In early January of Great Mandate Year 3, the resettlement of the newly joined tribespeople began. At this stage, the most important task was to clear farmland first, so the newly arrived commoners could become self-sufficient as quickly as possible.
To help these newcomers clear the wilderness, Luo Chong ordered two Rotary Tillers to be transferred from the mechanized farms in Liuyang Commandery. They would help the four thousand immigrants on Qiongzhou Island clear wasteland and plant corn.
The tribe provided the people and agricultural machinery to grow the immigrants' first-season crops. As for the officials of their assigned territory, they had to lead the newcomers in building their houses before the summer grain harvest. Once they had houses and land, they could work for themselves when the summer grain was harvested. With stable shelter, a stable food supply, and stored grain at home, these people would be completely settled.
Things were much simpler in the northern Eight Commanderies of Hanyang. The remaining eight thousand people were simply divided among the eight commanderies, with each receiving only a thousand immigrants—at most a little over two hundred households.
The Eight Commanderies of Hanyang were all long-established commanderies and counties. Each commandery was further divided into several counties, and the newcomers could then be divided among the county seats. Each county would receive only around fifty households, making them very easy to arrange. When clearing the wilderness, neighbors could lend them a hand, and the first quarter would pass without trouble. If that still was not enough, Liuyang Commandery had plenty of tractors. A few could be sent out to clear the land for them.
The northern immigrants might even temporarily avoid clearing wasteland and cultivate Government Land first. After all, some of them would certainly be moved to the capital after