Chapter 5 [Sorting Out the Remains and Checking the House]

These wooden boxes contain the only remaining property of the Bel Singh family, because they have completely devoured all of Bel Singh's soul and all of his memories. Even if these boxes are not opened, Bel Singh knows what is in the boxes.

There are four boxes in total. One box is divided into two layers of foreign currency wrapped in black plastic bags, 100,000 US dollars and 100,000 pounds. Another box is full of stacks of rupees, all new money and large 1,000 rupee bills. A total of 30 million rupees, which sounds like a lot, but in fact, if converted into RMB, it is equivalent to more than 2 million.

Of course, in this remote rural area, that is a huge sum of money, and it can be regarded as an astronomical figure. The third box is full of 500-gram gold bars, a total of 100 bars, and these gold bars are all the savings of the Singh family for hundreds of years.

The Singh family lives in Rajasthan. During the British rule, Rajasthan had more than a dozen kingdoms of varying sizes. The Singh family is a royal noble of one of the kingdoms. Of course, they can only be regarded as distant relatives who own a small fiefdom. The Singh family's fiefdom is no more than 6,000 acres of land in the village of Lagar.

Before India's independence, Bel Singh's great-great-grandfather had foresight to know that the newly established Indian government would definitely not keep its word. It would not protect the private property of these old nobles, so before this small kingdom was destroyed, he cleaned up all his properties in the capital of the kingdom.

Then he brought his family and all his property to Lagar Village to settle down and live a leisurely landlord-like life. Those old nobles who believed in the Indian government suddenly regretted it a few years after the establishment of the Indian government and took away all the privileges of these nobles. Even more than 80% of the nobles' property was confiscated by the state. The far-sighted great-great-grandfather kept the Singh family living happily in Lagar Village.

Another small wooden box contained some gold and gem jewelry, and there were more than 100 gem gold rings worn by men. There are also some very gorgeous jewelry worn by women. Although these properties are not comparable to those of foreign billionaires.

But they are not too few, to ensure the prosperity of the Singh family for generations. If the family business is good, there will be food and drink, status and money. Put the box of 12 bottles of Moutai produced in 1985 on the wooden shelf, then take a look at all the family's property and walk out with a smile.

After locking the iron gate, I came to the study and sat at my desk. Although it is a desk, there are no modern office supplies on the desk. After all, Lagar Village is surrounded by deep mountains and old forests, although it is only 20 kilometers away from Sinjar Town in a straight line. But the so-called "seeing the mountain and running the horse to death", going up and down the mountain and crossing two rivers to go from Lagar Village to Sinjar Town, it will take at least a day and a half to see it.

So Lagar Village has no electricity and no water, but this small castle inherited by the Singh family for more than a hundred years has a diesel generator. Six hours of electricity a day allows Master Belsinger to enjoy a bit of modern life. As for computers and office equipment, forget about it.

He lay back in his comfortable office chair, picked up the income and expenditure report handed over by Jamal, the housekeeper, which he had not had time to read two days ago, and slowly read it. India is located in the South Asian subcontinent. Affected by the southeast monsoon of the Indian Ocean, there is only a distinction between dry season and rainy season every year. Usually June to September is the rainy season. The so-called rainy season is really the rainy season. There is a heavy rain for three days, a light rain for two days, and drizzle every day. No matter where you are, you will feel damp.

October to May of the following year is the dry season. Of course, it is impossible to say that there will be no rain for several months in the dry season, but the rain is very little. In addition to the warm climate, agricultural products mature three times a year in the Indian continent, and the terrain of Lagar Village is in a valley in the deep mountains. There are peaks on both sides to block the evaporation of water vapor, so Lagar Village can ensure the normal harvesting and sowing of crops every year.

The entire Lagar village has no more than 6,000 acres of land, all of which are private property of the Singh family, including 1,500 acres of complete arable land. Living in the plain area below the castle, all these arable lands are cultivated by the Shudra villagers. Of course, the Singh family, the landlord, has to collect more than half of the rent. No matter what the food produced in these farmlands is, half of it is the private property of Master Bel Singh.

There are also two thousand acres of mountain grassland. Although it is small, this small alpine grassland produces more than half of the annual income of the Singh family. The more than 500 Boer goats that the Singh family grazes on the grassland can be sold for more than 20,000 rupees each year. There are also about a thousand meat sheep produced each year, which is a very lucrative income, much better than farming.

In addition, there is a high mountain lake in the village, which flows through the entire valley and converges into the river outside the village. Above the valley is a triangle surrounded by primeval forests, with many wild animals and a small lake regarded as a holy lake by the entire Lagar village. There is also a water-powered mill and four wells for villagers to use for daily water.

Of course, these untouchables, the Shudras, can only live by drawing water from the wells, the river that runs through the entire village. The lakes on the mountain are only for the noble master Belsinger to use. They can draw water from the river and bathe in the holy lake.

Belsinger held the words written on the report in his hand. Although they were slightly twisted, he could still understand them. Above is the rent collected from the purchase of agricultural products in October this year, which is the third quarter. Because the village is in the mountains. People's diet is mainly based on pasta. Basically, they eat a kind of pancake made of flour and corn flour every day, but you have to deny that rice is grown in the village.

So in terms of the rent of agricultural products harvested, the most harvested is 10,000 kilograms of corn, which sounds like a lot, but it is only 10 tons of corn kernels. It is only enough for 100 people to eat for a year. There are also 10 tons of wheat, 5 tons of rice, and 700 kilograms of vegetable oil. There are soybean oil and rapeseed oil in it. In addition, there are various vegetables and fruits produced every year, every month and every hour, which can be ignored.

There are so many agricultural products that they cannot be eaten, so every six months the Singh family will organize the untouchables to work and transport most of the food to the town of Sinjar for sale, earning more than one million rupees, which is about 100,000 yuan in RMB.

There is no way to compare the income from the Singh family selling sheep and lambs. It is also a characteristic of India that agricultural products are not cheap, but when disasters occur, people even starve to death. Isn't it weird? Occupying 1/10 of the world's arable land, it cannot feed more than one billion people. Every year during droughts, people starve to death. In addition, the Indian government is inefficient. In 2000, the per capita income level did not exceed 100 US dollars. It is really good.