After being exiled, I led my whole family to rebel.

But Fang Ningmo immediately said: "Grandpa, no! The city lord was kind and never told others about the real culprit who chased us that night, so others didn't know that sister ran away for Zhou Heng."

Nowadays, the Fang family hates the Zhou family so much that even Fang Ningmo calls people in the royal family by their first names.

"But Ming Xiaoshuang knew it. He knew who the person who attacked us that night was, and he also knew who my sister was running away for. To put it bluntly, my grandfather wanted to kill my sister because of the reputation of the women of the Fang family. Marrying Ming Xiaoshuang is like throwing a hot potato to Ming Xiaoshuang. If he accepts it, he will worry about whether Zhou Heng will send someone to deal with him. If he doesn't accept it, he will worry about whether Zhou Heng will send someone to deal with him. Offend our Fang family."

Fang Xun shook his head, "Sister, what you said is wrong. Ming Xiaoshuang has a close relationship with the city lord and is the city lord's confidant. Therefore, Ming Xiaoshuang must have known that our Fang family has no hope of recovery. Our Fang family is now powerless. He will not be afraid of offending our Fang family. On the contrary, we are afraid of offending him, Ming Xiaoshuang. After all, the city lord obviously values ​​Ming Xiaoshuang more than the Fang family. What if the two families fail to get married and become enemies instead? beautiful."

The uncle of the Fang family looked gray at the moment, obviously he didn't expect this level.

And Fang Ruyu didn't expect that her impulsiveness would bring so much trouble to the family.

Previously, her grandmother told her the ins and outs of this matter in detail, the causes and consequences, and then she realized that her impulsiveness had almost brought the entire Fang family into danger. At this moment, she was ashamed and anxious, and after listening to Fang Xun's analysis, His face was even more pale.

Old Mrs. Fang scolded his eldest son: "Now you know why I didn't agree to propose marriage? Look at yourself, at your age, you haven't seen it thoroughly enough than the two younger ones!"

Uncle Fang's face instantly became ashamed.

Seeing that it was rare for the entire Fang family to be here, Mr. Fang was angry at the incompetence of these juniors, but at the same time he was glad that no one in the family was missing. He couldn't help but sigh, "Now, I'm afraid this girl's marriage will be delayed."

Old Mrs. Fang also sighed, with a look of hatred on her face, "Now everyone here knows that you and Ming Xiaoshuang have spent so many days in the wilderness. We can only wait for Xu Yatou to see if it can really happen." Give us a good status. If we change our status, we will no longer be prisoners and can move around. At worst, we can change places and wait for the limelight to pass before we talk about marriage. We gave up this status. One is because we are afraid that Zhou Heng will see that we are gone. If we die, we will send people to hunt us down. Secondly, we will be exempted from the status of exiled prisoners. In the future, if you study hard, you may be able to gain one or two fame. But, can this matter of birthplace really be done so easily? Xun'er, what did Xu Yatou say?"

Fang Xun immediately corrected him: "Grandma, you must never call the City Lord by his name again. We all call him the City Lord now."

Old Mrs. Fang was unhappy, but she also knew that people had to be flexible and flexible. Now that people were under the eaves, she had no choice but to bow her head.

"The city lord is handling the matter. This wave of our exiled prisoners will be mixed among the five thousand refugees. When the time comes, County Magistrate Sun will personally stamp and sign and give us new identities. But everyone is strict about this matter. Who can I can’t reveal it either. I heard what everyone said, they all want to change places after changing their identities, so as not to be bitten by others in the future.”

Old Mrs. Fang nodded frequently, "That's the truth. If there are too many people, there will always be someone who can't keep his mouth shut. We will find another place after we change our good status. No matter if we don't have land, we can't bring down everyone because of our Fang family, and we can't let other people be affected. People are hurting us. Xun'er, I heard that you are working in the yamen now, so you should be careful about this."

Speaking of the yamen, Mr. Fang had something to say and said in a disapproving tone: "I heard that you kidnapped the magistrate of Lan County? What is the difference between doing this and being a bandit? If one day you are tracked down by the court, what will you do? How to get out?"

Fang Xun said: "Grandpa, the magistrate of Lan County did not agree to open the city gate and let us starve and freeze to death outside the city. We stormed the city gate forcibly out of helplessness. What's more, since we entered the city, we Not only did he do no harm to the common people, he also distributed food to them..."

