On the night when the buffet was canceled, Shi Polei, Ling Xia, Yang Lucai, Liu Piaoyi, Shangguan Hui, Qu Qinshi, Lao Cui, and Luo's five brothers, they sat around a table and drank at the table.

After a few drinks, Yang Lucai came over with the cash box, took out his account book, he opened the account book, pointed to the cash box and said to everyone: "Our buffet has been in business for a total of twenty-one days, not to mention the profits of the first ten days, those have been taken by the centurion to pay the military salary."

In the remaining eleven days, we received 647 people every day, excluding our costs, and made a net profit of 340 copper coins every day, and we made a total of 3,400 copper coins in these 11 days. ”

"The centurion is our commander, and in my opinion, the centurion should still share the money." Yang Lucai proposed.

"No, no, no, I've already taken some of the profits before, in fact, I don't care about anything in the buffet, it's all your work from beginning to end, and you still have to distribute the money yourself." Shi Polei refused and waved his hand.

Seeing that Shi Polei refused to distribute, Yang Lucai glanced at Ling Xia, and then pushed the money box in front of him and asked him to be responsible for distributing the money.

Seeing that everyone let themselves distribute their shares, Ling Xia did not shirk, after taking the cash box, he thought about it, and then divided the money in the cash box into ten parts, and he gave Yang Lucai, Liu Piaoyi, Shangguan Hui, Qu Qinshi, Lao Cui, and the five of them each divided two hundred copper coins.

Then Ling Xu gave each of the five Luo brothers forty copper coins, although the five of them came late, but as his own subordinates, Ling Xia did not treat them badly, after receiving the copper coins distributed by Ling Xia, the five brothers were stunned, and no one spoke.

After dividing them among the nine of them, Ling Xia gave all the remaining 1,200 copper coins to Shi Polei. At first, Shi Polei said that he would not ask for anything, but Ling Xia insisted on giving him the money, saying that these were military salaries for soldiers.

"You gave us all the money, what about yourself?" Yang Lucai took the two hundred copper coins handed over by Ling Xia, and said in a deep voice, "The money we allocated is worth two years' military salary, but you didn't get anything, the idea was yours, the meals were made by you, and you were busy before and after, you didn't have anything, isn't this ------?" ”

"Who says I didn't get anything?" Ling Xia pointed to Lao Cui and the five Luo brothers who were gnawing on their elbows on the side: "I was just a recruit before, and now I am a fifth master, this is enough, okay, don't be sad, eat, do whatever you need to do tomorrow." ”

Hearing Ling Xia say this, everyone stopped worrying about this problem, put away the coins they had been allocated, and then, everyone raised their wine glasses, toasted each other, and then said loudly: "Cheers, don't get drunk tonight!" ”

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The cafeteria had passed, and the next morning, the soldiers of the 700th Brigade found that their food had changed to the same as before, but because Ling Xia was in charge, he made the dishes very delicate and hearty, and tried to make everyone eat as comfortable and satisfying as possible.

Shi Polei also sent down the money allocated, and when the military salaries were issued, Shi Polei told everyone that those military salaries were earned by Ling Xia and the canteen, and after hearing this, when the soldiers were eating, they all showed a trace of gratitude to Ling Xia and them.

Just a few days after the buffet was canceled, a shocking news came that the imperial court was going to reorganize the battle guards in Zhongmiao Province, and at that time, the military headquarters would break up the existing military branches, and then reorganize the war guards.

As soon as they heard the news, all the people in the camp of the Battle Guards in Zhongmiao Province were panicked, and everyone didn't know what happened to them? Although the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Envoy and the Legion Commander have not yet confirmed the news, everyone has already begun to seek a way back.

After hearing the news, Yang Lucai picked up a glass of wine from the cafeteria, and after drinking it, he said to Ling Xia drunkenly, "Do you see those people outside?" Are you busy looking for a way out of relationships? Compared with them, we are still at ease.

My biggest dream in this life is to guard the canteen, not to worry about food and drink every day, to manage people, to eat and drink guaranteed, not to fight, and to have a military salary at the end of the month, do you know why I am desperately saving money? I have to save money to marry a daughter-in-law.

Do you know what my home is? "Tingbo Province in the clear water territory," that place is very beautiful, my hometown is close to the sea, there is endless seafood there, when there is nothing to do, I row a boat out to sea to see the scenery, it feels refreshing.

When the time comes, I will buy a house from my hometown, marry a virtuous daughter-in-law, and have a few sons, and my life will be happy. ”

"Your dream is very good, really, it is fulfilling and down-to-earth, and it feels very good." After accompanying Yang Lucai to drink a drink, Ling Xia looked at the people running in and out of the cafeteria, and couldn't help asking, "The shopkeeper, isn't it just reorganized, why are they so nervous?" ”

"You don't understand that, do you?" After taking a bite of food, Yang Lucai pointed to the people outside, and said to Ling Xia in a low voice: "Those are busy preparing for the back road, whenever the army is reorganized, the soldiers are nothing more than two ends.

