On the wall of the village, the tenants stood weakly. They had not had a full meal for a long time, how much strength could they have? What's more, guarding the village was usually the job of the servants. Only if there were too many thieves, they might not be able to defend the village.

When they live in the house, they will rush to the tenants in a panic.

This is good for Mr. Guo. He thinks that servants are too expensive and is unwilling to recruit too many. It is cheaper to just use tenants to top up the number. What's more, if it is really not possible, just pay some money to send those thieves away. Traveling thousands of miles is just for money.

The tenants were chatting about each other, and one of them suddenly shouted, "Hey, do you think who is this? Is it the Liu family's wife?"

"Hey, it's true." Someone said, "What is she here for?"

Under the wall, the strong woman carried two bags of soil and walked quickly to the moat. She was still in the moat, turned around and left.

"She's filling in the moat!" someone shouted.

"Hurry up and shoot the arrow"

"No, we are all from the same village. Is it necessary to do everything?"

"Yes, I know that woman. The eldest son of the Liu family left early, leaving her alone as a widow to raise two children. It's not easy."

"They are all poor people. The bandits must have forced her to do it."

"Yes, yes, that's definitely the case, damn thief."

All the tenants were talking about each other, and some people who wanted to shoot arrows also dropped their arrows. Think about others and yourself, we are all miserable people. Why do miserable people suffer?

Mr. Guo had just finished breakfast at this time and slowly came to the village wall to inspect. Everyone saw him and quickly fell silent.

At this time, a group of old men were also carrying bags to fill the moat.

Walking to the river, suddenly someone on the village wall shouted, "Dad, what are you doing here?" It turned out that the tenants guarding the village recognized one of them and shouted.

An old man in the team filling the moat replied, "The king of the camp over there said, let us throw these bags into the moat. He said we would be given ten copper coins and one pound of grain a day. This is not like the family has been without food for several days.

, come and earn some money to eat.”

"Then be careful and don't fall."

On the other side, Mr. Guo heard the noise and saw that someone was filling up the moat. He quickly ordered, "hurry up, shoot arrows quickly."

Everyone was hesitant. They were all fellow villagers, and some were even their elders. How could they shoot them with arrows?

When Mr. Guo saw that everyone was disobeying the order, he became very anxious. He stepped forward and kicked a tenant, "You shoot an arrow for me."

This time, sparse arrows finally flew out from the wall, but because everyone was unwilling and hungry, there was really no strength. Not even a single person was injured in the round of arrows.

Now the old man under the wall worked even harder.

"Trash" Mr. Guo was so angry that one Buddha was born, two Buddhas ascended to heaven, and there was smoke coming from the top of his head. He took the bow and arrow from the tenant's hand, drew the bow and nocked the arrow himself, and shot an old man who was about to go back with one arrow.

"Dad" a voice on the wall exclaimed, then covered his mouth.

The two remaining servants stepped forward and pulled the man over. They beat him up in front of everyone.

Mr. Guo gritted his teeth and said: "Whoever is disturbing the morale of the army is just like him."

The tenants felt the coolness reaching their heads and did not even dare to say anything.

Mr. Guo was quite satisfied with the fearful looks in everyone's eyes, snorted coldly and turned around to leave.

On the other side, Pei Xiaoer's camp.

Seeing that everyone had returned, and one of them was even injured, Pei Xiaoer quickly ordered his subordinates to prepare meals. At the same time, he called the quartermaster to prepare money and food.

Walking in front of everyone, Pei Xiaoer said: "Thank you for your hard work. We originally agreed that each person would receive ten coppers and a pound of food, but now that you are in danger, I can't let you worry in vain. I decided to give you ten coins directly."

Double that."

"My lord, do you mean what you say?" Everyone didn't believe that such a good thing could happen in the world?

"Of course, I, Pei Xiaoer, will never break my promise. The other injured person will be given an extra five taels of silver and a hundred catties of food." Everyone was overjoyed. They knelt down and kowtowed to Pei Xiaoer to express their gratitude.

Pei Xiaoer waved his hand and said, "You're welcome, come and get your money and food first. I've prepared additional meals, and you can go back after you finish your meal. If you want to do something else, you can come back tomorrow, and the treatment will be the same as today.

I want as many people as there are people."

As everyone thanked him, Pei Xiaoer left the camp. He summoned Liu Zhizu and ordered him to personally send the injured old man home with great fanfare, taking five taels of silver and one hundred kilograms of grain with him.

Liu Zhizu nodded and left. He was a calm person, so Pei Xiaoer could rest assured that he would leave the matter to him.

The next day, Pei Xiaoer hadn't woken up yet. There was already a large group of people waiting outside the camp. If it weren't for the guards blocking them, they would have rushed in long ago.

Upon seeing this, the guard hurriedly reported to Pei Xiaoer.

Pei Xiaoer was overjoyed when he heard this, clapped his hands and said: "Okay, it's done."

It's the same as yesterday, but today many young women are here, and there are even babies of a few years old. Yesterday, Pei Xiaoer paid per person. Now someone smart thought of recruiting children to increase the number of people.

But Pei Xiaoer doesn't mind, the more people, the better.

Seeing everyone was a little uneasy. After all, the boss was a little uncomfortable pulling people's heads. Pei Xiaoer comforted him: "It doesn't matter. I'm a stickler for words. If I say it's calculated on a per-person basis, it will be calculated on a per-person basis. Today and yesterday

Same thing, let’s fill in the moat. If you’re injured, there will be additional subsidies.”

Everyone cheered and became more energetic.

On the wall of the village, Mr. Guo came here early this morning, fearing that something like yesterday would happen. However, he still underestimated the seriousness of the matter.

Seeing a large number of old and weak people carrying bags and carrying bags out of the bandit camp, Mr. Guo almost fainted.

"Shoot the arrow, shoot the arrow, shoot the arrow quickly. If you don't shoot the arrow, I will kill you, sir."

Perhaps yesterday's shock had an effect, as no son was born this time, but the arrow rain was still sparse and weak.

"Dad, it's me. If you dare to shoot me with an arrow, I'll look good on you when I get home."

"Son, it's dad, don't let go of the arrow yet. When I throw the bag down, our family will have food, and your mother won't have to starve to death."

"Dad, it's really my dad. Stop shooting." There was a reaction on the wall of the village immediately.

"Mom, where is my mother? I will kill anyone who dares to shoot an arrow."

A big battle broke out and a family and friends meeting was formed.

On the wall of the village, Mr. Guo almost vomited blood. Looking at the moat that was quickly filled, his heart dropped a little bit and he gritted his teeth. Finally, his confidence was shattered.

"Steward, go and bring over the cannon hidden in the village." Mr. Guo shouted.

"No, sir, letting the government know that our family has cannons is tantamount to rebellion, sir." Butler Guo wanted to stop Mr. Guo's irrational behavior.

But it's time to survive. "Go quickly," Mr. Guo roared.

Butler Guo had no choice but to leave.

When the moat was filled, the cannon was finally transported to the village wall.
Chapter completed!