Chapter 122: Taking Root
The door was not locked. The lock bar was placed on the lock, and a random branch was inserted into it.
Ding Ergou reached out and took down the branch, opened the door, and led his horse over.
When he came down from Helanyuan, he didn't have a horse, not even a donkey.
When the fields needed to be plowed in Yuan Shang, they would rent oxen or horses from the village.
These cattle and horses are the public property of the village. They usually help everyone farm, and during wartime they will accompany the army and bring all kinds of supplies for everyone.
For every expedition, according to the list issued above, each village needs to prepare all supplies.
After the assembly, there will be an inspection. If the preparations are not complete, the village chief will be punished. Of course, the village chief at this time should be called the captain.
After several battles, Ding Ergou and his team gained a lot. As the team leader, Ding Ergou was assigned a camel horse.
The troops under Li Dachui’s command will keep whatever they capture.
How to allocate it is also their own internal business, and Li Dachui doesn't care.
This is exactly the opposite of Xiao Changche's troops.
All the seizures of the Xiao Department will be returned to the public.
Ding Ergou originally thought that after the war, he could return to Helanyuan.
With this camel, their family can be regarded as having an important asset.
Compared with the horse that was allocated, other fine gold and silver seized were worth nothing.
It’s just that I haven’t received the order to return.
After waiting for a while, the new order made everyone dumbfounded.
Their troops will not go back and will be resettled on the spot.
This is a military order.
It’s not a matter of consulting with them.
After experiencing the first resettlement on Helanyuan, people like Ding Ergou had long known that there was no other way for them to go except to obey.
Besides, staying doesn’t seem to be such a bad thing.
Because, he got promoted.
Originally he was just a gang leader with four brothers.
Now, he has become the head of a village, which is the village where he and his four brothers have arrived, Jigongling Village.
And this house is the home of the former village chief.
Of course, the former village chief was also the richest family in the village.
Just looking at the three-compartment blue brick house in front of me, with two rows of attached houses on the left and right, it is much better than other households in the village.
The owner of this house is named Yan.
So the fate of this family is certainly not going to be too good.
They were taken away directly by the army and then disappeared without a trace.
Similarly, following his four brothers, residences were naturally arranged in this village. From now on, they will be the basis for ruling this village.
“Commander, your house is so exciting!” Zhao Scarzi, who is much older than Ding Ergou, has a look of envy on his face.
Although he is bigger than Ding Ergou, Ding Ergou has already broken through to the solid state due to his success in practicing martial arts, and no matter how hard he tries, he can't break through, which suddenly makes the two people bigger. The difference between people. And in the future that is visible to the naked eye, the gap between the two families will become wider and wider.
Ding Ergou is also very happy. This is much bigger and better than his family's house in Helanyuan.
Jiaojiao should live in a house like this!
Ding Ergou thought beautifully in his heart.
"Uncle Scar, you guys should go and settle down quickly, and then we will gather all the villagers. We are new here, so we have to set the rules. Once we have the rules, we will be able to do things easily in the future!" Ding Ergou turned around and faced them. A friend said: "From now on, this village will be the foundation of our lives. We can't let Huang Dafu and the others compete with us, right?"
"That's natural!" Speaking of this, Zhao Scarzi said Full of confidence, Huang Dafu is also the leader of the team, but he is only in his early thirties. Bullying the old should not bully the young. Compared with the young Ding Ergou, Huang Dafu's prospects are naturally much worse. "I think the people in this village are not very honest. When we came in, many people were crawling through the cracks in the door to peek. We didn't even greet us when we came. We need to give them a good look later!"
"What's good or bad?" Ding Ergou tied the horse to the shed on the right and scolded: "Uncle Scar, the remnants of the Yan family have been captured long ago. You can see the rest of them just by looking at where they live. They are some poor people! They are just like us in the past. We will have to take them with us in the future! Otherwise, when the war breaks out, do you dare to bring some people who are not of the same mind as you to the battlefield? That is asking for death! "
Zhao Scarzi nodded repeatedly: "The team leader is right. No, no, I will call the village chief and captain from now on!"
Ding Ergou smiled and waved. Said: "Go, come here after you have settled down."
Just outside Ding Ergou's current home, there is an open space. On one side of the gate, there is a big drum installed on a wooden frame. Usually this place Naturally, it is also a place where everyone gathers and talks.
Jigonglingcai is a big village.
There are more than 130 households in total. Ding Ergou's qualifications among all the team leaders are actually not high. The reason why he was assigned such a good place was due to his ability.
Literacy.
