Xu Wei asked Old Man Wang to sell the Baili Steel Sword to the black market in exchange for food.
Sure enough, in such a time of war and chaos, arms are the most popular products. Each of Xu Wei's Hundred Refined Swords can be replaced with a hundred stones of grain. You must know that the price of food is not low now. In Jizhou, each stone is as high as
Thousands of coins, that is to say, their hundred-refined sword is worth 100,000 coins, which is already the price of a famous sword.
After this product, Old Man Wang and the others could no longer bring hundreds of dan of grain every time they came back. Xu Wei and he had to build a large granary to hold the grain.
Soon the grain in the granary exceeded 3,000 shi, making it the tallest and largest building in the valley. This granary not only made Xu Wei feel at ease, but also other refugees. They finally no longer had to worry about starving to death due to lack of food.
In addition to the blacksmith workshop, Xu Wei also built a carpentry workshop and housed 10 old men. They were also the most skilled carpenters, specializing in making various tables, chairs, benches, wooden barrels, and wooden basins for everyone to use.
Living standards have skyrocketed.
Xu Hao also asked them to make horse-drawn carriages and wheelbarrows. After all, these transportation tools were indispensable for transporting grain and various raw materials into the valley.
At the same time, Xu Wei asked them to use rattan to make various wooden guns, rattan armor, and rattan shields, which at least increased the attack power by 5 points and the defense power by 5 points, which was stronger than carrying a sword with the body.
Because there were too many things to be made, only 10 carpenters could not finish them, so Xu Wei and the others would light a bonfire every night and weave rattan armor and rattan shields together. No one complained, after all, they knew that this was
Protect their equipment.
The thing that makes Xu Wei the happiest is that the construction of the city wall can finally begin. He has piled thousands of bricks, and the foundation of the city wall can be started. Xu Wei arranged for 5 people to build the city wall. Each height of the city wall
The higher the score, the higher Xu Wei's sense of security will be.
But at the same time, there are also things that give Xu Wei a headache. Every time Old Man Wang and the others come back, they will definitely bring a few refugees. Sometimes the refugees themselves will come here. Soon the population of the valley exceeded 200 people. Fortunately, Xu Wei is here.
In large-scale development, blacksmith shops, carpenter shops, transportation teams, and even logging teams are all short of manpower. How many people can be accommodated.
One month later, the population of the valley exceeded 500, and the valley suddenly became a small handicraft town.
But having to feed so many people puts Xu Wei under a lot of pressure.
Xu Wei couldn't help but ask Old Man Wang: "Didn't you say this place is very hidden? How come so many people found it?"
For Xu Wei, forget about what the transport team encountered, but he couldn't bear the refugees who came to his door. They were promised to be hidden!
Old Man Wang said very innocently: "Now there is war and chaos outside the mountains. I am afraid there are hundreds of thousands of people who have fled to the mountains. No matter how hidden the place is, hundreds of thousands of people will find us, not to mention that we burn thousands of kilograms every day."
The firewood is so smoky and scorching, who can’t see it?”
"But why should we take them in? We can't feed so many people!"
At this rate, the number of people going to the valley will soon exceed a thousand. With the appetites of people in this world, the food in the granary may not be enough to survive the winter.
Old Man Wang said seriously: "Captain, there are hundreds of thousands of hungry people in the mountains now. What do you think they will do if they find out that we have food here?"
"We have to feed even if we can't live. Now we can only increase our strength so that others don't dare to act rashly. Five hundred people is still a small number. We need at least three thousand people to ensure our safety!"
Xu Wei smiled bitterly and said: "Where can we find food that can feed three thousand people!"
You must know that during the current war, it takes tens of thousands of stones of food to feed so many people! Even the Zhen family cannot sell so much food to them.
Old Man Wang also knew how difficult it was to feed so many people, but he said: "It's summer now. We can survive by looking for grass roots, bark, wild vegetables, and wild animals, but winter will be the most dangerous time for us. By then everyone will
We are like hungry beasts and can do anything! If we want to survive, we have to rob! As long as we rob a rich man's Wubao, it will be enough for us to get a year's rations."
He had a deep understanding of the feeling of hunger. Having only eaten for less than two months was not enough to make him forget. He knew what hungry people would do. It was impossible for hundreds of thousands of hungry people to be their enemies.
Just join them.
Before the Yellow Turban Uprising, Old Man Wang was one of the thousands of ordinary people in this world. No matter how hard his life was, he would not dare to do anything illegal or disciplinary. However, the few months he joined the Yellow Turban Army were the days when he rarely felt happy.
, Enemies can be killed, profiteers can be robbed, and the houses of wealthy nobles can be broken into.
At the same time, for the first time, he hated the wealthy people such as the nobles and nobles. Their granaries contained tens of thousands of stones of grain. Even if it was moldy, they were unwilling to help the people around them who were about to starve to death. You must know that before the Yellow Turban Uprising, Jizhou had
Tens of thousands of people will starve to death.
He saw the houses of wealthy nobles being burned down and their belongings being robbed. People who were previously out of his reach were crying and being hacked to death like dead dogs. For the first time in his life, he felt that he was so happy alive.
Although they were quickly defeated by the officers and soldiers, these few months had completely changed Old Man Wang's outlook on life. If there was not enough food, he would lead the hungry people to rob the powerful. If he robbed, he could survive. If he could not rob, he would not have to think about what he would eat tomorrow.
At the same time, Old Man Wang also regarded Xu Wei as a Zhang Jiao-type figure, not much worse than a great sage master with no magic skills. Compared with military training, Old Man Wang also found that they may not be much better than the original Yellow Turban Warriors now, and they are still ahead of schedule.
Create rattan armor and rattan shields. Although this is not as good as the cowhide armor of the officers and soldiers, it is still much better than their original commoners.
As long as we recruit 3,000 refugees, raise them for a month, train them, and then equip them with rattan armor and spears, they won't be able to defeat the big cities, but they can certainly defeat the small forts of the wealthy nobles.
If Xu Wei knew that the military training he had done for self-protection, Tengjia was regarded as a symbol of ambition by Old Man Wang, he would definitely cry to death. He just wanted to protect himself. As a person living in a peaceful era, he has a high sense of security.
Not at all, why should it be regarded as ambition.
Xu Wei could only increase the speed of building the wall, and at the same time more and more refugees came to Xu Wei.
Just like Old Man Wang said, hundreds of thousands of people have fled into the mountains. Any attempt to hide is simply a cover-up. The smoke from Xu Wei's kitchen is the best beacon for refugees. Even among the refugees, there is a legend that there is a valley in Fangshan Mountain.
, people there can eat three meals a day, there is no hunger or death, it has become a paradise for refugees, so now there are more than a dozen or even dozens of refugees fleeing to Xu Hao every day to make a living under him.