Act Eighty-Four: Levying Grain
Chen Tu took the group to a courtyard: "Everyone is tired of traveling and traveling, let's rest here tonight, my residence is in front, you can come to me at any time if you have anything." ”
Although they are all thatched huts, they are all soldiers, and it is common to eat and sleep in the open, so I don't feel that this place is shabby. It's just that they don't understand very much, the capital of the cuckoo is in Kaman, what does it mean to settle them here?
"Presumably, Governor Chen Tu also knows the purpose of our trip, so we shouldn't delay it too long." Madea reminded.
"Naturally, I know this, and please rest assured that Colonel Made, we are already mobilizing forces to prepare supplies for our Tianyu army." Chen Tu said very politely.
"You haven't eaten, it just so happens that we are eating, everyone will eat first and then rest, tomorrow morning, I will take you around."
When it came to eating, the eyes of the officers behind Made's eyes lit up, although they worked in the logistics department and had a lot of oil and water. But for the delicious meat, I haven't touched it for months. Usually when they went to supervise the collection of military supplies, which of those local governors did not bother them, offering good wine and food, just to be able to pay less.
Made, on the other hand, was a little more reserved, and did not appear to be very happy, but performed a noble etiquette: "Then thank you Governor Chen Tu for your hospitality." ”
At the dinner table, Lieutenant Colonel Pike carefully examined the nest head in his hand, as well as the unknown pot in the middle. He pressed it twice hard, and the hard nest did not make the slightest wave.
Several officers looked at each other, wondering if it was edible. Madeh was sitting next to Chen Tu, but he didn't hold the head of the nest.
The officers were all waiting for Made's speech, what kind of meal is this! The rats apparently hadn't eaten any of them.
Chen Tu secretly laughed in his heart, but on the surface, he looked really fragrant, his arm crossed most of the table, dipped some chili sauce in his nest head, put it in his mouth and chewed it a few times, and swallowed it with his throat and eyes. You really can't eat too much of this thing, Chen Tu said secretly in his heart.
However, Chen Tu looked polite on the surface, and casually took a nest head and stuffed it into Made's hand.
"Why doesn't the Colonel eat? When this thing is cold, it will be like a brick, and it will not be able to bite it. ”
"What kind of rice is this?"
Finally, an officer couldn't help it, threw his head on the table, and protested, even if he lived poorly, he didn't even give him food. In this mouse's opinion, the head of the nest is not for the rat to eat.
Chen Tu slapped the table quietly, which really surprised the officers. Chen Tu's sharp gaze swept over the rats, but suddenly softened. Chen Tu tore a bite of the nest head with his teeth, and said in a harmonious voice: "The land is poor, there is nothing to entertain everyone, if you don't eat, I can understand that you are not hungry." But what does this mean by waste? I'm poor in Cuckoo, and if I don't finish eating, I'll keep it for you tomorrow. ”
After speaking, Chen Tu's face immediately darkened.
The officer was about to have a seizure, but Mader spoke. "My subordinates are not sensible, and I ask the governor not to be surprised, the governor is hospitable, how can we be disrespectful."
Chen Tu was thick-skinned, and he didn't have the slightest wave of Ma De's words, he arched his hand and said: "Colonel Ma De is polite, thanks to the kindness of Marshal Lei Xiu, he recommended me to be the administrator of this Cuckoo District. In other words, I was also from the Air Force, and when I first arrived here, I couldn't stand it, and it was hard to find draft, and when I was in the Air Force, I was drunk like this. ”
"However, it is not possible to endure this hardship, as the chief executive of one side, you must have the determination to share weal and woe with the common people, this is still the original words taught to me by Marshal Lei Xiu."
If Ma De didn't look at Chen Tu's age, he was in his early twenties, he was afraid that he really believed what Chen Tu said. From training to flying, it takes at least three years for a pilot to become familiar with various operations, and Chen Tu's age is obviously unreasonable. If the other party is the same age as Made, Madea will still believe a little, but for Chen Tu, Madeh will never believe it.
In Made's view, Chen Tu was a creacherous and slippery aristocratic son who was sent here to gild. When the time comes, pat your ass and leave. For such an official, it is undoubtedly the most difficult to do, the background is very large, and there is no one to settle accounts after the autumn.
Thinking of this, Mader couldn't help but feel a headache, and it seemed that it was a little difficult for her to complete her task.
Chen Tu didn't know what Ma De was thinking, but he was a little unconvinced. Chen Tu stuffed the rest of the nest head in his hand into his mouth and stood up:
"Ladies and gentlemen, I still have official business, so I won't be here to accompany you, and tomorrow morning, we will start the collection work."
As soon as Chen Tu left, the officers began to complain: "This is the food eaten by rats!" ”
"Boss, this is clearly against us!"
"Yes, we should report it to the staff and sue him!"
