The current situation in Ningdu has changed abruptly, Ming Heng controls all the families and nobles in his hands, and has the order to abolish the knighthood in his hands, and soon staged a drama of killing chickens and setting an example for monkeys.

The families of more than a dozen nobles were all revoked by the Ming family within a day, and then put into prison on charges of treason or other crimes.

It's just that these families are all small families, and they are a tentative attack launched by Ming Heng against the nobles and families of Ningdu.

Soon, some families couldn't sit still and began to mobilize the power in their hands, and the situation in Ningdu soon fell into chaos.

The night of Chinese New Year's Eve in the 921st year of Daxia is not a Chinese New Year's Eve worth rejoicing and celebrating for people in Ningdu.

On the eve of Chinese New Year's Eve, those nobles and families who tried to resist the Ming clan launched their counterattack, and the entire Qinglong City District was fighting all the time, and the fighting even spread to the other three major urban areas.

As if they were crazy, the soldiers of the Ming clan searched for rebels on all the streets of the city, forcibly broke into people's houses, and even robbed them of treasures, and saw beautiful women behaving like beasts. The residents of Ningdu City were panicked, the gate was closed, and no one dared to go out on the street.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, the lively scene on the street disappeared, and the shops were deserted. Only the soldiers, dressed in heavy armor, patrolled the streets, and were accompanied by screams from time to time.

The gnawing chickens are naturally no exception, and the guys who gnawed the chickens either returned to their homes or were taken to the Xu Mansion by Xu Xiang.

At this time, Xu Xiang's family was already overcrowded, and there were more than 30 people in the family with children, and now some of the guys who gnawed the chicken also came, and the entire Xu Mansion was close to 50 people.

Early in the morning on Chinese New Year's Eve, Xu Xiang casually ate something to fill his stomach.

He knew that in the current situation, if he went out, it would be no different from sending him to death. The situation in Ningdu at this moment is very similar to the city occupied by the rebels in Continent F, once someone goes out, they will be directly shot by the rebels against it, and it is completely inhumane.

He is still very experienced in dealing with this kind of thing, after all, he had protected the expatriates and hid in the rebel-occupied city for half a month, until the Huaxia people drove the tanks over, and then picked them up.

The house in Xufu is relatively large, and there is no problem with living fifty people, but the problem is food and water.

In terms of food, the staple food can support more than a month, but meat is very scarce, fortunately, the greenhouse vegetables in the backyard are enough, but not eating meat for a long time will cause people to lack iron, so that people have no strength.

There is no well in Xufu, and people usually go to the well on the street to fetch water, and now there are more than 1,000 soldiers stationed on the street, and no one dares to go to that well to get water.

And there was originally a small pond in Xufu, but since the last time he put those bamboo rags and other things into it to soak in order to make paper, now the water in the whole pond has been green, the water is polluted, and it is inedible, and now there are two tanks of water in the kitchen.

"Young master, now that Ningdu is like this, we can't buy ingredients, and we won't be able to support it for long. Moreover, on Steward Yang's side, the food should almost be eaten, and we can't buy food now......" Since Yang Dianfeng went to the Yellow River Beach, Liu Sancai has replaced him to take care of the affairs of the house, and at this time he said to Xu Xiang with a sad brow.

Xu Xiang sat in the study, Jiang Shenyu stood behind him, gently pressing his forehead for him.

"Lao Yang knew that something big had happened in Ningdu, so naturally he would not rush into the city. Now it's time to think about the affairs in the house, Uncle Liu, how much food do we have now? ”

"The food and white flour in the house can last for a month or two, but if you just have water, you still have to go to the wells in the streets to fetch water." Liu Sancai said.

"Bring me the map of the Suzaku City area, and I'll see if I can think of a way." Xu Xiang said.

Xu Cheng walked to the bookshelf at the back and took out a parchment scroll, which recorded some buildings and topography of the entire Suzaku City.

Xu Xiang looked at the map, looked at it carefully, and gestured the distance with his hand.

The whole room looked at him curiously, not knowing what he was going to do.

He observed the location of the existing wells in Suzaku City and roughly judged the location of the groundwater.

Some of these wells in Suzaku City are more than 10 meters deep, while others are only 5 or 6 meters, depending on the height of the ground and the location of the groundwater.

Liu Sancai watched Xu Xiang staring at the position of these wells, and took out a piece of paper to draw something, and asked while being puzzled: "Young master, are you planning to dig a well?" ”

"Wells? No, this one is too hard. Xu Xiang shook his head, knowing that the underground water in this location of Xu Mansion was about seven or eight meters away, and if he wanted to dig a well, it would take at least ten days.

Then he said, "Uncle Liu, go and call Uncle Wei and Xiaoping over." ”

Although he didn't know what the young master was going to do, Liu Sancai still did it and called Wei Cheng's grandfather and son over.

