And on Wei Xiyin's side.
After she separated from Chu Yu, she followed the official road to the county town.
Today's sun is as scorching as ever, as hot as a furnace.
In the entire Ling County, there is not a drop of water to be seen outside, and all ponds, streams, etc. have dried up.
Walking in the sun.
Even with the curling stone in hand, Wei Xiyin and the guards behind her were still sweating.
On the way, she always paid attention to whether her hat was worn properly and whether it blocked the sun...
Even Mr. Biscuit began to dislike her dark skin. What if she didn't turn white again in winter? Wouldn't they, the brother and sister, become Africans?
The group moved at a fairly fast pace and soon arrived at the county town.
There are guards on duty in the shadows under the city gate.
It was not until we got closer that we realized that it was not the Wubao troops, but the Wei family army on duty here.
Seeing that it was a girl coming, the Wei family soldiers saluted quickly.
Wei Xiyin nodded and pointed at the city gate, asking, "Did Third Uncle assign you to be on duty here?"
One of the soldiers quickly replied, "My lady, the general said we have been back for a while and want to help with the work, so he ordered his men to guard the city gate."
After finding the water source, part of the Wei family army followed the orders of Mingjingtang and was responsible for transporting water, while the rest returned to the camp and had nothing else to do except daily training.
The general once instructed the soldiers to follow the girl's instructions.
But the girl went out a few days ago and did not come back. Seeing that the soldiers were fine, Wei Ling asked them to patrol the border of Ling County with the Wei family's troops and be responsible for the security of the county.
Wei Xiyin nodded, "Understood."
It just so happened that Mingjingtang needed to open up new fields. She would go and tell her cousin Ling later that before the trip to Zhongshan, she would send the Wei family army to Yimu to clean up the monsters and protect the safety of the people who were working there.
Wei Xiyin didn't stay at the door for too long and soon entered the county town.
The changes in the city are huge.
The workshops on both sides of the road have been planned out, with stone walls standing tall. Each workshop is separated from the others, and there are alleys behind them leading to other places. Numbers are hung in front of the doors, and there is nothing above the gate, with no plaque.
We walked along the way for a while.
Then I saw a workshop with a plaque hanging on it.
The plaque reads - Wei's Paper Mill.
Wei Xiyin stopped, thought for a moment, and stepped inside.
As you walk into the paper mill, you can instantly smell the aroma of sawdust mixed in the hot air.
At the entrance is a large yard specially used for drying clothes.
The walls are covered with oversized sheets of paper hanging out to dry.
In the corner next to it, there was an extra-large boiler with steam rising from it. Someone was putting raw materials into the iron pot for fermentation, stirring constantly with wooden tools, dividing the remaining size and filtering impurities through a sieve until a pure and white paper paste was obtained.
Wei Chengliang is working with the craftsmen to spread the paper paste on a large balcony so that it can dry naturally in the sun.
At present, many bamboo forests are withered, and people need to go deep into the mountains to cut down the materials. In addition, there is not enough water, so they will finish making the first batch of paper first, and will have to wait until the water level rises in winter before they can start work again.
Seeing Wei Xiyin coming over, he quickly wiped the water and powder off his hands.
"Why is Wu Niang here?"
Wei Xiyin saluted him, "Uncle Liang, is the paper mill going well?"
Wei Chengliang smiled and said, "It's going pretty smoothly. We've only been working here for two days. The main reason is that the Mingjingtang uses up paper too quickly. If we don't get a batch out quickly, the fort will soon be out of paper."
There are books with relevant records about papermaking technology in Wubao, so it is not difficult to make it.
When Wei Chengliang learned that he was about to become the manager of the paper mill, he found all the books while the workshop was still under construction and read and studied them carefully.
As the saying goes, the beginning is always the hardest. He thought it would take at least a few days to sort things out.
Unexpectedly, the process went exceptionally smoothly.
On the second day of work, they successfully made paper.
Wei Xiyin also smiled and said, "That's good. In the future, the fortress will be able to be self-sufficient, and our lives will get better and better."
Wei Chengliang agreed from the bottom of his heart.
The two men were not familiar with each other, and he was not a good talker, so after chatting for a few sentences, he took the initiative to take people to visit the paper mill.
The paper mill was built in a standard manner.
There are huge pulping pools built in several houses in the front yard. Due to the current water shortage, only one pulping pool is in use and the rest are temporarily vacant.
The other processing room was crowded with people.
Many people stood in front of the huge balcony, chopping bamboo, bark and other materials into pieces, transporting them out, adding water and stirring them, and steaming them to form a mixture.
The workshop is not big and you can finish the tour in no time.
In order to get closer to Wei Chengliang, Wei Xiyin took the initiative to mention Wei Chengliang's newly born child.
"My little cousin is one month old, right? My niece is often out, so I haven't seen him yet. It's really a bit rude."
Hearing her mention the child, Wei Chengliang's face was filled with the joy of being a father for the first time. "We are all family. Wu Niang can come and see the child anytime she wants. Uncle Wu specially sent a gift when the child was one month old..."
"Oh, by the way, thanks to Wu Niang's care, my wife's younger sister is currently working with Mr. Chu. She has become much more stable. My wife has always wanted to thank Wu Niang..."
Zhuang Shuyu currently works as a record officer at a research institute and receives a monthly salary. In order to earn food for her newborn nephew, she works hard every day.
Her family didn't know what she was doing specifically, they only knew that she was following Chu Yu and thought she was helping Wei Xiyin take care of some outside affairs.
Wei Xiyin returned the original words to him and said with a smile: "We are all family, why be polite."
The two chatted for a while.
Wei Xiyin then said, "My niece has something else to do with cousin Ting, so I'll go take care of it first."
Wei Chengliang didn't dare to delay her and walked her all the way to the door.
After coming out.
The sun was shining brightly outside, there were few people on the streets, and the whole county seemed a little deserted.
There is still a long way to go to restore the former prosperity.
Wei Xiyin walked to the arsenal as if she were familiar with the route.
Wei Ting is extremely low-key, and the plaque outside the door still reads - Blacksmith Shop.
The workshop number next to the door is a very eye-catching character [壹], suggesting that this is the first workshop completed.
It's very lively inside.
Except for one blacksmith and three apprentices who stayed in the blacksmith shop of the dock to help the workers repair tools, all the other craftsmen and apprentices moved here.
The person at the door saw the girl coming and hurried in to inform Mr. Ting.
Wei Ting came out quickly.
Wei Xiyin waved her hand, "He's not a stranger, why did Cousin Ting come out to greet him?"
Wei Ting smiled and jokingly said, "It's all built inside. I was afraid that my fifth cousin would get lost, so I had to come out to greet her."
Wei Xiyin: “…”Who are you looking down on?
Only after she walked in did she understand why Wei Ting said that.
The arsenal is almost the size of two military camps.
The front yard alone is very spacious.
More than a dozen furnace houses are arranged neatly, and behind them are various warehouses and houses for different purposes, stretching as far as the eye can see.
If she really had to go through each room one by one looking for someone, she would be exhausted.
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