Although he writes like a chicken, he still has a lot of strokes. He can also read basic official documents, which is very rare.
Ding Ergou is literate, naturally because of his wife Tu Jiaojiao.
There are now tens of thousands of people in Helanyuan. Putting aside the figures above, there are only a handful of ordinary people who are truly literate.
Of course there are more of them now, but those who can read are still just dolls.
How hopeful if these dolls can take on the trouble!
As for those adults, if you want them to learn literacy, it is an extremely painful torture for them, and they are willing to engage in armed off-roading.
Li Dachui naturally would not run any literacy class on his own wishful thinking.
They just need to know how to obey and listen to orders.
Zhao Scarzi and the others moved very fast. Before Ding Ergou had finished inspecting his new home, the rumble of drums could already be heard outside. At the same time, another friend was riding a horse. The horse ran from one end of the village to the other, shouting as he ran.
After a little hesitation, someone finally opened the door and walked out timidly.
The village of more than 130 households is already quite big. More and more people are coming out of their houses and entering the drying area in front of the door. Ding Ergou made a rough estimate. , there were nearly five hundred people.
Among them, there are more than a hundred old people, most young people, some in their early three hundred, and there are dozens or hundreds of dolls.
The old people stood at the front, the young people followed, and the women stood at the end with their children with their heads lowered.
Seeing some people smearing their faces with stove ashes so black, Ding Ergou couldn't help but want to laugh.
Are you afraid that you might get jealous?
Bah!
My coquettishness is much better than that of you rough-skinned and thick-skinned women. I don’t look down on you.
Scanning the crowd, Ding Ergou felt very emotional, there were more than 500 of them!
As for my group, there are five people in total.
But now these five hundred people are like five hundred quails, trembling in front of these few of them, not even daring to take a breath.
Of course this is not because of how heroic he is,
The reason comes from the armor and military uniform he wears.
From now on we are a family!
Ding Ergou took a deep breath and suppressed the slight uneasiness in his heart.
Zhao Scarzi dragged out an Eight Immortals table from the house. Ding Ergou jumped up and stood on it, holding the knife on his waist and scanning the crowd condescendingly.
After all, this is Ding Ergou who has been on the battlefield and killed people. As soon as he holds the knife and glares, the ferocious aura will naturally emerge.
He immediately looked a little uneasy.
"Folks!" Ding Ergou roared: "The traitors of the Yan family are finished. They died cleanly. There is not a single one left. Now the entire Aquarius State is under the control of General Cheqi. Xiao Cheqi I think you have heard of it, right? I am the new village chief appointed by General Cheqi!” Come to appoint, but who let the common people know Xiao Changche?
"My name is Ding Ergou, and you will follow me from now on." Ding Ergou raised his voice and shouted loudly: "I don't want to say anything here that we are definitely better than the Yan family. , because if I say it now, you won’t believe it. You will naturally see and feel it in the future. Today, I will only tell you some rules that you must know. Everyone must abide by the rules. If you don’t follow the rules, that’s okay. You can’t blame me for being rude.”
In response to Ding Ergou’s threat, Zhao Scarzi and the four of them half pulled their knives out of their sheaths.
“The land you farm now, whether you own it or rent it, is yours now.” Ding Ergou said: “Next, someone from above will come down to set up land for you. Deeds, all previous land deeds are invalid!”
As soon as these words came out, there was a commotion below. Ding Ergou glanced at it, and most of the people looked like they couldn't believe it or were surprised.
Well, it was the same reaction as when I got the land in Helanyuan.
"The tax is still the same as in the past, 50% of the harvest that year!"
A look of disappointment appeared on the face below.
“If you have a young family and are willing to become a soldier like me, the tax will be reduced to 20%!”
Various expressions of surprise, fear, and joy gathered on these people's faces.
"The soldiers of the government prepare their own weapons, battle armor, mules and horses, receive military training during the off-farm season, and follow the village chief on expeditions during wartime. All seizures belong to you personally."
"Everyone. Remember, there are 100 people in our village who must become government soldiers." Ding Ergou: "You can sign up for these 100 people. Of course, if you don't sign up, the village chief will call your name."
< br>Ding Ergou tried his best to recall the rules on Helan Yuan. When the group leader sent them down, he said that after they went down, they, the village chiefs, would remember the rules on Helan Yuan one by one. Aquarius State can be reproduced again.
There is nothing to explain to these people, they just follow it.
Ding Ergou confirmed that these things were all good, because they relied on these rules in Helan Yuan to make their little life better day by day.
In the future, I will take root here.
(End of this chapter)