Wei Ji listened to his granddaughter's words with a deep look in his eyes. "Since you have made your decision, you don't have to report everything to me."

"Let the clan members write down the names of relatives living outside the city and hand it over to Mingjingtang to sort it out. It's up to you to decide how to rescue them and where to rescue them." It actually meant to let her make the decision completely.

Wei Xiyin's emotions were in turmoil. She was no fool, and her grandfather's intentions were obvious. She wanted to ask if he had sensed that things were not going well in Kyoto, and so was planning to hand the family's burdens over to her.

But she didn't dare to speak, choosing to seek benefits and avoid harm, because she was afraid of hearing an answer that was not what she wanted.

a long time.

Wei Xiyin lowered her eyelids and replied in a low voice: "Granddaughter knows."

Uncle Wu came to the door at this time and bowed to report: "Master, the Seventh Master is here."

"Let him in."

"yes."

Wei Mingze quickly entered the house and bowed to Wei Ji.

Wei Xiyin glanced at the book in his hand and stood up to salute: "Seventh Uncle."

Wei Mingze waved his hand and handed the booklet in his hand to her. "This is the list of noble families that Wu Niang asked me for a few days ago. I've been busy lately and it's been delayed until now. Please don't blame me, Wu Niang."

"Uncle Seventh, you are joking. How dare your niece blame you? I'd like to trouble you uncles to help me sort it out." Wei Xiyin took the booklet and thanked him.

After a few polite words, Uncle Wu brought hot tea and Wei Mingze sat down below.

He looked up at Wei Ji, who was sitting cross-legged on the couch, and said carefully, "My nephew has come to report to the clan leader on the recent progress outside the fort. Only ten miles of the blocking wall on the back of the mountain remain unfinished, and the quarrying on the mountain is still going on..."

Wei Ji waved his hand to interrupt him, "Don't beat around the bush. If you want to ask about going out to rescue people, just say it directly."

Wei Mingze: “…”

He quickly bowed and replied, "I knew I couldn't hide it from the clan leader. Now many clan members are worried about their relatives outside. My nephew thought that since Ling County is now safe, should we send someone out to investigate the situation as much as possible?"

Wei Mingze spoke very tactfully, worried that the clan leader would blame him. After all, if he wanted to save people, Wu Niang would have to go out and take risks.

Seeing this, Wei Xiyin tried to smooth things over, "Seventh Uncle's arrival is just in time. We were just discussing this matter. Grandfather meant to have Mingjingtang compile a list of relatives living outside the clan, and then set off once the gentlemen return with their food supplies."

As for where to start the implementation, in order to avoid causing dissatisfaction among the tribesmen, it is impossible to go far away instead of near. Of course, we have to look at the roster to make arrangements.

After receiving the accurate answer, Wei Mingze breathed a sigh of relief and stood up to salute Wei Ji. "Then I will not disturb the clan leader's rest and will return to Mingjing Hall to prepare immediately."

After Wei Mingze left, Wei Xiyin also came out of the main courtyard. She put aside the messy thoughts in her mind and planned to arrange the next action.

Things need to be done step by step. Without transportation, people cannot fly to Kyoto. As long as the stability of Ling County is guaranteed, it will be okay in case some relatives escape back on their own.

The thought only flashed through my mind.

Who knew it would come true soon after? That’s another story.

At this time, Wei Xiyin came to the southeast camp.

Chu Yu has been in Ling County recently, responsible for checking the progress of the gunpowder and observing the four or five zombies imprisoned there.

Since the continuous spring rains, the zombies seem to be affected as well.

Chang Ying led his men to the back mountain to clean up the zombies that were roaming around. Only Qin Shan stayed in the fort to dispatch the patrols of the guards along the way.

There were almost no guards in the southeast camp during the day, as most of them were on duty outside.

More than twenty women were on the playground, practicing swordplay with the weapons issued by the tribe.

Seeing her coming, the younger cousins ​​hurriedly stopped and saluted, "Fifth cousin."

Wei Xiyin nodded at them, greeted her aunts, and then asked about the training with concern.

Wei Ximing said somewhat embarrassedly, "Of course I can't compare with my fifth cousin. Our training progress is relatively slow. We can only run three miles today."

The noble ladies of the Wei family have been pampered since childhood, with a group of slaves around them. They rarely do physical work. On the first day of training, more than half of them could not even finish a lap.

Wei Ximing gritted her teeth and persevered. Today, most of the female members of the family are able to practice sword-fighting while standing after running.

Wei Xiyin said gently, "Everything should be done gradually. Don't be too anxious. Improve your physical strength first, and then slowly increase the intensity of your exercise after you adapt."

Several cousins ​​responded quickly, and several aunts beside them also nodded subconsciously.

Having not seen each other for some time, they always felt that Wu Niang was different from before. She had more majesty and solemnity, and less gentleness of a lady from a noble family.

His speech, actions and demeanor are becoming more and more like that of the patriarch.

Wei Xiyin was afraid of disturbing their training, so after looking at it, she walked towards the house inside, and asked the guards to guard the door of the dock, and wait for Chu Yu, Chang Ying and others to come back, and then call them over.

She walked into the house and sat down, and only then did she have time to look through the booklet given by Wei Mingze.

After looking through it.

Wei Xiyin couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

The records in the booklet are very detailed. In addition to basic information such as household registration and surnames, the relationships between the people in each household are also listed. Some even mark the number of privately-raised soldiers and long-term workers.

Before the zombie outbreak, the world began to fall into chaos.

Because the imperial court had strict control over privately maintained soldiers, many wealthy families who did not have the qualifications or quotas had a long-term vision and thought of ways to exploit loopholes and register some people by hiring them as long-term workers.

On the surface, he is a living contract, but in fact, he exists in the form of a guard in secret.

What's more, some people are bolder and just make people invisible.

The family is well aware of the situation of each family, and must have been paying attention to the movements of all parties in Yizhou for a long time.

Wei Xiyin thought of the underground palace and secret passages in the fortress, as well as the ores stored privately in the armory, and couldn't help but sigh. The aristocratic families were well-informed, and those in power were far-sighted. Ultimately, they could survive safely in this world by relying on the foundation of their clan.

It took her half a day to finish reading the booklet.

It's getting dark.

The guards who were on duty outside began to return to the fort one after another.

Chu Yu, Chang Ying and Qin Shan received the news and quickly rushed to the camp.

As soon as you come in.

Chu Yu said calmly, "There has been some progress on the gunpowder issue, but the quantity is small. If you want to attack the city this time, you can take some with you to test its power."

There are few firecrackers in Ling County, and people dare not waste them. The girl had previously given a list of materials needed for production, but now there are not enough people to refine the powder.

As soon as he met the guard at the door and heard the girl asking for him, Chu Yu immediately understood what was going on.

When Chu Yu asked Wei Ting indirectly about the situation, he knew that the time was almost up.

The original plan was to clean up Qinghe County and even the entire Yizhou territory. These were all things that happened sooner or later.

Wei Xiyin nodded when she heard this, "Wait until the people transporting the food come back and let the three hundred guards rest for a day, then we'll set off."

Qin Shan and Chang Ying stood aside.

Chang Ying couldn't help but ask: "Where is the girl's target?"