The daily struggles of divorced women in ancient times

"In this situation, the winning point should be to be faster than Zheng Xiaoyun, catch Zheng Xiaoyun off guard, and then catch him in the trap." Pei Yanxu thought for a long time and finally had some clues.

"But how can I be faster than him?" Xia Mianwan muttered silently.

Pei Yanxu estimated the number of letters he had sent out. If General Zhang, who was the farthest away, could send troops to assist, the number of troops could be increased by 5,000. Zheng Xiaoyun did not dare to rebel openly, but only colluded. In that case, the number of troops on his side would not be counted. With 15,000 against 20,000 pirates, the chances of winning were very high.

After all, the pirates were only good at fighting on water, and they were beaten screaming when they got ashore.

All that’s left is to take care of the safety of your family and Xia Mianwan’s safety.

"They have to have a place to stay when they come into the city. With so many people coming into the city, there must be a centralized place to stay." Xia Mianwan stroked his chin and thought.

Pei Yanxu just found out about this. "They settled in a farm on the outskirts of the city. The owner of the farm has disappeared for more than a month."

"With so many people, they need food and drink, so they definitely need a cook. If I have a group of women available, do you think it's feasible to sneak into their farm and poison them?"

"Poisoning is feasible, but where can we find so many cooks?"

"My winery is full of women, and I can definitely pick out a few capable ones." Xia Mianwan said as he already had a list in his mind.

"Can you guarantee that you will keep your mouth shut?" Pei Yanxu was a little worried.

Xia Mianwan nodded, "I'm sure."

With the hot sales of "Gumeng" and "Zhegui", Xiamianwan's women's winery has expanded a lot, and of course, it has also recruited a lot of female workers.

Among these female workers, Xia Mian would pick out some who were particularly smart and honest to be foremen.

This year, the business has been going very well.

Moreover, Xia Mianwan's winery paid exceptionally high wages and had a profit-sharing system, so it attracted almost all the common women in Yanzhou to do the work.

Xia Mianwan also built a dormitory for the female workers in the winery to make it more convenient for everyone to go to work.

In this era, women did not have a high status. It was difficult for those families without money, or for orphans or widows to survive and have enough food to eat.

Xia Ji Distillery gives some special preferential treatment to these women and is willing to recruit more of them. Therefore, Xia Ji Distillery has always had a good reputation and a good atmosphere. The women who work here will spontaneously protect the distillery, fearing that if the distillery goes bankrupt, there will no longer be such a good place to go.

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"We need to delay this group of people without alerting the enemy. Once the reinforcements arrive, I will quietly deploy defenses at various docks that are convenient for them to go ashore. However, we are still missing some people..." Pei Yanxu wrote and drew at the same time, and he actually dug out the points of breaking the deadlock one by one.

Xia Mianwan asked, "Who is missing?"

"I want to create the illusion that I have a lot of people ambushing them, so that they will think that Zheng Xiaoyun has deceived them. As for Zheng Xiaoyun, as long as we control him, otherwise they will contact the Japanese pirates, I think Zheng Xiaoyun will know and be afraid." After Pei Yanxu finished speaking, he looked at Xia Mianwan, silently asking whether Zheng Xiaoyun was such a person.

Xia Mianwan nodded: "That should be the case. Don't forget that except for Old Madam Zheng, Zheng Lingwan and their husband and wife, everyone else is still in the capital."

"The secret letter I sent to His Majesty should arrive in three days. By then, His Majesty will quietly take control of the General's Mansion." Pei Yanxu said.

"I have a group of long-term workers who take care of the barren mountains all year round. There are probably about a hundred of them, plus the female workers in the women's winery. After they change their clothes, they create some water vapor and knock on the ground with bamboo poles. It sounds like there should be a lot of footsteps." Xia Mianwan said.

Pei Yanxu's eyes became clearer, "I'll go get some gongs, and then shake those Japanese pirates so hard that they'll be stunned."

After the two discussed it, they found that the most important key point was whether they could effectively control the group of bandits who were allowed in first.

"It's still too risky to rely on my people alone. Pei Yanxu, please send a few more people to protect me secretly." Xia Mianwan said.

"Okay!" Pei Yanxu agreed generously.

"After I have arranged the layout, I will take you to meet my mother. I may not be able to show up at that time, so please take good care of my mother."

"Pei Yanxu, it's better to separate us. Otherwise it would be bad if we were all caught in the same trap. Don't worry, I have my own way!" Xia Mianwan rejected Pei Yanxu's kindness.

Pei Yanxu heard Xia Mianwan say this and didn't force it.

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Xia Mianwan found a few trusted women from the winery and asked them if they were willing to help her. These women she found were almost all very discerning, around 40 years old, and had no other relatives at home.

Xia Mianwan promised them that if they succeeded, not only would they be rewarded, but they would also be great contributors to Xia's Winery, and as long as the Xia family existed, they would be trained.

These girls and women are all tenacious and unwilling to admit defeat, and they are all ready to have a big fight.

After deciding on the candidates, Xia Mianwan told them about the dangers of this trip and told them that if they wanted to quit, they could do so at any time.

One of the women, Chen, said, "Don't worry, sir. We can definitely accomplish this. My late husband died at the hands of Japanese pirates. God has given me a chance to take revenge now."

Xia Mianwan didn't tell them everything, but she always wanted to let them know who was killed and what was done.

This is to avoid accidents caused by lack of understanding of habits.

Next, Xia Mianwan arranged for these women to go to that farm through Xiaowu.

All that remains is to do one's best and leave the rest to fate.

Zheng Xiaoyun would not harm Chen Ge'er and Yu Jie'er, so even though the situation had reached such an urgent point, Xia Mianwan did not let Chen Ge'er and Yu Jie'er suspend their classes.

Xia Mianwan has also made an agreement with Madam Yang that after today, Madam Yang and Mr. Yang will take Chen Ge'er and Yu Jie'er to hide in the tunnel arranged by Xia Mianwan.

That’s right, it’s the tunnel belonging to Sun Bo’s family.

Mrs. Yang also advised Xia Mianwan to hide together, but Xia Mianwan refused.

There are more and more spies outside her house. Once she leaves, her and Pei Yanxu's plan will be discovered by Zheng Xiaoyun, and then the people she sends out will never come back.

And the people of Yanzhou will suffer another heavy blow.

Now that it has come to this, personal life and death are of little concern.

What's more, she still has space, so if things really don't work, she can just hide in the space.