Chapter 254: The Trouble of Corn
Luoyi, a sea of peony flowers, the imperial capital of the Sui and Tang dynasties, one of the four ancient cities of the Republic in the old era, also has a book cloud: "The breadth of the eight directions, Zhou Luo is the middle, called Luoyi." ”
The city is connected to the Yellow River moat in the north, the Zhengzhou hub in the east, and Bianliang, where the Leng Kite military headquarters is located, and is the front-line supply headquarters of the current Republic.
Outside the Luoyi Arsenal, a young man in a suit and leather shoes is standing here, his face is handsome, his facial features are as distinct as carving, his fair skin sets off the thin pale pink lips, and the two thick eyebrows are tinged with soft ripples, sometimes stretching, sometimes frowning, the agility in his eyes reminds people of the warm sunshine in April, and the goshawk stud earrings shining in his left ear add an uninhibited color to this sunshine.
Next to the young man, a soldier frowned and muttered, "Colonel Li Xiansheng..."
"Well, it seems that the generalissimo is a little angry." The young man named Li Xiansheng closed the document in his hand, his eyes narrowed slightly, revealing a faint essence, and his thin lips were slightly pursed as if he was smiling but not smiling.
"What should we do?"
Li Xiansheng smiled and said faintly: "Of course, we will continue to prepare for military supplies, if the supplies we send over are really 30% less, the general will definitely kill me." ”
"But... Where are we going to fill such a big vacancy?" said the soldier with a worried face, "You have already sold a lot of property in order to fill the vacancy. ”
Li Xiansheng is a mixed-race child, his father is Chinese, his mother is English, he lived abroad for a long time when he was a child, he was gifted and intelligent, a young prodigy, he was admitted to the London School of Economics and Political Science at the age of 11, and he studied for a bachelor's and master's degree until he was 16 years old, and obtained a double degree in financial mathematics and accounting.
Unlike Luo Hanlin, White Wolf, and Mo Gu, who have lived on the front line for a long time, Li Xiansheng's responsibilities are more special, he usually needs to help Leng Kite clean the house, wash clothes, take out the garbage, change bed sheets, water flowers, cook and all kinds of trivial chores.
Once the war started, Li Xiansheng was responsible for coordinating the military supplies, planning the supply routes, calculating the financial resources that might be spent, and making a backup plan for the shortage of materials, so that Leng Kite's army could fight on the front line with confidence and boldness, without worries.
Therefore, Li Xiansheng is the only one among Leng Kite's henchmen who has not seen blood all year round, but he is also an irreplaceable person.
There are often people who ridicule Li Xiansheng in private, saying that he is a little white face of a male slave raised by a cold kite, because this young man's usual laundry and cooking is completely the work of a wife, and the whole "virtuous helper" does not look like a gentleman at all, of course, this is an irrelevant topic.
In order to fill the vacancy, Li Xiansheng sold almost all the family property inherited from his old era, and made up for it, but this time, the generalissimo threatened that if he did not advance or retreat for a week, he would cut 30% of the grain and grass, and then cut 30% every week, and then cut 30% every week.
"What are you afraid of, all the generalissimo can cut is the supplies for the area south of the Yangtze River, and he can't manage the newly occupied area." Li Xiansheng smiled evilly, patted the soldier's head casually, and said, "Bring that stack of documents and follow me." ”
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In the capital of Luoyi, the consul was already very busy, he was the first to submit the surrender to Leng Kite, in exchange for the bloodless occupation, fortunately, the soldiers of the Republic of Zhihui had good discipline, and they were very quiet after entering the city, without causing any commotion, but the civil affairs were still affected a lot, and he was busy coordinating the balance of all parties.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door of the office, and then the door opened, and a head poked through the crack in the door, and said with a smile: "Good afternoon, Mr. Consul." ”
"Oh? Colonel Li Xiansheng, good afternoon. The Archon stood up from his seat, smiled hypocritically, rubbed his hands together and asked, "Why did you have time to come to me today?" ”
"Hey, it's not a secret, I came this time to ask my eldest brother to save my life." Li Xiansheng walked in with the accompanying soldiers, sat on the sofa very unceremoniously, and said with an annoyed face, "The general may be going to cut off my head." ”
The consul pretended to be leisurely and teased: "You are joking, you are the general's personal assistant, how can she be willing to kill you." ”
"Hey, big brother, don't you know, the generalissimo said, if the army doesn't move within a week, 30% of the military supplies will be cut, and when the soldiers can't eat, the general will not cut off my head and take it to the flag?"
"That's... What can I do? ”
"Oh?! Is the eldest brother willing to help the younger brother? Oh, that's a thank you! Li Xiansheng greeted him with a smile, excitedly shook the archon's fat hand, looked saved, and laughed gratefully, "We still have enough ammunition, diesel, and warm cotton clothing, and it's not good to open your mouth to your lion, I'll find a way to do it then, but to be honest, our food is too short now!" Please help my eldest brother! ”
The archon grinned on his face, and said with a hypocritical smile in his heart: "Okay... How much food do you want? ”
"I'll ask others to collect grain from Yanzhou and Qizhou, and my eldest brother only needs to help me get the 300,000 people in Bianliang." Li Xiansheng patted the consul's hand with a smile and sighed, "The generalissimo is very ruthless this time, I have to prepare at least three months of grain and grass in advance, 300,000 soldiers, you said that it will cost more than 120 tons just to eat every day, three months, I'll help you get a fraction, just give me 10,000 tons of grain!" ”
"What?!" The consul hurriedly withdrew his hand, and the whole person jumped up, and said with a weeping face, "Where can I get you so much food!" ”
"Oh, don't be modest, Henan Province was a major grain-producing province in the old era, a veritable national granary, 07 years when it produced more than 100 billion tons a year, now although the climate is different, but a few billion tons a year is no problem, right? The ones I want don't even count as a fraction! ”
"Oh, Colonel, you're light-hearted!" The consuls were so anxious that they paced, pretending to be sad and indignant, beating their chests and saying, "You don't know the current situation, how many mouths are waiting to eat all over the country, most of the grain we produce is exported and sold, and the remaining grain can only just maintain the people's livelihood, barely having a surplus, is it possible that you want to take food from the mouths of the common people?" ”
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