Uncle Kang was stunned when Xu Miao asked him what he thought.

He had no ideas; he was just a farmer without any ideas. The ideas of the villagers in Kangzhuang were his own.

No one in Kangzhuang signed it, and he didn't want to sign it either.

Uncle Kang pursed his lips and hesitated for a long time, but he couldn't give a clear answer.

Seeing this, Xu Miao stopped talking to Uncle Kang.

At this time, Village Chief Han also told Uncle Kang their ideas.

"Brother Kang, you don't have to sign this indenture. Hanjia Village will never sign an indenture with anyone again."

"Official villagers of Hanjia Village are limited to the current Hanjia Villagers. When Hanjia Villagers get married and have children in the future, their children can be considered official villagers, but no one else can."

Xu Miao had already discussed the issue of signing the indenture with Village Chief Han. From now on, Hanjia Village would never sign any indentures with anyone else. There were only so many people in Hanjia Village.

No matter how Hanjia Village develops in the future, its population will no longer increase.

Unless a newborn is born and the child’s parents are both from Hanjia Village.

Neither Xu Miao nor Village Chief Han wanted to manage too many people. They just wanted to manage the existing people in Hanjia Village well.

The people of Kangzhuang wanted to sign a contract to sell themselves to Hanjia Village, but Hanjia Village didn't want it.

When Uncle Kang left Xu Miao's house, Village Chief Han cursed: "Damn it, these Kangzhuang people are no good either. They want to use our Hanjia Village as a springboard."

"Tomorrow morning, I'll assign the hardest work to these guys. A Miao, all that food is wasted. If you know what these guys think, they should be left hungry."

Xu Miao was not as excited as Village Chief Han. Everyone had their own plans.

It is simply unrealistic to expect these outsiders to submit as soon as they arrive in Hanjia Village.

Xu Miao consoled him, "Uncle Han, we want to recruit people here to make the village outside safer."

"It's to be expected that the people of Kangzhuang are disobedient. As long as the outer villages are safe, our goal will be achieved."

"As for whether they are obedient or not, and whether they want to live in Hanjia Village for a long time, we don't need to consider it."

"Within five years, if the people from Kangzhuang are really not capable, we will replace them. There are plenty of people outside Dingzhou City."

Spending some money to exchange for the safety of Hanjia Village is a good deal for Hanjia Village.

Early the next morning, Village Chief Han ordered all the adult men in Kangzhuang to carry wood to the door of Uncle Liu's house.

The delicate work of making wooden balls is done by the people of Hanjia Village.

After the wood was sorted, Uncle Liu started to work day and night with several villagers from Hanjia Village who were skilled in carpentry to make the wooden ball.

Several people from Kangzhuang who were skilled in carpentry also wanted to come forward to help, but Village Chief Han did not let them.

Knowing that they had some carpentry skills, he assigned them the work of making tables and chairs for the village, saying that these tables and chairs were needed urgently and asked them to make them quickly so that the children could learn to read and write sooner.

The people of Kangzhuang stayed in Hanjia Village for more than ten days before Zhou Jicheng had time to rush to Hanjia Village from the military camp.

As soon as Zhou Jicheng entered the village, he saw that Hanjia Village was much more lively than before, with many unfamiliar faces.

When I arrived at Xu Miao's house and asked Xu Miao, I found out that it was Xu Miao who had invited some outsiders.

Zhou Jicheng asked Xu Miao in confusion: "Ah Miao, why did you think of recruiting these outsiders to Hanjia Village?"

Zhou Jicheng has been busy in the military camp recently and has not come to Xu Miao for a long time.

Xu Miao smiled and explained to Zhou Jicheng, "It's dangerous over there in the outer village. I want to recruit some young and strong outsiders to help the people of Hanjia Village resist the barbarians over there."

"I originally wanted to recruit only 20 or so people, but I didn't expect to end up recruiting more than 50 people from Kangzhuang."

Xu Miao told Zhou Jicheng about her idea of ​​recruiting outsiders and the process of recruiting people in Dingzhou City.

Hearing that the people of Kangzhuang were still a little disobedient, Zhou Jicheng smiled and said, "You and Village Chief Han don't have to worry about this. In a few days, I'll bring some soldiers to the other villages to scare these people of Kangzhuang so that they won't be disobedient."

When Xu Miao heard Zhou Jicheng say that he wanted to bring troops to scare the people of Kangzhuang, he quickly spoke up to stop him from thinking this.

"The people from Kangzhuang have just arrived in Hanjia Village. They need some time to adjust to the situation. If they really cause trouble, you can bring your troops here."

In the past ten days or so, the people in Kangzhuang have been relatively honest and have done their work diligently.

Time will tell, so we still have to wait for a while before we can see the problem.

Xu Miao took out the clothes and dried meat that Mrs. Zhao had brought to Zhou Jicheng when they went to Dingzhou City last time, and said to him with a smile, "These things have been here for a while. It's a good time for you to take them back when you come."

"Ever since I followed you from the capital to the northern border, I haven't made you a decent piece of clothing. Ah Cheng, you won't blame me, will you?"

Xu Miao has been busy with the affairs of Hanjia Village since she arrived in Northern Xinjiang. It was only when Mrs. Zhao asked her to bring back clothes for Zhou Jicheng last time that Xu Miao thought of making a piece of clothing for Zhou Jicheng.

Zhou Jicheng waved his hand nonchalantly: "I don't lack clothes to wear, just go and do your thing. When you really have nothing to do, you can make me some clothes."

Although Zhou Jicheng said no, he was still looking forward to Xu Miao making something for him.

He brought the gloves and scarf I made for him last time back to the barracks and showed them off to General Xiao He.

If Xu Miao could make him a piece of clothing, General Xiao He would be jealous to death.

After talking about the clothes, Xu Miao took Zhou Jicheng to the empty house in the yard.

Xu Miao pointed to several wooden balls piled on the ground and said to Zhou Jicheng, "Acheng, take a look at these. Can they be used in the military camp?"

"These are made of wood. If they could be made of iron, they would be even more powerful."

Zhou Jicheng became interested in the wooden ball. He picked one up from the ground, looked at it carefully for a while, and asked Xu Miao.

"Is this what you guys in Han Village do to protect yourself from barbarians?"

"Actually, you don't really need to be too nervous this year. The barbarians are in civil unrest right now, so they probably don't have time to launch a surprise attack on Han Village."

"But it's better to be on guard. There's always a chance of something happening."

Since it was a military secret, Zhou Jicheng didn't say much.

After hearing what Zhou Jicheng said, Xu Miao was slightly stunned, and she didn't ask any further questions.

Seeing Xu Miao stunned, Zhou Jicheng picked up some things to say to Xu Miao and told him about the situation on the barbarian side.

Recently, the largest tribe of barbarians has been in internal strife. Taking advantage of the internal strife in the larger tribe, several other smaller tribes have gathered their men to seize the territory of the larger tribe.

I guess no one cares about this poor place called Hanjia Village.

After Xu Miao sent Zhou Jicheng away, he told Village Chief Han the news he had received from Zhou Jicheng.

Village Chief Han thought for a while before saying to Xu Miao, "Don't worry about what the barbarians are doing over there. Let's take care of our own."

"Even if we don't use them this year, we can rest assured knowing that those wooden balls are lying on the grassland."

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