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Chapter 6: Maps in Troubled Times (2)

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When lunch was over, Zhao Zhenzhong walked back with more than 30 prepared elm rice bowls and wooden spoons. The children who had been cleaned sat around the hut and looked at Zhao Zhenzhong with timid eyes with fear.

Zhao Zhenzhong stood in front of them: "Since you are destined to come here, everyone must abide by the rules here. The rules here are very simple, that is, you are not allowed to run around, waste food, urinate or defecate anywhere, steal things, fight or be lazy. Let me tell you other rules later."

Paused for a while, and then said, "These bowls, chopsticks and spoons are placed here. After a while, everyone will line up to collect them. After receiving the bowls, chopsticks and spoons, they will line up to get the meal at the door. In the past or two days, you can only eat porridge, pickles, and pickles before you can eat other things after your body is used to. Also, after the meal, everyone will take their own bowls, chopsticks, spoons and go to the other side to line up to clean them. Since they are all eating in the same pot, they are all brothers and sisters. Those older should try to help, take care of those younger, and those younger should respect the older ones. In the future, they will queue in order every time they eat, and everyone must remember them."

During a noisy, the little ones lined up to the door with bowls, chopsticks and spoons. Kuang Zhenjue and Zhou Tian served them porridge and pickles in turn. Zhao Zhenzhong reminded them: "Senior brother, Zhou Tian, ​​please pay attention. Each person can eat at most two bowls of porridge and rice, so as not to have problems suddenly caused by overeating." The two nodded and agreed.

After lunch, the small people were arranged to rest in the hut. The hut originally had five main rooms, one in the middle was a living room and a dining room hall. There were four bedrooms on both sides of the main room, which belonged to Lao Dao and Zhao Zhenzhong. There were two side rooms on both sides of the main room, and the two on the east were also bedrooms, one of which belonged to Kuang Zhenjue. One on the west was a kitchen and the other was a storage room for harvests these days. Now among the several thatched huts, Lao Dao's bedroom was given to his son, four grandchildren and another boy; Li Shifen, three granddaughters and two other girls were in the empty hut on the east side; Kuang Zhenjue's bedroom was given to six boys; Zhou Hao moved to Zhao Zhenzhong's room and freed up a room for the remaining three girls.

When the children went to the hut to rest, Zhao Zhenzhong and the other two, Li Laodao, Li Shifen, Kuang Zhenjue, Li Tongsheng and others came to the shade of the tree outside the house to discuss how they will be in the future.

Old Dao Li looked at everyone and said, "Tell me, what should I do in the future?"

Li Shifen and Li Kuansheng looked at each other without saying a word. They were originally farming in the countryside. Although they had knowledge, it was difficult to tell that they were Chou Yin and Mao when they encountered this situation at once. Moreover, they could not bear to save so many people on the road this time, and they thought that Old Dao Li should be considered relatively developed here, but the situation in front of them was obviously not.

Kuang Zhenjue thought for a while and suggested: "Master, can you ask Taiqing Palace to help solve it?"

"The Taiqing Palace can allow us to stay here because of Zhao's incense, qualifications and talent. Even the rice and grain I give now is also obtained by Zhao and his friends helping to protect the mountains and forests. Besides, even if we help refugees, Taiqing Palace doesn't need to pass through us. There is no need to think about this." Old Taoist Li, but the worldly affairs are clear.

"Brother Zhao, you guys have many ideas, what are the best solutions?" Old Dao Li couldn't help but speak.

"Master, we have a total of 26 people now, which is an average of one kilogram of grain per person, and it costs about 800 kilograms per month. Nearly 10,000 kilograms of grain a year is required. This is still calculated according to the low standards. If we calculate at least double the consumption of Xiaohao and I practice every day, it will be 20,000 kilograms of grain, which is not considered the various meats that we need."

Except for Zhou Tian and Zhou Hao, the other people were all breathing after hearing what Zhao Zhenzhong said. Old Dao Li asked: "Is so much needed?"

Zhao Zhenzhong nodded and said, "Don't think that Xiaohao and I consume less food every day, it's because we have all kinds of meat we capture every day, and we have enough oil and water. But with so many people, I will definitely not meet our current standards by hunting alone."

After pausing for a while, Zhao Zhenzhong continued, "And this is just food consumption and clothes consumption. Now they are all children. When they are growing up, they can't wear clothes for at most two years. In this way, with the change of washing, they need to provide two sets of various clothes every two years. I don't know the current situation of each person consuming cloth, so the master should know it. Now we are twenty-six people, and there may be more in the future."

"Too many." Li Shifen roughly calculated the consumption of cloth in her heart, shook her head and sighed.

"There are also places to live. As children grow up, they can't be crowded with six or seven people in such a small thatched hut, and the house needs to be built." Zhao Zhenzhong continued, "But fortunately, after the stone cave is completed, it can basically alleviate the living conditions within a few years."

"Our problem now is the grain we need for life. We can't afford such a large amount and have no money to buy it, so we can only solve it ourselves. Before this winter comes, we must at least cultivate more than 30 acres of land nearby and plant wheat. This is not enough. After the spring next year, we must reclaim the land and plant other crops, and try to be high-yield. Potatoes, corn, and sweet potatoes are fine. In this way, if the weather is good, we will not have to worry about food problems after next summer."

"The nearly eight months from now to before next summer will be the most critical. It will be difficult for us to survive this winter alone. We can ask for help from Taiqing Palace." Zhao Zhenzhong looked at Old Dao Li and continued, "What the master said just now is right. Taiqing Palace will basically not make efforts for nothing but let us earn good people. We ask for help, but it is not for nothing."

"We must first ask the Taiqing Palace to agree to us to reclaim the land. We will not pay the rent for the first year, and we will pay 10% of the rent for the second and third years. Three years later, according to the rules of the Taiqing Palace. The Taiqing Palace can increase the land without spending it on its own and receive rent. It is estimated that this requirement is not difficult to achieve. Of course, the tools we use to reclaim wasteland must also be temporarily borrowed from the Taiqing Palace."

"Then, we borrowed grain from Taiqing Palace. We borrowed 4,000 kilograms of grain and returned it after the autumn harvest next year, and used 10% of the grain as interest. This can be achieved through negotiation, and at least a certain amount of grain can be borrowed."
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