Anyone who has worked as a warehouse manager in modern society knows that when a warehouse manager wants to leave, the unit to which he belongs will do one thing, that is, inventory.

Through the inventory, check whether the physical quantity matches the book quantity.

If the number is wrong, especially in the case of inventory loss, the reason must be found out as soon as possible, otherwise the warehouse management will have to bear the corresponding responsibility.

Only when there is no problem with the inventory can the warehouse manager leave his job "cleanly", and it has nothing to do with him if anything happens in the future.

The same is true for the position of quartermaster in ancient times, and it is also necessary to take inventory when leaving office to avoid suspicion.

However, the previous quartermaster had fled the northwest overnight, and it was impossible to do so. Therefore, after Chi Fei took over his work, the first thing he did was to conduct a general inventory of all the warehouses.

In order to prevent the people below from tampering, Chi Fei deliberately disrupted the list of inventory personnel.

For example, let the person who was originally in charge of the grain depot go to the pangun depot, let the person in charge of the armor depot go to the panbow depot, and so on.

Not only that, but he also found a dozen soldiers from the army who were slightly literate to supervise the entire inventory process.

After the inventory is completed, if it is found that the physical number does not match the book number, the person who manages the original warehouse should assist the inventory personnel to find the lost property, and if it cannot be found, it is necessary to give a reasonable explanation.

In addition, in order not to affect the normal entry and exit of materials, the inventory work was changed to night, and Chi Fei, the new chief quartermaster, was responsible for supervising the whole process.

The so-called three fires for the new official to take office, Chi Fei's fire burned all at once, and these treasury management personnel, including adjutant Deng Yuanming, had a hard time.

They followed the work of the former quartermaster, and it is impossible to say that there was no theft of supplies at all, but there are only a few of them.

Now that Chi Fei has investigated so strictly, and he has also found soldiers from outside to come in and keep an eye on them, it will be difficult to fool them around.

After several days of inventory, Chi Fei found that there was indeed a discrepancy between the physical quantity and the book number, but it was not serious.

Among them, clothing and food are the mainstay.

It should be that someone often steals these materials and sells them to subsidize their families.

Just like those larger factories in modern times, occasionally workers will secretly hide the things in the factory and take them out.

But after all, this is a large battalion in the northwest, and there are soldiers everywhere, and even if they are bold enough or large in size, they will not dare to steal them out in front of so many people.

If it is replaced by other warehouses outside, the degree of deficit is definitely not a few.

After getting the total results of the inventory, Chi Fei didn't make a sound, just looked at everyone quietly.

Under his gaze, everyone's faces, including adjutant Deng Yuanming, looked very ugly, and some even broke out in a cold sweat nervously.

They all knew in their hearts that the man in front of them was the handsome son-in-law, and as long as he gave an order, none of them would end well.

After a while, Chi Fei finally spoke, "The result of this inventory is better than I imagined, although there is a shortfall, but it is not too serious." ”

Hearing this, everyone immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

However, before everyone could catch their breath, Chi Fei continued: "As for why there is a deficit, you should be clear in your hearts. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's hearts suddenly rose again.

Seeing that he had scared them enough, Chi Fei said calmly: "I don't like to come to the void, I might as well give you a thorough understanding here."

I won't pursue what happened before, let alone find out who did it.

But only this once, not the next one.

In the future, a large inventory like this will be conducted every three months, and if someone is found to be short of supplies, then don't blame Su for being unkind.

In addition to self-examination, all people in the future will have to be searched and inspected when they leave the reservoir area. If someone is found to be hiding something on their person, they will be punished for theft.

I hope you will respect yourself and don't make it difficult for Su. ”

"Yes, sir." Everyone hurriedly responded, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief as if they had escaped death.

From this moment on, no one dared to underestimate this new chief quartermaster who came in by virtue of his relationship with the marshal's son-in-law.

After this round of methods by the other party, everyone knows that this master is not a master who can bluff.

In his hands, he can only be honest, otherwise there will definitely be no good end.

So from this day on, Chi Fei's prestige in the reservoir area was immediately established.

No one dared to deal with his orders sloppily, and they all trembled and buried their heads in work.

Ning Zhiyuan was very happy to see that the little son-in-law had managed the entire reservoir area in such a short period of time in an orderly manner and without any chaos. I feel that I really didn't see the wrong person, this kid is really suitable for this.

However, after this big inventory, Chi Fei found a problem.

He found that there were more than a hundred muskets stored in the gun store, but they had never been out of the warehouse since they were put into storage, which meant that no one had ever used them.

He didn't understand why no one used the good firecracker, but instead put it in the warehouse like garbage.

When he asked his father-in-law with this question, his father-in-law's answer surprised him.

My father-in-law said that these firecrackers were useless during the war, and they were all useless goods.

He also said that these firecrackers were not from the current dynasty, but old antiques from the previous dynasty.

It was a tattered thing that the first Zhenguo Duke seized from the Ministry of Industry of the former dynasty at that time.

Ning Zhiyuan also tried it when he was young, but found that these old antiques were useless at all.

Not only does it take a long time to reload ammo, but worst of all, it is prone to exploding.

If you accidentally put more gunpowder in it, the whole firebolt may suddenly explode, injuring the people who use it.

It's useless on the battlefield, and by the time you reload your ammo, the enemy will be in front of you.

Because of this, this batch of firecrackers was placed in the warehouse to spread dust. If it weren't for Chi Fei's big inventory this time, Ning Zhiyuan would have almost forgotten that there were still these things.

Compared with these useless guns, the cannon invented in the previous dynasty is quite good.

After several generations of improvements, the cannon has now become a special weapon for many cities in the Great Wei Dynasty, and has played a lot of roles when the enemy is attacking the city.

After listening to his father-in-law's explanation, Chi Fei couldn't help but be a little speechless.

As far as he knew, the reason why the Ming Dynasty was able to defeat the Yuan Dynasty and unify China was that the heavy use of muskets among the infantry was a very crucial factor, if not the main reason.

He didn't believe that muskets were really useless in this era.

And even if he can't do it, there are a lot of skilled craftsmen in this era, and he doesn't believe that there is no way to do it.

Either way, he's going to have to try it first.

Thinking of this, Chi Fei said to Ning Zhiyuan: "Father-in-law, my son-in-law feels that this fire gun is not useless, and there should be a lot of room for improvement.

Can you send me some craftsmen, I'd like to take a closer look at this thing. ”

"Okay, you can do it whether you want people or things, you can toss it." Ning Zhiyuan agreed without thinking about it.

Although he didn't hold out much hope, it was rare for the little son-in-law to take the initiative to ask him, and of course he would not refuse.

And Ning Zhiyuan knew that his little son-in-law was a measured person, no matter how much he tossed, he would not make it difficult for him.