Section 28 The Shameless Regiment Leader [Today's Second Watch]

The stone sits on the main seat, and on the left hand sits Xiong Cheng, the magistrate of Yifeng County, Hu Linglong, the head of the Tianliang Section, and Cai Yuanqing, the minister of the Self-Defense Corps, and on the right hand are Li Wenguang, Xiao Shandong, Cheng Yong and other brothers. However, they did not have the same harmony as they did at ordinary banquets, and even worse than when they had greeted the stone outside the city. The previous stone still calmly dealt with Xiong Cheng with a few words, but now the stone put all his thoughts on the table in front of him, especially a few dishes such as Dongpo elbow, which attracted all the attention of the stone, and in the blink of an eye, his whole head was almost buried in the plate.

His unscrupulous eating appearance immediately embarrassed several people on the side, especially Xiong Cheng and others, who are usually vassals and are accustomed to elegance, and pay attention to pomp and circumstance in everything they do. A bloody butcher who climbed to his current position with his head and exploits.

This made them involuntarily move their bodies slightly, trying to stay away from him as much as possible. Only Li Wenguang and the others have calm expressions, and they are accustomed to eating and accustoming the head of the regiment, and they themselves are also unceremoniously, eating vegetables and picking up rice, it is rare to come out with the regiment commander once, and there is a free meal to eat, if you are polite in this case, it is really a bad brain.

After a long time, the stone finally solved the huge elbow in front of him, leaving only a bone that could not find a trace of flesh in front of him, looking at this bone, the stone was like looking at a rich trophy, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face. Only then did he seem to remember that there were other people beside him, turned his head to take a look, and then said in surprise: "County Magistrate Xiong, why don't you eat it?" Is the dish in front of you not to your taste? ”

Xiong Cheng couldn't help coughing lightly in embarrassment, and the afterglow swept over the gobbling up of those hills and babbles around, he couldn't help but feel a little distressed, this time it was really a bloody investment.

The stone seemed to see through his thoughts, and seeing that he didn't say anything, he took a sip of the fragrant tea in front of him, and then said slowly: "I am really grateful for the hospitality of the county magistrate Xiong today, and now that I am full of wine and food, I just take this opportunity to discuss the supply of our department with the county magistrate Xiong." ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but calm down one by one, and they all secretly said in their hearts: "It's finally here." ”

Xiong Cheng finally waited for Shi to open his mouth to mention this matter, and immediately blurted out the words that had been brewing in his heart for a long time: "Commander Shi, Yifeng is a poor and remote place, and there are many bandits, and the annual tax is exchanged for rice and grain, but more than 3,000 stones, most of which must be handed over to the state treasury, and a small half is used to feed public officials at all levels, and there is not much money and food left." ”

Hu Linglong, the head of the field grain section who had not spoken, finally had his turn to speak at this time, as if he was afraid that the stone would not believe it, so he said in detail on the side: "There are more than 240,000 people in this county, and the annual output of rice grain is about 300,000 stones, according to the ratio of about 30 taxes per mu, the annual tax grain is more than 3,000 stones. In fact, in recent years, due to wars and banditry, the people have stopped producing, and the amount of grain and grass collected has long been less than 3,000 koku. ”

Xiong Cheng immediately complained: "Commander Shi, after Yifeng is placed under the military control, the taxes must be self-sufficient, and the central government will no longer have subsidies, except for the part that is retained to feed public officials, the rest will be used by the army. ”

Shi waved his hand and directly interrupted County Magistrate Xiong's words and said: "Forty thousand stones, our regiment needs forty thousand stones of grain and grass every year, as for other things, that is within the scope of County Magistrate Xiong's consideration, I only care about fighting, I only know that these brothers under my command are fighting with devils all day long, and they must not go hungry." ”

The stone's categorical words immediately made the county magistrate Xiong's words swallow into his stomach, his eyes widened, and he couldn't care about Sven anymore, in fact, the stone's "lion's big mouth" really scared him. "Forty thousand stones? Captain Shi wasn't joking, was he? How much does our Yifeng produce in a year? Where am I going to collect so much grain and grass? You just have to grab it, and you have to have so many things to grab it! ”

Xiao Shandong on the side immediately took the case when he heard this, and shouted coldly: "Ge Laozi, do you dare to say that we are robbers? When I followed the head of the regiment to kill the devil, you don't know which woman is fucking happy on the belly! ”

The guards who were eating had been watching their situation here, and as soon as they saw the battalion attached to the case, they immediately got up, their movements were extremely skillful, just in the blink of an eye, the rifle that was still on the shoulder just now was already in the hand, and then I saw the sound of pushing and pulling the bolt, and the rifle was pointed directly at Xiong Cheng and the others who were sitting next to the regiment commander.