Mr. Fang scolded him coldly: "Then let me ask you, how do you get food?!"

Fang Wen's face turned pale, but he fell into silence.

Mr. Fang continued: "Xu Zhenying is very scheming. He killed people from rich households and robbed the rich households' food to do Xu Zhenying's favor! I just walked along and saw the people in the city singing praises to her. I don't know. I really thought that she, Xu Zhenying, was in charge of this Lan County! This is still the land of the Zhou Dynasty, and the whole world is not the royal land. What is the difference between the piles of things you have done and that of Li Datou?!"

Fang Ningmo refused to accept the defense: "Grandpa, if you have been to Zhangjiacun, you will know that Li Datou cannot be compared with the city lord. Everyone except the Chen family benefits from what the city lord does, but Li Datou burns, kills, robs, and tortures There are no evil deeds, if you don’t believe it, just go to the city and ask around to see which of the people in Lan County doesn’t say a word to the city lord."

Mr. Fang raised his eyebrows and slapped the table: "Okay, let's leave everything else alone. I'm going to ask you how you plan to escape in the future? You now occupy Lan County, kidnap the imperial officials, and become county officials yourself. How do you and others do this? What's the difference between treason and rebellion? If Xu Zhenying wasn't just a girl, I would really doubt her plans!"

Fang Xun and Fang Ningmo were speechless for a moment when Mr. Fang pointed out what they had been worried about.

"When spring comes, Jinzhou Prefecture will definitely send troops to clean up bandits and bandits along the road. By then, if you occupy Lan County and don't return it, won't you be the first to bear the brunt? Do you still want to end up like the rebellious officials and traitors? Or are you counting on Lan County? The common people will protect you? As the people don’t fight with the officials, you have a place to protect yourself from the wind and rain, but after all, that is not a long-term solution!"

Fang Xun's face turned pale and he was speechless.

"Come on, please keep a low profile these days and stop following Xu Zhenying. After the household registration is settled, we will move our family to a place where no one can find us!"

Fang Xun thought about it a thousand times, but finally said: "Grandpa, can you allow me to finish the last thing in my hand before leaving?"

Mr. Fang snorted coldly. He didn't say yes or no, he just asked: "What did she ask you to do?"

Fang Xun hesitated for a moment, as if he couldn't say anything. After a long while, he lowered his head and muttered: "The city lord asked me to be responsible for raising pigs..."

"What?!" Mr. Fang stood up in anger, and looked around at Dafang's family. Seeing that there was no look of shock on their faces, he knew that Dafang knew about Fang Xun's pig raising. Mr. Fang was even more furious, "You After all, you are a scholar, how can you spend all day with livestock? My Fang family treats Xu Zhenying well, why does she humiliate you like this? Ningmo, go and call Xu Zhenying for me now, I want to ask Ask her what she means?!”

Fang Xun hurriedly grabbed Mr. Fang and said, "Grandpa, don't worry, please listen to my grandson's explanation! This pig raising is not that pig raising, it's not what you think."

Mr. Fang sat down with his sleeves fluffed and frowned, "Okay, tell me! If you can't tell me how ugly you are, I will take you away tomorrow!"

"Grandpa, the city lord asked me to be responsible for raising pigs, but this pig raising is different from the pig raising in the Zhou Dynasty. The city lord wants us to gather all the piglets in the city in one place and build a standardized pigsty. At the same time, Combining light, temperature, ventilation, feed, purification, etc., we carry out batch breeding instead of the current free-range breeding model of the Zhou Dynasty. We are not just raising pigs, the most important thing is to explore under what circumstances, we can make pigs Rapid weight gain. The city owner said that since we want to raise pigs, we must set a precedent and shorten the pig slaughter cycle to about half a year."

Mr. Fang is not used to Fang Xun's awkward way of speaking. What is "cycle", "standardization" and "batch"? Although Mr. Fang has never heard these words, he can roughly understand them. Even so, he is still shocked. .

"You mean... to raise a pig in half a year?" Mr. Fang gasped, "Do you know how long it takes to raise a pig now?"

"My grandson knows that currently it takes at least two or three years to raise pigs."

Mrs. Fang also leaned forward, "In that case, Liuya... How can Xu Zhenying raise a pig in half a year? Or does she mean raising a pig within a hundred pounds?"

