Ancient natural disasters: The whole family traveled through time and was almost wiped out

Chapter 51

"Master, if I really didn't want to be in charge, why would I resign and come back?" Jiang Yipei smiled helplessly.

"Wow--" Old Master Jiang immediately hugged Jiang Yipei and burst into tears: "Good boy, good boy!"

The other tribesmen were also very excited, but Jiang Yipei waved his hand and said, "Grandpa, please listen to me first."

"You say it, you say it!"

"You won't be able to understand how serious the situation is until you experience it firsthand, so I've made it clear that if I'm in charge, then everything will be under my control," Jiang Yipei said.

"Of course!" Jiang Xiubai was the first to respond, and his father immediately echoed: "Brother, I'll listen to you!"

Naturally, the villagers would have no objections - they just wanted to listen to him.

It's scary that he doesn't care about anything!

"If you say you can't do it in the future, don't blame me for giving up. The situation is serious. I can do my best to protect my family, but it is really difficult to protect the entire clan."

It's already so difficult, if you guys keep causing trouble for me every other day, I won't be tired enough.

The villagers also understood, and rolled up their sleeves and swore in front of their ancestors that they would absolutely be obedient, would never go west if told to go east, and would never chase away geese if told to catch chickens.

However, Jiang Yipei's face did not show much expression. He looked at the tribesmen who took the oath one by one, and suddenly said, "I would like to ask all uncles to estimate the rice harvest this season, and my father will record it."

“???” This sudden thing made people a little confused.

"Brother Pei? What are you going to do?" Old Master Jiang asked with a frown on his face.

Jiang Yipei said, "Time is running out. I plan to use a harvester to harvest all the rice in the village and then distribute it. All of you uncles and brothers are good at farming and know the output of the land. Please report a number. When all the rice is harvested, you can bring the rice back home according to the number you reported."

Quiet.

silence.

Quiet as a chicken.

Bring back the rice according to the number they reported?

How much can I move back if I report it?

Is this a good thing?

The people in the village looked at each other.

Is this a pie in the sky or a test from Jiang Yipei?

Do you want to test their character?

Thinking of what Jiang Yipei just said about "giving up the task", everyone couldn't help but tighten their skin.

If I try to take advantage of you at this time, what if Pei Ge quits?

By then, can the two extra handfuls of rice that I stole help my family live a few more days?

No!

So everyone honestly gave their estimates.

How could a farmer who works in the fields for food not know how much grain there is in his fields?

Jiang Lizheng nodded to Jiang Yipei. Everyone was honest and the figures they reported were basically from the previous year, some of which were even a little lower.

Jiang Yipei had thought of the method of unified harvesting and redistribution from the beginning, but was unable to implement it due to lack of conditions. But now it is different, as various reasons have catalyzed the creation of such conditions.

"Thank you all for your cooperation. I will not charge you the twenty cents per mu of land as mentioned in the beginning. But I hope each household will give half a stone of grain to the clan to supply the patrol team to be formed in the future. I will select the patrol team members from each household." Jiang Yipei really admired himself to death. It saved trouble and tested people's hearts. So he generously collected rice for the villagers for free.

Jiang Xiubai felt a little sad that the little money was gone before he even got it, but he said nothing and cooperated with Jiang Yipei in the duet.

When some people first heard about forming a patrol team, they were confused. But after the two of them talked about it, they gradually understood that natural disasters and man-made disasters go hand in hand.

Jiangjia Village is doing well, so many people come to rob it.

With the patrol team, the village’s public security and the safety of the villagers can be improved to a higher level.

The villagers were also worried that half a stone of food for each household might not be enough, so the patrol team must have enough people, and they had to be young and strong men - those who could eat the most.

Since no one cheated on such an important matter as grain and they were very supportive of Jiang Yipei's work, it meant that future cooperation should be pleasant. Jiang Yipei really agreed to be the leader. He lit three incense sticks again, stood in front of the ancestral seat, and bowed respectfully: "Ancestors, I, the descendant Jiang Yipei, will do my best to take care of the clan."

"Good!" Jiang Xiubai took the lead in applauding. Not a single bit of that damn sense of ritual could be missed.

Thunderous applause suddenly broke out in the ancestral hall, accompanied by shouts of "good".

Jiang Yipei: “…” Not really.

Everyone in the ancestral hall felt relieved.

I promised my ancestors that this matter can’t be avoided.

With Jiang Yipei taking the lead, it is better to have something more active than being like loose sand.

They have seen everything Jiang Yipei has done for the family over the years and are grateful in their hearts, so they are naturally willing to follow him.

Therefore, the more heartless Jiang Yipei's words were, the more serious the situation was, and the more uncertain the villagers felt.

Looking at the people who relied on him, amid the applause, Jiang Yipei smiled on the surface but cried in his heart.

He knew very well that he did not have the same responsibility towards this tribe as the original owner did, and he was even afraid that they would blackmail him.

The family is a big family, and there are more than 600 people in the village. To be honest, he doesn't want to be responsible for so many people.

But everyone gets what they want, and being in it, he can't avoid it.

Anyway, he has gained the right to speak, but he is not that happy about it.

"Alright, alright." Jiang Yipei made a downward motion with his hands: "Forget about the ritual stuff. We have something very important to do tonight. Have you all eaten?"

"I've eaten!" Jiang Yida answered loudly.

Jiang Xiubai looked at his father like a fool. Have you eaten? Did you eat air?

He really didn't expect that the person who was most excited at this mobilization meeting was actually his father!

"It will be fine after dinner." Jiang Yipei said, "Every household, bring your torches, baskets, bags, and anything that can hold rice. We have to work overtime tonight."

"Why are you in such a hurry? Pah! No, I mean, it's inconvenient to work at night!" Old Master Jiang said with a Pah sound.

Jiang Yipei explained: "The county magistrate is probably on his way to our village. I'm just afraid that he doesn't want to wait until dawn."

According to his original understanding of this classmate, he is an impatient person and would definitely not be able to sit still after learning about this. The fact that he hasn't come yet is most likely because he wasted some time in making plans.

"Ah? County Magistrate?" Old Master Jiang had a puzzled look on his face. "It's so late, what is the County Magistrate doing in our village?"

"Harvester?" Jiang Xiubai asked with raised eyebrows.

Before Jiang Yipei could answer, Old Master Jiang jumped up and said, "Harvester? The county magistrate wants to steal our harvester?"

At this moment, Jiang Xiubin hurried over and said, "Uncle, the county magistrate is here..."

"Are they really here to steal the harvester?!" The villagers were shocked. They stood up one by one and surrounded the county magistrate who had just entered.