Chapter 95 Rice Balls and Soup (1)
The soldier who spent all his gold coins had to calm down and wait for the day of paying his salary next month.
Without wanting these soldiers to do nothing, Cons took the opportunity to order the team leader to start training as the highest officer, and set a rule that every seven days to check which team performs the best, and give five jars of wine that day and eat food. At the same time, the team with the worst performers will serve them for seven days.
The soldiers who were just suffering because they could only live a simple life in the future, when they heard that they could still eat delicious food and drink good wine, they were saliva and screamed.
They knew very well that Cons kept everything from the chef's troupe, including chicken, duck, cattle and sheep, all kinds and quantity, and they were very rich. Hehe, after enduring for seven days, you can have another big meal.
While attracting food, the non-commissioned officers were also excited about the rewards behind them.
Hehe, as long as you are the first, you can enjoy the life of a lieutenant in advance. Look at how comfortable it is to have a lieutenant with five personal guards!
Some non-commissioned officers even ask God to bless themselves as the first and last, so that they can enjoy the other party’s service well, haha, they will laugh when they think about it.
In this way, with Cons' order, the twenty-five teams immediately rushed out like little tigers, screaming and began to train with great energy.
Cons, who had nothing to do, originally wanted to go to training, but was stopped by Oak: "Sir, you will soon be known about buying war horses and weapons here. You should choose a few horses to give to the head of the team. It is a good idea to raise the relationship. If you have a good relationship, you might be able to get a batch of supplies in advance."
Hearing this, Cons nodded speechlessly and signaled Oak to prepare.
There is no one around Cons now. Oak goes to do business, Weijie continues to inquire about the news, Xiang Wen sorts out food in a variety of ways in the newly built kitchen, while Rett and Leike are completely immersed in training to enhance their strength.
Looking at the empty brigade headquarters, Cons let out a sigh of relief. It was the first time he had been alone in this brigade.
The first day was to pay the salary, and the next few days, I took the logistics staff to count the materials and organize the account books. Then the business group was in business. There was almost no stop for the seven days, and many trivial matters came to my door every day. This was also impossible. Who said that I was the only lieutenant in the entire brigade?
Although it seems that the entire brigade is in control now, as long as one of the officers who left comes back, they have to concentrate on serving as the commander. But this is nothing. It is better to have a commander appear, so you don’t have to consider when the Feimeiqi Alliance will attack, don’t worry about the soldiers not being trained enough, don’t rack your brains to find ways to collect supplies, just find the commander to ask for it.
In the past, the army was in charge, and it was enough to pay attention to whether the food and weapons were enough. Now I realized that there were so many troubles in logistics. Food, clothing, housing, transportation and medical care were all things that the logistics department had to worry about. Not only did it have to prepare the food and water for people to eat, but it also had to prepare the transportation efforts and food and drinking water for war horses. It also had to consider the quantity of tableware, the number of cooking utensils, the progress of equipment repair, the inventory of equipment replacement parts, and the quantity of medical expenses for the entire army.
To be more delicate, you need to prepare needles, buttons, shoes and socks, towels, soaps, razors, and these essential things in daily life are even harder than a housewife, and there are many more combat troops who need to deal with.
When Cons thought of this, he couldn't help but smile. In fact, he was good at the logistics department. At least he was very busy and fulfilled every day. He didn't feel any trouble with these cumbersome things.
Just as he was thinking, Oak came in again to report: "Sir, you have selected twenty horses, the best twenty of the remaining hundred horses."
Weijie, who noticed Oak's operation, had already pulled the two brothers Retreka and Xiangwen to the brigade headquarters, and they were ready to go out.
"Please count my horse, you and Weijie plus two logistics teams, take the horses with me to the county town, Xiangwen, Rett, and Leike stayed there and brought all the gold coins." Cons said while picking up the sword that was placed aside.
Oakburn wanted to dissuade him. After all, the horse of the commander was not of the same level as other horses, but when he thought that he would get better when he sent it out like this, he didn't say anything.
Anyway, when you are close to the grassland, what horse can’t get?