Those teams with strong combat effectiveness, clean roots, and good military qualities will be organized into other armies. And those teams that are weak in combat, weak in discipline, and worthless will be sent back to their hometowns.

The people you see are all reluctant to leave the army, in order to keep themselves or their own ranks are not ready to be dismantled, they are looking for people, the purpose is to stay or hope to arrange a good place to go. ”

"Oh? Understood, no wonder you are so melancholy as the shopkeeper? Originally, I was worried that I would be laid off, so I borrowed alcohol to drown my sorrows here. Ling Xia said this thoughtfully, and then stood up: "No, I have to take this opportunity to run away." ”

After speaking, Ling Xia ran out of the restaurant in a hurry, looking at Ling Xia's hurried back, Yang Lucai shook his head, poured himself a glass of wine, and then instructed Liu Piaoyi: "Xiaoliu, get two more dishes." ”

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In front of the military camp of the general commander, at this time, several officers were carrying various military orders in and out of the issuance, he had been asking people to report for a long time, but Ren Xianzhong had no time to meet him, standing at the door basking in the sun, Ling Xia secretly swore in his heart: "Lao Tzu will have to be like this in the future." ”

Just when Ling Xia was a little irritable and was about to go back to the cafeteria, a personal soldier walked out of it, glanced at Ling Xia, and motioned to the general officer to see Ling Xia, he could go in now.

After thanking him, Ling Xia walked into the military tent, Ren Xianzhong was already sitting on the desk and writing like last time, after seeing Ling Xia, he pointed to the stool next to him and motioned for Ling Xia to sit down.

When Ling Xia sat down, Ren Xianzhong didn't look up, and asked Ling Xia while writing the paper: "I heard that the soldiers said that you are looking for me?" I've been very busy lately, and I don't have time to spend with you, so I hope you talk to me about something important, otherwise ......"

"I know that your time has been precious lately, so I won't be long-winded, and I'll get straight to the point." After speaking, Ling Xu took out five gold coins from his pocket, got up and put the gold coins on Ren Xianzhong's desk: "I heard that our battle guard army will be reorganized in the near future, and there will definitely be many vacancies at that time, I hope that the adults can help them." ”

Seeing the five gold coins on the case, Ren Xianzhong was obviously stunned, and then, he showed a trace of anger: "What do you mean by this?" Do you think this official is so easy to buy? Believe it or not, this official sent someone to arrest you and send you to the "Correction Division" for sanctions? ”

"My lord's anger, I'll just say it directly, after the news of the reorganization of the Battle Guard Army came out, the entire Battle Guard Army was in chaos, and everyone was looking for a way back, although I don't know what the adults are planning to do, but I guess they also need financial sponsorship at this moment."

Speaking of this, seeing that Ren Xianzhong did not immediately call someone to kill him, but showed a hint of an expression that seemed to be smiling but not smiling, Ling Xia suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he knew that he should have bet right, so after a pause, he continued:

"I dared to guess it, if the adult doesn't need financial sponsorship, it means that the adult has his own relationship, so there is no need to worry about the back road, if the adult happens to need financial sponsorship, it happens to have some family background in the lower body, so come here to try your luck."

"Financial sponsorship? How well is the word used? With a chuckle, Ren Xianzhong thought about it, since you came to try your luck with the official, then the official will help you once, it will be disrupted and reorganized soon, at this time, who can know who is in what position?"

Whispering a point, Ren Xianzhong said casually: "In this way, you go to any grain and grass man, although it is a non-mainstream position, but it is out of the ranks of recruits, not only double the salary, but also have little authority, if there is no meritorious service, this position must be more than two years of soldiers to be eligible to compete." ”

"Lord Qiyu, I have taken this position, and now I am in charge of a forage storehouse." Ling Xia replied obediently.

"Oh?" Looking at Ling Xia unexpectedly, Ren Xianzhong said again: "In this case, then you should be a five-division commander, although this position also has no rank, but it is one level higher than the grain and grass man, and his subordinates can manage five people, if there is no meritorious performance, this position must be more than five years before a soldier has the opportunity to run for office." ”

"Ahem------ what ------- lord, I have also taken this position, and there are five people under my management at the moment." Ling Xia sneered.

"You're even a fool of this?" Looking at Ling Xu with a surprised face, Ren Xianzhong looked Ling Xu up and down: "If I'm not mistaken, you've only been in the barracks for more than a month, right?" I can't imagine that in just one month, you have been promoted to two positions in a row, which is not something that ordinary people can do, it seems that you also have some doorways. ”