Traveling through ancient times, storing supplies and not fleeing famine

The two officers and soldiers returned to the county government office after much hesitation.

After returning, he told Lord Liu about the situation in Kaoshan Village.

But he concealed some things for Kaoshan Village.

“In reply to your words, sir, we have entered Kaoshan Village, and the villagers there have also been without water and food, and the villagers are also having a very hard time.

Many young and strong men have become weaklings. Not to mention sending them to the battlefield, even if they are asked to leave the village, they probably don't have the strength to do so.

Moreover, most families do not meet the imperial court's conscription requirements.

I'm afraid I really can't come up with the 20 taels of silver.

If I had money, I would have bought food long ago, and I wouldn't be living this life with no where to go and no idea where to get food!

Sir, after all, it's just a village, I'm afraid there's nothing to gain! Otherwise, let them go?"

Lord Liu became extremely angry after hearing what the two soldiers brought back.

He picked up a teacup on the table and threw it at the two soldiers. The teacup hit one of the soldiers directly on the head, and blood flowed down his head.

The others were all terrified when they saw this, but one brave enough went out to find gauze to stop the soldier's bleeding.

But he was called back by Lord Liu.

"Get back!"

Not only did he not bring back any useful information, he also spoke for others. Want to stop the bleeding? No way.

What do you mean let them go?

The whole county knows that among the surrounding villages, only the village close to the mountain is the richest and has not been visited by bandits or victims of disasters.

If he wanted to make some money, who else could he turn to if not the people in Kaoshan Village?

Do we still have to look for those houses that have been robbed and are now empty?

These disaster victims are so hateful. He had just taken office and had just gained some real power, but he didn't get any benefits. Instead, those crazy disaster victims got all the benefits!

Wouldn't this make people laugh their heads off?

"Gather all the troops that can be mobilized from the county government. I want to go to Kaoshan Village to take a look. I can't interfere with the imperial court's conscription, but they must hand over the silver.

If they really can't pay the money, let them send all the women and children in the village out. I don't believe they dare to go against the court. "

The officers and soldiers standing below looked at each other, and they all thought that Lord Liu was crazy.

Does Lord Liu think that he can represent the entire court?

Even if the imperial court did nothing, it would not force the people like this!

However, due to the pressure brought by Lord Liu, they could only obey Lord Liu's orders reluctantly.

The soldier who had just been injured looked around when he went out, put down his weapon, and quietly left the county government office.

He didn't want to help the evil anymore. He was the only one in his family, so it would be easier for him to run away if he wanted to.

For such a court, no, it should be said that there is no need to keep such a county government.

There were a total of 112 registered officers and soldiers in the county government. Within two hours, the few people who were helping Lord Liu managed to gather all of them.

There are still more than a dozen of them who have not been found, so the total number now is only more than 90 people.

"My Lord, we are almost all here!"

After counting the number of people, the leading officer walked up to Lord Liu and said only that almost everyone was there, without giving a definite answer.

Lord Liu's mind was now filled with thoughts of bringing people to threaten Kaoshan Village. As soon as he heard that everyone had arrived, he immediately dressed neatly, got on the carriage, and ordered everyone to set off for Kaoshan Village.

At this time, the sun had already set. Although there was still light in the sky, it was estimated that it would be dark by the time we arrived at Kaoshan Village.

But Lord Liu was too anxious. He couldn't care less and just wanted to get things done within one or two days.

Otherwise, the night will be long and full of dreams, and the court will be unpredictable.

If you don't do something beneficial to yourself during this most chaotic time, it will be too late once the situation settles down.

The Kaoshan Village is still under strict guard, and Xia Shengsheng has to climb up to the observation deck from time to time to see what's happening outside.

Tao Siyuan, Ye Chao and Ercheng also followed behind her, like three followers of different sizes.

Fortunately, Sicheng was relatively obedient. Xia Shengsheng assigned Sicheng a task and locked him up at home, finally eliminating a follower.

The two girls were even more so. Xia Shengsheng only allowed them to move around in the yard. If anything happened, they could run back to the room in time and hide in the secret passage.

"Aunt, they are coming!"

Tao Siyuan took the telescope and looked into the distance for a long time. He happened to see the government officials coming towards Kaoshan Village.

Xia Shengsheng also picked up the telescope to look. Ye Chao hurriedly snatched the telescope from Tao Siyuan's hand and looked into the distance.

Ercheng did the same, taking the telescope from Li Da and observing the situation ahead.

This telescope was naturally given by Xia Shengsheng. Xia Shengsheng prepared several in total. Each observation tower was equipped with a telescope. She had one in her hand, Tao Siyuan had one in her hand, and Xia Yi had one in his hand.

There was thick smoke ahead, and it looked like there were about a hundred people heading towards Kaoshan Village, all holding weapons in their hands.

However, the mountain village is easy to defend but difficult to attack. The victims could not provide supplies, and the officers and soldiers could not attack it either.

It just depends on the degree of difficulty.

So Xia Shengsheng was not too worried.

The only worry is that if these officers and soldiers are defeated this time, Lord Liu, who has not gained any benefits, may borrow troops from the nearby county town or the prefectural capital, or directly tell the court that the people of Kaoshan Village have committed treason and ask the court to send troops to help him.

That would be troublesome then.

However, the imperial court is currently at war with the northwest, and Tao Wuji has received some news that General Yuwen is about to reach the capital.

The capture of the imperial city is just around the corner.

If this is the case, the imperial court may not have the time to take care of such a small village, just like it has no time to take care of the disaster victims wandering outside.

"Call everyone, if you don't want to hand over your wives and children, get ready to fight the enemy!"

Xia Shengsheng spoke to the people around him in an extremely firm tone.

Li Er quickly agreed, climbed down the lookout tower, and went to inform everyone in the village.

Tao Siyuan also took down the gong beside him and used the rapid sound of the gong to remind everyone to meet the enemy.

This time, Xia Shengsheng did not send Ye Chao and Er Cheng away. They were 12 and 11 years old respectively, and it was time for them to see the big scene.

We can't just leave them both at home like we did before, treating them like children.

In order to prevent someone from sneaking into the village, someone must have been left at home.

Xia Yi and Xia Er stayed at home to protect the other people in the family. When necessary, they would let everyone in the family go into the secret passage to avoid danger.

When Tao Wuji heard the urgent drumbeats, he ran out to help.

But he was stopped by Xia Yi.

"Master Tao, you are unarmed, so don't go out and cause trouble. If you go out, someone will have to take care of you, which is troublesome."

Tao Wuji pointed at Xia Yi, very angry, "You really don't remember the old friendship. Now you think I'm troublesome and have forgotten how good we were in the past!"

Xia Yi's face was full of black lines, but he didn't have time to talk to Tao Wuji, so he pulled Tao Wuji back, and followed Xia Shengsheng's instructions to invite Chen's father and daughter from another courtyard, and let everyone hide in the secret passage temporarily to ensure that nothing could go wrong! !