"I'll go to the public kitchen first and store the food properly." Wei Mingze was very busy and took his people ahead. He still had to register the household registration of the Wei family army later.
Wei Xiyin and Wei Mingyuan stood outside the city, waiting for the grain carts to go first, and then they entered the county together.
Ling County was not the seat of government and had only two city gates, located in the east and west directions.
Facing the fort is the East City Gate.
After entering, the first thing that catches the eye is a newly built camp on the left side of the entrance. There are circles of walls outside, and the area looks very large from the outside, at least three times the size of the dock camp.
There were Wei family soldiers on duty outside the camp. When they saw the general coming, they hurried forward and saluted.
"Greetings, General." The soldier thought for a moment, then saluted Wei Xiyin and said, "Greetings, young lady."
Wei Mingyuan hummed lightly, narrowing his eyes and looking at the empty county town.
There is a straight and flat road that stretches as far as the eye can see from the entrance. The houses on both sides have all turned into ruins. Except for the bluestone road under your feet, it is no longer possible to recognize its original appearance.
There are busy figures everywhere, and all the waste materials are sorted and transported to different places for storage.
The old stones and tiles from the house were then used in the construction of various workshops, and the old wood that was knocked off was piled up in several large warehouses to be used as firewood in winter.
It can be said that nothing was wasted.
Wei Mingyuan habitually put his hand on his waist, but found it empty. He paused and asked, "What does Wu Niang want to do with the county town?"
"A workshop." Wei Xiyin didn't hide it from him. "To establish a livelihood industry, we need to be self-sufficient and build a livelihood security system to provide food, clothing, housing, transportation, and other aspects for the people who will live here in the future."
Ever since the drought began, she has been thinking about building a water storage plant.
Wei Mingyuan's expression immediately became complicated. She didn't expect her niece to be so capable. While she was still struggling to survive outside, she had already started making plans for the future.
No wonder the patriarch chose her regardless of her gender...
He nodded after a while and asked, "For example?"
Wei Xiyin replied, "For example, the cloth workshop. In spring, plant growth accelerates, and the wild grass ramie used to make linen clothes is everywhere, as well as cotton. The tribe took the opportunity to stockpile a lot of it, so we can produce our own cloth in the future."
"For example, we can open our own kilns to make porcelain. We can also make wooden utensils, bamboo weaving, oil refining, salt mining, weapon forging, etc. There are so many things that my niece can't finish talking about them all in a short time."
As she spoke, her eyes occasionally glanced towards the county camp.
The two people captured by the Shifang Sect were imprisoned there. This matter concerns the future stability of Yizhou.
Wei Mingyuan noticed her gaze and looked at the newly built military camp together. "Wu Niang, do you want to go in and take a look?"
Wei Xiyin thought about it and told him about the previous appearance of the Shifang Sect in Qinghe County.
Her words were concise and terrifying. "The Ten Directions Sect is exploiting disasters to commit crimes and recruit followers. They've appeared all over Yizhou, targeting aristocratic families. I'm afraid they have serious plans."
I just don't know what the purpose is.
Wei Mingyuan's face turned cold when he heard this, and his voice was cold, "When I first passed by Wei County, I thought it was just a cult that I accidentally destroyed, but I didn't expect there were people behind it."
He even appeared in Qinghe County and killed many of his clansmen.
Killing intent instantly flashed in his eyes.
It was originally in Ye County, Wei Commandery.
Shi Le led his troops to surround the villa.
The followers of the Ten Directions Sect were a motley crowd, no match for the 3,000-strong Wei Family Army. From the moment they launched their attack to the moment they captured the entire village, it took them less than an hour.
Seeing that the other village was captured.
Several extremely loyal believers protected Liufang Taoist and the pretty boy who tried to escape.
Shi Le led his troops in pursuit, captured the man and tied him up tightly.
"Deputy General Shi tortured the followers severely, but they knew nothing about anything. The two people we captured were extremely stubborn and have refused to confess anything so far," said Wei Mingyuan.
Of the children of noble families who were imprisoned in the villa, only a few were left after being killed by the Ten Directions Sect. The remaining people had never left the villa since the outbreak of the epidemic, and they knew nothing about anything.
That was why he took the two men to the fort.
No one cared about it at first. Shi Le even suggested that since food was precious now, they should just kill the people. However, out of caution, he did not agree immediately.
But unexpectedly, he accidentally handed the person to his niece.
Wei Mingyuan turned to look at the Wei family soldiers standing nearby and ordered in a deep voice, "Go to the fort and inform Deputy General Shi to come over. Torture those two and make sure to find out who is behind this."
"Yes." The soldiers hurried out of the city and headed towards the fort.
Wei Mingyuan turned to look at Wei Xiyin and softened his tone, "Don't worry, Wu Niang. Your uncle will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly."
"It's saved by my niece." It would be most appropriate to give it to my third uncle.
But she felt a little strange. Liangzhou was in the northwest, and her uncles entered Yizhou from Yuzhou, returning from the north, while Weijun was in the east of Yizhou.
How could my uncles appear in Wei County?
The next moment.
She was secretly glad that she had restrained herself from asking out loud.
Because then Wei Mingyuan said: "The reason why we captured the people from the Ten Directions Sect was purely coincidental."
He thought his niece didn't know, so he explained the situation on the Qinghe County border to her. "The Wei family army once discovered a large number of monsters escaping from Qinghe County in Jiumen County, Changshan County. They didn't dare to pass through, so they had to temporarily change course to Wei County."
Wei Xiyin: “…” As long as I don’t tell you, you won’t know.
As they were talking, Wei Ling, who received the news, ran out of the military camp.
After Wei Ling saluted his father, he turned around and scratched his head and asked, "Is my fifth cousin here to see me?" He still remembered that his fifth cousin said she came to the county town to see him for something.
Wei Xiyin: “…” I really want to say no, your father has already told me everything.
Despite thinking this, she still casually changed the subject and asked, "How is the military camp? Have your people settled in?"
"It's quite nice. It's very spacious inside. Uncle Nine said it was built to accommodate 5,000 people, so it's very spacious for our people." Wei Ling replied honestly, "The soldiers finally have a stable place to stay. We can all rest for a day today while Uncle Seven comes to register our household registration and then distribute food..."
It is said to be food, but in fact it is just wooden signs.
The public kitchen in Ling County began to be used today. These Wei family soldiers have no families, and one person's full stomach can feed the whole family, so no extra food was sent to them.
The journey was too dangerous, and the soldiers needed to remain highly vigilant at all times. During the more than half a year of wandering, no one had a good night's sleep.
We settled down in the military camp yesterday. Once we were in a safe place, we no longer had to worry about the monsters outside that might appear at any time, nor did we have to worry about being attacked at night. Many people slept soundly.
But they still maintained the discipline of the Wei family army and left people on duty to take over shifts.
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