Survive through the ancient apocalypse

The people searched for several miles deep in the mountain forest, but unfortunately, they did not find the stronghold of the robbers.Since he couldn't find it, Ye Mingze didn't plan to continue.He gathered his men together, and after they gathered at the entrance of the passage, they found a huge boulder nearby. With the strength of a dozen third-level sentries, it took a lot of time to move it into the entrance of the passage.They made some camouflage at the entrance of the passage, except for the original robbers, it was difficult for others to find out.

After doing all this, Ye Mingze and his party quickly returned to the caravan location.

When Ye Mingze and the others arrived, the other team was already resting.The injuries of the two teams are similar, which does not match the strength of the two sides.Who makes the passage narrow and restricts their hands and feet, which is not conducive to their performance.The wounded were all sentries, and the guide was protected in the rear, all intact.One member of the other team died. After all, Ye Mingze's strength is there, no matter how bad it is for them to perform. It's not easy to want to die with so many third-level sentries in the team.

The death of a robber is completely different from the death of one of our own.It was the first time for Ye Mingze and the others to encounter the death of one of their own. Although they did not witness it with their own eyes, the shock still lingered for a long time.This time he was just a stranger, if one day he was replaced by someone close to him, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Only by working hard to make yourself and the people around you stronger can you avoid such regrets.Ye Mingze decided to try his best to improve the abilities of the sentinel guides, and it is best for everyone to be able to upgrade a few levels.

The Ye family has never been short of fish to eat. Except for some of the fish caught above the first level as rewards, the others are distributed according to the level. Several first-level sentinel guides have reached the pinnacle of this level, and there are faint signs of breakthroughs. .

It's easy to advance at low levels, and harder to advance at higher levels.The amount of first-level ingredients is still very large, the amount of second-level ingredients is not too small, but the amount of third-level ingredients is pitifully small.Most of the third-level sentinel guides usually eat first-level and second-level ingredients, and third-level ingredients can only supply a few people.

The Ye family took a lot of advantage. Although the proportion of third-level ingredients is small, it cannot support the huge amount of fish caught.Ye Mingze only withheld one-fifth of the third-level ingredients, and distributed the rest as rewards to the third-level sentinel guides.

"Let's go, why are you so absorbed in thinking?" Jiang Jingzhi touched the back of Ye Mingze's hand and pulled him into the carriage beside him.

"Just now I vaguely heard that another group of people found this nest of robbers, how did they deal with it?" Ye Mingze kept thinking about things, and only listened to a few words.

"All gone, not a single one was spared." Jiang Jingzhi's voice was calm, not surprised at all.

Ye Mingze can imagine the so-called not staying, which naturally includes infants and young children.When he ordered the search of the robber's stronghold, he made the same decision.It's just that when he heard the other team doing this with his own ears, he still couldn't calm down.He knows that to do things, we must cut the weeds and root them out.In those novels where the protagonist is rescued by someone, not too many people will succeed in revenge after they grow up.Not only in fiction, but also in reality.

Although most of the protagonists in the novel represent justice, such things as revenge have nothing to do with people being good or bad.In the eyes of the descendants of robbers, they are bad people.If you let people go with kindness, are you still waiting for them to take revenge in the future?Naturally, he didn't want to do such a thing with endless troubles.The reason is this, Ye Mingze fully understands, but to accept it calmly, he still needs to give him a little time to digest.

The caravan set off soon, they were delayed here for a long time, and they needed to rush to the next destination as soon as possible.

After passing the canyon, other places are relatively open, and it is difficult to find a place suitable for ambushes.The caravan went all the way, and those who had the intention of robbing, the small ones would detour far away when they saw them, and the ones who were powerful enough to eat their caravans had never been seen.

The further north you go, the more robbers there are.This is mainly because the further north you go, the sparser the population, and the harder it is for the robbers to be eliminated.When the caravan first left Yangshan County, there were almost no robbers on the official road.It wasn't until the population gradually thinned out that the robbers emerged one by one.

