flstandardbreds Chapter 148: A Battleground
Chapter 148: A Battleground
Why are people so different?
When Qian saw her like this, she was also taken aback.
She was a little worried when Shen Ming came to the embroidery shop alone!
Zhao Taohua was completely oblivious to everyone's expressions as she walked straight toward the village chief.
"Grandpa Village Chief, come with me for a moment, I have something to tell you."
Zhao Taohua led the village chief to the Zhao family next door, carefully closed the gate, and instructed the young frog spirits to keep a close watch and not allow anyone to approach and eavesdrop.
The village chief was puzzled. Why was Zhao Taohua being so cautious?
"Peach Blossom, what's wrong?" the village chief asked.
The embroidery workshop has private rooms where Peach Blossom can usually discuss anything directly.
Zhao Taohua asked the village chief to sit down first, then took out the mountain spirit coin:
"Grandpa Village Chief, do you remember this?"
“This is not something you took from Zhao Guanglei’s house. It seems that this is why he became irritable and associated with black people.”
Zhao Taohua nodded.
"It originally belonged to the first village chief of Zhao Family Village. Today, I used it to calculate why there have been so many spirits in our village recently."
In fact, from the very beginning, when the ancestors of Zhao Family Village settled here, they were acting under someone else's orders; they were pawns in someone else's game.
As she spoke, Zhao Taohua walked into the courtyard and looked up at her surroundings.
"Village chief, our village is surrounded by mountains and located in a basin. Not only is there a lot of fog here, which has a huge impact on grain production, but this place will also be a strategic location for other warlords to fight over in the future."
If we don't intervene in time, any one of their teams could raze our village to the ground, leaving it destroyed and its inhabitants dead!
As soon as Zhao Taohua finished speaking, the village chief's legs went weak and he collapsed to the ground.
Fortunately, Zhao Taohua reacted quickly and stepped forward to help the person up.
"Village chief, are you alright?"
With her help, the village chief returned to the main room and sat down.
At this moment, the village chief's face turned pale, and he had no doubt about Zhao Taohua's words.
The thought of the village being destroyed and people dying made him feel terrible.
He asked, "Peach Blossom, those people are soldiers, numerous and powerful, with sharp swords and fast horses. How can we intervene?"
I'm afraid that if they put up any resistance, they'll die even faster.
Suddenly, something else occurred to him: "When will they come?"
"How about we leave now? We don't need the house, and we don't need the medicinal herb field!"
Even so, the village chief still felt extremely reluctant to part with the brick house he had worked so hard to build and the medicinal herb fields that were ready to be sold soon.
Not every village's fields are as suitable for growing medicinal herbs as those in Zhao Family Village.
Although the fields in other villages have high grain yields, can the income from one mu of wheat be compared with that from one mu of medicinal herb fields?
"Village chief, they won't be here for another six months. We have plenty of time to start protecting the village now."
For example, we could build a wall around the village first. That way, they'd have to climb over the wall before they can get in, which would provide an extra layer of protection.
Zhao Taohua suggested.
The village chief was slightly taken aback and asked:
"Surround our entire Zhao Family Village?"
Zhao Taohua nodded: "However, we also need to surround those mountains together."
This way, even if our village doesn't go out for ten days or half a month, we'll have enough firewood to cook, and if we get hungry, we can go up the mountain to find food.
The village chief nodded repeatedly upon hearing her words, but how much money and manpower would it cost to build a city wall over such a large area?
"If we don't have enough manpower, we'll hire people. As for money, everyone can earn money through embroidery and medicinal herb cultivation."
If everyone contributes a little money, our village of 160 households should be able to manage.
As she spoke, Zhao Taohua took out nine thousand taels of silver first.
Originally, she planned to save enough money to buy a horse, but now, for the sake of the village, she will use the money to build a city wall for the village first.
The village chief was stunned when he saw the banknotes. He immediately wanted to return the money to Zhao Taohua.
"Peach Blossom, this is too much money, you should take it back!"
I'll talk to everyone in a bit and ask them to donate together. After all, it's a matter for the whole village, not just for you alone.
In the village chief's opinion, nine thousand taels would be enough to build whatever kind of city wall.
"Grandpa Village Chief, building the city wall is only the first step. There will be other places in the village that will need money in the future."
If the armies of other lords see that our village is blocked by city walls, will they want to attack and break in?
If we don't buy more weapons, how can we defend ourselves?
They will definitely breach the city walls, and then our village will still be wiped out!
To protect all the villagers of Zhao Family Village from being accidentally harmed by the armies of these warlords, they had to safeguard themselves.
The village chief's expression grew increasingly serious upon hearing Zhao Taohua's words.
If war breaks out in six months, even if the villagers of Zhao Family Village escape, it is hard to guarantee that the 160 households will be able to live better than if they stayed in Zhao Family Village in the chaos.
Moreover, almost every household in Zhao Village has one or two elderly people who cannot withstand long-distance travel.
The village chief never imagined that when it was his turn to be the village chief, he would have such a heavy burden on his shoulders.
Fortunately, Peach Blossom reminded us in time, and it's not too late to start preparing now.
“Peach Blossom, I understand. I’ll go to the embroidery shop right away and tell everyone about this, so that everyone can go home and get money to donate to build the city wall.”
After saying that, the village chief quickly walked towards the embroidery workshop next door. This matter was of great importance and could not be delayed for even a moment.
In his view, building a city wall would only require hiring people, as there are stones on the mountain, and all that's needed is to buy some bricks.
Zhao Taohua watched the village chief's departing figure, her expression remaining serious.
She felt that a solid city wall alone was far from enough. A feudal lord's army consisted of tens of thousands of people. If they used a human wave strategy, how could the 160 households of Zhao Family Village be enough?
Just then, she suddenly saw the baby frog spirit in the yard!
Suddenly, Zhao Taohua's eyes lit up, and she immediately had an idea.
She has five spirits, a group of mischievous spirits on the mountain, and forty-two young frog spirits.
Once the city walls are built, we can make full use of these spirits.
However, the city wall must also surround the surrounding mountains of Zhao Family Village, so these few monsters seem a bit few.
Although there are many young frog spirits, they are still just juvenile frogs and are somewhat weak.
The embroidery shop next door.
As soon as the village chief entered, he told everyone about the plan to build a city wall outside Zhao Family Village:
"As you all have probably noticed, in the past year, our village has been plagued by evil spirits and monsters that have been harming people."
This is all because our Zhao Family Village is a special village.
From the moment our ancestors settled here, our Zhao Family Village has been a pawn in a game of chess.
Recently, wars have broken out in various parts of the Great Xia Kingdom. In six months, this place will become a battleground for several feudal lords.
Therefore, we must build a wall within six months to protect our village.
Most of the villagers had gathered in the embroidery workshop, and after hearing the village chief's words, they all looked terrified!
"What? How did the war get to here?" Grandma Sun asked in disbelief.
Now, we've finally achieved a good life, living in brick houses and even riding in oxcarts.
Seeing her beloved grandson getting married and her granddaughter Taohua becoming successful, she thought she could enjoy a life of luxury from now on. She never expected that this kind of thing would happen.
"Then what's the point of building the city wall? Run!"
Yuan Yingxing shouted.