Chapter 210 Settling Down
As soon as the accommodation was arranged, Tang Yueguang took the Qin family to find a friend who was responsible for arranging jobs for the exiles.
In fact, he didn't have to go. After the gathering tomorrow morning, the manager would assign them jobs. But he still went there. Besides, he wanted to find out about these people.
Along the way, Tang Yueguang briefly told them what kind of life these exiles lived in Xiangping.
Lu Songli understood that for Xiangping, a county town, exiles were like free bricks, and they could be moved wherever they were needed.
She knew before that most exiles had a hard life.
It's not just a saying that the people in Guanzhuang are skinny. When the criminals arrived at the exile place, some worked as laborers and some were slaves. All year round, they either farmed, hunted, burned lime, burned charcoal, or went up the mountain to cut stones and build city walls. They had no free time.
Of course, there were also people who had a good life, such as our Lord Ji Xiaolan, who was escorted to Urumqi after a long journey. But on the way, every time he arrived at a post station, Lord Ji could ride in a carriage on the way to exile by writing some official documents and private letters for the officials, and he could also enjoy good things such as firewood for heating and fruits and game.
When he arrived at the place of exile, he was even valued by the local leader and served as a secretary, responsible for drafting memorials and handling general government affairs.
It can be seen that whether you can live well in the place of exile depends entirely on your ability.
Their Qin family needs to work hard to emulate Lord Ji!
It took them less than a quarter of an hour to walk, and they arrived at the place. Tang Yueguang also found people smoothly.
"Lao Mo, this group of exiles will be handed over to you. You will arrange work for them tomorrow." While speaking, Tang Yueguang also secretly winked at him.
Mo Lianfeng was one of the managers of the military settlement. Without Tang Yueguang's reminder, Mo Lianfeng already knew that this group of people was not simple. After going through winter and spring, from Chang'an to Pingzhou Xiangping, three or four thousand miles, he had never seen anyone who could bring so many children to arrive safely.
Lu Songli smiled and stepped forward, "Lord Mo, I'm really troubling you."
Before Mo Lianfeng could react, a finger-sized golden bead was stuffed into his hand.
Mo Lianfeng looked deeply at Qin Sheng who was following Lu Songli. He himself was a martial artist and had some martial arts skills, but the speed of this young man was too fast.
"Starting tomorrow, you need to turn the land. Each adult male will turn three acres of land, each woman will turn two acres, and children aged five to ten..." Mo Lianfeng pondered for a moment, "Go and pull weeds."
Even if they didn't give the golden bead, he would arrange it for them like this. For the fugitives under his command, whether they lived a good life or a bad life depended on their ability. If he was given a tribute, he would take it, and if he wasn't given one, he would bully him.
Especially the exiles from Chang'an City, he would not deliberately oppress and insult them, because they are like the firecrackers that suddenly became silent. Who knows which one will make a sound after being lit?
Lu Songli asked, "Excuse me, Lord Mo, do you use a hoe to turn the soil?"
"Yes." Mo Lianfeng looked at her strangely. If she didn't use a hoe to turn the soil, could she use her hands?
Lu Songli thought, there are a total of ten adults in their family, four boys and six girls. Wouldn't they have to reclaim 24 acres of land a day? Just relying on a hoe? That would be tiring.
She herself can't do this kind of work. Qin's mother is old and has always been in poor health. It is estimated that she can't do it either. Third sister-in-law Nie Yunniang has just given birth for two months, and she can't bear to let her do hard labor. Shen Erniang, second sister-in-law Cai, and fourth sister-in-law Su seem to be better than them, but they don't look like the kind of people who can do hard labor.
Therefore, the work of turning the soil will eventually be taken over by the four brothers Qin Sheng.
She felt sorry for her own man, so she thought the curved plow could be arranged.
"Lord Mo, how long will it take us to turn the soil?"
Mo Lianfeng felt that this question was not impossible to answer, "Now we are preparing for spring plowing, and the convicts are all doing this work. It will probably take ten days or half a month."
"Lord Mo, can you allocate a piece of land of about 240 mu to us within ten days? Don't worry, we will definitely turn the soil in these ten days. If you are worried, come and check our progress every three to five days?"
"If you are sure you want to do this, it is not impossible, but if you fail to complete it, there will be punishment."
Lv Songli nodded, "We are sure. By the way, Lord Mo, can we ask you for a favor? We want to go to the blacksmith shop to make a tool. This tool can help us turn the soil. Of course, if you are very busy, we can find a blacksmith shop ourselves."
Mo Lianfeng looked at her unexpectedly, and then looked at Tang Yueguang.
Because Tang Yueguang looks like a good person and is in charge of the handover, he is probably timid and has a childish complex after being exiled to Pingzhou. Usually Tang Yueguang handed people over to him, but these people habitually asked Tang Yueguang for help when they had something to do, which made him very annoyed.
Lu Songli would naturally not make such a low-level mistake as skipping the level to report. No matter how difficult Mo Lianfeng looks to talk to, he is the one who is in charge of them. No matter how easy Tang Yueguang is to talk to, he has already handed them over to Mo Lianfeng. Going to other leaders without going through the direct person in charge would be a loss of face for the direct person in charge, and he might think that his life is too comfortable.
Mo Lianfeng readily agreed to her request, "You can be allowed to go to the blacksmith shop, but only one person can go out. I will have someone send you a plate later, which can only be used once."
He seemed to understand a little bit why the whole family could arrive in Xiangping safely. They were sensible, used money to open the way, and were good at dealing with things. Who could stand this?
Mo Lianfeng was very busy, so he waved and sent them away when he saw that they were fine.
Tang Yueguang was going back to the government office, so he sent the Qin family back to their residence.
"Later, I will have someone send you rations. This ration can probably only support you for about half a month. As for the subsequent arrangements, we will see."
"Thank you, Lord Tang."
Next, the Qin family began to repair and clean the house.
There is strength in numbers. In about an hour, they cleaned up the house.
Qin Zhao and Qin Sheng were responsible for repairing the roof just now. Qin Sheng was good at kung fu and went upstairs. Qin Zhao was responsible for handing things over. When the roof was fixed, he was also very tired.
"Finally settled down. It would be nice to have a meal of wine to enter the new house." Qin Zhao touched his belly, which was a little flat due to excessive exercise, and sighed while looking at Qin Sheng, hinting wildly.
Qin Sheng was too lazy to pay attention to him.
Lu Songli coughed lightly, "This is OK."
Qin Sheng caught her voice immediately and turned his head to look at her, "Really want to eat?" As he said that, he stretched out his hand to touch her soft belly.
Lu Songli quickly dodged.
In less than a quarter of an hour, a fat rabbit, stepping on the wind and fire wheels, ran all the way down the mountain.
The speed of running left afterimages, causing passers-by to suspect that they were dazzled.
"What is that?"
"It seems to be a rabbit?"
Winter has just passed, how can the rabbit grow so fat? Weird!
Bang!
"What's that sound?" The collision attracted the attention of the Qin family in the yard.
When they opened the door, a fat rabbit bumped into their door!