Time is like water, and nearly a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

In the past month, every household in Zhoujia Village has been busy making brick cakes and digging tunnels, and they are very happy, and their lives are peaceful and peaceful.

However, the other three villages close to Zhoujia Village were very unlucky, and they were successively looted by several gangs of robbers from Tieshan Township, Bixing Township, and Bagua Township.

In desperation, they had no choice but to form a team to go to Tieshan Township, Bixing Township, and Bagua Township to rob.

However, we are all poor people who lack food.

Just a little thing, grab and grab, you eat mine, I eat yours.

It didn't take a month at all, and it was all eaten.

Everyone had to go hungry.

So, everyone was good again, became civilians again, and honestly went to the fields, rivers, and mountains to find food.

For this reason, it is inevitable that some unruly people will sneak into each other's fields, rivers and mountains to find food between neighboring villages, and there will be some small frictions and skirmishes from time to time.

However, miraculously, no matter the robbers from Tieshan Township, Bixing Township, and Bagua Township who came here to rob, or the villagers from the surrounding villages, none of them came to rob Zhoujia Village, or to look for food in the fields of Zhoujia Village.

Many people in Zhoujia Village are puzzled by this.

Including Liu Wuxiu, when he was having dinner, he talked about it.

Xiao Qiongzhi reminded her: "Aunt Liu, have you forgotten? More than 100 robbers from our village came back to rob our village, but all the troops were wiped out! ”

"Moreover, including the robber named Yehe in Guangfu Village, the seventeen robbers who were injured when they went to Chamu Township to rob and returned to Guangfu Village to recuperate, a few days ago, I heard from my uncle that before he came back to Zhoujia Village, he deliberately found their old nest in Baclaw Mountain, and all of them were killed."

"But, even so, what village doesn't kill dozens of robbers these days?"

"I've heard that many robbers from other towns are much more robbers than the robbers in Guangfu Village, at least two or three hundred, compared to these people, we only killed more than 100 bandits in Guangfu Village last time, which is not a lot, right?" Liu Wuxiu was still puzzled.

Xiao Qiongzhi shook his head with a smile: "You can't just look at the number of people, but also look at the ability." Guangfu Village has a history of more than ten years, and almost all the robbers in it are fugitives who have been responsible for murders. You see, when they robbed our village, were they all vicious and brutal, killing people and setting fires, and doing all kinds of evil? ”

"yes." Liu Wuxiu nodded.

"This kind of robber is not at all comparable to those recent robbers who had to fall into the grass because they didn't have food at home. Their insidious and murderous mere talk is enough to treat one as ten. ”

"But our Zhoujia Village killed them all at once last time. This fully shows that our Zhoujia Village people are more powerful than the robbers in Guangfu Village. ”

"Under such circumstances, ordinary robbers or ordinary good deeds will be afraid of us, how dare they come to our Zhoujia Village to do something?" Xiao Qiongzhi asked rhetorically.

"That's true! is still smart-hearted, and he can see it clearly! Liu Wuxiu suddenly realized.

But the next moment, she suddenly thought of something, sank her face, turned her head and reprimanded the dog and the stone: "You two stinky boys, you are also with Zhi'er, and your Uncle Dayong and Uncle Da Hero, you have been reading and learning kung fu for more than a month, why are you still so stupid?" Can't see these teachings at all? ”

Shi couldn't help pouting aggrievedly: "Mother, you are unreasonable!" Reading books and learning kung fu has nothing to do with what Zhi'er just said. In the book and in Kung Fu, there is no talk about the affairs of Guangyu Village or our village! ”

"You're still stubborn? You think I don't know, the book is full of stories, and every story must have its own truth. Although the affairs of Guangyu Village and the affairs of our village are not in the book, the same reason must exist. If you can't explain it, it can only mean that you haven't read the book and don't understand the reason. Liu Wuxiu's retort was quite reasonable.

The stone choked and poked the dog with his elbow.

