The Ming soldiers bypassed the fleeing people and faced the Qi army chasing behind. To their surprise, after the first wave of crossbow arrows shot, the Qi army opposite dropped a few bodies, turned around and ran away, not like the brave Qi army that Fan Chang encountered in Xiangxi.

After stopping Xiaoliang, the new recruit, the boy, from being so excited that he wanted to chase him, Fan Chang carefully checked the Qi army who died on the ground and suddenly realized.

"It's not a regular Qi army field soldiers, but may be a miscellaneous force in some places." Standing up, Fan Chang said to everyone." It's vulnerable. After packing up the weapons and armor of these people, let's go!"

Taking the weapons and armor back can prove their military achievements. As for the corpses, a group of troops will soon come to restrain themselves, and they don’t have to do it for them.

There were about twenty or thirty people who escaped. Fan Chang's eyes flashed over the faces of everyone, but was disappointed to find that none of them were familiar. Originally, he hoped to see some familiar faces among these people so that he could inquire about the whereabouts of his brothers, sisters-in-law and nephews. It seemed that this time it was going to fail again.

Faced with these ecstatic escapees thanking each other, Fan Chang said: "Let's follow us and leave here. The two people escape. It won't take long before their cavalry will arrive here. We must also notify the superiors to prepare for the response. You guys will help carry those little babies."

He pointed at Xiaoliang and several soldiers and said.

The group quickly crossed the hill and headed towards the rear. In front of them, Fan Chang had already sent a soldier to advance lightly, reporting to the large army stationed in Wenzhu, requesting to send cavalry to respond.

"This military master, I heard that our Taoyuan County now has free distribution of land for the people. Is it true?" A man in his early forties finally calmed down after his initial shock. After the joy of being rescued, he would inevitably worry about his future life.

Fan Chang had a little baby of four or five years old on his neck. After hearing this, he nodded with a smile: "Where did you hear about it? Yes, in our Taoyuan County, one person can get ten acres of good irrigated land, which is not expensive. However, the land you get in this way must be paid 50% of all the harvest in the first year and 30% of the second year. From the third year, you can only be the same as others."

"Is this really the case?" The man couldn't hide his joy: "We have escaped in total five people this time, wouldn't it mean that there are fifty acres of land?"

"Of course!" Fan Chang looked at the family gathered by the man, and couldn't help but envy for a while. This kind of scene where the family lives and die together made his heart a little painful. "These lands are all familiar lands. If you have extra energy, you can also reclaim wasteland by yourself. However, these wastelands were exempted from all taxes in the first three years, so as long as you work harder, everyone can live a good life."

"I didn't expect what we heard was true. But Jun Ye, we were kidnapped by the Qi people back then, but now we have escaped, and there is nothing left." The man was a little worried again.

"You don't have to worry about these. Taoyuan County helps build houses and provides production tools and livestock for you. Of course, this is not for nothing. The county government uses interest-free loans to help you make discounts. You must return them in the year in the future, but don't worry. Taoyuan County has many ways to make money now. As long as you are willing to work hard, it's fine."

"We have nothing, we only have a lot of strength left." The man and his family were full of joy, "June, we used to be from Pingxiang, Taoyuan, can we go back to our hometown now?"

"Pingxiang? I'm afraid it won't work." Fan Chang shook his head: "There is too close to Qi Realm, and Qi people often harasse you. In this case, you may be placed in a safer place. Our Taoyuan County suffered a disaster back then, with nine out of ten households and a large area. Now everyone is concentrated in fertile land and convenient transportation, and the area near the county town is built to be placed in a concentrated place."

"So that's how it is!" The man was a little disappointed, but he was immediately replaced by excitement. "This time he escaped was considered the right escape. Jun Ye didn't know that we Yue people could not survive on which side, so we were not treated as human beings. Those rich were better, like us, who lived like dogs there."

In this case, Fan Chang has heard of this many times in the past two years. When the Qi army retreated, big fish and small fish were fished in one net, almost turning border counties like Taoyuan County into a thousand miles of inaction. After the Ming army took over, it spared no effort to develop for several years. Now it has only gathered some people around the county town and in some important county towns. Even if the county magistrate Ben Kuan went everywhere to find people and buy people to fill the huge gap in the population, it was still a drop in the bucket. The population of Taoyuan County is now less than 30% of that of Taoyuan County during its heyday. It is truly vast and sparsely populated.

