Keral nodded: "It seems that the situation is indeed the case. But when we report it, the officers above scold us for being alarmist. Humph, all the officers are idiots. The herders in this radius of dozens of miles have noticed that something is wrong and they have automatically moved away. They think this place is safe!"

"They are not idiots, but greed. They just wishfully believe that the war will not break out so that they can mine more gold!" A first-class soldier who had been silent suddenly sneered.

"Gold?" Zhao Hu was puzzled.

Why are there so many strange things in this frontier?

"Yes, it's gold. A gold mine was discovered in Ku District Town half a year ago. The upper level of the army not only did not report it, but blocked the news. At the beginning, the head of the Ku District Town and the corps team knew, and later it slowly spread throughout the corps. Otherwise, how would you think those officers dared to leave their posts and run away? You're going to dig gold!"

The first-class private sarcastically looked at Zhao Hu strangely. It seemed that he thought Zhao Hu would run away after he knew the news.

When Zhao Hu's five subordinates heard the word "Gold Mine", only Deo's face moved, and the other people's expressions did not change much.

As for Zhao Hu, he frowned and said, "They actually left their troops to dig gold before the war broke out? Didn't they know that they would lose anything if they were attacked by the enemy?"

"Hey, the enemy has attacked in. At most, it is a crime of ineffective combat. If you go through the channels, the worst is to be dismissed and retired. Those officers are very smart." The first-class soldier sneered.

"Okay, don't say this. You can summon everyone to welcome the commander." Keral was afraid that this subordinate would say something he shouldn't say without any restraint, so he hurriedly sent him away.

The group stopped talking and came to Kulong Town with their own thoughts.

At this moment, under the notice of the First Class Private, the soldiers of the Fifth Battalion gathered at the entrance of the town.

Zhao Hu glanced at him and found that there were about five or six hundred people here. As I heard just now, there was no officer or above the lieutenant present. The 25 small team leaders with sergeants or sergeants were in front.

Seeing Zhao Hu, a young man with outstanding military rank, the twenty-five squad leader was the first to stand attentively and salute, and the soldiers surrounded by them followed.

After Zhao Hu returned the gift, he said loudly: "All the logistics teams of the brigade gathered at the brigade headquarters, and the team leaders gathered various troops to prepare for salary."

Originally, the team leaders were a little reluctant to hear the order of the chief in charge of logistics, but when they heard that they were receiving salary, they immediately turned around and shouted, and the soldiers gathered according to the team organization. As for the five logistics commanders, they immediately brought their subordinates to Zhao Hu as soon as they heard the order.

"Let's go, bring these supplies to the brigade headquarters." Zhao Hu naturally issued an order to the five sergeant commanders.

"Yes!" There was no conflict in the hearts of the five logistics commanders like the team leaders, because Zhao Hu was the logistics commander of the entire brigade and his direct superior.

This place is called a town, but in fact it is just a village composed of nearly a hundred mud houses. Only a few elderly villagers stood in front of the door and looked around. The other houses were all open and empty. In other words, there were no other residents except these elderly people and soldiers.

There are only a few residents in this town?" Zhao Hu asked a logistics commander.

"Hey, sir, you don't know that there were thousands of residents in this town before, but they have moved away one after another in the past few months. In addition to these old men who are not sure about their family, they are just us soldiers. If there is no supply to be transported one month later, we may have dispersed automatically."

Hearing this, Zhao Hu nodded speechlessly.

Under the leadership of the logistics company, we came to a house that was much larger than other ones. There was a large open space in front of the house. Judging from the layout, it should be the ancestral hall of the town or something.

"Sir, this is the brigade headquarters, the brigade's logistics supplies are placed inside, and this is the account books of each squadron and brigade." The five sergeant commanders handed over the account books to Zhao Hu.

"Well, after moving the supplies in, we will start preparing to pay the salary." Zhao Hu handed over the account book to Deo, who immediately pulled the sergeants to direct the logistics team to carry things.

Under Zhou Wen's guidance, Locke and Luo Fei joined the moving and running sequence, while Sun Jie ran into the soldiers who were still gathering not far away. As for Zhou Wen, he moved out of the table and chairs, wiped them clean and asked Zhao Hu to sit down.

When the team leader assembled the soldiers and arrived at the open space according to the squadron formation, the logistics sergeant had already lined up in front of Zhao Hu with the account book. Their four subordinates followed them and guarded a box of golden coins.

While everyone was attracted by the gold coins, they were also frightened by Zhao Hu's stance.

Zhao Hu was standing in the center, followed by two strong men with big swords and a close servant, and on the side was a table and a man holding a master's account book. At the same time, there was also a box of gold coins on the table.

