In Yujiawan's home, the whole family was hugging each other and crying, not knowing what to do.
Then I heard the news that the gong was ringing, telling everyone to gather in the owner's yard.
After the family looked at each other, they were suddenly a little surprised, and they didn't bother to clean up the others. Even the elders, children, and their families all gathered towards the newly built yard of the Ning family in Yujiawan.
When we waited, we saw a huge crowd, and almost everyone in Yujiawan had arrived.
"Silence, all men over fifteen years old and under forty years old gather together, and Manager Liu will arrange patrols and vigils.
Among the rest, a few nimble women were selected to provide logistical support.
The remaining adults set up stoves to heat hot water under the awning.
The children are all scheduled to go to bed early to avoid any noise."
Ning Pengpeng stood under the eaves, with Qing Niang beside her, shouting loudly to everyone in the yard.
After hearing the boss's words, the crowd, which was originally a bit chaotic and like headless flies, finally had what they needed to do and immediately became organized.
"Reporting to the old lady, apart from the servants in our own mansion, there are a total of forty-three young men available in Yujiawan."
Manager Liu originally just wanted to take his servants on inspection.
Now that there are so many more people at once, the originally tense face feels a little relieved.
At least with so many people, they should be able to resist those pirates, right?
Thinking of the pirates who came ashore, Manager Liu felt a little uneasy.
However, just now, according to the old lady's instructions, someone was sent to Master Futai to ask for help.
As long as we can survive tonight, once Mr. Futai's troops arrive, we should be fine.
Manager Liu's expression changed. Ning Pengpeng looked at everyone working busy but orderly, but he sighed deeply in his heart.
Those pirates came ashore to plunder, and people from the Ning Mansion in Yujiawan organized everyone to work together to deal with the pirates, but what about the other fishing villages?
When ordinary people are unarmed, they may only be killed.
At this moment, the lives of ordinary people are like waves and foam in the sea, easily dissipated.
"After this time, we will rebuild our yard."
Ning Pengpeng looked at the courtyard where he was now. It was no different from the two-entry courtyard house built by wealthy families in Nanyue Prefecture. He didn't think there was any problem before.
But now it seems that there are problems everywhere.
"Old lady, I wonder what kind of bricks to build?"
When Liu Hu heard this, he looked around and asked a little puzzled.
Ning Pengpeng thought for a while. She never thought that besides the corrupt officials, there were also pirates here.
Since there are pirates out there, it's natural that we can't build an ordinary wall. We have to build a wall that can resist the invasion of foreign enemies.
As for the wall to resist foreign enemies, it is naturally the famous round earth building.
It just so happens that there are more and more fishermen here in Yujiawan.
If they are separated in such a scattered way, if anything happens, they will not be able to help in time.
It would be better to just build a round earth building. Once the gate is closed, it will become a fortress, ensuring that the pirates will be helpless when they see it.
Ning Pengpeng thought as she took a branch and started drawing on the ground.
"This earth building can be divided into two circles, the inner and outer circles. The outermost circle of walls is for the fishermen of Yujiawan to live.
There are stairs from here to the top of the city wall. There are people living below, and it is enough to arrange for manpower to be on duty and patrol above.
Prevent someone from climbing up with flying claws, or someone from setting fire to it."
When Liu Hu saw the house painted by the old lady, his eyes suddenly lit up.
What's wonderful is that this round earth building is built with stones. Although the fishermen are surrounded by people from the Ning Mansion, the fishermen all live in the outer circle and will not affect the Ning Mansion in the inner circle.
This wall is as high as a city wall, enough to protect everyone's safety.
Even if pirates come, they will not be afraid to kill the fishermen quietly, which greatly improves everyone's safety.
Compared with the courtyard they live in now, this courtyard has air leakage from all sides, and its safety is very poor!
Just when Liu Hu was pointing at the picture drawn by Ning Pengpeng and asking for advice, one of the people he had arranged to come over hurried over and said with panic on his face.
"Manager Liu, there is a fire approaching from the south."
Hearing this, Ning Pengpeng raised his head sharply, looked at each other with Liu Hu, and said in a deep voice.
"Bring the ladder, go over and take a closer look.
By the way, keep the hot water in the pot boiling and don’t stop.”
Everyone was stunned. This hot water has already burned a lot. Why should we continue to burn it?
However, although everyone was doubtful, since the boss had given such an order, they naturally would not object.
Anyway, boiling some hot water is just a waste of firewood!
Moreover, the firewood also belongs to the owner, so they don't need to feel bad.
Ning Pengpeng, Liu Hu and the group of people who came to talk, quietly climbed up the ladder and looked in the direction pointed.
In the heavy rain, there were firelights flashing in the distance.
From the looks of it, someone should be holding a torch and walking forward.
These people were so bold and moved forward with torches lit, apparently not worried that the fishermen would find out.
After all, it was raining heavily at night, and under normal circumstances, ordinary people would have fallen asleep in bed.
However, looking at the distance, it should be quite far from here.
The main reason is that the courtyard of the Ning family is located in a relatively remote location, behind the houses where all the fishermen live in Yujiawan.
As for those people, they should be going in the fishing village, and for a while, they should not be able to find the courtyard where the Ning family is located.
"Order to go down and put out all the lights in the courtyard.
All the stoves used to boil water were dismantled and brought inside the house, where they continued to boil water.
Remember, when blocking doors and windows, be sure not to let any light shine through.
The inspection personnel were divided into three groups, with one group guarding the door.
If these people forcefully break in, remember to kill them without mercy.
Another group of people stood guard on the wall, and whenever someone climbed the wall, they would stab them down with sharp objects in their hands.
The remaining group hide under the wall and take turns with the people guarding the wall at any time."
Soon, all the lights in Ning's courtyard dimmed.
They were a group of people, holding kitchen knives, hoes and other weapons in their hands. They were nervously guarding the posts ordered by their boss.
The fire in the distance slowly approached the fishing village from the beginning.
After entering the fishing village, I found that there was no one inside. Immediately, the leader, a man named Hecun, kicked the wall of the stone house.
"Baga, damn it, who tipped off the news to let these pigs run away?"
But it would be useless to let him fly into a rage.