A massive famine! The whole family travels through time together, and with their spatial abilities,

Although Xiao Yujue's father was driven out of the capital early on and became a prince in a remote prefecture.

But he was an illegitimate son who could not inherit the title, a nobody who was neither loved by his father nor his mother, and he spent his childhood with his brothers at the Imperial Academy in the capital.

As time went by, he gradually came together with Xie Chengyuan and other true playboys from aristocratic families.

She also became one of Xie Chengyuan's good friends.

Xie Chengyuan's willingness to befriend Xiao Yujue and spend his days with him suggests that Xiao Yujue possesses admirable qualities.

Otherwise, how could a hidden big shot like Xie Chengyuan possibly befriend a real playboy?

After the Xie family's incident, Xiao Yujue wanted to do something to help them.

But as an unappreciated illegitimate son, he had extremely limited abilities and couldn't even gather information about the Xie family.

He was even imprisoned by the emperor for a long time because of his close relationship with Xie Chengyuan.

Unbeknownst to them, Xiao Yujue was being guarded by the emperor's men.

Even those spoiled brats who were usually on good terms with Xie Chengyuan were all locked up in the ancestral hall by their parents for various reasons, for fear of being punished by the emperor.

Xiao Yujue was released because the old emperor was assassinated by Xiao Yujue, and the guards who were watching him naturally withdrew.

He then gained his freedom.

Before he could even find out the news of the Xie family's exile, he learned that Xiao Yuqiang was actually going to abandon the capital and head south directly.

Even many powerful families and high-ranking officials in the capital were all brought under Xiao Yuqiang's control and followed him south.

As for the officials and gentry who were not taken away, it goes without saying that they were all pawns abandoned by the new emperor.

Even Xiao Yujue's other siblings had received the news early on, and during his confinement, they fled the capital to find their biological father.

And he was, after all, of royal blood.

Without any powerful figures or subordinates by his side, he escaped back to his father's side amidst bandits and rebel forces in various places.

He could only use his royal status to gather the纨绔子弟 (sons of wealthy families who were close to Xie Chengyuan) who were usually on good terms with him to form a new force.

They managed to win over the remaining civilians and gentry who had not fled the city, and brazenly defended the capital.

Perhaps these people lacked a leader and were already panicked, not knowing what to do.

The appearance of Xiao Yujue and his group of纨绔子弟 (sons of wealthy and powerful families) brought the people together, giving them a sense of direction instead of making them wander aimlessly like headless flies.

Surprisingly, they actually made some progress.

Hearing Xiao Yujue's explanation, Shen Shuli and Xiao Yan were even more shocked.

The two were completely taken aback by the boy's thoughts.

Even Xie Chengyuan was surprised that the group of spoiled brats he associated with could actually do such things.

He was very proud of his brothers!

"This isn't the place to talk. Let's find somewhere else to have a proper chat," Xie Chengyuan said at the opportune moment.

Xiao Yujue naturally complied. He immediately went to the city gate and ordered the guards to open the gate and let the army into the city.

The soldiers guarding the city looked quite respectable, but in reality, they were all ordinary civilians in disguise.

They had never received any formal training.

Normally, the training is done by the guards from Xiao Yujue's brothers' homes.

Upon seeing the overwhelming force of the more than 300,000-strong army before them, they were already terrified and their legs went weak.

They all knew Xiao Yujue and knew he was the emperor, so naturally they dared not disobey his orders.

They immediately opened all three city gates, placing them close to the city walls to welcome the army into the city.

Xiao Yujue truly trusted Xie Chengyuan and Xiao Yan implicitly, and without any suspicion of the two, he brought them directly into the palace.

He then entrusted the entire military defense of the imperial city to four generals: Xiao Yan, Xie Jiuzhong, Pingxi Hou, and Gao Fei, and ordered them to replace them all with his own men.

Anyway, the guards in the palace were all makeshift teams. They looked quite professional, but they didn't actually have much fighting power in front of a real army.

He would be happy if his uncle's army could protect the entire capital.

Xiao Yan immediately discussed the military deployment of the capital and the palace with Xie Jiuzhong, Marquis Pingxi, and Gao Fei.

The original makeshift team was completely replaced.

The army guarding the capital was entirely composed of the first batch of soldiers from the island; not a single soldier originally belonging to Xiao Yuqiang was among them.

This is, after all, the capital city, so they naturally have to be extremely cautious.

Xiao Yujue brought Xie Chengyuan and Shen Shuli to the emperor's palace and also gathered all the纨绔 (playboys) together.

These spoiled brats were originally unloved and insignificant members of their respective families.

They were all poor wretches who had been abandoned by their families and left behind to guard their ancestral homes.

As for whether these good-for-nothing illegitimate sons can hold on and survive, that depends on themselves.

If we can hold it.

When they return in the future, they will still have a share of their ancestral property and house.

If they can't, they won't feel bad.

In their hearts, they never thought about the life or death of these abandoned children.

Xiao Yujue had already had a feast prepared, and in their eyes, this meal was a decent feast that they had put together with great effort.

But in the eyes of Shen Shuli and Xie Chengyuan.

These meals were really not as good as what they usually ate.

But neither of them showed any disgust.

Especially Shen Shuli.

She was deeply moved by what these passionate young people had done!

To celebrate, she even brought out a strong spirit of liquor brewed with spring water and grains.

The meal lasted a full two hours before it ended.

