Taoyuan Village is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, the land is fertile, and the village is basically fertile farmland, so it can maintain the survival of so many people when there is no young and strong labor force in the village.

Now there are 31 acres of fertile farmland in the village, and theoretically there are 93 catties of grain every day. According to the calculation of half a catty per day for the elderly, women and children, and one catty per day for adult men, it is enough for the village to consume 30 catties of grain every day.

The output is far greater than the consumption!

Wang Hao thought that the grain in the village had been robbed by the previous rebels, but he didn't expect the old village chief to tell the truth.

It turned out that when the thieves first rose, Taoyuan Village, located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, naturally suffered a lot, and the young and strong were coerced away, not to mention, the village's grain stocks were also swept away.

In order to deal with the possibility that the warehouse would be looted again, the old village chief resorted to a trick to hide the wealth from the people, stop collecting grain from the villagers, and each family is responsible for hiding the grain themselves. However, he was afraid that when the thieves came to the village to collect grain, they would find that each family did not have any grain in stock, so he asked each family to deliberately hide two to three days of grain in a place where it was easier to find out.

Wang Hao secretly praised the old village chief in his heart, this old man who is not amazing is by no means as simple as it seems, if he is thirty years earlier, with his ability, in such a troubled era, he will definitely be able to achieve some achievements. Feng Tang is easy to get old, Li Guang is difficult to seal, and he was born at the wrong time, probably that's it.

After talking about the food problem, the next thing to talk about is money.

Money is needed for everything, from the construction of the village to the basic living materials of the villagers, it is impossible to do without money.

The easiest way to get money is to sell food.

In peacetime, it is usually sold to the government for 6 copper coins and 1 catty of grain, and when black market merchants come to collect it, it is slightly lower, it is 5 copper coins and 1 catty, and the reason why it is lower is mainly due to the problem of transportation costs.

And now in troubled times, the price of grain will naturally rise, and the official purchase price has risen to 8 copper coins and 1 catty, while the black market is still 5 copper coins and 1 catty.

Although in terms of price, the black market merchants are really black, and the official market has risen by 2 copper coins, and the black market acquisition is still the original price, but there is really no way to say anything about this.

If the price is low, you can sell it to the government yourself! The problem is, before you have left the village, the grain will be robbed, and if you don't get it right, you will lose both people and money.

In the words of a black marketeer: "We are also serving everyone, and we are also taking risks when transporting grain!" ”

Some people also suspect that some of the grain robbers may have been done by black market merchants, but everyone chose to keep silent very tacitly.

This can be regarded as an unspoken rule, and those who try to challenge the unspoken rules will eventually ......

Taoyuan Village naturally does not have the ability to transport grain to the government for sale, and has endured the "exploitation" of black market merchants for a long time. Of course, the so-called "exploitation" is Wang Hao's personal understanding, and he didn't think there was anything bad about it from the words of the old village chief, but revealed a kind of long-term cooperation that had been very good.

Yes, in the opinion of the old village chief, the two sides are indeed cooperating, and there is no question of who bullies whom.

Wang Hao made a simple calculation in his heart, according to the current situation in Taoyuan Village, the daily grain income is 93 catties, and according to the current tax rate of five taxes and one, the daily financial income is only 18.6 catties of grain at most, which is 93 when converted into copper coins, which is really enough to stumble!

Originally, I planned to build a brewery as soon as possible, but I thought that a brewery cost 22,000 copper coins, and it would take at least half a year to build it.

"What a mess!" Wang Hao sighed silently.

However, he didn't blame the old village chief, in this situation, it was already very good to be able to maintain the status quo and not let the village disperse.

However, looking back at the double mission reward, it was worth 40,000 copper coins, or nearly 2 years of financial revenue! Unexpectedly, 20 points changed the people's hearts that were not of practical use, Wang Hao couldn't help but smile bitterly.

He is not a person who likes to regret, and it is one of his guidelines to never dwell on what has passed.

Ni Ping'er didn't spend much time making the bed, the children of the poor were in charge of the house early, and at the age of 10, she had already become an expert in housework, in fact, she usually took care of the old village chief's life.

After the bed was made, Wang Hao and the old village chief chatted about the same.

There is still a lot to talk about, and there are still many issues to be studied, so don't rush it for a while, just take your time.

The old village chief said that the new village chief has just arrived, and he should take the wind and wash the dust, and there are no conditions in the village, so it is better to go to their house and rub it for a meal!

For the old village chief's kind invitation, Wang Hao naturally would not refuse, who would not be able to get along with his own five internal organs temple?

The old village chief's house was very close to the village compound, almost next to each other, and it was only a few steps away.

The rice was already in the pot, obviously Ni Ping'er had already made it before sending the mattress over, and it was just right to come over to eat at this moment.

This is the most fragrant meal Wang Hao has eaten since he entered this world, and he has never been more down-to-earth!

Although it is only a bowl of rice and a pot of vegetables, it is more delicious than the delicacies that have been eaten in the original world.

The two hungry men didn't say a word, not even make eye contact, from picking up the bowl to sweeping the pot away. It wasn't until the food was wiped out by them that they found that the grandparents and grandchildren hadn't eaten yet.

Wang Hao blushed rarely, and said embarrassedly: "I'm really sorry, this, the food is so delicious!" ”

"It's okay, it's okay, Ping'er just do it again, the two acres of land of the old man's family are enough for the two to eat, the two of them are very kind, how can a little food be repaid." The old village chief smiled innocently.

"The old village chief must not mention this matter again, now everyone is a family, and everything should be!" Liao Hua, who has always been knowledgeable, is also very surprised by his gobbling up performance just now, since Wang Hao took over as the village head, he has been thinking about his own stay, according to his original idea, he must be looking for a high branch to serve, but after experiencing the previous test of life and death, his thoughts have changed, and he began to think about whether what he was pursuing before was really what he wanted.

He felt that there were some issues that he hadn't thought about clearly, and it seemed to be a good choice to find a place to calm down and think about it, Taoyuan Village should be a good place to meditate, and it was good to stay for the time being, so there was a saying of "family".