Chapter 5 5Departure

"Let their families reunite in one stick of incense, and then gather and set off."

Wei Meng gave an order to the servants around him, and they passed on the order.

Although Wei Meng was only a centurion, he also raised seven or eight servants. Although he did not train the soldiers of the centurion according to the drill, the training of the servants never stopped. These people were also the most capable group of people in the garrison.

Wei Guangde glanced at the servants scattered around. They only listened to the old man. Because they were paid to do things, the other general flags and small flags in the garrison could not be ordered.

As for the more than a hundred people in the previous team, forget it. They are all good at farming, but forget it for fighting.

Maybe only Duan Da's archers are barely qualified. After all, they often go out hunting and have not lost their archery skills.

As the order was issued, the team that had finally gathered together became chaotic again. Many people from the crowd outside squeezed in. They didn't dare to come before, but now that Captain Wei wanted his family to reunite, they didn't have those concerns.

The soldiers were telling the women at home to take good care of their parents-in-law and discipline the boy. Most of the women were crying at this time, and they already knew what was going on.

Only the older ones whispered something in their children's ears, probably teaching them some life-saving things by words and deeds.

Wei Guangde saw everything and guessed in his heart that maybe they were teaching their children to run back if they saw something wrong on the battlefield. As long as they ran faster than the people around them, they could save their lives.

Wei Guangde had no intention of listening to what his parents whispered at this moment, because he thought there should be nothing wrong, it was just a false alarm.

In his impression, in the middle period of the Ming Empire, basically only the border troops still had the strength to fight, and the others were shrinking in the rear to defend.

Battlefield, what is that?

However, Wei Guangde also sighed in his heart. After getting used to it, he thought about taking advantage of the corruption and weakness of the Ming Empire to rebel. Thinking that he had surpassed this life for hundreds of years, maybe he could really succeed, and then he would be the emperor.

However, after resting for two days and going out, Wei Guangde decisively gave up the idea when he saw the so-called soldiers in the military fort.

When he thought about the rebellion, he would see the strong servants at home, and when he went out, he would see the soldiers who could not even eat enough. Forget it, why bother about it?

If you want to rebel, you must have money to support the soldiers first. Just thinking about it makes people feel headache.

There are also those things in the armory. Wei Guangde also pestered his eldest brother to open the door and take a look. They are all long spears, a dozen knives, and a few shields. The only thing that he can take a fancy to is two bowl-mouthed guns. It is said that they should have been placed on the sentry boat, but they were moved back to the warehouse because they were afraid of affecting fishing.

As for the dozen or so fire guns, forget it. Wei Guangde felt that it was a half-wood and half-metal stick, more than a foot long, which was used to hold gunpowder and bullets, but it was troublesome to load.

Wei Guangde was a newcomer, so he was naturally a little interested. He took some gunpowder and tried a shot under the guidance of his elder brother.

Pour the gunpowder into the lid of the medicine pot, which is the amount of firing at one time, and then pour it into the barrel and compact it with a poke rod, put in the lead bullet and compact it again, and then there is the traction line.

When using it, hold the wooden stick in one hand, aim at the target with the muzzle, and use the other hand to ignite the fuse with a fire stick to fire it out.

Having said so much, Wei Guangde also has a deep understanding of the firearms of the Ming Dynasty army, which is indeed not of much practical value.

As for the bowl-mouthed gun, forget it. That thing makes a lot of noise, and his elder brother dare not let him fire a shot.

The time of an incense stick passed quickly. The team reorganized under the crowd of crying people and set off quickly this time. Wei Meng, as a centurion, walked at the front of the team. From the moment he walked out of the gate, he never looked back.

Accompanied by the afterglow of the setting sun, watching the soldiers go away, standing on the gate tower until they could no longer see, Wei Guangde and Wei Wen helped his mother home.

All night, no one in the family had a good time, and the meal had no taste.

Although Wei Guangde knew that nothing would happen, he couldn't show that he was heartless at this time. You know, his brother is good to him, but he also has to distinguish the occasion. If he does something out of the ordinary at this time, I'm afraid it's not as simple as getting beaten.

After dinner, he usually lit a candle and practiced a few strokes of calligraphy at this time, but he didn't want to practice today.

As a modern man, Wei Guangde is naturally not good at calligraphy in this era, and his handwriting is a bit ugly, which is why he was beaten by the teacher today.

Before, because Wei Guangde fell into the water accidentally, after a few days of rest and going to the private school, the teacher encouraged him. At that time, he saw that his handwriting had regressed, but he didn't say much.

But for several consecutive days, his handwriting did not improve much, and the teacher finally stopped tolerating it today.

In fact, in Wei Guangde's opinion now, the handwriting of little Wei Guangde is only slightly better than his.

But what makes Wei Guangde happy is that his memory seems to be very good in this body. According to the memory of the body, little Wei Guangde should have been in the private school three years ago, that is, he entered school at the age of eight.

In three years, he not only completed the enlightenment readings such as "Three Character Classic", "Hundred Family Names", and "Thousand Character Classic" early, but also learned books such as "Disciples' Rules", "Filial Piety", and "Youxue Qionglin". Now he is studying Zhu Xi's "Elementary School". I heard from the teacher that after finishing the study, he should read the Four Books. As for what book to read first, the teacher has not said it yet and he doesn't know.

But the strange thing is that after Wei Guangde, who traveled through time and space, slept for two times, the textbooks he had memorized before seemed to be printed in his head. Maybe they were there originally, but only at this time they were connected with his own spirit and became memories that he could use at any time.

You know, he came from the future and only knew two sentences, "When a person is born, his nature is good" and "Zhao, Qian, Sun, Li, Zhou, Wu, Zheng, Wang". As for the latter, Wei Guangde dared to pat his chest and guarantee that he didn't know them because he had never read those books.

The two sentences he could say were also learned from watching TV or reading novels. He had never seen those books.

The next morning, Wei Guangde, who had breakfast, said goodbye to his mother and went to the private school. At the gate, he met his eldest brother who had just returned home after a tour of the fort.

The eldest brother was not alone. There were two servants behind him. They were specially left by Wei's father to do the errands.

"Have you eaten?"

Seeing Wei Guangde go out, Wei Wencai asked. Although he was a little nonsense, he also showed his concern for his younger brother.

After a few simple words, he gave Wei Guangde a few copper coins to use.

The private school was in the town, more than ten miles away from the military fort. When Wei Guangde walked to the gate of the fort, he saw that his followers had gathered there waiting for him.

For a group of ten-year-old children like them, going to the town private school to study naturally sticks together.

This morning, Wei Guangde did not review his lessons as instructed by the teacher and memorize what he taught yesterday, because Wei Guangde's memory was good, and he had memorized it after reading it several times.

Seeing that everyone was there, several children laughed and rushed out of the fort to the town. They couldn't be late, otherwise they would be spanked by the teacher.

However, in the midst of laughter, Wei Guangde was still a little worried. The book could be memorized easily, but the characters were a big problem.