Chapter 2066 Meeting Zhang Fei
At this time, Wen Rensheng also encountered the same problem.
How should he eat?
After living so many worlds, this was the first time Wen Rensheng had to think about how to eat.
This is really a characteristic of the Three Kingdoms world.
Have a meal.
That’s right, from the common people to the wars of princes, everything revolves around food issues.
The fundamental reason for the failure of several Wuhou Northern Expeditions was the difficulty in transporting grain and grass and the inability to maintain a long-term confrontation.
This is why the weather is not as good as the right place.
Eating is a big problem.
Wen Rensheng thought carefully and searched for this body memory.
His father, surnamed Zhao, was a small landowner who originally owned 100 acres of land. His family was in Anci County, Zhuo County, Youzhou, with a family of six.
Four sons, both parents are alive.
He is the third oldest and is 17 years old this year.
There is also a fourth child, who is not an adult, only 12 years old.
The father took out 80 acres of land and divided it equally among his four sons, each of whom got 20 acres.
The youngest son is not considered an adult yet, so for the time being, he is still farming for his father.
At the level of the Han Dynasty, in fact, 20 acres of land, if it was your own, was just enough to survive.
One hundred acres of land, fifty acres of grain fields, fifty acres of mulberry fields, only in the Han Dynasty could people have enough food and clothing.
The grain output in the Han Dynasty was like this.
Each stone is 120 kilograms.
If the land is irrigated, wheat can yield more than two stones, that is, 250 to 300 catties.
Chao Cuo once said: "Today's farmer's family of five can only serve two people, and the number of people who can cultivate can only be one hundred acres. The harvest from one hundred acres can only be three hundred shi."
The mu here is 457 square meters, but the pound in the Han Dynasty was also 250 grams per pound. This is the difference between the Han Dynasty and modern times.
So in modern units, 667 square meters is one mu, and 500 grams is one catty, which is 257 catties per mu.
The prerequisite is that there must be water, and at least there cannot be continuous drought.
There are also channels to water the ground.
If it doesn’t rain for several months, there will be no harvest.
When it comes to acres and grain output in the Three Kingdoms world, Wen Rensheng will automatically convert it into later generations units to avoid trouble.
That is to say, his father's one hundred acres, which is also one hundred acres of land for future generations.
In fact, he knew that most people didn't know the difference either.
The basis for the evolution of the Three Kingdoms world is still based on the common sense of ordinary people.
In this way, 20 acres of land can produce 5,000 kilograms of grain.
There seems to be a lot of food.
But first of all, this land is yours.
Secondly, you have to pay taxes.
There were very few taxes in the Han Dynasty, only one tax per thirty, which can be said to be none.
However, this does not mean that the burden is light.
Because there are local apportionments, poll taxes, and corvées. All these things add up. If this land is completely yours, you will also have to hand over half of the harvest.
That means there are only 2,500 kilograms of grain left.
Ordinarily, if you have 2,500 kilograms of grain per person, a strong laborer will eat three kilograms of grain a day.
After one year, I will naturally have enough food and clothing, and I will have more than 1,000 kilograms left, so I can accumulate something and buy a family business.
However, once you get married and have children, you will quickly run out of food.
And this is just a rough calculation, there are various other expenses.
Farming also costs money.
Farm tools will wear out, seeds need to be purchased, and fertilizers also need to be purchased, which is farmyard manure.
In the Han Dynasty, farmyard manure became the main source of fertilizer.
The "Book of Pansheng" records the use of human excrement, livestock manure, etc. to make organic fertilizer. The treated animal excrement is odorless, tasteless, shiny, black, rich in fertility, has high microbial activity, and can be loosened. soil, increasing yields.
These fertilizers have to be bought with money to achieve high yields, otherwise they will be left fallow.
In addition, in daily life, we also need to buy necessary items such as salt, as well as other clothes and the like.
If you have any headache or fever, you will have to spend money.
So with 20 acres of land, calculated carefully, the weather will be smooth and we can still maintain food and clothing.
Once something happens, you have to work hard to survive.
If you don’t have land, you can only live on rented land.
The rate for those who rent a child well is 50%, and the general rate is 60%.
Why is it so high?
Because there are too many people, there are many people renting crops.
This is rolled up.
Even 80% to 90% of the extreme ones have basically nothing left. The benefits are taxes and the like, which are also the burden of the owner.
That is to say, working for others is free, and one has to eat food to survive.
It can be said to be rolled to the extreme.
Of course this is the scene at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. During the Three Kingdoms period, this place had not yet been involved.
After all, there is still a lot of mountainous land that can be reclaimed.
There are many people who escape into the mountains to cultivate land.
For example, Zhang Yan founded the Black Mountain Army by cultivating the valleys in the Taihang Mountains in Zhongshan, Changshan, Zhaojun, Shangdang, Hanoi and other places.
If you rent land, it will be difficult to eat food, and you can only eat bran.
