Chapter 452: Not In Conformity with One's Status
Cen Miaoying was not aware of the dispute between Cen Miaofu and Cen Ruize.
She was indeed nervous as usual when she saw Cen Miaofu and her brother, but she was too busy with so much food that she needed to record, and she didn't have the energy to pay attention to unimportant people.
Zhou Yunshu looked at the bags of food being carried down from the boat, and her heart gradually settled down.
These six ships of food can feed the entire Yuncheng for a long time. Of course, the premise is that the population of Yuncheng does not increase on a large scale.
"In fact, the best defense is offense."
Zhou Yunzhi pushed his wheelchair to Zhou Yunshu and said.
Zhou Yunshu nodded. "That's true, but there's another saying: those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes."
Zhou Yunshu looked up at the sky and said, "I just hope there will be less rain this year."
"If there are no natural disasters, two years will be enough to eradicate these bandits in Haizhou at our current pace."
"What if there is?"
"Fight to the death and eradicate it in advance."
Zhou Yunzhi looked at the bags of food and said, "I'm afraid there aren't enough people."
As the population increases, there will not be enough food.
They still have bottom lines and principles, but those bandits do not. If a fight really breaks out, they are not bound to lose.
Zhou Yunshu continued, "This is the first wave. After Hu Zi and the others finish purchasing the food, they will return to Haizhou with the people from the northern border."
No matter how long they have been training outside, Hu Zi and the others' foundation is still with Zhou Yunshu, in Haizhou.
As for the northern border, it is still Ji Sheng's territory. Zhou Yunqi can only be said to be a general under Ji Sheng, but besides him, there are also Zhou Beifang and Ji Sheng's original confidants.
Du Mazi and Hu Zi can't do much to help Zhou Yunqi, so it would be better to withdraw the cultivated forces back to Haizhou and maximize their effectiveness.
"That's good."
As Zhou Yunshu and Zhou Yunzhi watched bags of grain being loaded onto trucks and transported into Yuncheng, they also talked about the route opened up by Zhuangzi from Dongchuan to Yuncheng.
The current situation is that each village helps each other and then slowly expands outward until the entire southern part of Haizhou is under the control of Zhou Yunshu.
Facts have proved that this method is quite good. There are many small bandits, but they are no match for the guards on the village. Even if they are larger in scale, several villages can completely suppress them by joining forces, not to mention the occasional help from Geng Jiang and Yu Yinghao.
So their biggest opponent now is the pirates on the island, the pirates who once massacred the city.
In order to prevent that group of people from growing stronger, Zhou Yunshu not only had to continuously improve his own armed strength, but also had to leave a way for ordinary people to survive to prevent them from becoming bandits.
Trying to get more people to stand on her side is also one of the greatest efforts Zhou Yunshu can make.
The Zhou family's carriages and grain carts headed into the city under the escort of armored private soldiers.
The people in the city looked at the grain carts, and the smiles on their faces were so bright.
They all knew that these foods were the foundation for their survival. The stronger Yuncheng was, the safer they would be.
In the carriage.
Wu Yue said to Li Jialan anxiously, "I wonder if Yuan Ruo missed me after being away for so long."
Li Jialan smiled and said, "He's always by your side, how could he not miss you? He might be waiting for you at the door right now."
Wu Yue lowered her eyes, "Yes."
If Yuan Ruo was her grandson, he would definitely miss her, but what about Wu Gui?
If Kang Jingyu were here too...
Wu Yue curled up her hands, not knowing how to face the two of them, whether to bless them or ignore them.
No matter how Wu Yue was struggling with how to get along with Wu Gui and Kang Jingyu, they still arrived at the door of Yuncheng's house.
As Li Jialan said, Wu Gui, Kang Jingyu and others were guarding the door.
Seeing the carriage stop, Wu Gui got Wu Yue's location from Zhou Yunshu, and brought Yuan Ruo to the carriage.
Wu Yue heard the voices of Wu Gui and Yuan Ruo outside the carriage, took a deep breath, lifted the curtain and walked out.
"Grandma!" Yuan Ruo wanted to pounce on her immediately when he saw Wu Yue.
"Yuanruo."
When Wu Yue was about to get off the carriage, Wu Gui stepped forward and raised her hand.
Seeing that Wu Gui had no grudge against her because of Zhou Yunhai, Wu Yue finally smiled.
"Gui'er, you've lost weight."
Wu Gui looked at Wu Yue, who was still gentle and amiable to him, and smiled, "You too."
"You've worked hard on this journey. I'll make you your favorite yellow croaker soup tonight."
"good!"
When Zhou Yunshu brought Li Jialan and Wu Gui supported Wu Yue to the main gate, Kang Jingyu politely bowed to the two elders and then followed them into the yard.
Wu Yue looked at Kang Jingyu, who was quite familiar with the house, and then looked at Yuan Ruo, who was very close to Kang Jingyu. She wanted to ask Wu Gui how far their relationship had developed.
But after thinking about his current identity, he swallowed those words that did not suit his identity.
After Zhou Yunshu sent Li Jialan and others home, she took Zhou Yunzhi and Kang Jingyu to inspect some important departments and checkpoints in Yuncheng.
After Zhou Yunshu left, all the household affairs were handed over to Wu Gui, including settling the women and children in the family.
Perhaps it was because Kang Jingyu's presence was too strong before, so after he left, Li Jialan and Wu Yue looked at each other, silently put down what they were holding and came to Wu Gui.
Wu Gui looked at Li Jialan, Fang Huiwen and others who were hesitant to speak and said with a smile, "Is there something strange about me?"
As Wu Gui's former sister-in-law, Fang Huiwen came to Wu Gui and asked, "How have you been lately?"
Fang Huiwen actually wanted to ask what was going on between Wu Gui and Kang Jingyu, because the way Kang Jingyu left and reported to Wu Gui just now was so natural. If she said that there was really nothing going on between the two of them, no one would believe it.
"I'm doing fine lately."
"Well... that..." Fang Huiwen was thinking about how to start. Li Jialan saw her hesitant look and said directly to Wu Gui: "Actually, we just want to ask what your current relationship with Mr. Kang is."
Li Jialan's question was too direct, which made Wu Gui stunned for a moment.
But she looked at the several pairs of eyes around her, and just as she was about to speak, Wu Yue said, "We don't have any other intentions in asking this. It's just that if... if you plan to get married, I have prepared something for you."
For Wu Yue now, although Wu Gui is no longer her daughter-in-law, she is her favorite junior and also her savior who has shared joys and sorrows with her.
She never thought of stopping Wu Gui from pursuing her own happiness.
Wu Yue just felt that Wu Gui's dowry had all been confiscated after she married into the Zhenbei Palace, and it would not look good if she remarried without anything.
So before leaving Dongwang Village, she specially packed a box of relatively presentable things so that she could add another box for Wu Gui.
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