sent his son to Tianjin with Wang Xingping, and Xu Guangqi returned to the back hall alone to rest.

Mrs. Wu hurriedly brought up the drink to cool off the heat and some letters.

This drink was sent by Gu Changzuo, a member of his in-law, from his hometown in Shanghai County, and it is said that it is also produced in Australia. The in-laws operate southern goods in Shanghai, and they are the first-class merchants in the county, and they are known as 'Gu Bancheng' in the local market. In the past year or so, there has been a lot of Australian goods sent from this in-law. Let's just say that this unknown liquid in a glass bottle is sweet and bubbles in the mouth. Drinking it in the summer is the most relieving heat, and it has become a good spice in Xu Guangqi's life.

As a wealthy businessman in the county, the in-laws also mentioned in the letter that someone bought raw cotton in Songjiang, thinking of a large number of Australian cotton cloth on the market in Beizhili in the past six months, which also faintly made Xu Guangqi feel something unusual, as if there was an invisible hand about to make a move in Jiangnan.

Regarding the worries of his in-laws, Xu Guangqi didn't care. His family has been farming for generations, and he didn't even have a companion when he took the exam, so he personally carried the burden to Beijing. In this way, he is naturally not as good as a wealthy businessman like his own family, and he naturally feels that it is nothing for commercial disputes, but the appearance of Australians does give him a refreshing feeling.

Some popular science books dedicated to the Ming Dynasty have appeared in the bookstore in Jiangnan more than half a year ago, which is all about Hu Barong's operation in Songjiang Mansion, some practical studies related to Gewu, such as machinery, engineering, etc., the opinions of the elders have not been completely unified and have not been released, but the books about astrology, arithmetic and other somewhat taboo in the Ming Dynasty have appeared on the market.

Xu Guangqi, who learned the news, also entrusted his in-laws to buy a few sets from Nanjing a few days ago, and as soon as he got his hands on it, he was intoxicated.

However, he talked to Wang Xingping about this matter before, and that kid was basically able to answer correctly, which made him even more impressed.

Although Xu's wife Wu's vision is much broader than that of ordinary women, she doesn't understand these major events involving the national economy and people's livelihood, and she only waits and doesn't busy nagging.

"I don't know about Erniang's marriage, but the old man has an idea in his heart."

Xu Guangqi firmly believes in God, but because he only has Xu Ji, his only son, he also had the idea of taking a concubine in order not to cut off the incense in his early years, and the Jesuit priests have explained to him many times. He followed the way of husband and wife, but he didn't expect that his grandson's life was the appearance of a prosperous heir, and now Xu Ji and his daughter-in-law Gu have four sons and three daughters, and they are already pregnant, and the Xu family will add Ding in a few months.

Because the husband and wife were more devout to God, and even their grandchildren were baptized early, especially Mrs. Wu, who had a better impression of the priests than her husband, and was also infinitely happy with the present life.

As soon as the old man is in a good mood, he is particularly concerned about the marriage of his grandchildren.

The eldest granddaughter is a great beneficiary, and Ai Tinghuai, the grandson of Ai Kejiu, the former political envoy of Nanjing, was married a year ago.

Although the second granddaughter Gan Dida has not yet been married, although she is only fourteen years old, but her eldest sister has been married at the age of sixteen, so if there is a suitable candidate, the Wu family will also pay a little more attention, not to mention that in Xu Guangqi's grandson's generation, this second mother has been smart since she was a child, and she is well-behaved, so she is the most happy couple.

Originally, the Wu family was interested in the Xu family of the Wangjia family in Songjiang Mansion, and the young master of the Xu family, Xu Yuandu, is now studying in the Guozi Prison. But since the old man saw that Wang Xingping, he seemed to have moved the young man's mind, and he was indeed a talent, not only his appearance was not bad, but even his knowledge and deeds were higher than that of the young master of the Xu family, no wonder his own master was also tempted. She asked from the side that she knew that Wang Xingping had not decided to marry, but it was another matter whether people were interested in her granddaughter, after all, she heard that the Wang family in Guiyang was also a local family.

Although the second granddaughter is not too old, if she can get a good family, she can also set a lifelong event early, and these days Wang Xingping, a young man, seems to have been sent to their old couple by the Lord. Knowing the master's thoughts, Wu inevitably mentioned it in front of her husband.

She said meaningfully: "Tiancheng, this kid is indeed good, but since he came to Guozijian to study this time, it will be a long time in the future, so the old man will find an opportunity to ask him what he means." ”

"Save for your husband." Xu Guangqi replied lightly.

While the two old men were gossiping in the hall, a pair of small eyes were dripping and turning behind the door.

The fourteen-year-old girl was already sensible, and when she heard her grandfather and grandmother talking about her marriage in private, she couldn't help but have a little red on her face.

She recognized the kid named Wang Xingping, who was not much older than her. The thought of her grandfather's intention to marry him to this man made her feel a little shy, and she had seen this man more than once in private. She also thought that this man did not seem to have been baptized, which was another embarrassing thing, but he had been baptized since he was a child, and had grown up playing in the church, and she was still concerned about preaching the Holy Religion to her grandfather and father, so she did not know what kind of person this prince was.

Thinking of this, the little girl's cheeks turned red again.

