Chapter 22 Succession
When Li Wei and others returned to the village with six bone spears, he did not make any statement, but chose to reveal the matter to Zhang San. As for whom he was going to tell, it was his own business.
Even though he had expected it, Zhang San was still very surprised after hearing it. When Zhang Feng added some details and told him that there was a big monster more than ten meters long in the nameless lake, he was left with worry and fear on his face.
After hurriedly thanking Li Wei, Zhang San ran away.
Li Wei didn't take it seriously either. He just took the two star generals to the blacksmith shop on his own to see if he could let Blacksmith Wang do something with these bone spears.
As for that boy Zhang Feng, he followed him closely and saw that Li Wei summoned some elite warriors with a wave of his hand. In addition, he showed his strength when fighting with the snake demons. Now he completely decided to follow Li Wei wholeheartedly. He even felt that he had taken advantage of it. There had never been such a powerful person in the entire Zhangjia Village!
Li Wei is naturally happy to see such things. Not to mention anything else, just knowing the nearby terrain and monster gathering places can help him a lot. He really doesn’t know the way!
Just as Wang Blacksmith patted his chest and assured Li Wei that these bone spears could be used to melt into a stronger spear, Zhang San ran over again and looked at him with joy: "Sir, the villagers' elders want to see you, there is something very important!"
As soon as Li Wei left the door, he saw a large area of villagers standing around him, leading by a dozen men in their forties and fifties. If it were in modern society, he was still middle-aged, but in this dangerous world full of demons, they were the most pure old people, because they were adults in their teens, and the average life span of ordinary people was only thirty years old.
Compared to those ordinary villagers, these men have a more vivid eyes. This is the wisdom accumulated after years of precipitation. Li Wei immediately knew that they were probably old in this village.
The first old man with a goatee bowed to Li Wei tremblingly: "Sir, all the villagers of Zhangjia Village thank you for your life-saving grace. I can't repay you. If the old village chief left behind, now only by handing over all Zhangjia Village to you can we express our gratitude slightly!"
After saying that, the old man bowed deeply. The villagers around him did not speak, but just looked at Li Wei with a longing, their eyes full of hope and worry.
I hope that if a powerful figure like Li Wei leads Zhangjia Village, the village will definitely be safer, and what I worry about is that if the other party refuses, the one who waits for Zhangjia Village will not be a good ending. Even ordinary villagers like them will not be unaware of the horror of monsters, because almost every household has people killed by monsters.
Li Wei glanced around. Although he had a premonition before, because he had learned the skill of making clay figurines by the old village chief, he did not expect that the people in Zhangjia Village could make decisions so quickly.
Is it because of the strong pressure brought by the snake demons, or because the customs here are like this? In order to survive, they would rather let someone who has just come to the village chief, who is not even acquaintances, come to be the village chief?
Although he still had many concerns and no relevant experience, after looking around again, Li Wei finally made up his mind. Since even these villagers were not worried, what could he be afraid of?
"Okay, since that's the case, then I'll be disrespectful."
Li Weiwen's erotic saying is that this is an ancient society after all, and you have to follow the customs when you enter the countryside, right?
But soon he found that everyone in front of him had no reaction, but was a little confused. They seemed to have probably not understood what Li Wei was saying...
Li Wei was immediately embarrassed, and he turned to wave his hand hard: "Okay, since that's the case, then I promise to be the village chief of Zhangjia Village. I will do my best to protect everyone's safety!"
"Meet the village chief!"
Zhang San beside him knelt down first, followed by a group of old men in front of him, as well as the villagers around him, and even the two star generals Dijiexing and Dizuoxing joined in the fun and knelt down on one knee.
Seeing a large crowd of people kneeling down at me, a wonderful feeling that I had never had before came to my heart. This feeling was really wonderful!
The system prompt sounded in his ears at the right time. Li Wei did not check it immediately, but asked everyone to get up first and do whatever they should do. Only a few people including Zhang San were left behind. He wanted to know the combat power of the village.
After listening to the other party’s words, Li Wei knew very well why he was elected as the village chief so soon, because the situation in Zhangjia Village was really bad.
There are more than 100 households and more than 600 people in Zhangjia Village. Except for Zhang San, the militia captain and Zhang Feng, the hunter, is of level 1, there are only 30 or 0 militias, and a few ordinary hunters who have not been trained yet.