As for "all gold coins", it sounds like a lot, but in fact it is just one hundred pieces given to Cons by the brothel business group.
Xiang Wen was originally reluctant, but Oak secretly said in his ear: "The chief was afraid that the seven soldiers would misunderstand him and he would not come back, so he left you there." He happily accepted Cons' order because he was now the representative of the chief.
Cons and his thirteen men, twenty-one horses and four empty carriages drove out of the brigade headquarters.
The soldiers around him saw this scene and couldn't help but mutter in their hearts.
This second lieutenant will not be like other officers, and will not return forever?
Although I was a little calm when I saw Xiangwen, Lei Te and Lei Kai stayed, I still had concerns.
Although the training is still continuing, morale has declined, and everyone seems a little perfunctory.
This time I go back to the city, unlike when I come, I need to look for the direction carefully. I am afraid that I will get lost. I will never forget it after walking once. It is equivalent to the super radar, Cons, who leads his troops to walk in a straight line.
I don’t know if it was because of the straight line or the empty car and horses. Anyway, it took two days to complete the journey, but it took Cons more than one day to arrive at the county town.
After Cons entered the city this time, with the help of Oak and Weijie, the wing chief officers who stayed in the county, including several wing chief officers of the Fifth Brigade, each gave a horse. Of course, Cons' good horse belonged to the wing captain, and then through the major staff officers, he asked for help to invite all the wing chief officers to the banquet.
In the eyes of Cons and Oak, a hundred gold coins were enough to hold a banquet in this small place.
The fat captain who stroked Cons's horse, smiled at the major staff officer who came to report the banquet and said, "Although these horses are not worth much, they can also see his intentions. It seems that this lieutenant is still very interesting. Since they understand the worldly ways, we should not make things too difficult for him. After all, they are all colleagues. Tell everyone that this banquet should be given face and they will be present."
"Yes, that is, a person with a broad mind like you don't care about him." The major smiled and flattered, then said as if he was thinking of something: "By the way, sir, the lieutenant also suggested that if possible, it would be better to allocate a batch of supplies in advance to replenish it. He said the border was a little unstable."
"Haha, uneasy? Uneasy, how could he get so many horses? He just wants to get more supplies." The captain of the regiment said with a smile.
"Then refuse him?" asked the major.
The captain of the corps shook his head and said, "Tell the corps logistics chief and ask him to allocate a batch of supplies to the lieutenant, and tell him to be generous and not to be as petty as before. You must know that we are all fat now, and we don't have to worry about the oil and water from our hands. At least we should let some soup be given to the lower body when we eat meat."
"Sir, wise. But now the Fifth Brigade has the largest military rank. Should I ask an officer above lieutenant to go back and take charge?" the major reminded.
The captain of the regiment smiled and said, "Who can you call back? At this moment, whoever you call is anxious about you, no matter whether you are a major or not. Also, there are twenty-five squads in a brigade, twenty-five squad leaders with different ideas, and he is a logistics officer. Those guys from the combat troops will not sell accounts. This is the arrogant habit of the combat troops. You don't have to worry about him controlling a brigade with the rank of a second lieutenant. So what if he lets him control the entire brigade? Do you still dare to rebel?"
When the major thought that this was true, he nodded with a smile: "Yes, my subordinates are really worried."
With the request of the team leader, all the chief officials attended the banquet held by Cons with face, otherwise even if Cons gave gifts, they would not have attended the banquet held by a second lieutenant.
This time, Cons was not neglected. Every chief officer came to clink cups with Cons, and he used his military rank very maliciously, forcing Cons to drink one cup after another, hoping to see Cons make a fool of himself.
Oak hid aside and looked blue, not because Cons was drunk, he was worried that he would not have enough money to pay the bill. After all, these officers ordered good wine.
However, the more the officers forced Cons to drink, the more surprised they became. In the end, they gave up their plans to see Cons' ugly appearance.
Because Cons had drunk so much wine to his stomach, he didn't feel drunk except that his stomach became more and more round.
It was only then that Cons, who drank so much wine for the first time, that he realized that he seemed to be immune to alcohol.
