In the early morning, about thirty kilometers south of the city of Betan, a village of about a few hundred related people lived a self-sufficient life on weekdays, relying on their land and the prey that the village hunters hunted in the mountains from time to time. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Tom opened the door, and found that the rain, which had been raining for several days, had finally stopped, and for a moment he went straight back to the house and removed the hunting bow from the wall.

Opened the lid of the pot and took out the leftover steamed buns from yesterday, after all, it was summer and it didn't matter whether the steamed buns were hot or cold, just fill your stomach with a little pickle.

Ever since the Viscount of Ceylon had looted all their grain, if it weren't for some stockpiled grain and some prey he had gone into the mountains, his family of five would not have been able to survive the aid food that Giggs had given to their village.

But after all, the aid food is limited, of course, he has to try his best to get more prey back, so as to alleviate the situation at home, and wait for the food harvest to be much better.

"It's sunny today, I'll go for a walk in the mountains, leave me a little vegetable in the pot at night, don't pull out the firewood below, let the dishes in the pot heat a little hot~"

Having prepared all the hunting equipment and tightening the leggings on his feet, Tom shouted to his wife, who was still making her bed.

"Okay, you have to pay attention to yourself, just get some small prey, don't think about how to hunt those fierce beasts~"

"You mother-in-law, you really talk a lot, I went into the mountains to hunt at the age of fourteen, and I don't know what to do yet?"

Complaining about the wife who came out, pretending to wave his hand casually, Tom tightened the hunting bow on his back, but couldn't help but smile when he walked out of the house, with such a considerate daughter-in-law, it is no wonder that those men in the same village are envious of themselves.

The road to the north, which he frequented, was so familiar to him, and there were no bandits in the surrounding area, that Tom could not help relaxing, and whistling to imitate the call of a bird.

Tom, who is immersed in his own world, knows that he is awakened by a word, only to realize that something bad has happened to him.

"Brigade commander, there's a guy over there!"

Tom, who opened his eyes when he heard the voice, looked confused as a group of fierce soldiers rushed towards him, and without saying a word, he took off his back and threw it on the ground, holding his head and kneeling on the ground.

"Don't kill me, don't kill me, I'm old and young~"

Feeling a kick in his body, Tom noticed that the soldiers had directly set himself up and walked towards the army in front of him.

After entering, Tom found that there were hundreds of people in the middle of this army, and among them there were a few familiar faces Orion who had met in the mountains, and he was immediately confused.

But at this time, no one dared to speak, and those who dared to make trouble in a group of soldiers with knives were tired of being alive, and Tom naturally didn't want to leave his virtuous daughter-in-law so early, and honestly stay in the crowd without saying a word.

And as the army moved in its direction, Tom muttered inwardly, and when the army turned a familiar fork in the road, and headed straight for the village where he lived, it was finally unable to stand.

Squeezing to the side from a crowd of civilians, Tom asked a soldier who looked more kind amid the wary eyes of the soldiers around him.

"This military master, I just wanted to go into the forest to catch a few prey in the morning, and I was brought here by your people, in fact, I just wanted to ask, what do you need us to do?"

"It's not a big deal, it's just that we don't have enough manpower, so we'll recruit some people to help us fill in the moat outside the city of Petan, and when it's done, you can leave. ”

The immature-looking soldier thought for a moment, but told Tom what they were doing, and gave a little relief to the civilians who heard it around him.

"That military master~"

"Shut up the fuck to Lao Tzu, where is there so much nonsense, and then fucking talk to Lao Tzu, don't blame my whip for being unkind!"

Tom, who wanted to ask again, was yelled at by a bearded guard officer in front of him on the left, and immediately shrank his head and pushed into the crowd, just looking in the direction of the guard's advance with some worry in his eyes.

Along the way, some of the villagers who had been working in the fields were directly captured by the wandering scouts in front of them, just like Tom, until the army pressed close to the outskirts of Tom's village, causing panic among the villagers.

After a while, an old man on crutches walked out of the village with a group of villagers, walked up to Allen, and asked.

"I don't know what this adult is here, Xiao Lao'er also has some prestige in the village, as long as it is not too difficult to ask, Xiao Lao'er can still agree on their behalf. ”

Alan glanced at the gray-haired old man, couldn't help but touch his nose, adjusted his state slightly, and said in a deep voice.

"People in this village who are over 14 years old and under 55 years old bring food with me, and I need their help to move the earth and fill the moat. Don't talk, this is an order, not a request, if you force my soldiers to do it, then I can't blame me for any casualties~"

After listening to the first half of Allen's words, the old man who was about to continue to say something was also silent after Allen finished speaking, and looked at Allen with an ugly face.

"Give you five minutes, according to the requirements I just said, the right person will stand up for me, filling the moat may not be fine, but the guy who rejected me I believe that he will definitely have something, and it will happen immediately!"

Twenty minutes later, more than 200 civilians continued to walk forward, and it was much easier to find them thanks to the food that had been distributed to them.

Five days later, Allen, who had returned to the camp with more than 4,000 civilians, reported back to Giggs's residence after handing over his mission with Joe.

"Boss, the suitable civilians in the south have basically been brought back by me, there are more than 4,300 people over the age of fourteen and under fifty-five, I believe there are thousands of people more, and the filling of the moat is just around the corner. ”

Nodding with satisfaction, Giggs said to Allen.

"Hard work, when Joe goes out tomorrow, you will be responsible for supervising these civilians, let them pack the sand first, and then wait until the next rainy day has passed, plus the people in the north who have not yet been recruited, I believe it will not be long before this moat will be filled in flat. ”

"Okay, let's go and rest first~"

"Thank you for your concern, your subordinates will retire~"

After watching Alan go down, Giggs turned around and lifted the teapot on the low table and poured himself a cup of tea.

The tea was no longer hot, Giggs drank it in one gulp, played with the teacup in his hand, and muttered to himself, "Ceylon~ What can you do to resist my grand trend?" (To be continued.) )