Under the faint firelight, in the dim room, everyone looked at the old lady.

"What should I do if the old friend is the leader?"

"Yes, the village chief, what's the solution?"

"Tell me quickly, old minister, I'm so anxious."

Wei Xiaozi clasped his feet and urged him with a hurried look on his face.

The old village chief ignored everyone and then looked at Song Tianming who was frowning.

"There is only one solution now."

"That's to ask Xiawan Village for help!"

"With the power of two villages and the thirty consecutive crossbows, there is no chance of life."

"Xiawan Township and our Dongpan Township are only a few miles away. In the past, the two towns joined forces to protect themselves when they encountered bandits attacking the village. This is a rule passed down by our ancestors. Xiawan Township will not sit idly and watch, and the truth that the lips and teeth are cold will not be understood by Zhou Laohei."

"I will go to Xiawan Township in a while!"

The old friend finished speaking, and in the room, a glimmer of hope finally leaked from everyone's faces.

Song Tianming shook his head exhaustedly. There were nearly two thousand bandits in Niushou Mountain. The two young and strong villages in the countryside were not as many bandits as there were, and they could not stop the bandits who were red and wanted to take revenge.

But now it’s Song Tianming but there is no better way. Now it’s better to have more power.

Everyone dispersed from the old lady's house, and the old lady was carried by someone and headed towards Xiawan Village.

Song Tianming returned to the bluestone house and his brows frowned into a lump.

Song Tianming didn't close his eyes all night.

As soon as the sky was dawn, Wei Wei summoned the people from the village and began to build some simple fortifications.

The entire Dongpan Township was panic.

Song Tianming looked at the continuous crossbow in his hand and sighed helplessly.

I made this thing to make the villagers live a better life, but unexpectedly, it turned out to be a disaster in the end.

This also strengthened Song Tianming's thoughts. In this chaotic world, there is no foundation, and no matter how capable he is, he is just making wedding dresses for others.

If you want to straighten your chest and live, you have to build a backer for yourself!

Without being idle, Song Tianming also went to help build fortifications.

More than a dozen observation decks, nearly ten meters high.

Once the bandits break into the village, these dozens of observation decks will instantly turn into shooting platforms.

There will be more than a dozen sharpshooters here, holding continuous crossbows and shooting bandits at high places!

At the entrance of the village, a trench two meters deep, four meters wide and hundreds of meters long is digging around the village.

After a while, sharp bamboo thorns will be inserted. This trench is used to restrain the cavalry of the bandits in Niushou Mountain.

All the iron tools and even hoes in the village were distributed to every young man, and Dongpan Township was really going to work hard.

Because I can't escape, if the bandits escape, they will burn the village and destroy the food.

Once the food is gone, what should I pay the household tax?

Paying a lot of household taxes is like a dead end.

Even if you escape, you can never come back?

As long as you come back, the bandits can come to find them by smelling the smell, and they will never escape revenge.

Moreover, Daqian has strict household registration controls. After escaping for a long time, I am afraid that the entire village will become refugees and become refugees. That is even worse. They will either hide in the mountains and never come out for a lifetime, or be caught by the government as enslaved, and will be enslaved until death!

So, I can't escape, I can only fight to the death!

In the past, as long as the bandits were not stupid, they would not force a villager to fight to the death. Even if they went down the mountain to grab food, they would only grab some food at the limit that the village could endure.

The bandits knew that if they forced the people in the village, they would fight to the death. If the people fought to the death, the bandits themselves would face death and injuries.

If many bandits die, there will be a risk of being annexed by other bandits.

Therefore, the tragedy of bandits destroying their hometowns will basically not happen in the hometowns.

But this time, the bandits were really anxious.

Song Tianming knew that if the bandits came, they would definitely be coming to destroy the village!

After busy with the villagers for a long time, there was finally good news.

The old family lived up to expectations and brought the whole young and strong man in Xiawan Township!

The two towns have been fighting against bandits for hundreds of years together. This is a rule set by our ancestors and no one dares to overcome it.

Without hello, hundreds of young and strong people in Xiawan Township took off their shirts and followed the people in Dongpan Township naked and began to work hard.

When Song Tianming saw his cheap father-in-law, he did the best.

Holding a pot of water, Song Tianming slowly walked to his cheap father-in-law.

"The son-in-law has met his father-in-law!"

"I'm asking my father-in-law to drink water. Thank you for helping me. My son-in-law and everyone in Dongpan Township are very grateful. All the previous things have been written off. From now on, my son-in-law will be filial to my father-in-law."

Listening to Song Tianming's words, Zhou Tong grinned, took the water from Song Tianming's hand, and started drinking it.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

"This trip is worth it!"

"Even if I die, I can close my eyes. With a virtuous son-in-law like you, my Zhou family's ancestral tomb is smoking. Whoever wants your life is to throw my ancestral tomb, even if I don't want my life, I have to fight with him to the end!"

"Baby, you can live well, so that our families can have a good life in the future!"

"Okay, hurry up and go and don't let people laugh at it."

After Zhou Tong finished speaking, he walked away with a step and continued to work hard.

Song Tianming took a deep breath and looked at the two people from the village around him, his heart was filled with warmth.

Song Tianming knew that what his cheap father-in-law said was also the voice of the two villagers!

Before they knew it, they had seen themselves as hope!

It is seen as hope that you can live a different way of life!

If anyone wants to cut off this hope, they will kill their lives. Others will kill you. How can you not fight to the death?

Song Tianming could not repay such fellow villagers.

Suddenly someone patted his shoulder, Song Tianming turned around in shock and saw Qian Dafu, who was rich and smiling.

"hehe……"

"Mr. Xiao Song was captured by the bandits, which really made me worried."

"I heard that Mr. Xiao Song is back and is here to visit me. I am just a little bit of a favor, but I hope I will accept it with a smile."

"It's just that Qian is ashamed of not helping me."

Listening to Qian Dafu's slightly apologetic voice, Song Tianming slowly shook his head.

"If Manager Qian can take action, it is kindness. I will remember this kindness."

"If this disaster survives the disaster, there will be some places where the shopkeeper Qian can use it in the future, even if he speaks."

Song Tianming rejected the bounty gifts brought by Qian Dafu, and then took Qian Dafu to move around the village.

When Qian Dafu learned that the bandits might come back to slaughter the village today, his face changed instantly.

Originally, this time he came, he really wanted to see Song Tianming and collect some wild game by the way. He wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to plead for Song Tianming and buy wild game at a low price.

However, before he received the game, he received the news that the bandits were coming to slaughter the village.

"Forehead……"

"Mr. Xiao Song, I suddenly remembered that there was something urgent in the city and I took my leave!"

"Come to visit Mr. Xiao Song again the next day!"

After leaving a word, Qian Dafu was in a panic and was about to leave.

Suddenly, bursts of rapid horse hooves came, and Song Tianming and Qian Dafu looked at each other, and their faces changed drastically.

"There are cavalry!"

"There are cavalry coming!"

"Bandits, it must be bandits. Be careful, bandits are coming to the village!"

On the lookout, several screams of horror resounded throughout the countryside.

In an instant, the doors of every household were closed and women and children were hidden in the cellar.

In the village, all the young and strong people rushed to the entrance of the village with all kinds of iron tools in their hands, wanting to fight to the death with the bandits!

Qian Dafu and a few friends ran around with fear on their faces. Song Tianming found a cellar for him to hide.
To be continued...