I will lead the whole village to occupy the land and become the king.

After she said this, many people in the village fell silent.

There are not many elderly people in the village now because they all froze to death last winter.

Grandpa Jiang and the others were all lucky and managed to survive in the end, but they are all in poor health now. If they can't keep warm this winter, they may not be able to survive.

There have been droughts in recent years, and the winters are colder than in previous years. Dingshui Village is poor, and every family's clothes are patched up. In winter, it is difficult for the whole family to put together a decent winter coat.

In previous years, they didn't dare to think about cloth, but although this year is a bit difficult, don't they have things that can be exchanged for silver?

"A Zheng's wife is right," Grandpa Jiang suddenly said, "We need to buy not only cloth, but also the cotton that came from the south a few years ago. It's said that it's warm."

"Yes," another old man said, "We old guys can die, but the kids can't be frozen anymore."

"Village chief, can you take some of the meat from my family and sell it in the provincial capital? We'll get as much silver as you can. Although it's still the autumn harvest season, we also have to prepare for winter." Someone said immediately.

The others also figured it out and quickly agreed.

In the end, the meat-sharing meeting turned into everyone wanting to exchange their share of the meat for silver.

Village chief Li was a little bald, and for a moment he didn't know whether he should agree or not. He habitually looked at Jiang Qinyu for help.

Jiang Qinyu pursed her lips and thought for a long time, but when she spoke again, she did not mention going to the capital to sell things.

She looked at Village Chief Li, glanced at everyone, and asked, "Uncle Village Chief, do you think our current way of working together and sharing things can last long?"

"Ah?" Village Chief Li was still confused. "What do you mean, niece?"

Jiang Qinyu said patiently, "I want to ask everyone, in a year of famine like this, is it better for each family to take care of themselves, or is it better for everyone to act together?"

"Of course it's better for everyone to work together!" someone shouted.

Others nodded.

"I think it's great now. Working together gives me so much energy!"

"And this is much better than just doing it haphazardly. We never thought we could hunt so many prey before."

"That's right! I suggest we just work together from now on!"

"..."

Everyone was talking at once, with saliva flying everywhere, but the main point was one: they wanted to live in a collective.

Seeing this, Village Chief Li looked at Jiang Qinyu and said, "Niece, do you have anything you want to tell us?"

"Yes," Jiang Qinyu nodded. "Strength lies in numbers. It's good for everyone to work together, but there's a problem with distribution. After all, in every operation, there are always those who contribute more and those who don't. This is fine in the short term, but over time, those who contribute more will start to feel dissatisfied. I don't need to explain the consequences, right?"

Village Chief Li nodded. "That's right. Then, niece, what do you think we should do?"

"We keep score. Everyone's work is recorded using work points. In our village, we record work points on a daily basis. Everything the collective receives belongs to the village first. Then, every month or at a fixed time, we go to the village to collect supplies based on our work points."

Jiang Qinyu thought as she spoke, "Of course, in order to prevent people from slacking off and not putting in enough effort, we'll need an inspection team in the city to check everyone's work every day and give them rewards and punishments."

When she paused, Village Chief Li interrupted, "Well, niece, how do you calculate and record these work points you mentioned?"

"First, let's determine everyone's daily work point base. For example, Uncle Dachui and Brother Meng are strong laborers in our village, and everyone can see how hard they work. So, they can be given ten work points per day. And that's how many points they get each month based on how many days they work."

Jiang Qinyu explained in more detail: "Let me give you an example. Just like this time we went into the mountains and brought back so much prey, let's say there's a total of 1,000 kilograms of meat. Our village currently has 1,000 work points, so each work point is equivalent to one kilogram of meat."

"I understand what Mrs. Lu means," Chen Shao said thoughtfully. "Work points can be used as money in our village. For example, if everyone has earned a total of 100 taels of silver in the past few days, and we have 1,000 points, then one point is equivalent to one tael of silver, right?"

Jiang Qinyu smiled and gave him a thumbs up, "Yes, that's how it's calculated."

The most convenient way is to calculate how much one work point is worth, and then divide the items according to the market price, so that no one suffers a loss.

"I understand, niece. Your idea is feasible," Village Chief Li said thoughtfully. He then looked at the others and asked, "What do you think?"

"I agree too!" Chen Shao was the first to raise his hand.

Liu Yazi followed closely behind, "Sister Lu, this is fairer!"

"I agree, but I have a question," Grandpa Jiang also raised his hand. "Who will determine the work points?"

The person keeping score just needs to be fair, but the person determining the score must not be careless.

Jiang Qinyu said to Grandpa Jiang, "Grandpa, we can't just let one person determine the work points. We can select a few people in the village who are most influential and fair. At the same time, these people can also form an inspection team. If we find that someone doesn't deserve the initial work points, we can always reduce their basic points."

"That's good, that's good, then I have no problem." Grandpa Jiang said with a cheerful smile.

Village Chief Li also said, "The division is fair, and there are people supervising at all times. This method is feasible. Moreover, it is not just one person who is supervising, and it can also prevent people from using connections or other things."

At this moment, almost all the villagers were there. After hearing these words, many people were thinking about it. After thinking about it, they felt that it would be better to follow the crowd. So the work point system was born in Dingshui Village.

Once the work points were determined, going to the provincial capital became easy.

In front of everyone, Village Chief Li selected eight people to form the Dingshui Village Inspection Team, including Village Chief Li himself, Grandpa Jiang, Old Man Lu, Mrs. Chen, Mrs. Meng, Aunt Qin, etc.

As for why there are both men and women in the inspection team, it is naturally because women’s work points should be determined by women to avoid causing family conflicts.

Moreover, Mrs. Chen, Mrs. Meng and Aunt Qin have always had a good reputation in the village, and they were almost unanimously approved when nominating candidates.

Jiang Qinyu was not selected because both of the Lu family's elders had joined the inspection team, so it would have been a bit unreasonable for her to join as well. However, Jiang Qinyu was recommended by everyone and became the one who recorded work points.

This job was just okay and not too tiring, so Jiang Qinyu agreed.

Village chief Li was decisive in his actions. After confirming these things, he immediately asked Grandpa Jiang and others to assign work points to everyone over ten years old in the village on the spot.

Jiang Qinyu didn't remember the names of the others. She only knew that because she made special contributions to the village, she was awarded eight work points every day, Old Man Lu ten centimeters, and Chen seven centimeters.

Lu Yancai and Ma Shi were in a miserable situation. Not only were they publicly executed, but the work points they were ultimately assigned were not high. Ma Shi only recorded five centimeters a day, while Lu Yancai only recorded six centimeters.

Because everyone's work points were determined on the spot by the eight inspection teams, any problems were solved on the spot, so everyone was happy in the end.