.In March of the seventh year of Hongguang, Jiangnan was already shining, but the land of Liaodong was still covered with snow. However, the originally dry gully sounds came from the ground, as if flowing water suddenly emerged from the ground overnight. If you look closely, there was a trace of green buds on both sides of the stream at some point. The originally white snow surface occasionally had hoof marks and claws.

A tiny sound came from a distance. Soon, a long convoy appeared on the avenue. A large cart at the beginning rolled over the snow, leaving two rows of deep ruts, followed by the second and third, widening the fine ruts and enlarging, revealing the dark land. The newly melted snow water was turbid and slowly flowed into both sides. The originally clear stream water also became turbid.

A roe deer crawled out of the woods. After a winter torture, the roe deer looked thin and thin. It urgently needed to find grass to supplement its nutrition. It looked dissatisfied with the direction of the convoy that disturbed its food. It blinked and a trace of confusion flashed. The horse in front was the animal it was familiar with. However, this animal did not fear it and its companions, holding a bow and arrow, and dragging a long tail behind its head. Instead, there were many round things wrapped in thick cotton coats on the car behind the horse.

As the team got closer and closer to it, the roe deer also saw it more and more clearly. There were nearly thirty carriages in the entire team. Except for one-third of the carriages, half of them were filled with boxes of various sizes, while the rest of the carriages were a closed box, and it was not clear whether it was a person or a thing inside.

"What is that?" the person in the carriage in front shouted, pointing to the direction of the roe deer.

"It seems like a sheep?"

"No, it's a deer."

"I don't look like a sheep or a deer."

There was a quarrel from the carriage, and no one could convince anyone. A middle-aged man's voice sounded and said, "Okay, no one should argue, just ask the master."

The quarrel just now calmed down, and a man jumped out of the carriage, walked towards a fully enclosed carriage behind, and reported: "Master, I found an animal in front of me. We don't know what it is, so please help me solve my doubts."

"Old Wu, stop the car." An old voice came from the carriage.

"Yes, lord." The coachman responded, put away the reins and stopped the carriage. The curtain of the carriage was lifted open. A man in his fifties, wearing a brocade robe, got out of the carriage. As the carriage stopped, the entire convoy also stopped slowly.

"Oh, it's a roe deer." The man in the brocade roe looked at it and immediately said affirmatively: "Go a few people, grab this roe deer, wash and peel it and make a fire here to cook."

"This... Master." A hint of embarrassment flashed in the person who reported the report. This roe deer was not a domestic property. With his experience in the south, he probably hadn't been waiting for anyone to approach. This roe deer might have escaped without a trace.

"Don't worry, as long as you approach carefully, the roe deer will not escape." The man in the brocade robe said affirmatively.

"Yes, Master."

Although he was still suspicious, as a servant, he obviously could not question the master's decision. Besides, no one except the master had been to Liaodong before, and he didn't even know the roe deer, so he naturally didn't know the habits of the roe deer. He returned to the front, called several people, and approached carefully in the direction of the roe deer.

After a while, the cheers in front of him came: "Catched, caught."

Three young men in brocade robes were getting off in several carriages behind. The three were surrounded by the man in brocade robes. When they heard cheers, the three of them also showed joy on their faces. One person said, "Dad, I've really caught it."

The old man in brocade robe seemed not to hear his son's words, looking around, as if he was completely attracted by the endless woods and snow in the distance. He just burst into tears and muttered to himself: "Thirty years, thirty years, I finally came back, finally came back..."

This old man in Jinpao was Shi Runzhang, who was lucky enough to escape when the Manchu army led his army to capture Liaoyang City. Liaodong has just been thawed. According to the court's plan, immigrants would not have moved to Liaodong in May. At that time, when the immigrants arrived, they could just open up land and farm. By the time they harvested a season in September, the immigrants could basically settle down.

However, Shi Runzhang was eager to return home. Without waiting for the imperial court to organize, he had just finished the Lantern Festival and completed the family business in the south. The family of hundreds of people moved to Liaodong together.

