First-rank palace maid Su Jixiang

Chapter 273 The Imperial Envoy is Coming

Su Jixiang hung a sign for the kindergarten class in this small yard and had someone build a wooden fence to prevent the children from running out when the adults were not paying attention.

Because the school was established in a hurry, it can only be kept simple for the time being, and then gradually improved after other necessary things are added.

Every day after Caidiexuan purchases vegetables, eggs and meat, it will have some delivered over, and the mothers of these children will take turns to come and prepare lunch for them.

Su Jixiang provided lunch for these children in the school.

The reason why no one came to take turns for their mothers was because the school was set up in a hurry, so they had not yet recruited a nanny who specialized in cooking. It was also difficult to find a nanny who specialized in cooking for the children. It was not easy to find a clean and responsible one in a short period of time. But the mothers of these children were different. They were paid by Su Jixiang and they were also responsible for preparing meals for their children. Naturally, they would do their best and not waste it.

When Qu Wanning heard that Su Jixiang had set up such a school, she came to take a look. She also bought a lot of toys from the street for the children, and even directed her own soldiers to help set up several swings in the yard for the children to play on.

Su Jixiang also included physical training classes in his daily study content.

As the name suggests, it is a course that combines physical education and labor.

After lunch every day, there is a half-hour nap time, and then Mr. Zeng Qing will teach book knowledge for an hour, and the rest of the time is for physical education classes.

Wei Ling's Black Tiger Army reclaimed a large piece of wasteland outside the city for use as military farms. Wei Ling designated a small piece of land from the military farm and erected a sign that read "Special Field for Black Tiger Army Children's School". This piece of land was cultivated by these children. It was now spring, and it was already the end of March and the beginning of April. The ice and snow had begun to melt, and the fields outside the city had begun to thaw. It was a good time for reclamation and sowing.

The Black Tiger Army had selected many farming and breeding experts in the competition. Wei Ling had gathered them all here and handed over the military farm to them. The Black Tiger Army would help with the work every day and they would be fully responsible. Wei Ling also instructed these people to come every two afternoons to teach the children how to farm, raise chickens, ducks and pigs.

Labor class and physical education class are separate and rotate every day. For example, today is labor class and tomorrow is physical education class.

The physical education class teaches basic boxing, swordsmanship, horse riding and archery, and the class is first taught by Wei Dong from the general's mansion.

As Su Jixiang did this, the name of the Black Tiger Army's Children's School quickly spread among the Black Tiger Army.

When everyone heard that the general's wife had set up a school for the children of the Black Tiger Army's sacrificed soldiers, they were immediately filled with gratitude towards Wei Ling and Su Jixiang.

Later, I heard that the scale of this school would continue to expand, and in the future it would become a school that all children of the Black Tiger Army could attend. Everyone admired Wei Ling and Su Jixiang from the bottom of their hearts, and their respect for Wei Ling grew day by day.

In just one month, the cohesion of the Black Tiger Army has been strengthened. These soldiers are now eager to do anything they see, and they are all eager to show themselves. Whether it is to reclaim wasteland or expand the city wall, everyone is holding back their energy to compete with each other, just because Su Jixiang said that there will be several more such schools in the future, and each county under the management of Mangcheng will build one, exclusively for the children of the Black Tiger Army soldiers.

When Xie Yingfeng was chatting with Wei Ling that day, when they talked about this children's school, he admired Su Jixiang even more.

"Previous books have said that military management requires both kindness and severity. We just think that we need to clearly distinguish between rewards and punishments. If they fight well, they will be rewarded. If they fight too poorly, they will be punished by military law. We didn't expect to solve the worries of these soldiers. After madam's implementation of this approach, in just over a month, the face of our army has changed. These guys are now working more actively than anyone else. I think there is no war to fight at the moment, but if there is a war, they will probably rush forward screaming! It's all because of what madam said, that if the father performs well in the army, the child can be given priority in admission." Xie Yingfeng said with a smile.

Wei Ling had naturally noticed the changes in the army over the past month, and his eyes were filled with pride.

"Of course, don't you see whose wife she is!" Wei Ling raised his chin slightly and smiled.

"I can't stand seeing you showing off like this!" Xie Yingfeng clicked his tongue when he saw him like this, "You are just lucky to marry a woman like Su Jixiang!" He waved his hand in disdain, "Okay, let's talk about something serious. That troublemaker Xiong Shilin has been locked up for a month by you. How are you going to deal with him? His wife is already here to get busy."

"Is he convinced?" Wei Ling asked.

"I'm probably not that convinced anymore." Xie Yingfeng curled his lips and said, "I still curse every day."

"Then keep him locked up until he's convinced." Wei Ling said.

"The lady wants to see you, do you want to see her?" Xie Yingfeng said, "You have been keeping her husband away for so long and you haven't given her any explanation. Isn't she getting anxious?"

"He violated military regulations and refused to obey discipline. Did I wrongly imprison him?" Wei Ling said calmly, "Just tell his wife that it was me who said that I would let her husband out when he has changed his banditry."

"Okay!" Xie Yingfeng thought about it and then nodded.

Wei Ling had a reason to lock up Xiong Shilin. First, Xiong Shilin took the lead in violating his newly promulgated military regulations. He said he was here to reason with him, but in fact, he was here to force him to abdicate. The new military regulations naturally had to find someone to be punished. If Xiong Shilin didn't make trouble, perhaps the knife wouldn't have hit him, but Xiong Shilin actually went to fight with others. If not him, who else should the knife fall on? Secondly, the Black Tiger Army has incorporated many former mountain kings and bandits, among which Xiong Shilin is the most representative. Now that Xiong Shilin has been disciplined, it is also a wake-up call for others. Tell them that their identity is now the Black Tiger Army, not some mountain king or bandit leader, and the bad habits they have developed in the past should be changed!

So this time, Wei Ling's punishment for Xiong Shilin was not to beat him, but to lock him up directly, which made him feel more uncomfortable than beating him up.

"Oh, there is one more thing. The imperial envoy sent by Dongdu is almost at the border of our Mangcheng." Xie Yingfeng reminded, "Do you have any idea what to do? The person coming is the nephew of the Queen Mother, and the cousin of the current emperor, Changle Hou Cui Yushan."