I will lead the whole village to occupy the land and become the king.

This shout called out all the people who had just returned home from Dingshui Village.

Jiang Qinyu also walked to the end of the village with her two children. Next to her were Old Man Lu and Chen.

"A Shao and his men set up several traps at the end of the village. They were originally intended to prevent wild animals from the mountains from entering the village, but we didn't expect that they actually caught people." Old Man Lu said with a sigh.

Chen looked puzzled. "Who would come to our village? And why didn't they go through the village entrance? Could they have come from the mountains?"

"The other side of the mountain is far away, and it leads directly to Xiqiang. It's impossible for anyone to come from there." Old Man Lu shook his head.

They have lived in Dingshui Village for generations, and no one has ever come to the mountains.

Jiang Qinyu looked in the direction of Yunshan and said thoughtfully, "Maybe those people from this morning."

"Ah?" Chen was startled. "Those officers this morning?"

Jiang Qinyu nodded. "That's probably it. They didn't find anything during the day, so they might want to send someone to check the village at night to see if there's anything unusual, and then go to the mountains to see if they can find anything."

This is the most reasonable explanation. When she said this, both Old Man Lu and Mrs. Chen suddenly understood.

"Yu girl is right, it may really be like that." Old man Lu agreed.

As they were talking, they had already reached the end of the village.

Chen Shao and Liu Yazi had already taken the man out of the trap and thrown him in front of Village Chief Li.

"Let me go! You bunch of troublemakers, let me go!" The arrested man was panicked when he saw so many people, but he still said with bravado, "I'm just passing by, don't lynch me!"

Chen Shao sneered, "Oh, you even know how to resort to lynching? Could it be someone from the government office?"

"I see," Liu Yazi pointed his index finger here and there, "You were the one who came to search our village this morning. You didn't find anything during the day, so you want to keep an eye on us at night, right?"

"You're talking nonsense!" The man glanced around, "I don't know what you're talking about, I'm just passing by!"

Chen Shao pointed at him and laughed, "That's hilarious! You passed by the end of our village? How come I didn't know there was a small path leading to the outside at the back of our village?"

There is no road behind the village, but there is a small path next to it that leads to the outside. Although that road is close, it is not safe. The eldest brother of the Jiang family died on that road, so the people in Dingshui Village are unwilling to take that road.

"Alright, Shao," said Village Chief Li, "If he doesn't admit it, forget it."

Village Chief Li looked the man up and down, then said to the other villagers, "The people in our village are upright and honest, and we are not afraid of anyone seeing us, but we can't let anyone bully us at will."

He then looked at the man he had arrested. "Sir, you might have thought that a fake beard would prevent us from recognizing you," he said, pulling off the fake beard. "But you came to search the village this morning, and we all remember you!"

This move immediately made the people in Dingshui Village explode.

"It's really the police!"

"How could you do this? Are you really going to force us to death?"

"That's right! Our village has no food. If you dare to come again, we will all crash into the gate of the yamen together and die!"

"Get out of our village!"

"Get out!"

In the crowd's outrage, the man's face turned pale and blue, his legs shook like sieves, and he opened his mouth many times but didn't know how to speak.

People will feel guilty when they are in the wrong, especially when they are exposed in public. They will lose their composure and not know how to respond. This is the case with the person in front of us.

Village Chief Li, however, raised his voice to signal the villagers to quiet down. "They are officials. We can't do anything to them. Tonight, I will make the decision to send him out of the village. If it happens again, we will let the villagers decide together!"

"Okay, we'll listen to the village chief."

"You can send it out, but there must never be a next time!"

"If they dare to come again, I will fight them even if it means risking my life!"

When the man saw the villagers like this, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and at the same time he hated the man with only one eye who made him come here.

Village chief Li asked Chen Shao and Liu Yazi to release the man, and then personally sent the man to the village entrance.

"Sir, our Dingshui Village is already notoriously poor. We have to scrape together our annual taxes and grain. Now, during this drought, the whole village is barely able to eat, let alone pay grain to the court. Please tell the County Magistrate that the people of Dingshui Village are not afraid of death, but we are afraid that death is not worth it."

Village Chief Li's words made the captured man pale. He bowed to him weakly and then stumbled into the darkness.

Everyone stood at the entrance of the village for a full quarter of an hour.

"Uncle Village Chief, the defense of our village really needs to be strengthened as soon as possible!" Jiang Qinyu sighed.

Village Chief Li was also a little scared at this moment. "You are right, niece. We must discuss this matter tonight."

Any official could sneak into the end of the village. If they really moved the supplies to the mountain today, wouldn't they be delivering themselves to the door?

Chen Shao heard this and said, "Village Chief, first of all, we must block the several roads in and out of the village, so that we don't have to worry about anyone sneaking into the village."

"That's right. We were too careless this time. We didn't build a lookout tower or something on the other side of the ditch. Otherwise, that guy wouldn't have been able to get to the end of the village." Liuyazi also said.

Village Chief Li smiled at the two men and said, "You can't say that. You two did a great job. If it weren't for the trap you set, we would be in trouble today."

"Hehe, that was Mrs. Lu's reminder earlier," Chen Shao said embarrassedly, rubbing the back of his head. "She was the one who told us not to make the traps too neatly. That's why Liu Yazi and I dug the traps in a staggered manner."

Jiang Qinyu didn't dare to take credit for it, and quickly said, "That's still your credit. It was you who set the trap. But..."

"But what? Niece, if you have any ideas, you must tell us!" Village Chief Li said anxiously.

Seeing him like this, Jiang Qinyu was really at a loss for words. "It's not a great suggestion. I mean, we should connect the traps that A Shao and the others dug to make a firebreak and a trap zone. That way, no matter who comes to our village, they won't be able to escape easily."

"Trap belt?"

"Firebreak?"

Village Chief Li, Chen Shao and others all looked at Jiang Qinyu, saying they didn't quite understand.

Jiang Qinyu explained, "It's a drought right now, so fires are very likely to happen. Our village is right behind Yunshan Mountain, especially the outer part. It's very easy for a fire to start. Whether it burns through the village or from the mountain, it won't be good for us."

"With a firebreak, we can keep the hidden dangers of fire in the mountains out of the village. If a fire breaks out in the village, we can quickly move our belongings to the other side of the firebreak to ensure everyone's safety."

"Also, we've already made the traps. Now we just need to connect them together to make a trap belt, and then make it into a firebreak."

This combination of fire prevention belt and trap belt can kill multiple birds with one stone. It can prevent wild animals, fire, and foreign invasion, saving the village a lot of effort.

"I understand!" Chen Shao clapped his hands, his eyes shining with excitement. "I'll bring people to fix it tomorrow. We have to put something in the trap. We can't let the people who fall into it get out like they did tonight!"

Liu Yazi also nodded and said, "We need to add a lookout tower or a straw shed on the other side of the ditch and weir, and arrange for someone to guard it every day..."

All of a sudden, other people in the village also began to offer suggestions.

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