Chapter 1923 Difficult Immigration Work

There are many mountains in Huan County.

So traveling here is more troublesome.

Jiao Quren sometimes rode a donkey and sometimes walked. After more than an hour, he arrived at Xuyuan.

Xu Yuan is on a mountain. Looking down from the mountain, you can see the fields that were made along the way. It's just that there has been less water in recent years, and even growing potatoes is very difficult.

On the slope, there are rows of cave dwellings built along the mountain. In front of the cave dwellings are sitting some old people, women and children, basking in the sun...

Seeing Jiao Quren, an old man got up and came over, cupped his hands and said, "Your Excellency, I'm a stranger, what are you doing here in Xu Yuan?"

Jiao Quren cupped his hands and said with a smile, "I'm a new official from the county named Jiao Quren. The old man looks very healthy!"

This is a courtesy and a cliché.

After the two sides checked their identities, the old man asked Jiao Quren to sit down in the middle of the field with a little restraint, then took off his shoes and threw it out, hitting a half-grown child on the head.

"Sanba, go and pour some water."

The child picked up the shoes and brought them here, Jiao Quren said, "I have a water bag here, so don't worry about it."

The old man's face tightened, he smiled dryly and stopped talking.

Jiao Quren was glanced at by everyone from time to time, he coughed dryly: "Old man, I came here this time to ask you, would you like to immigrate?"

The old man's eyes wandered, and he said in a nasty way: "My family is here. I have been used to this place all my life. I'm afraid I won't be able to bear it if I go to other places."

It is hard to leave the homeland, and the fox died on the first hill. These words all testify the deep attachment of the Han people to their hometown.

The women all looked at the white and clean Jiao Quren and laughed. The children were dragged by their mothers and were not allowed to come. Some cried and some shouted, causing headaches for a while.

Jiao Quren said with a smile: "Old man, our Huan County is a good place, but in recent years there have been minor disasters from time to time, and some people have estimated that the disasters here will become more and more severe and frequent. You don't even have to eat the bark."

The old man squinted at Jiao Quren, then lowered his head and said, "My lord, that's a god!"

In their eyes, those who can predict the future can only be gods.

Jiao Quren said awkwardly: "This is science,

As you are old, you should know that there have been more and more famines in these years. "

The old man stretched out his rough hands to plan on the ground, and said in a low voice, "My lord, it will pass!"

These people are not willing to leave their hometown, they would rather live a more difficult life, as long as they are not starved to death, they are unwilling to travel far.

Jiao Quren pointed to the children in rags and said, "Look at those children, Daming has a lot of cloth now, but they still can't afford new clothes? Why?"

The old man gave him a veiled look, and muttered, "Aren't they all poor!"

"Old man, there are many places in Ming Dynasty that can be immigrated to. Let's talk about Xinghe City outside the Great Wall. It is a new city. If you go there, you will have land. If you don't have land, you will have cattle and sheep. In the first year, you will not be charged for food and lodging. Moreover, it will be exempted from taxation for ten years, ten years! How much do you calculate?"

Jiao Quren thought of lures, but the old man said to him, "My lord, the land at home is going to be plowed."

Actually being ordered to evict guests, Jiao Quren said helplessly: "Someone said that back then: I am a Ming, as long as my ancestors tablet is there, as long as my family is there, then everywhere is my hometown."

He got up and walked away, and those children got out of control. They all ran over to look at the bench Jiao Quren was sitting on just now, and some even touched it cautiously.

A woman probably had some status, so she said, "Uncle Wu, can you believe what this official said? Xu Yuan is the wealthiest place in the area of ​​ten miles around. Why did he come here to persuade us to emigrate?"

The old man threw away the dirt in his hands, clapped his hands and said, "What do you believe in? Is there anyone who can see what happened a hundred years later? Mostly it's to deceive people!"

...

This was Jiao Quren's first contact with immigration matters. Unprepared, he couldn't find the entry point at all, and worried that it would be too late, so he could only leave Xu Yuan with a frown.

Back in the county seat, the shadow puppet show was over, and the old man was collecting stalls, moving slowly. Hearing the movement, he turned around and took a look, the deep wrinkles on his face deepened a bit.

"Rise and fall are the suffering of the people!"

The shadow puppets in Huanxian County are not just for playing, but more about telling folk stories.

The folks are so miserable, so in the shadow puppetry, the bitter part is removed, or there is a happy reunion at the end or something.

Jiao Quren went all the way back to the county government office and found Fan Ying to report.

After Fan Ying finished listening, she said blankly: "This means that the people don't want to immigrate!"

He didn't pursue responsibility, but these words made Jiao Quren more sad than pursuing responsibility. He said: "Lord Fan, the people are so ignorant and love their families, this matter has to be done slowly, I think it can be written in the capital, and invite a few people from Huan County who have immigrated to various places and live a good life to come back and explain it by example, so... ..."

"Are you going to write?"

Fan Ying interrupted Jiao Quren's words, and said with a flick of her sleeves: "Come on, you will go there once every ten days, and when the Shangguan asks about immigration at the end of the year, I will only look for you."

This is a burden, but also a loss of responsibility.

Jiao Quren bowed in response, and then returned to the duty room.

In the duty room, the two were dozing off.

There were not many things going on in Huan County, and when the spring was sleepy, the autumn was exhausted, and the summer was drowsy, Jiao Quren was anxious, but he didn't feel sleepy at all.

He sat at the table and thought quietly, only feeling that he had never encountered such a difficult thing in his life.

"Yo! You're back? Is everything settled?"

Of the three desks in the room, Jiao Quren was the latest, so he could only face the dark wall, the light was not good, and his back was facing Pan Zhi and Li Xincheng.

"without."

Jiao Quren said casually, and then fell into deep thought again.

Pan Zhi and Li Xincheng smiled at each other, then got up together and went out.

"This man is a fool."

After leaving the room, Pan Zhi couldn't help laughing: "The emigration matter is something that a petty official like him can't get involved in. He didn't know why, but Master Fan blinded him into it. This is a good show."

Li Xincheng raised his eyebrows and said, "He has been moving around since he came here, visiting everywhere. He is more active than our Lord Wang back then. He came here for promotion. He thought he could hide his thoughts from others, but... who is a fool? ?”

...

This is Daming?

The fleet went all the way north along the coastline, and also replenished once in Ningbo Mansion.

Even if it was just a glimpse, the bustling Ningbo still made the Frankish mission fall into silence.

The fleet continued to go north, and Bastian found that the food was gradually getting better. Those meals made the missionaries abandon their reserve, and they ate like a group of beggars.

Bastian himself was not much better, a fresh soy fish made him forget the reality of being under house arrest along the way.

"This fish smells bad and tastes good, but what are those black particles?"

A follower finished his rice, licked his lips, and asked with a lot of meaning.

The other one ate more slowly. He clumsily squeezed a grain of black fermented soybeans with his hands, looked at everyone, and said with a silly smile: "Is this the rice grown? It's like our Frank's bread. Hey! I'm now I just miss the white bread, and if Frank had this kind of fish, I think I could eat the whole family's bread in one meal."

"Ming people's recipes are too complicated, many of which we have never seen, Frank needs to learn from them and make full use of the food."

Ordinary people just enjoy pleasure from delicious food, but Bastian thought of state affairs from it.

That's layering! It is also the reason why Bastian can serve as an envoy!

Bastian ordered: "In the future, pay more attention to food. Frank is going through hardships. We must find more resources for the kingdom."