At night, a bonfire is set up in the open space of the mine, and the blazing flames dispel the darkness and bring warmth.

During the day, Qin Yun's prey such as rock sheep were stripped and washed and set up on the fire for barbecue, and a mine cook carefully brushed the concocted seasoning, and the air was filled with a mouth-watering fragrance.

The originally deserted mine suddenly became very lively because of the arrival of a large group of people, and the miners were busy preparing for the resumption of work under the command of the mine supervisor.

After a winter, the iron stored in the Foundry Hall was basically depleted, and new materials were urgently needed.

"In two days, more people will come, and the family has decided to expand the scale of this black iron mine. Steward Wang handed the wine gourd to Qin Yun: "But you definitely can't see it!"

Qin Yun was not polite, took the gourd and took a sip.

As a result, he almost choked to death on the spot - the wine in the gourd was so strong that swallowing it in his throat was like swallowing a fire into his stomach.

Steward Wang laughed: "My gourd is twenty years old, and I have to take a sip for the first time." ”

This guy must have done it on purpose!

Qin Yun really couldn't laugh or cry, but he couldn't care about the other party, it was just a small joke.

Taking back the wine gourd from Qin Yun's hand, the rough steward of the Foundry Hall took a sip beautifully.

Drying the wine foam from his mouth, he said with some emotion: "Few young people nowadays are willing to come to the mountains to train, they prefer to stay in a comfortable city, Qin Yun, even if you say it this time, it can be regarded as a blessing in disguise!"

After drinking and spitting out the truth, although Steward Wang was not yet drunk, he obviously had something to say to Qin Yun.

"A blessing in disguise, please also ask Steward Wang for advice!" Qin Yun couldn't help but feel curious in his heart.

Steward Wang smiled, lowered his voice and said, "Do you know? This winter, five of our Qin clan's mines have problems, and they will not be able to resume work for at least two or three months, and the head of the family will be furious, and many people will be unlucky!"

"What's wrong? Was it attacked by a demon beast? It won't be two or three months before you can't get back to work!"

Qin Yun was very surprised, if he was attacked by a demon beast, the most he would lose would be the guards, and the demon beast would not destroy the facilities for mining the mine, right?

"Don't underestimate the demon beasts in Manglong Mountain, if there are several demon beasts that can penetrate the mountain, it will be easy for them to destroy the mine!" Steward Wang said: "But it's not all demon beasts, and there are also black hands from our sworn enemy Wu Clan. ”

"But I heard that they are also unlucky, a direct son of a family took people into the mountains to hunt, but now there is no one alive or dead, haha!"

Qin Yun's heart jumped, and he smiled: "There is such a thing, it can be regarded as their retribution!"

"Yes!" Steward Wang gloated: "I heard that kid is very favored by the elders in the clan, and the Wu clan has offered a reward of 100,000 silver to find someone, and it is estimated that many people will go into the mountains to search during this time." ”

"But you have to go back, the mine you guarded is intact, and there should be additional rewards in the family when you go back!"

With a sip of wine and a mouthful of meat, Qin Yun and Steward Wang sat and chatted with each other, and from each other's mouths, he knew the big and small things that had happened in the family in the past few months.

For the children of newcomers, the most important thing should be the new assessment in March and the competition in September.

The new assessment is the first major test for the children of the newcomers, which is related to their status in the second half of the year.

The content of the new assessment contains two parts, one is the family merit, and the other is the sword competition.

If a newcomer's child has received enough family merits before March, then he can successfully pass the new promotion assessment.

Steward Wang said that Qin Yun was blessed by misfortune, and it was exactly this that he was referring to.

And if there is not enough family merit, the children of the newcomers can also compete in sword competitions, and the victors among them can naturally pass the new assessment.

As for the children of newcomers who have no merits and are not as skilled as others, the family will not abandon them immediately, but their family rations will be cut in half, and the saved ones will be distributed to those who have passed the new assessment.

Survival of the fittest! If the family does not raise useless people, and newcomers who cannot contribute to the family and have no potential, they cannot be carefully cultivated.

Of course, the sword competition is only for the martial arts hall and the foreign affairs hall, and the comparison between the casting hall and the pill hall is the ability to refine the weapon and practice the pill.

Because it is related to vital interests, the children of newcomers in each hall are either immersed in hard training or working hard to do tasks, and no one wants to become a failure in the new assessment.

In the early morning of the next day, when the mountains and forests were still shrouded in mist, Qin Yun followed Steward Wang on the way back to Thousand Tides City.

When he returned, he had carried much more luggage than he had come, and he had a pack horse.

Most of them are beast skins hunted in winter, like dozens of fine snow wolf skins that make Steward Wang amazed.

Seeing that Steward Wang liked it, Qin Yun generously gave him three wolf skins, which made him happy.

The Golden Needle Hive and the Snow Fox Xiaoyao, while Qin Yun was packed in a basket of animal skins, these two things were not very easy to see, and it was necessary to cover them tightly.

