Chapter 022: Appease the Victims
"This..." Liu An looked at the rice at his feet and realized that no matter how much he said, they would not believe it.
He roughly took a look at the victims present, and estimated that there should be two to three hundred people.
If each person eats 1 kilogram of grain per day, 300 people will consume 150 kilograms of grain every day.
1 stone of unhulled rice is about 14 kilograms, and 150 kilograms is 10.7 stone of grain.
Of course, in practical terms, disaster victims should not be able to eat as much as 1 catty of grain a day. Only relatively strong men need 1 catty of grain a day.
Among these people, there were many old, young, women, and children, and not all of them were strong men who needed to eat a pound of grain a day.
Based on the average daily consumption of 0.4 kilograms per person, the 8 tons of rice Liu An bought was just right. Liu An couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Originally, he bought 8 tons of rice based on the calculation of 20 people for 10 days. The other tools, tableware, bedding, etc. he bought were also calculated based on 20 people.
Because he originally only planned to select 20 single young adults from the disaster victims to work for him. If the selected people said that they had families, Liu An would not take them.
It's because he can't afford to have extra people.
But now, he is forced to support these 300 people.
Liu An sighed, it turned out that the plan could not keep up with the changes!
If I don't agree today, these people may not let me go out. Even if I am followed by a blood spirit, there is nothing I can do.
On the contrary, the victims of the disaster will not be able to survive now, so they simply break the jars and smash them. If the blood spirit breaks out and hurts people, it will trigger a deathbed counterattack from these people.
Never think that a dying person has no power to fight back.
If they risk their lives and activate all the remaining power, even if they are about to starve to death, these close to 300 people can make Liu An and Blood Spirit die without a place to die!
Liu An still has 13,375 money left, and after paying the final payment for the wooden box and ceramic tiles tomorrow, he will still have 12,375 money.
Even if all the money is bought into rice, plus the 8 shi in his car, it will only be enough for these people to eat for 8 days. After that, he and his mother will starve together with these people.
To take a step back, even if the victims were only given one meal a day to survive, Liu An's money would not be enough to feed everyone for a month.
In this way, Liu An can never really take in everyone.
At most, after dealing with the current crisis, we can pick some strong people with high compatibility to stay tomorrow, and drive away the remaining old, weak, disabled, and low compatibility people.
When the time comes, you will have strong young people with good temperament to protect you, and you will no longer be afraid of them rioting.
After thinking about the next step, Liu An no longer hesitated, sighed and said to the victims:
"Okay, I agree to your request, just follow me."
The victims waited with bated breath, and finally got hope. They couldn't help but kowtow to thank Liu An.
Seeing that these people were only kowtowing and not getting out of the way, Liu An yelled: "Don't you want to eat anymore? Why don't you get out of the way quickly!"
When the victims heard this, they got up movedly, made way for Liu An, and followed silently behind the bullock cart.
As Liu An drove the cattle forward, he paid attention to the victims who were following him nearby. He originally wanted to check the identity of these people to determine his own safety, but then he heard the system's prompt tone.
[Ding—Congratulations to the host for recruiting people loyal to the manor for the first time, and gaining 3 manor contribution points.]
[Ding—Congratulations to the host for recruiting 10 people loyal to the manor and gaining 1 manor contribution point.]
[Ding—Congratulations to the host for recruiting 20 people loyal to the manor and gaining 1 manor contribution point.]
[Ding—Congratulations to the host for recruiting 30 people loyal to the manor and gaining 1 manor contribution point.]
[Ding—Congratulations to the host for recruiting 40 people loyal to the manor and gaining 1 manor contribution point.]
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[Ding—Congratulations to the host for recruiting 260 people loyal to the manor and gaining 1 manor contribution point.]
The system's beep kept ringing, and it didn't stop until Liu An drove the ox cart outside Liujia Village.
Liu An didn't expect an unexpected surprise. It was originally just a stopgap measure, pretending to take in the victims, but he inadvertently unlocked another way to obtain contribution points.
Liu An was ecstatic, and he couldn't wait to check his current contribution.
There are as many as 29 points!
Really, if you plant flowers intentionally, they won’t bloom, if you plant willows unintentionally, they will create shade, and if you wear iron shoes, you won’t find anywhere, but it doesn’t take any effort at all!
For every 10 loyal people recruited, you can get 1 manor contribution point. This is a system tailor-made for the troubled times of the late Eastern Han Dynasty!
In this case... Liu An looked back at the victims who were following him, their faces filled with joy after the disaster.
I don’t have to be so cruel as to drive them away!
Thinking of this, Liu An was filled with emotions for a moment, and he truly felt what a lucky chance it was.
Not because I no longer have to be the evil person who chases people away, but because of this group of disaster victims.
Everyone is human. Liu An never thinks that he is nobler than others. He deserves to live and others deserve to die.
Disaster victims are also citizens!
We are all human beings, and who wouldn’t lend a helping hand if we could save them?
When these people met Liu An, it can only be said that they met the right person at the right time.
They provided Liu An with the contribution to get started, and will continue to contribute their loyalty and labor force to Liu An in the future, while Liu An is responsible for their future lives and is responsible for them.
Everyone takes what they need and helps each other, why not?
Looking at the dirty but genuinely joyful smiling faces, Liu An was also happy that they did not have to starve to death.
29 points of contribution are enough for Liu An to spare to support them.
Naturally, the activities outside Liujia Village cannot be hidden from the villagers of Liujia Village.
Liu An came back with a large group of victims. At first, these people were a little panicked, thinking that the victims were going to attack the village.
But when they saw that Liu An was driving the bullock cart at the front, these people were confused and didn't understand what Liu An was going to do.
They stood outside the door one after another, wanting to watch the excitement but not daring to get too close. They slowly gathered together to speculate and discuss.
There are so many people, and they are all ignorant people. Naturally, they can say whatever they want. They have mixed opinions about Liu An's behavior, but they all have the mentality of watching the excitement.
Liu Ming and Liu Bei also heard about this. After yesterday, their views on Liu An changed greatly, and their relationship is now good.
After hearing about it, I rushed over immediately and saw Liu An at the door of Liu An's house.
Liu An was overjoyed when he saw Liu Ming and Liu Bei emerging from the pile of victims. He just needed help.
"Deran, Xuande, you came just in time! Go to the countryside and lend me some bowls and chopsticks, the more the better! By the way, Deran, I borrowed a pair of bull martingale and bullwhip from your house, you
Take this new one back, and I won’t return the borrowed one.”
Liu An rummaged in the car and found the new pair of ox martingales and handed them to Liu Ming. Time was tight and he was too lazy to change them.
Liu Bei and Liu Ming were stunned. Before they could even ask what was going on, they were assigned to work.
However, the two of them were unambiguous and went to borrow things for Liu An first.
Liu Ming also took away the ox martingale bullwhip. He didn't have time to excuse himself and omitted unnecessary details. It was just a pair of ox martingale bullwhip and not worth much.
Then Liu An waved to the leader of the troublemakers and asked him to come over.
"Benefactor!" The man stepped forward and shouted unnaturally. He had been the one to misbehave with Liu An before, but now he was taken in by him. He was so ashamed that he didn't know how to face Liu An.
Chapter completed!