My lady, I'm going to rebel.

More than 1000 people?

Mu Zheng had a premonition that Li Lian was going to look at him for help, so he quickly lowered his head.

"Don't look at me. Don't look at me."

Seeing Mu Zheng pretending to be dead, Li Lian cursed inwardly, then put on a cute smile, "Auntie, I'm afraid this will be difficult to handle."

Even if the caravan could fool 10 people at a time, it would still take more than 100 attempts.

The more times you walk, the greater the risk, and the efficiency is so slow.

"It's like this." Lu had already had an idea before coming. "Kuishan is close to the sea. I wonder if Master Lian can mobilize merchant ships. We plan to migrate to the surrounding islands. Whether we cultivate our own land or disperse, we need to leave Haiqu first."

Merchant ship?

Li Lian frowned.

He was a land-based businessman, and he didn't have many channels for sea transportation. Moreover, there was no ship in the world that could carry thousands of people at once.

Seeing Li Lian in trouble, Mrs. Lu looked a little disappointed, but she still politely expressed her gratitude to Li Lian.

Seeing this, Li Lian felt even more frustrated at his own inability to do anything. He turned his head to look at Mu Zheng again, who was still pretending to be dead.

In fact, Mu Zheng was not without intention.

He thought of the fishing boats on Elephant Island. You know, although Elephant Island's main industry is horse breeding, its marine fishing industry is also well developed. Not to mention anything else, there are four or five large ships alone.

However, he did not dare to involve Elephant Island.

Moreover, according to historical records, the remnants of the Lu family army eventually joined other peasant uprising forces, which means that they could survive this crisis.

Being in history but not interfering with it is the awareness that a time traveler should have.

After Lu left, Mu Zheng suggested going back to Xiejiabao. Li Lian, thinking that there was no need to send food to the rebels now, suggested going along to have some fun.

The most important thing is to see my sister-in-law.

Mu Zheng did not refuse and informed Gong Wen to set off early the next morning.

From a distance, the group saw the smoke rising from Xiejiabao. When they got closer, they heard the crowing of chickens and barking of dogs. Then they saw about twenty people rushing out of the fort, cheering.

Mu Zheng and Gong Wen greeted everyone enthusiastically. Just as they were about to step onto the suspension bridge, they heard a very cordial voice: "Hey, is it Brother Mu Zheng who's back? We've been so worried about you all these days since you left. We've been waiting day and night for you to finally come back."

Mu Zheng turned his head and saw Liao Min'an standing on the wall, waving at him with a smile on his face.

"Brother Liao!" Mu Zheng responded enthusiastically. To be honest, he hadn't expected to encounter such a scene with the folks from Xiejiabao again. The ancient people were too simple-minded. Once you're a neighbor, you're your closest friend for life.

"Little Mosquito!" There were also many people surrounding Gong Wen. They asked him about everything outside and inquired about the relationship between Zheng Chao and Liu Yu.

Li Lian followed the two of them, curiously observing everything about Xiejiabao. Having grown up in a large family, he was also influenced by the warmth of his neighbors. It turned out that people didn't need to constantly bow and greet each other, nor did they need to be on guard all the time.

He liked this closeness.

After Mu Zheng chatted with everyone for a while, he left Gong Wen at the scene as a spokesperson and went back to see Yunniang.

But just as he was about to leave, Liao Min'an stopped him, looking embarrassed and hesitant, "Brother Mu, there's something I haven't had time to tell you yet."

Mu Zheng was startled, and suddenly felt that the situation was not good. "What's wrong? Did something happen to Yunniang?"

"No, it's not." Liao Min'an quickly shook his head.

Hearing this, Mu Zheng's expression finally relaxed a little, "Then?"

Liao Min'an pulled the corner of his mouth stiffly, "Your woman, she, she is no longer in the fort."

ha?

Mu Zheng glared at him. What does this mean?

Liao Min'an was afraid that Mu Zheng might misunderstand him, so he quickly explained, "She should be doing well now. She has many people in the fort taking care of her."

Hearing this, Mu Zheng noticed that since returning, he had only seen Liao Min'an, a man, and the people who came out to greet him were women and children.

"Where are the people in the fort? Where did they and Yunniang go?"

“Kuishan!”

"You mean they all joined the Rebellion?"

Mu Zheng felt like he'd been hit by a club, his head buzzing. He knew the current situation of the rebels all too well; they were like lambs waiting to be slaughtered. And yet Liao Min'an actually said Yunniang was doing well.

"Why did you join the rebel army?" Mu Zheng felt that his anger level was completely maxed out.

Before leaving Xiejiabao, he had clearly told everyone that joining the uprising was not a wise move. He also made it clear at the time that the Lu Family Army was only a flash in the pan.

"I'm sorry." Liao Min'an looked embarrassed. "We were indeed reckless."

Liao Min'an said that after Mu Zheng and his men left, the entire Langya region was engulfed in war. Merchants stopped working, the people stopped working, and scholars put down their pens.

They responded to Lu's call one after another, and in just one month, Lu's army expanded to more than 10,000 people.

However, the immediate problem brought about by the expansion of the rebel army was the lack of food.

For a time, the entire Langya region was plagued by a food shortage. A single dan of rice fetched a staggering 9000 coins, and was even hard to come by.

As a result, some people began to take advantage of the chaos to cause harm, and Xiejiabao was repeatedly attacked.

Later, when everyone could no longer bear the hunger, they joined the uprising army because they could rob the government grain and take down the landlords and wealthy families.

"Shit!" Mu Zheng cursed in public for the first time. He looked around and asked, "Whose idea was that? Was it Xie Junfei?"

Mu Zheng remembered that Xie Junfei had a distant relative serving in the rebel army.

Liao Min'an nodded, but he told Mu Zheng not to blame him. After all, everyone had initially agreed with Xie Junfei's proposal, and at least for the past month, everyone had been doing well. He just didn't expect the rebels to be defeated so quickly, and now they were trapped in Kuishan, unable to leave.

Speaking of this, Liao Min'an couldn't help but recall what Mu Zheng had said before, that the rebel army would be defeated in three months.

He regretted that if he had listened to Mu Zheng at that time, Xiejiabao would at least be in good order now.

"Where is Yunniang? Why did she go with them?" Mu Zheng asked.

"She asked for it on her own initiative. We didn't agree at first, but she insisted." Liao Min'an quickly explained. After all, he felt it was difficult to explain why a woman joined the rebel army.

Mu Zheng was very suspicious when he heard this. He knew Yunniang's character well. She was timid and only wanted to live a stable life. It was impossible for her to join the army.

Seeing Mu Zheng remained silent, Liao Min'an became even more nervous. After all, the survival situation of the Lu family army was complicated now. If something happened to Yunniang in Kuishan, he had no idea how to explain to Mu Zheng.

At this moment, Gong Wen and Li Lian hurried up and said, "Brother Mu, I just heard from the villagers that Sister Yun went to Kuishan."

"Yeah." Mu Zheng nodded.

Gong Wen looked at him cautiously, "What should we do now?"

Mu Zheng scratched his head in frustration. What should he do to save someone?

"Brother Lian, please help me contact General Lu!"