When the imperial troops arrived, it was already the end of the first lunar month of the second year.

Recruiting soldiers and raising food and fodder will take time.

The provincial capital was more than a thousand miles away from Baimu Town. It took the acquired warrior nine days to return, and he changed horses six times along the way.

There were 6,000 infantrymen, and they had to rely on civilian laborers to transport the baggage, and their speed was as slow as a turtle.

As for Xu Yan, as an acquired warrior, would he just stand there stupidly waiting for revenge from the court?

The monk can run away but the temple cannot, and the townspeople can never run away.

What the governor did not say explicitly was that it didn't matter if Xu Yan ran away, the key was to show his attitude to the emperor.

It's not that I'm not doing my job well, but that this acquired warrior is afraid of death and there's nothing we can do about it.

During this period, the people in Baimu Town were not idle either. They quickly moved the elderly, the weak, women and children to Fengqi Mountain.

There are about twenty or thirty villages around Baimu Town, most of which are located at the foot of Fengqi Mountain.

Except for a few that were destroyed by refugees and bandits, the six major families sent people to explain the situation to them and appeal to their emotions, persuading them to move their old and young into the mountains.

The address is right at the bandit stronghold that was previously breached. There is a mountain spring flowing in front of the stronghold, so there is no need to worry about drinking water.

He also summoned all the young and strong men to build fortifications and forge weapons and armor.

Several large stoves were burning in the depression beside the Ji River.

Thanks to the ongoing drought, the soil dried quickly even in winter.

A large number of bricks were immediately transported to Baimu Town to build the dock as soon as they were taken out of the kiln.

The guard camp has expanded to 2,500 people, of which about 1,000 are refugees recruited in recent years and have now settled down.

After building enough trust, they are less likely to betray. No one wants to experience the days of displacement and uncertainty a second time.

The wife of the Hu family carried their one-year-old daughter on her back, and the fourth wife of the He family held their one-year-old son in her arms, and they followed the team from Baimu Town into the mountains.

Hu Jia Erlang is already forty years old and does not need to join the army. He works on building walls and transporting supplies.

As the commander of the guard battalion, He Qiao has to train with the soldiers every day.

As for the servants of the six major families, the household servants also had to go into battle, while the maids did odd jobs like mending clothes and armor.

When war came, everyone's heart was filled with gloom.

"Aunt Hu!"

"Hey, young madam." The wife of the Hu family was walking in front. When she turned around and saw that it was the new daughter-in-law of the He family, she was immediately flattered.

But Mrs. He handed over a steamed bun with a smile on her face.

"I noticed you only ate one vegetable cake at night, so this is for you.

We have children to take care of, we can’t starve ourselves.”

The Hu couple sold tofu and worked hard from dawn to dusk. Although they saved some money, they did not farm their own land.

It is okay to buy food on weekdays, but the six major families are short of food themselves, so naturally they don’t sell much food.

Although we had stockpiled some food before, we kept eating it up and had to save it.

Although she felt a little embarrassed, she still took it because she was hungry.

The two began to chat casually, and Mrs. He suddenly thought of her children's important life events.

Actually, the daughter of the Shan family is not even 20 years old this year. The wife of the Hu family is a whole generation older than her.

It just so happened that none of the six families had younger generations who were about the same age as their sons, and the daughter of the Hu family was just the right person.

This aunt was a beauty when she was young, and I grew up listening to adults talking about her.

Looking at the child on her back, he has regular features and a fair complexion.

Even if she is not a beauty when she grows up, she will be a graceful woman.

She asked, "When was your An An born?"

"October 7th."

"Hey, my son Qu Lian was born on the fourth day of the eleventh month. Logically, should he call An An sister or aunt?"

"My husband's family has a different surname, so naturally they are based on age."

"Then just call me sister, and take advantage of your aunt. Come to Qu Lian and call An An sister."

Of course, if you want the other person's daughter to act like your daughter-in-law, you can't be impatient. You have to slowly build up the relationship.

Especially He Qulian, according to the elders, he looks as cute as his father when he was a child.

This matter will only be successful if he can be pleased by Aunt Hu.

The old and weak in Baimu Town spent a unique New Year in the former bandit village.

The young and strong men in the town did not celebrate for years, except on New Year's Eve, when they had two large pieces of meat for dinner after training.

Chen Yu naturally knew the situation in the town, but he did not take any action. He just felt a little sad that the turmoil in Daning had also plunged this remote town into the shadow of war.

He bought enough seasonings for a year before the shops in town closed.

If there is still unrest here after a year, he will have to consider moving to another place.

Yunqiu's energy and blood have now reached the peak of the acquired realm, and his wings are more than ten feet long when spread.

It is now able to carry Chen Yu for an hour.

Every night, Chen Yu rode a white crane and wandered between the Ji River and Fengqi Mountain.

There weren't many people on South Street in Baimu Town, so even if Yunju was seen taking off at night, people would just think it was an illusion.

On New Year's Eve, Chen Yu fried some small fish from the space and dug some lotus roots from the pond and fried them into a dish.

This lotus root is exactly the spiritual plant that Chen Yu discovered in the swamp before. Now it has grown into a large patch.

The flowers, leaves and lotus roots of this spiritual plant are smaller than those of ordinary lotus.

The lotus root is as white as jade, truly untainted by the mud.

Chen Yu had tried it before, and it tasted pretty good when eaten raw. It had a sweet and crisp taste, and the spiritual energy content was similar to that of spiritual medicines of the same year.

The fact that Yunjiu can catch wild animals has spread throughout the town.

After all, it was broad daylight, and anyone would notice such a big bird of prey with prey almost as big as itself hooked under its feet.

Add a plate of stir-fried cured rabbit legs with bamboo shoots and a bowl of tofu, radish and vegetable stew.

The dessert after the meal was a large, rosy peach, fresh and juicy.

The peach tree in the yard has lost all its leaves at this moment. These peaches are naturally produced by the peach tree in the space.

Just as Chen Yu wished, the fruit produced by the peach tree after being nourished by spiritual energy and stimulated by the jade dew of nature was different.

The originally green and skinny variety was transformed into something magical in his hands. The ripe peaches weighed seven or eight taels each and the color was very attractive.

After the meal, Ta Mei digested the food in the yard. Chen Yu had just fed him a sixty-year-old spiritual medicine, and now he was a little uncomfortable with the spiritual energy.

He carried the rooster into the space, ready to do a little experiment.

The peach trees in the space are laden with fruits, and judging from the size of their trunks, they are already seven or eight years old.

Chen Yu picked another one, washed it casually in the pond and started eating it.

After eating, start to work on the chicken feathers.

Before, he was worried about the spiritual materials for carving the formation, but then he suddenly had an idea: aren’t the parts of the monsters’ bodies the most easily available spiritual materials?

Although this rooster is still a little bit away from being a real monster, the feathers on its body are much better than ordinary bamboo plates.

Ta Mei is indeed a demon beast in the Qi Refining Stage, but the fur on its body is too fine to be suitable for engraving array patterns.

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