Looking at Shi Polei's sad face, Ling Xia asked him what happened? Although this Shi Polei is a centurion, he is bold and upright, in front of Ling Xia and the others, he does not put on a stand as a chief, and when he heard Ling Xia's question, he answered the difficulties truthfully.

I saw Shi Polei sigh and said: "Our 700-strong team can't pay the military salary this month, I went to the elder Qianfu in the morning to lead the army's salary, but I was told that the household department has suspended the military expenses of the military department, and the military salary has not been paid for three months, if it continues like this, I am worried that the brothers will not have the money to subsidize their families." ”

Hearing that Shi Polei was worried about the military salary, and learned that the military salary would not be paid this month, Yang Lucai was a little anxious: "My lord, if the military salary is not paid, this fund should not be affected, right?" I already owe a lot of foreign debts in this cooking cafeteria, and if I don't settle the bill this month, they won't send us food and meat. ”

"There is no money to pay for military salaries, so how can there be any funds?" Muttering, Shi Polei looked outside, and saw that the soldiers were gone, and Liu Piaoyi and the three were cleaning up, he lowered his voice and whispered to the two:

"Let me tell you the truth, some time ago, our general Wu seemed to have committed a crime, and it is said that he was taken away by the people of the imperial capital, and now our battle guard army is temporarily under the jurisdiction of the commander of the soldiers and horses of the five cities.

It is said that the military department will disarm the war guards in our province and cut off all the 1,000-strong and 4,000-strong troops of the Tiger and Wolf Division.

The Tiger Wolf Division is the descendant of General Wu Da, and I don't know what mistakes General Wu has made, but it has actually affected the entire Tiger and Wolf Division. ”

Since Ling Xia mixed into the army, he had not heard the news of Wu Zhenshan's involvement in the case, he was still a little puzzled before, there was such a big thing, why there was no movement at all, and now when he heard Shi Polei say this, he suddenly understood that the above had actually done it a long time ago, but the soldiers at the bottom of the army didn't know about it.

Ling Xia didn't discuss this topic, because he didn't come to the army for Wu Zhenshan, Wu Zhenshan had already fallen, what Ling Xia had to do was to find out the people behind Wu Zhenshan, with his current position and status, he couldn't get in touch with that level at all, so he needed to work hard.

Seeing that Shi Polei and Yang Lucai sighed for a long time because of military salaries and funds, Ling Xia thought about it, and then his eyes lit up, he poured Shi Polei a glass of wine, and asked tentatively: "My lord, I have an idea to solve the problem of military pay and funds, but I need the cooperation and assistance of adults." ”

"Do you have a way?" Looking at Ling Xia suspiciously, Shi Polei's eyes were a little expectant: "Let's hear it, as long as you can help me get military pay and funds, I will not only assist you, but also promote you and give you a promotion." ”

"Thank you, sir, for your promotion." Hearing Shi Polei's promise, Ling Xia sorted out his thoughts, and then said his idea: "My lord, we can open a restaurant, at that time, let's renovate the canteen, and then open it to the outside world to generate income."

The last time I participated in the cooking competition, I had seen the craftsmanship of other canteens, except for stewed meat, which was a big pot dish, there were no tricks, and the soldiers were tired of eating them, and if they didn't have to choose, they would definitely not eat those meals.

We can take advantage of this to open a restaurant to make money, those soldiers actually have money in their hands, but they usually have nowhere to spend it, let's give them a chance to spend money, as long as the money is earned, won't the military salary and funds be solved? ”

"Open a restaurant?" Shi Polei thought about it, nodded first, and then shook his head: "Although your idea is good, it is a little difficult to implement, there are so many soldiers in the barracks, everyone's tastes are different, you can't let them order, right?" When will that happen? ”

"I wonder if you've ever heard the word buffet?" Seeing that Shi Polei and Yang Lucai showed a trace of confusion on their faces, Ling Xia explained: "The buffet is that we launch more than a dozen dishes at a time, both meat and vegetarian, as long as the other party pays the money, you can eat as much as you want."

I have seen the training of our 1,000-person team, our 1,000-person team has a total of 100-person teams, and there are two 100-person teams in these 100-person teams, all of which are female soldiers, according to the ratio of male and female soldiers, we have launched ten dishes, five meat dishes, three vegetarian dishes, and two desserts.

In addition, let's launch some high-quality pasta, in addition to the usual steamed bread dry food, we can make some oil rolls, flatbread, rice, pies, buns, these can also be eaten casually. ”

"Five meat dishes? Bun? Pie? Cooked rice? Still eating casually? Halfway through Ling Xia's speech, Yang Lucai couldn't stand it: "Do you know how big the meal of those soldiers is?" On weekdays, they limit the amount of food they eat, and they eat twice as much as ordinary people, and if they are allowed to eat with their bellies open, I am afraid that we will be poor in one day. ”

"It is to let them eat openly, only with this gimmick can they pay willingly, but no matter how large the amount of food is, it is impossible for adults to eat endlessly, and their stomachs also have a carrying limit.

