At this moment, in Ji Country where spring blooms, Wei Yuan has dispersed the people within the city to open up and cultivate the land, while constructing multiple fortifications several dozen miles away from the county town to protect those cultivating the land.
This is a completely defensive measure, and Wei Yuan is unsure if the other party understands it. During this time, the frequency of rebel attacks has decreased; they appear roughly once every ten days, sending only a thousand or two people each time. Wei Yuan sent people to talk to the rebels, who said that the nearby area had long been deserted, and Fengyuan County had become a barren land with no vitality over vast stretches.
