The Quankai Pingwei has been mobilized, and everyone has been engaged in intense and busy work, and the infantry, under the leadership of Master Wei, have begun to do their own work in paper armor. First, we collected all kinds of plants in the field so that we could use them to make all kinds of paper. Although the quality of the paper is not very good, the production of paper armor does not require the quality of the paper.

It seemed that it was time for the lads to do their part, and they picked up the wooden hammers and pounded them incessantly against the thick paper. Until the paper is broken into a piece of armor more than two inches thick. Each of these pieces of paper requires thousands of pieces, which is a lot of work.

The rest of the artisan camp was responsible for connecting these finished pieces of armor with silk threads to make a pair of paper armors.

The sergeants of the cavalry corps, on the other hand, patrolled around Kaipingwei incessantly, extending one hundred and fifty miles to the north. In order to prevent the Tatars from coming to sneak attack, due to the small number of cavalry, this task is very strong, Feng Mo released all the cavalry that could be released, and even he personally led the team to investigate.

Jia Ke was either supervising the production of nails every day, or discussing the movements of the Tatars with Feng Mo, and he was so busy every day that his feet did not touch the ground, and he couldn't wait to fly.

In this way, twenty days were spent without danger, and on this day, Jia Kezheng and Huang Baifeng inspected the paper armor you made in the craftsman camp, and the production of the paper armor was much smoother than expected, and a total of more than 2,500 pairs of paper armor were made in 20 days.

There are enough soldiers to open the Ping Guard with one pair each, and some for backup. See the fruits of those twenty days. Jia Ke was very pleased, in the past twenty days, the boys have almost never sleeped. This daunting task has finally been accomplished.

Jia Ke said to Huang Baifeng: "The young men are very tired now, you take them down to have a good meal, and then let them rest for a day." The day after tomorrow, we will go out on time to exercise, everyone will put on paper armor, and let's do another exercise to see the effect. ”

Huang Baifeng replied to Jia Ke and said, "Listen to your lord's orders. The boys have been really tired in the past two days, and these thousands of pieces of armor were knocked out by them in groups. It's really time to take a break. ”

Jia Ke smiled and said to Huang Baifeng jokingly: "Huang Qianhu hasn't gone home during this time, so it's time to go back and take a look." Otherwise, my sister-in-law may not let you go to bed. ”

After Jia Ke and Huang Baifeng finished talking and laughing, they let him go back to rest with all the people first.

And Jia Ke, you have to stay and express your condolences to Chen Xi, Master Wei and other people in the craftsman camp.

In the most decent room of the craftsman camp, Jia Ke met with Cheng Xing and the important people of Master Wei's craftsman camp.

Jia Ke first praised the performance of the craftsman camp in this appointment. Then it was decided to reward it.

Jia Ke first rewarded Master Wei, and Jia Ke respectfully said to this extraordinary master: "Master Wei is the treasure of our craftsman camp, and this time the paper armor was successfully completed thanks to him." If you have merit, you can't go unrewarded, so let's Kaipingwei decided to reward Master Wei with one hundred taels of silver. And from today onwards it is the head of the artisan battalion. ”

When Master Wei heard Jia Ke's reward, he couldn't believe it, he thought that there was a reward of more than ten or twenty taels of silver, which would be good. Unexpectedly, this Lord of Thousand Households not only rewarded him with one hundred taels of silver, but also feared that he would become the head of the camp of the Thousand Households. This is a generous kindness to him.