Without modern tools such as trains and cars, it is not only difficult for ordinary people to move thousands of miles by themselves, but they are even in danger of life. This is also an important reason why the ancients were unable to leave their homeland. Large-scale migration is often either forcibly organized by the government or because they are unable to survive due to disasters. Otherwise, the people rarely move on their own. For large-scale migrations like the Shi family, the court naturally encouraged them to arrange sea boats to transport the Shi family's young and old from Nanjing to Lushun, saving thousands of miles of land trek. However, when they get ashore in Lushun, the Shi family directly hired a large car to Shenyang. They bumped on the boat for more than a month, and then suddenly came from the warm south to the north of the snowy snow. The Shi family felt exhausted and could not rest in Lushun for more than half a month before they set off. In this way, the entire journey took more than two months before they arrived here.

Seeing Shi Runzhang's expression excited and his eyes burst into tears, his three sons were stunned for a moment, because Shi Runzhang traveled south from the north, almost starting from scratch, creating such a big foundation, and usually paying attention to majesty the most. In the minds of the three of them, even if they encounter the greatest difficulties, Shi Runzhang never showed a weak expression, let alone crying. Because of this, although the Shi family was reluctant to leave the family business in the south and move to the north, under Shi Runzhang's order, the whole family still had to obey the order.

Butler Wu quickly reminded him softly, calling out: "Master, Master."

Runzhang came to his senses and saw him looking at his family with a strange look. He hurriedly took out a handkerchief from his arms and wiped his tears. His face reappeared. He ordered the butler: "Go, kill the roe deer, and then organize some people to catch some fish in the river to make soup, eat and rest first and then set off, and try to arrive in Shenyang before dark."

"Yes, Master."

As the butler passed on Shi Runzhang's words, the entire team began to become busy. The middle-aged men went fishing and picking up firewood, and the women skillfully obtained various cooking tools, went to the river to get water, and burned hot water first. They could arrive in Shenyang before dark. The entire team made a cheerful sound. Whether they were willing to come to the north or not, the trip in more than two months was about to end, which was of course a happy thing.

Soon, even louder cheers came from the team. It turned out that the servants who went to pick up firewood had caught more than ten wild animals, including four roe deer, two pheasants and seven rabbits, but they brought all one rabbit nest. The servants who went to catch fish brought back several buckets of fresh fish. The ice surface of the river had not melted yet, and the servants who caught fish would jump out of the water as long as they chiseled the ice surface.

In the past, I just heard Shi Runzhang talk about how rich the north is. The Shi family was a little dissatisfied, thinking that it was just a word from the master to comfort them. No matter how rich the north is, can it be richer than the south? Now everyone is a little convinced that it is impossible to catch so many wild animals and fat fish in such a short time. If there were such a rich prey in the south, there would probably be no refugees.

Everyone was very happy to eat this meal, not only because it was the first time that everyone had eaten fish and meat food in more than a month of land trekking, but also because after seeing the rich wildlife here, many people who were originally nervous became optimistic. If they didn't plant a dealer and hunt alone, they might be able to live a good life.

After the team started again, the speed was much faster than before. The morale that was originally a bit depressed was wiped out. Shi Runzhang nodded secretly when he saw it. It would be useless to delay nearly an hour with such an effect.

As the team speeded up a lot, the arrival of Shenyang City was nearly half an hour ahead of schedule. With the relocation certificate from the court, the Shi family and their team successfully entered the city. The government also provided a temporary residence for the Shi family. It was said that it was a station, but in fact it was the original Manchu royal palaces in the city. Although they were not as luxurious as the royal palaces in Nanjing City, they still seemed luxurious. The Shi family was extremely happy to be able to live in such a palace.

However, when he entered the palace, Shi Runzhang's face disappeared. Compared with thirty years ago, Shenyang City changed a lot. At least there was no such palace. Looking at these gorgeous palaces, Shi Runzhang seemed to see the scene when the manchus entered the city and demoted the remaining Han people to coat slaves. Under the supervision of the whip, he built the palace with bricks and wood, which made Shi Runzhang feel very depressed.

