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.
To be continued...