Chapter 39 (2/2)

He left and returned after 15 minutes. However, instead of returning alone, he brought Kang Weibo to the depot.

Kang Weibo laughed upon seeing Ou Yangming. “Brother Ou, I heard that you’re going to the town’s bazaar?”

Ou Yangming quickly stood up to greet him with a bow. After all, Kang Weibo was the Armament Camp’s supervisor, so he must not be impolite.

“Brother Ou, we’re brothers, so you don’t have to do this.” Nonetheless, Kang Weibo quickly took a step forward to support him by his arm as a way to stop him. He then took three banknotes from his pocket. “Look, are these enough?”

When Ou Yangming accepted them and took a look at them, he was dumbfounded.

He was not illiterate as he was taught by Old Craftsman, and at the very least, he definitely knew the words ‘ten’ and ‘hundred’.

After flipping the notes to check them again, he expressed, “Sir Kang, I asked for thirty taels…”

Kang Weibo waved his hand. “Brother Ou, they’re from the public fund, and I’m giving them to you to purchase ores. If you manage to buy something, report them to Gaoan afterward. As for the ores, you can just use them for smithing because it’s troublesome to send them here.”

Ou Yangming widened his mouth, and he replied after some time, “What if, what if I fail to smith something?”

Kang Weibo answered without hesitation, “If you fail, so be it! Military Fire Blacksmiths like you smith many pieces of high-level equipment, how can you not fail at all?”

Ou Yangming almost choked on his saliva when he heard the confident reply.

He did not need to show them the ores bought as he only needed to report to them, and would not be blamed for failing to smith equipment with the ores…

Even a fool could tell that Kang Weibo was simply giving him silver as a gift.

After looking at Kang Weibo strangely, Ou Yangming kept the banknotes. “I understand, thank you, Sir Kang.”

Kang Weibo laughed out loud. “Brother Ou, picking ores is a difficult thing. I suggest you rest a night in the town and return tomorrow.”

Ou Yangming agreed to him, then left the military camp where Kang Weibo and Xiong Gaoan sent him off.

When Ou Yangming touched the three banknotes, he sighed. Sure enough, things had been very different for him in the past.

There was a town 1.5 kilometers outside the military camp, which was initially meant to provide the camp with various supplies, and its scale was not very big. As time pa.s.sed, more people settled down in the town, hence it became bigger in scale, and its population grew bigger than the military camp’s. Furthermore, the annual bazaar was always crowded and lively.

Ou Yangming planned to walk there at first, but Kang Weibo insisted that he traveled by carriage. The cart driver was a diligent man from the town, and he showed Ou Yangming his home after dropping him off. “Sir, let me know when you want to leave, I can send you back any time.”

After thanking the cart driver, Ou Yangming entered the town.

He was familiar with the town as he visited it a few times back when he roamed about. This time, he visited with a different att.i.tude.

While looking at the streets that did not change much, he smiled plainly.

All of a sudden, there was a disturbance in the crowd ahead, and the pa.s.sersby cleared a path as a thin person fled in any path he could. Behind him, a few tall and burly men cursed while pursuing him.

Ou Yangming could tell at once that the big men were much faster than the thin man.

As expected, before long, one of the big men caught up to the thin man and kicked him hard on his b.u.t.t.

“Argh…”

The thin man shrieked and staggered before falling to the ground. He was in so much pain that he could not get up anymore.

Nevertheless, Ou Yangming noticed earlier that the seemingly fierce kick was actually a merciful one because a kick on the man’s lower back would have been more deadly.

The big man pulled the young fellow up. “B*stard, how dare you steal from Military Master? Are you tired of living?”

A young man around Ou Yangming’s age was seen grimacing in pain on the ground.

When the other big men surrounded the young man, one of them suddenly called out to Ou Yangming and bowed at him, “Master Ou!”

Ou Yangming could not help but chuckle. The person was Yan Chengcai who visited him yesterday, and he did not expect to meet him here today.

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