When Xie Yu arranged the task before, Chen Zhong already knew that there were no trees 200 feet outside the gate of the village.
At that time, Chen Zhong thought that the task would be completed if all the trees outside were cut down.
But now, Chen Zhong realized that he was wrong.
Taking the gate of Baishizhai as a line, there is not a single big tree in the area two hundred feet down.
Even the ground has been renovated!
The originally bumpy mountain road was now made extremely smooth!
Even after being cut down, the jagged tree stumps were repaired to be as level as the road.
The road up and down the mountain seems to have turned into a broad road!
Chen Zhong and others also drove many carriages up the mountain. As they were driving on this road, Chen Zhong couldn't help but muttered: "How come the repairs are so smooth? Isn't this providing convenience to others? If others invade in large numbers, we will still Can you defend the stronghold?"
Several of the men next to him couldn't help but nodded.
When he opened the gate of the village and entered the village, Chen Zhong was even more surprised and couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear.
He felt as if he had gone to the wrong village.
In just eight days, the village has changed drastically!
The originally chaotic village has now become more orderly.
The road paved with stone slabs divides the village into several different areas.
Each area seems to be designated for a specialized purpose.
There are people who store supplies, people who stay, people who raise horses, people who make food and make fires...
There is also a row of low small houses in the distance, with a straw shed behind them.
Chen Zhong couldn't help but pulled someone over and asked, "What is the house over there used for?"
"Back to Fourth Master, Mr. Xie said that is the latrine! From now on, everyone will defecate and defecate in the latrine. Don't do it anywhere!"
A hut?
Chen Zhong felt that his brain was running out of power.
The subordinate also said that the septic tank dug under the thatched shed was covered with a cover! Isolate odors.
The filth in this septic tank will be of great use in the future, whether it is fertilizing or boiling golden soup to deal with invading enemies.
Chen Zhong felt that he had only been away for eight days, but when he came back, he seemed completely disconnected from the entire village.
"Fourth brother, are you back?"
Xie Yu led people to greet him.
Chen Zhong quickly stepped forward to greet him: "Mr. Xie! Fortunately, I have fulfilled my destiny. I brought back everything you asked for. By the way, I also brought a carpenter and a blacksmith."
Hearing that they only brought a carpenter and a blacksmith, Xie Yu's eyes showed a bit of regret.
But he also knew that these carpenters and blacksmiths were popular talents everywhere.
Being able to get these two people up the mountain was already an overfulfillment of the task for Chen Zhong.
"Thank you for your hard work, fourth brother! Go drink some water and rest."
These days, the general framework of the village has been completed, but only the details need to be transformed.
If you want to modify the details, you have to wait for the materials purchased by Chen Zhongcai to arrive.
"I'm not tired." Chen Zhong took the water ladle handed over by his subordinates. He wanted to ask what changes he didn't know about in the village these days.
As a result, after he took a sip of water, he found that the water was actually hot.
"This water...why is it hot?"
A subordinate next to him said: "Mr. Xie ordered that from now on drinking water in the village must be boiled water."
"Why is this?"
Chen Zhong looked at Xie Yu and asked.
Xie Yu smiled and explained that boiled water is cleaner. It is not easy to get sick after drinking it.
Chen Zhong finally couldn't bear it anymore.
He wanted Xie Yu to tell him what changes the village had made these days.
In the end, Xie Yu just pulled someone over to explain to Chen Zhong, and then he hurriedly took stock of the supplies Chen Zhong bought and the two craftsmen.
These two poor craftsmen were kidnapped here by a group of bandits. Along the way, they thought about the fate of being disemboweled.
The two craftsmen were still in shock until Xie Yu loosened the rope.
Xie Yu comforted him for a while, and finally promised again and again that it was urgent to let the craftsmen come to the village.
As long as these two people "work" well in the village, he will arrange for people to pick up their families one by one in the future.
Xie Yu's words were half comfort and half threat.
Seeing that the matter had come to this, the two craftsmen could only give up the idea of going down the mountain and promised to help Xie Yu with his work.
After taking care of the two craftsmen, Xie Yu took them to a secret room.
No one knew what arrangements he had made for the two craftsmen.
But not long after, there was a clanging sound in the room.
When Bai Xiaonan came over to find Xie Yu, he found that Xie Yu was playing with some strange winch-like parts with one of the craftsmen.
Xie Yu held the part and explained while gesticulating. The craftsman next to him also showed a vague understanding in his eyes, sometimes nodding and sometimes shaking his head.
"What are you talking about?"
Bai Xiaonan stepped forward and interrupted the discussion between the two.
Xie Yu put down the parts on hand, looked at Bai Xiaonan and asked, "Why are you here?"
"Well... there is news from Mao Tou that your father has convinced the county magistrate to bring people to attack our Baishi Village."
Mao Tou is the person Bai Xiaonan arranged to go to the county to collect information.
Xie Yu nodded: "I can't bear to take action until now. It seems that the county magistrate has a big appetite!"
According to Xie Yu's estimation, someone should have arrived a few days ago. It has been delayed until now. It must be that Xie Jin and the magistrate have not negotiated the terms well.
Bai Xiaonan asked worriedly: "What should we do now? The outside of our village is like that. The other party is really attacking in a big way. We're afraid we won't be able to defend it..."
"Don't worry, we can hold on." Xie Yu said nonchalantly, "Just the wood chopped a few days ago is enough for these people to drink a pot. Besides, the Xie family and the magistrate just discussed sending troops. It will definitely take a few days to get back to the preparation work.”
"These few days are enough for me to come up with something new to deal with them."
"What's new?" Bai Xiaonan looked at the parts being polished by the carpenter next to him and couldn't help but ask, "Is it this?"
Xie Yu nodded: "You will know when it is made tomorrow!"
…
Early the next morning, several heads of households learned that the county was preparing to gather troops to attack Baishi Village.
Everyone is waiting to hear what Xie Yu has planned.
In the end, Xie Yu just asked Dao Scar to lead people to saw the wood piled in the material area into logs for later use.
After arranging this matter, Xie Yu took out something that everyone looked at as very rare.
"Mr. Xie, what is this?"
Chen Zhong looked at the thing in Xie Yu's hand that looked like a bow but not a bow, and looked like a crossbow but not a crossbow.
Call it a bow, that thing is smaller than a bow.
It was said to be a crossbow, but there were actually two winches in the position of the flute.
Several bowstrings were wound around the capstan in a very complicated manner.
Xie Yu said with a smile: "This is a compound crossbow! Carpenter Sun and I worked hard last night to make it. Among the heads of the family, do any of you know how to use a bow?"
Liuzi and others looked at Chen Zhong together.
Chen Zhong said: "When I was young and learning the art, I practiced it for a few years. But I haven't touched it for a long time."
Xie Yu nodded and said: "Go to the school grounds! Try the power of this thing!"