After three days of trekking, the two finally returned to Thousand Tides City.

I haven't seen him for three months, and the feeling of Thousand Tides City to Qin Yun is much stranger, but it is as lively and prosperous as ever.

After returning to the city, Steward Wang and Qin Yun said goodbye and left.

And Qin Yun first went back to the manor to put away his luggage, and then went to the Yao Ri Building of the Foreign Affairs Hall to hand in the task.

People came and went in Yaori Building, just as Steward Wang told Qin Yun, as the new assessment approached, more and more children were eager to accumulate family merits.

Not only the children of newcomers in the outer hall, but also the formal children of the inner hall are also assessed every year, and the thirst for family merits will not be weaker than that of newcomers.

Qin Yun, who was in the dust, had just stepped into the gate of Yaori Tower when he was stopped by someone.

The face of the person who stopped him was very unfamiliar, Qin Yun didn't know him at all, but the other party's purpose was very clear: "Brother, do you have any extra family merits to sell?

Family merits can be sold in private, because there are Ugin merit medals, and some children who are tight on money will take a few to sell for emergencies, and similar transactions are quite prosperous in secret.

Some clever children will even use their family exploits to buy and sell to make profits.

The family and Muyang Dao turned a blind eye to this and never interfered.

It's just that Qin Yun didn't expect the other party to be so bold, and he actually went to Yaori Building to solicit business.

"I'm sorry!" Qin Yun shook his head and said, "I don't have anything extra. ”

"Two hundred taels for a meritorious medal, two hundred and twenty taels is fine!" The man who was rejected by Qin Yun still didn't give up.

Qin Yun ignored him anymore, got rid of the entanglement and went straight to the second floor, but secretly marveled in his heart.

More than two hundred taels of silver for a meritorious service, this price has increased by at least several times compared to the original, if it weren't for the fact that Qin Yun is not short of money now, he would really be moved.

The second floor is the exclusive place of the Foreign Affairs Hall, and there are also many disciples in the hall, Qin Yun saw a lot of familiar faces, most of them were newcomers with him.

It's just that their expressions are different, anxious, happy, and depressed

Qin Yun waited patiently in line for a while, and waited until he arrived at the original place to hand in the task.

Looking at the task book with the seal in his hand, the steward who had assigned the task of guarding the winter mine to Qin Yun had a different look in his eyes, stunned, surprised, and incredulous

Not only did Qin Yun successfully complete this difficult task, but he also received a good evaluation, which meant that the mine he guarded was intact.

Thinking of the other mines that had suffered losses and the unlucky guards, he couldn't help but secretly admire Qin Yun's good luck in his heart.

"Qin Yun, the disciple of the outer hall of the Foreign Affairs Hall, complete the task of guarding the mine in winter, and remember it well!" The steward said loudly: "The rated reward is one hundred meritorious merits, and the main hall will be rewarded with an additional fifty meritorious merits, for a total of one hundred and fifty meritorious merits!"

Rewards are clearly the rules of famous families, and they are the basis for maintaining the family inheritance, and those who want to deal with Qin Yun can secretly operate dangerous tasks for him, but once Qin Yun completes the task, the reward he deserves cannot be less at all, which is difficult for anyone to interfere with.

The audience was in an uproar!

A hundred merits looks like a lot, but considering the three-month mission period and the danger, it is definitely not a lot at all, otherwise this mission would not be considered a punishment.

But now the family merits are much more valuable, in the face of the new assessment, a hundred merits are absolutely eye-catching, many children have worked hard for a winter, and they can't earn so much.

And one hundred meritorious services is only a rated reward, and the main hall has also added an additional reward of fifty meritorious merits, which is really eye-catching.

In addition to their hot eyes, many children are also secretly regretting why they didn't take on this task, otherwise they have one hundred and fifty meritorious services in hand, and there is absolutely no problem in passing the new assessment.

It's just that they forgot about those who failed in their mission, and they didn't know what happened to Qin Yun in the mountains, if they really went, I am afraid they would have already become a pile of dry bones in the mountains.

But the children of the newcomers who were destined to be present today were going to be red to death, because Qin Yun, who had just received one hundred and fifty meritorious merits, then took out another medicine box.

It's filled with a box full of green leaves!

At that time, after Qin Yun took over the task of guarding the mine in winter, he also took over the task of collecting green leaf grass by the way, and when the snow began to melt half a month ago, he searched around the area around the mine.

Since the black iron mine site is located deep in the mountains, many places have not been set foot in, so his harvest is not small.

Relying on this box of green leaf grass, he got another twenty-five family merits.

Those newcomers, looking at Qin Yun's gaze so hot that they could almost melt copper and iron, some of them were eager to pounce on Qin Yun and snatch all the merits in Qin Yun's hands, all kinds of envy, jealousy and hatred!

Putting away the one hundred and seventy-five meritorious medals, Qin Yun left Yaori Tower under the gaze of many strange eyes, and came to the Star Picking Tower instead.