Chen Xiaodong was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, his five hundred soldiers were naturally not full, and there were many empty salaries, which was also the norm in the Ming Dynasty army, even the regular army, not to mention the Tuntian army of the Inspection Division, but he couldn't find a reason to shirk it, so he had to deliberately procrastinate and rummage through the soldiers' books, and then let his subordinates hurry up to gather soldiers, gather as many people as possible, don't make it too ugly.

Guo Zhiyuan didn't urge, let Chen Xiaodong delay the time and find the soldier book, this soldier book is full of dust, and the corners have been bitten by rats, obviously it has been a long time since the soldiers have been ordered, Guo Zhiyuan frowned and flipped through it casually, and handed it to Chen Xiaodong, and said expressionlessly: "Then let's go to the school field to review together, please Chen Patrol beat the drum and count the soldiers!" ……”

In fact, there is no need to beat the drum at all, Chen Xiaodong's soldiers are all sleeping in the barracks, Chen Xiaodong is just about to summon his subordinates, and they all rushed to the school field to gather at this time, Guo Zhiyuan came to the school field under the guidance of Chen Xiaodong, and looked at the group of soldiers in the audience who were untidy, standing in a sparse queue, staggering, and without any sense of slaughter, his brows furrowed even tighter, and where was the number of people under the stands There were 500 soldiers, I was afraid that there were not even 300 people!

"Chen Inspection, are all the people here? ......" Guo Zhiyuan glanced at Chen Xiaodong, who was sweating profusely, and asked coldly.

Chen Xiaodong wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and said hesitantly: "Eh, there is... Some of the sergeants returned... Go home and explore... Visiting relatives, in... In the barracks of the capital... It's all here... It's all ......"

Guo Zhiyuan didn't bother to expose Chen Xiaodong's lies, he directly snatched the soldier book in his hand, and sneered: "I'll come!" He opened the book and said loudly to the audience: "Now start counting soldiers, every time I read a name, the person who called will answer 'yes' loudly, and then take a step forward!" Chen Ergou! ……”

Guo Zhiyuan shouted three times in a row, but no one answered below, Guo Zhiyuan had to continue to call the next name, but no one even answered the three names, Chen Xiaotou had more beads of sweat on his forehead, and hurriedly glanced at the henchman Wu Chang under the stage, and the Wu Chang understood, stood up and said loudly: "Chen Ergou and they have diarrhea, but they didn't come!" ……”

"It's really a coincidence, even the three of them have diarrhea, it seems that Chen Patrol has to pay attention to food hygiene! ......" Guo Zhiyuan glared at Chen Xiaodong fiercely and sneered, Chen Xiaodong was not easy to answer, so he could only smile and say yes.

Guo Zhiyuan had no choice but to continue to roll call Chen Xiaodong's hob meat, and when the name of the fourth person was called, someone finally answered, but he was weak, like a mosquito, Guo Zhiyuan became angry, and said sharply: "Didn't you eat?" Don't have the strength to answer?! ……”

The soldier was a veteran soldier, and said in a weird manner: "I really haven't eaten, I haven't been paid for a long time, where can I get food?!" ......", the other sergeants in the audience also burst into laughter!

This soldier can't be lit, Guo Zhiyuan angrily closed the soldier book in his hand, threw it into Chen Xiaodong's arms, and said sharply: "Chen Inspection, you are really a good soldier!" ……”

Chen Xiaodong had no choice but to cry and shirk with a sad face: "It's not that the lower officials are incompetent, it's really that the salaries have been in arrears, and the sergeants below are very angry, and the lower officials are not good at over-pressing, otherwise it will be troublesome to cause a mutiny!" ……”

Guo Zhiyuan didn't want to say anything, the combat effectiveness of the Ming Dynasty army was low, arrears of military salaries were indeed a big problem, soldiers often mutinied, and several governors were killed by mutinous soldiers in history! Even Qi Jiguang, a generation of military gods, often had a headache over the problem of arrears of military salaries, so he didn't want to dwell on this topic anymore, so he waved his hand and said: "That's the end of the army, please Inspector Chen lead the way, this official wants to check the armory......"

Chen Xiaodong's face stiffened again, and his eyes turned sharply: "Eh, my lord, it's really unfortunate, the treasurer in charge of the key to the armory is on leave, I'm afraid it's ......."

Of course, Guo Zhiyuan is not so easy to prevaricate, and said toughly: "Can't the treasurer open the armory if he tells him to leave?" So what if you need to lead an army in an emergency?! This officer must inspect the armory today, and if he doesn't have a key, he will smash the lock open and replace the lock! ……”

Chen Xiaodong saw that he couldn't shirk it, so he had to pretend to remember it, patted his forehead and said in annoyance: "Look at my memory, the treasurer handed over the key to the official when he was on leave, and the official asked people to take ......."

Waiting for Chen Xiaodong to get the key to the armory, Chen Xiaodong hurriedly led the way to open the armory, the armory was obviously not used for a long time, the door locks were about to rust to death, Chen Xiaodong tinkered for a long time, and asked people to get clear oil to lubricate it, and finally opened the door lock.

Open the rickety and squeaky armory door, a musty smell came to his face, seeing the situation inside, Guo Zhiyuan was stunned, and saw that the cobwebs inside were dense, and all kinds of weapons, armor, and ordnance were piled up everywhere in a disorderly manner, and a few skinny rats were frightened, squeaking and scurrying around!

Guo Zhiyuan forced his anger to cover his mouth and nose and walked into the messy armory, picked up a waist knife on the ground, pulled it out but didn't pull it out, and took a closer look to find that the place where the scabbard and the handle were connected was rusty, Guo Zhiyuan pulled it out again, this time it was pulled out, but only the handle was pulled out, and the blade was stuck in the scabbard!

Looking at the weapons and armor around you, all of them are rusty, and it is estimated that there is no one in ten that can still be used! Guo Zhiyuan was really angry, although he had been mentally prepared before he came, the local army of the Ming Dynasty was lax, and the Tuntian army of the Inspection Department was definitely no better, but he didn't expect it to be so erosive!

Guo Zhiyuan could no longer suppress the anger in his heart, threw the handle of the knife in his hand to the ground, turned his head and scolded Chen Xiaodong behind him: "Inspector Chen, the armament of your inspection department has been eroded to this point, how do you explain this......

Chen Xiaodong was already sweating like rain, so he could only shirk it again and said: "These ordnance are old for a long time, and they should have been replaced a long time ago, and the lower officials have also reported it many times, requesting that the ordnance be replaced, but ......."

"Enough!" Guo Zhiyuan shouted angrily, interrupted Chen Xiaodong's words of evasion, and said sharply: "Inspector Chen, you are a three-year-old child in this county, is it so easy to deceive?" Or do you think that if the inspection department is not under the direct management of the county, the official can't help you?! ……”

Chen Xiaodong didn't dare to speak, although he was not under the direct management of Guo Zhiyuan, but the county order was a civilian official, and he could be impeached in a letter, like this situation, it would eventually be transferred to the Ministry of War to deal with, and it was impossible for the Ministry of War to quarrel with the civilian group for a small inspection of him, and most of them would remove him from office.