Chapter 1657 The role of food
Lenin's direct agreement made Weaver not spend much effort. They had more than 400 people in their group, and 20 people brought a lot of things, and the most munitions were the most. Of course, there was also a part of the food. This part of the food was mainly for its own use. After all, a team of 500 people needed at least 1 ton of grain every day. In more than 40 days, it was only 40 to 50 tons. We had to consider the lack of food or the issue of supply. So when we left, we carried about 60 tons of materials, most of which were compressed materials, and one pound was equivalent to four or five pounds of ordinary food. In this way, we traveled through the entire Russia, and more than 20 telegram points were established along the way, so we had to leave enough supplies for them.
Telegram points are all secrets, so you should contact the outside world as little as possible. Even if there are few people, you must prepare one or two months of food. Who knows if you can buy food? This way of consumption and reservation, you finally arrived in St. Petersburg with only 20 tons of food. These are almost enough for four or five hundred people to eat for four or five months. Who knows that this food played a big role in St. Petersburg. At present, it cannot be said that it is priced at gold, but it is more valuable than anything else.
When people are hungry, food is more valuable than anything. Not to mention a steamed bun and a gold ingot, there is nothing that cannot be exchanged for. 20 tons of food was largely left by Weaver. There are also many people here, and there are still combatants, which are better than ordinary people. If there is not enough food, it will be nice to see if there is no food. Although the telegram was sent out and it was recognized by Stalin, it was not easy to transport hundreds of tons of materials from Kazakhstan to St. Petersburg. Either send a team of three or four hundred people, or you can only think of other ways. After weighing the trade-offs, the next batch of 500 combatants will escort about 300 tons of materials to St. Petersburg, which will basically solve the problem of food in the Bolsheviks. In the future, with close contact, similar materials will continue to be sent.
A lot of food was left behind, and some were used up. The total number of the Bolsheviks was still more than 5 tons. Since the St. Petersburg food crisis, most of the Bolsheviks were hungry, and even high-level officials like Lenin got 5 tons of food at once, including 3 tons of compressed biscuits, 2 tons of ham sausages, lunch meat, and meat, which is more attractive to cadres.
For Weaver, this part is the most basic, used to living in China, lunch meat and ham sausage. This thing that was once considered the best food in the early days of reducing Russia City has long been replaced by other people. Almost all senior management use Chinese field meal packages. This type of food can be heated, with a combination of color, fragrance and flavor. It uses Sichuan and Shandong cuisine recipes and adds some braised food. The final set meal is not only excellent in taste, but also has high nutritional value.
Weaver believed that if this thing appeared in St. Petersburg, it would definitely be very popular. Even if it was expensive, due to the consumption and reservation on the road, the field meal bag finally only supported 100 packs for the Bolsheviks. Because of the rare quantity, after Weaver briefly explained the function, he stayed. In St. Petersburg, since it was in the city, there was no need for such a precious thing, and it would be better to wait until the field battle. In Russia, most places are extremely cold. If there is a heated meal bag in the wild, it is very important to maintain the combat effectiveness of a warrior.
There were a lot of other supplies, especially lunch meat and ham sausage, which was 2.2 tons. It was a long time since I had not seen the meat, Lenin was also a little moved. He took a few apart and tasted them. He felt very satisfied. He was hungry for so long. He had been hungry for so long. He let go of it a little.
With Lenin's approval, all the members and committee leaders in St. Petersburg gathered at the headquarters of the Bolsheviks. The headquarters was like the Chinese New Year, with compressed biscuits piled up like mountains. As long as they could be eaten, they could be eaten openly. The lunch meat and ham sausage were metered, and each person had a box of 2 lunch meat and ham sausages.
It looked simple, but it made the Bolshevik core members who had been hungry for so long eat a round stomach, and there was a little Tina's joke. Everyone who had never eaten compressed biscuits did not expect that a small piece of biscuit would be so powerful that most of them were overeating. A big committee member of 1.9 meters tall ate 7 packs of compressed biscuits, but the strong man had a stomachache and he didn't get up for an afternoon.
After eating this, the senior executives have an intuitive understanding of compressed biscuits. They taste pretty good and can fill their stomachs. If they consume at the lowest price, two pieces are enough for a meal. They are easy to carry and full, and they are the best dry food in the army.
