elder brother, who beat him since he was a child but never praised him. Fortunately, I went to Beidi and met Brother Xu, woo woo.
"Although the Holy One has not yet issued an order to resettle the victims in each prefecture, I have already submitted a letter to the Holy One and asked the Holy One to allow me to resettle the first batch of victims in Jiujiang Prefecture. You can choose which county to settle in."
Zhao Ting introduced them to the next two counties. One was Dawan Village in Baisha County.
Dawan Village is by the river, and the residents built their houses near the bend of the river, so it is called Dawan Village.
Dawan Village is far away from Fucheng, but the terrain is open and the resettlement costs are not high. One tael of silver per household can be allocated an acre of housing land. If you want it, you have to spend money to buy it, but the people in Dawan Village make a living by fishing, and the land is
few.
The other one is Shuiluo Village in Yongding County, which is a newly designated village in Jiujiang Prefecture. Zhao Ting found it after searching for a long time.
Shuiluo Village is close to Fucheng, with convenient transportation and water, and the land is relatively fertile. However, it still needs to be reclaimed by itself, and the resettlement cost is one or two silver higher than that of Dawan Village.
Zhao Ting asked everyone to discuss which village they should go to for resettlement. Tomorrow he would ask the master to bring the master from the county government to pick them up.
Zhao Ting took Zhao Jin's family away, and before leaving, he asked the Xu family to come to Fucheng after settling down, and then he would entertain them well.
After Zhao Ting and others left, the team was stationed at the city gate. Xu Danian called the heads of each family to discuss their whereabouts.
"Uncle Village Chief, let me tell you first. I want to settle down in Shuiluo Village. We don't know how to fish. Dawan Village doesn't have any good land yet, and it's far away from the county seat. Even if the resettlement fee is low, we can stably farm in the future.
We can't farm the land, and we can't fish. It takes a long time to go home after going out to work. That's not cost-effective. We might as well be in Shuiluo Village. Although the resettlement fee is a couple of taels higher, we can farm the land in the future, and we can still work during the slack season.
You can go to the city to work, which is very convenient."
"Yes, yes, uncle village chief, we also think that Shuiluo Village will definitely be better in the long run. Moreover, we still have nearly twenty taels of silver from fighting bandits, and each family will have some spare money. When the time comes,
It costs seven to eight taels to build a house, and only ten taels of silver to settle it in. There are still about ten taels left, which is much more abundant than before."
Before Xu Danian had time to ask for their opinions, the villagers made their decision.
Yes, there is no need to persuade them, he also thinks that going to Shuiluo Village is the best choice.
"Now that you have all decided, let's wait for the master from Yongding County to pick us up tomorrow and go to Shuiluo Village as soon as possible. We will first build a few simple wooden houses in Shuiluo Village to celebrate the New Year. After the New Year, we will immediately find someone to build a house.
Then we will open up wasteland for farming.”
The Chinese New Year is coming in a few days, and they will definitely not be able to build a house before the new year, so they have to use these few days to build a house that can shelter from wind and rain as soon as possible.
"Yeah, we finally have a family!"
Hearing Xu Danian's words, the people in the team burst out with joy and excitement. Finally, they were about to end their days of traveling day and night and sleeping in the wild. Everyone cried with joy, and even Xu Yunjin was very happy.
Early the next morning, the master from Fucheng came with the masters from the two counties. Everyone had already packed their things and was waiting. The master knew everyone's choice and was not surprised, so he asked the master from Yongding County to take them away.
An hour later, everyone stopped at the boundary of Shuiluo Village. People from Liujia Village nearby came out of their houses when they heard the noise.
Looking at the large group of people with big and small bags, they were all stunned. Are these refugees from the north? They don’t look very desolate!
The master asked them to put their things away, and then took Xu Danian and Xu Wen to Liujia Village. There was a road between the two villages.
The master respects Xu Wen and others very much. After all, a scholar is already a child at a young age. He is just a scholar, so the master is not in a hurry to leave after he comes here.
"Village Chief Liu, these are the newly moved victims. From now on, their village will be called Shuiluo Village. This is Xu Danian, the head of Shuiluo Village, and this is his nephew Xu Wen. From now on, you will live next to each other and help each other.
, restrain the people in the village and don't go to them to cause trouble. They may ask you to help them build houses and open up wasteland later, and you villagers can also make some money for your family."
The master introduced the three of them to Village Chief Liu and left in the car.
"Village Chief Xu, it's a pleasure to meet you. From now on, our two villages will be neighbors. Although our village usually has rat droppings that spoil the porridge, the vast majority of the villagers are still good. We must help each other in the future.
,Get along with."
Village Chief Liu saw that his master was very kind to them, and he understood that there might be some capable people in this village, so he did not dare to look down on these people who had left their hometowns and fled, and even gave them vaccinations.
, after all, there are several unpleasant families in their village.
"Nothing, nothing. Village Chief Liu is too polite. Every family has its own scriptures that are difficult to recite. There are also families in our village who are usually not very amenable to discipline. Hahaha. Please forgive me in the future. We will go cut down trees and set up tents first.
After the new year, we need Village Chief Liu to help each of our families find a few capable workers to help us build our houses. Of course, the wages will not be small, hahaha."
Xu Danian has been a village chief for so many years, so he naturally knows how to deal with people, so he also has a lot of good things to say.
Then the two returned to Shuiluo Village. Each family set up a tent in the open space. After boiling water and drinking some hot water, the young and middle-aged people from each family took axes and hatchets and went up the mountain to chop wood to build their tents.
house.
In the evening, the Xu family was sitting by the fire and eating. Mr. Xu looked at the crowds of people around him and couldn't help but sigh:
"Hey, although there are outstanding people in the south, I still feel a little uncomfortable when I think that we will be southerners from now on."
"I said, you old man, what's wrong with you? Isn't it nice to have a good family and be neatly organized? I think this beautiful scenery in the south, if you can settle here, the future generations will definitely have a better life than us.
It was better then."
Mrs. Zhang put a piece of meat into Mr. Xu's bowl and said a few words to his helpless tone.
In his heart... Mr. Xu felt that his daughter-in-law still liked to choke him as always. When he was young, wasn't it because he liked her straightforward temperament that he asked his parents to propose marriage?
Seeing the quarrel between the two old men's faces, everyone at the dinner table laughed, but they finished their meal quietly without saying anything. This chapter has been completed!