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The barracks in Xianshuigu were much larger than when Wang Xingping left the year before last, and even the wall calendars and mercury mirrors made in Australia were put into the officers' barracks, and the settings of each barracks were neat and tidy according to his plan.

Also neat and tidy are the surrounding salt households who have been cleaned up, that Liang Xinglou Liang has been rectified a few times, and after being honest to do it, the rich man who will do him no longer dare to provoke these 'Qiu Ba', as for the salt Ding to flee and join the army, he has to turn a blind eye.

Many of them are not exploited much, but purely because they see that the new army is well treated, and Xu Ji and Sun Yuanhua do not pay much attention to the political and ideological work of the army, which makes people take advantage of the loopholes, so that the soldiers are now lazy, and this situation needs to be reversed urgently.

Today is exactly what Wang Xingping meant, and all the officers and men of the battalion went to the school field to line up for training.

Hu Dazhan didn't care at all in the queue, he had been like this for the past few months, and there was food, drink and pay in the camp to be naturally more than in the past when he was a bitter stove in the sky and on the ground, but he still couldn't change his lazy words. Even though he has to every day, it has gradually become a fictional story, and he is better at stealing and cheating than anyone else.

He looked at the young man not far in front of him with a mocking face, who was not as old as his youngest brother, and his mouth without even a beard kept talking.

"Hu Da! Dequeue! ”

He was thinking nonsense, but a cold and hard voice suddenly called his own name, which was from the young man, and he didn't know where he knew his own name.

The cold look in his eyes made him shudder, it was the eagle falcon's gaze like seeing its prey.

He walked out a little timidly, wanting to see what the legendary 'young master' in everyone's mouth had to say.

"How long have you been in camp? ”

He was stunned for a moment, but immediately replied solemnly: "The little one has been in the camp for almost a year. ”

"Very good, now Hebei is not peaceful, Lian Chen will play the military department, and soon transfer my department to the south to suppress bandits, all the soldiers participating in the war must make a suicide note to explain the affairs of the family properly, enter the camp for a year and count the veteran, just start with you, enter the camp for more than half a year today, one counts one and all must be written and handed over to the military judge."

"This ......" Hu Da didn't expect this section at all, as the saying goes, it is always said that raising an army for a thousand days is used for a while, and he knew that sooner or later he would have to use soldiers, but he was not worried about anything, but this book made a suicide note but stumped him, "Master Hui, the villain is illiterate." ”

"Can't really write?" Wang Xingping looked at him meaningfully when he heard this.

"I can't." Hu Daxin said, what's so bad about admitting this?

"Who's the captain of this team?"

"Back to ...... Back to the little master, he is a villain. After a while, a timid voice replied, and then a somewhat thin figure also walked out, Wang Xingping recognized that this was also a stove household recruited earlier.

"Literacy before entering the camp, this is a rule I have set a long time ago, I won't even write a suicide note for half a year, the two of you will run ten laps around this school first, and after the run, step up your studies, and you and his salary will be suspended before Hu Da himself can write a letter to his family."

The officer of the team and Hu Da both shuddered at the same time when they heard this.

Xu Ji on the side was also a little embarrassed when he heard this, it stands to reason that he and his father attach great importance to the study of astronomy and geography, but they also feel that literacy is not a very important thing for ordinary soldiers and generals, and he did not pay attention to Wang Xingping during this time. And equally embarrassing is Sun Yuanhua, who mentioned some camp armaments here, these two will naturally not be bad in terms of knowledge, but they don't have much to say in terms of gains and losses, Wang Xingping can't help but sigh in his heart, no wonder Sun Huodong will end up like that in the future.

But now that the real man is back in the camp, anyone can see the problem in this attitude.

In Wang Xingping's mind, cultural learning is as important as military discipline, and only an army that knows what it is fighting for can burst out with strong combat effectiveness, and all this starts with reading and writing.

No one could have expected that the rectification of military affairs would actually start from this link, which made the soldiers present a little at a loss.

However, the next simulated confrontation made the chief master's 'family ding' out of the limelight, although the night wolf battalion special combat team members brought by Wang Xingping were good at covert combat, but when it came to the formation confrontation, they still had an overwhelming advantage with excellent training and physical conditions piled up on silver, and coupled with the appearance of the previous two stove households, the Qiu Ba who had been consumed for a long time in the half-day scene were aroused again.

Although the cognition is still very vague, who doesn't want to take credit for just eating food and being a soldier, so under the rendering of Wang Xingping and his cronies, he is quite looking forward to the upcoming battle against bandits. Under Wang Xingping's instructions, Ding Yi struck while the iron was hot, and quickly boosted the morale of the battalion officers, and in the next month or so, he would strengthen the intensity of training, and he would also be familiar with the local people's conditions, and the task was really not light.

In the end, Wang Xingping inquired privately about the Jesuit Society, fortunately, due to the relationship between the teaching plan, although Xu Guangjing had a lot of funding for the new barracks this year, he did not dare to interfere with the faith of the soldiers on the surface. In addition, among these people, there are also slender men on the canal, and the folk beliefs are also very mixed, and the Jesuits dare not be easily contaminated for fear of adding fuel to the fire if other things happen, and Wang Xingping is quite satisfied with this situation.

After explaining the training again, he left the Yelang camp behind and took Xiaoliu to Tianjin Wei alone.

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