The villagers were somewhat worried. Ancient times were different from modern times; there were no cameras or facial recognition technology. But if these people described their features and had an artist draw them for a wanted poster…

That would be a bit troublesome.

Lin Jinyue said directly, "Let everyone in the village start making crossbows, these people..."

Lin Jinyue began to think about what she should do.

More than a hundred people were tied up, and almost all of them were injured. Seeing that the men were holding knives, they panicked for a moment.

"No, don't kill us..."

Lin Jinyue first took a map from the leader, but instead of taking the copper coins, she took all the weapons from their hands.

Even a small fly leg is still meat.

Lin Jinyue then said, "You have two choices: either die or work for our village. We'll let you go after the war is over."

These were all temporary soldiers transporting provisions.

They all readily agreed to work for Lin Jinyue.

Lin Jinyue didn't make things difficult for them. She told them to prepare some food first, and let the injured ones heal their legs first, while the others who weren't injured could start working immediately.

The villagers immediately got to work.

Li the blacksmith and his men were forging iron non-stop, doing whatever Lin Xueqing asked without asking any questions. His son was even helping to make arrowheads.

If the crossbow bolts were made of iron, their lethality would double.

The women weren't idle either; some helped with cooking, while others altered leather armor for everyone.

Not only men will need to wear leather armor, but women and children will also have to wear it in the future, so they will be safer when fighting breaks out.

There is also a training ground in the village, where young and old alike practice archery whenever they have free time, following the methods taught by Lin Xueqing.

Lin Jinyue glanced at them and found that most of the shots were quite accurate.

Their village is becoming safer and safer.

The only downside is that the place is too small.

With only 5,000 mu of land, including mountains and forests, there was far too little land available for their daily lives.

But buying land now is just too expensive.

Lin Jinyue recalled that Yunhe Village was very remote, and that large forest was untouched by anyone.

It would be better to distribute all that land to their village.

Finally, Old Tan suddenly said, "Why don't we take over that village over there?"

Lin Jinyue asked in confusion, "A bandit stronghold?"

Old Tan nodded: "Indeed, there is. This area is too remote. Before we reclaimed it, this was all wasteland."

Old Tan suggested, "Yueyue, in case our population grows larger and larger... I still think we should send a team out to a more distant place to gather information, and also expand our territory."

Lin Jinyue nodded: "Indeed, I have the same idea."

The population density is simply too high now.

Lin Jinyue wanted to set up some research institutes and scientific research centers, as well as conduct secret research and manufacturing of weapons.

The village can be locked down for a period of time now, but it can't be locked down forever.

With the system's mission requirements, the number of people coming will only increase. Although the number of guards will be increased, Lin Jinyue always felt that it was not good to build these important places so close together.

Now that they can build cement roads and buy new energy vehicles, Lin Jinyue feels it is still necessary to expand her territory.

Moreover, while the people are busy now, once the war ends, there will definitely be a need to build a large number of entertainment venues, which will further increase the demand for land.

Old Tan continued to urge, "There's still a large grove of woods. Let's take some people to check it out later. If no one's there, we'll take it."

Lin Jinyue was somewhat tempted.

However, she said she needed to think about it some more.

The next morning, Lin Jinyue had already made up her mind. Regardless of everything else, she would prioritize ensuring the normal lives of the people in her village.

Lin Jinyue never expected that her actions would save their village a lot of trouble.

Lin Jinyue didn't bring many people with her; she simply disguised herself as a refugee and hid in the mountains.

The mountains and forests of Lingnan are teeming with snakes, insects, rodents, and ants.

Lin Jinyue only took a few trusted people with her, along with her parents and brother.

These people can enter the space at any time. With her mother's medical skills, they are much safer. This time, they mainly came to explore. As long as there are no problems and people can survive normally, they can occupy this area.

Lin Jinyue was cautious and even disguised herself as a refugee, walking straight ahead.

I don't know how much time it was, but the sky gradually darkened.

Lin Jinyue lit torches and sprinkled insect-repellent powder, and a dozen people began to set up camp there.

A few days ago, Magistrate Ding mentioned that he wanted to settle a group of refugees in Lin Jinyue's Yunhe Village, and Lin Jinyue agreed at the time.

I just feel like there's not enough land for us anymore.

They should acquire more land for their village. After all, it's a chaotic time, and after a few years of fighting, the fate of this land is uncertain. Maybe by then, their Yunhe Village could become Yunhe County.

However, Lin Jinyue was not in the village at the moment, nor did she use any communication devices such as recording birds.

They had no idea that they were wanted on the very day they robbed the supplies.

Their wanted posters were posted at every city gate.

Including their family of four, there are more than a dozen people in the village who are on the same level.

Even Lin Youcai received a reward of five hundred taels of silver. I wonder if it's scary that his head is worth five hundred taels.

Although there were no modern facial recognition systems or cameras in ancient times, the portrait was drawn exactly like the real thing, with all the necessary features.

The beauty mark at the corner of Jiang Yun's eye and the faint scar on Lin Jinyue's forehead were all drawn on.

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