After the event, Xiao Yan and his four generals had already arranged the military defenses of the entire capital.

Furthermore, they also thoroughly investigated the situation of the people in the capital.

After meal.

Xiao Yan found Shen Shuli and explained the situation to her in general terms.

“Ah Li, the people here are basically out of ammunition and food. If it weren’t for the fact that they managed to gather a batch of grain seeds after the natural disaster ended and harvested a batch of grain two months ago, more than half of them would probably still be dead.”

"The grain they harvested was not enough to plant in the surrounding fertile fields. They didn't eat a single grain of rice and continued to plant the grain, which barely filled the fertile fields around the capital."

"In order to survive, the people have to go into the deep mountains every day to dig for wild vegetables and pick wild fruits. They have already gone deep into the mountains for 300 miles. The people rarely leave the mountains and live in the deep mountains."

The common people are quite wise.

A group of young men with martial arts skills organized themselves together and gathered food in the deep mountains. They kept only enough for their daily rations and then sent the food out.

A group of people were specifically responsible for receiving the grain and then passing it out to the city.

There is also a group of people who are specifically responsible for the grain in the fields.

Their food comes from what the local people in the deep mountains gather.

Fortunately, there weren't many large wild animals in the deep mountains; they were either hunted by starving people or froze to death in the blizzard.

The people have not yet encountered any danger while venturing into the deep mountains.

Only then did they dare to live deep in the mountains.

Xiao Yan's idea was to have Shen Shuli distribute a batch of grain to the people so that they would have food to eat before the next harvest.

Shen Shuli naturally had no objections.

Immediately order the army to distribute the grain to the people according to the number of people.

They also instructed the people to pass on the message to each other, urging those living deep in the mountains to come down immediately.

Shen Shuli even went to all the fertile fields near the capital and secretly watered them with diluted spiritual spring water.

It can not only shorten the growth period of grains, but also double the grain yield.

Xie Chengyuan, Xiao Yan, and two other generals spent a week settling various affairs in the capital and resolving the people's problems with food, clothing, housing, and transportation.

Furthermore, civilians willing to join the army were recruited and trained by Xie Chengyuan.

Generals Xiao Yan, Xie Jiuzhong, Marquis Pingxi, and Gao Fei each led 50,000 troops in four separate routes.

To deal with and resolve all unsafe factors such as bandits and rebels within a radius of a thousand miles from the capital.

Lihai City is not yet fully completed.

Shen Shuli naturally didn't have time to stay in the capital for long, nor was she in a hurry to touch the capital's infrastructure.

During this free time, she flew back to Lihai City by helicopter alone to continue her work on infrastructure and mining.

Xie Chengyuan, Xiao Yan, and the other three stayed in the capital for a month and finally eliminated all the hidden dangers around the capital.

Those who committed heinous crimes were all executed, while those whose crimes were less serious were all exiled to the army.

The original army of 300,000 was expanded to 500,000 with the addition of civilians.

They cannot stay in the capital for long.

After leaving 150,000 troops in the capital, Xiao Yan and his four generals led 350,000 soldiers to continue their campaign in the north.

Their first priority is to reclaim all the territory that originally belonged to Dayong.

When Shen Shuli returned to the capital, Xiao Yan had already led his army north.

After irrigating all the fertile fields within the capital city once more with diluted spiritual spring water, she went to catch up with the army and replenish their resources.

General Xie Jiuzhong, the General Who Guards the North, was already familiar with all the cities in the northern border.

Xiao Yan then voluntarily relinquished his position, allowing the general to lead the army and reclaim the northern territories one by one.

Powerful nations outside the Northern Barbarians have already occupied important territories in the north.

If they weren't so unaware of the situation within Dayong, they probably would have continued their attack on the capital long ago.

Furthermore, its conquest was hampered by three months of blizzard disaster.

But they also occupied almost the entire northern territory.

Therefore, reclaiming all the lost cities is by no means an easy task.

However, they have ten Land Kings provided by Shen Shuli, so to avoid wasting time, they must act quickly and not give the other side a chance to delay.

It took a month.

The General of the North led his army to slaughter all the enemy soldiers within the territory as a sacrifice to the people they had killed.

And all lost territory was recovered.

Shen Shuli and Xie Jiuzhong discussed and decided that he should continue to guard the northern border, and left him with an army of 200,000.

And enough food and other supplies to feed these soldiers and the people of the North for a year.

In order to enable them to better store food.

In order to store perishable supplies such as meat, eggs, milk, vegetables, and fruits, Shen Shuli built a huge underground icehouse near the army's camp.

It contained a lot of ice that had been stockpiled before the blizzard disaster was about to end.

It is estimated that it will take two or three years for the northern border to be rebuilt.

Moreover, this place is too far from Lihai City, and Shen Shuli doesn't want to keep running here, so this cold storage must be built as soon as possible.

The northern border has a small population, and no one organizes the people into a unified force. Furthermore, powerful foreign enemies invade and oppress the people.

This has resulted in the fertile fields here being largely abandoned.

Using her spatial ability, Shen Shuli thoroughly plowed all the fields in the northern territory, composting the already infertile soil and replanting a batch of high-yield crops, which were then irrigated with diluted spiritual spring water.

The rest is up to the Zhenbei Army.

Xiao Yan left 200,000 troops in the northern border to defend against foreign enemies and rebuild the northern border.

He led only 150,000 troops to continue recovering lost territory in the northeast.