"Chief Chen Banner, all our drills require that if you are hit by an arrow, you must exit the drill immediately and stand on the side of the road without moving until the drill is over.

The cavalryman was shot by a Japanese pirate archer just now. He has already withdrawn from the drill. Two of the Japanese pirates were also shot. You see, they also quit the drill." Su Ming pointed to the place where the "Japanese pirate" team had withdrawn from the distance.

Bing explained to Chen Jian.

"This is more reasonable, but if there are really so many Japanese pirates wearing armor, the short bow may not be so effective. Of course, this does not affect the fairness of the drill." Chen Jian also felt the significance of this drill and kept staring.

Yuanfang said to Su Ming.

By the time the "Japanese pirates" arrived at the salt factory, the workers here had already left, the gate of the salt factory had been closed, and only two of the five cavalry were left. However, they were still able to slow down the Japanese pirates' advance, which also gave people in the villages outside the fort

Retreating bought time.

The Japanese pirates came to the salt factory and separated more than 20 people to go to the salt factory. As a result, the gate was closed and they could only climb the wall to enter. The wall made of cement is not easy to damage. As a result, the "Japanese pirates" were just pretending and did not enter the salt factory.

Bao Duo entangled them and came together towards the Erwei Bao direction.

At this time, Erwei Fort was the most lively. All the escorts organized the people to enter the fort in an orderly manner. The people in Xinsi Village were the fastest. It only took less than a quarter of an hour for them all to enter the gate, while the others

People from the six villages also arrived one after another. Although they were nervous, no one was crowded.

After the "Japanese pirates" passed the Salt Fort, they divided into several groups and went to each village. Half of the "Japanese pirates" headed towards Erwei Fort.

When Ma Xingwang and Chen Jian saw this drill, in less than half a quarter of an hour, the people from the ten villages outside Erwei Fort had basically entered the fort. By the time more than 50 "Japanese pirates" led by Cao Chunrui arrived at Erwei Fort,

Outside the fort, the gate of Erwei Fort was closed, and the people who had not had time to enter the fort fled to the surrounding woods.

"This is simply unimaginable. No wonder the people outside Erwei Fort are not afraid of Japanese pirate attacks. Children dare to go out to play. I originally thought that those who do small business do not care about life and death. It turns out that everyone has someone to rely on." Ma Xingwang

Said with sigh.

Chen Jian and the soldiers he led were silent. They watched Su Qingping take people to each village to check every household to see if there was anyone here. However, they were stunned for so long but no one was found. They all knew that there was no one in the village.

It is impossible for all the people to escape, we can only say that everyone hid very well.

After continuing to wait here for half an hour, the gate of Erwei Fort opened. Today's drill was over. Su Qingping gathered all the people found in each village and asked them to wait at the entrance of the village. Each village made statistics on the people found, and then based on today's results

Performance rewards or punishes everyone.

Ma Xingwang and Chen Jian thought that the exercise was over, but they were taken back to Erwei Fort by Su Ming. They saw that all the captains and flags from each village had arrived, and a total of more than 60 people were sitting in the back fort practicing martial arts.

At the scene, Su Ren summarized today's drill.

Everyone's performance was not up to standard today, and who was mishandled in which link. Each flag leader and team leader discussed together with the village, and the scene was very lively. This discussion lasted for more than two hours, until everyone was already hungry.

Gu Ming, Su Ren concluded and announced the rewards and punishments for the personnel.

The rewards were all real money, while the punishments were mostly training. Chen Jian couldn't help but shake his head after seeing this, feeling that so many rewards were simply a waste.

Today's drill wasted most of Er Wei Bao's time. Su Ren still spent money like this. No matter how much money Er Wei Bao had, it would not be such a waste. And he always felt that the untouchables were not worth caring about so much, and it was useless to spend money on them.

waste.

In the afternoon, all the guard captains, Xiaoqi, and people from the village and above in Fort Erwei went to the inn for dinner. Everyone didn't drink much. They all talked about the recent changes in Fort Erwei. Ma Xingwang heard from everyone's mouths how much they cherish their current life.

, everyone regards Japanese pirates and pirates as their biggest enemies.

At night, Ma Xingwang was in his room and saw the maid taking out the newly made clothes for him. He didn't know what he was thinking. In another yard, Chen Jian heard his subordinates talking about today's drill at Fort Wei, and he felt envious in his heart.

It was hard to see that Chen Jian couldn't help but feel depressed. He wanted to chat with Ma Xingwang, but he didn't know what to talk about. Fortunately, he was lying on the bed alone. How should he report to Yao Qianhu about Er Weibao?

In the early morning of the next day, Ma Xingwang originally thought that Su Ming would come to see him, but when someone from the Su family came with a message, he said that Su Ming had left the fort to go to the new village to check out the new cement-burning furnace, and asked him to make his own arrangements today.

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Ma Xingwang didn't fully believe what he saw in the past few days. Erweibao was just a small one-hundred-household residence in Jinshanwei, but it showed better discipline than Jinshanwei Town. He had to carefully see Erweibao alone.

The true face of Weiburg.

There were still bursts of training sounds coming from behind the fort. The soldiers of Fort Wei seemed to be training every day. Ma Xingwang was used to this. When he came to the business district, there were already shops of nearly aristocratic families. When Ma Xingwang entered, he saw that there was even a grain store here.

But the price is about 30% higher than that of Jinshanwei. I feel that the Su family is too evil.

But think about it, Erwei Fort is close to the sea and does not produce food. The food sent by Jinshanwei Town every year cannot feed even a hundred people. Without other channels for food, it is simply untenable here. Su Ren must buy food.

It’s very difficult, and it’s okay for food prices to be higher.