Some people may never put on a new piece of clothing in their entire life.
What are consumables? This is pure consumables.
The consumables in real society cannot be compared with this at all.
There is no comparison at all.
After Wen Rensheng sorted out his memory, he took the hoe home.
Of course he knew it was useless to do these jobs.
This is the vision.
After returning home, I saw my father sitting under the eaves and resting.
Have long and short conversations.
"When will it rain today?"
"When a man is alive, he should carry a three-foot sword, why should he sigh like a child?"
Of course this was not said by Wen Rensheng , but Xiaohuan was rushing to answer.
"Lao San, you, where did you learn this saying?" Fortunately, Father Zhao couldn't understand this classical Chinese saying, or he couldn't understand it at all.
He only regarded it as a young man learning to talk to the big shots in the county and going home to show off.
This is just like the children of later generations who learned how to speak from their teachers and then learned it for adults when they went home, such as why the teacher did not allow smoking.
Zhao’s father is less than 50 years old this year and has four children.
I am also entering old age.
“Learned from a county captain in the county town.” Wen Rensheng said casually.
"Sure enough, don't be greedy. Have you watered the seedlings in the field? We don't have much food at home. If you have nothing to do, just rest and save food." Father Zhao said.
"Well," Wen Rensheng sighed, "With the severe drought now, we can't survive by farming, so it's better to make plans early."
"What should we do?" Father Zhao looked sad.
"We have to escape as soon as possible."
"Escape, where can we go? It's great to be at home, but it's hard to go out for a day." Father Zhao shook his head.
Wen Rensheng said seriously: "Our home is located in Zhuo County, next door to Zhuo County. There is Zhang Fei and Zhang Yide. I heard that he is a hero. We can join them."
Yes, Wen Rensheng wanted to join Mr. Zhang.
Zhang Fei is a man who values scholars.
I just lied a little bit, and it was no problem to eat some pork...
Although he had no reputation, at any rate, Mr. Zhang’s early days were not likely to be favored by any scholars.
As long as he can talk about the general trend, Sanye Zhang will be good at that piece of pork.
What's more, Mr. Zhang was not so wild in the early stage. Killing people, old and young, was like killing a chicken.
The reason why he chose Liu Guanzhang is of course very simple.
One-third of the foundation of the Three Kingdoms world lies in Liu Guanzhang. Wen Rensheng believes that the world should follow the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Then you vote for Mr. Zhang in advance and survive the famine in the early stage. Later, you can successfully rely on the three sworn brothers to join Liu Bei's line.
After finally stabilizing, whether to be independent or continue to support Liu depends on the situation.
As for how to determine whether it evolved according to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, just look at whether Hua Xiong was killed by Sun Jian or Guan Yu.
If it’s the former, it’s Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
In 191 AD, the Kwantung warlords united to attack Dong Zhuo.
Dong Zhuo sent general Hu Zhen to lead Hua Xiong and others to attack Sun Jian, who was the governor of Changsha at the time, but was defeated by Sun Jian. Hua Xiong was defeated by Sun Jian in the battle.
If it's the latter, it's Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
If you want to know whether a person has only read Romance of the Three Kingdoms or has read Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, just take Hua Xiong as a benchmark.
Now, if Wen Rensheng wants to live simply, the most convenient way is to seek refuge with Mr. Zhang to earn a living.
And he is a modern person, so some etiquette and respectability are definitely not the same as those of ancient people.
Only Liu Bei can tolerate this.
After all, Liu Bei lacked advisers, and he himself had become the shepherd of Yuzhou and the emperor's uncle, but he could still tolerate Zhuge Liang's high position.
Not to mention the earliest days.
Jian Yong in the early days was also a dissolute man.
At this moment, Zhao's father was overjoyed at first, then shook his head and said: "He is a hero, we are just ordinary households without courage, how can we be favored by him?"
He rashly defected to us. In the past, you could only be a sharecropper. It was better to wait for the rain at home with a hundred acres of land.
"I got a book a few days ago and gained a lot of knowledge. I am confident that I can get a job as a guest." Wen Rensheng said casually.
"Oh, then you go first, settle down, and then pick us up." Father Zhao didn't have much doubt and actually agreed directly.
Wen Rensheng was not surprised.
These are already turbulent years.
Many people in the same village are fleeing.
Father Zhao is not surprised.
Let one go and save a mouthful of food.
"Okay, I'll go." Wen Rensheng clasped his fists and left.
Of course you can’t leave directly, but go to the kitchen to collect some dry food and water.
This trip, even though we are in the same county, still takes two days.
Not long after, the second brother came back from work.
Then I heard from my father that the third child was going to the next county to eat at a wealthy restaurant.
"How to get around in Zhuoxian County?" The second brother came over quickly and asked.
"There is a butcher Zhang in the next county. He is a heroic man and has a rich family. In such a drought, it is just the right time to take refuge and make a living." Wen Rensheng said the same thing.
