Su Ming came to the woods near the exit of the Second Fort of Siege, and he took out all the food and weapons he had stolen from Fort Zha Yan and put them in the woods.

Then he came to the entrance of the secret passage, found the old soldier guarding here, and asked him to pass a message to his eldest brother.

The old soldier returned to Erweibao, Su Ming was alone in the woods, and it didn't take long for his walkie-talkie to ring, Su Ming heard a shout on the walkie-talkie, and Li Lin asked Su Ming to teleport him over.

Took Li Lin back to the Consciousness Sea Coast Guard ship and summoned him out again Su Ming asked about the situation on the walkie-talkie just now.

"It may be that last time I scratched my tongue outside Blackstone Village, the other party was alert, this time I caught a sentry and asked about the situation in Blackstone Village, and I wanted to enter the village to see if I could arrest their leader.

Whoever wants someone to shout when they find out that the sentry is missing, after I was discovered by the pirates within the village walls, I can only call you to pass me over. Li Lin said.

"It seems that you have to act carefully in the future, and the pirates will definitely be more vigilant after this time, what have you detected from Blackstone Village?" Su Ming asked.

"The pirates have brought food from other villages, so the pirates in the villages outside the second castle are now not short of food.

Some of the pirates from the ten villages went to Jinshanwei Town, and it is unknown how much. There are not many more people captured by pirates in Blackstone Village than yesterday, and they still focus on Jinshanwei Town, and Erwei Fort should not be attacked in the short term. Li Lin said.

"There should be nothing wrong, attacking our Erweibao is thankless, as long as we can take Jinshanwei Town, we can't run.

This time there are more of these weapons, although the quality is the worst, our second Weibao combat power will definitely be able to improve a lot, let's wait for Jin Shanwei to be careful! Su Ming said.

With such a large-scale pirate attack, Erweibao's strength was too weak to cause much impact, and it was not easy to hide in the fort, and they didn't have much choice.

After a while, Su Ming heard footsteps coming from the direction of the exit of the dark passage, and he walked out of the woods to see the eldest brother walking quietly in the dark with hundreds of people.

"Eighth brother, is that you?" Su Ren asked out loud.

"Big brother, it's me!" Su Ming replied.

"Why did you put things here, then Zeng Guosun didn't find out that we secretly exited, right?" Su Ren asked.

"No, I said that I was afraid of being discovered by pirates, so I let me hide here, this time there are some weapons and other things, and I will explain to you slowly when I go back." Su Ming said, and together with everyone, he first transported back the money, weapons, cloth and other things, and more than 500 stones of grain had to be carried at least 4 or 5 times.

Su Ming returned to Erweibao, and the eldest brother Su Ren asked him and Li Lin to go home to rest, until midnight, Su Ming heard the eldest brother knock on the door, and summoned Li Lin out to open the door for him.

"Big brother, have you run out of food?" Su Ming had already slept and his spirit had recovered, and the eldest brother seemed to be in good spirits.

"After the transportation, these grains can allow us to eat for two more months, and now our granaries can't hold so much grain, so I put the grain in the homes of some soldiers, and then move over when the new granary is built." Su Ren said with a smile.

This is really a happy trouble, when will there be more food in Erweibao, although the food consumption has been increasing in the past two months, but the grain in the granary has not decreased, but is increasing.

"Although those weapons are not good, and many of them are badly damaged, they are enough to equip all the guards now, and there are still some leftover for the young people in the village.

Tomorrow's training will send the weapons down, and the remaining broken armor can also be repaired, if all the repairs are completed, our soldiers can all be armored. Su Ming said.

"Hmmm! Today I have asked the soldiers to make up the number, but there is a problem, and I am a little undecided. Su Ren said.

"What's the problem, big brother, tell me about it." Su Ming said.

"We have killed 19 soldiers this time, and 8 of them will not be able to go to the battlefield in the future, our soldiers are now young and strong, and their sons or brothers should take their place after they die, and these men in the military family have no strength to enter our ranks.

If we select soldiers from the escort team ourselves, the military households will definitely have opinions, and if this matter gets to Jinshanwei Town, we will be in big trouble. Su Ren said.

"This matter is indeed more difficult to do, big brother, can you discuss with these military families, we can let one of them continue to receive military salaries, arrange for them to manage the construction of fort walls and houses inside and outside the fort, or go to the cement workshop to take care of these work.

The second Weibao military household has followed my Su family for generations, we have no reason to give them up now that life is good, and after the new fort wall of Erweibao is built, the population in the fort will increase, and there will be more management personnel, and these will need some people who are absolutely loyal to us in addition to some literate documents. Su Ming said.

"That's good, but I'm telling them now that their children can't join the army, and they must have a hard time accepting it." Su Ren said.

"I see... So be it! Later, I will think about the positions that need management personnel in the future, and make a list for you to show you.

When the time comes, I will think of some tutorials to teach you how to manage the commercial street of Erweibao, how to manage the cement factory, how to manage the materials.

