Great Tang’s Talented Little Landlord

Think of the scene where there is no harvest in the fields and the people sell their children and girls for food, Li Wangyou shudder.

This Great Tang period of prosperity does not seem to be so beautiful.

What will happen to my family of four?

In fact, it is not difficult to eradicate locusts. The reason why locust plagues can become disasters in ancient times is because the ancients were superstitious and called locusts a punishment from the heavens.

Every time the locust plagues, the people are bound by superstition and dare not hunt the locusts. Instead, they set up sacrifices, burn incense, and worship beside the fields, and watched eagerly as large crops were devoured by locusts.

As long as the people can be convinced that locusts can be killed, the locust plague will at most reduce production, and it will not become a catastrophe of famine.

Thinking of this, Li Wangyou suddenly understood Li Er. Perhaps it was because Li Er took the lead in eating locusts in history that Great Tang officials and the people dared to kill the locusts and eliminate the locust plague.

Hey, I can’t wait for Li Er to kill the locusts. At that time, the price of food in Guanzhong is soaring. I am afraid that all four of the family will be hungry by then.

I’m also a pig’s brain, why didn’t I think of this long ago?

Li Wangyou looked sad and thought about his thoughts. In the early years of Zhenguan, the price of food was still very high, and only three hundred and sixty dollars could buy a bucket of rice. A bucket of rice is almost ten kilograms, and a family of four can eat for four or five days without saving.

I’m not sure when the locust plague will end, but based on the one-year food storage calculation, their family of four needs to store at least seventy-eighty food to survive the two-year locust plague in Zhenguan.

In other words, at the current price of food, I also need at least 30,000 yuan in copper to store enough food.

This is not counting salt, meat, vegetables, etc., all of which are estimated to be 50,000 to 60,000 yuan to buy enough food reserves to support their family of four for one year.

I knew that yesterdays hundred acres of fertile fields should not be repaid to the County Official. Even if they were sold at a discount, they could still get 200,000 yuan. How much grain can I buy?

If you hoard a batch of grain and sell it after the locust plague, the price of the grain has doubled several times, wont you make a profit? The 2,000,000 public money owed to the County Official cannot be paid off in minutes.

Thinking of this, Li Wangyou despised himself again in his heart.

In a catastrophe year, people who make a fortune by reselling food should be struck by thunder and lightning, and they cannot do such things themselves.

But due to the famine, I originally planned to make money by making wine, which is definitely not enough.

People can’t afford to eat, where else can they use precious grain to make wine? If you do that, you will be condemned by God.

But if you dont make wine, what should you do to make a huge sum of money of 2,000,000 in a year?

Seeing Li Wangyou suddenly frowning and not speaking, Su Changqing couldn’t help but ask: “Wangyou, what do you think?”

Li Wangyou smiled bitterly and leaned in Su Changqing’s ear. Whisper to her what she had just thought of.

Knowing that there will be a plague of locusts soon, and even a famine is approaching, Su Changqing couldn’t help covering his mouth and whispering.

“Wangyou, this can’t be a joke, are you sure?”

Li Wangyou is sadly nodded, he hopes it is fake. Just by looking at the locust larvae jumping around in the field, you will know how terrifying the locust plague that will cover the sky and the sun will be a month later.

“What should I do?” Su Changqing held Li Wangyou’s hand nervously with cold palms. She shuddered when she thought of the disaster and famine scenes in later film and television works.

“I will think about it again, there will be a way.” Li Wangyou comforted her, but he was thinking in his heart.

Now they only have seven or eight pennies of money on them, how long can they last for all of them to buy food? Not to mention that he has to pay back that huge debt within a year.

Li Wangyou started to have a headache. After a few days, he was really worried for the first time, and the road ahead was lost.

It’s only 20 li from Hu County to Dingzhou Village, but the dirt road is really broken. The bullock cart traveled all the way and Li Wangyou wondered if his fart-share was shattered. Up.

The ox cart swayed on the Huangtu Road for more than an hour, and finally arrived at Dingzhou Village under the Shouyang Mountain.

Dingzhou Village is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and life is quiet.

The village is backed by Qinling Shouyang Mountain, and the towering green hills dot the mountainside with a few clouds and mist, which is fascinating. The villages all around are farmland, exuding the fragrance of earth, a leisurely pastoral scenery.

When I arrived at Dingzhou Village, Li Wangyou’s mood also improved, and he was waiting to talk to Su Changqing, but saw that there was a Village Head at the entrance of the village and he had been waiting for a long time.

Dingzhou Village is poor, but it is also a big village. There are over 100 households in the village, and there is a Village Head. Village Head, also known as the village head, is mainly responsible for maintaining public order in the village.

Dingzhou Village Village Head is an old man with the surname Qian.

Li Wangyou decided to move back to Dingzhou Village. He had already asked someone to speak to Village Head. He said that he moved back today, but he didn’t expect Village Head to greet him at the entrance of the village.

He hurriedly jumped out of the bullock cart and bowed to Village Head: “Village Head Qian, it’s hard work.”

“Li Family small master is polite, old man waited for a long time Now, hurry into the village.” Village Head smiled and pulled Li Wangyou into the village with a very enthusiastic attitude.

Li Wangyou was a little confused for a while and went back to live in the old house in the village. Why is this Village Head so polite? Not only did he greet him at the entrance of the village, but he also greeted himself with warmth, so warm.

Many children along the road in the village, when they saw the ox cart entering the village, they also played and laughed constantly, but they saw Li Wangyou very comfortably, and temporarily forgot the troubles caused by the threat of locust plague.

He grew up in a rural area, and he is naturally very familiar with the scene before him. He waved hello to those urchins in a good mood. A urchin made a face at him, but he was scared away by Old Village Head’s eyes.

The village is so lively.

But Li Wangyou also sees that life in Dingzhou Village is boring. Most of the houses in the village are mud-walled thatched huts, which are ventilated and dilapidated.

After a short while, the entire group came to an old house.

Although it is an old house, it is a rare blue brick house in the village. In Li Wangyou’s memory, it was renovated after Li Zhou’s fortune.

Village Head said with a smile: “Li Family small master, yesterday I heard that you are going back to live in the village. Someone has already helped your house tidy up. If there are any missing items, just tell me, I let Someone will bring it to you.”

It can be seen that this old house has been cleaned recently, at least the weeds in the courtyard have been removed, and the doors and windows have been restored.

Seeing Village Head being so polite, Li Wangyou felt even more puzzled, and simply asked: “Village Head Qian, do you need my help?”

“It’s okay, it’s okay.” Old Village Head smiled and waved.

It’s okay to hell, Li Wangyou complained.

After all Hu County Li Clan moved away from Dingzhou Village, the two parties should have had no relationship long ago.

And his dead ghost father Li Zhou has been dead for a year and was buried in the ancestral grave of Dingzhou Village Li Clan. This is well known, and he is white again, without power and influence.

Is this Old Village Head so passionate? Is this unreasonable?

Li Wangyou was wondering, but saw that many villagers suddenly rushed out of the village, with loud voices, carrying all kinds of things toward his old house.

What is this for? Li Wangyou was completely stunned.