Reborn to be replaced, remarried to the royal palace to raise children and train husband

Besides, Mother Luo did not have no other choice. She just did not want to completely break up with the Third Prince, so she wanted to use her to achieve her goal.

The threat she had just made to Mother Luo was no joke. If Mother Luo persisted in her delusion, she wouldn't mind letting those hidden pawns demonstrate their value.

After returning from Taibai Tower, Gu Qinlan anxiously ordered his servants to speed up the reinforcement of the courtyard wall.

Recently, due to the raging floods, building materials have become particularly scarce, so the project of reinforcing the walls of Prince Duan's Palace was forced to be delayed for many days.

Fortunately, Hongye acted prudently and spared no expense to purchase the necessary bricks, stones and tiles.

The craftsmen quickly moved into Prince Duan's Palace and began to reinforce the walls.

Gu Qinlan ordered Nanny Zhang to keep a close eye on Zheng Huiyi and Zheng Huaiyu and not allow them to move around at will.

Seeing that Prince Duan's mansion was busy reinforcing the walls, many wealthy and prominent families in Jindu City sent people to find out what was going on.

Gu Qinlan did not hide her worries and made a suggestion that they should also strengthen the wall. Many families thought this was very true and that it was better to be safe than sorry, so they followed suit and started to take action. However, some families, such as the Ji family, did not agree with this.

Time flies, and three months have passed in the blink of an eye.

Luo Feng brought an ominous news: "Madam, as you expected, a large number of refugees are approaching Jindu. It is estimated that the first batch of refugees will arrive in Jindu City in ten days."

Gu Qinlan frowned and asked, "How are the crops growing in the farms outside the city?"

Hongye stepped forward and reported: "Some crops have entered the harvest period, while others will take some time to mature."

Gu Qin asked: "What about the other families' farms in the city?"

Hongye replied, "Most of their farms grow food crops, which will take at least half a month to mature and be harvested. In addition, the planting time is not right, resulting in poor yields."

Gu Qinlan shook her head helplessly. She had already expected this situation to happen.

"You will leave for the farm immediately and tell the tenants to harvest all the crops as quickly as possible, starting with the mature ones first, so that the unripe crops can continue to grow for a few days. But you must race against time, otherwise you will have nothing to harvest when the refugees arrive."

Hongye did not dare to delay for even a second and immediately rode on a fast horse to convey the message to Zhuangzi.

Gu Qinlan then went to the granary for inspection.

The granary in Prince Duan's mansion was not spacious. Even if it was full, it could only sustain the mansion's food for the first and second half of the year.

However, the duration of this disaster cannot be underestimated, so Gu Qinlan specifically instructed his servants to clean out a guest room and move out all the furniture in it so that it could be used as a temporary food storage room.

After stockpiling enough food to last the Prince Duan's Mansion for five years, Gu Qinlan finally put her mind at ease.

When Zheng Huiyi heard the rumors about the refugees, she was filled with anxiety and hurried to find Gu Qinlan.

"Sis, is the refugee thing true?"

Gu Qinlan nodded gently, and said calmly: "Don't worry, the walls of the mansion have been reinforced and raised a lot, and the refugees will definitely not be able to climb over. Sang Qian and his ten brothers have been training tirelessly these days and have also made many defensive equipment to prevent refugees from forcing their way in."

For several months, Sang Qian and his brothers have never slacked off. Not only have they continued to exercise, they have also carefully crafted various defensive weapons to prevent any accidents.

Zheng Huiyi was still feeling uneasy, as this was the first time she had encountered such a crisis in her life.

But seeing how calm Gu Qinlan was, her mood gradually calmed down.

In the following days, Gu Qinlan's dowry farm and all the farms under the name of Prince Duan's Mansion were engaged in intensive harvesting work.

They picked various beans, dried them in the sun, threshed them and packed them in boxes; root crops were also dug up one by one, the surface moisture was dried, and they were stored in baskets. The harvested grain was quickly delivered to various villages.

Fu Yu led the account offices of Chushu, Xiaoman and Prince Duan's mansion, and was busy settling accounts for the tenants.

Due to the unfavorable season, the harvest was reduced, but overall it was still satisfactory. Compared with those tenants who planted rice and millet, their situation was much better.

The farm of Prince Duan was bustling with activity, while the tenants on other farms were extremely anxious.

The news of the refugees had spread, and they looked at the immature crops in the fields, wishing they could help them grow themselves.

Looking at the tenants of Prince Duan's Mansion, they settled the payment at the same time as delivering the grain, and they were all smiling, which made them even more miserable.

After several busy days, all the grain in the fields of Prince Duan's Mansion was finally harvested.

After all the grain was properly collected, each farm would send all the harvested supplies to Prince Duan's Palace.

All kinds of grain were piled up like mountains, and there was almost no place to store it in Prince Duan's mansion. All the vacant rooms were emptied to store the grain. Due to the lack of space, many temporary sheds were built to cope with it.

When all the food was put in place, traces of refugees appeared outside the city.

As soon as the refugees saw the Jindu City, they ran towards it like crazy.

"Quick, close the city gate!"

The government quickly issued an order to close the city gates to prevent a large influx of refugees.

The heavy ancient city gate was like an indestructible barrier, blocking the first batch of desperate refugees outside the city wall.

The refugees were very excited and rushed to the city gate, beating and shouting with all their might: "Please, open the gate and give us some food..."

The residents in the city were moved by the heart-wrenching cries, and everyone's face showed deep sympathy.

However, no one dared to suggest opening the city gates.

Because the refugees' eyes were red with hunger, their safety would no longer be guaranteed once the city gates were opened.

As time went by, the number of refugees increased day by day. The entire city wall was crowded with ragged people. The city of Jindu seemed to be surrounded by a sea of ​​wailing.

Unable to enter the city, the refugees turned their attention to the fields outside the city.

Although the grains in the fields were not yet ripe, the hungry refugees had no time to pick them and rushed into the fields to plunder the rice ears that were still in the germination stage.

The tenants in the fields saw their months of hard work destroyed in an instant, and they became impatient. They waved their hoes and bravely rushed towards the refugees.

After a long journey, the refugees finally found a glimmer of hope. How could they retreat easily?

The two sides soon engaged in a chaotic and bloody conflict, with people on both sides being injured and even killed.

In the end, the tenants were unable to resist the refugees with flaming eyes and had to give up their crops in tears.

In just two days, the fields outside the city were looted by the refugees.

The refugees who grabbed food continued to move towards Kyoto, while the latecomers who failed to get a share gathered outside the city of Jindu.

For half a month, the city of Jin was like a besieged island.

As the people in the city had known in advance that the refugees were heading north, they stockpiled food. However, vegetables were extremely scarce, and many families had no vegetables to eat, let alone meat.

Only Prince Duan's Mansion remained safe and sound.