Liu Yunzhai, named Zhai, is actually a village.

There are 42 households in the village, with a total of 386 people, and after being occupied by bandits, the population of the whole village is less than 50 people.

In addition to the villagers who were in the same cellar as Bai Xia, many people were also found in the cellars of other houses.

Li Xiuyuan found the genealogy of Liu Yunzhai in the ancestral hall, the people in the village are surnamed Liu, all of them are members of the Liu clan, they live in seclusion, and their marriage is only in the village, and they have never intermarried with the outside world.

Liu Dadao was an accident.

He was originally the nephew of the patriarch of the Liu clan, but he lost his father and mother when he was a teenager, and the village was too poor and there was no one to help him, and it didn't take long for him to disappear.

He lost his parents, disappeared and disappeared, and the people in the village didn't care, but after twenty years, he actually returned.

Not only did he come back, but he also brought back hundreds of people, and immediately occupied Liu Yunzhai and captured the old and young in the village.

At first, the villagers scolded him, scolding him for not being a person, robbing the villagers of food, and later ......

"What happened? Old man" Li Xiuyuan handed over a bowl of water, and the gray-haired old man lowered his eyelids, recalling the days when Liu Dadao came back.

"There are seven or eight hundred people in the village, and the food in the village is getting less and less, and he no longer eats for everyone, and the old patriarch is old and starving to death at home."

"That brute, not a person, after the old patriarch died, they ...... They ...... "the old man was about forty years old, with gray hair, a long beard trembling with his lips, snot and tears flowing down his nose, and he could no longer speak."

Li Xiuyuan and Bai Xia looked at each other, patted the old man's shoulder comfortingly, got up and left the house.

This is the only original villager who has not been tied up, and the other villagers are still tied up and thrown in the ancestral hall.

Thanks to Liu Yunzhai's ancestral hall, which is large enough to accommodate hundreds of people, it can accommodate those villagers.

Don't look at the fact that they now have mountains, rivers and houses, in fact, there is still a big trouble that has not been solved.

In the old house in the village, there are still more than 300 man-eating demons tied up, and these people can't be killed or released now, and it's a trouble after all.

The main thing is that there are no blacksmiths among the refugees, and they don't have any guys who can lock up this group of bandits, and they don't dare to let people go easily.

Otherwise, it would be a huge disaster.

"White girl, Young Master Li"

Bai Xia and the two were worried, and two refugees suddenly screamed, only to see them carrying a heavy wooden box, and the outside of the box was still carved with flowers, which was incompatible with Liu Yunzhai.

"What is this?" The two stepped forward.

"It's all books, and we thought that everyone couldn't read, so we simply moved over, and you can see if you can use it?"

The two refugees opened the box, and a neatly stacked box of books appeared in front of them.

Li Xiuyuan stepped forward and picked up a copy, the cover said persuasion, and picked up another book, but it was medical skills.

In a box, there are many kinds of miscellaneous books, and there are even several military books.

Li Xiuyuan was like a treasure, he immediately picked up the book and ran to the room he chose, he didn't know how to be tired, carried the book, and soon the cabinet in his room was piled up.

Bai Xia casually took a copy and opened it, and even guessed, only to recognize a few words, this ancient text was too complicated, not any kind of writing she had ever seen.

"Are there any books on farming or craftsmanship?"

Li Xiuyuan lovingly wiped these books and shook his head.

Bai Xia was a little disappointed, but she didn't want to give up easily.

"Are there any of these refugees who know how to build stoves?"

When Li Xiuyuan was on the road, he made a demographic count of these refugees, and recorded the skills that everyone was good at, and now if he wanted to make those bandits do things, he had to restrain them first.

Bai Xia first thought of modern handcuffs and leg irons, but they didn't have that much iron and couldn't make that thing.

In retreat, Bai Xia wanted to make wooden flails, because there were carpenters in the refugee team, and there was no shortage of wood in the surrounding mountains and forests.

However, iron is also used for the flail.

If you don't have iron, then find a way to melt the big knife and turn it into molten iron, and then make iron.

But first of all, there must be a furnace, a high-temperature furnace that can melt iron.

"Yes"

They are all peasant families, and most of the earthen stoves at home are built by themselves, so there are many people who know this craft, Bai Xia told Li Xiuyuan his thoughts, and Li Xiuyuan's eyes lit up.

Picking up the book, according to Bai Xia's request, he thought about it for a while, and drew the shape of a furnace with charcoal.

In the book, there was a picture of an ordinary farmer's stove for cooking, and Bai Xia shook his head when he looked at it.

"It's not going to work, the temperature can't go up"

Cast iron furnaces are different from ordinary furnaces, and in order to melt iron into molten iron, it needs to reach a high temperature of at least 1000 degrees, which is difficult for ordinary furnaces to achieve.

"I'll think of another way"

"Actually...... We don't have to think for ourselves" Li Xiuyuan hesitated, and his eyes didn't dare to look directly at Bai Xia.

Bai Xia glanced at him, and had a bad premonition in his heart.

"Needless to say, I'll go see how Miss Wu is doing first, these books may be someone else's, if that's the case, you have to return them."

Bai Xia ran away, and finally found a place to stay, she wanted to rest for a while, but she didn't want to be tired.

Li Xiuyuan couldn't recall Bai Xia, who wanted to leave, when he stretched out his hand, he couldn't get back to Bai Xia, and he couldn't get up or down in his heart with a word, but it was uncomfortable.

Bai Xia came out of Li Xiuyuan's house, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

Before Li Xiuyuan could say anything, she knew what he was going to say.

He just wanted to say that there must be a furnace of cast iron in the mine.

But what is the mine? The government is important, and unless she is tired of being crooked, she will go to the mine to find a furnace.

She slowly paced to Miss Wu's room, reached out and knocked on the door, knocking several times but no one opened the door.

She knocked patiently a few more times, but no one opened the door.

After hesitating for a moment, Bai Xia raised his foot and kicked the door twice, before kicking the door open.

"Miss Wu"

As soon as the door opened, she saw Miss Wu fall to the ground, Bai Xia hurriedly stepped forward, and there was a steamed bun she sent on the table, and she didn't move at all.

She stepped forward to check and found that Miss Wu was already unconscious.

Looking at the symptoms, it looks like hunger fainting.

Bai Xia helped the person to the bed and lay down, turned around and left the room.

I boiled a pot of porridge on the stove, brought it into Miss Wu's room, helped the person up, blew it cold and fed it a few mouthfuls.

As soon as she ate two bites, Miss Wu woke up, her eyes drooped and she glanced at the porridge in Bai Xia's hand, rolled her eyes, and spit out when she opened her mouth.

Shocked, Bai Xia hurriedly turned over a crockpot to catch it.

Until he vomited everything he had eaten, the man fainted again.

Bai Xia was stunned.

At this time, there was a knock at the door, Bai Xia called in, and Li Xiuyuan walked in.

glanced at Miss Wu lying on the bed, as well as the situation at the scene, and his heart instantly became clear.

"Bai Xia, Miss Wu, she should have anorexia"

Hearing this, Bai Xia opened his mouth and wanted to scold him, you are not a doctor, how do you know that people have anorexia.

Unexpectedly, Li Xiuyuan's next sentence made Bai Xia close his mouth, a little speechless, and looked at Miss Wu on the bed, his face full of worry.