When the caravan entered the boundaries of the border county, there was no trace of the robbers.This place has already reached the sphere of influence of the border guards, and no blind robber dares to stroke a tiger's beard here.

After parting ways with the caravan, Ye Mingze and Jiang Jingzhi rushed to Beimo Village at night.Beimo Village belongs to the border county they just left, and it is more than 30 miles away from here.They hurried on, and when they arrived at Beimo Village, it was already midnight.

A group of people supported the barrier and quietly entered Beimo Village.In the middle of the night, the village is very quiet.Everyone passed through the middle of the village, and under the moonlight, they found that the doors of many people's houses were open, and there was no one inside.

Ye Mingze frowned slightly. If there is no one at his father-in-law's house, where can he find it?Looking in the direction of Jiang Jingzhi in the carriage, he concealed this discovery.It's already at the door of the house, so it's not too late.

Although the horse slowed down, Ye Mingze still arrived at the door of his father-in-law's house very quickly.Looking at the nearby courtyards, some of them also had their doors open. It was estimated that they were all empty. Fortunately, the doors of my father-in-law's house were closed.After arriving at the place, Jiang Jingzhi walked out of the carriage, stood beside Ye Mingze, and knocked on the door.

The sound of knocking on the door in the middle of the night alarmed several nearby families.

"Master Hou, is there someone knocking on the door?" The old man felt shallow, Master Jiang Hou and his wife were awakened from their sleep, and the knock on the door startled them.Mrs. Jiang was afraid that she had heard it wrong, so she softly asked Lord Jiang next to her.

"You heard me right, it's ringing again." Master Jiang got off the bed with his clothes on, very puzzled, "At this time, if a thief would be so refined. If it wasn't a thief, who would it be? We have contact with the villagers There are not many, and they will not come to us if they have something to do. Could it be Jingzhi?"

After Jiang Houye finished speaking, he acted like he didn't believe it.Although they live in such a small village, they also know the news that the public knows.After leaving the border county, the long road to the south was full of robbers.So far they haven't moved away, they just kept the illusion that Jiang Jingzhi might come to pick them up.

In the current world, it is impossible for them to reach Yejia Village safely by themselves.This year's grain harvest is not good, and a lot of them have been conscripted by soldiers. They have difficulty making ends meet, and they can't afford the money for the guards.The best way to say is to ride a caravan.It's just that the food is almost finished, and there is no caravan that goes along the way.There are a few who can only take the half way, so what should they do in the second half way?At the latest before the road was blocked by heavy snow, if they couldn't wait for Jiang Jingzhi, they had to find another way. The number of people in the village was getting smaller and smaller, and it was not safe for them to stay any longer.

Just when Jiang Houye was about to get up to answer the door, Jiang Jinghe dragged his shoes and ran into the yard, his voice full of surprise: "Brother, is that you?"

"Congratulations, open the door, it's elder brother." Jiang Jingzhi was also quite excited, his voice was raised several times.

Jiang Jinghe was young, so he didn't remove the bolt for a while, but with the help of his second brother, he finally removed the bolt that was in the way, and the door opened with a "squeak".

"Brother, it's really you! Come in." Jiang Jinghe grabbed Jiang Jingzhi's hand and saw Ye Mingze standing beside him, so he called out embarrassedly, "Brother Ye, come in too."

Jiang Jingzhi's second younger brother, Jiang Jingyi, saw a carriage slipping by the door, so he quickly opened the other side of the door and helped them move the carriage into the yard.The yard is not very big, and the yard is filled to the brim with eleven carriages.

With such a big commotion in the Jiang family, the nearby people were naturally woken up.Forget about the people in Beimo Village, it's none of their business. After muttering a few words, they soon fell asleep again.The Jiang family who lived in other courtyards heard the voice coming from Lord Jiang's house, and they all came out to check.

