I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 417 Immigrants

Zhu Houxuan had no choice but to issue an order to suppress these people who had risen up, but he required the Ming army to only execute the ringleaders and exile the rest.
The industrial revolution promoted by Zhu Houxuan actually played a significant role in promoting so many refugees and uprisings.

With the advancement of the Industrial Revolution, industrial products gradually squeezed out the market for many handicraft products, causing many civilian families to lose a source of income and their ability to resist risks became weaker.

Although the Royal Group has been migrating, there are still many places that it cannot reach. The Royal Group’s immigration policy cannot save all the refugees, but only some of them.
Kaifeng Prefecture, Yuzhou, Huashi Village.

The Royal Group's propaganda team had been away for a few days, and their arrival had caused a stir in Huashi Village.
In the past few days, the remaining people in the village have started visiting each other, as if they are planning something.
Wang Ze's family of five had finished their only meal of the day, and the family stayed in the house in a lifeless state.
"There is not much food left at home. This is not a solution," said Wang Ze's father.

The Queen Mother and the Queen's wife turned their eyes to Wang Ze, who was struggling with his thoughts with his head down. The scenes that had happened in the past few days kept flashing through his mind.
Wang Guanjia, Fan Laosan's family, and the propaganda team
Wang Ze suddenly raised his head, looked at his family and said, "Let's follow the Royal Group! Let's go to the northern town."

"You have become so capable, right? You are going to the northern border town! Soldiers are no good! You are still trying to get into that military den, do you think your life is too long? Besides, our ancestral graves are still here. If you go to the border town thousands of miles away, will your father, who is so old, be able to come back to the ancestral graves? And how fierce are the Mongols in the border town?" Wang Ze's father glared at Wang Ze and said.
"Dad, what do you say we should do?" Wang Ze lowered his head again.

"Let's go escape the famine too."

"Where?"

"We have a distant relative in Xiangcheng County, about four or five hundred miles to the southeast. Let's go and stay with them. We can come back and farm after the disaster is over."

"What if that place also suffers a disaster and they don't take us in?" Wang Ze raised his head again.

"Then go further south until you reach a place that is not affected by disasters," Wang Ze's father continued.

"What about the little girl? She is less than two years old," Wang Ze said, looking up suddenly.

Wang Ze's father was silent. It would be difficult for such a young child to survive this journey of wandering and begging.
"We have to leave this place, leave Hua Shi Village, and leave Yuzhou!" Wang Ze's voice rose a little.

"You all know about what happened in Mr. Fan's family. If we stay here any longer, I'm afraid that Xiao Ni'er will become like Xiao Ni'er in the Fan family." Wang Ze's eyes turned red. He has just been a father for two years and loves his daughter very much.

The expressions of the Queen Mother and the Queen's wife also changed, but they did not dare to say anything. They looked at the King's father with hope.
"Do you really believe what the propaganda team says? Can you really go there by car or boat? That's thousands of miles away! And will we be given land, seeds and farm tools?" Wang's father was silent for a while before continuing. "Believe it! The propaganda team never lied, and if we stay here, we will be eaten up by Master Wang bit by bit, and we will never be able to turn over and let them slaughter us for generations. But if we can get hundreds of acres of land in the border town and plant it for a few years, our family will turn over." Wang Ze's voice became louder.
The next day, Wang Ze took the land deed to the Wang family compound and sold the five acres of irrigated land for 10 taels of silver.

Then they found all the edible things in the house and cooked a dry meal. After eating, they took the remaining food and valuables in the house. As soon as it was dawn, before the sun came out, they started their journey with Wang Chun's family from the same village.
They walked for a long time and finally saw the endless railway. Gongs kept ringing on the railway and trains were speeding by, with carriages full of people.
This made them even more excited, and they followed the propaganda team's instructions and found a station along the railway. After a simple registration at the station, they were handed over to a man named Duan Ping.

Duan Ping is a horse train conductor, and they are going to leave Yuzhou on Duan Ping's horse train.

Wang Ze had a very bad impression of Duan Ping, because Duan Ping was fierce, spoke in a rough voice, had a scar on his face, and one of his legs was made of wood. He limped on the wooden platform and made muffled sounds. He looked like someone who wanted to keep away from strangers, but he also had a sense of arrogance.
What made Wang Ze even more puzzled was that the staff of the Royal Group at the station all respected Duan Ping, but Wang Ze could not see anything respectable about Duan Ping.

What made Wang Ze's impression of Duan Ping even worse was that Duan Ping saw them carrying all their belongings into the car and threw away everything except the food, saying that it took up too much space.
Wang Ze was angry but dared not say anything, and finally he swallowed his anger.

After getting on the bus, Wang Ze was surprised to find that Mr. Fan and his wife, whom he had met a few days ago, were sitting in the car with a little boy.
He was very curious about why Mr. Fan and his wife were here. They had clearly exchanged their daughter for a batch of food, but now it seemed that they didn't have much food.
Wang Ze still resisted the urge to ask, after all, they were not particularly familiar with each other.
At this moment, there was a commotion on the platform. Wang Chun and his family from the same village behind Wang Ze suddenly rushed up.
"Wang Chun! You're a dog! Where do you want to run? I'm going to break your legs today! I'll break your whole family's legs!" A familiar voice came over.

Wang Ze looked and saw that it was actually Butler Wang. Butler Wang was running out of breath, his clothes were in disarray, and there were a dozen servants following behind him.

The dozen or so servants were about to get on the car and drag Wang Chun's family off.
"Snap!" A whip shadow fell on the leading servant.

The servant screamed in pain from being beaten and was about to explode, but he held himself back when he saw someone coming.

"Don't you even look at where you are and who you are to come here and act wild?" Duan Ping said in a deep voice, whip in hand.

When the other Royal Group employees saw this, they all rushed over.
"I am the steward of the Wang family in Yuzhou! I am here today to capture the Wang family's escaped slave. Please give me some convenience. The Wang family will definitely offer you a thank-you gift later." Steward Wang straightened his clothes and raised his voice.

"A fugitive slave?"

Everyone on the platform started talking about it.
Wang Ze looked at Wang Chun's family in the car, and saw that they looked horrified, but did not deny it.
(End of this chapter)