This presented a problem for him. Although Lex had been looting like mad, he was certain that his actual contribution to that 1 unit was infinitesimal. Compared to the ability of Dao Lords to loot, what he took was less than a drop in an ocean. Thus he was certain that no matter what he did, his contribution to the final outcome would be negligible.
What truly mattered right now was the significance of the supposed limit. He was certain that most people would have the mentality of maximising their harvest before the limit was reached. So if, for example, it took 5 years for the Gilded Hollow to reach 1 unit of resources harvested, now with this limit set he anticipated that the next unit would be reached in one year or even less.
