Wen Kang pouted, looking unhappy. "I've consulted my second uncle when I got home. I'm sure I'll beat you this time!"
The second uncle he was referring to was naturally Wei Lang.
At that time, Wei Xiyin and the others were still in Zhongshan Kingdom. Wei Lang helped his cousins with work in the county town during the day, and returned home at night. Wen Kang ran to his yard to ask for advice on martial arts.
Wei Lang was very excited after hearing this. It was the first time for him to teach someone martial arts. In the past, others always taught him, but now it was finally his turn to teach his nephew.
He thought about it, took out his usual martial arts posture, hurried to the camp and got two sandbags to tie up Wen Kang.
Wen Kang stood in the yard, a small figure, with a confused expression on his face, letting him do whatever he wanted.
When Wei Lang tied the sandbag and took it, Wen Kang couldn't bear the weight of it and fell headfirst to the ground with a bang, crying loudly in pain.
Uncle Wu came over to bring ice to Erlangjun, but when he saw the scene in the yard, he was scared to death.
I hadn't noticed for a moment, but now Erlangjun has started to torment Xiaolangjun.
If anything goes wrong, the owner of the house will definitely skin him alive.
This matter soon reached Wei Ji's ears.
A medical officer was called in to check, and fortunately Wenkang was not injured.
Wei Ji was so angry that his chest ached. He drove Wei Lang directly to the camp and ordered him not to come back unless he knew his mistake!
Wei Wenkang was confused, but seeing the attitude of his uncles and great-uncle, he realized that this was a very embarrassing thing, so he did not intend to tell the truth in front of his aunt.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Guqiu remained firm in his attitude, "You can't beat me. Wait until you beat Xu Huzi, then come and challenge me again."
The Xu Huzi mentioned by Xiao Guqiu is the son of Xu Laoer and Wang.
The family that was rescued from Yongning County at the beginning, Xu Laoer used to run a pastry shop. After arriving at the fort, he had been working in the public kitchen. Later, when the public kitchen inside the wall was built, he became a small manager there.
Wang has a good relationship with Xie Ruian and currently works in a weaving workshop.
Xu Huzi is ten years old this year and is in the class next door. He is big and strong, and very strong. Wen Kang is not even as tall as his chest, let alone sparring with him. Xu Huzi can lift him up with one hand.
Wen Kang shook his head like a rattle when he heard that, with an expression of great aggrievedness on his face, "Aunt, you are bullying me!" She actually asked him to find Xu Huzi.
While the two children were talking, it was time for class and the teacher walked over.
Xiao Guqiu ignored him and walked straight to the training ground with his small long tasseled spear. Wen Kang was angry and called his little followers to follow his aunt.
The children gathered together according to the coach's instructions, and then ran around the school field with their short legs.
The camp training ground of the dock is not big, and the coaches essentially want to train the children's physique and have no requirements for their training conditions.
But Xiao Guqiu was strong-willed. She had her own training standards and insisted on running the entire course.
Only on the training ground.
Children of different heights and ages ran in circles. Gu Qiu and Xu Huzi were far ahead, standing out among the crowd of children.
She didn't know that her fifth cousin was in the camp and had been watching through the window for a long time.
Wei Xiyin watched silently for a long time before saying to Chang Ying, "Gu Qiu has a strong character and is indeed a good candidate for martial arts. Xu Huzi is not bad either. At ten years old, he's already a grown-up boy. In two or three years, he'll be able to wield a sword and kill enemies."
"As for Wen Kang..." Wei Xiyin did not comment.
Wei Wenkang is only four years old this year, it is still early, there is no need to rush, wait and see when he is older, whether to practice martial arts or pursue literature, it depends on his own wishes in the future.
After all, he is our own child.
Wei Xiyin hopes that he can be able to protect himself and grow up happily and safely. His own thoughts are more important.
Chang Ying nodded slightly, "You are right, young lady. In two or three years, the children who choose to learn martial arts will be old enough to be incorporated into the camp."
The two chatted while observing the children training outside.
After the children finished running, they moved together under the awning to rest for a while before starting the rest of the training.
Hot weather.
Sweat slid down the children's tender cheeks, the backs of the little people were wet with sweat, their little faces became red, and their hair stuck to their wet faces.
"By the way, how is the situation over there with Gong Chun?" Wei Xiyin suddenly thought of Gong Liulang who was still in the mine.
Chang Ying replied: "Everything is fine. The team transporting ore has come back two or three times during this period."
Perhaps knowing that the girl was not there, Gong Liulang did not send any further message after receiving the reply.
A transport team of a thousand people can bring back a lot of raw materials in one trip, and the ore is more than enough.
There are already several warehouses full of raw materials at the arsenal, but they have to mine enough ore before the heavy snow closes the mountains in winter to ensure material consumption throughout the winter.
Wei Xiyin nodded slightly: "Notify Gong Liulang to come back and send someone else over."
Chang Ying was stunned. "Who should I send?"
"Let the uncles and aunts arrange it, or choose two cousins to go." The mine belongs to the clan. Previously, Gong Liulang was chosen to go because the other brothers did not come back.
Wei Xiyin confided to him, "From now on, whether it's Guangping or... Kyoto, Gong Chun must go with him."
The Qichuan Gong family is in Sizhou, very close to Kyoto, so there is no reason not to bring Gong Liulang along.
The governor of Yizhou is his third uncle and is from the same family. The chief secretary is the most trusted confidant in the governor's office and may be a member of the Gong family. He needs to find out the details from Gong Liulang about this matter. With him accompanying him, perhaps he can get twice the result with half the effort.
So Wei Xiyin wished he could go with her.
Chang Ying nodded slightly, "Then I'll go and notify you later."
He suddenly remembered something else. "The salt mine has already begun mining, and the salt production in the county workshop started five days ago. This is handled by Mingjingtang, and the salt workshop is full of Wei clan members."
Plans cannot keep up with changes.
The plan was to wait until the mine was in order before proceeding, but Gong Liulang never came back.
As the population grew, salt consumption also gradually increased. The tribesmen were better off, as every household had stored some salt before, and since they ate in the public kitchen in winter, they almost kept all the supplies at home.
There are now three public kitchens in the public hall, and the consumption is extremely high. In addition, a batch of salt was used to make the "True Fire of the Sun", and the previous reserves in the public hall of the clan have long been consumed.
The location of the salt mine had already been determined, and now that there were enough people, the uncles simply recruited people to mine it themselves.
But salt is a rare resource after all, so the salt mines and salt factories are taken over by the tribesmen without anyone else. That is why the fort is now empty and almost everyone is busy outside.
Wei Xiyin nodded slightly after hearing this, "Just follow the arrangements made by my uncles. The clan should know how to allocate this matter."
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