Master Wei trembled and knelt on the ground, and said to Jia Ke: "I will never forget the kindness of adults to me, and from now on adults will be my reborn parents." If there is anything to say in the future, all of my craftsmen's camp will not be ambiguous. ”

Jia Ke helped him up, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Master Wei, this is what you deserve." Do a good job in the future, and there are more opportunities for promotion waiting for you. ”

After appeasing Master Wei, Jia Ke turned around and said to Chen Xi again: "How is it, are you unhappy?" Not only did I not reward you for your meritorious work this time, but I wiped out your camp. ”

Chen Xi said respectfully: "My lord has actually wiped my position as the head of the camp, and he will definitely arrange for me to do other things." I think I'm still of some use to adults. ”

Jia Ke looked at him with satisfaction and said, "Yes, you are still a little smart, from now on, you are the master of Kaipingwei, responsible for all the logistics of Kaipingwei." What do you have to say, are you up to the job? ”

Chen Xi asked Jia Ke to let him serve as the chief secretary of Kaipingwei, thinking that he was dreaming, he was just a small battalion head of the craftsman battalion, only from the eighth grade, not even an official, only a small official, I am now the master of Kaipingwei, it can be said that I have ascended to heaven in one step.

In fact, the main reason why Jia Ke promoted Chen Xi to be the chief bookkeeper of Kaipingwei is that he has been acting as the chief bookkeeper during this time, and the whole Kaipingwei is too complicated. Now there are a few officials who have stayed in the past, but most of the things are decided by him. He's just a little too busy.

And after he came into contact with Chen Xi during this time, he found that although this person had some minor problems, he was never confused in major matters. And in terms of management, there is also a set, and the accounts can be clear and there is nothing to deduct for the current expenses of the artisan household. It's kind of a person who can use it. That's why he was made the chief secretary of Kaipingwei.

Jia Ke said to Chen Xi, who was grateful: "Your task is very heavy, and you will go to work this afternoon." There's no time for a welcome or farewell now. The Tatars may come at any time, so we must prepare as soon as possible. ”

Chen Xi immediately said, "My lord, I will live in the main bookkeeper's yamen today." Try to be familiar with all the work and never hold the adults back. ”

Jia Ke said to him with satisfaction: "You are now in charge of the main book, and the most important thing is to count and raise war materials, so as to prepare for the next Tatar invasion of us. ”

Chen Xi said to Jia Ke twice: "If you don't worry, you will never make a mistake with me." ”

After Jia Ke instructed him, he left the craftsman camp. He also 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, who had already made an appointment, did not appear, and he chuckled in his heart. He would never be late if there was nothing important.

When he was anxiously waiting for Feng Mo, he suddenly heard someone outside the Qianhu Mansion shouting loudly: "Emergency military situation, urgent military situation is unstoppable." ”

Jia Ke listened to the roar outside, hurriedly walked out, and as soon as he walked to the hall, he saw a strange herald, who ran in in embarrassment, holding an arrow in his hand, and everyone dared not stop him. Let him go all the way to the hall of the Thousand Households.

When the herald saw Jia Ke, he immediately knelt down on one knee, took out a cylinder from behind his back, handed it to Jia Ke with both hands, and said, "Lord Qianhu, the Jiedu envoy has an urgent military order, please take a look at it." ”

Jia Ke took the cylinder, and the sealing paint on it was still there. He immediately opened the cylinder and pulled out a pair of letters from it. He immediately opened it and watched it, and the content on it said that Jiedu Mansion had received news that the Tatar Old Khan had died this year, and the new Great Khan had just succeeded to the throne. The position is not yet secure, and in order to consolidate its authority, it is ready to be fattened in the autumn of this year. The great southward march was on the one hand to plunder the supplies for the winter, and on the other hand, to consolidate his own position so that the steppes would not submit. Let Jia Ke prepare early, defend with all his might, and don't let Kaipingwei make a mistake. And as soon as he found out that the Tatar brigade had arrived, he immediately reported to him, and he did his best to support, but at the same time told him that he should not have much hope for support, because the direction of the Tatar attack this year is unknown, so all the guards are on guard, and there is no support for him for the time being.

After reading the letter, Jia Ke's heart was a little heavy, but he still asked people to arrange a rest for the herald, and when he finished writing a reply, he asked him to take it back to Jiedu Mansion.