After entering August, more peasants came to join Li Yan. Not only are they displaced people from other places, but most of them are local farmers in Qixian County. Due to the introduction of the 'training salary', the homesteaders who are still struggling to support themselves can no longer support it. They abandoned their fields and gathered in Qilizhai in the west of the city with their only clothes. Others are dedicated to the palace or the eunuch's house in order to have a full stomach.

Since the last conflict with Yang Garrison, Li Yan has never returned to the county seat. Zhang Yi in the county town also followed him out of the city and served in Qili Village. The blacksmith workshop was also moved out, and a simple workshop was built on the north side of the wall, but it was difficult to use water, and it was enough to go to the small river to the south every day to pull a few water wheels.

The small river to the south, though small, has never stopped flowing and is almost the only source of water in the area. Although the fields of King Zhou's mansion were close to there, he didn't dare to let Li Yan's people come to fetch water. And the deep well in the county king's mansion in the north no longer allows Li Yan and them to carry water.

Li Zhong took Zhang Yi and a few literate people to register outside the walls of the village, while Huang Desheng and several others were in charge of checking to see if they were in good health and whether there were any marks of Yang Shou's house. Li Yan did not want to continue the conflict with Yang Garrison now, and his priority now was to expand his troops.

"Alright, let's go register." Huang Desheng released a family. After that, he commanded a young man who had just stepped forward: "Come, bend your sleeves." ”

Qingzhuang was a little reluctant, clenched his fists, and said: "Big brother, look at my body, it's great, as long as I can eat enough, I can lift a burden of two hundred catties." ”

"Roll up your sleeves! What nonsense! Huang Desheng scolded impatiently: "If you don't want to, get out of the way, don't block the people behind." ”

"That's right, hurry up!"

"We're all waiting!"

Hearing the urging of the people behind him, Qingzhuang helplessly rolled up his sleeves, revealing the "Yang" brand on his left arm.

Huang Desheng waved his hand and said, "You can't." Next. ”

"Please accept us," Qing Zhuang knelt down and pleaded, "That Yang Shou's village is really not a place for people to stay." Not only must they farm, but they also have to work for his family, build houses, carry wood and stones, and serve as guards, and they cannot be idle for a moment. The food given is only one dry and one scarce, and we have just enough to eat, and our families will starve. Please be kind, big brother, and let us be. ”

At this time, Li Yan heard the voice and came over to check. In the past few days, several tenants of Yang Garrison, most of whom were former displaced people, have come to Qilizhai to ask to join, but they have all been refused.

"As long as you have this mark, I can't take you in." Li Yan pointed to Qingzhuang's arm and said, "This is the mark of Yang Shoubei, and I can't do anything about it." ”

Qingzhuang seemed to be very smart, he kowtowed to Li Yan and said, "The villain understands, Gongzi Xie pointed." Then he got up and left with his wife.

Huang Desheng smiled: "It's quite smart, I don't know if I can stand that suffering." ”

"That's his own business." Li Yan said helplessly: "It's not appropriate for us to clash with Yang Shoubei now, so we can only give him an excuse to provoke." ”

After that, the inspection continued, and in the past few days, a total of more than 100 families fled to Qili Village, and the wasteland around the village was soon insufficient. So it began to expand into the distance, and there were almost no wasteland here, or fields without grass, and most of them had not been cultivated this year.

Li Yan chose to build a new village in Duzhuang in the south. There were still three or four families in Duzhuang, and Li Yan asked them all to move into Qili Village, leaving it to the newcomers. Even if they fool the officials, they have to make a show, and they can't let them see that the original family and land have become the wasteland reclaimed by Li Yan's hands.

In addition to weeding, loosening soil, and fertilizing, the task of the newcomers was to dig a trench, and also dig a trench wall in Duzhuang like Qilizhai as a defensive facility.

Most of these newcomers sent a young man from the family out to be a soldier, and then their whole family cooked the ten acres of land they were allotted. If the family is older, they will send one or two more young people out, so that their family can get more land.

Qili Village, Council Hall.

"Are we going to the county to get a title deed or something?" Li Zhong said: "And the people who have given us the land, do we also want to give them a land deed?" ”

Li Yan frowned and asked, "Someone wants the title deed?" ”

"No, that's what I thought." Li Zhong explained: "We just divided the land, but there is no evidence, which makes people a little uneasy. ”

Li Yan smiled at this time: "It's good if no one wants it." Didn't we all register them? That's the credentials. Now that there are people who let them not have to be displaced, they have land to grow and food, and that is the greatest luck. ”

"You mean, there's no title deed?" Li Zhong asked in surprise.

Li Yan said casually: "Not now, whether there is it in the future depends on the situation." We can't let everyone be chained to the land, we also need people to be craftsmen, to be transporters, to be merchants, to be all walks of life. Now there is a shortage of food, so there is this expedient measure of everything for food, and when there is enough food in the future, it will be restored to a normal state. ”

"Oh," Li Mou said impatiently, "Let's talk about the lack of shadows, let's discuss the defense of the two stockades first." Are we all in one place now? Or do you want to split it into two shares? ”

Li Yan thought for a moment and said, "There are only about 200 people, it's better to concentrate in Qili Village, train first, and let them become soldiers." Du Zhuang is not far from here, if there is something, it won't take much time for us to reinforce the past. ”

Li Mu and Li Zhong had no objections, so they were decided.

Three days later, the young man who had not been taken in came with his wife again, and also brought three young men and their families.

This time they came to the front of the checkpoint, and without waiting for anyone to give them orders, they exposed their arms, and almost all of them had wounds on their left arm. Some were burned, others were bloody and wrapped in rags.

Huang Desheng asked, "How did you get this?" ”

One replied: "The house was on fire and collapsed, and the beams fell and crushed it, and it was burned." ”

"What about you?" Huang Desheng asked another.

Qingzhuang replied: "When I was fleeing the famine, I met a thief and was cut by them. ”

Several young men had their own reasons, so Huang Desheng went to report to Li Yan.

Li Yan came to them, looked at their injuries again, and asked, "Are they all clean?" lest they sin again. ”

"Don't worry, Childe, it's all cleaned up, and there won't be any traces."

Li Yan nodded and asked, "What's it called?" ”

"The villain's name is Sun Sifu."

Li Yan praised: "Good boy, smart enough, you can also endure hardships, you are good!" ”

Sun Sifu smiled hard and said, "It's all forced, and the villain Xie Gongzi took it in." ”