The officers were talking about it, much to Made's distraction. Mada made a stop gesture:
"Stop, stop! Don't argue, let's make do with it, the collection task is important. If this Chen Tu is really a dime, just wait to meet the bigwigs in the headquarters in person. After all, we are now on other people's turf, and we all have some eyes. ”
The next morning, just after dawn, there were soldiers knocking on Madeh and other officers. "Sir, sir, the Governor said that you should go to dinner, and after you have eaten, you can go and collect your supplies."
Several officers, who had slept late, were quarreled with by the soldiers of the Chen Tu faction early in the morning, and one by one they put on their military uniforms listlessly and followed the soldiers to the main hall of the courtyard.
Chen Tu didn't say polite words this time, but directly brought the food, and after a brief meal, he led these officers to follow a few trucks in Sanshi City and began to collect food from house to house.
Of course, Chen Tu had already put up notices in advance, and the allowance for these grains had been distributed, so these residents had nothing to lose. It's just that the amount of Chen Tu harvested is very small, and each family only receives dozens of catties of grain. There are only a few hundred rats in Sanshi City, and these grains can only be said to be not enough to stuff their teeth.
After two hours of following, Mader was really angry. He came to collect grain and ore from the entire cuckoo district, instead of going from house to house collecting these scraps.
"What does Governor Chen Tu mean! Don't blame me for not reminding Mader, if the logistics department reported the matter, the crime of refusing to carry out the order of the governor of the cuckoo district would be inevitable. ”
"Colonel Made's words really frighten the rats, how dare I, a little administrator, oppose them? I've already ordered my men to do this, no, one more person. You do it, I do it, we have collected another cart of grain, isn't it enough to add it up? ”
Hearing this, Made's face softened slightly, and he said apologetically: "It seems that I, Mader, have misunderstood the governor, and I ask the governor not to be surprised, I also have to supervise this matter because of the critical military situation." ”
"I can understand Colonel Made's feelings, no, I, the governor, have personally done it, rest assured, all the work will be successfully completed."
Since all this was said and done, Mader had no choice but to lead the officers to knock on doors and collect rents like rent collectors. As for the supplies prepared by the cuckoo district, Madeh could only wait.
Sanshi City is very empty, but Chen Tu is not in a hurry at all. In order to collect those dozens of catties of grain, Chen Tu could drive a car for an hour in a place where no family had settled.
There were dozens of cars that came to collect rent, but the farmers who were grazing bugs in the wilderness frightened them, thinking that they had offended some big man.
Chen Tu personally stepped forward to comfort him, saying that the above came to collect materials, no, he came to your house. As he spoke, Chen Tu secretly stuffed the money in his hand to the peasants.
"Uncle, we won't take it for nothing, you can take this money well."
So, under the attention of a group of officers, the farmer led several soldiers to move the insects they had stocked to the car, and when he left, he did not forget to greet Chen Tu.
"Governor, slow down! Come back often! ”
Several officers whispered: "Is this peasant having a problem with his brain, and he is still so happy to take his things." ”
This incident also refreshed Made's understanding of Chen Tu, and he could not understand why these peasants were so cooperative with the expropriation of grain. In the Tianyu region, Mader has also carried out such missions.
But at that time, which family didn't have a sad face, and they had already greeted the eight generations of these levy officials in their hearts. Don't...... Is it really Chen Tu's personal charm? Mades thought about it, but there was no answer in his mind, and he obviously didn't think about money.
In Made's view, where will these officials not be greedy, they would like to do something in the expropriation and deduct some of their own money, and where will they give subsidies to these expropriated people.
After three days of collection, the entire Sanshi City can be regarded as running again, and this night, Chen Tu specially ordered someone to bring a rabbit from other places.
Several soldiers set up a huge iron barbecue grill and were about to tie the skinned rabbit to the rack, and for this purpose, an engineering repair crane was used.
The officers living in the Tianyu region had never seen such a giant beast that only haunted the primeval forest. They were all surprised and asked, "What is this?" ”
"This is the White Rabbit Beast, a giant beast, and its meat is much tastier than those bugs." Chen Tu introduced carefully. "This is also to thank everyone, I ordered the garrison to go hunting in the deep mountains and old forests."
After roasting, a little white rabbit was eaten by more than a dozen rats without saying anything, and they praised the white rabbit beast one by one. The next day, the materials collected by Chen Tu ordered by Democ had also been transported to the border of the Cuckoo District, and Chen Tu personally sent the collectors led by Ma De away from the border.
"There will be a date later."
"There will be a date later."
The two parties each bowed down to the nobles, looking at dozens of carts full of supplies, Ma De was already satisfied, although there were some small mistakes in the middle of this expropriation, but the chief executive of the cuckoo district was quite cooperative, on the whole it was quite smooth, and after going back, he also had a difference.