The more greasy the meat dishes, the less people will eat, don't look at how fast they eat at the beginning, but they will eat less and less later, so the chief cook can rest assured, we are not poor. Ling Xia said with a smile.

"What you say seems to make sense." Shi Polei was very interested in Ling Xia's proposal, and after thinking about it for a while, he felt that this idea was feasible, looking at Yang Lucai's worried expression, Shi Polei asked the question that everyone was most concerned about: "How to calculate the price?" ”

As for the price, Ling Xia obviously already had a plan, he told Shi Polei a statistic, in the case of the 700th team, the combat sergeants plus their respective miscellaneous soldiers, there are a total of 114 people, and the funds that these people need to consume for three meals a day are fifty copper coins.

Fifty copper coins a day, a month is 1,500 copper coins, equal to fifteen silver coins, this is a month's fund for our canteen, and it is a pure cost price, they can make a price based on this data.

Ling Xia decided to control the cost of the buffet at about 150 copper coins per day, and planned to entertain 300 soldiers, one copper coin per person per day, as long as he paid one copper coin, he could eat casually in the canteen for a day.

As long as you can recruit 300 soldiers to eat, you can make a profit of 300 copper coins, remove half of the cost, and you can also make a net profit of 150 gold coins, if you can continue to operate for a month, it is a lot of money.

According to the calculation of earning 150 copper coins a day, you can earn 4,500 copper coins a month, which is equal to 45 silver coins. When the settlement is made at the end of the month, Shi Polei can receive half of the profits, and the rest will be distributed by Ling Xia and the five of them according to their work.

"I'm not doing anything and taking half of my profits, isn't that okay?" After Ling Xia finished talking about the plan, Shi Polei scratched his head a little embarrassed.

Ling Xia smiled and said: "My lord's words are wrong, you can't do nothing, you go and help us recruit guests, and when it is time to train tomorrow, you go and promote our buffet with the captains of the other hundred teams."

You tell them that as long as a centurion-level officer comes to our canteen to eat, it doesn't cost a penny, they can eat as they please, and you hope that they will help spread the word and let their soldiers come here to eat. ”

"Understood, I understand what you mean, in this way, you start preparing this afternoon, and when it is time to train in the afternoon, I will find other centurions to do publicity, and promise to bring in guests tomorrow, and we will start business tomorrow." After speaking, Shi Polei swept the sadness on his face, and his smiling eyes narrowed.

Looking at Shi Polei's smiling appearance, looking at Ling Xia's confident expression, Yang Lucai suddenly had a feeling, he felt that Ling Xia didn't stay under his hands for long, and sure enough, as soon as his thought arose, he heard Shi Polei speak:

"What------ we have a position of a grain and grass manager in our 100-man team, in charge of transporting and storing grain and grass, because it is not a war stage, and we are not fully staffed, so now there is only one veteran responsible for taking care of the forage of the war horses.

In this way, I will lead you around the team later, and announce that you are the grain and grass man, although this is a small leader who does not enter the stream, but he is also in charge of people, it is better than nothing. ”

Hearing that he had been appointed as a grain and grass man, Ling Xia was surprised and a little surprised, seeing that Shi Polei had finished drinking the wine, he hurriedly stood up and poured wine for Shi Polei, and at the same time kept thanking him in his mouth: "Thank you, Lord for your support." ”

After being full of wine and food, Shi Polei really led Ling Xia to the training ground for a walk, and announced in public the appointment of Ling Xia as a grain and grass man, because the grain and grass man is a fictitious position, so Shi Polei has the right to appoint.

After reading out the appointment, Shi Polei led Ling Xia to the warehouse where the forage was stored, and as soon as the two of them came in, a veteran in his fifties, full of white hair, and old and frail quickly greeted him: "Greetings to the centurion, greetings to the grain and grass man, congratulations to the grain and grass man." ”

"His name is Cui Tiankai, you can just call him Lao Cui, this old guy can't do anything else, he is well-informed to inquire about the news." After complimenting him, Shi Polei pointed at Ling Xia and said to Lao Cui: "He is your future boss, and you will report the work of the grain and grass warehouse to him when you go back." ”

"Yes, yes, I will report carefully." Lao Cui replied with a flattering face, and then, in front of Shi Polei, Lao Cui reported the information of the grain and grass warehouse to Ling Xia, listening to Lao Cui's report, looking at the half-shallow and dissatisfied forage warehouse, Ling Xia showed a wry smile on his face, he thought it was a little oil and water, but it turned out to be a clear water yamen.

Just this bit of forage, all of which add up to a few copper coins, it is not as good as the canteen, although he was disappointed, but Ling Xia did not show it, he wrote a note to Lao Cui, as long as Lao Cui took the strip to the canteen to eat in the future, the cooking canteen did not need money.

Seeing the meeting gift given by Ling Xia, Lao Cui kept making fun of it, and instructed Lao Cui a few words to let him do it well, and then Ling Xia followed Shi Polei back, Ling Xia wanted to go back and prepare for it, and make arrangements for tomorrow's great cause of making money.