After saying goodbye to Li Xuan, Du Zhongxiao said to Shi Quanbin: "The regiment training, the divisions of the wing army are stationed in scattered around, mainly artillery and cavalry. Which division should I see first? If you are interested, I will call their chief officer. If you have any questions, please ask them."

Shi Quanbin said: "Let's see the artillery first, and the officials are most concerned about it. When they left Beijing, the officials repeatedly reminded them that the artillery under their command were the most powerful and unstoppable, far from being comparable to the imperial guards with artillery. Let me see how such artillery was trained and what are the special features."

Du Zhongxiao said: "Actually, there is nothing special about artillery. We just want to use it that way. We just spent our efforts to choose the right person to do this and learned it together in a few years. In fact, cavalry is not worse than artillery, but the things that artillery can do are more complicated, and people can choose them, so they are naturally more generous than cavalry's money, grain and official positions."

Shi Quanbin said: "This is the order of the official, so I should pay special attention. After seeing the artillery, it is not too late to look at the cavalry. By the way, I heard that Yingtianxiang Army has run many schools, like the subordinates of the Iron Supervisor, everything can be taught in the school. We also need to take a look."

Du Zhongxiao naturally agreed and ordered his followers to call Yao Shouxin to accompany Shi Quanbin.

Shi Quanbin was a delegation envoy in Lingzhou, and his position was similar to Du Zhongxiao's Direct History Museum. The two were not restricted by their high positions. According to the rule of exchanging literature for military affairs at this time, the scholars were replaced by military governors, and when the system was replaced by observation envoy, Du Zhongxiao's Direct History Museum was replaced by military positions, which was probably also a delegation envoy. Destiny was determined by officials, and the official position was determined by salary and benefits, and the position represented the status. There was no clear distinction between superiors and subordinates, and officials generally determined by their positions. Only ordinary officials who did not take positions would be important.

After a while, Yao Shouxin brought his assistant Zhang Lin to come and accompanied Du Zhongxiao to accompany Shi Quanbin.

Seeing that it was getting late, Du Zhongxiao said: "Since the regiment trainees are here to watch the army, we will not arrange lunch today. Let's go to the military camp there and follow the soldiers to have a meal. How about it? Let's take a look at what the daily life in the army is like."

Shi Quanbin said: "This is the best! Before I was ordered this time, I need to look at these subtleties."

Several people arrived at the nearest artillery garrison barracks. Yao Shouxin ordered that Tan Chen, the commander here, hurriedly welcomed him. After the salute, he took a few people to the place where the barracks were served. The camp was different from the general army. The camp was not allowed to make fires and cook, but was allowed to eat uniformly. Moreover, except for officers of a certain level, the soldiers and their families were not allowed to join the army, and there was no daily living area for the general barracks.

In other military camps, except for concentrated living and facilities such as schoolyards, there is not much difference between life in the army and outside. There are also their own living areas and even commercial areas. The military discipline is particularly loose, including the camp, including the trellis and tile houses and prostitutes.

Looking at the neat barracks, Shi Quanbin nodded repeatedly: "There is neatly arranged here and the military appearance is solemn, which is indeed comparable to other troops."

When we arrived at the place where we were having dinner, Du Zhongxiao said: "The Yingtianxiang Army is different from other people. Generals are not allowed to have a private banquet in the army. They can only eat in specific places. We call it the canteen. Different status and different treatments, but they are not set up separately."

While speaking, he took Shi Quanbin into the canteen.

The Yingtianxiang Army is different from the local area. It officially has three meals a day and lunch is also a regular meal. It is the time to eat. Many officers and soldiers entered the cafeteria and took tableware and sat down. The tableware for one person was two bowls and two plates, plus chopsticks and spoons, all of which were enamel products.