Early the next morning, Shi Runzhang immediately visited the officials in Shenyang City responsible for immigration and resettlement, and proposed to purchase houses in the city and divide land outside the city.

The government approved Shi Runzhang's requirements one by one. At present, there are many empty houses in Shenyang City. The Shi family is the first to move here. The houses in the city can be selected, and the fields outside the city are the same. The Shi family quickly found a suitable house and immediately moved the whole family.

But what surprised the officials in charge was that Shi Runzhang had a batch of fertile fields but chose a farm in the north of the city. Although this farm had some fertile fields, it was more wasteland. There were only more than 1,000 acres of fertile land, but nearly 5,000 acres of wasteland. Although it was close to water sources, as long as these wastelands were reclaimed, they would be fertile fields in a few years. However, compared with some fertile fields, there was still a lot of investment in advance. No one had to put the principle of cheap but insisting on wasteland.

There were 232 people from the Shi family who came this time, 130 men and 102 women. According to the regulations of 15 mu per coin and 7 mu of women, the Shi family can be divided into more than 2,600 mu. If you choose this farm, the more than 1,500 mu of the other coin is all wasteland. Although the officials in charge are puzzled, since the Shi family insists, the government will naturally not object and readily divide the more than 2,000 mu of land into the name of the Shi family.

The Shi family took the initiative to move, and the court promised that they could buy land at a low price. The price of fertile land here was only one-fifth of the south of the Yangtze River, and the wasteland was cheaper. The Shi family simply spent more than 500 and two sons to buy the remaining more than 3,000 acres of wasteland, so that the Shi family's land could be expanded to more than 6,000 acres.

The Shi family was also confused about the extra 1,000 acres of wasteland, but Shi Runzhang insisted, and the others did not dare to say much, so they had to agree.

The reason why he implemented Runzhang insisted on this farm, and the first batch of migration was very simple. The Shi family once had nearly 100 acres of land here, which happened to be between wastelands. After thirty years of trouble, the Shi family's original house was no longer there, and even the Shi family's ancestral tomb was unknown. These nearly 100 wastelands were Shi Runzhang's only thoughts. He naturally wanted to reclaim the abandoned Shi family land and carry it forward.

With the seal of the government, the total land deeds of more than 6,000 acres, the Shi family was very happy. In the past few days, the Shi family has visited the village and found out that the land here is extremely fertile. Although it can only be planted for one season, the more than 6,000 acres of land is ten times the original one. The Shi family is naturally very happy. The only thing that makes the Shi family worried is that there are no tenants here, and in the future, the Shi family will have to plant all the lands themselves. The Shi family has only more than 80 laborers, and they have to open a store in one part. In fact, there are only about 40 people who farm. With so many land, can they have to be planted after spring? Can they be abandoned in vain?

A few days later, the Shi family's worries disappeared. The horse market in Shenyang was very prosperous. The horse prices here were about the same as those in the Jiangnan cattle. The Shi family bought dozens of horses and fifty coated slaves from the government. With these horses and coated slaves, the Shi family was confident that they would cultivate all the more than 6,000 acres of land after the beginning of spring.

These fifty coat slaves were all composed of prisoners of the Ming army, some of which were Mongolian and Han flagmen. After capturing Hetuara, the Qing Dynasty had undoubtedly disappeared as a regime, but as the Manchu clan, it did not disappear. The entire Manchu population still had more than 200,000. The Manchu population alone had millions of Han people massacred in Liaodong. After entering the Central Plains, although the three massacres of Jiading did not occur in the ten days of Yangzhou in history, there were at least ten million Han people who died under the Manchu sword because of land enclosure and shaved their hair and died under the Manchu sword. If you want to settle the calculation, these more than 200,000 Manchus were killed ten times. However, the Qing Dynasty had surrendered and thought about its reputation in later generations. Of course, Wang Fu would not order all hundreds of thousands of Manchus to be killed. He only ordered some of the upper classes of Manchus to be sent to Beijing to offer prisoners, and the rest of the Manchus were demoted to official slaves. Han immigrants could freely trade.
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