Wei Ting said, "To prevent the horse armor from breaking, I asked Aunt Qi to sew a batch of spare ones. You can take them with you when you go out."
Wei Xiyin sat aside and sighed, "I want to bring everything. In winter, I need thick clothes and blankets, as well as food, weapons, gunpowder, and fodder... I wonder how many carts I need to carry."
At this moment, she just wanted to look up to the sky and shout, "Give me some space, I can empty the entire earth!"
Wei Ting said gently, "That can't be helped. We must prepare enough food and fodder. It won't hurt to bring more."
He opened the drawer and took out the key, preparing to take his cousin to the warehouse to check out the horse armor.
"By the way, how many soldiers does Fifth Cousin plan to send out so I can start counting the weapons."
Wei Xiyin replied without thinking: "Ten thousand."
Wei Ting's eyelids jumped when he heard this. "The Zhongshan Army alone has 9,000 soldiers, and we're only sending 1,000?"
Then the Zhongshan Army will have to make great efforts this time.
"Yes." Wei Xiyin said, "It is very likely that we will not be able to return in time during the winter. Although Qinghe County is safe, we still need to leave enough troops to garrison Ling County."
Wei Ting had known about her trip to Guangping for a long time, but he didn't know that she also planned to go to Kyoto in winter.
Wei Xiyin didn't intend to elaborate.
The troops preparing to go to Kyoto will wait for Chang Ying to come back before making their selection. She has family members in the fortress and does not plan to take them with her. Everyone has people they care about, and there is no need to keep others away from their loved ones for their own selfish reasons.
And while she was in Hejian County, Chang Ying made preparations, including preparing another batch of supplies to be sent to Kyoto.
The troops stayed in the camp to strengthen their training and gradually handed over the security of the fort to the Wei family army.
It is enough to send out a thousand Wei family soldiers.
Wei Ting suddenly remembered something, "Oh right, the production of small black balls in Shilin Village has suddenly increased dramatically recently, and another batch of small black balls was escorted here this morning."
Explosives need to be returned to the warehouse in a timely manner.
Except for a small number of small black balls reserved in the dock armory, the rest are stored in the warehouse of the arsenal.
In the past, a batch of registration was escorted back to the warehouse every five days.
But recently, for some reason, there are escort vehicles arriving every day, and the number has suddenly increased five times more than before.
Wei Xiyin knew it well, and said calmly: "As expected, motivation brings energy, which is good."
Mr. Qu is so diligent. He can use the little black ball to do other transactions in the future. Zhongshan is so big and there are many good things.
But the most important thing now...
She couldn't help but pointed at the untouched food on the table and said, "I'm not in a hurry. Cousin, you should eat first before going to the warehouse. Don't let yourself get sick from overeating."
It’s not okay not to eat on time.
Medical care is backward and the cost of illness is too high.
Wei Ting was stunned when he heard this, and then he realized it when he saw the food on the table. He had forgotten about it because he was busy.
"Where are the servants in cousin Ting's house? How about leaving a servant to serve him?" Wei Xiyin was a little worried. He was the only child in the fifth house, and there was no one around to care for him.
My grandfather and my third uncle lived in the fort and couldn't watch over him all the time.
"The servants stayed in the dock to work, and they seem to have gone out recently."
Wei Ting found it a bit funny. "It's just that I forget occasionally. There's no need to keep someone to wait on me. As the elder brother, I have to set an example for my brothers and sisters."
Wei Xiyin stopped talking after hearing this. After all, it was her cousin's own private matter. He was already such an adult, so just a few words of advice would be enough for him to understand.
While Wei Ting was eating, she picked up the handwriting beside her and started to read it.
Detailed records are kept of the weapons produced and issued daily at the arsenal.
The spearhead of the long tassel spear is made of a mold, and twenty can be produced at a time. It needs to be polished by manpower, and about three hundred can be produced every day.
Another workshop was added to manufacture gun barrels.
The production of the gun barrel is more complicated.
Based on the records in books, Wei Ting re-screened the materials for the modification of a new batch of long tassel spears. Because ordinary wood has poor toughness and is relatively fragile, mahogany and elm wood are preferred. They are soaked in cooked oil to increase toughness and then painted with several layers of raw lacquer.
"Actually, the best kind of wood is the kind used for making bows and arrows. Due to the unusual weather, the material is hard to find, and even if we can find it, it's only a small amount, so it can't be mass-produced."
After Wei Ting finished his meal, he saw that she was looking at him intently and couldn't help but say, "It takes a year to prepare the materials for the good gun barrels. We can only improve them step by step and refine them slowly."
"For example, the lance shaft is a complex craft, made of mulberry wood glued together with fish glue. It takes several months just to sun-dry, soak, and air-dry. Wei He found a batch of materials while collecting saltpeter and brought it back. I soaked a batch, but we won't see the results until next year."
Wei Ting rarely spoke much. He had read almost all the books on weapons in the fortress. In less than a year, he had become very proficient in weapons.
They can even make appropriate modifications according to needs, and they are quite talented in this area.
Wei Xiyin smiled, "No rush, let's take it slow. As our territory gets bigger, we'll find more and more materials in the future."
She put the notebook back on the table.
The cousins went out together and went to the warehouse to count the weapons needed for the trip.
It was already evening when Wei Xiyin returned to the dock.
Also returning today are more than 2,000 soldiers who went to Cuo County, Xinxiang and Dongyang.
The cleanup in three counties to the southeast was declared complete.
The leading General Chen handed the supply cart they pushed back to Mingjingtang and planned to take his men back to the county town to rest.
As a result, he was stopped by Wei Mingkuan who came back with him.
"General Chen, while there aren't many people around right now, take the soldiers and get the bedding."
General Chen looked surprised, "We have it too?"
Wei Mingkuan smiled and said, "Of course. You didn't bring any thick clothes with you. So take your bedding first. We'll distribute the clothes once Mingjingtang sorts them out."
The supplies brought back included not only quilts and cloth, but also many uncontaminated ready-made clothes, most of which were old clothes that had been worn and were used after being washed.
General Chen clasped his fists and thanked him, "Thank you very much, Master Jiu. I'll let them know right away."
As the sky grew darker, torches were lit all around to provide illumination.
The lights at the gate of the wall were brightly lit, and the work of distributing bedding was still in full swing.
The soldiers, holding the blankets they had just received, gathered in groups of three or four, talking and laughing as they walked on the official road.
General Chen stood at the door, staring at everyone's departing backs with a complicated expression.
Soldiers at the lower level are actually very easy to satisfy. Perhaps all they need is a meal and a quilt, and everyone will be as happy as if it were New Year's Day.
I have to say that the living atmosphere of the Wei family is really good and can easily impress everyone who lives here.
I wonder what the situation is like in Zhongshan. Has Xing Shi already led the Left Vanguard Battalion to clean up and reclaim lost territory? Has everyone made preparations for the winter?
The more he saw the stable life in the dock, the more he worried about his hometown.
Who knows.
Early the next morning, Zhongshan State sent someone to deliver the news.
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