Chapter 2076 Great Harvest
Of course they can't build the house however they want, it has to follow the plan.
First level the foundation, and then build the houses row by row.
The rammed earth walls are airtight and can survive the winter. The roof is covered with several layers of tree bark and thatch, so it can also survive the winter. That’s all.
After the house was built, each family was given three taels of silver as a settlement fee, and was allowed to go up the mountain and cut three trees to make simple furniture for use, but nothing else. How they lived in the future depended entirely on how they worked.
Of course, those who are diligent will not worry, because the wages they earn can support them to live. But if they are lazy and want to be supported by the government for free, that will not be the case.
In any case, it is much better for them to settle down in Anze State than to wander around and live a life with no idea of tomorrow.
Because there were so many people and they divided the work, the refugees all wanted to clean up their own places as quickly as possible, so the houses were built very efficiently.
All the houses were built in just five days.
After two more days of rest, they were assigned to work.
Based on the charge of thirty cents per person per day, the yamen sent a clerk to bring several yamen runners to supervise and record the work every day. Jia Heming instructed the clerk to observe secretly and select a few capable and charismatic people from the refugees to take charge in a few days. In the future, the record-keeping would be handed over to them, and the government would only need to send people to inspect from time to time.
Not long after, Qiao Xuan took a fancy to two more places, one in Cuizhu Town and the other in Taiping Town, both of which were not far from Anzezhou City.
The population of Anzezhou City is not large, let alone the town below. The two resettlement sites are not too far from the town, and it is very convenient to buy daily necessities. The land reclamation site is also between half an hour and an hour away from their residence.
It's all dry land.
It is now the end of August, which is not a suitable time for planting. As for what these lands will be used for after they are opened up, we will make plans next spring.
Perhaps it was because the world was becoming more and more chaotic, with more and more refugees and displaced persons. Shao Yunduan, Jia Heming and others originally thought that after the floods receded, things would gradually return to normal and the number of refugees would gradually decrease. However, this was not the case.
Many refugees continued to pour into Anzezhou City.
By mid-October, more than a thousand people had arrived.
The third resettlement site has also begun to be put into use.
By the end of October, news of the rebellion in Shu spread throughout the country, causing an uproar.
At the end of November, South Guangdong also rebelled.
At this point, various forces began to eye the situation covetously, and the three princes also began to fight for territory, causing chaos everywhere.
Fortunately, with God's blessing, even in such a panic-stricken era, Anze Prefecture actually had a bumper harvest of grain this year!
Farmers’ rice production has increased by at least 30%. For some fields with fertile soil and good care, the production has even increased by nearly half!
What does this mean? It means that even if the harvest is poor next year, everyone can still live a good life.
Almost every household grows potatoes, and the harvest is also great, with the yield per acre reaching 1,200 to 1,500 to 1,600 kilograms!
Some families with large populations plant two acres of potatoes and even sell part of the harvested potatoes.
Various medicinal herbs, peppercorns, star anise, etc., which were planted in previous years, have gradually reached the harvest season.
The people were all laughing.
(End of this chapter)
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