A Husband Who Traveled Through the Famine and Developed a Chronicle

Chapter 142 Catch
Now that Liu Yunzhai was facing the dilemma of having no one available and only the two of them could work, she felt that they could consider it.

Li Xiuyuan had long known that Bai Xiahui's writing was different from theirs, and that it also had numbers. She taught him a lot at that time. Now when he draws pictures, he also uses numbers to record, and feels that the numbers are better than the original ones. Text is much easier.

And it’s also very beautiful.

"This can be considered, but we have to wait until Bai Xia comes back."

"I don't know what happened to her"

Li Xiuyuan sighed, thinking about Bai Xia a little.

Liu Yunzhai was in dire straits, and Yu Dahai opened a [-]-store shop in the name of the village. The first business he did was to collect straw sandals and other woven products.

We also collect wood, stones, basically anything we can think of.

After collecting a lot of things, he released the fertilizer. Fortunately, Bai Xia gave him an idea at the time and gave the fertilizer to the villagers on credit in the form of an IOU so that they could spread the fertilizer. Within ten days, The crops that were planted grew.

Bai Xia obtained [-] kilograms of grain at that time, so that his plan would not fail due to lack of money.

Nowadays, more and more land is being opened up, and they are getting busier and busier.

The escort team in the village also expanded from a dozen people to 100 people.

Except for those under ten years old and those over 50 years old who do not need to be trained, all other people in the village have to train in the village every morning to practice basic slashing skills. Therefore, although there are only a hundred guards in the village, but in real encounters When things go wrong, all the people are soldiers.

In just a few days, they even practiced several times on how to deal with bandits or refugees if they attacked. Now, although everyone looks like ordinary farmers on the surface, they are actually soldiers who can be used at any time.

This is only the first step. Li Xiuyuan still has many plans and arrangements that have not been realized.

For example, building a tofu shop, building a city wall to surround the entire Liuyun Village, or repairing the village and even the road down the mountain.

These have to be done bit by bit.

To do this, we need people.

It takes many, many people.

But before that, there must be enough food.

"report"

While Li Xiuyuan was thinking about this, a shout suddenly came from outside.

Li Xiuyuan's expression changed slightly, he quickly stood up and walked out.

"Report to the village leader that we caught a refugee on the mountain road."

"refugee?"

Li Xiuyuan murmured.

"What about people?"

"Locked in the cellar at the end of the village."

To put it bluntly, Liu Yunzhai is an old forest deep in the mountains, and there are always rumors that the bandits inside want to eat people. Even if the refugees cannot survive, they generally will not run to the mountains.

So this refugee came a bit strangely.

Li Xiuyuan followed the person who came to report and walked towards the east end of the village.

Speaking of this refugee, it was none other than the scout sent by the garrison to gather information. Speaking of him, it was also unlucky.

But he said that the mountain road in Liu Yunzhai was narrow, but he could go up the mountain by taking the right path. However, in order not to be discovered, he specially chose a section of the road with cliffs next to it. He thought that this road was difficult to walk, and there must be few people, and those wandering bandits would also be there. It was easy to ignore it, but he didn't expect that the cliff was too difficult to walk on, and the cliff was completely bare, halfway up the mountain.

The mountainside was still far away from the mountain, but Qishan had a sharp eye. He speculated over and over in his mind where someone would go if he wanted to go up the mountain and had evil intentions.

After thinking about it, I thought of the cliff halfway up the mountain, and looked there. It was not dark yet, and the surrounding scenery was still visible, but it was not so clear.

This was a good look. He saw something moving on the cliff. At first he thought it was because he was dazzled, but then he looked carefully for a while and finally determined that where he was dazzled, it was clearly the real thing. Something is moving.

He immediately grabbed Xu Cheng who was knitting straw sandals next to him.

"Xu Cheng, look quickly, is there something moving there?" Because the distance was too far, they couldn't see clearly what was there, so they could only see movement.

Xu Cheng had just finished knitting a straw sandal, and had originally planned to switch shifts with Qi Shan and let him take a break, so he stood up and looked in the direction of Qi Shan.

Looking at it, my dear, there is indeed something dark on the cliff moving in the direction of the stockade.

The two looked at each other.

"You watch here, I'll notify the escort team."

After saying that, Qishan got off his guard and notified the escort team.

Xu Chengla didn't even hold him back.

There is only one thing, and no one knows whether it is, so naturally they will not light a fire to report it.

After the escort learned the news, they immediately dispatched and captured the scouts garrisoned by hundreds of households just off the cliff.

It was just the scouts from hundreds of garrison households dressed as refugees. Although they were suspicious of his identity, they did not dare to act rashly, so they immediately reported the news to Li Xiuyuan.

Li Xiuyuan followed the person to the cellar. The person was tied to a wooden stake and his mouth was gagged with a cloth. He looked at Li Xiuyuan who came in with a horrified expression.

"Villager"

This time it was Shuanzi and Li Saner who went out to arrest people. Shuanzi was the main leader and Li Saner was the assistant. It was Shuanzi who stayed here at the moment.

After more than ten days of training, Shuanzi has almost completely transformed. His whole body is calm, his back is straight, his chin is slightly raised, and he is full of confidence.

"Have you asked?"

"I asked, and they said they were refugees from Ganzhou, but they turned out to be from Lijia Village, Wu Town, Wuxian County."

"Oh?" That's a coincidence.

Li Xiuyuan stepped forward, and the guard member holding the lamp moved the torch forward to illuminate the face of the tied man.

Li Xiuyuan stood there and looked left and right, but he didn't recognize this person.

Among the people in Lijia Village in his impression, there was no such person.

"What's your name?"

Li Xiuyuan asked, signaling for someone to remove the rag from his mouth.

"My...my name is Li Tieniu." The scout thought of the names of the mining slaves that Baihu had told him before he came, and chose one at random.

Li Xiuyuan's expression froze.

Uncle Tieniu was the eldest son of his second wife, who was kidnapped during the grain tax collection.

"Really? I remember there is no such person as Li Tieniu in Lijia Village."

Of course, what he said was false. When the man heard the words, his eyes showed a trace of confusion, and he couldn't help but wonder if he had remembered it wrong?
But soon, his eyes widened, he looked at Li Xiuyuan in front of him and said, "Are you from Lijia Village?"

Li Tieniu is from Lijiacun. This is absolutely correct. But the little kid in front of him said that there is no such person in Lijiacun. Let’s not say whether what he said is true or false. Why did he say that there is no such person when he opened his mouth instead of asking where Lijiacun is? where?

"Ah, I'm sorry, I'm from Lijiacun"

"Tell me about you, who are you?"

"Don't tell me you are a refugee. We have been fleeing for so long and we have never seen a refugee as clean and strong as you."

Li Xiuyuan smiled and looked at the man's thick arms and the calluses on his hands.

He seemed to have seen similar calluses somewhere.

Just when the scout was racking his brains to think of how to make up his life experience, Li Xiuyuan suddenly said: "I understand, you are a member of the Tushan garrison."

(End of this chapter)