Of course, before this, let Ma Xingwang teach everyone literacy first, and then I will teach you some management knowledge after knowing the basic words, and then I will assign him to a certain position depending on where each person's strengths are.

Families that have already joined the army can send one child, families that have not joined the army can send three children, and workers' families can also nominate one child if they have excellent children.

At that time, we can accept 1 to 3 children from the settled families who have not joined the army, and the children sent by other families will need to take the final examination, and those who pass will be hired.

We will pay for everything, and after three months of literacy and writing, I will find time to give lectures to everyone, and at the end of this year, I will select people, and I can take office next year. Su Ming said.

"It's... That's not good! Aren't we electing officials for the imperial examination? Su Ren said in surprise.

"What kind of imperial examination is this, we don't take the Bagu Wen, or even the Four Books and Five Classics, just let everyone know what you need to do to manage a street, a salt house, a salt pan, and a cement workshop." Su Ming said.

"That's okay, it's just that what is the age of the election, and I will take office at the end of the year, so at least I have to be 16 years old, how old is the maximum?" Su Ren asked.

"Up to 26 years old! Military households who have not joined the army can recommend three people, and we did not say that they must be disciples of their own family, if there is really no suitable person in the family, they can give the quota to others, I think there are many people who are willing to compensate them in exchange for this quota.

Moreover, big brother, you can find some talents and even children in the fort, teach them to read and write, this year we may enroll about 200 people, and next year we can set up a school in Erweibao, so that children inside and outside the fort can learn literacy.

The construction of the school can be planned now, and when the pirates retreat, we will build the school first, everyone is in the fort these days, and it is easiest to find Mr. Teaching, and we can give Mr. a little higher monthly money if you find him. Su Ming said.

"Okay, that's it! Or the eighth brother, you have a good brain. Even if these young people can't learn anything this time, being able to enter and study here is already a status symbol. ”

Su Ren couldn't help but shout admiration to his younger brother when he heard this, this problem turned into a good thing in the hands of his younger brother, managing inside and outside the fort used to be a soldier, and now it is an escort team, but recently he also found that management is different from fighting, and some things can't be solved with a knife.

"Tonight, I asked Li Lin to explore the Black Stone Village by the way, where the pirates did not catch the civilians anymore, and the number of pirates in the ten villages outside the fort has decreased again today, we should be relieved now.

Now the most critical thing is the situation in Jinshanwei Town, now the pirates should have begun to attack the city, tomorrow morning I will let Li Lin go to Jinshanwei Town, the two of us have a special communication method, if there is any situation in Jinshanwei Town, we can also respond if we know it at the first time. Su Ming said.

"Do you want to send a few more people, no matter how strong Li Lin's ability is, he is just one person, and he doesn't even have anyone to take care of when he encounters danger." Su Ren said.

"No, he is a person with a small goal but easy to do, as long as he has a gun and is not surrounded by a large army, he will not be in danger." Su Ming said.

Su Ren nodded and left Su Ming's room, Li Lin stood motionless beside Su Ming, Su Ren was already familiar with his actions, as long as Li Lin was there, he would often maintain this upright posture, sometimes standing for more than an hour.

On the first of July, the weather was getting hotter and hotter, and the sun was baking the earth, making the crowded Erweiburg even hotter and hotter.

But everyone knew that life was more important than anything else, and the young men and women had to go to work in the fort every day, just to have an extra bite to eat.

Although food was distributed free of charge in Erweibao, it was just gruel and a coarse noodle nest, and if you wanted to eat enough, you had to use money to buy it, and you could earn money by working.

At noon, I don't know where the news came out, there were less than 500 pirates outside the fort, and most of the pirates had gone to Jinshanwei Town, and when reinforcements from Jinshanwei Town arrived, the battle would be over.

This news made everyone extremely excited, and everyone was considered to have picked up a life. What makes everyone more concerned than this is that hundreds of families have to select talents, and the military families can recommend their own children to manage the shops, salt works, brick and tile factories, and cement factories in Erweibao.

This news detonated the entire Second Castle at once, what is this? This is the road to becoming an official! Although the Lord of the Hundred Households did not have the right to accept the officials, but as a manager, he was the official of Erweibao, and for a while, many military households began to run to Su Ren's house.

Su Ming listened to his eldest brother in the courtyard again and again to introduce the nomination, literacy, learning, and selection methods, for the people of this era, being an official is the most glorious thing to honor their ancestors, and it is much more important than making money.

Erweibao held it this time, the Lord of Baihu is still young, who knows if he will be promoted in the future, follow the Lord of Baihu, and their children may really be able to make a big difference in the future, and many illiterate people think so in their hearts.

Su Ming discussed with Ma Xingwang in his room about teaching Mr. Teach, he only had half a year, and he only hoped that the students could be literate, discover their specialties, and learn some professional knowledge.

So in the past, Mr.'s teaching method was not suitable, Su Ming had to let these young people learn quickly, know 100 words in a month, know 500 words in two months, know the meaning of some common words in three months, and basically understand them in six months.