Zhen Wanwan is still busy in the space tonight; the first batch of sweet potatoes she planted has ripened.
She needs to dig out the sweet potatoes quickly and then plant a second batch.
Zhu Yuan had mentioned to her that the outside world was already fragmented, and a large part of the Xinyang Prefecture area had been occupied by the Yang King's people.
Meanwhile, Kyoto had been occupied by the Third Prince's men. The Fifth Prince returned to his maternal clan's ancestral home and officially launched an attack on the Third Prince, issuing a proclamation to invite heroes from all over the world.
What was once a perfectly good country is now reduced to nothing but a few cities guarded by General Xiao.
That leaves only Anqing Prefecture and the coastal area of Songjiang Prefecture, which Zhuyuan is currently protecting.
She feared the war would spread to Anqing Prefecture, so she wanted to do her best to stockpile supplies before the war broke out.
When Zhen Wanwan got tired of peeling sweet potatoes, she sat down to rest and muttered, "If we had firearms, we wouldn't care who was on the other side. We could just start killing them all."
"Why should we live in fear here, hiding in the deep mountains and forests just to survive?"
Fortunately, she had sufficient supplies, otherwise she would have starved to death when she first fled the famine.
Suddenly, Zhen Wanwan had an idea. She got up, patted the mud off her body, and ran to the supermarket to find Tmall Genie.
She discovered that the robot was a snob; it only paid attention to her when she spent money on things at the mall.
They usually pretend to be invisible, remaining motionless as decorations.
Looking at the black screen of the Tmall Genie in front of her, Zhen Wanwan said in a rare, gentle tone, "Tmall Genie, turn it on quickly, I want to buy something!"
Almost as soon as Zhen Wanwan finished speaking, the Tmall Genie slowly turned on.
It buzzed for a while, then immediately opened the mall, and the machine's voice asked, "What do you need?"
"Hot weapons!"
The next second, Tmall Genie listed a screen full of modern weapons, basically everything that is available in modern times, and even many things that do not exist in modern times.
Zhen Wanwan's eyes lit up as she excitedly examined the weapon's details.
But when she noticed the long string of numbers, she felt a chill in her heart. Even if she worked for ten lifetimes, she still couldn't afford a tank!
She didn't even have a fraction of the artillery!
The cheapest of these costs 10,000 taels, while the most expensive costs trillions.
"What the hell is this thing? Why is it so expensive?!"
Tmall Genie responded emotionlessly: "This is an upgraded version of a biological weapon that can destroy the world in seconds!"
"Hiss~"
Zhen Wanwan quickly pulled her hand back and exited the product details page; she couldn't touch this thing!
After thinking for a moment, Zhen Wanwan directly sorted the products by price from low to high, which earned her a disdainful look from Tmall Genie.
She knows her own limitations, so of course she wouldn't be so presumptuous as to demand such an expensive item.
The cheapest one costs 10,000 taels and is a small short gun, similar in design to the toy black gun.
"Hey! Tmall Genie, could you make this a little cheaper?"
Tmall Genie: "No bargaining in this store!"
"But this is too expensive! And are the bullets sold separately or given away for free?"
Tmall Genie: "The bullets in the little pistol can be reused indefinitely. After firing, the gun will automatically generate new ones, so there is no need to buy any other products!"
Zhen Wanwan looked at the cheapest pistol in shock. Sure enough, there's a reason why it's expensive.
Considering her low combat skills, this little gadget was exactly what she wanted.
She instantly fell in love with it!
"Then I'll take this one!"
Tmall Genie: "Please make the payment first!"
Upon seeing the ten thousand taels displayed on the screen, Zhen Wanwan's grin closed again.
She has no money!
"Can I buy on credit? I'll pay you back when I earn money!"
Almost immediately after Zhen Wanwan spoke, the Tmall Genie went black and shut down, not even bothering to say a word of refusal to her.
Zhen Wanwan gritted her teeth in embarrassment, cursing Tmall Genie a thousand times in her mind, but in the end, it was still because she didn't have money and lacked confidence.
"Forget it, I should focus on making money first..."
The next day, with a new goal in mind, Zhen Wanwan was full of energy and didn't stay in bed as much as before.
This scene was clearly seen by Old Lady Li, who thought that Zhen Wanwan was getting up so early because of Zhu Yuan.
Because of the iron mine, Zhuyuan did not announce it to the outside world, but instead surrounded the entire Dahe Village.
The county magistrate was a man of Zhuyuan. After hearing his orders, he led his men to Dahe Village early this morning.
The plan is to relocate all residents, including the Zhen family, the Zhou family, and Dongzi Qu Huaiyuan, who are also considered residents of Dahe Village.
So Grandpa Zhen took them to Dahe Village again, ready to follow the magistrate's instructions.
Unsurprisingly, all the villagers of Dahe Village turned out and surrounded the village entrance tightly, preventing the magistrate of Guangling County from entering.
The magistrate of Guangling County, named Chen Yong, was not from Anqing Prefecture and did not have deep roots in the area. Therefore, he was hesitant and timid when dealing with these villages with clans.
Chen Yong was dressed in official robes, with a dignified appearance and graceful demeanor.
Faced with the difficult villagers of Dahe Village, he first tried to reason with them, but when that failed, he ordered his men to surround all the villagers.
The villagers were so frightened that they all shrank back, not daring to confront the soldiers head-on.
"Where is the village chief of Dahe Village?" Chen Yong asked solemnly.
The villagers spontaneously made way for him, revealing the village chief who had been hiding behind them.
The village chief wiped away his cold sweat, slowly walked towards Chen Yong, knelt down and bowed, saying, "Greetings, Your Excellency. I am the village chief of Dahe Village!"
Upon seeing the man, Chen Yong frowned and said with great displeasure, "Why did you know I was here, yet you did not greet me, but instead allowed the villagers to surround me?"
The village chief trembled nervously and explained in a shaky voice, "Just now... I was far away and didn't know it was you, sir, who had come to visit in person."
Hearing this, Chen Yong became even more dissatisfied. Every year, Dahe Village would delay collecting taxes again and again.
Whenever it was time to collect taxes, the village chief would always lead a group of villagers to complain about being poor.
As far as he knew, when the rice ripened, the grain yield in the paddy fields of Dahe Village was obviously not low.
However, the amount collected each time is always the same, and even less than in previous years.
Because of the war outside, he didn't have time to come and check on things this year; otherwise, how could they have lived so comfortably until now?
To his surprise, the village chief of Dahe Village was so arrogant that he dared to defy his superiors right under his nose. They were really spoiled!
"Since your eyesight is so poor, you can forget about being the village chief! Let's find someone else!"
Chen Yong rebuked him angrily, showing no mercy whatsoever.
She took this opportunity to properly reorganize Dahe Village.
The village chief looked up at Chen Yong in shock, seemingly not expecting him to do such a thing!
"My lord! I didn't mean it! The villagers of Dacunhe need me!"
"Need you? You're so old and blind, what use are you? I think there's no better time than today, I'll personally appoint a village chief for you!"
Chen Yong turned his head and looked around, finally fixing his gaze on a handsome man.
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