Seeing that it was Jiang Jingzhi's husband's family, a smile finally appeared on the faces of Jiang Jingzhi's family who were originally sad.Back then Ye Mingze and Jiang Jingzhi brought them food and clothing, Jiang Houye made the decision and distributed some to each room.Although Jiang Jingzhi's father took the lead in this house, with so many people sharing, what they could keep was only a small part.

At the beginning, no one thought that this year's life would be so sad.The food and the like distributed to each house were gradually mixed into the daily food and consumed.When they see that this year's grain production will be reduced again, only half of the food they have been allocated is left.At this time, the Jiang family cherished the food very much, and easily stopped eating.

Originally, eating so sparingly, with the grain harvested last year and some of it being harvested this year, the people of Beimo Village should not be hungry, at most they can't eat enough, and there is still a long way to go before starvation.Who knew that when the soldiers came to collect food, they would charge [-]%, twice as much as the imperial court.But it has to be given. There are border guards here, so it's safe.If not, the soldiers will take back their land, and they will not be allowed to live near the border counties.

Some of those who moved away went to other places to visit relatives and friends.Those who have reliable relatives and friends nearby are mostly descendants of exiles who have taken root here for more than one generation.Several households had third-level sentinel guides in their families and were recruited by the defenders, and their families naturally followed.As for the rest, there are all kinds of reasons, most of them climbed into powerful families, or they sold their bodies.

Almost all the Jiang family moved out for these reasons.There are more than a hundred members of the Jiang family, and only about thirty people are still left in Beimo Village. The number is not large, but it takes several families to get together to make up this number.

Lord Jiang's room had the most people. Mrs. Jiang had only one son, Jiang Jingzhi's father, and the other two were concubines.Jiang's second master and aunt died early, and were adopted to Mrs. Jiang when she was five years old.Although Mrs. Jiang Tai didn't pay much attention to Mr. Jiang Er, she never treated him harshly in terms of food and clothing.This time he insisted on staying and didn't try to gain power.It's not in vain for Mrs. Jiang Tai to raise him.

The third master Jiang didn't mention it. Under the instigation of his old aunt, he left with the first batch of soldiers who came to recruit talents.As for why someone came to their village to recruit talents, is it even necessary to say?Half of Beimo Village are exiles, and the remaining half are descendants of exiles.What is the identity of the exile?The predecessor was either powerful or powerful, and ordinary people rarely had the opportunity to be sentenced to exile.No matter why they came to Beimo Village, at least they were capable.

Although it is said that force is paramount, it cannot but admit the role of tactics.The border counties are now under the jurisdiction of the defenders. Although the local parents and officials are weak, they should not be underestimated. Fighting with these literati, most of the time, the defenders have no choice but to use force. They cannot wipe out all these people Bar?

Finally, the military adviser came up with an idea, that is to recruit talents in the exiled land.The Jiang family just caught up with the timing. They were the last batch of exiles.The time of exile is not too long, and naturally the spirit has not been completely smoothed out. This kind of person is the priority for the defenders to recruit.

Many members of the Jiang family were hit by this big cake, and Shi Shiran left with the soldiers.As for some young aunts who were not taken away, they had had enough after suffering for two years. Seeing the opportunity, they tried their best to leave.

The ones left now are those who have a good relationship with Mr. Jiang's house.The people left behind by Jiang, the second old master, the third old master and the two rooms are enough to slap in the face.One of them is a widow with a 12-year-old son, and the other three are three brothers and sisters. The oldest boy is 13 years old. The three live under the stepmother.These five people were able to go with their families at the beginning, and they took the initiative to stay. In addition to living with their families is not very easy, another reason is that they are betting heavily on whether Jiang Jingzhi and the others will come to pick up his parents, and betting on whether they can come to pick up his parents. Can't mix up the good times.