Correspondingly, Changning County, opposite, plundered a large number of the population of the Forbidden Etsu, which led to overcrowding, the land was limited, and the resources were limited. Where can we imagine the situation of these plundered Forbidden Etsu, the rich and wealthy families can still circulate to the mainland by doing business or opening up the joints. Those who have no money can only endure it.

"There is no more traitor." Fan Chang corrected: "The one who can give you happiness now is the great and wise Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Remember it."

"Yes, yes, yes, I remember it, it was the Ming Dynasty. We are all the people of the Ming Dynasty now."

The conversation with the man made Fan Chang even more worried about the situation of his relatives, and he wanted to fight to Changning County immediately and rescue all his brothers, sisters and nephews. Now his life is quite good, but his relatives are still suffering. Although the two sides are not far apart, they are far away.

Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty had destroyed Qin State, and the Ming Dynasty is now extremely powerful. Perhaps the next step is that the wise and wise Emperor Emperor will turn his attention to Qi State. Fan Chang has never read any books, but he also knows that there is no day and no one. How can two tigers coexist on a piece of land? The Ming Dynasty and Qi State will have a battle sooner or later, and he only hopes that this day will come earlier. He has great confidence in the Ming Dynasty to defeat the opposite Qi State. At least he knows that among the troops in Taoyuan County, there are many people like him who escaped the disaster back then, and they all hope to fight as soon as possible.

An hour later, behind them, there was no sign of Qi chasing. In front of them, a Ming cavalry had already arrived. Fan Chang was completely relieved. Now they were still walking in a deserted area. Qi chasing crossed the border to pursue it. This was not surprising, but now, he could rest assured.

"You are safe!" He said to these people who escaped from suffering with a smile: "A new life is about to begin, thanks to the great emperor."

Compared with the barren Changzhu, Xiangxi under Taoyuan County is a different scene, also adjacent to Changning County, but Xiangxi is now a border area focused on the Ming Dynasty. The land is fertile and the water resources are abundant, and the terrain is much more steep than Changzhu, which is flat. It is impossible to launch large-scale troops here, but it must be guarded against small-scale troops to attack and intersperse. Therefore, there are not many troops here, but they have made great efforts to develop the people's livelihood here.

A large number of farms rose up here. A village is a defense node. The village has tall walls, and the streams surrounding the walls are natural protective belts. Each village has a spacious road connection. One side has the ability to help.

All the villagers live in villages protected by high walls, and outside the village is vast land. After years of operation, there are signs of revival.

When the governor of Taoyuan County was implementing this strategy, the people who were placed in Xiangxi were selected after additional selection. Most of the people in Xiangxi today arrived at the former Qin refugees in Taoyuan County through various channels.

Some of these people were bought by Ben Kuan for money, while others were recruited by Ben Kuan after the Hulao Incident. After these Qin people who had nothing to arrive in Xiangxi, they immediately distributed land, farm tools, and livestock. The villages they now live in were also built by the county government.

These Qin people who had been poor all their lives suddenly became proletarians with houses and fields, and lived a life they had never dared to imagine before. For those who traveled thousands of miles to Taoyuan County and wanted to live a new life, everything here is worth cherishing and protecting. Anyone who wants to take away their hard-won life now will naturally become their enemies.

And these enemies are naturally the Qi people and the Qi army from the opposite side.

The Qin people were brave and warlike. Emperor Qin Feng of the Ming Dynasty once said that the Qin people were born warriors. The county magistrate Ben Kuan boldly distributed weapons to these Qin people. Some of the weapons eliminated from the army eventually became weapons from the defenders in these villages. This action also worried many Ming officials. Ben Kuan's only check and balance measures was to send a retired Ming soldier to serve as a military official in each village.

Ben Kuan firmly believed that these former Qin people would cherish their current life very much because he witnessed the miserable situation of these Qin people back then. The final fact also proved the wisdom of Ben Kuan's move. The Ming Dynasty only stationed a small army in Xiangxi to support and guard. The Qi people infiltrated and attacked Xiangxi countless times, and finally defeated them were the Qin people in these villages.

Jiang Hui sprinkled the last little water from the bucket into the ground. Looking at the green crops, his heart was filled with joy. This year is another bumper year! He was one of the first people to come to Taoyuan County. It was really miserable that he sold himself for ten taels of silver to help his family get through the difficulties. But he never expected that what he sold him for was a new life that he never dreamed of. The Ming businessman who bought him sold him twenty taels of silver to Taoyuan County.
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