However, the compressed biscuits tasted good at the beginning, but they would not work if they were eaten too much. They were made of grains and could fill their stomachs, but they were not delicious. This is also the fundamental reason why China gradually reduced compressed biscuits in the army after its development. It cannot only consider the functionality and not consider the method of eating. China itself is a major dietary country and has a long history. As long as you study it carefully, you can get a lot of methods for making dry food. Now, most of the dry food in the Chinese army is replaced by field meal bags.
Compared with compressed biscuits, lunch meat and ham sausage are more popular. For the Bolshevik high-level officials who have not seen meat flavor for a long time, it is really delicious. Some people even regard this as a supreme delicacy. As long as they can eat it, they are willing to do anything. Several people even put the lunch meat and ham sausage they received together, cut it into thin slices, eat it with black bread, and can also serve wine.
The 5 tons of meat, including 2 tons of meat, is the most valuable for the Bolsheviks. It not only solves the food problem, but also attracts some people through these foods and obtains information from other parties. This was originally the work that the Bolsheviks have been doing, but it has stagnated due to the famine in St. Petersburg, but now it has been opened again.
Revolutionary work is like sailing against the current, and if you don’t advance, you will retreat. During this period, due to famine, the state of the entire St. Petersburg was like a basin of stagnant water. Now, the power of the Bolsheviks is added to this basin of stagnant water. Under the premise that others don’t know, the Bolsheviks are quietly changing their power.
The Soviets were the most dominant force of the revolution. The merchants and capitalists of the State Duma used the workers and peasants' Soviets to push them away. They thought that these mud legs could not be on the surface at all. The root of the chaos in the past two months was this. On the contrary, Lenin saw it very clearly. The workers and peasants who determined the fate of Russia were these workers and peasants. Now these Soviets are fighting each other and have not formed a joint force. However, the last time they formed a joint force, it was when the Tsar was forced to abdicate.
Tsar, for hundreds of years, standing in Russia, standing in Europe, one of the most powerful people in the whole of Europe, the richest and most powerful family in Russia, was forced to abdicate in the face of such a group of mud legs. Even if it was repeated, even the fruits of the revolution were taken away by the current state Duma, but no one could deny his power.
Lenin knew this very well, both historically and now, that was what he did. Weaver's food and funds accelerated the process. Some Soviet leaders who were already inclined to the Bolsheviks, plus some trade union organizations, expanded the power of the Bolsheviks by 10 times at once.
However, the power of this expansion brought serious consequences, that is, the Bolsheviks needed to supply 10 times more grain. Even 5 tons of grain can be equivalent to 25 tons, supplying 500 people, which is completely different from supplying 5,000 people. Fortunately, several batches of grain entered Russia, and the purchasing power of the ruble was declining, but the purchasing power of the dollar was rising. After all, the price of grain has increased dozens of times, and it may be turned into paper if it is replaced by ruble, but the dollar can spend anywhere, and if it is able to buy food from the United States and sell it in St. Petersburg, you can make dozens of times the profit.
Next, such a little bit of materials was used reasonably, and part of the funds were supported to the Bolsheviks. With the help of powerful foreign aid, the Bolsheviks continued to grow. With the help of Lenin's personal charm and speech influence, the Bolsheviks, who were not as good as the class, began to gradually accumulate strength.
These have little to do with Weaver. Although they have made considerable contributions to the delivery of food, they must continue to do so. In addition, what Lenin promised before, they sent personnel to protect them, and they also implemented it. This is a good opportunity to expand their influence within the party and cannot be easily let go.
300 armed forces finally selected 170. In fact, if the transfer is reasonable, about 120 can be drawn. At this time, most of the people outside the city have entered the city. They only left a simple contact point outside the city, occupying four or five people. When they entered St. Petersburg, although there were also armed forces, in this core area of Russia, it is unlikely that a large-scale gun battle would occur. In fact, these soldiers are oversupply. Everyone else thinks that they can pay about 250 soldiers, and the rest is enough for their security.
But in Weaver's opinion, although 50 security forces are enough, if there is no strong mobile power, if there is an emergency, there is no way to deal with it. The 80 most elite soldiers equipped the strongest guns they can equip, which is the strongest force they control at present. They are raising their energy and waiting for their day to use. (~^~)
Chapter completed!