At this time, Wen Rensheng also encountered the same problem.
How should he eat?
After living in so many worlds, this was the first time that 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, whether it's as small as the common people or as large as the wars between princes, they all revolve 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 favorable as the location.
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 yet 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.
Only with one hundred acres of land, fifty acres of grain fields, and fifty acres of mulberry fields could people have enough food and clothing to live in the Han Dynasty.
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 kilograms, that is, 250 to 300 kilograms.
Chao Cuo once said: "Today, for a family of five farmers, there are no more than two farmers, and the number of people who can cultivate is no more than a hundred acres. The harvest from a hundred acres is only three hundred shi."
An mu here is 457 square meters, but a 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 fields.
If it doesn't rain for several months, the harvest will be lost.
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.
In other words, one hundred acres of his father's land will be one hundred acres of land for future generations.
In fact, he knew that most people didn't know these differences either.
The basis for the evolution of the Three Kingdoms world is still based on ordinary people's common sense.
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 also 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 have to eat three kilograms of grain a day.
After a 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 start 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 has costs.
Farm tools will wear out, seeds need to be purchased, and fertilizers need to be purchased, which is farmyard manure.
In the Han Dynasty, farmyard manure became the main source of fertilizer.
"The Book of Pan Sheng" records the use of human excrement, livestock manure, etc. to make organic fertilizer. These treated animal excrements are odorless, tasteless, shiny and black, rich in fertility, and have high microbial activity, which can loosen the soil and increase yields.
These fertilizers have to be purchased at a high cost to achieve high yields, otherwise they will be left fallow.
In addition, in daily life, we also need to buy necessities such as salt and other clothes.
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.
Those who are good at renting are 50%, and the general rate is 60%.
Why is it so high?
Because the population is too large, there are many people renting crops.
This is rolled up.
Even in extreme cases, 80% to 90% of them basically have nothing left, and 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 I have to pay for food at Hukou.
It can be said to be rolled to the extreme.
Of course, this was 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 have fled into the mountains to cultivate land.
For example, Zhang Yan relied on cultivating the valleys in the Taihang Mountains in Zhongshan, Changshan, Zhaojun, Shangdang, Hanoi and other places to create the Black Mountain Army.
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 lives.
What are consumables? This is pure consumables.
Consumables in real society simply cannot be compared with this.
They can't be compared at all.
After Wen Rensheng sorted out his memory, he took the hoe home.
Of course he knew it was useless to do all this work.
This is the vision.
After returning home, I saw my father sitting under the eaves and resting.
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 by Xiao Huan who was rushing to answer.
"Lao San, you, where did you learn this saying?" Fortunately, Father Zhao couldn't understand this classical Chinese expression, or he couldn't understand it at all.
He just treated him as a young man learning to talk to the big shots in the county and showing off at home.
This is just like the children of later generations who learned what their teachers said and then learned it for adults when they went home, such as why the teacher did not allow smoking and so on.
Father Zhao is less than 50 years old this year and has four children.
He is 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." Zhao's father said.
"Well," Wen Rensheng sighed, "With the severe drought now, we can't survive by farming, so it's better to make plans in advance."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "What should we do?" Father Zhao looked sad.
"We have to escape as soon as possible."
"Where can you go to escape? It's all good to be at home, but it's hard to go out for a day." Father Zhao shook his head and said.
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.
It won’t be a problem if you just fool around with yourself and eat some pork...
Although he has no reputation, at any rate, Mr. Zhang’s early career was not likely to be favored by any scholars.
As long as he can talk about the general trend, Mr. Zhang will be fine with his mouthful of pork.
What's more, Mr. Zhang was not so wild in the early stage, killing people's children and young people was like killing chickens.
The reason why he chose Liu Guanzhang was 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 Zhang Sanye 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, then 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.
But now, if Wen Rensheng wants to live simply, the most convenient way is to seek refuge with Mr. Zhang to earn a living.
Moreover, he is a modern person, and some etiquette and respectability are definitely not the same as those of ancient people.
Only Liu Bei could tolerate this.
After all, Liu Bei lacked advisers, and he himself became the shepherd of Yuzhou and the emperor's uncle, so he could still tolerate Zhuge Liang's high position.
Not to mention the earliest days.
In the early days, Jian Yong 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, and we are just ordinary households without courage. How can they think highly of us?"
If you rashly join the labor force, you can only become a sharecropper. It is better to wait for the rain 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 days have been turbulent.
Many people in the same village are fleeing.
Father Zhao is not surprised.
Let one go and save a mouthful of food.
"Okay, I'm going." 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 farm work. 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 hurriedly made wooden sticks and wooden armor overnight.
Just cut the wood chips and sew them into the clothes, although they are 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, we only walked 30 miles out of the village when we met the robbers.
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 them directly, you can grab them.
"Hurry up and throw the dry food here, 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 least he had precious iron nails hammered into the wooden stick and a sickle tip attached to it.
"Hmph, if you don't want to die, get out of here!"
Although Wen Rensheng does not 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 his 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 the armor, the more unlucky it will be.
So there are still horses.
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!
Just like at this time, who would have thought that Zhang Butcher would become a famous Third Master in the future?
"Ah, run quickly!"
After Wen Rensheng injured three people, seven or eight refugees ran away in fear.
"A bunch of guys who bully the weak and fear the strong!"
Wen Rensheng shook his head and said.
Of course he won't be angry about anything.
They're just poor consumables.
Some fame also began to spread.
After all, there were seven or eight people who escaped, so it would be 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.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Rich households these days are different from modern ones. 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 to see him, the gatekeeper said with disdain: "If you want to join a village, that's fine. You can become a tenant farmer, and the rent is 50% per acre."
If we are here to farm, why would we come 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. What's more, the current general is also a butcher..."
These words are somewhat insulting to your Majesty, and if the county magistrate hears this, he may be punished.
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 notify your master quickly, otherwise, look at my wooden stick!" Wen Rensheng directly took out the blood-stained wooden stick.
"You, wait." Menzi decided to be more cowardly.
"What, some people say that I have great ambitions and want to join 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 a general is also a butcher."
"That's General He Jin." Zhang Fei was obviously educated.
He is a butcher, so he naturally has money to study and listen to the words of some bureaucrats and clerks in the county.
"Yes, yes, that's what he said, saying that General He Jin was also a butcher."
Later, Zhang Fei saw Wen Rensheng and the others 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 heard that Zhang Zhuang has great ambitions. At this time of troubled times, we have come to join him to help with the great event." As soon as Wen Rensheng said a few words, Zhang Fei knew that this was no ordinary farmer.
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Most farmers are not good at speaking. How could 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.
At least someone above the county magistrate level would have been able to foresee this.
