The Life Through Books of the Salted Fish Family

Uncle An is very successful.

The ones selected are all young people, most of whom are about half their age. These children are young, have good eyesight, are fast learners, and have a lively temperament, and they quickly get along with others.

Bamboo crossbows are somewhat different from bows and arrows, but as long as you find the key to them, it is easier than shooting a bow. These boys are quick to learn, and every time it is time to rest, the big guys go into the mountains in groups.

From time to time, I will bring a few pheasants and rabbits back for extra meals.

They also taught the villagers some survival skills in the mountains, such as how to set up traps, dig simple traps, which plants are poisonous, those snakes and insects that cannot be touched, how to distinguish directions, etc.

In the Yan family, Yan's second child is the busiest. He has to practice calligraphy and crossbow, and he cooks every day.

The food in their family is the best, with meat and vegetables every day, and occasionally the hen in the family can lay two eggs.

Everyone knew that Yan's second son and his daughter-in-law were pregnant, and the Yan family from the scholar to the younger ones all attached great importance to it.

Qi Wu made a wooden frame for Yan Lao Er, and fixed the copybook written by his brother inside, saving him from folding it back and forth.

So as long as Yan Laoer picked up the wooden frame and sat on the flat big rock, everyone would tacitly stop disturbing him.

The team walked a little slowly, because they had to accommodate the speed of the mountain people.

The mountain people didn't expect these people outside the mountain to walk the mountain road so fast!

Not only people walk fast, but even livestock are exercised.

Especially the Yan family's ox cart, which was leading the way, went up and down the mountain like walking on flat ground.

On the night of the third day on the road, Uncle An came to look for Yan's second son.

"The nearby mountain villages are all empty!"

Yan Lao Er came to his senses: "Have they all entered the bandit's den?"

"80% yes." Uncle An secretly rejoiced.

Well, they were just a little short.

Yan Huaiwen said: "How many people are there in several mountain villages?"

Uncle An tried hard to remember.

"There are dozens of less, and less than a hundred more."

The mountain village where they are located should be the one with the largest population and the largest number of young men nearby.

The other mountain villages live in larger mountains than theirs, and there are more prospects in the mountains than them. The reason why there are so few people is because the bandits exploit them too hard.

Yan Huaiwen did the math, and he knew it.

"Why do bandits suddenly want so many people?" He wondered.

Uncle An and the others were recruited because of the convenient location, they guarded the exit of the canyon, which was regarded as the main way in and out of the mountains in this area, and because of the large population, Chuanyunzhai wanted to strengthen itself.

It is too unusual to catch all the mountain villages in one go.

When these people go up the mountain, they only have a lot of food and drink every day. The bandits will not do business at a loss, and there must be greater benefits.

They require a lot of hands.

Why?

Yan Huaiwen silently recalled the memorials and residence reports about Leshan Mansion and several surrounding mansions in his memory.

Drought, banditry...

Private mine!

Xizhou Mansion is adjacent to Leshan Mansion. After the defeat of King Si's rebellion, the imperial court took over several private mines. These private mines were full of bones, and the disasters were raging. King Si came from various prefectures to rob victims.

There are still a few years before King Si will raise his troops.

It's nothing more than weapons, money and food.

King Si holds several private mines, and there is no shortage of money, food and military equipment, but this man is the only one.

Xizhou and Guanzhou are both important border towns, and they have the responsibility of guarding the border. The conscription is very heavy under the rule. King Si wants to build a private army, but there is no one in the feudal city who can use it.

A dignitary in mining and smelting iron, a dignitary in rebellion.

It seems logical to focus on the victims.

After figuring it out, Yan Huaiwen sighed secretly.

Natural disasters, man-made disasters, one of them can cause people to live in dire straits.

The coexistence of the two is suffering.

If he is an official and a butcher, he still can't put the people in peace, so what can he do now?

Yan's second child quickly discovered that something was wrong with Old Yan.

Old Yan has always been obsessed with writing, or writing constantly, sometimes even writing for a whole day, and he doesn't know how many articles he has to write, it's so heavy.

But since Uncle An mentioned that several mountain villages were vacant, Lao Yan took some children in his family to practice archery together.

Will also join the ranks of big guys wielding knives and sticks indiscriminately.

Don't look like there are no tricks, but with waving, everyone is getting used to these weapons and looking for their own comfortable point of exertion.

At least it looks smoother.

Driven by him, the whole team fell into an upsurge of martial arts.

Not only children, but even the women of various families will shoot a few arrows at the target when they are free.

Yan Xiaoer made his mark with his precise bow and crossbow.

Among this group of children, Da Gouzi faintly felt that his status as the king of the children was not guaranteed, so he simply joined the half-old children headed by the second iron and the third iron.

Yan Xiaoer didn't want to do this, and then joined the group of half-sized boys. Seeing how accurate her shots were, no one chased her away.

The children in the mountain village didn't know that she was a girl, and they only thought that she, Yan Xiaoer, was the second boy of the Yan family, and they were quite competitive with her.

"Yan Xiaoer, let's compare who can shoot more accurately?"

Yan Yu was a little impatient, these boys, whether they were from her own village or the mountain village, were all salivating over her father's iron crossbow, and people who wanted to touch and shoot would challenge her all day long, which made her very distressed.

If you don't agree, it seems that you don't fit in with the group. It's hard for her to get into the team of these half-children.

Promise, the power of the iron crossbow is there, she is really worried that they will be injured accidentally.

It's really a baby's body, and it's auntie's heart.

"It's fine, you win the second and third brothers first." Yan Yu pushed him out skillfully.

Brothers Er Tie and San Tie didn't know what kind of stimulation they had received, they had the same demands on themselves as adults, they practiced hard every day.

This kind of hard work is not without rewards. They are the first batch of half-grown children who were incorporated into the team.

In this group, apart from the two of them and the two elder brothers of the Hu family, the rest are basically mountain boys.

In terms of eyesight and accuracy, the mountain people who live in the mountains all the year round are indeed better.

"Don't you dare to compare!"

"I don't have time, I'm going to practice calligraphy." Yan Yu put away the crossbow and turned around decisively.

It was very unnecessary to argue, how old she was, she would be disgraceful if she won the quarrel, and it would be even more embarrassing if she lost the quarrel.

He said he was going to practice calligraphy, but in fact Yan Yu pretended to stay near his ox cart for a while, then took Mao Mao and left quietly.

"Second Brother, Third Brother, let's go." She greeted in a low voice.

The second iron and the third iron looked around and left as if nothing had happened.

Few people really noticed them.

Taking advantage of the darkness, the three walked slowly through the forest.

Cats are the best guiding lights.

Yan Yu has cooperated with Maomao several times.

She put the backpack on her back in front of her body, and the cat's head and paws were exposed. The left paw moved to the left, and the right paw moved to the right.

Taken together, there are people.

They didn't walk fast, and they couldn't go too far each time they probed.

But the three of them never tire of it.

Yan Yu suddenly stopped, and Mao Mao's two paws were gently pressed together.

She pinched the left side, Mao Mao stretched out two nails, and pinched the right side, Mao Mao stretched out one nail.

five kilometers away.

Twenty-one people.

One more~

I really started writing today~

But a large manuscript was scrapped, so I dragged it until now~~

Alas! Go down and code the second update~┭┮﹏┭┮