There are currently about forty people in the entire Xujiazhuang. Except for six or seven children, most of the remaining people are women. There are only fifteen adult men in such a large village.
In Xu Mu's opinion, this number was already very satisfactory.
After all, in Daji, recruiting men is the most common thing. I don't know how many heroes died under the city wall at the border.
With the addition of new forces and the decoration experience accumulated in the previous life, the huge Xujiazhuang soon became more presentable.
In addition to living in a row of wooden houses, four watchtowers, and a winery built with a large wooden shed, Xu Mu also specially built a large horse farm on the west side of the village. When nothing happened, he would let out the old horses pulling the carts.
Run a few laps.
The entire Zhuangzi is about the size of two football fields, so the land is completely sufficient.
According to Xu Mu, the work of making wine is not too tiring, so just let the women take turns doing it. As for the men, they have to do some heavy work, such as hammering trees to deliver wine, and guarding the village at night.
"Xu Lang, the Nu family and Xi Niang have discussed it. We can open up wasteland in the open space next to Zhuangzi, plant some wild vegetables, and raise some river fish."
Jiang Caiwei walked over happily, her tone full of excitement.
Compared with the thin and thin appearance before, during this period, he is obviously healthier, and his beautiful face also has a faint blush.
"Xu, Xu Lang, what's wrong with you? If you don't want to, it's okay. I can go and tell them."
"That's not what I mean." Xu Mu smiled, "From now on, you can make the decision yourself on this kind of thing."
"Xu Lang, if you can't do it, the slave family can't go beyond it."
Sure enough, the little maid's wife still couldn't get over that hurdle.
Xu Mu sighed. Although he now has his own winery, his relationship with Jiang Caiwei has not changed much.
There seemed to be an invisible barrier between the two.
"I agreed. Remember, you can just do the accounting, you don't need to do any chores."
"Nujia, listen to Xu Lang."
As soon as she finished speaking, Jiang Caiwei also noticed something was wrong in the atmosphere and ran away with a blushing face.
Clang, Clang, Clang——
Just as Xu Mu was about to walk back, his ears suddenly felt as if they had been exploded. He was so shocked that he quickly covered his ears.
When I turned around, I realized that the old scholar had run over at some point, carrying a gong and drum in his hand.
"My son! My son! Ming Jin has withdrawn his troops! The Di people are powerful, retreat now! Ming Jin has withdrawn his troops!"
Xu Mu was a little helpless, and was afraid that the old scholar would run too fast and fall. He hurriedly tried to hold him up, but in the blink of an eye, the old scholar had already run a hundred steps.
"Master, I wanted to use the gong to wake up at night, but he snatched it away accidentally." Chen Sheng, who was chasing after me in a hurry, was also speechless.
If bandits come to rob the village late at night, it would be the best thing to have a gong to wake up the night.
"Master, I won't talk to you anymore. I'm going to get the gong back."
Xu Mu looked up and saw that under the dark sky, the old scholar was leading several children, jumping up and down while holding a gong, chasing Chen Sheng until he was panting.
This caused many women and men to stop what they were doing and burst into laughter.
Unconsciously, Xu Mu felt a warm feeling in his heart.
"Master! Master, come quickly!"
Suddenly, Chen Sheng stopped chasing, turned his head hastily, and shouted loudly.
There is only one reason why a hero like Chen Sheng could lose his composure like this.
Bandit!
"My boss, the bandits are coming!" Zhou Luo on the arrow tower also shouted.
"Si Hu, take people to the archery tower!"
After giving instructions, Xu Mu walked forward coldly and climbed up the wooden ladder to the horizontal plank of the wooden wall.
"Master, there must be forty or fifty people here!" Chen Sheng took the iron bow and hurriedly stood next to Xu Mu.
Xu Mu gritted his teeth. The scene in front of him was indeed a bit horrifying for ordinary people.
Under the dusky night, dozens of bandits, each holding a torch and carrying a weapon, lined up coldly outside Zhuangzi.
The leader was a big man riding a yellow gelding, wearing a rusty old armor. He seemed to be blind in his right eye and had an eyepatch on, but even so, there was still a look of fear in the remaining left eye.
human gaze.
On the yellow horse, there was an iron weapon in the shape of a horse, which shone coldly under the light of the fire.
"Peng Chun, a patrolling wolf from a certain family, passed by your village and said hello."
The voice was hoarse, like a broken wind drum.
Xu Mu stood coldly, "Xu Mu, a powerful heavenly dragon from a certain family, has seen him and said hello."
Outside Zhuangzi, the big man riding on the yellow gelding was startled for a moment, then burst out with extremely happy sounds.
The group of bandits following him also raised their torches noisily and kept making noisy whistles.
"Brother Mu, do you want to shoot a bow?" Si Hu turned his head angrily.
"Wait a minute." Xu Mu's voice was calm.
If this kind of patrolling wolf wants to rob the village, he will never do it so openly. Instead, he will approach the village in the dark and climb over the wooden wall.
"Hahaha!"
As Xu Mu expected, the patrolling wolf laughed like a maniac, suddenly raised his right leg holding the horse's belly, and grabbed the horse spear in his hand in the blink of an eye.
"Go!"
A nearby tree fell down as the horse slashed it.
Dozens of bandits burst into increasingly wild cheers.
Peng Chun took back the horse, raised his head and laughed a few times, then picked up the reins, led the men and horses, and ran roaring towards the old mountain to the north.
"What's going on? You came and then ran away?"
"It's time to establish authority." Xu Mu sneered. He made too much money from the wine shop and Zhuangzi business, and these bandits were going to start talking loudly next.
However, Xu Mu was a little curious. The patrolling wolf didn't talk directly. Could it be that there was an intermediary involved?
Sure enough, not long after the bandits left, two swaying figures walked leisurely to the front of the village.
"My boss is two lazy guys from the village."
Xu Mu frowned slightly. These lazy people in the village had colluded with the bandits and brought disaster to the entire village. Now it's good to be the pawns again.
"You guys haven't opened the bank yet!" the leader of the lazy man yelled, pulling the bandit's tiger skin like a patrolling imperial envoy.
"According to the instructions of the two kings on Lao Beishan Mountain, I will open the village as soon as possible to welcome the guests. If it is even half a minute late, we will send troops to attack the village tomorrow and beat the whole village to pieces!"
Send troops? A group of ragtag people dare to talk about military conquest.
"My boss, what should I do?" Chen Sheng asked nervously.
Xu Mu turned around and looked at the people slowly gathering in the village. Everyone's face was filled with horror.
Officials do not fight bandits, but bandits oppress the people.
This is already a completely sick dynasty.
"Young boss from Wangzhou? You are so brave! On the day of taking over the bank, there will be times when you cry!"
Xu Mu's eyes were cold. He felt that it was time to set an example to the people in the village.
In this world, seeking the skin of a tiger will always lead to a miserable outcome.