Yizhou border.

There are many mountains and dense vegetation here, and the Nanman tribe is located among these mountains.

At this moment, on a slope, a group of barbarians were sitting or lying waiting.

The middle-aged man in the lead looked outside from time to time, with a look of urgency on his face.

Soon a young man ran over and said, "Dad, they are here."

The middle-aged man Alimu's face lit up with joy, and the other barbarians also stood up. Soon, a group of men in black were seen escorting several horse-drawn carriages slowly coming out of the mountain road.

The carriage was covered with thick linen, and one could vaguely see that it was filled with goods.

"I brought what you need, what about what we need?"

The leader of the men in black spoke.

Alimu waved his hand, and several southern barbarian warriors came forward carrying several heavy wooden boxes. They opened the boxes to reveal that they were filled with swords and arrowheads made of fine iron, shining coldly.

The leader of the men in black picked up a knife at random and flicked the blade with his fingers, which made a crisp buzzing sound. "Yes, it is a top-quality iron weapon."

Alimu said proudly: "Of course, the people in our Blackrock Tribe are all the best blacksmiths."

"You have seen the ironware, what about the things we need?"

A man in black with a scar on his forehead signaled the man in black behind him to untie the sackcloth on the carriage, revealing several bags of grain and pieces of coarse cloth underneath.

Alimu's expression suddenly turned ugly: "Is that all? Didn't we agree last time that one box of ironware would be exchanged for ten bags of grain?"

The leader of the men in black shrugged and said, "You know that during the famine years, Yizhou was also short of food, and the border was blocked. We took a big risk to come and trade with you."

"If we didn't have some friendship, I wouldn't have come at all. There's only so much food. Do you want to exchange it? If not, I'll take it back."

Alimu clenched his fists until his knuckles turned white. The southern barbarian warriors behind him also showed angry expressions, and some even drew their swords.

The leader of the men in black sneered, "What? Still want to fight? Now in the whole Yizhou, only I dare to trade with you. Who else dares to do so? Without me, what will you eat and wear?"

"I heard that you guys even hunted and ate all the animals in the mountains. Although the drought is over, do you have seeds to plant? Without me to provide you with seeds, you will still starve."

Alimu took a deep breath and suppressed the anger in his heart: "Change!"

The two sides exchanged goods, and when they saw that the amount was half of what they had agreed upon, the barbarians were furious.

After the black-clothed man left, the young man couldn't help but ask, "Dad, why should we endure this? Isn't it better to just charge into Yizhou and rob them of their food?"

"We have robbed them before, but those Han people were no match for us."

Alimu smiled bitterly: "Do you think I don't want to? But war will kill people, and there is no food in the tribe now. How much energy do we have to steal it?"

Alimu sighed and led his men to carry food back to the tribe.

"Alim is back, we have food now."

When the people of the Black Stone Tribe saw Alimu coming back, they all ran out with happy looks on their faces.

Alim smiled and said, "This time I exchanged ten bags of grain and five pieces of coarse cloth. Although it's not much, it can still last for a while if we save it. I have already told them to bring seeds next time."

"As long as we have seeds, we can plant crops, and then we won't be hungry."

Everyone in the tribe laughed.

Then start setting up the pot to prepare the porridge.

"Alimu, there is sand in the grain."

"What?"

Alimu walked over quickly, and when he saw that the bag was half grain and half sand, he was so angry that his whole body was shaking.

He was already upset because the other party did not keep his promise, and now he was mixing sand into the food, which made him want to kill him.

These Han people are really going too far!

Do you really think that they are barbarians and are easy to bully?

…

"Do you think those barbarians will be furious if they find sand in their food?"

On the way, the men in black who were trading with the barbarians chatted and laughed, and the atmosphere was pleasant.

"Of course I can imagine what they are like now. These barbarians are so easy to deceive. They exchanged such a small amount of food for so many iron tools."

"If we send these iron tools back, we will have accomplished a great feat."

The leader of the men in black said, "This is the last transaction. The barbarians are almost furious. If we do one last thing, they will probably attack us."

"Xiaowu, I'll leave this matter to you."

"Don't worry, I'll take someone there right away."

A man in black spoke and disappeared into the night with a few people, while the others continued on their way towards Shudu, the center of Yizhou.

A day later, a barbarian tribe was burned down, and countless people inside were killed or injured. The barbarian chieftain Agulli found arrows used by the Yizhou border army on the dead tribesmen.

For a time, the barbarians were outraged and demanded to attack Yizhou.

…

Yiyun Village.

Ever since Liu Xiao and his soldiers failed in their encirclement and suppression campaign, the village has been living a stable life.

Those who were training were training, those who were farming were farming, and those who were building were building. Everything seemed to be in order and was proceeding according to Pei Yun's plan.

The entire village's area has expanded several times compared to before, and a 15-meter-high watchtower has been built.

When they saw such a tall watchtower, the bandits were a little stunned. Although they watched these craftsmen building it every day, they were still shocked when it was finally completed. Sun Gan was also shocked. Even the walls of Shudu, the capital of Yizhou, were not so high.

What made Sun Gan feel even more incredible was that it didn’t take that long to build such a tall watchtower.

Standing on the watchtower, your vision instantly becomes wider and you can even see down the mountain.

The five craftsmen had excitement and pride on their faces. They felt that this was the greatest building in their lives. They had never imagined that it could be built so high.

And this is just the beginning, there are walls and buildings waiting for them behind.

Building this sentry tower also made them thoroughly familiar with the use of steel bars and cement. Pei Yun also bought an electric mixer to mix the concrete for a more even mix.

As for electricity, Pei Yun used a power strip and plugged the plug into the mall. Then he appeared in the room with the power strip in his hand and was pleasantly surprised to find that this method could provide electricity.

This way there are many electrical appliances that can be used.

Similarly, Pei Yun also connected the water. Water is harder to connect than electricity. A hose would not work, so a PVC pipe had to be used. Pei Yun found a tutorial online and taught himself for a while before he was able to connect the PVC pipe from the mall.

This way he doesn't have to fetch water bucket by bucket.

When He Niang and others saw the faucet, they were extremely amazed. Such a small thing could produce water by just turning it. It was simply magical. It was worthy of being something from heaven. It was completely beyond their imagination.

This made using water more convenient. Just when the village was undergoing a transformation, an uninvited guest came down the mountain.

Xu Zong looked at the hidden stronghold on the mountainside, a smile forming on his face. He could come and go freely in the heavily guarded government office, let alone this bandit's den.

Mr. Zhang, just wait, I, the Speedy Guard, will rescue you tonight.