Quankaipingwei has been mobilized, and everyone is involved in intense and busy work. Under the leadership of Master Wei, the infantry began to work on paper armor. First, they collected various plants in the wild so that they could be made from these plants.
All kinds of paper. Although the quality of the paper is not very good, the production of paper nails does not have any requirements on the quality of the paper.
It seemed that it was time for the young men to do their part. They used wooden hammers to hit the thick papers and kept beating them until they were beaten into armor pieces more than two inches thick. Each of these armor pieces was made of paper armor.
Thousands of pieces are needed, which is a lot of work.
Others in the craftsman's camp were responsible for using silk threads to connect the completed armor pieces together to make a pair of paper armors.
The sergeants of the cavalry were constantly patrolling around Kaiping Guard, extending one hundred and fifty miles to the north to prevent the Tatars from sneak attacks. Since there were few cavalry, this task was very difficult. Feng Mo took charge of it.
All the cavalry that could be released were released, and he even personally led the team to conduct investigations.
Every day, Jia Ke was either supervising the making of nails or discussing the Tatar trends with Feng Mo. He was so busy that he couldn't even touch the ground every day, wishing he could fly.
In this way, twenty days passed without any danger, and on this day, Jia Ke and Huang Baifeng were inspecting the paper armor you had made in the craftsman camp. The production of the paper armor went much smoother than expected. Twenty
In total, more than 2,500 pairs of paper armors were made in a few days.
There are enough for each of the officers and soldiers to use Pingwei, and there are some for spare. Seeing the results of these twenty days, Jia Ke is very pleased. In these twenty days, the boys have been almost sleepless. Finally, it is completed.
This arduous task.
Jia Ke said to Huang Baifeng: "The boys are very tired now. You take them down to have a good meal and then let them rest for a day. Let's go out on time the day after tomorrow. Everyone puts on paper armor. Let's do another drill and see.
Effect."
Huang Baifeng replied to Jia Ke: "It's all under your command. The boys have been really tired these past two days. These thousands of pieces of armor were made by groups of them. It's really time to take a rest."
Jia Ke smiled and said jokingly to Huang Baifeng: "Huang Qianhu hasn't been home during this time, so it's time to go back and take a look. Otherwise, my sister-in-law may not even let you go to bed."
After Jia Ke and Huang Baifeng finished chatting and joking, he asked him to take all the troops back to rest.
And Jia Ke, you have to stay and express your condolences to Chen Xi, Master Wei and everyone else in the craftsman camp.
In the most decent room in the Jianghu Camp, Jia Ke met with the Prime Minister and the important figures of Master Wei's Jianghu Camp.
Jia Ke first praised Jiang Huying's performance in this assignment, and then decided to reward him.
Jia Ke first rewarded Master Wei. Jia Ke respectfully said to this extraordinary master: "Master Wei is the treasure of our craftsman camp. This time, the successful completion of the paper armor is thanks to him. I have already given him all the credit."
We have to reward him, so we Kaipingwei decided to reward Master Wei with one hundred taels of silver. From today on, he will be the head of Jianghu camp."
When Master Wei heard about Jia Ke's reward, he couldn't believe it. He thought that a reward of more than ten or twenty taels of silver would be good. He didn't expect that this Qianhu master not only rewarded him with a hundred taels of silver, but also quite a lot.
I am afraid that he will become the leader of the camp of thousands of households. This is a great kindness to him.
Master Wei knelt down on the ground tremblingly and said to Jia Ke: "I will never forget your kindness to me. From now on, you will be my reborn parents. If you have anything to do in the future, just tell me.
There is no ambiguity in the whole.”
Jia Ke helped him up, patted his shoulder and said, "Master Wei, you deserve this. Work hard in the future, and there will be more promotion opportunities waiting for you."
After appeasing Master Wei, Jia Ke turned around and said to Chen Xi: "How is it, are you unhappy? Not only did I not reward you for your meritorious service this time, but I wiped your camp head off."
