At first, these villagers were hesitant because they were all poor and could not afford to cooperate with the construction of the wall, and they were also afraid that Liu Wei would build the wall on a large scale and force them to work hard, which would delay their farm work.

So Liu Wei immediately patted his chest and promised that he would bear all the costs of building the wall, and at the same time would not force the villagers to contribute to help build the wall, so that the villagers felt that building the wall was also good for their safety, and since they didn't have to pay or contribute, they naturally wouldn't object to anything.

This time, the walled wall built by Liu Wei expanded the area of the village by more than five times, and it involved the occupation of some of the villagers' fields, and the villagers would definitely not be willing, so Liu Wei used the fields in his hands to exchange two for one, and replaced the land occupied by the walled wall from the hands of the villagers, so that the rest of the land in the village except for the land occupied by the villagers' own small amount of houses, the rest of the land became Liu different.

Liu Wei spread the news, claiming that a large number of helpers were recruited to build a walled wall in Xishan Village.

In this era, the cheapness of labor was unimaginable in later generations, and it was said that it was to recruit helpers, but in fact, except for some craftsmen with craftsmanship, the rest of the laborers did not need to develop any wages at all.

As long as you set up a few cauldrons and cook food, without even letting these helpers eat very much, a large number of people will come here to help for this stuttering.

Therefore, recruiting workers does not require too much expenses, as long as there is food, you can solve the problem, but in Dengzhou, even if you have money, it is difficult to raise enough food, and in Denglai, the price of food has been soaring in the past two years, and there is no market.

Fortunately, this was not a difficult thing for the sea wolf, and Liu Wei soon got a boatload of grain from the southeast of Shandong, which was dozens of tons, enough for thousands of people to eat openly for a long time.

As long as there is food, it is naturally easy to do things, and a large number of hungry people who are idle and have nothing to do and are worried about eating this meal have rushed to Xishan Village to help.

More people are naturally easy to do, the progress of the wall project in Xishan Village is natural and logical, although the forest resources in this area are not enough, but there is enough soil to do this thing, a large number of helpers are like ants digging ditches from all around to take soil, digging out the soil in the ditch, and then piling up and tamping, soon formed a rammed earth wall with a height of one zhang and a width of one and a half meters.

Such a wall, looking at the surrounding dozens of miles within a radius, can definitely be called a big village, even if it is the village where the most famous local gentry live, the scale is not as large as Xishan Village.

Such a project will inevitably arouse the suspicion of some people, and gathering so many people is also a very taboo thing for the government, once someone here is to stir up trouble with the people, it will cause chaos, so even the government is a little unable to sit still, and send people to inquire about it.

But fortunately, Liu was not willing to spend money, and quickly sent the officials who came to inquire comfortably, took the money one by one, and happily went back to his life, saying that there was no problem here, Liu Yuanwai was a good person, seeing that there were many hungry people in Ninghai Prefecture, he took advantage of the opportunity to repair the wall, which was equivalent to giving porridge in Xishan Village.

And Liu Shanren took care of this side in an orderly manner, there was nothing unusual, and there was no need to worry about anything at all, so the government took the benefits, and saw that Liu Wei did not mess around in Xishan Village, so he didn't ask too much about him here, and let him build a lot of buildings.

What's more, although Liu Wei attracted a large number of hungry people, but he did not have anything unusual, these hungry people came here, not only have something to do, but also food, naturally they will not take risks to do nonsense, which is also good for reducing the pressure on local security, the government feels that as long as Liu is not a nonsense, then this practice is still good for them, so they are happy to see it come and let it go.

In fact, what the government is most worried about is the White Lotus Sect and some of the various chaotic religions hidden in the place, gathering crowds to make trouble at this time, but after repeated inquiries, it was found that Liu Wei had nothing to do with these chaotic religions at all, on the surface, Liu Wei was indeed a nouveau riche who made a fortune in the south, returned to his hometown to buy farmland, and wanted to set up a village to protect himself, and there was nothing wrong with it, so they had nothing to worry about.

After three months of intense construction, the wall project of Xishan Village is basically over, to the end of September, Xishan Village has formed a ditch with two zhang wide and one zhang deep, there is a high one zhang inside, the earthen wall with a width of six feet, the shape of the wall is strange, there are convex and concave, on the raised corner, there are watchtowers that can be used to shelter from the wind and rain, such a scale of defense facilities, although it does not dare to be comparable with the brick city wall of the city, but for a village, it is also impregnable.

