Yan Xiwen took 800 heads and three rebel leaders to Linjiang Prefecture - he needed to report to the prefect, and the prefect would send someone to escort the 800 heads and three rebel leaders back to the capital.
Yan Xiwen immediately wrote the battle report to Fu Xiaoguan. He labeled these bandits as rebels, as they were subordinates of the traitor Gong Shenchang. He then used extremely flowery rhetoric to describe the two battles, explaining that they were the result of the concerted efforts of the Yao County Constables and the Xishan Guards. He had coordinated the command from the Xishan Branch Court, with Fu Xiaoguan's full cooperation. At the cost of hundreds of casualties, the Xishan Branch Court had wiped out the two rebel forces beneath Daishan.
At the end of the document, it was mentioned that the bandit problem was endless and the Yao County constables were unable to cope with it. The emperor was requested to allow the establishment of a militia in Xishan to prevent the bandits from attacking again and to ensure the safety of the people.
In response to this, Fu Xiaoguan originally wanted to wipe out himself and Xishan, but what Yan Xiwen said made sense: There are only about twenty constables in my Yao County, and there are 800 damn bandits. If I tell others about this, will His Majesty believe it?
Of course, Yan Xiwen also wrote a letter to the Yan family, but this letter was not shown to Fu Xiaoguan.
This letter described the real situation here and the author's opinion of Fu Xiaoguan. It also hinted that Fu Xiaoguan was a good person, and if his family had any misunderstandings about him, they could be eliminated in view of the great contribution he had made today.
After these two battles, the new recruits at the Daishan Training Base finally realized the cruelty of war and understood that the enemy was everywhere. Their training became more rigorous and the men became more silent.
Bai Yulian took this opportunity to promote a group of grassroots generals. The platoon leaders and company commanders were finally complete, but the generals at the battalion and regiment levels were not yet there. According to Fu Xiaoguan, the generals at the battalion commander level would have to wait at least half a year, and the generals at the regimental commander level would have to wait a year.
Daishan Camp resumed its daily training, and Xishan Workshop also got back on track.
The trial production of soap has been completed and mass production has now begun.
The perfume workshop is restricted by the daily production of its instruments, so the first batch of 300 bottles of perfume, which have been stored for nearly two months, has been sent to Shangjing. They will be sent out continuously thereafter, but the maximum will not exceed 500 bottles.
The papermaking workshop has all the necessary personnel and equipment, and has recently started trial production. Mass production will not be far away.
In the most important R&D center, Qin Chengye and others have completed the installation and debugging of the required equipment. Because the iron ore in Fenglin Mountain has not yet been smelted, Qin Chengye somehow got a lot of iron from the Yao County Foundry. He is now studying how to reduce the impurity content in the iron and make it more rigid.
Li Yi's research on the explosives and powders had made some progress, improving their moisture resistance, but Fu Xiaoguan still felt it didn't meet wartime requirements. Fu Xiaoguan also assigned Li Yi two research projects: a delayed fuse and a trigger detonation device.
As for the blast furnace at Fenglin Mountain, it is currently under construction. Feng Laosi's letter stated that this type of blast furnace has been recognized by the smelting masters, and they have decided to build one first to try it out and see if there is anything that needs to be improved.
He had to go to Fenglinshan, but not now because Wang Qiang's wedding was coming.
On December 12, the eighth year of the Xuanli calendar, the Wang Er family in Wangjia Village celebrated the New Year more lively than in previous years.
Firstly, Wang Er himself has a high prestige in Wangjia Village. Secondly, Wang Er's family is deeply trusted by the young master. Now Wang Er's construction team is well-known in the surrounding area. Thirdly, Wang Er has already spread the news that the young master will come in person to attend Wang Qiang's wedding.
It was the slack season for farmers and there were less than twenty days left until the Chinese New Year, so more than a hundred people from Wangjia Village simply came to Wang Qiang's house.
The girls and women went to help boil water and wash dishes, and the men, young and old, brought tables and chairs from their homes and sat in the yard to drink tea and chat.
Wang Er was busy greeting guests inside and outside the house. Wang Qiang had already led a wedding procession consisting of dozens of young people, carrying a sedan chair and playing suona, to Zhang Xiaomei's house.
The two houses are only a few hundred meters apart, but the rules cannot be broken.
The kitchen at home was definitely not enough, so five earthen stoves were dug outside Wang Er's courtyard. At this moment, fires were lit in the stoves, and steamed meat was placed in the steamers on the stoves.
The cook was invited from the lower village. He was busy on the long chopping board next to the earthen stove. There were many women around him helping him. They said that Wang Qiang was really lucky and Zhang Xiaomei had married into a good family. All this was thanks to the young master. In the future, their own sons' marriages could not be worse than Wang Er's family's. If the young master had time to do them a favor and come to their house, it would be a big event that could be recorded in the family tree.
Fu Xiaoguan prepared a generous gift.
He brought a big red envelope and an emerald bracelet. This bracelet was a gift he received when he went to Beijing, and he was just giving it to Buddha today.
Accompanying him were Su Mo, Su Rou, Su Jue, and of course the girl Chunxiu.
Su Rou came because she was quite curious about what marriage was like. For Su Rou, who had lived in a Taoist temple since childhood, no one taught her such things.
As for Su Jue, well, Su Jue was dragged here by Su Rou.
The group walked through the fields and came to Wangjia Village. Today, Wangjia Village is full of vitality and new atmosphere. The blue brick and tile houses and courtyards are arranged in an orderly manner, and the courtyards of every household are made of cement.
Clean, tidy, beautiful and elegant, in Fu Xiaoguan's eyes, it looks like a new rural area.
"The young master is here, the young master is here!" The children who were playing saw Fu Xiaoguan from afar. They ran all the way and cheered, which immediately alarmed Wang Er and the villagers in the yard.
So Wang Er led the villagers out to greet them. Fu Xiaoguan waved his hand and walked over with a happy face.
"Don't worry about me today. Go and do your own thing. Have you brought your new wife back?"
"Not yet. It's not time yet. It's close, just a few steps away."
"I haven't prepared anything, just this small gift, please accept it."
“Absolutely not…”
"What's the matter? Master's words are no longer effective? This bracelet is for your daughter-in-law. Don't hide it."
Everyone laughed. Wang Er accepted it awkwardly and led Fu Xiaoguan and his party into the yard.
Su Rou felt that this wedding was quite lively, but... if she were getting married, where would there be so many guests?
Su Jue walked upright, looking at the young man surrounded by the crowd in front of him, thinking that he was indeed different from others. He got along so well with these villagers without any barriers at all. It seemed that what his junior brother said was right.
Fu Xiaoguan was like a farmer at this moment. He chatted with the villagers about production, and his words were clear and logical. He sounded more experienced than these experienced farmers. Su Jue looked at Fu Xiaoguan again, thinking, is there really someone in this world who is born with knowledge?
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