The place where the officers eat is not separated from the soldiers, but there are specific areas and separate places to pick up food. After entering the cafeteria, Du Zhongxiao took Shi Quanbin to pick up tableware and said to him: "We eat more in the army, and artillery and cavalry are better than infantry. Ordinary soldiers and utility are all allowed to pick up rice and steamed buns until they are full. The dishes are one meat and one vegetable, and all have two plates. Two bowls, one bowl serves rice and one bowl serves soup, they are all taken by themselves. Envoys and officers at all levels eat better, with different dishes. The highest is three rice and one soup, with meat and vegetable."

Shi Quanbin said: "If this is the case, the generals will eat worse than other troops, and the effectiveness of the soldiers will be much better."

Du Zhongxiao said: "They go to fight the battle. I don't know how much effort they spend every day, so it's natural to eat better. Another thing is that our army uses a lot of oil, so we eat less rice, but the benefits are all in our stomachs."

Generally, military soldiers have two liters of rice a day, and the farming and field work is much less than this. The reason is that they eat a lot of oil. For those with heavy physical strength, if there is oil or not in the food, it has a direct impact on the amount of rice. If there is more oil and water, they will naturally eat less rice. Without oil and water, it is not uncommon for people to double their appetite.

The army is full of ordinary meat and vegetables, how much money is spent? As long as the low-level officers who do not control military supplies are deducted, the officers and soldiers can eat them in their mouths, and the nutrition is enough. The field business has its own vegetable fields and its own breeding farms, which is not much. The big head of military supplies is actually gunpowder, artillery shells, bullets and other military equipment and other logistics supplies, which is different from other armies.

The rice and soup were cooked by the entourage. Several people took tableware and chose their favorite dishes. The officers were treated with high salaries, and there were no people who cooked the dishes here. They only cleaned up the soldiers and cooked whatever they liked.

Shi Quanbin looked at the dishes on the table, including meat, fish, and a few refreshing vegetables, with a rich variety. They were all fried in a large pot, so they were naturally not as exquisite as sold outside, but it was enough for daily consumption.

After picking up a portion of boiled mutton, stir-frying lily with meat, Shi Quanbin made another vegetarian dish. Suddenly he remembered something, and said to Du Zhongxiao beside him: "Tiju, why are fish here considered meat dishes? If so, it will be difficult to ensure that the food is deducted."

Du Zhongxiao said: "The group training is right. The fish in our army is also considered a meat dish. However, it is separated from the meat and there is a fixed amount in a month."

Shi Quanbin nodded and said nothing. At this time, fish are generally considered vegetarian dishes. Even lay Buddhists who believe in Buddhism do not quit fish, turtles, shrimps and crabs. Moreover, except for some precious varieties, fish and shrimps are extremely low compared to meat, which is basically the same as vegetables. Yingtianxiangjun counts fish as meat dishes. If there are no special measures, the military officer will definitely buy more fish and shrimps to compensate for the number of meat dishes and deduct military pay.

Du Zhongxiao habitually felt that it was too funny to count fish and shrimp as vegetarian dishes, but it was still considered in meat dishes. Although the prices were different, the nutritional content of fish and shrimp and meat was similar, but it was too different from vegetables.

After the meal, I arrived at a separate table on one side and several people sat down. The entourage made rice and soup and placed it on the table.

Shi Quanbin said that he was offended and was about to taste the food here, but several followers put a cup in front of each person, with yellow soup inside. Seeing that it looked familiar, Shi Quanbin didn't remember what it was and asked Du Zhongxiao: "Tixiu, what is this?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "The regiment training is fruit juice. The military pay of the Yingtianxiang Army is sufficient. The average infantry has a fruit every day, whether it is pears or oranges, it must have so much weight. The artillery is better, so I drink juice. Now it is the time when citrus is on the market, and I drink orange juice."

When Shi Quanbin heard this, he couldn't help but widen his eyes: "Oh, I didn't expect the artillery to be so expensive, and I could drink juice every day! I looked familiar, but I didn't remember it for a moment. In the past two years, this has been popular in the capital, but only large restaurants will give it to guests. Even in the palace, this thing is not available every day. But I didn't expect that the artillery to be just a daily life."
Chapter completed!