Chapter 50 Preparing for Battle
Seeing Xue Na being petty, Pei Min felt funny in her heart and felt that Xue Na valued and cared for him.
Xue Na rubbed his fists and was furious. He was a traditional soldier. He had been following his father Xue Rengui in the military camp since he was a child. He was like a horse in the army. Even if he was sixty-four years old this year, he did not feel that he was old and had no intention of retirement. He never called himself old and was afraid of others calling him an old general. The battle to capture Liaodong and Liaoxi was of great importance. He was not allowed to kill two generals and six generals to stabilize the situation.
Xue Ne was mentally prepared for this when he was demoted. But when he became a silly man and had nothing to do, he felt uncomfortable all over his body and felt particularly uncomfortable.
Today, Pei Min analyzed this, Xue Na saw a bright future, and his ambitions were ignited again. His eyes were no longer in the corner of the northeast, but in the northwest, and in the broader future of the Western Regions.
"By the way!" Xue Na was excited for a long time before calming down, thinking about something, and asked, "The martial arts should start!"
Pei Min nodded: "It's almost time. The Ministry of War is already preparing for the exam. The exam will be held at the end of this month." The real prosperity of the martial arts examination was in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Although it was founded by the Tang Dynasty, it was actually the rise of Wu Zetian. The entire country did not pay much attention to it and the system was not very clear. We should give way to the literary examination. For some reason, the time for the martial arts examination to start must be after the literary examination is completely completed.
"Then there is still some time!" Xue Na asked, "How are you preparing here?"
Pei Min shook her head and said, "It's not a good thing. I've been mainly engaged in literary exams some time ago. After high school, everything was busy. Martial arts have also been a lot of trouble. For me, sprinting and skills are not a big problem. Ma Ke, riding and shooting are considered a flaw. As for weight bearing, my strength and explosive power have been significantly improved recently. As long as the weight of the stone lock is not too exaggerated, it will be fine."
Xue Na pondered for a moment and said, "I qualified the martial arts scholars to you at the beginning. I wanted to give you multiple opportunities. Even if I failed the Wenshu exam, I could still get a first place with my martial arts skills. The status of the martial arts scholars is far less than that of Wenshu. Now you are the top scorer in high school, but you can be considered successful. It's better not to take the martial arts scholars."
Pei Min thought for a while, then looked up resolutely and said, "This qualification is in hand. No matter whether you can pass the exam or not, you have to pass the exam. If you lose face if you fail the exam, I don't care. But I don't even have the courage to go to the exam and I can't get through this hurdle in my heart."
Xue Na also said casually, but Pei Min's answer made him slap his legs and praise: "A real man should do this. If you encounter obstacles, you will be a real man. If you retreat in the last few days, you will only look down on him. Isn't it still more than twenty days? Anyway, it's nothing. I'll live here in the past twenty days. I will teach you riding and archery. As long as you are willing to learn and endure hardship, you dare not say that you will definitely be able to win the martial arts. It's not a problem to let you be reborn."
Pei Min was overjoyed and said, "With the Grand Governor's personal guidance, there is nothing to say."
Xue Ne waved her hand and said, "Now I am white, and the Grand Superintendent is so uncomfortable. Besides, when I hear these three words, I think of Cui Xuandao and Li Sijing two idiots, and I feel angry."
Pei Min thought about Xue Na calling himself "grandfather" before, and she moved her heart and said with a smile: "Then I will call you Grandpa Xue."
Xue Na was stunned at first, looked at Pei Min up and down, clasped his hands and smiled, "This is good, this is good. None of my unworthy descendants can match you. It's good to have a grandson who is as smart and visionary as you." His sons and grandchildren are actually not bad, but the Xue family was behind the generals, especially during the period of Xue Rengui, the Xue family directly pushed to the peak. Although Xue Na was not as good as his father, he did not embarrass his father, but his children and grandchildren were not the general's materials, and could only move in other directions. Now most of them are the governors of the ranks and the county magistrates who control local governments.
For this reason, Xue Ne scolded the younger generation at family gatherings, which made the Xue family respect and fear him, the boss. But even so, the Xue family's descendants still do not have military talents, not only his descendants, but also his younger brothers Xue Shenhuo, Xue Chuqing, Xue Chuzhen, and Xue Chuyu's descendants are not as good as those of military. Pei Min is young, but he has shown his strategic vision more than once and is extremely accurate in the general trend, which makes Xue Ne feel that he is sometimes inferior. I wonder if his descendants have the same talent as Pei Min.
It is also good that my descendants are "incompetent" and multiple outstanding grandchildren are also good.
"Let's go! There is a martial arts field in this mansion! Let's see how you are good at your skills and teach according to your aptitude." Xue Ne has always been a decisive and decisive in military background, doing what she says, and she just grows up.
Pei Min said: "Of course there are, Grandpa Xue follows me!"
He led Xue Ne to the martial arts venue.
Looking at the magnificent martial arts performance venue, Xue Na was also stunned and said with a smile: "Good guy, this martial arts performance venue is bigger than the one in my mansion. There is also a special venue for archery and horse racing. We will squat here in the next half month."
He quickly walked towards the archery range at the corner.
There are dozens of dark brown hard bows arranged neatly near the end of the wall at the archery range.
Xue Na took a quick bow and pulled a full ring with almost no effort. He opened the bowstring. He closed his eyes and listened quietly: The sound of "bang", the bowstring echoed continuously. He took a few breaths before stopping.
"Good bow!" Xue Na blurted out her eyes and said, looking at Pei Min who was walking up and smiled, "I'm fully prepared!"
Pei Min said: "I can't afford so many good bows at once. If I'm not mistaken, these bows were left by Xue Shao back then. I don't know much about good bows. These bows are still bright and beautiful after more than thirty years. It's not difficult to see that they are top-notch bows." A few days ago, these hard bows had already appeared when he reorganized his house. Because of the rain shelves, the hard bows could not be exposed to the sun and rain. In addition to being covered with a layer of dust, they were cut intact. Most of the arrows were rotten. Thinking that the martial arts were about to be close, they specially added arrows and had already been trained in the future. He could not have thought that it would come in handy in just a few days.
Xue Na's eyes were a little surprised, and he paused, and nodded: "This is a high-quality composite bow. The production of composite bows is complicated. The Kyodo News said that people use bows as bows. When the six materials are gathered, the clever ones will be able to match them. It means that a good composite bow will take at least three years to make it. Not to mention more than thirty years, it will be a hundred years. As long as it is well maintained, it will be like new."
Xue Na threw the strong bow in her hand to Pei Min and said, "Come and try it!"
Chapter completed!