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Chapter 27 Writing a Letter
For half a month, Tie Tiangong went to the scout camp almost every day to ask Ren Ning various questions.

At first, he just asked for mechanical drawing, but later found that Ren Ning also has a lot of research on the properties of metals, and even knows how to use normalizing, tempering, annealing, quenching and other processes to improve the quality of steel.

Tie Tiangong's spirit is lifted, these are his real jobs.

After several in-depth exchanges, Tie Tiangong finally became convinced that the scout boy in front of him was not just talking about it, but had the real stuff.

So on the next day, he ran more diligently to the scout camp.

Ren Ning was too lazy to be bored and answered every question he had.

Even one time, Tie Tiangong complained that the temperature of the stove was not enough and the iron was not easy to make.If you can't make good steel, you can't have a good weapon, so Ren Ning drew a schematic diagram of a bellows for him.

Tie Tiangong knows the goods, and he can see the power of the bellows at a glance.After returning, he immediately built one to try it out, and it really greatly improved the efficiency of steelmaking.

Ren Ning just drew it casually and didn't take it to heart.

What he didn't expect was that Tie Tiangong actually dedicated this bellows diagram to the palace of the general who defended the fortress.

A few days later, as the inventor, Ren Ning received a reward from the fortress.

Of course, the fortress only rewarded him with some silver and horse rations, not the rarest military exploits.

Ren Ning pouted.

If the reward is military merit, he doesn't mind bringing out more things from later generations.Right now, the rewards are either unused money or horse rations that are not in short supply, so he doesn't bother to pay attention.

However, after such a fuss, Tie Tiangong deeply realized Ren Ning's talent, and even suggested that he quit the scout battalion where he fought and killed, and then transfer to the construction battalion to do full-time logistics.

He is not aimless.

There are 15 soldiers in such a huge fortress, and there are many who can fight and kill.But there are not many talents who are proficient in metal materials and know how to invent new things.

If such talents are consumed on the battlefield, it will definitely be a loss to a country and nation.

If it was another soldier, he might have readily agreed.

Although the forging battalion had almost no possibility of being promoted or honored like the scout battalion, it was better at being safe and stable, at least there was no need to worry about seeing the sun tomorrow.

However, Ren Ning refused without even thinking about it.

When the predecessor came out of Congjun, what he sought was not stability but getting ahead.

The same is true for Ren Ning now.

Although he didn't follow Tie Tiangong's advice to switch to the forging camp, but after returning to the fortress from the grassland for more than a month, he finally regained his freedom and could enter and leave the scout camp at will.

That evening, Ren Ning was training horses.

Gu Datou ran over to look for him, "Old Ren, are you done with your work? When you're done, write a letter to my family."

The Yanfeng Fortress is located in the frontier, so the traffic is slow and the communication is late.Letters from soldiers to and from home are usually received in one month and sent out in another month.

Last month, Ren Xi's letters had just been delivered to Ren Ning, and only this month will a full-time postman collect the family letters in the fortress, and then send them to various places in Yunchui.

Of course, these are just ordinary family letters.As for the official documents and even the battle reports of the fortress, there is a [-]-mile rush, so that's another story.

"No problem. Let me tie the horse first."

After finishing speaking, Ren Ning led Zhuifeng back to the stable, and put a trough full of horse rations for him.

"I'm sorry." Gu Datou looked enviously, almost drooling.

He was bigger, and his mount was bigger, so he ate more rations.

The fortress has been short of food recently, and it is unknown when the next batch of food will be delivered.The rations and horse rations for the soldiers also began to become tense.

It was a pain for Gu Datou's mount, and it was losing weight at a speed that was almost visible to the naked eye.

Although he also felt sorry for his horse not being fed enough, Gu Datou didn't have the courage to pour horse food into the manger unscrupulously like Ren Ning.

Otherwise, if you are full for this meal, the next mount may not have anything to chew.

Having said that, there are not many soldiers in the entire fortress who have more food than Ren Ning's horses.

Zhuifeng is growing, but he can afford it.

After finally feeding the horse, Ren Ning was about to enter the house, but was forced to drag him out by Gu Datou who couldn't wait.

"Let's go, a group of people in my place are waiting for you to write home letters for them."

"What's the rush?" Ren Ning didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "I have to get a pen and paper first."

Because the scouts want to deliver messages, they can more or less read and write some words.Because of this, Ren Ning became a member of the scout training camp as soon as he joined the army.

As for other arms, there are basically few soldiers who can read, and those who can write their own surnames are rare.

Every month when it comes to replying letters, these little soldiers who can write become popular.There are even some unscrupulous ghostwriters who charge a lot of money.

Holding paper, pen, ink and inkstone, the two arrived at Qibaying, and soon Ren Ning was surrounded by people from the inner three floors and the outer three floors.

The cavalry carefully inquired about the price of his letter home.

"They are all brothers who live and die. They just write a family letter. They ask for money." Ren Ning shook the few papers, "I don't have much paper. Brothers, find the paper and think about what you want to say. I'll write it for you."

"Line up and come one by one."

Whoa!
The eyes of the cavalry were red, looking at Ren Ning was like seeing Guanyin Bodhisattva.After reacting, they went back to find the paper one after another, and then hurriedly lined up on a first-come, first-served basis.

The news seemed to have wings and spread quickly.After a while, those cavalrymen in the surrounding camps who were not on the expedition got the news and rushed to the Eighth Battalion.

"Who is this kind-hearted person?" Some people were deeply moved.

Gu Datou patted his bare head triumphantly, "My brother, Ren Ning."

"Ren Ning? I seem to have heard this name somewhere."

cough!
Someone next to him reminded, "Some time ago, there was a super sharpshooter on the competition stage, and he shot through the target with an arrow at a distance of 150 steps."

wow~
The crowd was in an uproar.

It is said that Ren Ning's name may not be remembered by others for a while, but when it comes to the majestic appearance on the competition stage, they are familiar with it.

Later, the man stood on tiptoe and looked into the crowd, "Is that him?"

"Yes, it's him."

"Good boy, this is both civil and military."

"You have to have a good heart."

……

Ren Ning didn't hear the commotion outside.

He was busy writing a letter home for a cavalryman named Gull who had lost a large piece of flesh on his face.

When writing someone else's letter home, naturally read the incoming letter first.

Spreading out Shaou's family letter, Ren Ning was dumbfounded.

If he hadn't seen the letter sent by his concubine sister Ren Xi before, he would have thought that Sha Ou's family letter was a prank.

There was no writing on the papyrus, only two footprints, a bowl, and a few black spots in the bowl.

"What does this mean?" Ren Ning wiped his sweat.

Sand Gull chuckled.

Although he tried his best to squeeze out a kind smile, the big scar on his face still made him look extremely hideous.

"The footprints are the birth of a child, male left and female right. That's why there is an extra boy in the family. The bowl refers to eating, and there is rice in it. It should be a bumper harvest this year, so don't worry."

Ren Ning was skeptical.

He nodded, "Then what do you want me to write? No one in your family can read. Can't you just send the picture back?"

"Don't." Sha Ou shook his head quickly.

He flattered him: "Brother Ren, you don't know something. I have been out of the army for a long time, but I have never taken family leave. Now there are many things I want to say to my family. Drawing pictures can't say much."

"As for reading letters. There is a teacher in a private school near my hometown. I will send all the money back, and then ask my family to spend money to read to the teacher."

Ren Ning understood, "Then tell me, I'll write."

Sha Ou was overjoyed and thanked again and again, and it took a long while before he began to ramble on what he wanted to say under the urging of his colleagues behind him.

(End of this chapter)