Early the next morning, Zhao Daniu brought more than thirty children from the village to the backyard of Song Jixiang's house.

Zhao Daniu stepped forward embarrassedly, "Sister Xiaoqi, there are only so many of us, some children can't come..."

For example, Bai Xiaopang from the Bai family is not only lazy but also likes to curse. Song Youcai from the Song family's old house is still in prison, so he didn't plan to call them. There are also some families whose adults are difficult to talk to, so he didn't notify them. Although there are not many children he brought, they are all very smart and keep their mouths shut. They won't spread their affairs around.

Song Jixiang had been waiting there for a long time. He understood what he meant and nodded indifferently. It was more than she expected. She was already very satisfied. It is not the quantity of soldiers that matters, but the quality.

Standing beside her were Jiang Shi, Song Xiaoqi and Yan Nan, all with eagerness written on their faces.

When Xiao Ruyi heard the noise outside, she led Wei Yang and Xiaohong out of the yard.

The children were stunned when they saw this scene. Wasn't it said that only Xiao Qi's sister would teach them? Why did all her family members come out?

Song Jixiang said slowly: "My family is with you!"

She had finally figured it out last night. No one is as strong as herself. She has the ability to protect Jiang and the others, but she doesn't have the ability to see and hear from afar, so there will inevitably be times when she can't take care of them. So, let's all become stronger together!

Chaos was about to break out, and she didn't have much time to slowly teach them the basics of martial arts. The horse stance, standing posture, leg skills, footwork, and moves were all useless. What she wanted to teach them was a way to defeat the enemy in one move, and to do whatever it took to knock the opponent down. In fact, she had a lot of martial arts in her space, but unfortunately they were all useless now!

During the end of the world, she and Xiao Ruyi never cared about any martial arts techniques. Every move they made was figured out by them in actual battles against the enemies. It was a contest of life and death, and the goal was to kill the enemy with one move.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but look at Xiao Ruyi. The other party seemed to sense it and looked at her. They both understood what she was thinking.

There was no unnecessary opening remarks. Everyone was asked to line up in order of height, regardless of gender.

Her expression changed, and she stood on the ground, took a stance, and slowly demonstrated each move, teaching only eight moves in total.

Each move is simple and practical, and even the youngest girl can easily learn it. She has no other requirements for this group of people, just proficiency, speed, accuracy and ruthlessness. "The punches must be fast and ruthless, leaving the enemy no chance to react! Everyone remember?"

Everyone responded in unison, and the team of dozens of people actually shouted out the momentum of a hundred people. This included Jiang. Because she was the only adult in the team, she was a little nervous at first, but later she gradually forgot about it and concentrated on practicing. She knew that only when she had the ability to protect herself would she not become a burden to her two children.

Song Jixiang has already made plans. After everyone has mastered this set of boxing and kicking skills, she will teach them archery. After all, archery is a good choice when fighting against the enemy at a distance.

In order to arouse the children's interest, she asked Xiao Ruyi to give her an ancient bow and arrow, and shot an arrow at a place a hundred steps away. As the arrow flew out of the string, it accurately hit the red dot on the tree trunk.

The children gathered around excitedly and saw that the arrow had hit the center of the dot accurately. They cheered loudly and were happier than if they had shot it themselves. A sense of pride surged in their hearts. As long as they kept practicing, they might also be able to achieve such a magical skill.

Song Jixiang instructed them, "For the next ten days, you need to come to my place to practice every day. Once I am sure you have mastered everything, you can practice at home. Are you willing?"

"Yes, we do!" the children answered in unison, their faces filled with joy and laughter. Especially the older children, their faces flushed with excitement when they thought about learning archery. In the past, when they saw those hunters going into the mountains to hunt, they always had glittering eyes of envy and wanted to follow them, but they were always laughed at by the adults. Humph, when they have mastered the archery skills, they will also hunt a few rabbits to show off...

These children never thought that arrows can be used to kill small animals as well as humans.

Half a morning passed quickly, and all the children returned home reluctantly, still demonstrating the moves they had just learned to each other, talking and laughing, making the party very lively.

After breakfast, Jiang wanted Song Jixiang and Xiaoqi to accompany her to the county. At this time, Zhao Daniu, who had just come down the mountain, came back and knocked on their door, informing them to go to the ancestral hall quickly, where all the people in the village were.

"What happened?" Jiang asked anxiously, feeling somewhat uneasy. Only when something big happened in the village would the village chief gather everyone to the open space of the ancestral hall.

"I heard that the county is here to collect grain." Zhao Daniu ran out of breath, "I don't know the details, you guys go quickly!"

Jiang's heart tightened. The county was collecting grain? How could it be? Didn't they collect grain once after the autumn harvest? Why were they collecting grain again now...

She looked at the people in the room uneasily, and felt her mood growing heavier.

"Don't worry, Mom, let's go and take a look first." Song Jixiang comforted.

Jiang nodded and hurried to the ancestral hall with the two children. Along the way, they met many villagers, all of whom looked worried. It seemed that this grain collection had made the entire Dashan Village uneasy.

When they arrived in front of the open space of the ancestral hall, Jiang found that many people had already gathered there, including men, women, young and old, and almost every household had come.

The village chief stood on the platform, his face not looking very good.

"Dear villagers, I gathered you here today because the county is collecting grain, and every household in our village needs to hand over 50 kilograms of grain." The village chief said bitterly.

Everyone felt a sinking feeling in their hearts. The voices of dissatisfaction became more and more numerous and louder.

A middle-aged man dressed as an official struck a gong and shouted impatiently, "What are you arguing about? What are you arguing about? Our county magistrate is kind and righteous. You should go and take a look at other counties. Tsk tsk tsk tsk, not to mention summer taxes and autumn taxes, they collect much more than our county. Even when entering and leaving the county, they have to pay city fees. That's a huge amount of income. What do a bunch of peasants know? Don't be shameless. I'm telling you now. If you hear me, just cooperate and pay the taxes. Don't talk so much nonsense. If you dare to complain again, be careful of the knives in the officials' hands." After shouting, he made a gesture to draw his sword.

The villagers surrounding him immediately moved away from him, shrinking back and not daring to say a word in rebuttal.

It is said that the people do not fight against the officials. The villagers' fear of these officials is simply engraved in their bones.

"I'll give you three days. Those who fail to pay the grain will be taken to the border as soldiers. Those who want to cause trouble should think carefully about it and don't bring harm to their families." Another officer stood on the platform and glanced at the villagers below.

The villagers lowered their heads, not daring to look him in the eye.

Song Jixiang looked at these officials carefully and felt that they were extremely unfamiliar. Although she was not familiar with the faces in the county government, she had taken a look at them in Wanqian Building. Her memory has always been good, and she would have some impression of anyone she had seen. However, none of the people who came to the village could be matched.

She quietly came to the village chief and asked in a low voice: "Are these really from the county?"

The wrinkles on the village chief's face seemed to deepen. He raised his hand and pointed to the sky: "Someone is coming from above. The sky in Yongning County is about to change!"

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