Cultivation Starts From Planting Sweet Potatoes

This winter was particularly difficult. Where the refugees passed by, the bark and grass roots were all eaten, and not a single leaf was left behind.

Many experienced refugees have even summed up many kinds of bark and grass root recipes. For example, the root bark of the tung hemp tree is very thick, and it tastes soft and waxy after being roasted with fire.

There is a white pulp in the root of a kind of bark tree. The root is smashed and the white pulp is washed out. Although the powder obtained is very bitter, it can satisfy the stomach.

The root of the yellow thatch can be eaten raw, and it gurgles when chewed, and it is still a little sweet. The ecstasy grass is poisonous, but it can't kill people. It can also satisfy hunger when you are hungry, but it is easy to produce various hallucinations, and Guanyin soil is easy to swell Stomach constipation, can only eat a small amount at a time.

In such an extreme living situation, it is inevitable for people to fight against each other, and the strong will prey on the weak, and they can only protect themselves by holding together.

Then various groups annexed each other, and the scale became larger and larger like a blood ball, and all the refugees, regardless of men, women, old or weak, were engulfed in it.

After integration, there is now only one group of bandits around Heishui Town, but the total size has reached 20,000 to 30,000 people.

But so many people have to eat and drink together, even the bark and grass roots are not enough to eat, so they can only move slowly, leaving no grass anywhere.

After being hungry, the refugee group finally plucked up the courage to take a big step, and they surrounded a place called Shangling Town.

Shangling Town is similar to Heishui Town. It has been controlled by a family named Tian for generations. If they can control a place, the force of the Tian family is naturally not weak.

Such refugees, who had never practiced martial arts, spent three days trying to blow open the gate of the Tianjiazhuang with their lives, piled up all the masters of the Tianjiazhuang with their lives, and occupied the Tianjiazhuang.

There are also millions of catties of grain stored in Tianjiazhuang. After such refugees take down the Tianjia, they can eat tens of thousands of catties of grain every day after a long binge of eating and drinking.

With the first successful experience, the homeless gang has set its sights on Heishui Town.

Many of the refugees had been to Heishui Town before, and they knew that Zhang's family in Heishui Town was richer, and they were still raising ordinary people to open up wasteland. In their eyes, this kind of behavior was no different from wasting food.

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In the adobe-brick house at the foot of Qifeng Mountain, Zhang He sat cross-legged on a wooden bed, his mouth slightly opened and closed, and a green light flickered between his mouth and nose.

Suddenly he opened his mouth and spewed out a ball of green breath, which became a ball in front of him, suspended in the air.

This is the spell that he has practiced in the past few days, the rejuvenation technique, which is a wonderful technique for healing diseases.

At this moment, his ears moved, and there was a sound of horseshoes in the distance, and they were coming here quickly.

When he got out of bed and walked out of the room, he saw Wei Peng riding a fast horse, already approaching.

"My lord, something is wrong. A group of bandits are heading towards Heishui Town."

"Is it the bandits from Shangling Town who captured Tian's house? When will they arrive?"

Hearing this, Zhang He looked calm, without any surprise, he knew that sooner or later those refugees would come to his Heishui Town.

Therefore, he had already asked Ma Gan to arrange several cavalry to monitor the movements of the refugees.

"The person in front of the opponent has already moved, but the movement is relatively slow. It may take this afternoon or evening to reach Heishui Town."

The distance between the two towns is only more than 30 miles, but the discipline of the refugee organization is relatively poor, so the journey is naturally not fast.

When Zhang He returned to Heishui Town, all the people scattered in the wasteland camps and villages had already started to retreat to Heishui Town.

Anyway, in winter, there is nothing in the field, as long as people come back.

At this time, people in Heishui Town were panicked, and many people who had retreated to Heishui Town gathered together, spreading fearful emotions to each other.

"I heard that there are nearly 30,000 people on the other side, and there are only more than 10,000 people here, old and young."

"It's not just the difference in numbers,

This gang of bandits was extremely ferocious. I heard that after Tianjiazhuang was taken down, all but the women were killed. The head of the farm owner was cut off and is still hanging at the door. "

Because of the generosity of the Zhang family, they were able to settle down in Heishui Town, and they had just eaten for a few days.

Now no one wants Heishui Town to be ruined by bandits. The safety of Heishui Town and the safety of the Zhang family are related to their own jobs.

"Needless to say, this group of bandits are all outlaws, and the weaker ones would have died long ago."

"What do you think we can do?"

"..."

The old man Zhang was also panicked. When he saw Zhang He came back, he grabbed Zhang He's arm as if he saw the backbone.

"Son, you're finally back, what should you do? I heard that the Tian family died terribly."

Old man Zhang was also frightened. He had experienced such a big thing in his life. If he was surrounded by bandits, his family would only have these two heads, which would not be enough for them to chop off.

When he was poor, he wasn't afraid of death. It would be a bad crime to live anyway. Now that he has finally become a landlord, Old Zhang really doesn't want to die. The grain in the warehouse has not been eaten yet.

"It's just a mob. No matter how many people there are, it's useless. I'm afraid he will do something?"

Zhang He comforted the old man Zhang, and waved to the fat tiger in the distance.

"Fat Tiger!"

"Do you have any orders, young master? When should we fight? Do you want to intercept and kill them on the way first?"

Fat Tiger was carrying his wind-blown Dahuan Dao, and trotted to Zhang He with a clattering sound, looking very excited.

"Notify everyone to gather!"

"okay!"

In response, Fat Tiger ran away like a gust of wind. This kid has always been very nervous, and he doesn't know how to be afraid. Hearing that there will be another war, he has already sharpened his sword.

After a while, two hundred guards lined up neatly on the training ground.

After several months of training, the current guards are no longer the same as they used to be. Standing there with their bodies upright like javelins, their eyes fixed on the front, they already have a bit of military demeanor.

Due to the improvement of food and daily high-intensity training, a circle of tendons grew on everyone's body, and they looked more aggressive.

In addition to the two hundred guards, there were still many coolies rushing to the training ground one after another after receiving the notice.

These people are coolies scattered around the wasteland. They practice for an hour or two every day. They have fought with bandits several times before, and they have all seen blood.

Before that, Wei Peng successively recruited refugees and dispersed them to open up wasteland in various places. He accepted six or seven thousand people, including the original residents of Heishui Town, there were about fifteen thousand in total.

Today only the young and strong, about 5,000 people, were gathered.

These 5,000 people were dressed in rags, and they didn't have all the weapons in their hands. Only more than 1,000 people were equipped with long guns, and the rest had all kinds of weapons in their hands.

Most of them are sharpened sticks, hoes, and rakes.

Zhang He wanted to equip everyone with gun heads, but after searching all of Heishui Town, there was not so much iron. Iron tools such as farm tools had to be used for farming, and it was impossible to melt all of them.

In Dehua City, there is a firm that specializes in selling iron ingots, but now that the city is closed, you can't buy them even if you have money.

The assembly of the coolies seemed to be much slower, and it took more than a quarter of an hour for the 5,000 people to complete their assembly.

Zhang He was still a little disappointed with this speed of assembly. If there was a surprise attack, it would be difficult to organize resistance at this speed.

It seems that there will be more large-scale exercises in the future.

Heishui Town organized a manpower, prepared for battle, and waited outside Heishui Town for a long time. It was not until evening that the legendary fierce bandits arrived late.