"These people are all very famous. They are all local princes and nobles, commanding generals, small fish and shrimps, and we are too lazy to spend rations to send them over to travel thousands of miles." said the soldiers of the Nanyang Fleet.

Zheng Yan, Ruan Phucxi and others looked at each other, not knowing whether to cry or laugh. On a small island controlled by the Jiuzhou Army, their identities became small fish and shrimps in the eyes of ordinary soldiers.

"Well, I have dozens of extra snacks for free, and I have to apply for more budgets from the superiors. Alas, these prisoners are all old men and they have to watch them well. It's really unpleasant." The soldiers of Yantaifeng Prison scratched their heads and always felt a little unhappy.

The soldiers of the Nanyang Fleet handed over the Annan Kingdom prisoners to the Yantai Peak defenders, and then retreated and were about to return to Annan Kingdom. The prisoners of Annan Kingdom looked at the wall of the Yantai Peak Fortress curiously and nervously, made of stones, about two meters high, just like a city wall, blocking the view of people outside, making it impossible for people outside to see clearly what was going on inside Yantai Peak. But compared with the city wall, perhaps to save costs, the stone wall here is not as thick as an ordinary city wall, which is enough to prevent the prisoners inside from escaping. Yantai Peak Fortress has two entrances and exits, guarded by soldiers, with iron gates and fences.

"Follow us, we will arrange your residence." The defenders of Yantai Peak Fort did not pay attention to these princes and nobles of Annan, because they had seen all prisoner guards who were more valuable than them.

Zheng Yan, Ruan Phuc Xi and others walked through the stone wall and entered the fortress to find that there was a second wall composed of barbed wire more than ten meters away from the stone wall. After passing through the barbed wire, the place where the prisoners were truly imprisoned, or where the prisoners lived.

The houses here are very low, and houses gather together, like a small village living on the mountain, with its own farmland and wells, not like the prison they imagined. Apart from blocking the stone walls and barbed wire, the guards are almost the same as the prison, and the places where the prisoners live in there are no connections with the prison.

"This looks like a quiet mountain village, isn't it a prison?" Zheng Jian was a little disbelief.

"We do not call this prison, but a fortress, and have no intention of harming you. We just want you, the former nobles, to be content with peace of mind and not let your former subordinates have any additional thoughts." The defenders stationed at the Yantai Peak Fortress said to them.

Although there were hundreds of indigenous people who were originally captured in Yantai Peak Fortress, dozens of people from Annan Kingdom came over at one time, causing a lot of commotion in the village. Some children, women, and elderly people opened the doors and windows to watch.

"Come with me, that place is the houses assigned to you, all of which are wooden houses. The conditions are naturally not as good as before you were before. But it is not too hard. Every month, I will send some daily necessities at the foot of the mountain. Even if there is no delicacies in the mountains, I will not starve you to death. If you have any leisure time, you can also go to plow the fields and grow flowers and plants."

"In the middle of the village, there is a private school and a library where we treasure a group of Confucian classics and new books. From time to time, there will be gentlemen from the Liaonan Academy of Sciences to come here to spread their careers and answer questions. If you only want to know how powerful our Jiuzhou Army is, this new school has to be learned. In addition to private schools and libraries, there are teahouses, piano rooms, and chess rooms, which are not boring."

"Every month, everyone will have an opportunity to go out to stroll down the mountain one day. We will send someone to follow you, which is an extra preferential treatment for you."

The Yantai Peak Fortress defenders introduced the situation and rules here to Annanguo and others.

The people from the Ruan family and Zheng family were shocked again. There were entertainment facilities here and they could also let the air out for one day every month, which was not as miserable as expected.

"But there is one thing you must pay attention to. Among the prisoners here, there are many people with higher status than you before, and there are countless kings, princes, generals and ministers. Each has his own temper. You must not make trouble here. Otherwise, we will deal with you according to the law." The soldiers of Yantai Peak reminded.

After that, the Yantai Peak defenders arranged their respective residences, and everything was arranged by the military headquarters early. Which house lived in which house was fixed, and if something happened, they could catch people directly. For example, Zheng Jian and Ruan Phucxi were in the same wooden house with their concubines and children.

The people of the Ruan family and Zheng family are a little novel, a little relieved, and some are still confused about the future of ten years of imprisonment. Even though the Jiuzhou Army provides them with a stable life here, it is imprisonment for ten years, and ten years will have to stay in the relatively closed Yantai Peak, which is far from the luxurious life before. And how will they integrate into this world of drastic changes after ten years?

"We have to just live by it. Moreover, the Jiuzhou Army provides new learning for our books and private schools. We have one day every month to go down the mountain to contact the outside world. Even if we leave here ten years later, we should still be civilians." An older generation ruler like Zheng Jian was still very open about many things, but he did not feel as big a gap as his subordinates.

"I'm sorry, please take us to the library to take a look." Ruan Phucxi was very interested in the library in the middle of the village, because the soldiers of Yantai Peak clearly stated that there was the secret that the Jiuzhou Army became powerful - new knowledge that they didn't know.

"Come with me if you are interested." The soldiers of Yantai Peak were quite polite to them.

In the middle of the village, there is a wooden house that is more spacious than ordinary houses, and the library is the library. Two soldiers guarded them. When they saw the person coming, they nodded slightly.

At this time, a man in his early twenties came out of the library and met the Yantai Peak soldiers who led Annan Kingdom to capture him. So he came over: "Xu Bingtou, you are here just in time. I want to go to Jinzhou City Academy of Sciences in two days. I hope you can arrange the soldiers to monitor me."

"Mr. Zhu, I will make arrangements later." said the Yantai Peak soldier known as Xu Bingtou.

"I'm working hard." The man in blue leaned over slightly and left again.

"Who is this man who is young but has an extraordinary temperament? And from his tone, he seems to be a sinner, but how can he leave here at any time?" Zheng Yan and Ruan Phucxi asked in confusion. The prisoner felt that his status was much higher than theirs.

"He may scare you from the background. This person is Emperor Chongzhen of the former Ming Dynasty."
Chapter completed!