The second brother said: "Since the third brother said so, he will inevitably starve to death at home, so he might as well go with him."
The second child is actually idle. Young people always don't like to do those farm jobs. Only when they get older, marry and have children, and have no other choice, will they work hard to do these farm jobs.
Then the two brothers prepared to go together.
Wen Rensheng will not simply hit the road.
I made wooden sticks and wooden armor overnight.
It means cutting wood chips and sewing them into clothes, although it is uncomfortable.
But it can resist the attacks of ordinary people.
The average person is not very strong, and thick wood chips can reduce the damage to a great extent.
When future generations face zombies, it is also recommended to use books as protection.
It wasn't until the third day, when they were ready, that they set off.
Sure enough, I met the robbers just 30 miles out of the village.
They were said to be robbers, but they were actually people on the run from the next village.
As long as you don’t know it directly, you can grab it.
"Hurry up and throw the dry food, otherwise I will kill you!" Several refugees waved their farm tools.
In comparison, it was not as good as the wooden stick made by Wen Rensheng himself. At any rate, he also had precious iron nails hammered into the wooden stick and a sickle tip tied on it.
“Hmph, if you don’t want to die, get out!”
Although Wen Rensheng doesn't have any physical strength, he is firstly a young man, and secondly, he has accumulated countless experience in fighting competitions and his eyesight is still there.
With armor (wooden armor) and long soldiers (long wooden sticks), it can still be done with more than a dozen.
“Fight!”
Wen Rensheng stepped forward alone, moved flexibly, and stabbed one person in the thigh with a sickle, then quickly dodged and injured another person.
In short, try to move with your feet, create a one-on-one situation, open up the field, and prevent them from surrounding you at the same time.
If surrounded, unless you have heavy armor, you can fight 1 against many.
Even that is dangerous.
If you are hugged from behind and pushed down by two or three people who dare to die, the heavier your armor, the more unlucky it will be.
So there is also a horse.
If you have speed, you can kill dozens or hundreds of people with 1.
But now, the second child is stunned.
He didn’t expect that this ordinary third brother would become so powerful after leaving the village!
Who would have thought at this time that Butcher Zhang would become a famous Third Master in the future?
“Ah, run!”
After Wen Rensheng injured three people, seven or eight refugees ran away in fear.
"A group of guys who bully the weak and fear the strong!"
Wen Rensheng shook his head.
Of course he won't be angry about anything.
It’s just some poor consumables.
Some fame also began to spread.
After all, there were seven or eight people who escaped, so it was impossible not to go out and brag.
I heard that there was a man named Zhao Laosan in Zhaojia Village, who could defeat ten people with one person.
Then the two of them inquired together and soon found out where Zhang Fei was.
After all, Zhang Fei’s family is a well-known wealthy family in the county.
The wealthy households these days are different from those in modern times. It is easy to find a wealthy family with a big business.
It's a pity that I came to Zhang Fei's manor.
After asking for an audience, the gatekeeper said with disdain: "If you want to invest in a village, you can become a tenant farmer, and the rent is 50% per acre."
If we come to plant it, Damn it, are you still here?
Wen Rensheng smiled: "You are a family that looks down on others. I have always heard that although your master is a butcher, he has great ambitions. Not to mention that the current general is also a butcher... ..."
These words are a bit insulting to your Majesty, and the county magistrate may take them to trial.
But there will be chaos soon, so no one will care about this matter.
"You, General He..." Menzi obviously didn't know what was going on in the court, but he sounded very powerful.
"Go and inform your master quickly, otherwise, look at my wooden stick!" Wen Rensheng took out the bloody wooden stick directly.
“You, wait.” Menzi decided to be a little more cowardly.
"What, someone said that I have great ambitions and want to take refuge with me?" Zhang Fei's tone was very surprised and a little excited.
After all, it’s exciting to hear it.
How did he know that these were two people who came to eat and drink together.
"Yes, that's what he said. He also said that the general is also a butcher."
"That's the general He Jin." Zhang Fei was obviously educated.
He is a butcher, so he naturally has money to study, and he also has money to listen to some bureaucratic clerks in the county.
"Yes, yes, that's what he said, saying that General He Jin was also a butcher."
Then Zhang Fei saw Wen Rensheng and the two at the gate of the manor.
"Are you two strong men?" He was a little disappointed when he saw that the two of them were not tall enough.
"That's it. We have always heard that Zhang Zhuang has great ambitions. At a time when troubled times are approaching, we have come to join him and help with great things." As soon as Wen Rensheng said a few words, he asked Zhang Fei to I know this is no ordinary farmer.
Most farmers are not good at speaking. How can they speak like Wen Rensheng?
Do you still know that troubled times are coming?
There is no Yellow Turban Uprising yet, and ordinary farmers must not know about it.
Only one must be at least a county magistrate or above to foresee this.
(End of this chapter)