Seeing this, the soldiers didn't care much, while the team leader muttered something in his heart.

The soldiers who were whispering were shut up, but now they can tell at a glance that the commander has something to say.

"Brothers, I am the new logistics officer of the Fifth Brigade. My name is Zhao Hu. My rank is second lieutenant."

When Zhao Hu said this, he glanced at everyone. The scene of these hundreds of people was a piece of cake for him.

Several team leaders who were a little rebellious in their hearts were shocked by Zhao Hu's eyes and did not dare to slander Zhao Hu in their hearts anymore.

"Since everyone knows me, now we will receive military pay according to the squadron number, and the non-commissioned officers will come to me directly to collect it." After Zhao Hu said that, he nodded to the five logistics sergeants.

The five sergeant commanders who received the instructions immediately shouted according to the list: "First Squadron First Team, Private XXX! Monthly salary is two gold coins, a total of four gold coins. Come on, draw a note."

Deo also stood up and shouted: "The first squadron leader, Sgt. Geralt, has a monthly salary of fifteen gold coins, a total of thirty gold coins!"

With the sound of chanting names, drawings and hitting gold coins one by one, the originally impetuous morale began to calm down.

The soldiers who received the money gathered together in groups of three or three to discuss how to spend it. Although there was no place to spend money nearby, they still enjoyed it.

Soon, the box was empty and the money was sent. The team gathered again. Zhao Hu could see at a glance that the spirit of these soldiers was much better than before.

He cleared his throat and said loudly: "Brothers, I have received the military pay. Who gave this military pay? Empire! It is the reward for the Empire to protect the Empire! It is the money for the Empire to work hard for the Empire!"

When everyone heard Zhao Hu's words, they blinked and looked at Zhao Hu quietly.

"I believe everyone knows what the atmosphere on the border has been like recently. So in order to deserve this military pay, this lieutenant hopes that you will practice your skills under the leadership of the Shangguans. How about it? Can you do it?" Zhao Hu shouted loudly.

"Can do it!" the soldiers shouted in unison.

"Okay, now I order all the non-commissioned officers to stay and the rest will be dissolved."

Zhao Hu saluted, and the soldiers below returned the salute, and then they dispersed.

The team leader who stayed in the same place with other non-commissioned officers felt bitter.

In just a moment, the second lieutenant in front of him took away the command without leaving any trace. Those guys disbanded without asking him, and they were useless to treat them so well before! How fucking it!

The team leader, who was more concerned, was shocked.

This lieutenant is awesome!

He personally paid the salary as soon as he came. Although the money was given by the empire, he was the one who sent the money. In this year, ordinary people were still used to listening to whoever they received.

And what's particularly amazing is that he actually pointed out his military rank several times, the second lieutenant, and the largest officer in the brigade, although he is in charge of logistics, there is a regulation in the military law that when the chief officer of the army cannot perform his duties, the person with the highest military rank will automatically obtain the right to manage the troops. It is legitimate to manage the brigade now. Unless an officer with a higher level than him appears, no one can do anything to him.

I believe this is also the reason why my confidants act so obediently.

Zhao Hu summoned these non-commissioned officers, but did not show any demonstrations again. He just told them to strengthen the training of soldiers and asked about the troops what supplies they lack. There were several non-commissioned officers who wanted to express their thoughts on Zhao Hu's crossing the boundary, but were dispelled by the words of others. Finally, they also told them what supplies their troops were lacking.

After Zhao Hu recorded these records, he let them leave.

After looking at the number of items lacking, Deo said bitterly: "Sir, as I said above, there is almost nothing. It requires more than 600 sets of military uniforms and boots, more than 300 sets of saddles and horseshoes, thousands of bowstrings, and at least 500 sets of weapons to be replaced.

"More importantly, the food is only enough for one month now. According to the logistics soldiers, there is no way to collect any food within a radius of fifty miles. Now it is only possible to see if you can get these supplies from the county town."

Zhao Hu was very troubled by this problem. Just look at the supplies he transported this time and knew that it was impossible to think about a large amount of supplies from the wing.

Just when Zhao Hu was worried, the five logistics sergeants who handed over the account book came in, and of course Zhao Hu threw the problem to them as soon as possible.

The logistics commander laughed: "Sir, don't listen to those squad leader's swearing around. The requirements for other materials except for food and other materials must be greatly reduced. For example, if you need 600 sets of military uniforms and boots, in fact, only ten or twenty guys' uniforms and boots need to be replaced, while three hundred sets of saddles and horseshoes are even more fake. There have not been many cavalry rigorously practiced these things in the past few months. These things have not been consumed yet. The bowstring weapons are like this!"
Chapter completed!