When have these county government officials ever seen such a scene? Even if the county town also has its own team, how can those people compare with the tiger and wolf division like the Independent Regiment, that kind of fierce momentum, the killing intent bursting out of everyone's body and the indifference to life in their eyes, all made them tremble one by one. Suddenly, the stone smelled a foul smell, you don't need to look at it to know, it must be a brave guy who is frightened and incontinent, after all, even the devil is afraid of the army, how can ordinary people bear it?

After all, Xiong Cheng was old enough to be in the accident, although his face was pale, but he was quite calm, he coughed lightly, and asked in a slightly trembling voice: "Shi ...... Captain, what are you doing here? ”

Shi glanced at Xiao Shandong, this kid, now he is more and more mature and confident, thinking of the "little bean sprouts" that cowered and hid behind Lao Meng when he was in Luodian, he couldn't help but smile with relief, and he was worthy of the expectations of these old brothers. While thinking about this, Shi waved his hand, and then he said to Xiong Cheng: "Xiong County Magistrate, when you are a soldier and fight, the brothers are playing with devils with their lives, filling your stomach is the most basic requirement, if you can't even do this, what will you do when the time comes, I can't control it." ”

Where could Xiong Cheng have thought that the young major general in front of him would directly threaten him like a bandit and hooligan, he couldn't help but tremble, and he didn't know whether he was angry or frightened, but fortunately, he could still keep his senses, and tried to say calmly: "Commander Shi, it's not that the subordinates don't cooperate, it's really that the output is here, and I can't wait." Besides, Commander Shi inevitably wants too much, as far as I know, the average soldier only has four stone of rice grain a year, and with a strength of 3,000 people, it is only 12,000 stone a year, but Commander Shi opened his mouth to say 40,000 stone, this number ......"

"Four stone rice grain a year? That was the way for ordinary people to eat rice and porridge, but if the brothers in my regiment only drank porridge, how could they have the strength to fight with the little devils with bayonets? Regardless of whether I fight a war or not, three meals of white rice a day, at least broth every day, and a troop of 6,000 people, the county magistrate Xiong will help me calculate how much stone rice grain I need in a year? ”

"Six...... Six thousand? Xiong Cheng asked incredulously.

"Of course, it is 6,000 people, our independent regiment is not an ordinary army, 6,000 people is the most basic requirement, and this establishment is personally approved by the military department. Why, County Magistrate Xiong wouldn't also want to ask about the establishment of our regiment, right? Stone asked with a sneer.

Xiong Cheng looked back at Cai Yuanqing, during this time, the head of the Self-Defense Corps had inquired about the situation of this army several times, and estimated that their number was about 3,000 at most, how could it become 6,000 in a blink of an eye, this number is really scary, and what is even more terrifying is the request of the stone, it actually asks for 40,000 stone of rice grain a year, and the appetite of this major general is inevitably a little too big!

Cai Yuanqing was also puzzled, seeing the county magistrate looking, he also nodded stubbornly, after all, no matter the scale of the troops' camp, or the news heard from all sides, there were indeed less than 3,000 people. Besides, isn't the infantry regiment of the national army just such a number?

Xiong Cheng has not dealt with the army, and it is not once or twice that he has been asked for military rations, but it is the first time he has encountered it like the one in front of him who asked for so much at one time, especially this young man who does not play his cards according to common sense at all, and actually connived at his subordinates to threaten with guns! Is this still a national army unit? Is this really the army that has been camped outside the city for three months without any harm to the people? Even ordinary bandits are not so direct and straightforward! When the young man in front of him first came into contact with him, he was completely two completely different people, how should such a person deal with it, and how should he find an excuse to delay the matter of rice and grain? County Magistrate Xiong couldn't help but ponder, wanting to come up with a feasible solution in the shortest possible time.

However, Shi Shi did not have any consciousness as the head of the regiment, he saw that the county magistrate Xiong was silent, and the officials on the side were peeing, and the stupid stupid ones were even more unresponsive, so he couldn't help but snort coldly and said with a straight face: "County Magistrate Xiong, give you three days to consider, either to supply us with grain and grass supplies in full every month, or, I will take over Yifeng County in its entirety, and I will do everything myself, as for whether you can collect all these rice grains, then you don't have to worry about it." Of course, if you have done your best for this county, I will not treat you badly, and the salary will still be paid as usual in the future, even if this amount is not small, I am afraid that it will affect the rations of our regiment soldiers, and I promise not to owe you any salary. ”

Li Wenguang looked at the silent crowd and sneered and said, "Commander, what are you talking nonsense with them?" According to the order of the military department, it will not be enough for us to take over the whole county directly, and we will operate the taxes and grain we will collect and take at that time, and it will be a complete waste of words to tell them. ”

[Yesterday I was halfway through the overnight code, and I took time to finish it in the company in the morning, and I will add another chapter in the evening, whew, and I will go to play West Lake with peace of mind tomorrow! ] 】