After some understanding, Zhao Lei finally made a rough calculation.
There are a total of 3,000 acres of land under cultivation in Lijia Village.
When life was difficult, the 1,500 acres of land had long been cheated away by the powerful landowners. So they are just helping people farm and need to pay a lot of land rent.
According to Zhao Lei's calculation, one stone = 30 kilograms.
One acre of land can produce four stones, but the harvest this season was not good, so only about three stones.
He once read an article that said that if a modern person wants to eat enough, he needs 400 kilograms of grain every year. This is ancient times. Zhao Lei calculated that he weighed 300 kilograms, which is about ten stones.
There are more than 400 to 500 people in Lijia Village, and their annual food and drink expenses are 5,000 dan, which does not include poultry feed.
But it can be divided into two or three seasons.
In other words, if he doesn't want the villagers in Lijia Village to starve this winter, then he can only use about two thousand dan at most for this batch of food.
This is still under the condition that the government is exempted from taxes and corvee.
Zhao Lei had to lament that the lives of ordinary people in ancient times were so difficult...
The court's calculations are accurate, barely enough for you to survive.
After having a rough idea in his mind, Zhao Lei directly ordered: "Two thousand stones, all of you will be exchanged for pigs for me."
The villagers became nervous upon hearing this.
Two thousand stones were used as soon as they arrived?
Why do you need so many pigs?
And even if they get domestic pigs, they don’t have that much feed to feed them, right?
The villagers were in a state of confusion, their tone was trembling, and they asked with some fear: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, I didn't know you wanted so many pigs..."
Zhao Lei knew what the villagers were worried about, so he waved his hand directly and said: "My lord, I still have a king on my head. I have to offer meat twice a year. If you don't buy some domestic pigs to go up and do the work, you will have to do it yourself. So, Do you want me to hand it over to you, or do you want me to buy a pig and hand it over to you?"
When the villagers heard this, their legs trembled with fear!
There is actually a king above the king? !
The King is already so scary, so how scary is the King’s King?
Some people couldn't even imagine what would happen if they were handed over, and their faces turned pale with fear.
Li Ergou in the crowd, after learning that Zhao Lei bought the pigs to protect them, immediately responded: "Your Majesty, please rest assured! I will definitely try my best to exchange for as many pigs as possible for these two thousand stones of grain!"
"Yes, yes! Buy it! You must buy it!"
"Ergou, you must not let down the king's expectations!"
"Ergou, I'll go shopping with you!"
"Is two thousand stones enough? If not, how about we crowdfund some more?"
The villagers immediately turned around and wanted to spend all their savings to buy pigs.
After all, this is related to their lives~
Zhao Lei nodded with satisfaction.
The property seized from Huang Fugui and the Black Tiger Gang members last time was only enough to buy eight pigs.
A pig weighs about 250 kilograms.
Two thousand kilograms is the rule.
This time he planned to offer 4,000 kilograms to please his superiors or bribe the demon.
With these two thousand stones, it should be enough, and even somewhat wealthy.
When the sow gives birth to cubs next year, and when the cubs grow up, he will no longer need to worry about the issue of offering food.
The villagers were noisy, scrambling for ideas on how to exchange pigs, where to exchange pigs, and who to exchange pigs with. They were bound to find the best solution.
After finally allocating the work, everyone felt at ease.
Attention returned to Zhao Lei.
The village chief asked cautiously again: "Your Majesty...there are still three thousand stones..."
Zhao Lei waved his hand: "There are still three thousand stones, so you can distribute them equally according to the head. Remember, don't let anyone in Lijia Village go hungry this winter."
"Your Majesty!"
Zhao Lei's words made all the villagers present stand up in shock!
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, is this true? Three... three thousand stones of food, are they really all given to us?"
"Of course, can I still lie to you?"
hiss--!
Everyone gasped.
My head felt like it was struck by lightning!
This season's harvest was all saved by the king.
The method was also taught to them by the King.
Moreover, the king taught them so much useful knowledge.
Now that the harvest has arrived, the king doesn’t get any benefits at all? !
Oh my God~ How much blessings did our Lijia village accumulate in our previous lives, so that we will be lucky enough to meet the king in this life?
The villagers all couldn't believe that Zhao Lei would treat them like this without asking for anything in return. Some villagers have even sworn secretly that as long as the king does not eat them, they are willing to follow and serve the king for the rest of their lives!
After coming back to their senses, they all knelt down to Zhao Lei again: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Zhao Lei said with an indifferent expression: "Okay, okay, how many times have I told you that you don't have to kneel to me, I don't like this. If you really want to thank me, then do more good deeds and accumulate virtue."
In an instant, many villagers were moved to tears by Zhao Lei's words.
Some people even looked up to the sky and screamed: "Mom! Why can't you hold on longer? Look, as long as you hold on until the king comes, won't the good days of our Lijia Village come?"
"Woooooooo~~"
"Yes, yes, the good days of our Lijia Village have finally come..."
Many people cried and wiped away tears.
The main reason is that Lijiacun has been suffering for too long.
No, it should be said that from birth to now, they have never been truly happy.
As soon as he was born, he was assigned a household registration.
They are destined to never get ahead in their lives.
Otherwise, the whole village would not be so desperate as to expose a scholar like Li Jincheng.
Now Zhao Lei's arrival has simply opened up a whole new sky for them.
That's why everyone felt the emotion for a moment and couldn't help but cry.
Among them, the most excited one was Li Ergou.
He didn't cry out or shout hysterically, but he couldn't help but shed two lines of tears from the corners of his eyes and muttered to himself: "So this is it? So this is it? So this is your ideal, my king?"
While Li Ergou was moved, he was also shocked beyond measure by Zhao Lei's words!
Shocked and speechless!
What does "If you want to thank me, just do more good deeds and accumulate virtue"?
Listen?
Is this nonsense?
It turns out that the king's goal all along is to lead people to do good and benefit the people without asking for anything in return...
It turns out that this is the king’s true goal!
But after the shock, Li Ergou quickly became confused again.
The king has such lofty ideals, so what can Li Ergou do for the king?
He can't use force.
No one can read quickly...
Then why does Li Ergou say that he wants to repay the king and assist the king?
After knowing Zhao Lei's true purpose, Li Ergou seemed to be hit hard. He turned around and walked out of the crowd with confused eyes.
As for the villagers, they were still kneeling and thanking Zhao Lei...
