Wei Xiyin nodded and said, "That's what I was thinking. We need to transport grain to the granary later. We need to take Beibeiqiu, Yimu, and then Dongwu. These three places must be captured first. We need to clear out the zombies along the way and open up a safe passage for the grain transportation."
Of course, the capture she was referring to was the mountain road and the villages along the way. With their current numbers and strength, she was not so arrogant as to dare to go to war with the three cities head-on.
There are at least hundreds of thousands of zombies in those cities combined. It is currently known that Dongwu City has been broken, and they avoided Yimu and Beiqiu when they went to transport grain, so they don't know the situation there.
Chu Yu then spoke: "How do you want to define it, girl?"
"Establish a safe area and build high walls to block the zombies. Crow Mountain is too big, so we can first define the scope of Ling County based on our current needs." This means that they first need to clear out the zombies in Ling County.
Building a high wall requires a large number of manpower to transport materials and guard the surrounding area. The soldiers also need to go to the granary to transport grain.
To sum up, there are still the same things: there are simply not enough people!
Chu Yu pondered for a moment and looked at the map on the table. "There are forty-six villages of varying sizes within the jurisdiction of Ling County. The fort is located in the south, right next to Anping County. You can slowly expand from south to north, looking for surviving people and having them join in the construction."
"We should first clear the foot of Crow Mountain and create a passage for transporting grain. This should be carried out by the troops who are transporting grain." He narrowed his eyes slightly. "If the lady is only confining the area within Ling County, then we can just build a high wall on the back starting from halfway up the mountain."
Even so, the workload is enormous.
Especially since we don’t know what the situation is like in Ling County right now, the zombies in that city are a huge threat.
Wei Xiyin nodded and said, "Then I'll ask the bricklayer to produce a blueprint and mark the exact scope."
Once everything is ready, all we have to do is wait for winter to pass.
In such bad weather, I wonder how many people outside can survive.
Before leaving, Wei Xiyin asked Chang Ying to send someone to Mingjing Hall to write a notice to recruit troops and post it on the road leading to the public kitchen.
The villagers who were rescued before and the people in Yongning County added up to hundreds of people. Let's see how many can be recruited this time.
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Xie Ruian originally lived in the tenth district of the underground palace.
This place is connected to the ninth district. In the past, it was only separated by a passage to the eighth district where the fortress troops lived. It was far away from the fire channel and the temperature was lower. Fortunately, Mingjingtang had given everyone a thick quilt, so they could barely cope with it.
The environment is not good, but it is much better than the dangerous outside world, and it gives people a full sense of security.
Xie Ruian felt very satisfied. She had previously received a bamboo token for her participation in the construction of the public kitchen, which was enough for ten days of meals. She also took the two bags of grain stored with Qin Tongling and exchanged them for five bamboo tokens at Mingjing Hall. Together with the one token she received each month, it was more than enough for her to eat and drink.
But as a half-grown teenager, she was alone and had a huge amount of money, so it was inevitable that she would be targeted by some people with ulterior motives.
The mud house has no door, only a bamboo curtain.
Every time Xie Ruian left, he would come back to find that his mud house had been turned over.
The rules in the fortress are strict. Everyone is afraid of being kicked out and dares not cause trouble openly. However, as long as Mingjingtang does not catch the person who committed some petty theft, no one can do anything about it.
She had no choice but to be cautious and low-key, and carry all the bamboo cards with her whenever she went in and out.
Today, Xie Ruian met Erlangjun in the public kitchen. He was sitting at the desk with a bitter face, copying the family rules, and there were several servants staring at him.
When he was copying the family rules in the public kitchen, people passing by couldn't help but take a look. Knowing that he was Wei's husband, no one dared to disturb him.
According to the people who arrived earlier, the old man guarding Erlangjun is the steward of the Wei clan leader's family and has a very high status in the fortress.
Xie Ruian came up with an idea and walked forward to pay his respects to Erlangjun.
She asked, "Does Erlang still remember me?"
Wei Lang raised his head and looked at her twice, then put down his pen and pouted, "Who are you?" He still had a lot to copy, and his sister was really cruel.
Xie Ruian replied honestly, "I met you before in Changlan Village. It was you who brought me to the fort."
When Wei Lang heard her mention her elder sister, he turned his dull brain and thought for a long time. Suddenly, he realized, "It's you. Why have you gained weight?"
Xie Ruian: “…” Maybe the food in the fort is good.
Before she could speak, Wei Lang said, "Don't bother me. I still have to copy the house rules. My sister said I can't rest until I finish copying them."
As he spoke, Wei Lang picked up the pen again and continued copying on the paper.
Xie Ruian couldn't help but take a look. The copied paper was placed aside. The black ink looked like a ghost's handwriting, and not even a single stroke outline could be seen.
She couldn't help but twitch her lips, and after thinking for a moment, she spoke again: "I want to ask Erlangjun a favor."
Wei Lang was getting impatient. He pointed at her and said to the old man beside him with a look of grievance, "Uncle Wu, please take care of him. If I can't finish copying, my sister will punish me later, and you have to bear witness."
Only then did Uncle Wu turn his gaze away from Er Langjun. The girl said that even if Er Langjun was drawing talismans with a ghost, he had to draw them ten times.
Uncle Wu looked at the young boy in front of him and asked kindly, "Young Master, what happened? It's the same as telling me."
Xie Ruian's nose felt sore when she heard this. It had been a long time since her mother passed away and no one had spoken to her in such a tone.
"Old uncle, I want to move to another place." She originally wanted to build a good relationship with Erlangjun, and then let Erlangjun order the servants around him to move her to another place.
But when the old man asked me this, I couldn't help but blurt out the answer.
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