readsfreenovel Chapter 213: Excitement Caused by Land
Chapter 213: Excitement Caused by Land
"This, this is really thanks to Alliance Leader Zhou and the Yanhuang Alliance! I will ask everyone to kowtow to you then." Hou Yangmin said excitedly.
"Why are you kowtowing? You've forgotten the Qing Dynasty. Kowtowing is for the dead. I don't believe in it." Hou Xiaoge waved his hands quickly.
Asking your uncle to kowtow to you is really a life-shortening thing.
"Alliance Leader Zhou, just let me know if you have any problems in the future. We in Nanjiagou have at least a dozen guns! We will never be lazy." Hou Yangmin promised, patting his chest.
"I appreciate the kindness of Patriarch Hou. When your village has talents, please send a few to the Yanhuang Alliance." Hou Xiaoge said with a smile.
"Of course, now Nanjiagou Village depends on you, the Yanhuang League, for its livelihood!
Even my second son is now an outer disciple of your alliance. If there are good seedlings in the future, I will definitely recommend them in. "Hou Yangmin nodded and promised.
When Hou Xiaoge finally left, the villagers of Nanjiagou wanted to give him dozens of kilograms of sweet potato candy and hawthorn snowballs. He couldn't refuse, so he had to accept them.
In the evening, after everyone had gone home, Hou Yangmin asked someone to call all the heads of relatives' homes outside the village over.
"Everyone, I called you all here today because I have good news to tell you.
Everyone knows about the Yanhuang League in Daobei, right? Today, the leader of the Yanhuang League, Zhou, came to Nanjiagou Village to bring good news.
A few days ago, they wiped out the bandits in Tuerling in Cuihua Mountain, forty miles away, and seized their village and land.
As a big gang, the Yanhuang League naturally looked down on that small place. But because League Leader Zhou had a relationship with our Heiwa, they planned to give the village and land of Tuerling to our village.
However, our Nanjiagou Village has now taken root in Chang'an. We have built our homes and each family only has a few acres of land, so there is naturally no need to leave.
As you are all relatives and friends of Nanjiagou Village, I and Alliance Leader Zhou would like to suggest that you be relocated to Tuerling.
After some discussion, it was decided that each family would be given a cave dwelling and one and a half acres of cultivated land per person.
Although the place is a bit remote, there are few taxes and levies. A family of four or five people, six or seven acres of land, plus hunting and picking mountain products, should be able to live a good life. "After Hou Yangmin finished speaking, he picked up the tea and sipped it slowly.
"Brother Yangmin, Tuerling is a bandit place. If we go there, will there be bandits attacking us?"
After Hou Yangmin finished speaking, there was silence for a long time, and then someone asked.
"Yes, Brother Yangmin, that place is deep in the mountains. What if bandits attack?" Others also echoed.
"Don't worry, Alliance Leader Zhou also told me about this. There are still more than 500 acres of wheat in Tuerling, and it will take more than two months to mature and be harvested.
During the past two months, the Yanhuang League has stationed twenty assembled disciples in Tuerling. If any scattered bandits come over, they will be killed.
As for a large group of bandits, that is impossible. All the bandits nearby know that it is the territory of the Yanhuang Alliance. Anyone who dares to fight must want to die.
Moreover, the Yanhuang League has left seven or eight homemade rifles in Tuerling, so those of you who practice will be able to protect yourselves when the time comes.
Later on, you can cultivate those lands well and pay them 10% of the crops produced as protection fees. They will protect you.
There is one last benefit, which is that during the two months this year when we helped the Yanhuang Alliance to grow the wheat to maturity, they subsidized 20 kilograms of cornmeal per acre of land, and gave it to us in advance.
That’s all. These are all benefits. We are all relatives. Otherwise, I would not want to ask for any favors on behalf of my Heiwa.”
After Hou Yangmin finished speaking, he no longer looked at the crowd. He flicked the pipe on the table, filled it with tobacco, and started smoking on the chair.
After Hou Yangmin finished speaking, the cave suddenly became noisy.
"Big Dog, are you going? The treatment is great. There are five people in my family now. If you go, you can get seven and a half acres of land.
Even if I pay the land tax and protection fee, I can still keep the harvest from more than three acres of land. Then I can pick some wild vegetables and mountain products in the mountains and fill my stomach.
Dagou, you have learned hunting skills from Uncle Yougen, and you are very good at archery. When the time comes, take us hunting, and we will have a good life. "The man next to Li Dagou said excitedly.
"I think this is a good idea, but I have to go back and discuss it with Yan Zi. If Yan Zi doesn't agree, there's nothing I can do." Li Dagou was also tempted.
After all, in two or three months, when the weather gets hot, the sweet potato candy from Nanjiagou will no longer be available because sweet potatoes are out of season, and our family will then lack a means of livelihood.
Although his family had saved up three dollars and could soon move into Nanjiagou Village, it was impossible for outsiders to get a share of the profits from the Hou family's workshop in Nanjiagou Village.
Therefore, you still have to have your own land so that you can live a good life for a long time.
Moreover, there are four people in his family, and each person has one and a half acres of land, which is six acres. His ancestors for three or four generations did not have so much land! How could he not be jealous?
The more he thought about it, the more excited he became. Li Dagou's idea was to divide the land immediately. Then his family would grow food on their own land, and the couple would work hard to give their two children some companions.
Thinking about the area of six acres of land, how big it must be! Li Dagou became more and more excited, and finally clapped his hands excitedly.
"Snapped!"
"Big Dog, what are you doing? I didn't say anything wrong! You clenched your fist tightly, aren't you trying to hit me?"
The people next to Li Dagou saw that Li Dagou's fists were clenched white, and they stepped back a little with a bench in fear.
"Uh! I'm fine. I'm just happy that my family of four has six acres of land." Li Dagou explained with a red face.
"Oh! You scared me to death. I said I didn't say anything wrong to offend you. Why are you so cruel to me? My fists are clenched white." The man next to him touched his black face and thought with fear about the scene when he was dominated by Li Dagou when he was a child.
"Hehe! Sorry, sorry, I will definitely take you with me when we go hunting in the mountains." Li Dagou said with a smile, putting his arm around the man's shoulder.
"Take it, we have a deal."
"Look at what you said. I, Li Dagou, am a man of my word. How can I deceive you?" Li Dagou glared at his childhood friend.
"hey-hey!"
Several elders sat on chairs and watched their relatives talking around them, feeling happy for everyone's good luck.
Especially Hou Yangmin, if there was no workshop in Nanjiagou, he would definitely agree to relocate today. After all, for farmers, land is the lifeline of their livelihood.
But now Nanjiagou has a workshop, and every household in the village has surplus food. Things will only get better and better in the future. At the same time, she is proud of her nephew.
“Okay, it’s getting late, everyone should go back and discuss with their families, and come to the village to register tomorrow.
Remember, there is only one day tomorrow. If you are late, the Yanhuang League will make arrangements for other refugees. "Hou Yangmin looked at the wall clock in the cave and dismissed the meeting.
After the meeting was over, many relatives went directly to Qi Ye to sign up without discussing it with their families.
There are also people like Li Dagou, who have been living well in his father-in-law's village in the past few months and respect his wife more. He needs to go home to discuss it.
But Li Dagou was also very excited and jogged on the way back.