Quick travel: the life of smuggling is so exciting

The big knife that Lin Xia had managed to save with great difficulty was gone in a snap. So sad.

This big knife has been with her for more than half a year, and she is going to throw it away today. She really can't bear to do it.

It would be nice if the space was bigger or could change shape at will.

The big knife is about 80 cm long, and the side length of her space is 36 cm, so it cannot fit in even if it is placed at an angle.

Although she said she was reluctant, Lin Xia decisively handed the knife to the other party. She had to get on the boat anyway.

Seeing that Lin Xia was so tactful, the other party happily let her go up. After going up, there were two empty large rooms in total, which were empty and had nothing in them. Regardless of gender, each person occupied an area of ​​two square meters.

They didn't just cross to the other side and put it down, but went with the flow.

After sailing for two or three days, everyone was a little panicked, fearing that the boat would drag them to an unknown place and sell them. Lin Xia was equally nervous. She hadn't eaten or slept well in the past few days, and there were screams in the room. She also had to worry about the other party doing something bad, and whether she could learn to swim to save herself if she jumped into the river. Her head was throbbing with pain.

In addition, it is inconvenient to go to the toilet. If you ignore the embarrassment of the wind blowing on your butt, the scenery is still very beautiful. Obviously, Lin Xia cannot enjoy this beautiful scenery, so he can only save money to reduce the embarrassment of going to the toilet.

Finally, on the fifth day, the ship passed through mountains and hills, and after many twists and turns, it entered a big city and dropped everyone off.

Everyone got off the ship, and three clerks walked up to the crew with ease and took over matters. Then, the ship left, leaving everyone confused.

"All of you, follow me," said one of the leading officials.

Everyone hurried forward, and some brave young people went up to talk to the officials. Only then did they realize that this was Qingshui County and they were going to be taken to handle identity and household registration.

Along the way, everyone was whispering with anticipation in their eyes. The county town had a quiet environment, quite like a Jiangnan water town. The pedestrians on the road looked relaxed, without any sign of hardship.

After arriving at the county government office, each household began to register their identity. For single women, the other party was very humane and could establish a female household.

It is actually very quick to apply for a new household registration, and there is no need for identity verification, which is not required for this group of people. They are just asked whether they have any special skills. If not, they will be registered as farmers and assigned to the villages below.

The most important thing was that the county government gave each person five kilograms of coarse grains and ten kilograms of salted fish as relief food.

We were all refugees, and not many people had any food stored. We were only provided with a bowl of porridge every day for five days to prevent people from starving to death. Now we were suddenly excited to see so much food.

Some people shed tears on the spot, murmuring excitedly: "We came to the right place, we came to the right place!"

The officials around were obviously accustomed to this scene and immediately shouted at everyone to line up quietly.

When it was Lin Xia's turn, she wanted to go to a village closer to the county town, so she secretly slipped some money to the official. The official understood and wrote Wuliao Village for Lin Xia.

After a while, she took the freshly issued household registration and was very surprised. This was her identity that was completely hers. From now on, Wuliao Village would be her hometown.

After everyone had completed their household registration, the chief clerk began to announce the land distribution rules to everyone.

Regardless of gender, each person is entitled to one acre of wasteland, and is tax-free for the first three years.

This type of wasteland is suitable for farming, the kind that farmers would have to pay for. If you don't have enough land, you can reclaim it yourself for free and get a title deed. The reclaimed land is also tax-free for three years.

You can also use silver to buy land, but the purchased land is not tax-free.

Everyone was very happy. Having land to farm was a good thing. They thought that if one acre was not enough, they would go and reclaim it.

After the explanation was clear, the three clerks at the beginning called out another official, and then pulled out a mule cart from somewhere, leading everyone out of the city to the village.

An hour later, everyone was called to stop.

At the fork in the official road and a small road, two officials led three families including Lin Xia and parted ways with the rest of the people.

They walked through the green rice fields and arrived at the village at the end of the path. One of the officials called out the village chief.

The village chief, wearing a coarse cloth with few patches, came over with high spirits when he heard the voice.

"Village Chief Wan, I'm here to send new people to your village. These are the refugees who need to be resettled this time." One of the officials spoke first.

"It's Officer Liu and Officer Wang. Thank you for your hard work."

"But our village has resettled more than 40 refugee households. Didn't they say that the village would no longer resettle new people?" Village Chief Wan looked at everyone and then at the two officers.

"This is a decision made by the county, but the land in your village has almost been divided up, and I don't think there will be any further arrangements in the future." One of the officers explained patiently.

"Hurry up and get it done. The standard this time is the same as last time. One acre of wasteland for each person, regardless of gender." Another said impatiently.

Seeing the other party's impatience, Village Chief Wan had no intention of arguing. He arranged the group with ease: "You two households, follow me. First, go to the village to register your information, and then we will go to divide the land."

It was obvious that the other party mistook Lin Xia for one of the households.

Among them, the officer named Liu reminded the village chief: "Village Chief Wan, there are three households here, and the girl lives alone."

The village chief looked at Lin Xia in surprise. In the past, the imperial court was not allowed to set up female households. It was a new regulation issued by the provincial capital last year. However, the village chief has not seen a woman set up a household alone. Only widows set up households with their children or grandchildren.

Although he was surprised, he didn't ask any questions. In this world, a woman living alone can only mean that all her family members have died, and he didn't want to poke fun at her sad story.

The officer wanted to finish his work quickly and go back as soon as possible. He had finally gotten a short trip, so he urged the village chief to hurry up.

The village chief came to his senses and led everyone towards the village. As they walked, he introduced the village to everyone: "You are lucky to be assigned to our village. Not only is the location good, but the fields are also good."

This area is mountainous, and the geographical location of Wuliao Village is indeed very good. It is located in the middle basin area of ​​a mountain. The village is backed by the mountain and faces the official road across the fields. Most villagers live in groups. The flat land between the village and the official road is very large, and there is a river running through the fields.

It is worthy of being a village that has been funded by money. It has a superior location and is close to the county town. The village chief also looks very friendly.

Everyone looked around and soon arrived at the village chief's house.

After registering the information, Village Chief Wan led everyone through the green rice fields, around a protruding mountain and arrived at the fields west of the village.

Obviously, the west side of the village is the gathering place of outsiders, separated by the mountains in the middle, forming a "3" shape with the indigenous residential area.

When we arrived here, we saw that the progress in the rice fields was different. Some people were digging the ground, some were digging ditches, some were planting rice, and some had already planted.

Everyone in the fields saw the new villagers from Linxia, ​​but because they were accompanied by officials, they all pretended not to see them and kept their heads down, busy planting rice.

Village chief Wan brought the three families to the edge of the rice fields, pointed to the remaining wasteland and began to divide the land. Since there were few people and little land in Linxia, ​​the village chief let her choose first, and the other two families did not say anything and just agreed.

Lin Xia chose a field that was close to other people's fields and had a ditch dug through it.

After making the selection, the officials took them aside to receive the land deed. Originally, the land deed had to be processed in the city, but special cases were handled specially, so as long as two officials were present, it could be processed quickly, saving efficiency.

After the three households had completed the land deeds, the two officials said goodbye and left. They were no longer responsible for the subsequent distribution of the residential land.