Through the troubled times and famine, I just want to farm peacefully

Yu Xunmei was wearing a bright red cloak today, with snow-white rabbit fur sewn on the hood, sleeves, and collar edges.

As soon as she stood on the city wall, she caused a riot among the Hu soldiers.

They thought it was some conspiracy by Yun Mo and others, but when Yu Shida looked closely, he realized it was the person he had been thinking about.

After saying hello to He Xiong, he rode forward.

The two looked at each other, and the longing for each other was clearly visible in their eyes.

"Amei, what are you doing here? Did the Yun family force you to come here?" Yu Shida's eyes flashed with pain. He was the one who implicated her.

Yu Xunmei clasped her hands and did not answer.

The elder next to him took out the family tree from his arms and coughed lightly.

"Yu Shida, you betrayed your ancestors and led the Hu people to besiege and attack Nanzhou Prefecture, putting the Yu family in an unjust position. This betrayal of ancestors for fame is an unforgivable crime for the Yu family. After discussion, I and the entire Yu family have decided to formally expel you from the family and deprive you of your status as a child of the Yu family. From today on, everything you do has nothing to do with the Yu family."

Yu Shida stood there in a daze as if struck by a bolt from the blue. He looked up at Yu Xunmei with wide eyes in disbelief.

"Is this what you meant?"

"If the city of Nanzhou is breached, can you guarantee that the barbarians will not kill anyone in the Yu family?" Yu Xunmei asked instead of answering.

Yu Shida was suddenly speechless. Even if He Xiong promised him not to harm any of his tribesmen, he could not guarantee that the Hu people under his command would abide by this rule.

But for her, he will definitely be able to protect her!

Yu Xunmei seemed to see through his hypocrisy, took off her cloak, threw down the city wall and turned to leave.

"I'll return your clothes to you. From now on, we owe each other nothing!"

Before going down the city wall, she turned her head to look at Yun Er who was sitting and eating a pancake.

For some reason, the man in front of her seemed more and more pleasing to her eyes, so she asked, "Will I marry you?"

"Cough, cough, cough!" Yun Er almost choked to death on the biscuit in his mouth. He rolled his eyes and coughed violently.

I hurriedly unscrewed the water bag and took a few gulps of water before I could breathe freely.

Yun Er waved his hand, "Thank you for your love, Miss Yu. I already have a family, please respect yourself!"

Having eyes does not recognize gold inlaid with jade!

Yu Xunmei snorted coldly and went down the city wall.

The city gate was the most solid defensive fortification. After resting for an hour, the Hu army gathered their troops again and concentrated their forces to attack the city gate.

With each attack, Yun Mo and his men's defense became increasingly difficult.

The reaction of the aristocratic families in Nanzhou Prefecture was even faster than Yun Mo had expected. They sent out servants and guards to join the defense of the city in the afternoon.

The most active among them was the Fan family, because Fan Chuanji knew that when Yu Shida was recruiting soldiers in Nanzhou Prefecture, their family caused the most trouble. If the city of Nanzhou Prefecture was broken, the first family that Yu Shida would not let go would be the Fan family.

There are other families who share the same idea as him.

At this critical moment of life and death, the noble families in Nanzhou Prefecture united as never before. Those with people contributed people, and those without provided food and supplies.

In Nanzhou Prefecture, in a winery, Lin Yinan was leading his people in brewing high-concentration liquor.

At the end of last year, she asked Wu Xingwang to purchase a batch of sorghum, which is called sorghum rice in modern times.

The brewing of high-proof liquor requires a number of complicated process steps including the selection of raw materials, koji making, fermentation, and distillation.

In ancient times, high-concentration liquor had the effects of dispelling cold, relieving inflammation and sterilization, eliminating tension and fatigue, and serving as a medicine inducer.

During the distillation process, the control of temperature and time is very important. Lin Yinan and his colleagues conducted repeated experiments many times before they succeeded.

During this period, there was always a strong aroma of wine wafting around the winery, which was mellow and sweet with a hint of corn, making people feel happy upon smelling it.

There are only a few more pots left to steam all the wine, and Lin Yinan, who is sitting beside the stove, is sweating profusely.

"Chunmei, the fire in the stove should not be too strong. The fire should be slowly reduced."

"Okay, Sister Anan." Lin Chunmei lowered her head and took out two pieces of burning firewood from the stove.

Lin Yinan watched the movement in the pot and praised: "Yes, that's it."

At this moment, Lin Chunrong shouted at the door, "Sister, a secret guard is here to see you. He said he has something important to report."

"Did you talk about something?" Lin Yinan stared at the white wine that was continuously distilling in the pot without raising his head.

Lin Chunrong said, "He said something happened in Nanzhou Prefecture, and my brother-in-law sent a letter back by carrier pigeon, saying that Second Master Yun asked you to go back to discuss the matter."

Lin Yinan paused, then stood up and took off her apron.

"Yes, Qingqing, you guys just watch, I'll go see what's going on."

Lin Chunmei glanced at her and said, "Sister Anan, go ahead. I already know how to control the heat."

Lin Yinan nodded solemnly, then turned and left the winery.

After leaving the winery, she looked up at the gloomy sky. The air pressure was a little low, and it might rain again.

Almost all the management were present in the meeting room of Longtan County Government. They all sat there with frowns on their faces and serious expressions. There was no atmosphere of lively discussion as usual.

A layer of frost condensed on Yunye's face. Seeing Lin Yinan come in and sit down, he slowly handed the note in his hand to her.

"A hundred thousand Hu people have besieged Nanzhou Prefecture. This is the information that my third brother passed on last night. Someone from the secret guards will be back to report as soon as the day after tomorrow."

Lin Yinan put down the note in her hand and sat there quietly. There was no panic on her face. She looked at Yunye with firm and calm eyes.

"What are your plans?"

Yunye: "I plan to lead the troops to support them myself, and you will stay in Longtan."

Lin Yinan refused without thinking, "With an army of 100,000, even if we add the troops of Longtan and those stationed in Xihe, there are less than 10,000 troops. How can we compete with the Hu army?"

"What should we do?" The tribe leader was a little anxious, his voice choked with sobs, "Those are all good men of Longtan, we can't just watch them being killed by the barbarians..."

"Don't worry, Patriarch. Let's think of a solution together." Lin Yinan comforted him, and then looked at Yun Ye, "Let's prepare the supplies first. The noble families in other cities should have received the news. Do you think they will just sit there and wait for death?"

"No." Yunye's eyes darkened and he said firmly.

Seeing his sister like this, Lin Yiheng wondered if she wanted to lead the troops to Nanzhou Prefecture. He leaned forward slightly, stuck his head out, and stared at Lin Yinan anxiously.

"Anan, do you want to go to Nanzhou Prefecture?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Yun Ye said, "Absolutely not. The Hu people are cold-blooded and brutal. You can't go there!"

In the meeting room, everyone's eyes turned to Lin Yinan.

Lin Yinan didn't want to make everyone worry, so he changed the subject, "We'll make a decision after the people from other families arrive and we prepare the supplies."

"But what about Yunmo?" Lin Suo was worried. An army of one hundred thousand was no joke.

Yun Ye thought for a moment and said, "Third brother said that Nanzhou Prefecture has enough food and weapons to support them for three months. We just need to prepare everything during this period."