After fleeing famine, I have thousands of acres of fertile land

You don’t have to pay taxes on five acres of land for three years. The harvest will be a little less in the first year, but if you take care of the land in the first two years, it will become good land in three years. After that, the land will be yours and you don’t need to spend money to buy it.

Everyone in Kaoshan Village was very excited, and the Ye family was also very happy. There was a lot of labor in the family, and five acres of land could be cultivated easily.

"Grandpa Village Head, can every household be allocated five acres of wasteland?" Ye Qing had an idea but needed to confirm it.

"Yes, the county magistrate said it himself. It will be distributed according to households. Every family will get some. If everyone works hard, they can collect some grain." The head of the village answered affirmatively.

"Grandpa Lizheng, if our family splits up, can each family get five acres of land?"

The people around were suddenly excited. It was the old rule that the family would not be divided as long as the parents were alive.

Some people have also realized that if a family has many sons, they can get dozens of acres of land if they divide them up.

Boss Ye scolded, "Qingya, what nonsense are you talking about? When did you say we were going to split up? Go back and have a rest."

Old Man Ye didn't say anything, but frowned, not knowing what he was thinking.

Li hugged Ye Qing and said, "Why are you so fierce? Qingya, I'm just talking. Speak nicely to the child."

Ye Qing hid in Li's arms, still saying, "Dad, I'm just talking, think about whether what I said makes sense."

"You dare to talk back? Children shouldn't interrupt when adults are talking." Boss Ye glanced at Old Man Ye and said a few more words in a pretentious manner.

"Okay, boss, just say a few words. I think what Qingya said makes sense. You can ask the official tomorrow if this is okay." Old man Ye has experienced a lot, and it is such a good thing that he got 15 acres of land for free.

The villagers also reacted. They all lived in the same village and would have to separate sooner or later. Now they could get five acres of land for free and also get a piece of land. Their children and grandchildren were right in front of them, so there was no difference.

The villagers began to look at the village head with eager eyes again. The village head also had two sons and was also thinking about this matter in his heart.

"Okay, I'll ask tomorrow. If it works out, we'll split up."

The head of the village asked about the land purchase again. This time a new village was being built, so everyone would be able to buy all the land together, and everyone was thinking about how much they wanted to buy.

After the crowd dispersed, the villagers returned home and gathered together to discuss how much land to buy.

The Ye family also discussed it together, and Li took out all the silver and money in the family. The family originally had 40 taels of silver saved.

Ye Qing gave me another box of jewelry on the way to escape famine. I secretly exchanged it for silver in the city yesterday, and got 100 taels of silver.

Old Man Ye calculated in his mind for a while before speaking: "If we divide the family, each family will get 40 taels of silver. Each family has their own clothes. There is not much else in the house, and we didn't bring much with us when we fled."

The remaining 20 liang was kept by the old couple. They lived with the eldest son, and the second and third sons' families gave them one dan of grain every year.

If the family does not divide up, 20 taels of the money will be kept, and the rest will be used to build a house and buy land.

The brothers in the family are harmonious, and the way the old couple divided the property is fair, and no one has any objections.

The foundation had not been laid yet, so everyone just found a place to lie down and fell asleep. Perhaps because they had a direction for the future development, everyone slept peacefully.

The next morning, the village head did not even have time to eat breakfast before he went to find a few officials and asked carefully whether each family in his village could be given five mu of land after the division of the family.

In fact, Wu'an City has a small population, and many places are barren. The county magistrate wishes that all the land could be used to plant crops, and after the autumn harvest, it would be considered his achievement. Encourage people to learn farming and sericulture, so that they can get good grades in the year-end assessment.

After receiving a positive reply, the village head invited several officials to dinner. He prepared several pounds of meat yesterday and stewed it early this morning.

After a few officials had eaten and drunk their fill, they urged everyone to choose a residential plot and they would go back early to report.

When the villagers heard the news brought by the head of the village, they all divided up their families. Even if their sons had not yet started a family, they would buy residential land first.

Ye Qing got up in the morning and took his two brothers for a walk around the river. The village was one mile away from the most suitable place for a dock.

This distance is just right. If a wharf is really built in the future, those in our village who have no power or influence will definitely not be able to grab the prime location near the wharf.

It would be better to occupy a farther location from the beginning so that it would be convenient to do business by the river in the future.

When Ye Qing shared his idea with his family, everyone thought it made sense, so the three brothers of the Ye family all chose residential plots near the river.

Old Man Ye took his eldest son to visit several of his in-laws' homes and his brothers' homes and told them about their plans. Everyone agreed to buy a riverside homestead, so that even if there was no wharf in the future, it would be convenient to fetch water from the river.

Ye Qing's family chose a location closest to the edge, so that they can raise chickens and ducks at home in the future without disturbing the people nearby, and they can also buy a place next door for their son to live in later.

Next to Ye Qing's house was the house of Second Uncle Ye and Third Uncle Ye. The Sun family, Wei family, and Zhou family were also chosen together. The village was divided into two halves, with the Ye family occupying one side and the Wang family occupying the other.

Ye Qing's family bought a residential plot. The place here is large, and one residential plot is one acre in size. One tael of silver is a good deal, and it is also a preferential price for the victims.

Boss Ye kept ten taels of silver for building a house, and bought three acres of dry land, three acres of paddy fields, one acre of forest land and one acre of river beach land. The river beach land was next to Ye Qing's house, and after it developed, he built a shop there to do business.

The forest land is used to cut down trees and build houses, and it can be used when the children grow up and get married.

In Zhou's hand were the gold beans and jewelry given by Ye Qing, as well as the money that Ye Dalang had searched from the people who had robbed Ye Qing.

Ye Dalang and his uncle rescued Ye Qing together, and secretly divided the money they found into two parts, half for each family. When converted into silver, each family received more than fifty taels.

Ye Lao Da used the money to buy ten acres of paddy fields and four acres of river beach land. The paddy fields were directly put into Ye Qing's name, and the title deed was given to Ye Qing, and it would be used as a dowry for Ye Qing in the future.

The four mu of river beach was divided into four parts, one for each of the four children. The paddy fields and river beach that were later purchased were all purchased secretly, otherwise it would be difficult to explain where the money came from.

Several other families also bought some riverside land, which was not expensive, and they could grow some vegetables. Some other families bought land, while others had no money left, so they started to cultivate the land.

The head of the village gave a few officials a tael of silver and turned a blind eye when measuring the residential land, saying it was one acre, but in fact it was one and a half acres.

The officials spent two days measuring the land purchased by the villagers and dividing up the wasteland. Then they left with the money paid by the village for the land.

No one in Doctor Lin's family knew how to farm, and they only had two taels of silver. They bought a piece of residential land and borrowed another tael of silver to buy an acre of riverside land.

Doctor Lin had no money left to build a house, so he could only put it aside and wait to go to the city to earn some money before continuing to build it.

Doctor Lin gave the riverside land to Ye Qing's family for farming, and they only needed to be given a little food every year. After arranging his family, Doctor Lin took his grandson and went back to the city with the officials to see patients.

The weather was getting hotter and hotter, and wild vegetables were growing in the fields. The villagers had no time to build houses, so they cleared the land and planted crops first.

The same thing happened to Ye Qing's family. They first carried some trees down from the mountain and set up a few tents to shelter from the wind and rain.