Chen Xi said with a respectful look: "Your Excellency has actually removed my position as the camp leader. You will definitely arrange for me to do other things. I guess I will still be of some use to you."
Jia Ke looked at him with satisfaction and said: "Yes, you are still a little clever. From now on, you will be the chief clerk of Kaipingwei, responsible for all the logistical affairs of Kaipingwei. If you have anything to say, can you
Are you qualified for this position?"
Chen Xi asked Jia Ke to make him the chief registrar of the Kaiping Guards, thinking that he was dreaming. He was just a small camp leader in Jianghu camp, only the eighth grade, not even an official, but a small soldier.
Officer, I have now become the chief registrar of Kaiping Guards. It can be said that I have risen to heaven in one step.
In fact, the main reason why Jia Ke promoted Chen Xi to be the chief registrar of Kaipingwei was that during this period, he had been acting as the chief registrar. The whole affairs of Kaipingwei were too complicated. Now there are several people who stayed from before.
He was assisted by officials, but most of the decisions were still made by him. He was really too busy.
And after he got to know Chen Xi during this period, he found that although this person had some minor problems, he was never confused about major matters. He was also very good at management, and he could also handle the expenses of the Jianghu camp.
The accounts are clear and there is nothing to deduct. He is still a useful person. That's why he was appointed as the chief bookkeeper of Kaipingwei.
Jia Ke said to the grateful Chen Xi: "You have a very heavy task. You will take office this afternoon. There is no time to welcome and send off now. The Tatars may come at any time, and we must prepare as soon as possible."
Chen Xi immediately said: "Sir, I will stay at the Registrar's Yamen today. I will try my best to be familiar with all the work and never hold you back."
Jia Ke said to him with satisfaction: "Now that you are in charge of the register, the most important thing is to count and raise combat supplies to prepare for the next Tatar invasion of us."
Chen Xi, who had made two appraisals, said to Jia Ke: "Don't worry, sir, you will never make any mistakes with me."
After Jia Ke finished giving instructions to him, he left the Jianghu camp. He had to go back to Qianhu Mansion to listen to Feng Mo's report.
When he returned to Qianhu Mansion, he found that Feng Mo, whom he had made an appointment with, did not show up. His heart skipped a beat. If there was nothing important, he would never be late.
While he was anxiously waiting for Feng Mo, he suddenly heard someone outside Qianhu Mansion shouting: "Emergency military situation, urgent military situation is unstoppable."
Jia Ke heard the roar outside and walked out quickly. As soon as he reached the hall, he saw a strange messenger running in embarrassedly, holding a command arrow in his hand. No one dared to stop him. Let him go all the way.
Arrive at the lobby of Qianhu Mansion.
When the messenger saw Jia Ke, he immediately knelt down on one knee, took out a cylinder from his back, handed it to Jia Ke with both hands, and said: "Master Qianhu, Jiedushi has an urgent military order. Please review it."
Jia Ke took the cylinder, and the seal on it was still there. He immediately opened the cylinder and pulled out a set of letters. He immediately opened it and read it. The content above said that the Jiedu Mansion had received news that this year the Tatar people
The old Khan died, and the new Great Khan has just succeeded to the throne. His position is not yet stable. In order to consolidate his authority, he is preparing to go south in a big way in the autumn of this year. On the one hand, he will plunder supplies for the winter, and on the other hand, he will consolidate his authority.
His own position made the grassland unyielding. Let Jia Ke prepare in advance and defend with all his strength so that Kaiping Guards cannot make any mistakes. And once he discovers that the Tatar brigade has arrived, he will immediately report to him and he will do his best to support him, but
He also told him not to have high hopes for support because the direction of the Tatar attack this year was unknown, so every guard post was on alert and there was no support for him for the time being.
After reading the letter, Jia Ke felt a little heavy, but he still asked someone to arrange a rest for the messenger and wait until he finished writing his reply before taking him back to Jiedu Mansion.