Fang Xun shook his head firmly, "The city lord said she has a way to make the pigs gain weight quickly and make the pork less smelly than before."

Mr. Fang immediately said: "That's impossible!"

But Old Mrs. Fang said: "What can't that girl do? Since she was exiled, she has made backpacks, leggings, and soap. Which of them is not a brilliant idea that you and I can't even think of? Xun'er, the city lord wants to let the pigs live within half a year. How much do you weigh?"

"The current plan is two hundred pounds."

Everyone in the room gasped.

Although the Fang family is a noble family and does not need them to personally grow vegetables and raise chickens, they naturally know a little about the lives of ordinary people, so raising piglets to two hundred pounds in half a year is nothing short of a dream for them. Night story!

Fang Ningmo also hurriedly followed: "Not only that, the city lord is also planning to establish an agricultural group to increase grain production. What is being tried now is just raising chickens, pigs, leeks and the like. I hear what the city lord means, In the future, we will also study how to increase food production——"

Old man Fang was sweating heavily on his forehead, and he scolded in a daze: "The harvest in that field has always been a matter of fate. You guys, you guys who haven't even grown any hair, are actually trying to compete with God?!" "Grandpa, the city lord said, if you don't try everything, how do you know it's impossible? The crop yield in this field is only affected by several factors such as rain, light, temperature, fertility, and seed quality. Then give us a piece of experiment Fields are tested next to each other, such as the amount of water in the first field every day, and the fertility of the second field. We can always find the most suitable conditions for food growth. In the past, the harvest in the fields depended on God. Now we If you control it yourself, you won’t be able to find the most suitable conditions for crop production!”

Mr. Fang's face turned pale with shock, his eyes flashed with coldness, and he was speechless for a long time.

If someone else said this, he would definitely laugh at the other person's ignorance and arrogance.

But that person is Xu Zhenying.

Xu Zhenying always does things step by step.

Is it possible that she can really make the ground grow food quickly?
That's impossible. It's something that so many people have been unable to do throughout the ages. There's no reason why a girl of thirteen or fourteen can do it?
No, Xu Zhenying showed something unusual on her way to exile. Despite her young age, she was extremely sophisticated in dealing with people. From her soap business, it can be seen that this woman is bold, careful, manipulative, and able to advance and retreat appropriately.

Coupled with the scene of entering the city today, Xu Zhenying and the others have only occupied Lan County for ten days, but there is no trace of post-war decline in the city, but a sense of peace.

What's even more terrifying is that in just a few days, Xu Zhenying has managed the government affairs in Lan County in an orderly manner. In addition to killing the Chen family to establish her authority, she has tightly controlled all forces in Lan County, first for city defense, then for food distribution, and then for It’s to resume production——

This level of handling of government affairs puts him to shame.

Mr. Fang was panic-stricken. Thinking of what Xu Zhenying had done before, he felt an inexplicable uneasiness in his heart.

This woman has great talent!

Fang Xun saw that Mr. Fang had been silent, and said sincerely: "My grandson understands what my grandfather is worried about, but the city lord has been a life-saving grace to our Fang family. Even if he wants to leave, please wait until grandson takes care of the agricultural industry." Sort it out before leaving, and please ask your grandfather for permission!"

Mr. Fang was silent for a long time. Seeing that both Fang Xun and Fang Ningmo looked reluctant to leave, he secretly sighed at Xu Zhenying's skill in training people. In just a few days, Xu Zhenying could make people around her fall in love with her. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would never have believed that a girl could have such abilities.

But Mr. Fang is obviously interested in other things.

"Tell me, what exactly did you use to attack the city that day? It is said that you only used some saltpeter, sulfur and the like to make the city gate weighing several hundred kilograms explode? Is this true or false? ?”

"Grandpa, the city lord said it was black powder."

"Black gunpowder?" Mr. Fang fell into deep thought. The Zhou Dynasty was still at the level of making fireworks, and gunpowder had not yet been produced, so Mr. Fang couldn't figure out what it was.

Fang Xun nodded, "That prescription still belongs to the city lord. The city lord asked the women to buy sulfur, saltpeter, charcoal and other materials. The city lord made it himself. It only needs to be the size of a fist and ignited with a small fuse. Its power will be It can shake mountains and seas.”