The dog thought for a while and said, "Mother, don't be angry, it's not that I and Shishi are too stupid in this matter, but that you and Zhi'er are too smart, don't believe it, and when Da Niu and Shishan come over in the afternoon, you ask them to go, and they can't see what Zhi'er said, and they can't tell what you said." ”

"That's right, you idiots, you are like your dead ghost father, how can I and Zhi'er be smart!" Liu Wuxiu was very praised by the dog, grinned proudly, and continued to bow his head to eat.

The dog was relieved and glanced at the stone, and the brothers obediently lowered their heads and continued to eat.

As for Chu Yunniang, Zhou Dayong, Zheng Bang, and Xiao Qiongzhi, they have now fully adapted to Liu Wuxiu's drama while eating and taking the opportunity to train his son, and they are not affected at all, and the meal has been eating very deliciously.

The next morning, at the end of the hour, Zhou Dazhi, Zheng Bang, and Liu Wuxiu joined forces to successfully dig the tunnel leading to the river from Xiao Zhiqiong's house.

At this point, the tunnels of Xiao Qiongzhi's house have finally been dug up.

In this tunnel, in addition to the granary, there are also two secret rooms, so that when there is danger outside, men and women can hide separately.

In addition, the granary and secret room each have separate entry mechanisms and hidden weapon traps that hide crossbows and lime powder.

In order to facilitate grain storage, many quicklime blocks are also stored in advance in the granary to absorb underground moisture and keep the environment dry.

There are many entrances and exits in the tunnels, and a total of three entrances in the house, three entrances in the courtyard, and four exits outside the courtyard are designed.

These exits and entrances are connected.

Among them, among the four exits outside the courtyard, two lead to the grass not far from the courtyard, one is connected to Liu Wuxiu's house, and the other is the one that has just been dug through, leading to the river more than 300 meters away, from where you can cross the bridge and run directly to the opposite bank of the mountain.

Xiao Qiongzhi, the dog, and the stone were all very excited on a day like today's great achievement.

They walked around all the tunnel exits and entrances of the house, and then happily climbed out from under the firewood pit in the kitchen, washed their heads, faces and hands, and followed Chu Yunniang and Liu Wuxiu, who were busy in the kitchen, back to the main house together.

At this time, it was time for lunch.

In the main room, all the meals had been served, including Zheng Bang, everyone quickly sat down at the table, only Zhou Dayong was nowhere to be seen.

Xiao Qiongzhi was feeling strange, and the next moment, he saw Zhou Dayong coming in from outside with a letter.

His expression looked a little worried.

As soon as he sat down, he said to Chu Yunniang, Liu Wuxiu, and Zheng Bang: "My classmates from the county school sent me a letter, saying that our Chu State lost another battle with Qi State last month, lost five new cities, and killed and wounded nearly 100,000 soldiers. ”

"But the Qi army only suffered 70,000 casualties this time, which means that our Chu army only has 300,000 left, but the Qi army still has 630,000. I'm afraid that the monarch will soon have to recruit troops from the people again. ”

"Second uncle, not necessarily. In August, the king decreed that those who could not hand over the imperial rations should be allowed to join the army; By September, the monarch had conscripted another 300,000 soldiers from the people. Now, the soldiers recruited before and after these two times have obviously not participated in the war, as long as the monarch adds them to the remaining 300,000 troops, the strength should be sufficient. ”

"In my opinion, there is no need for the monarch to continue to recruit soldiers from the people for the time being, but it is possible that because the weather is getting colder, the soldiers need winter quilts, winter clothes, and temporary sewing of embroidery girls, too late, the government will be arranged, and after a few days, a notice will be issued to spend money to buy quilts, cotton clothes, cotton pants and so on from the people."

Speaking of this, Xiao Qiongzhi suddenly thought of something and reminded Chu Yunniang and Liu Wuxiu: "Mother, Aunt Liu, you can consider sewing a few cotton clothes and cotton pants for adult men from now on, and sell them to the government to make some New Year's money!" ”