Jiang Jingzhi's father was a very normal ancient man. He had a wife and concubines in his family. Besides his four descendants, he also had three concubine sons and two concubine daughters.The two older bastards left with their aunt, and the youngest bastard was only one year older than Jiang Jinghe, so he stayed with his aunt.Two concubines, one of them left with his brother, the other had no aunt, was three years older than Jiang Jinghe, was alone, and stayed behind.Father Jiang also left a childless aunt by his side.

In addition to the Jiang family, Jiang's mother, who came to take care of the Jiang family, accompanied the family of four, and naturally they were counted among the thirty or so people.Jiang Jingzhi will definitely not leave this family behind.

Thirty people didn't live together, and they alone wouldn't add much help if they lived together. They should be robbed or they will be robbed.Among these people, there are no third-level sentinel guides, but there are many first- and second-level sentinels.

The Jiang family who lived in other courtyards received the exact news. After Jiang Jingzhi took them away in a few days, they went home and continued to sleep.In a short while, only Mr. Jiang and Mrs. Jiang and Father Jiang's family were left in the whole yard, and it was much cleaner in an instant.The manpower brought by Ye Mingze was arranged into a courtyard with few people.It's okay to leave the carriages in the yard, but the horses have to be driven into the stables to avoid being sunburned during the day.

After driving for several days in a row, Ye Mingze and Jiang Jingzhi were a little tired, so they didn't greet their families and went to bed.

Since the sun began to shine on people, every household has remodeled the house.Most houses have a roof around the eaves, and the outermost part of the roof is supported by wooden pillars.In this way, the light can be seen during the day, but people will not be exposed to the sun.The method adopted by both the Jiang family and the Ye family is simple and effective.But in this way, it is a little troublesome to deal with snow in winter.

The next day, Jiang's family got up early, without waking up Ye Mingze and his group who were still sleeping, they started to pack their luggage lightly, waiting for Jiang Jingzhi and the others to get up.

These days, Ye Mingze and the others are resting during the day and traveling at night. They can see the light in the morning and evening at most.This time when they woke up, the sun was already high, and they finally saw the long-lost sunshine.

After they woke up, the Jiang family began to pack food and other things.When the other Jiang family members left, they also took their share of food with them, and those who stayed here only had a year's ration for about [-] people, and they were still half-starved.There was still some grain in the field that hadn't been harvested, so the Jiang family was naturally reluctant to give it up, and they couldn't afford to waste time, so they gave it to Beimo villagers at a low price.The sum of the grain and zero is less than [-] catties.

The eleven horses that Ye Mingze brought out this time are all mutant horses with strong carrying capacity.It's just that there are seven or eight people in each of the eleven carriages, and it is obviously impossible to stuff so much food and bedding into them.Ye Mingze decided to go to the border counties first. It would be best if he could buy a carriage. If he couldn't, he could only pack as little as possible.Food and other things that cannot be discarded can be exchanged for unique supplies here.

Beimo Village is not close to the border county, and Jiang's family has been to the county only a handful of times, and the only few times they have come and gone in a hurry, and they are not familiar with the county.Ye Mingze simply set off with only his family.

You can't drive during the day, but you can do it at night. It's just that when you enter the city, it's easy to pick things up at night.Ye Mingze decided to wait until the early morning of the next day before setting off. It happened to be early morning when they arrived at the county seat, and there was a daytime for them to choose.

Ye Mingze didn't enter the county last time, they settled in the nearest town to Beimo Village.This time following the caravan, it was quite a journey, but before I had time to appreciate it, I set off overnight.This time he must appreciate the scenery of the border town.

No matter how chaotic the world is, there are still people doing business.The west and northwest of the border town are the settlements of nomads, and the damage of sunlight to the grasslands is fatal to nomads.They have no way to build awnings, and there is no other good way, and the grass is burned to death in large quantities.In order to prevent the cattle and sheep from starving to death, the herdsmen had to move frequently.Many tribes fought for the grassland water source.As a result, nomads have lost a lot of people.

Naturally, they also had the idea of ​​robbing the Daxing Dynasty, but this time the defenders of the Daxing Dynasty fought back especially fiercely.The generals used to guard the country for the Tian family, but now for themselves, can they not spare no effort?

