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After listening to Village Chief Han's instructions, Xu Miao nodded and said seriously, "Don't worry, Uncle Han, this matter must not be known to the Major General."

"This is just the last time we're doing this deal, so be extremely careful. Once we get this done, I won't do anything this nerve-wracking next year!"

After Xu Miao and Village Chief Han finished discussing the deal with the barbarians, Xu Miao told Village Chief Han about the letter from the Duke Dingguo's Mansion in the capital.

Xu Miao: "Uncle Han, in addition to the letter, the Duke also brought ten thousand taels of silver. I want to use this silver for our Hanjia Village. What else do you think the village needs?"

After saying that, Xu Miao took out the ten thousand taels of silver note from his pocket and handed it to Village Chief Han.

When Village Chief Han heard that the Duke Dingguo's Mansion in the capital had sent a banknote, he was so happy that he quickly stood up and took the banknote handed over by Xu Miao.

He said with a smile, "I didn't expect the Duke to send me silver. Oh my! So much!"

Xu Miao didn't dare to mention anything about the royal family. These things were too far away from their lives.

The people in the northern border may not even know who the emperor is, so the terms "royal relatives" are useless in the northern border.

In the northern border, General Liu is the most useful, and Zhou Jicheng is more useful than his father who lives far away in the capital.

Village Chief Han smiled and carefully counted the banknotes in his hand several times before saying to Xu Miao, "Ah Miao, I'm not afraid of you laughing at me. This is the most money I've ever seen in my entire life."

"Ah Miao, if these banknotes were exchanged for silver, they would fill up the entire room!"

Xu Miao didn't know how much ten thousand taels of silver could be, but it was definitely not as exaggerated as Village Chief Han thought. It could fill up an entire room. The room in Village Chief Han's house was quite large.

"A Miao, I just thought about it. Right now in our Hanjia Village, there really isn't much to spend money on."

Village Chief Han was happy enough, so he put on a stern face and spoke to Xu Miao in a serious tone.

"Now every household in the village has enough food and clothing. I even gave each family a big bag of candles for lighting."

"The medicinal herbs are all stored in another house of my house, waiting to be taken out and used when someone gets sick."

"If we really need something, it's wood for burning and heating. This wood is free. Villagers can just pick some up from the grasslands and the woods and it will last them all winter."

"I can't think of anything else I need urgently."

Village chief Han was not greedy. Although Xu Miao brought him 10,000 taels of silver, he did not ask for too much and did not want to spend it as much as he wanted.

After Village Chief Han finished speaking, he went on to ask Xu Miao if he had any ideas.

"A Miao, have you ever thought about how to spend this ten thousand taels of silver?"

Village chief Han wanted to hear what suggestions Xu Miao had, so he turned sideways and asked Xu Miao carefully.

On the way, Xu Miao thought about how to make rational use of the money to build Hanjia Village better.

But just now, after listening to Village Chief Han talking about the barbarians, she realized that she still had to be on guard against the barbarians' winter invasion.

Seeing that Village Chief Han asked, Xu Miao told Village Chief Han that he wanted to make some iron balls with thorns.

"Han Bo, do you think we can make some iron balls with spikes?"

"A Miao, what are you talking about?" Village Chief Han was caught off guard by Xu Miao's question, and asked Xu Miao with wide eyes.

He had only seen a few iron balls, and the iron ball with thorns was his blind spot.

Seeing that he and Village Chief Han couldn't explain clearly, Xu Miao laughed and said, "Uncle Han, do you have paper and pen in your room? I'll draw it for you."

Xu Miao also told Village Chief Han that he didn't understand what the iron ball was used for, and thought of drawing a picture of it to make it more intuitive.

Village chief Han stood up and walked quickly out of the house without even bothering to put on his cotton-padded jacket.

As he walked, he said to Xu Miao, "Ah Miao, wait a minute. I'll go get some paper and pen from the fourth brother's room."

There was no paper or pen in the house of the old couple, but Han Dahai had been reading by lamplight every night recently. Village Chief Han knew that he had what Xu Miao wanted in his house.

Aunt Han, who was guarding the door, saw Village Chief Han running out of the house without even wearing an outer coat, and thought something big had happened.

He hurriedly asked, "Grandpa, where are you going? Why don't you even put on your coat?"

Aunt Han lowered her voice and asked, "What's the big deal?"

Seeing Aunt Han's worry, Village Chief Han smiled and comforted her: "Don't worry, it's a good thing, a great thing!"

It was of course a great thing that Xu Miao brought 10,000 taels of silver notes.

Village Chief Han quickly found paper and pen from Han Dahai's room and ran back to place them in front of Xu Miao. Even Aunt Han, who was guarding the door outside the house, followed Village Chief Han in from the outer room. She wanted to participate in the good things that were happening.

Xu Miao took a pen and paper and drew a thorny ball on the eaves of the kang in Village Chief Han's house with a few strokes.

Xu Miao pointed to the ball with thorns on it and explained to the village head Han and his wife, "Uncle Han, Auntie, this is the iron ball with thorns that I want to make."

"With this thing, we can spread it on the path where the barbarians are running."

"The spikes on this iron ball can prick a horse's hoof. If a person steps on it, their foot will also be pierced. It can at least serve as a defense."

Xu Miao also made this iron ball and explained to Village Chief Han and others how to use it.

Village chief Han and his wife took the painting drawn by Xu Miao and looked at it carefully for a long time.

Aunt Han was the first to praise, "Tsk tsk, this thing is really good. No matter if it's a person or a horse, they will get hurt if they step on it."

"If the barbarians leave their horses, their fighting power will be greatly reduced."

"Ah Miao, you don't know how scary it is to see those barbarians charging towards us on horseback. It would be a little easier to look at if they weren't on horses."

Aunt Han had seen the barbarians rushing into Han Village on horseback to rob things. The scene was truly terrifying.

Village Chief Han studied Xu Miao's portrait for a long time and then said, "This ball is a good thing. It's just that, Miao, you said it would be difficult to make it into an iron ball."

"The government can't let us use too much iron. Without the raw materials, how can we make this?"

Iron mines in the Great Zhou Dynasty were strictly controlled by the government, and it was rare for ordinary people to obtain large quantities of raw iron. The raw iron in the blacksmith shops in Dingzhou City was distributed regularly by the government and strictly registered.

According to Xu Miao, if they wanted to spread this stuff on the road where the barbarians were coming, the quantity would definitely be considerable. He couldn't figure out where they could get so much iron raw materials.

Aunt Han also remembered that iron raw materials were controlled by the Great Zhou government, and sighed with regret, "It's just that there's nowhere to get these iron lumps. Even if all the blacksmith shops in Dingzhou City were to make these iron balls, they wouldn't be able to make many."

Aunt Han felt distressed. If this could be used, wouldn't their Hanjia Village have an extra layer of protection?

Seeing this, Xu Miao knew that the iron ball could not be made. She was not in a position to ask Zhou Jicheng for the iron raw materials. After all, the iron ball was to be made for the private use of their Hanjia Village.

Xu Miao thought for a moment and decided that if an iron ball didn't work, a wooden ball should probably do the trick. While it might not be as powerful, it was still better than doing nothing at all.

He hurriedly asked Village Chief Han: "Uncle Han, what do you think of this ball made of wood? It's just that the spikes are a bit difficult to make."

When Village Chief Han heard Xu Miao say he wanted to make a wooden ball, he slapped his thigh and shouted, "Why didn't I think of making a wooden ball?"