The village chief’s house is too small to accommodate the behemoths like Zhao Lei, White Deer, and Black Sheep.

The village chief had no choice but to take Zhao Lei, Bailu, Heiyang, Li Jincheng, and Li Ergou to the Lijia Village Ancestral Hall.

The Lijiacun ancestral hall is about 70 square meters.

This space is still a bit small for the four-meter-tall Zhao Lei, the three-meter-tall white deer (plus antlers), and the two-meter-high black sheep, but it can barely fit in.

However, Zhao Lei could only use the table in front of the God's Lord card as a chair to lean against, while White Deer and Black Sheep stood beside him.

After the village chief's narration, Zhao Lei finally understood the current situation of Lijia Village.

The total population of Lijia Village is more than 600, making it a medium-sized village.

Among them, more than 200 men aged 20 to 60 were captured by the government and sent to serve.

Some are serving in the military, and some are doing projects such as paving roads and building bridges.

There has been no news from nearly a hundred people who served in the military for more than a year, including Yangyang’s father. However, since no bodies were seen and the court did not announce their deaths or pay them pensions, the village chief still

Counted.

The rest, if they are still alive, will probably come back to the village one after another this winter.

Because some of them served for one month, some for two months, and some for three months.

If you serve for three months, you will be exempted from land rent.

Most families who have no land in their hands will serve for three months.

Of the nearly 400 people left, half are between 20 and 60 years old, but most of them are women. There are less than 30 men in their prime. It was Lijiacun who scrapped pots and sold iron to raise enough money to help them avoid corvee and stay to defend the village.

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The other half are the elderly and young people or children under the age of twenty.

To support these 5-600 people, if we only rely on farming, we will need at least 2,000 acres of land, and that is even if there is a good harvest.

Lijiacun does have 3,000 acres of cultivated land.

But some of them have been bought by the landlords through tyrannical tactics.

Part of it belongs to the government.

The land that belongs to my village is only more than a thousand acres.

Coupled with various taxes such as the head tax, Lijiacun can be said to really need to be frugal in order to survive.

After all, the taxes and corvee in this era are really terrifying for ordinary people like them.

How much you charge and how long you serve depends entirely on the whim of the local government.

The imperial court said that every ten taxes were taxed, but often those who were officials would increase the fire consumption (the consumption of smelting into silver) to an infinite amount.

Therefore, even if everyone occasionally has some surplus, they will save it for emergencies.

Lijiacun has had poor harvests for several consecutive seasons.

By this season, it can be said that we are running out of ammunition and food.

If something unexpected happens to this batch of harvest, they may become refugees, and then the tragic situation of being displaced and cannibalized will be staged.

Therefore, Zhao Lei's arrival will undoubtedly make things worse for them. That's why Li Jincheng made a desperate move and led the villagers up the mountain to kill monsters.

However, if Zhao Lei can really lead them through this difficulty.

To be honest, being held captive by Zhao Lei doesn't seem to be unacceptable.

After finishing the story, the village chief even had some expectations in his heart and said uncertainly: "Your Majesty, can you really help our Lijia Village overcome this difficulty?"

Before Zhao Lei could answer, the black sheep on the side said arrogantly: "What's so difficult about this? When my eldest brother took us to avenge Mother Deer, not only did we seize the cultivation method from the squirrel spirit, but also a copy of Xiao Yun Yu Jue!

If you want to make rain fall, as long as you learn the method, isn't it just a matter of moving your fingers?"

The squirrel spirit is the little monster stationed on the top of this mountain.

Whether it was Zhao Lei's tiger mother, black sheep mother, or white deer mother, they were all killed by this squirrel spirit. So the first thing after transforming, Zhao Lei took the white deer and black sheep to kill the squirrel.

Jing avenges mothers.

The Long Live Fox King would regularly send monsters to collect ‘meat’, which he also learned from the mouth of the squirrel spirit.

The basic breathing method of the demon clan that the three brothers are now practicing was also seized from him.

In addition, there is also a book called Xiao Yun Yu Jue.

But Zhao Lei thought it was useless, so he didn't learn it.

The village chief's eyes gleamed and he said excitedly: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, is this true?"

Zhao Lei said nonchalantly: "I have a copy of Xiao Yun Yu Jue. After I learn it, I can control the wind and rain. But I have no intention of learning it."

The village chief was stunned.

Li Jincheng and Li Ergou were also stunned.

Immediately, Li Jincheng raised his hands and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, why don't you learn? Is your Majesty dissatisfied with Jincheng for offending your Majesty before? If so, Jincheng should first apologize to your Majesty here. If your Majesty can bring rain to the village, Jin will

After you succeed, you will definitely obey your orders and will no longer have any questions about your Majesty’s orders.”

Zhao Lei waved his hand: "Since you are a scholar, you should know very well that it is better to teach a person to fish than to give him a fish. It is better to teach a person to desire than to give him a fish. Even if I learned it today, I will help you solve the problem of rainfall.

problem. But I can’t help you with rainfall for the rest of my life. If you want your village to live better, you should let them learn to think on their own and how to permanently solve the problem."

There is another point that Zhao Lei didn’t say.

Due to the nature of the system, it is impossible to reward him with attributes every time it rains. Naturally, Zhao Lei cannot help them with rain.

However, even so, just this sentence "It is better to teach a person to fish than to teach a man to fish. It is better to teach a person to desire than to teach a man to fish." This sentence was enough to shock Li Jincheng for a long time.

He even kept repeating this sentence in his mouth, as if he was comprehending the essence of the sentence.

It didn’t take long.

When he raised his head again and looked into Zhao Lei's eyes, he was full of joy and excitement. At the same time, he was even more looking forward to how Zhao Lei would help the village solve the water source problem.

No, if Zhao Lei can really help Lijiacun solve the problem without relying on magic, then it may not only be Lijiacun who will benefit!

This method is likely to benefit people all over the world!

Then even if his Lijiacun really becomes the victim of Zhao Lei's belly in the end, their Lijiacun will be worthy of the world!

Li Jincheng lowered his head again and said, "Your Majesty, Jincheng has learned a lesson."

On the other side, Li Ergou, who seemed to understand, once again refreshed his understanding of Zhao Lei when he saw the scene in front of him.

No matter what others said before.

Monsters are bad.

Monsters eat people.

He felt that the tiger demon in front of him was very different today.

It seems...it seems to be very different from the monsters everyone talks about.

And what surprised him even more was that since even Brother Jincheng showed his willingness to be inferior to the tiger demon's knowledge, he felt a sense of curiosity in his heart, and he wanted to better understand the tiger demon in front of him.

, instead of listening to what others say.

Even he himself didn't notice that the way he looked at Zhao Lei was different.

There is a hint of admiration in it.

However, just because no one noticed his strangeness, it doesn't mean that Bai Lu couldn't notice it.

And not only did he notice it, he also knew very well what it meant.

Because this look is the same as the look he and his third brother looked at their eldest brother!

Bai Lu unconsciously showed her aunt's smile.
Chapter completed!