There is nothing to see in other places. Except for the elderly and children in the common people's homes, the young and middle-aged people are all working inside and outside the fort.

Both men and women here seem to have endless work to do every day. Yesterday afternoon, I didn't go out. In just half a day, the new city wall at the city gate was raised to a height of more than three feet. The speed is amazing.

After walking around Erwei Fort, Ma Xingwang left the fort alone and visited the previous six villages. He already knew the locations of the six villages yesterday.

After arriving at the old village, Ma Xingwang found that the people in these villages were as busy as the people in Erwei Fort. Everyone got a lot of refractory materials, clay, carbon residue, etc., crushed them, and sent them to Xinsi Village to exchange money. Ma Xingwang asked

Next, a village of more than 200 people can earn more than three taels of silver a day, which is a lot for the people.

After visiting all six villages, the villagers saw that Ma Xingwang looked kind and not a bad guy. No one hid anything he asked. They knew that the salary of the salt factory workers was at least 2 taels of silver per month, which shocked him.

Already.

A worker who cooked salt earned more than his master, and his sense of superiority was severely hit. And working in the village for a day can earn more than ten cents. These two Weibans are better than those in Jinshanwei Town.

Many civilians are much richer.

Seeing that most of the people were wearing coarse cloth, and most of the people wearing linen cloth were newly arrived refugees or servants, Ma Xingwang felt that this place had begun to have a bit of a city feel, but the officials in Jinshanwei Town

, still don’t know anything about this place.

In the next few days, Su Ming and Su Ren rarely showed up. Chen Jian led his men to train with the soldiers of Erwei Fort all day long. They had good food and sufficient training every day, and their combat power improved rapidly.

Ma Xingwang either drinks tea in his yard every day or walks around. On this day, Su Ming was checking the quality of the newly fired cement in the West Village, asking the person in charge about the firing temperature and time, and putting forward his own opinions. At this time, he saw

Ma Xingwang came from a distance.

"If the horse is prosperous, why don't you go out for a walk?" Su Ming saw Master Ma stepping forward and asked.

"Baye, I've been here for seven days. Yao Qianhu asked us to come to inspect the output of the salt factory and provide suggestions for improvement of the salt field. We have been in the fort for so many years. When are we going to the salt factory?" Ma Xingwang

asked.

"Look at my memory. I've been so busy these days that I've forgotten about the main things. I'm already pretty busy here. Why don't we go to the salt field now? I also want Master Ma to give us some advice." Su Ming

said.

Master Ma has walked to the salt factory several times in the past few days but has never gone there because he knows that the salt factory is the most important to Erwei Fort. It would be very dangerous to go there alone without someone to guide him.

"It's not too early today, let's do it tomorrow! Why don't we take Banner Master Chen and the others with us tomorrow? After all, Yao Qianhu asked them to protect the salt factory." Ma Xingwang asked cautiously.

"No problem. I'll have someone notify Banner Master Chen in the afternoon and we'll go there after lunch tomorrow," Su Ming said.

Erwei Fort usually eats two meals a day. Soldiers who have strong training tasks only eat three meals. Guests like Ma Xingwang can also eat three meals if they want. Lunch is usually only eaten during the middle of the day. Workers should go there at this time.

When they were most busy, Ma Xingwang nodded.

Su Ming saw that furnaces were built in the four villages. Among them, the ones in West Village and North Village were specialized in firing cement. The furnaces in East Village and Nancun were built for firing bricks and tiles, because Su Ming felt that bricks and tiles were very important in the construction of Erwei Fort.

The consumption is not large now. After the bricks are fired in a few days, the watchtower can be built.

When I got home, I saw that Tie Zhu was bringing back all the snow salt that was cooked today. Since the No. 5 salt field is about to be put into production, the furnaces in the salt field have rarely stopped in recent days. Today Tie Zhu brought back four carts of snow salt, a total of 35

There are many rocks. The weather has been getting better and better recently, and the salt castle has become more and more salty.

"Eighth brother, you're back! How is the furnace construction in Xinsi Village outside the fort?" Su Ren asked when he saw Su Ming coming back.

"It's no problem. I've asked the Dongcun furnace to bake bricks and the Nancun furnace to bake tiles, so that bricks and tiles can become an income for us in the future." Su Ming saw that the servant had brought him face wash.

Saying that, he washed his face.

"You are the most talented, eighth brother. There are many ways to make money one after another. Recently, our store's income has been increasing. I took a look yesterday and found more than thirty taels. This way, by the end of the month, it will almost equal our expenses.

Yes." Su Ren looked at Su Ming and said with a smile.

"Our expenditures are basically workers' wages and soldiers' salaries. We are able to balance it now because things such as grain stores and cloth stores are constantly being consumed. Our expenditures on goods such as grain and cloth should also be counted together.

Ma Xingwang came to see me this afternoon and said he was going to the salt factory tomorrow," Su Ming said.

"What do you think should be done?" Su Ren asked.

Originally, Yao Qianhu sent someone to arrive, and the conflict between the two parties was already irreconcilable. However, Su Ming boldly showed everything about Erwei Fort to the other party. Now the relationship between them is very good, but Yao Qianhu will always make excuses after all.

Su Ren was still very worried about dealing with them.

"If you want to see it, let him see it! Brother, find an opportunity to get close to Chen Jianduo and leave a good impression on him. I don't think it will be long before Ma Xingwang and Chen Jian report to Yao Qianhu about the situation here.

Already.

As long as Yao Qianhu doesn't feel that we have strong hostility, he won't be determined to fight us to the death, and if our matter doesn't come to the commander, it won't be a big problem." Su Ming said to his eldest brother.
Chapter completed!