After that, as long as the weather permitted, the brothers and sisters of Haitang and Haijiao often followed their second uncle Hai Chang'an to the wilderness outside the city to practice horses.

Sometimes, when Grandmother Ma is interested, she will follow them.

Although Ma was born in an official family, he was trained to be a beautiful lady when he was a child, but he has been married to Hai Chang'an for so many years, and has lived in the northwest border city for a long time. Although she is not as good as her children and grandchildren, she can gallop for a while on a horse, and she can barely escape for her life.

According to her own account, Haixi Cliff's riding skills are a little worse than her, and when they were young, the couple always lost more horses. If it weren't for the level of cavalry and archery, Haixi Cliff would not have chosen the civilian path from the beginning when he first joined the army, because he knew that he was not the material to serve as a military attaché.

Ma mentioned her husband's small rank matter, whether it was Hai Chang'an or Hai Jiao Haitang brothers and sisters, they were very interested and wanted to inquire more. However, soon after they returned home, Haixi Cliff, who heard the rumors, pretended not to know anything, and proposed at the dinner table that he would let the eldest grandson Haijiao do more work for him at the guard.

and the second son, Hai Chang'an, can't patronize and play with his nephews and nieces all day long. Now that Hai Chang'an's son Xiaoshi has recovered and no longer coughs, his wife Hu can rest assured that she can turn her attention to other affairs at home, and he has to free up his hands to do more business.

Haixiya has successfully persuaded the Ganzhou side to let the Suzhou Wei keep those big glass-eating craftsmen for a while longer, build a simple workshop to test their skills, and it would be better if they could train a few more apprentices who can take charge of themselves. Even if these apprentices can only make some clumsy tools, they can be regarded as a source of income.

Haixi Cliff has to keep an eye on the construction of the glass workshop and select suitable apprentices. However, the new grain seeds have been planted, and the follow-up observation process is inseparable from him. He is more concerned about the new grain seeds, after all, no matter how much money he makes, in the end he will still have to change it to grain, and he can't put the cart before the horse.

There are several towns and villages under the rule of Suzhou, and they have recently reported that there are vineyards on their own land, and the output is good, and they have also tried to make wine, but the finished product is not the right taste. When they heard that Suzhou Wei was about to build a vineyard to make wine, they wanted to come over to inquire about whether they could sell the production of their vineyard to the border army as raw materials for winemaking. If their grapes are available, the Hercynian Cliff winery will be able to start the winemaking process earlier than expected.

In addition, it is expected that in a few days, the latest batch of Shazhou immigrants will arrive. It is also very arduous to create a register for these immigrants, change their household registration, and arrange a place to go.

Hai Xiya has to be responsible for so many things alone, and he really lacks skills, even if he has Xie Wenzai to help deal with the clerical and intelligence work, he will have to find two more helpers. In this regard, the Guard's help to him is limited, and now the entire Guard's staff is busy, and there are some tasks that he has to decide. As a result, he had to find trusted family members around him to help share the burden.

The daily affairs in the guard house were abandoned by him to his grandson's reef. Hai Jiao has been with him for two months, and he knows exactly how to get those things done, and now he is trying to take charge of himself, and it is not difficult to think about it. The work that needs to be stamped and signed can be left to him to dispose of, and the rest needs to be decided by the reef itself. It's really not good, Xie Wenzai can also give some pointers from the side.

As for Hai Chang'an, Hai Xiya arranged for him to keep an eye on the construction affairs of the workshop. He was also familiar with the personnel in Suzhou City, and he was sure that he could help pick out the most suitable person to become an apprentice of a glass craftsman. As for whether he can learn something in the process, it depends on his own ability.

When Hai Changan heard that he had the opportunity to come into contact with the glassmaker who came to eat the food, his eyes were shining, and he hurriedly agreed.

The Hai family's out-of-town horse racing team was temporarily disbanded.

Haijiao whispered to his sister Haitang behind his back: "Is it true that grandpa is too busy to find the second uncle and me to fight?" Why do I think he is afraid that we will be too idle and will pester grandma to ask him about the past gossip? ”

Haitang actually felt the same way in her heart, and said with a smile: "Grandpa is shy, he doesn't want us juniors to know his black history." Let's just know in our hearts, don't embarrass his old man too much. ”

"Black history?" Haijiao muttered the word for a while, and thought it was quite appropriate. He smiled and said, "That's it." We are all filial children and grandchildren, for the sake of grandpa's face, let's pretend to be stupid! ”

Since then, Haijiao has started to live with his grandfather every day to go to the yamen on errands. This time he was much busier than before, not only helping out, but also helping with normal business. Many times, Haixi Cliff is not guarded in the yamen of the guardhouse, but the work cannot be delayed, and the reef must make his own ideas and help his grandfather complete the work. At his busiest, Hai Xiya would even leave him the official seal, allowing him to decide which documents to stamp and sign on his grandfather's behalf.

After exercising like this for a month, Haijiao felt that he was just behind his age. If he is three or four years older now, he will directly change into his grandfather's official robe, and officially serve in Suzhou Weili from Qipin experience, there will be no problem. He has ample experience in this official position and is comfortable with any matter within his area of responsibility.

When Suzhou sent off two more groups of immigrants, the new grain planting work stabilized, the glass workshop was initially completed, and the great food craftsmen began to teach the new apprentices to fire basic glassware, the hustle and bustle of the reef came to an end for a while, and they could rest at home for a few more days.

The weather is fine, the summer sun is shining in Suzhou, and the city is a little too hot, but the wind blowing in the wilderness is still refreshing. The reef couldn't wait to ask for another run. Hai Changan readily agreed, and this time, he also planned to bring his son Xiaoshi.

Although Xiao Shi has not yet reached the age of learning to ride a horse, he was trapped at home for many days due to illness, and after he recovered, his mother Hu Shi did not worry about his body and refused to let him go out. Hai Changan felt sorry for his son, so he planned to take Xiaoshi out of the city to breathe, and take him to run away and relax. He begged his mother Ma to come out in person to help persuade him, but after his wife Hu hesitated, he finally relented.

After leaving the city, Hai Changan's attention was on his son, and he only sent Cui Dazhuang and Cui Xiaoge, father and son, to take care of his nephews and nieces. Haijiao thought that this time he must show his skills and take good care of his sister.

He has been busy in the guard for so long, and occasionally has a break, which is also used to practice archery, and riding has been abandoned for a while, after all, archery practice only needs to put an arrow target outside the house where his grandfather's office is located, but to practice horses, he needs to run to a special school field to squeeze with others. But he didn't think he had much of a problem. Before he was reborn, he didn't ride a horse, and he was a master when he asked himself.

With this in mind, Haijiao raised his head and was about to greet his sister when he saw her riding a horse whizzing past him, and in the blink of an eye she was a hundred feet away, as fast as lightning.

The bits of hair on the reef head were ruffled by the wind brought by my sister's galloping past. He brushed away the broken hair that had covered his face in a daze, and looked at his sister's vigorous figure, his expression was a little confused.