Shen Nian also thought of this problem, but autumn potatoes must be planted, otherwise the grain production will decrease this year. If potatoes are not planted and only the court’s relief is relied upon, people will surely starve to death.
"Of course we have to plant. Not only that, we have to plant more, otherwise there won't be enough food."
"But the staff..." Village chief Ma was a little worried. There were too few people and too much work to do. He was afraid that they wouldn't be able to finish the planting and would miss the season.
"Let's harvest the rice first. I'll see if I can transfer other people to help." Chen Nian was also worried at this moment. Manpower was needed everywhere now, and he didn't know where to find a solution!
But if he misses the planting season, he won't be able to plant anything, and then there will be no food, which will be a difficult situation for him.
The situation in Ma'an Village is definitely not unique. It is estimated that this situation exists in all the surrounding villages. The most important thing now is to send people to repair the villagers' houses first, so that they can concentrate on tending to the crops in the fields.
Chen Nian wanted to act quickly when she thought of it. "Village Chief Ma, I understand the situation. You are responsible for ensuring that all the rice is harvested. I will find a solution for the rest first."
After Chen Nian finished giving the instructions, he left most of the guards behind to help harvest the rice, and took Wu'an Hou and Mu Lin with him to return to Sangluo City first.
"Master, can you bring a few more people?" Mu Lin looked at the three guards and felt a little worried.
"No need, let them help Ma'an Village collect food first!"
"It's just this stretch of road, nothing will happen." Wu Anhou also agreed. This time he only brought Lin Qing and two other guards.
Including Chen Nian and Wu'an Hou, there are nine people in total.
Seeing that Marquis Wu'an had also spoken, Mu Lin didn't say anything else.
The group rode their horses at full speed towards Sangluo City.
As they were on their way, they suddenly heard a series of clanging sounds in front of them, as if someone was fighting.
"What's that sound?" Shen Nian frowned. This place was quite far away from the village, so where could the sound of fighting come from?
"Master, I'll go and take a look." Mu Lin rode over first to see who was fighting.
During this period of time, even though the Linzhou earthquake was so severe, we didn't encounter any real troublemakers.
Shen Nian didn't think much about it and followed him without waiting for Mu Lin to come back.
Marquis Wu'an followed Shen Nian and went over.
"Who are you? Why are you making trouble here?" Mu Lin walked up and saw a group of people dressed in rags, about twenty people, fighting here.
Everyone was holding a hoe, shovel, stick, etc., just like the refugees we had met before.
When the two groups of people who were fighting heard someone asking them questions, they stopped, shrank their necks and lowered their heads.
Seeing that no one answered, Mu Lin took two steps forward and was about to continue asking questions when he suddenly noticed that several people in the group were looking at him with sharp eyes.
Mu Lin reined in his horse and took another calm look at the group of people. He realized that although these people were wearing tattered clothes and their hair was a little messy, they were all strong and healthy and did not look like refugees at all.
I became alert in my heart, "Quickly disperse, don't make trouble here."
After saying that, without waiting for an answer, he simply turned around and prepared to reply to Shen Nian.
However, Shen Nian and Wu Anhou had already caught up. It was too late for Mu Lin to say anything. A dart was thrown at him from behind, "Master, be careful!"
Mu Lin shouted loudly, the sword in his hand had already been unsheathed, and with a "nail" sound, the dart hit his sword.
Chen Nian and Wu'an Hou also realized that something was wrong, and they all pulled the reins of their horses and drew their swords.
Seeing that their sneak attack failed, the group threw away the shovels, hoes and sticks in their hands, drew their swords and rushed forward.
Although Shen Nian and his men were riding horses, this group of people had more than twice the number of them. As soon as they fought, they felt that this group of people were not weak in martial arts.
Shen Nian didn't expect that after finally leaving the city, he would be assassinated.
The main thing is that this time he also brought Wu'an Hou with him.
Although his father's kung fu is not weak, he is old after all.
But they only brought a few guards back to the city.
Now I have been trapped by this group of people and it is not easy to escape for the time being.
"Who are you? Do you know who you assassinated?" Wu'an Hou asked loudly.
The leader of the group smiled in an ambiguous manner, "Isn't he just a corrupt official? What's the big deal?"
Marquis Wu'an choked, a little angry and embarrassed, "The Governor of Linzhou is actually what you call a dog official?"
After fighting for a while, he also discovered that this group of people were coming for Chen Nian.
So many people were mainly focusing on Shen Nian, it seemed that they knew their target very well.
"So what if he's the governor?" the leader sneered nonchalantly. "Someone paid us to kill this bastard official, so we won't go against the money, right?"
"Silver? Who paid you to assassinate the Linzhou governor?" Wu Anhou was shocked. Who on earth had such a great hatred for Chen Nian that he actually wanted to kill him!
It seems that this assassination was premeditated!
"We won't disclose this customer's information casually. If we tell you, how will we survive in this business in the future?"
The assassin leader refused to speak, so Wu Anhou offered him a silver coin, "I'll give you double the silver, and you tell me who hired you!"
"Hmph, we are honest people. Since we have accepted the money, we have to do the job. There is no reason for us to betray our customers." The assassin leader was unmoved.
Marquis Wu'an had no choice but to attack even more fiercely.
Doesn't he believe that he won't be able to tell the truth if he catches the person alive?
"Then how did you know we passed by here?" Wu Anhou was a little confused. Shen Nian left the city today on a whim, and it was impossible for these people to know so quickly.
Is there a traitor in the governor's office or the governor's residence?
This was the first time in all the years that Marquis Wu'an had encountered an assassination attempt on his life.
“Of course we tracked him here.” The assassin leader smiled proudly. They had been following Shen Nian for a few days, but they only found the opportunity today.
Knowing that the governor was about to leave the city, they had already ambushed him here, thinking of killing him when he passed by. However, after waiting for a long time, the governor did come, but including the guards, there were more than thirty people.
There are more than 20 of them. Although they are not afraid, the other side has too many people and they may not have a chance of winning.
Just when a group of people were in trouble and wondering whether to give up, Shen Nian and the others had already rushed to Ma'an Village like a gust of wind.
This group of assassins was unwilling to give up. They had prepared for so long in advance and finally waited for the opportunity to take action, but they were about to miss it. They were really unwilling to accept it.
So a group of people waited here and sent a smart person to follow them to Ma'an Village.
It was also considered their good luck, who knew that Shen Nian would leave most of the guards behind to help Ma'an Village harvest rice?
Later, Chen Nian returned with only a few guards. The assassins who were following him were happy and immediately came back to tell the assassin leader, so there was the first scene of a group of people pretending to be refugees fighting.
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