The summer rice flowers did not take it as an offense.
In fact, they wouldn’t feel strange even if they didn’t adopt any of the suggestions.
After all, she was just a half-grown child. It was a great honor for someone to listen quietly to what she said, let alone adopt her opinions.
The message tree was simple to work on, the mechanism was easy to make, and the small bamboo house for sentry duty was also easy to build. Everyone easily arranged this task.
After the head of the village made the arrangements, in less than two hours, a small bamboo building had been erected in a proper shape.
The young boys in the village were chosen to be responsible for lookout and reporting.
There are many children of this age in the village, and they are all very energetic. Finding something for them to do is not only not annoying, but also very enjoyable.
Saburo and Silang are both on the list.
They rotate every day, and on average they only get a turn once every half a month.
Goro should also be on the list based on his age, but didn’t he start studying a few days ago?
As soon as he started to learn to read and write, he became a seed of learning, that is, "the hope of the whole village", and the villagers automatically and consciously excluded Wulang from the guard duty.
All the strong and healthy adult men in the village were mobilized and divided into ten groups. Starting from the homes of important figures such as Wang Lizheng and Feng Juren, they dug tunnels and made camouflages, so that if the war spread, they could hide in the tunnels if they did not have time to escape.
It took only one day to dig the tunnel for Wang Lizheng and Feng Juju's family.
The entrance to Wang Lizheng's underground tunnel was under the water tank in the courtyard, while the entrance to Feng Juren's cellar was under the firewood in the woodshed. Xia Daohua couldn't help but laugh inwardly.
As long as you give the start, these people can come up with any idea.
The tunnels of the Xia family's old house and the fourth branch of the Xia family are the second batch.
The fourth branch of the Xia family was able to catch up with the second batch, firstly because the pickle workshop was recruiting temporary workers in the village, and many families in the village benefited; secondly, because Wulang started to study, and the villagers felt that the future of the fourth branch of the Xia family was very bright.
The reason why the Xia family's old house was able to catch up with the second batch was, firstly, it benefited from the fourth branch, and secondly, the old house had a large population. When encountering war, so many families came to seek refuge, which should not be underestimated.
After working for three or four days, there was still no movement outside the village, and the tunnels of almost every household in the village had been dug.
Everyone thought it through clearly - even if it is not useful this time, maybe it will be useful next time!
Anyway, as long as there are no traitors in the village, having this tunnel means that everyone in the village will have an extra life!
Otherwise, why is it that the fourth branch of the Xia family is the one who can come up with such a way to make money?
Even their usually silent little girl Xia Daohua had an idea in her mind as soon as she rolled her eyes!
The villagers admired and discussed the situation, and gradually returned to their daily routine of working from sunrise to sunset. After all, the fields had to be cultivated at all times. They couldn't just abandon the land to avoid war.
Unfortunately, the peaceful life in the village was broken in less than a month.
On this day, the message tree fell.
The two people in charge of guarding the message tree in the village today are Tiezhu from Hu the butcher's family and Silang from the second branch of the Xia family.
Seeing a large group of people running towards the village from a distance, Tiezhu and Silang knocked down the message tree, rang the only gong in the village, and then ran back home.
Anyway, Li Zheng Wang had already made arrangements. He had to knock down the message tree and then strike the gong three times in a row, seven times each time, and the mission would be completed.
When the two boys got home, they drank some water, put some dry and hard biscuits in their arms, and called their family members to go into the cellar together.
Ever since Doctor Wang and his men came to the village, everyone has been frightened by the tragedy in the town.
I packed up my important belongings early.
Some families dug a hole and buried the remains, while others put them in their bags, intending to carry them wherever they went.
Ever since Xia Daohua came up with the idea of the message tree, everyone has been keeping an eye on the news from the town, but no news has been coming in.
Today, the enemy unexpectedly arrived. Everyone followed the plan that had been rehearsed before, took the things they needed to take, extinguished the fire in the stove, and quietly hid in the tunnel.
When Xiao Silu brought his gathered troops to Beiguan Village, the first thing that caught his eye was a deep trench.
Above the trench, there is a small suspension bridge that makes people feel nervous just by looking at it.
But the small suspension bridge had already been pulled up.
They shouted for a long time, but no one responded.
There is a bamboo building at the entrance of the village. It looks like a sentry post, but there is no one on top of it!
What does this mean?
Xiao Silu had attacked many places in the Great Chu, and had seen city walls, moats, camps, and forts, but he had never seen anything like this...
No, he had seen this situation before.
Once in Xishan County, a county magistrate abandoned the city and fled. This is what happened.
The drawbridge was raised high, but there was no one on the city gate tower - they had already slipped away quietly from the other side of the city gate in the night!
The people in this village don’t do the same thing, do they?
This was one of Xia Daohua's strategies. While the trenches served as a sign of the region's richness, they could also at least deter the enemy.
The trench was so deep and wide that no ordinary good horse could cross it. The only way to get across was to walk on a suspension bridge.
Anyway, Beiguan Village has no shortage of land and strong labor. For the safety of everyone, men, women, young and old can dig a deep ditch with a shovel of soil!
Xiao Silu looked at the place in front of him, feeling a little amused and helpless.
The children have been lonely for several days... If we can't capture some men, abduct some women, and rob some treasures, they might be out of control!
But the ditch was quite wide. Even with his majestic horse, he couldn't jump to the other side in one go. Even though the boys' horses were pretty good, they probably couldn't make it across either!
To cross this ditch, we have to build a bridge first!
Xiao Silu had no choice but to ask his men to cut down the trees.
There are many mountains and tall trees nearby.
It’s not difficult to build a bridge with a few big trees.
But this delay lasted from early morning until dusk.
The large group of people walked on the newly built simple log bridge, carefully crossed the trench, and finally entered the village.
As soon as he entered the village, Xiao Silu found something wrong.
It’s already this late, why is there still no smoke rising from the village?
Could it be that my previous guess turned out to be true?
The people in this village had actually fled far away long ago, but they deliberately left behind trenches and suspension bridges so that people behind them would mistakenly believe that there were still people in the village?
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