"Next door village? Is there a village outside the city?" Zhou Lanzhi asked in surprise.
After staying in the carriage for the past two days, she rarely looked out the window. In addition, they were walking on an official road with not many villages on both sides, so Zhou Lanzhi didn't know what was going on outside.
The closer you get to Yuanyang, the lower the zombie density will be, and there will naturally be suitable conditions for living outside the city.
When conditions permit, Zhao Yanxun encouraged people to live outside the city, which would make it easier to work outside the city.
Yuanyang has been spread over a large area, and several mansions close to Yuanyang are inhabited only in the villages near the city because the zombie density has not decreased significantly.
Hearing Zhou Lanzhi's surprise, Zhao Yanxun replied: "Of course there is a village outside the city!"
So Zhou Lanzhi came to the window, quietly lifted a corner of the curtain, and pushed the small window open a crack.
The cold wind outside made Zhou Lanzhi shiver, but it also allowed her to see the scene in the distance.
Sure enough, almost a mile ahead, there was a village surrounded by a tall fence. In a large open space in the village, a large number of people gathered at this moment, and they cheered from time to time.
Looking back, Zhou Lanzhi closed the window and asked: "Your Majesty, what are they doing?"
"It should be killing monsters!"
"Kill monsters? Just them?" Zhou Lanzhi didn't believe it even more.
She has personal experience of how ferocious zombies are.
Even though her eldest brother was wearing armor, he had to use the help of several strong men to kill the monster with all his strength.
Zhou Lanzhi didn't think his eldest brother could compare to a group of villagers who had to go to such great lengths to kill zombies.
Pulling Zhou Lanzhi into his arms, Zhao Yanxun raised and lowered his hands and said: "My dear concubine, never underestimate the people of the world!"
The sound of "Beloved Concubine" made Zhou Lanzhi so happy that she had no time to care whether these people were killing zombies.
Soon, the carriage arrived outside the village and attracted the attention of the villagers.
The carriages engraved with dragon decorations were also escorted by guards, which proved that the people in the carriages were of high status and were extremely noble.
Most of the villagers may have little knowledge, but anyone with a little bit of brains can guess who is in the carriage.
Zhou Lin and Liu Chuanbao are two smart people. The former is a minor official sent by Huiping County, and the latter is Gu Mengfan's minor flag official.
The two of them appeared in this village with only one mission, which was to check the training status of the villagers.
When people go out to live in the city, although there are fences outside the village for protection, they still have to prevent zombies from rushing in, so this requires them to have basic self-defense capabilities.
In response, the county government and the Qianhu Office stationed in Huiping taught the people leaving the city how to cooperate with each other to deal with zombies, and asked them to practice more after leaving the city.
In this regard, the government office and the Qianhu Office will conduct inspections from time to time.
Today, it happened to be this village's turn to be inspected.
"The prince is here!" Liu Chuanbao reminded.
"I know!" Zhou Lin was a little nervous.
Liu Chuanbao whispered to his soldiers: "Go back to the city, two of you, and tell Lord Qianhu that the prince is here!"
When Zhao Yanxun appeared here, the two of them were not qualified to receive him at all, so they had to find someone from above to take care of him as soon as possible.
After hearing Liu Chuanbao's arrangement, Zhou Lin on the side immediately said: "Do me a favor and go to the county government to spread the word!"
"Did you hear that? Hurry up and... ride back!"
"yes!"
The two soldiers immediately turned around and left. This place is ten miles away from the county seat, and it would take more than twenty minutes to go back and forth on horseback.
Fortunately, this time out of the city, Zhou Lin and Liu Chuanbao came on horseback, otherwise they would not know how long they would have to walk on their legs.
Just listen to Zhou Lin shouting: "Stop everyone...stop...the prince is here!"
While everyone was wondering, when they heard this shout, they started talking one after another, and their expressions could not hide their excitement.
Of course, some people asked suspiciously: "Master Zhou, please don't coax us...is it really the prince who is here?"
Zhou Lin asked with a serious face: "Are you kidding me?"
When everyone thought that this was indeed true, no one dared to make fun of Zhao Yanxun.
The crowd immediately became excited, and everyone came to the village gate one after another, looking expectantly at the stopped carriage.
"Don't be stunned, open the door quickly..." Zhou Lin shouted loudly.
The people standing at the door woke up and quickly stepped forward to open the door.
At this moment, Zhao Yanxun was seen walking out of the carriage, followed by Zhou Lanzhi, who was fully dressed and wearing a cloak.
Zhao Yanxun asked her if she would get out of the car and take a look, but he didn't expect Zhou Lanzhi to really follow her. But since the question had already been asked, he could only let Zhou Lanzhi come with him.
The whole person was covered in a cloak, and Zhou Lanzhi was also covered with a veil, which could not be called "showing one's face."
"Kowtow to the prince, long live the prince!"
The people knelt down on both sides of the road to allow Zhao Yanxun to walk unhindered.
"I will meet with the Ping County government officials to see Your Highness!"
"Your Majesty, Sun Chuanbao, the flag officer of Mengwei, is here to see the prince!"
In the middle of the road, Zhou and Lin paid homage and acted as temporary hosts.
Surrounded by the guards, Zhao Yanxun crossed Zhou Lin and came to the place where they had just practiced.
I saw a zombie tied around his waist with a thick rope, and the other end of the rope was tied to a big tree.
The middle of the rope is about two feet long, which means that the zombie's moving distance is within a radius of two feet, taking the big tree as the base county.
At this moment, Zhao Yanxun stepped forward and slowly walked to the zombie, only two meters away from it.
Zhou Lanzhi was originally following Zhao Yanxun, but she was not so bold and just stood at a distance at the moment.
The only people following Zhao Yanxun were Chen Yuhe and two guards.
The zombies waved their claws and roared, but Zhao Yanxun remained unmoved.
After turning his head slightly, Zhao Yanxun said to the people behind him: "It's cold on the ground, so please forgive me!"
The common people looked at each other, some of them didn't understand what it meant to be polite, and some of them didn't dare to move even if others didn't move.
Zhou Lin and Zhou Lin were too nervous, so their brain reactions were a beat slower.
At this time, Zhao Yanxun had turned around and heard Chen Yuhe shout: "Your Majesty, please get up!"
Then everyone stood up one after another, some looked curiously, some were extremely excited, and some were uneasy.
"You two come here and talk back!"
Every word Zhao Yanxun said was an imperial edict in Longyou.
So after hearing this, Zhou and Lin carefully came to Zhao Yanxun and stopped ten feet away.
Turning around, Zhao Yanxun asked, knowingly: "What are you doing?"
Zhou Lin and Zhou looked at each other, and then heard Zhou Lin reply: "Reporting to Your Highness, according to the requirements of Chang Shisi, people living outside the city must be able to guard against monsters!"
"I am waiting here today to check whether the people here have carefully practiced the military formations taught by Wei Suo!"
Zhao Yanxun then asked: "The military formation was taught by Wei? What military formation was taught?"
Only Sun Chuanbao could answer this, and he carefully replied: "Report to the prince, I teach a ten-man formation!"
The so-called ten-man formation is actually the Yuanyang formation. It was promoted in the military formation last year and has become very popular.
"How are they doing?"
This was not easy to answer. After thinking about it again and again, Sun Chuanbao said: "I have roughly grasped it!"
"Probably mastered?"
Hearing Zhao Yanxun's rhetorical question, Sun Chuanbao's heart beat rapidly, fearing that he had said the wrong thing.
"You don't believe it just from your mouth. I want to see it with my own eyes!"
