Traveling through troubled times, he fled with his stepson

Seeing that the people in the Communications Department have learned well and Ye Yuanxin is a good manager, Wei Qiqi plans to continue training Ye Yuanxin and let her teach the people in the Communications Department.

She will communicate some of the detailed rules and uses, as well as how to write letters, later on.

But Ye Yuanxin is doing well in teaching now. This surprised her a little, because Wei Qiqi thought Ye Yuanxin's personality was weak and she hoped that she could be trained in the future and be able to stand on her own like Ye Yuanfeng and Ye Yuanjiang.

Unexpectedly, it was done quite well where she couldn't see.

The communications and logistics departments are already on track, and the only thing that has not been trained is the cavalry.

The cavalry and the vanguard must cooperate with each other. Except for the cavalry, the others undergo hard training day after day.

Time flies by.

In early February of the following year, when the dragon raised its head, the Empress Dowager Tang in Kyoto imprisoned her father Tang Jin and brother Tang Zhuo on charges of treason and plotting to usurp the throne. Kyoto completely fell into the hands of the Empress Dowager Tang and the young emperor.

The Empress Dowager Tang ruled the country from behind the curtain.

In early April, the aristocratic families led by Wan Zongrong launched a coup to purge the court because the Queen Mother was unwilling to abandon the eunuch Jiu Qiansui.

At the end of April, the Empress Dowager Tang disappeared with the young emperor.

Prince You of Jinzhou in the Central Plains launched a northern expedition under the pretext of avenging the royal family and killing Wan Zongrong.

War is about to break out.

The world is in turmoil.

In September of the same year, a locust plague occurred in Luozhou. The locusts covered the sky and the sun in an endless stream, leaving nothing behind wherever they passed.

The world is in complete chaos.

If there is no food in Luozhou, there will be no food in the world. Due to the cold winter of the previous year and the locust plague now, there is very little food in the world to provide people with.

The situation was once very serious.

Luozhou is close to Jiguan Mountain, separated only by Yizhou.

Wei Qiqi, Li Yuan, and all the officials and centurions gathered in the lobby.

The communications soldiers sent out in the past few days have been continuously bringing news from nearby cities.

The information contained therein made the faces of several centurions present at the scene solemn.

"The locust plague in Luozhou has been going on for more than a month and is still ongoing. In Jinzhou, due to Prince You's northern expedition, a large number of soldiers were conscripted and grain was purchased, causing resentment among the people."

A large number of people from these two places poured into Yizhou and Chenzhou. The cities, where food prices had already risen, became panic-stricken due to the influx of a large number of refugees. Some people fled, and some caused civil strife in the city.

Some people have already died of starvation on the way to escape.

Wei Qiqi listened to the whole thing with a frown on his brow.

Jiguan Mountain is like a paradise in this chaotic world, not affected at all. Who would have thought that the outside world has become like this?

"Notify everyone to begin martial law. If anyone approaches, capture them alive if possible. Anyone who resists will be killed on the spot."

The disasters and difficulties in various places have been described in great detail before. What Li Yuan is talking about now is the countermeasures.

With refugees running around in disorder, the most urgent task was to temporarily hide them in Jiguan Mountain.

No one who knows the inside story of Jiguanshan should be allowed to leave Jiguanshan.

"Secondly, have the signalmen follow each centurion. Leave two signalmen behind each centurion."

"Of the 156 people in the logistics department, 100 will be dispersed among several hundred households to ensure that every hundred people have logistics support."

Li Yuan tapped his fingers on the table. These were all said at the meeting after he and Wei Qiqi had discussed them together.

There were a total of fifteen centurions gathered this time, plus Jian Feng, Jian Yu, Cheng Feiyue and Dai Jiangong who were no longer centurions, and the others were still the original centurions.

“Also, as Qi Niang said, set up traps near the back of Jiguan Mountain and have someone guard it day and night.

If there is any unusual movement, have the signalmen send a signal directly."

Everyone responded.

Wei Qiqi spoke up at the side: "After the signal soldiers report to each of the hundred households, they will come to my place to equip the signal lights."

The signal light she mentioned is a small firework similar to a sky rocket. Currently, it can only produce sparks and sounds, and has not yet been fully transformed into an ornamental firework.

When this thing was first made, the people on Jiguan Mountain thought it was a miracle and believed that Wei Qiqi was a goddess. Their respect for her once exceeded that of Li Yuan.

Ever since they knew what Qi Niangzi had done for the brothers on Jiguan Mountain, and coupled with Li Yuan's respect for her, the brothers on Jiguan Mountain were extremely pious when they saw her.

"Yes, Seventh Lady."

The hundreds of households below responded one after another.

After everyone left, only the familiar people were left. Li Yuan spoke again: "There will be a lot of things to come. The brothers on this mountain have never experienced war, so they may not be in sync at the beginning. You should give us more advice and we will try our best to avoid losses."

Dai Jiangong and Cheng Feiyue nodded.

Then Li Yuan looked at Jian Feng and Jian Yu, "Now that you are no longer centurions, follow Qi Niang to protect her."

Jianfeng Jianyu clasped his fists and responded.

Then everyone re-analyzed the current state of the world.

Analyze and come up with a result.

That is, Jiguanshan cannot be shown to the world now. Otherwise, the fact that they have no worries about food and drink will be enough to be trampled by refugees or make the rulers of surrounding states eye them covetously.

Li Yuan looked at the map of Chenzhou and suddenly said, "I'm going out tomorrow."

Wei Qiqi turned around suddenly and looked at him.

"where to?"

Li Yuan did not answer.

Wei Qiqi understood him. Once he refused to answer, it meant that he was going to do something she might not allow.

Things had been almost discussed, and when everyone saw Wei Qiqi's unhappy expression, they all left the hall on their own accord.

Only when Jian Yu left did he glance back at the two people who were confronting each other.

Li Yuan was silent for a while, but he still couldn't stand Qi Niang's gaze, so he said, "I want to learn about the situation in Chenzhou."

"besides…"

"And Yizhou."

Wei Qiqi's eyes trembled as she looked at Li Yuan, and she suddenly understood why Li Yuan wanted to go to Yizhou and Chenzhou at this time.

He wants to visit his parents.

"Qiniang, I have to go see who has taken over their territory and see how the people there are doing."

Li Yuan said that there were not many people he could care about, only two or three.

Do whatever you can for these two or three.

Yizhou and Chenzhou are both places his parents care about.

Wei Qiqi looked at Li Yuan steadily. He was already sixteen years old this year.

His facial features are already very mature, especially his eyebrows and eyes, which are very handsome.

Thinking about the decisions he had been making during this period, Wei Qiqi nodded slowly.

Over the past year or so, she realized that she and Li Yuan could no longer depend on each other like they did when Li Yuan was a child, and that they had to be very careful about the relationship between men and women.

So there is rarely any time for the two of them to be alone.

Now that Li Yuan looked up at her, she could only agree.

"It's better to go and take a look." After a few thoughts, Wei Qiqi had made up her mind and told Li Yuan to get up.

"Remember to be careful in the past. Your mother's clan may still be in Yizhou. You can handle this matter on your own."