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The next day, after breakfast, Xu Miao took Dahei to visit Village Chief Han, wanting to see the whole picture of Hanjia Village.

Arriving at the home of Village Chief Han, Xu Miao saw that he was already waiting at home. He smiled and said, "Good morning, Uncle Han. I am not late, am I?"

Village Chief Han: "It's not too late, not too late. I have nothing to do now. We can go anytime. Have you had breakfast?"

Xu Miao: "I've eaten. Aunt Han isn't home?"

Seeing that only Village Chief Han was at home, Xu Miao asked politely.

"Your aunt went out to chat with Tiedan. Now that there's nothing to do in the village, she's just wandering around."

"Your eldest brother took those brothers to the river to dig a hole in the ice to fish."

"We'll see them soon, in the big river in front of the village."

As Village Chief Han spoke, he took Xu Miao out. When they walked out of the gate, the courtyard door was not locked, so they just closed it gently.

Village Chief Han smiled and said to Xu Miao, "There aren't many rich people in the village. Farmers all live pretty much the same life, so there's nothing to lock up."

"Besides, there aren't many outsiders in this village, so you don't even need to lock the door when you go out. Just bring it with you."

As Village Chief Han led Xu Miao towards the village entrance, he told Xu Miao the history of Hanjia Village.

"When I first arrived in Hanjia Village, there were only four households in the village. At that time, Hanjia Village didn't have a name yet, it was called Tu'ao."

"Later, I obtained the land deed for Hanjia Village from the Dingzhou City government office, and only then did I give Hanjia Village its current name."

"Only one of those four families remains. Mr. Liu, the first one to bow to you yesterday, is the only one left alive from those four families."

"Hanjia Village is far away from the state capital. If you get seriously ill, you're basically waiting to die. Besides, the common people don't have the money to see a doctor. Most of the elderly people in those old households have passed away over the years."

Village Chief Han sighed and said, "These villagers have had a hard time. When I first built the village, I just wanted to have a place to settle down. Later, I got married and had children, and I couldn't leave the village anymore."

Village chief Han and Xu Miao chatted as they walked, and met several villagers from Hanjia Village who were out for a stroll on the way.

The villagers greeted Village Chief Han and his group enthusiastically from a distance: "Good morning, host, good morning, Village Chief. Village Chief Han, are you taking us for a stroll?"

"Come to my house later if you have nothing to do, rest your feet and drink some hot water."

"Master, you are such a majestic big black dog. I can tell you that I feed you well. How come you are so fat? What did you eat?"

When Xu Miao and Village Chief Han slowly walked to the village entrance, Village Chief Han pointed to a dozen or so households in the distance and said, "A Miao, those families are not from our Hanjia Village."

"When they first arrived here, they didn't want to sign a contract to sell themselves to Hanjia Village. Since there was nowhere else to go near Hanjia Village, they built their own houses outside the village and settled there."

"The house is theirs, but the land still belongs to Hanjia Village. We didn't drive them away because their land is closest to the barbarians."

"Behind the houses they live is the Boundary River. In the summer, the river water is high, so few barbarians dare to come here."

"Every winter, when the river freezes, it's the most dangerous time for Hanjia Village. I thought that with the dozen or so families here, they could help Hanjia Village withstand the pressure."

Village Chief Han paused, frowned, and looked at Xu Miao. "I don't want them to be human shields, but I have no choice. If I want to protect the lives of everyone in Han Village, someone has to sacrifice."

"I can't treat the lives of the Hanjia Village residents as a joke, so I can only sacrifice them."

Xu Miao heard this and also became solemn: "Uncle Han, you did the right thing. There must be a close relationship and a right and wrong."

Everyone is selfish, and especially when their lives are in danger, it is human nature to seek benefits and avoid harm.

Seeing that Xu Miao didn't say much, Village Chief Han continued to talk to Xu Miao, "The idiot I saw at your gate before lives over there."

Village Chief Han pointed to the dozens of houses in the distance and said, "Don't blame me for using them as human shields. They're not good people."

"They're not people who live decent lives. They just want to take advantage of everyone. They want the benefits but don't want to put in the work."

After Village Chief Han and Xu Miao finished talking about what happened outside the village, he took Xu Miao and slowly walked along the dirt road at the edge of the village towards the back of the village.

Xu Miao asked Village Chief Han about the barbarian invasions: "Uncle Han, have there been many barbarian invasions in recent years?"

Xu Miao saw that Hanjia Village was separated from the barbarians by a boundary river and became worried about its safety.

Village Chief Han: "In recent years, there haven't been many. The ones that come from behind the village are just small groups of barbarians. They come just to steal things."

"If there's a large-scale invasion, it has to come from the northern military camp. That's the real border, guarded by soldiers."

Xu Miao was puzzled as to why there were two separate entrances to the village. Later, after listening to the explanation from Village Chief Han, he understood that the barbarians usually invaded in the summer.

In summer, it is impossible to cross the river, so if you want to launch a large-scale attack, you can only start from the grassland on the other side of the military camp.

Moreover, the winter in the northern border is long and unsuitable for prolonged warfare, so battles usually begin in the summer. At that time, the barbarians have more food and fodder to support them in waging war.

In winter, without food and fodder, the barbarian army could not fight. They were human beings too, they needed food and water, and without food and fodder, the war could not continue.

Those who came across the ice to rob in winter were all villagers from the barbarian tribe. They probably had nothing to eat, so they ran to Hanjia Village to steal food.

Although they are villagers from the barbarian tribe, they are very strong in combat. At most, they can gather thirty or forty people and run to Hanjia Village.

When they come, they fight quickly and decisively, grabbing food and running away.

Xu Miao heard this and said, "Won't the northern military camp send soldiers to help fight?"

Village Chief Han: "Yes, they did. A few years ago, when the barbarians were causing trouble, General Liu sent soldiers to garrison Hanjia Village. Later, when he saw that the barbarians were not coming, he withdrew the soldiers."

"General Liu is still very caring about Hanjia Village. He has never come to Hanjia Village to recruit soldiers in recent years. He wants the villagers of Hanjia Village to solve their own security problems."

"It's a pity that all those strong and young people have gone to Dingzhou City to make a living."

"If they all lived in the village, Hanjia Village could still resist."

Speaking of the young people who went to Dingzhou City to make a living, Village Chief Han also sighed. The village was too poor and it was no wonder that they all ran away.

Xu Miao realized that it was all caused by money, so he asked Village Chief Han about how he made money.

"Uncle Han, is there no other way to make money? Can we only rely on farming?"

Village Chief Han said awkwardly, "I have some ideas, but I don't dare to use them too hard."

"When the river freezes in winter, we'll secretly contact the barbarians we're familiar with. We'll trade the village's extra food for some of their furs."

"Then we take these furs to the state capital to sell them. When we get the money back to the village, we divide it among ourselves."

"Because it's too risky, we don't dare to exchange on a large scale. Besides, Hanjia Village doesn't have any extra food to exchange for furs."

At this point, an unnatural smile flashed across Village Chief Han's face. "A Miao, this is the secret of our Han Village. You must not mention it to the Major General."

"If the Major General knew that our village had secretly contacted the barbarians, he would definitely destroy Hanjia Village."

"Ah, I have no choice. If there is another way out, who would risk contacting the barbarians for exchange?"

Xu Miao sighed when he heard this, isn't this smuggling!