It’s not a big mistake for Cons not to know his background. When he was wandering, he couldn’t eat enough, let alone drink. When he was a soldier, he either killed people or practiced martial arts all day long. After he became an officer, he was inexplicably alone. At this time, who would force him to drink? Cons, who was not interested in alcohol, would at most be smeared in his lips, so he never knew that he was so powerful.
The banquet ended quickly in a friendly and happy atmosphere.
Cons stared at a gold coin in Oak's hand and stared in a daze.
"Sir, we still owe the restaurant thirty gold coins to the wine. This gold coins were given to your subordinates last time, and now..." Oak's words made Cons even more stunned.
Cons hurriedly pushed the gold coins back, and he thought it was the rest after spending a hundred gold coins.
Oak also knew that this gold coin was useless and frowned and said, "Sir, should you go back and drive a few horses to sell? Otherwise, if we don't want to pay back the money, we will be in a difficult day." He did not expect that these horses were purchased with brigade funds and belonged to brigade property, rather than personal items that could be exchanged for money if they wanted to.
"Just just now, the logistics officer of the United Team asked me to get a batch of supplies tomorrow, so I should be able to respond to emergency." Cons said.
He was even more direct, putting his thoughts on the materials, and he didn't notice that these were brigade supplies and he was not qualified to use them at all.
Hearing this, Oak immediately breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "Hey, that's good. I'm really afraid that the tavern owner will chase him to Kulong Town."
Cons didn't care about this obviously inseparable from public or private matters, Oak didn't care, nor did Cons bring the logistics soldiers, and the officers were even more unlikely to care about it.
As long as you do not deduct military pay and as long as you can ensure that the troops have sufficient combat supplies, the superiors will not care about how you use excess supplies. So there are many officers who think like Cons, and it is the case all over the world.
The next day, under Oak's urging, Cons and others arrived at the United Logistics Office early in the morning.
The logistics officer of the United Army seemed very generous this time and gave him sixty carriages full of supplies at once. Of course, he also clearly told Cons that all the supplies this year are here, and if you want to replenish them, I will talk about them next year.
Cons didn't care whether this was hinting that he "don't come back this year" and directly took the excited Oak and the logistics soldiers to receive the supplies.
"Sir, I didn't expect the corps to be so generous! I gave 30,000 gold coins! After deducting the three months of military salary, there are nearly 16,000 gold coins in the brigade funds!" Oak said excitedly, but immediately remembered something and frowned and said, "Sir, this matter is a bit weird. According to common sense, funds are concentrated in the hands of the division to increase value, and only allocate wages and funds from each army every month. It is impossible to allocate a large amount of funds to subordinate troops at once. How could our fifth corps have so many..."
Before he could finish his words, Oak shut up.
He remembered the discovery of the gold mine in Kune Town. It seems that the Fifth Regiment has even more funds than the brigade? He just doesn’t know what method the Fifth Regiment used to hold the gold mine firmly in his hands and not be collected by it.
Cons didn't care about these things, but instead asked: "How many weapons are there in the food military uniform?"
A counted logistics chief said hurriedly: "Five hundred bags of grain, one thousand sets of military uniforms, machetes, sabers, spears, bows and arrow weapons, and three hundred sets of spare parts such as bowstrings, saddles, etc. If the food is not counted, these materials will be enough for our brigade to use until the end of the year."
Cons nodded with satisfaction. He didn't care about giving less food. After all, the five thousand bags of food he exchanged for horses was enough for a few years for the brigade.
When Cons left the county town with his team, the chief advised him to make decisions if he had anything to do this year, and don’t always come back to ask for instructions, and try to finish the year.
Hearing this, Cons was stunned for a moment.
Did the major say that the other officers in the brigade will not be out of the army this year at least? It seems that they will dig gold mines until the end of the year before they let go.
Seeing that his logistics officer came back with a large amount of supplies, the soldiers of the Fifth Brigade finally felt relieved. The team leader, who had some ideas, saw that Cons had received a large amount of supplies a month before. He knew that this guy was very considerate, so he had to touch his nose and urge the soldiers to train.hf();
Chapter completed!