If a few cannons are hidden in the corner towers of these walled walls, it is estimated that even if 10,000 people besiege Xishan Village, it is estimated that it will not be easy to take them.

In addition, Xishan Village is very close to the sea, can be in the range of cannons, by the sea is a simple wharf, built three trestle bridges that stretch into the seawater, can be used for ships to berth directly to load and unload goods, not far from the sea, is the wharf of Yangma Island, even if it is swimming, you can easily swim to the opposite Yangma Island, but the only problem is that the water depth here is limited, can not be berthed for too large ships, some big ships want to berth directly here, it is easy to run aground.

However, this is not too big a problem for the sea wolf, after all, the ships sent by the sea wolf are mostly flat sand boats, and the boats are not too big, not too eye-catching, and the water depth here can basically be satisfied, and the sand boats of three or four hundred materials are berthed.

In addition to the wall, Liu Wei also did a few things that people couldn't figure out, that is, he ordered people to dig several wells in Xishan Village and Yangma Island Tuweizi, in fact, Xishan Village itself has wells, and the well water is enough for the people in the village to eat, but Liu Wei actually "spent a lot of money" to dig a few more wells, these wells now seem to be almost completely useless, it is simply a waste of silver.

But Liu Wei didn't explain too much, he still went his own way, and let people dig so many wells, if someone carefully calculated, the fresh water produced by these wells is enough for more than 10,000 people to eat, even if tens of thousands of people are stuffed in the village and Tuweizi, it is estimated that they will not worry about the draft problem.

In addition, there is another thing that makes people very incomprehensible, when Liu Wei was building the walled wall and the earthen fence, he began to buy a large amount of timber, firewood and charcoal at the same time, and hoarded a large number of them into Xishan Village and Tuweizi, these timber and dry firewood are enough for many people to heat and cook in winter, and with the current population of Xishan Village, the firewood purchased by Liu Wei during this period is enough for them to use for two or three lifetimes.

And even after the Xishan Village Wall and Yangma Island Tuweizi were built, Liu Wei did not stop buying wood and firewood, he still seemed to be crazy, how many wanted, as if he was not enough at all, even some straw, he also wanted it, and it was also piled up inside and outside the village, this approach made people a little confused by the second monk, so some people thought that Liu Wei's brain was in the water, and there was no place to spend the money, anyway, this guy has money, since he wants it, then get it for him, which makes many people in the past few months. Just chopping wood and burning charcoal made a lot of money.

Because Liu Wei purchased a large amount of land, he naturally had to recruit some tenants to cultivate the land, so he selected more than 200 families among the hungry people who came to help, and stayed in Xishan Village and Yangma Island Tuwei, among which there were some families with better physical conditions, and not a single bachelor.

This is even more incomprehensible, at this time, there are really a lot of bachelors among the hungry people, but Liu is different and doesn't want these singles, but he prefers to choose someone who has a family and drags his family to take him in.

And among these families, there are some children, children, women and children with weak labor, and recruiting these people to serve as tenants will reduce a lot of good labor, and have to support a lot of weak laborers, and it is obviously not cost-effective to recruit those strong bachelors.

So some villagers saw that Liu Yuanwai was a good person, and after arriving here, they were also good to them, and they couldn't bear to see him waste money and food so much, so they persuaded him in private.

But Liu Wei shook his head and said something, so that they could understand Liu Wei's thoughts.

Liu Wei said: "The reason why I take in these families who drag their families instead of those singles who feed their families without starving is my reason!"

Now the world is not peaceful, there are many bandits everywhere, maybe one day there will be a big chaos, once there is a large group of bandits to commit, these singles seem to be strong, but they have no concern, so when they see that the enemy is strong, they can smear the soles of their feet with oil, and even turn against us, and harm us!

But these people who have families and families are different, their families are in the village or in the earthen fence, when there is a strong enemy to attack, naturally can not slip away, even if these people are not for me, but for their families, with me to fight the same enemy, but follow me to the end, in this way, you should understand, why I want to keep these people! ”

When people heard it, it was really this reason, Liu Yuanwai is here now has a big business, and there is food and money in the village, once the world is in chaos, it will inevitably cause robbers to covet it, if they all collect some singles, it is really not safe.

These singles seem to be good laborers, but once something happens, they have nothing to worry about, they can slip away, or even simply defect to the thieves, in that case, leaving such a group of people in the village, if they don't do it, it will become a wolf into the house, so Liu Wei does this, which is really a good way.

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