The combat power of ordinary villagers is extremely close to 0, and it is useless at all. With this strength, if the group of snake monsters who were killed by Li Wei just started to act fiercely, they can destroy them. It is no wonder that they are so anxious. The village is really on the verge of life and death.
In addition, Zhang San also brought a list of the village’s treasures, which were originally kept by the old village chief, but now they are all handed over to Li Wei.
Li Wei looked through and found that the things inside were so small, with less than fifty taels of silver, about 10,000 kilograms of grain, dozens of directions of wood and stone, and dozens of weapons such as long spears and short swords, plus more than a dozen leather armor and leather boots.
Finally, there are some salt, sugar and coarse cloth, because they can be regarded as low-level luxury goods and valuables, so they are relatively less, but Li Wei doesn't think it's worth much. Once a war really starts, these supplies may not last for a few days.
Well, there are also some spider eggs, which are exactly the ones that Li Wei brought back before, and now there are not many.
The more Li Wei looked at him, the more he frowned. He couldn't count on this thing at all. He had to develop new ways to make money by himself.
Although Li Wei didn't say anything, Zhang San and others could certainly see his disappointment, and they began to feel uneasy.
"Zhang San, what are the treatments of the militia in the village?"
"Sir, the militia himself is managed by the village, and there are five extra steamed buns every day." Zhang San said carefully, because he also saw something wrong with Li Wei's expression. For him, the village's inventory is more than astronomical, but for Li Wei, he probably doesn't like it at all, right?
"And what? It's gone?" Li Wei was a little surprised. Although these militiamen had a very bad combat power, they all tried their best to fight, but they didn't even pay a salary?
"It's gone." Zhang San said honestly.
Li Wei grinned. If this is the case, he would really admire these militias. Their efforts to protect the village were really considerable.
"Where do you go to when you need to buy supplies in the village?"
"We will go to Niujia Village to trade. They are closer to the county, and the old village chief is also for our safety."
After chatting with Zhang San for a while, Li Wei almost got to know the general situation.
Zhangjia Village is surrounded by mountains on three sides and is a small village built in a valley. Therefore, there are many open spaces behind it that can grow food, vegetables, etc., but it is enough for them to eat by themselves. If they do not trade with outsiders, they don’t even have iron to make weapons or cloth to make clothes.
So they would choose to go to Niujia Village, the largest nearby village, to trade. The other party is closer to the county town and stronger. They will go to the county town regularly to buy various supplies and then sell them to the surrounding villages.
Zhangjia Village usually exchanges food for what they need because they really have nothing else to do. Of course, it is natural to be given the extra price of Niujia Village.
"I understand. You have made the militia more clever recently. If we have killed those snake monsters, they will definitely send them to them next. In addition, starting today, all militiamen who defended the village will add two kilograms of grain in addition to their previous treatment, Zhang Feng will add five kilograms, and you, the captain, will add ten kilograms."
There are only 30 militias in Zhangjia Village, and everyone can use less than 100 kilograms of grain a day. The village’s treasury is enough for Li Wei to pay for more than three months. If he still has to worry about 100 kilograms of grain a day after that, then he will be embarrassing the time traveler while living, so he might as well commit suicide!
Zhang San suddenly looked surprised: "Sir, how can this be done?"
Two kilograms of grain are not a small amount. If you eat it with wild vegetables, ordinary adults will need more than half a kilogram of grain a day. The two kilograms of grain per day are enough for them to support half of their family, and his ten kilograms are enough for him to support the whole family and have more surplus!
"Well, it's tentatively true. They risk their lives to protect the village and should give them more treatment. If the situation in the village improves in the future, I will find a way to give them more benefits."
This is Li Wei’s true thought. Although ordinary villagers are indispensable, because they are the cornerstone of the village, these militiamen who are facing the highest danger on the front line must of course increase their treatment.
"By the way, Zhang San," Li Wei suddenly had an idea, "Please take the shells of the sirens to show the blacksmith whether he can make some equipment and improve the militia's defense."
The Siren will enjoy the protection of those shells. If they are made into armor and worn on them, the militia's defense will probably be stronger, right?
Chapter completed!