"Seriously?!" Mr. Fang stood up in excitement. His eyes sparkled, and he seemed to be dozens of years younger in an instant. His eyes were full of brilliance, "Do you know... what does this mean?"

Fang Xun pursed his lips, hesitating: "Grandpa... the city lord told us a little bit about the black gunpowder. It can be used in combat, water conservancy, and blasting. However, the city lord also said that the production process of this black gunpowder is not mature and cannot be preserved. , transportation, and operating conditions are extremely harsh, and based on our current technological level in the Zhou Dynasty, it is impossible to bring out the true value of black powder."

"She even thought of this level??" Mr. Fang was frightened this time. He sat down decadently, with sweat dripping from his forehead, "Xu Zhenying... is really a talent sent from heaven... If she were a man... I'm afraid of this The world will become even more chaotic——"

When it came to sensitive topics, neither Fang Xun nor Fang Ningmo dared to speak, and everyone in the room fell into a deathly silence.

"Xun'er, you've been with her for so long, what do you think she is..." Mr. Fang felt a little dry, "Who is she? Is she a human or a demon?"

Fang Xun was stunned.

Seeing his grandfather's nervous expression as if facing a powerful enemy, he suddenly thought of more.

Xu Zhenying had black powder, money, food, and now a city. If Xu Zhenying hadn't been a girl, he would have really suspected that she had ulterior motives.

Fang Xun said blankly: "Grandfather, there are mountains outside the mountains, and there are people outside the people. Some people are born with knowledge and have great talents. Maybe... the city lord is one of them."

Fang Ningmo looked at her grandfather for a while, and then at Fang Xun. She thought for a moment and then said: "Grandpa, whether you are a monster or a god, shouldn't you judge your deeds regardless of your heart? If she can save thousands of refugees, she will naturally be a god. If she displaces more than 5000 people in Lan County, she will be a monster."

Mr. Fang took a deep look at Fang Ningmo.

This little granddaughter who never shows off her talents.

At this moment, she stood there, with a slender figure and clear eyes, like an unsheathed sword. Although there was a cold light, it did not hurt.

He glanced at the two sons and daughter-in-law of the first and second bedroom. He had no hope of his next generation. The eldest was only interested in arithmetic, and the second was even more carefree.

With Fang Xun and Fang Ningmo, the Fang family finally has a successor.

Mr. Fang's worries gradually dissipated.

"You know, in the name of avenging our Fang family, Zhou Heng united Qiongzhou, Taizhou, Fuzhou and other places to rebel and proclaimed himself the Ming King. Zhu Ci and others were frightened and hurriedly ordered the nine vassal kings to come to Beijing to escort him. Han Xiang refused. Yun was placed under house arrest under the order of Uncle Zhu Guo, and now the men and horses of the nine vassal kings are probably approaching Bianjing City."

Everyone in the Fang family looked frightened. Fang Ruyu lowered her head and bit her lower lip.

"Zhou Heng was ambitious and wanted to rebel and usurp the throne for a long time, but he made our Fang family bear the responsibility of causing harm to the country and the people. It is conceivable that the Zhou Dynasty will not be able to live in peace for at least five years. No matter whether Xu Zhenying is a monster or a fairy, we need to Make preparations early, Fang Xun, finish the things at hand first, and also urge Xu Zhenying to get the household registration done as soon as possible. Once our new household registration arrives, we will stay away from the place of trouble and wrong immediately!"

Fang Xun and Fang Ningmo couldn't bear to disobey their grandfather's order. Although they were unwilling to do so, they had no other choice but to nod in agreement.

And this night seemed to be the last peace in Lan County.

Early the next morning, with the issuance of the recruitment order at the county government office, the city felt as if it had been exploded.

There were people guarding the gate of the county government office, talking constantly.

"What does this mean? Recruiting female soldiers? Every household has a girl to serve as a soldier? Oh my god, this is simply disturbing Tsunada! Where in the world is there any reason for a woman to serve as a soldier?"

"No, no, as mentioned above, there have been a lot of rogue bandits recently. We are afraid that Lan County will be attacked by rogue bandits, so we have specially summoned young and middle-aged people to protect the city. This woman only targets households with no sons or young sons. Brother Li, you We have many sons at home, so what are we afraid of?"