When the father and son came over, Xu Xiang was drawing something on the white paper, and Wei Chengzu said, "Young master, are you looking for me?" ”

"You wait for me for a moment." Xu Xiang continued to paint, and after a while, said: "Uncle Wei, you and Xiaoping have worked hard today to create everything on this paper, and I will be useful early tomorrow morning!" ”

Wei Chengzu took the drawing, looked at some strange things on it curiously, and heard Xu Xiang instruct: "Except for this two-inch and eight-foot pipe, just use pig iron." ”

The father and son took the drawings and left.

Since digging a well was too time-consuming and labor-intensive, he thought of a pressurized water well.

This thing is very simple, there is a piston on the top and a valve on the bottom of the pressurized water well, and this piston and valve are both a one-way valve.

This is not difficult to make, it is not difficult to get water, and after being filtered with activated carbon, the water quality is much better than that in the well.

The well on Yunyan Street is located in a street with dense shops and people, and there are often people who fetch water, and there is nothing to cover the well, and the water in it is naturally polluted to a certain extent.

"Okay, the water problem is solved." Xu Xiang continued, "Next, let's talk about the people in the three yards, now that the gnawing chickens are closed, they have nothing to do, and the food can't last long." If there is any way, let's think about it. ”

The homeless people who were taken in from outside the gate of Pujia City were all placed in the three courtyards he bought, and they had something to do before, but now that Ningdu is so chaotic, they naturally dare not go out.

Last night, Xu Xiang had already informed them to obey Aunt Wang's arrangement and stay in the house and not come out.

But how long can this last? No one knows when this chaos in Ningdu will end.

"This ......" The people present looked at each other, they were completely blind people crossing the river - they couldn't touch the edge!

"Changsha, Ming's move is a big rebellion, Daxia Longque shouldn't sit idly by, right?" Jiang Shenyu asked.

"Alas, I don't know, it's been five days since the soldiers of the Ming clan entered the city, but the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow has not moved at all. Qin Zhiwei went to Lushui Town again, and I don't have the slightest way now. Xu Xiang shook his head, the night the soldiers entered the city, he vaguely knew that Ning was going to change, so he wanted to go to Ximen to find Qin Zhiwei, but was told that Qin Zhiwei had not returned to Ningdu.

At this moment, the door of the study was suddenly opened from the outside, and a voice came, "Ah, Xu Changsha, your family doesn't have any New Year's atmosphere." ”

Xu Xiang looked out the door and saw Luo Min wearing a light red festive costume and walking in with a smile on his face.

Since the last time he went to Dragon Bird Valley, he hadn't seen Luo Min for a long time, and he was also a little speechless for Luo Min, who was always elusive.

Luo Min just walked in, and looked familiar with a stool, just sat down, and a man wearing a white plain brocade and a jade crown walked in outside the door.

"Lord Ning? Why are you here too? Did Miss Qin return to Ningdu? Xu Xiang stood up, greeted him, and asked curiously.

The person who came was none other than Ningzhou, the commander of the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow Heavenly Sparrow Division, and Ning Zhou smiled slightly and said, "Commander Qin has not returned to Ningdu. ”

"Oh." Xu Xiang showed a look of disappointment, and then asked, "Then when will Miss Qin come back?" ”

"Hey, how do we know? Sister Qin went to Lushui Town, and the news in Ningdu has been so tight recently, she can't pass on the news. Luo Min interjected at this time.

"You ...... Isn't it Lushui Town that I went with Miss Qin? Xu Xiang said in surprise, last time he asked for a secret letter for Xiao Xuan, Qin Zhiwei said that she was going to Lushui Town, and he thought that Luo Min and Ningzhou also followed along.

"We want to go too, but Sister Qin asked us to stay in Ningdu and watch you......"

"Lormine!" Before Luo Min's words could be finished, he was interrupted by Ning Zhou in a warning tone.

"What are you looking at me for?" Xu Xiang naturally heard that Luo Min's words seemed to be hiding something, and Ning Zhou interrupted her in time, as if he was afraid that she would miss something.

"Nothing...... I'm afraid that you'll run away, if you run away, where will we go to find the Lord of the Dragon Order? Luo Min also realized that he seemed to be outspoken, and he slipped his mouth, and hurriedly came up with a reason.

A flash of vigilance flashed in Xu Xiang's eyes, he could naturally distinguish such a clumsy excuse, it seemed that the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow was planning something.

Qin Zhiwei's figure suddenly appeared in his mind, and he remembered what she said in Dragon Bird Valley, "I knew that you ...... Not a person who likes to escape. In that case, I can only ...... in advance."

What does Qin Zhiwei mean by advance?

Xu Xiang faintly smelled a trace of unusual smell, Luo Min and Ningzhou came to the door today, definitely not because of Chinese New Year's Eve to come over to pay their own New Year's greetings, this may also be part of their plan, otherwise they will not come early or late, but come when the wind is very tight?

"You ...... Came to me for something? Xu Xiang got straight to the point and asked directly.