Farming and reading family

His family has been aristocratic for generations, and he knows very well what will happen if there is unrest.

It wouldn't matter if there were only a few horses. They have such a big horse farm, plus so many guards. If anyone wants to attack the Chen family, they can say that the Chen family intends to cause unrest.

Gao E nodded. "I've asked Xiao Chuyun to find a place. When the time comes, you can send a few people to go into the mountains with Tie Guangyi. I plan to keep only enough horses for you, and keep the rest in the mountains first."

Ji Wuyang nodded: "Even if the horses are left behind, it's best not to gather them in one place."

"You arrange this matter." Gao E didn't quite understand it either.

"Okay." Ji Wuyang agreed.

After all these things were arranged, Gao E saw that the villagers had increased their intensity of training. Chu Rong led people to dig deep trenches on both sides of the gatehouse, and then rammed the excavated soil onto one side of the village, thus forming a village wall.

The harvests have been poor in the past two years, so what’s left has become even more precious.

"No more autumn sowing?" Gao E saw that they were all digging deep trenches.

In fact, the soil below is still wet when you dig down. After all, there has never been a shortage of water in Baotou Village, and there are many springs.

"We've concentrated on planting a few plots." Chen Qing pointed to a few plots of land that were relatively low. "We've already agreed that we'll all plant together and divide the land equally when the time comes."

Gao E smiled and thought it would be best if they did this voluntarily.

"By the way, when the third brother goes to Qinzhou City, ask him to buy more salt." Chen Qing suddenly said, "If something really happens, we won't be able to buy salt."

Gao E nodded.

In fact, her family had a lot of salt stored, but her eldest brother asked her to buy some more.

Luoyun Village has already been notified. At this time, the residents of Luoyun Village are not concentrated in one place, and everyone lives in their own land. If something really happens, there will be someone to rely on.

Seeing that the village had already started to defend itself, Gao E planned to go to He County to see what Cao Geng’s plans were.

Cao Geng is no longer the helpless Cao Geng when he first arrived. He now has his own people and has adopted drastic measures.

Gao E brought some tea to Cao Geng: "This is produced in Xiangzhou. Although it is not well-known, it tastes good."

"Then I have to try it." Cao Geng also felt like an old friend towards Gao E.

"I heard that there was a slave rebellion in the south, and some people took the opportunity to cause chaos, burning, killing and looting everywhere, and were more rampant than bandits." Gao E said directly.

Cao Geng nodded: "Lord Xu mentioned this matter before, and it is related to you."

"It's related to me?" Gao E was surprised.

Cao Geng nodded. "Lord Xu said that if there are any bandits attacking He County, we can requisition your family's guards."

Cao Geng didn't know what was so different about the Chen family's guards, and he never saw any guards in his family.

There are quite a few people on Jiming Mountain, probably those people.

"In this way, your guards can do their work with justification." Cao Geng said with a smile.

Gao E probably thought it was because of Ji Wuyang: "If something really happens in He County, as a citizen of He County, it is my duty."

Cao Geng laughed. "To prevent them from entering the city as refugees, I've already cleared the outskirts of He County and will resettle the refugees when the time comes."

"Lord Cao is very thoughtful." Gao E complimented.

Cao Geng sighed, "If it really comes to that, your family must prepare early and seek refuge in the city, otherwise I'm afraid I won't be able to protect you."

"Don't worry, Lord Cao, we have also made some preparations." Gao E felt relieved when she heard Cao Geng say this.

As long as He County is safe, those people will have no defense or supplies and will roam around everywhere.

The two chatted for a while, and Cao Geng also wanted to go out.

It just so happened that this slave rebellion happened, and Cao Geng took the opportunity to make those wealthy families bleed a little more, so as to stabilize the people of He County and prevent them from being instigated by those people to rebel.

The weather is getting colder day by day, and it's dry and cold without any snow.

After a period of hard work, trenches were dug around Baotou Village and earthen walls as high as a person were built, but Gao'e's clam pond was on the beach and had no fence.

Fortunately, the iron fence planted a few years ago is already one meter tall, surrounding the clam pond tightly.

If we let a few skilled people guard it then nothing should go wrong.

It is not suitable to catch river clams in cold weather, so you can only rely on luck.

After Chen Jie delivers the things and buys everything that needs to be bought, there is no need to worry about this matter.

"People outside have already started fleeing famine." Chen Jie sighed.

The good times ended like this within two years.

"Check the situation in He County. If it doesn't work, ask your wife and the others to come back." Gao E reminded.

"He County is fine." Chen Jie planned to take a day off and then go to help.

"Then you should also be prepared. If I tell you to come back, you must come back immediately."

"Okay." Chen Jie agreed with a smile.

As soon as Chen Jie left, Chen Ke came back, followed by his women and children.

"You wait here first." Chen Ke asked them to wait at the door and went to the main hall to find Gao E.

"Why don't you let anyone in?" Gao E had already walked to the door of the main room.

"Let me discuss it with my wife first." Chen Ke laughed dryly.

"Ms. Tian, ​​take everyone to the side room to rest first." Gao E gave an order.

Tian responded and went over to bring people.

Those people nodded gratefully to Gao E.

"What's going on?" Gao E went over and sat down.

"They are the families of students in the academy. Their homes were burned down and they have nowhere to go to find their men." Chen Ke said directly.

Gao E looked at Chen Ke suspiciously: "Are these the six people you found?"

Chen Ke nodded: "They have nowhere to go."

In fact, people had come a few days ago, but more and more people came and the academy could not arrange them, so Chen Ke brought them back.

Gao E knew that if it was Du Weiqing's people, it would be Du Weiqing who came to find her.

"Okay, I understand. I'll arrange it." Gao E said directly.

There are still empty houses in her current yard. Besides, Tian and Zheng Xiaoshun's yards are also empty. It is not a problem to arrange a few people now.

"Thank you, ma'am." Chen Ke bowed.

Gao E also happened to ask them about the situation outside to see if she had made sufficient preparations.

After seeing Chen Ke off, Gao E went to arrange those people and asked about the situation outside.

The situation outside was worse than Gao E had imagined. The key was that the government did nothing and even closed the city gates, not caring about the lives of the people. Many people had no choice but to join the slave rebellion.

I heard that they already had a team of over ten thousand people, and they said they wanted to take back all the grain that was handed over to the court. As long as you joined them, you could get land, don't have to pay taxes, and everyone would be equal.

Who wouldn't be moved when Gao E heard this?

The idea is very advanced, but I don’t know if it will really work out that way.

After all, there are many people who use this as a pretext, and once they gain power, they become corrupt the fastest.

After inquiring about this, Gao E felt that she had to make long-term preparations, as she estimated that the world would not be at peace for a while.

Tanzhou City is relatively peaceful, and many people come here to seek refuge with their relatives.

Deng Yu sealed the box and had it sent back to the Deng family.

This year was good in Qinzhou City. He could send things back without any letters from his family.

If he wants to get a better job in the future, he still has to rely on his family's help.