Even so, there are always places where the troops are weak to be breached.But this time the nomads failed to go deep into the hinterland, and were soon strangled by various people.Now anyone with a little influence is skilled in bowing horses, unlike before, the hinterland is full of unarmed civilians.Naturally, they couldn't please, and when they saw that something was wrong, they immediately retreated back.

In the bitterly cold northern region, the defenders were even tougher, and they insisted on not allowing the invading foreign enemies to break through the border, so the county town was a scene of tranquility.Although the nomads are watching, the foreign businessmen are doing business in the county.Of course, these people can only move within a fixed range, and they are "escorted" by soldiers when they go to and from the county.

Ye Mingze hasn't eaten dairy products for a long time.The cows and sheep in the family had milk when they were pregnant, but he didn't have the nerve to grab milk from their cubs.

Ye Mingze was born in a farming family. When he was a child, his family was not rich, and there were not many opportunities to drink milk.It wasn't until college that he had the ability to make money, so he didn't have to think about spending money.Later, he fell in love with the taste and drank a glass of milk every day.After coming to Daxing Dynasty, it has been more than two years, and I haven't tasted this taste again, and now I really miss it.

Even though he wanted to buy some, Ye Mingze didn't stop and went straight to the livestock market.Buying a carriage is the most important thing. Make sure you have a few carriages to buy the corresponding amount of goods.

There are nomads here, and horses are not expensive.Due to the large number of pasture deaths and lack of feed this year, many cattle, sheep and horses have been reduced in price.The livestock market is very lively, but all the livestock are sold are ordinary livestock, and occasionally they see mutants, and they are immediately bought at a high price.Ye Mingze had almost no choice, he could only choose the taller one among the short ones.

Silver is no longer in common use here, and everyone trades by barter.Most of what Ye Mingze brought this time were dried seafood, which are more popular in border towns.Because there was nothing to choose, Ye Mingze quickly took a fancy to a few horses, and when he was about to buy them, he realized that there was no matching carriage.He had to go to the store first to see if there were any ready-made carriages for sale. If there were no carriages, horses alone would not be of much use.

God was saving face, Ye Mingze quickly ordered several carriages, and negotiated with the store manager, the carriages will be put there first, and he will come and take them away after he buys the horses.Of course, the temporary ones won't be very good. These carriages are all made of first-grade wood, and to Ye Mingze, they are just better than nothing.This time I'll just make do with it, and go back to Yejia Village to remodel it.

After buying the carriage, all that remains is to replace the dried sea fish brought with it with various dairy products, dried meat, wool, fur, and tapestries.Wool is a good thing, it can be woven into sweaters and trousers.Ye Mingze doesn't know how to knit a sweater. He has seen the general technique. Whoever asks his mother to poke there with a few stick needles if there is nothing to do.Occasionally glance a few times, accumulated over a long period of time, can also tell the general idea.

According to his mother, he was forced to learn how to weave for a few days when he was a child, but the little boy became impatient after a few days and ran out to play wild with his friends.Ye Mingze doesn't have this memory. It's just what his mother said. These trivial things are harmless. He is busy with his career and doesn't go home often. Why not let his mother have fun?However, he occasionally wonders whether he has really come into contact with it when he was a child. Otherwise, how does he know the common weaving methods such as starting stitches, narrowing stitches, upper stitches and lower stitches?

Knowing this, the whole sweater may not be woven, but the clothes are divided into several parts, and those connecting parts that are more difficult to get can always be sewed with fabric.Sweaters and trousers are close-fitting and warm, but woolen sweaters seem to shrink?Forget it, don't worry about this little flaw.

The goods that Ye Mingze brought seemed to be a lot, but compared with the merchants in the caravan, it seemed a little less.Vendors like him who ship goods are not eye-catching in the market at all.The people who followed him were all driving their own carriages, scattered all over the market, even more unobtrusive.