Time is always the slowest but always the fastest, in a blink of an eye to the ninth day of the first month, not waiting for dawn Changzhou outside the city of Changzhou The atmosphere in the camp began to be warm, although warm but not noisy, a group of soldiers according to their respective battalion belonging to the orderly and rapid assembly.

The fireheads of the large camp, who had been notified a few days earlier, had been busy with breakfast for the day in the first half of the night, and by the time the soldiers had come to eat separately according to the battalion, a steaming and very hearty meal had been prepared for them in the canteen.

Because the vast majority of the soldiers in the camp are northerners, the breakfast prepared in the canteen is mainly pasta, all kinds of porridge, such as mountain-like steamed buns, bamboo baskets and bamboo baskets, and large buns with various fillings, exuding an attractive aroma.

Because most of them are young people, the soldiers' meals are always surprisingly large, and the mountains of steamed buns and buns in the canteen are quickly swept away, but there are still officers who remind you to drink less water and eat more today, otherwise there will be a military parade at that time, and you have to run to the toilet Wouldn't it be a mess.

Because of Zhang Tao's reminder, Li Biao just ate a few buns and flower rolls, and even the braised pork that made him drool didn't move, in case he had diarrhea at that time, it would be over, and each soldier was sent down two eggs and a small packet of dried meat.

These are the ones that everyone is hungry for a while when they are half-paid, and they can't be eaten, otherwise they will be able to suffer at that time, and everyone is careful to put away the eggs and jerky.

After breakfast, everyone collectively changed into new military uniforms, and the young soldiers who changed into new clothes were all strong and energetic, and the newly cut new military uniforms set off the heroic spirit of the soldiers, and also made the soldiers feel proud.

By daybreak, groups of troops had lined up in a neat queue to the school grounds outside the city of Changzhou, where a large number of people were already watching the ceremony, and the crowd was surging in the large open space outside the edge of the colored silk fence.

A tall grandstand has been set up in front of the school field, which is paved with a red sheep felt carpet, surrounded by colorful sheds tied out of silk silk, and is very eye-catching with the red flags waving in the wind.

"Oh my God, it's all made of silk, how much does it cost? Why did even the little marquis start to waste it! Seeing the tall colorful shed in front of him, Li Biao was shocked and strange.

In the past, the silk used in the East China Sea was mainly purchased from the land of Sanqi, especially from Qingzhou, the price of Qingzhou silk was originally expensive, and after Qingzhou was recaptured by the Northern Qi last year, the East China Sea caravan began to buy from the Southern Dynasty again, but the price of silk in both the Southern and Northern Dynasties was very high.

Although the silk purchased from the Southern Dynasty is not as good as Qingzhou silk because the quality is not as good as that of Qingzhou silk, the price is slightly lower, but the funds to use so much silk to tie a color shed are still a huge amount.

Li Biao's scream just now also attracted the attention of the Dryad Scouts around him and the other soldiers of the Blue Wolf Battalion in the same department, and they all began to discuss what caused the little Hou Ye to be so wasteful.

At this time, a soldier from the Blue Wolf Battalion next to him sneered and said, "Brothers, you don't know, these silks are not bought from the Central Plains, but the silk produced by us in the East China Sea!" The price is nearly half cheaper than the silk of the Southern Dynasty! ”

Other soldiers questioned, "We don't know how do you know?" Who knows if it's true! ”

The soldier was not angry and still smiled, "How do I know? My family is in Xia County, and this year, my family has harvested many cocoons, all of which have been sent to the newly established silk workshop in Xia County, how can I not know this! ”

Li Biao was unconvinced and said: "Even if it is the silk produced by our own in the East China Sea, this price is not comparable to other items in the countries of the East China Sea, these are all money!" Seeing the silk cut into strips of fine cloth on the color shed, Li Biao felt as distressed as if someone had robbed him of his money.

"Ah!" The soldier who was in the Xia army continued to laugh and said, "You don't know the situation, Xia County has only started planting mulberry and silkworms in the past two years under the promotion of Yan Nantian (Yan Boss) Yan Steward, although there are a large number of excellent craftsmen brought by the little marquis from Qingzhou, but most of the craftsmen are novices The silk woven still has a large number of defective products, and these silk used to tie the color shed are worthless things!" ”

Zhang Tao next to him was also puzzled when he heard it: "This little brother, although I have never bought or sold silk, I also know that even if it is inferior silk, his price is much higher than that of cloth, why not sell it cheaply?" Wouldn't that cost you a lot of money? ”

Another soldier next to the Xia soldier who answered just now glanced at Zhang Tao and said: "This is what the little marquis thinks about in the long run, our silk craftsmen in Xia County are currently mainly not yet in the heat of craftsmanship, if such a batch of inferior silk is sold, it will ruin our brand, and if you want to sell it at a good price in the future, you can't sell it, it is better to take these inferior silks to make color sheds and fake flowers, so that after the quality is improved next year, you can start the reputation of our East China Sea silk!" ”85

Zhang Tao listened to the soldier's explanation and nodded again and again: "I can't imagine that there is such a big knowledge here, you really have an idea, you can actually come up with using this inferior silk to make fake flowers, which solves the problem of silk and creates a financial road!" ”

The soldier next to him just wanted to say that this idea was exactly what Xiao Hou Ye came up with, but he opened his mouth and didn't speak, Zhang Tao and the others felt different, and when they turned their heads, they saw Cao An, the general of the blue wolf battalion under his department, standing next to several people with a smile on his face.

"It seems that everyone is very energetic, there will be a military parade in another hour, the big guy should be mental, don't weaken the name of the blue wolf battalion," Cao An encouraged the soldiers, and then glanced at Zhang Tao and the others, "A few of you come with me, the little marquis wants you to come over to watch the ceremony!" ”

Zhang Tao and the others who said it bluntly were beating faster, and even Li Biao, who had always been a fool, began to be a little nervous, this is the time to be next to the little marquis, but now there are so many meritorious soldiers, even if they and others make great contributions, it is impossible to summon a few of them alone!

Then everyone knew that they were thinking too much, in addition to calling out the tree demon scouts of Zhang Tao's department and the two foreign departments and the other dozen ordinary soldiers of the blue wolf battalion, he also brought out seven or eight of the Kuyi soldiers, Li Biao knew that these two were also the sons of the local tribal leader among the Kuyi people.

These two people are the small leaders of the Kuyi soldiers, and this time they also made great contributions in the war, I heard that it seems to be called Arakan or what Kula, the name is very difficult to remember, Li Biao secretly slandered in his heart.

"Da Biao, why are you pulling the crotch of your pants? Pay attention to the image! Zhang Tao secretly gave Li Biao a hard elbow, this kid is so worrying, he has to do such a lewd action in front of so many people, it is simply a loss of face in the blue wolf camp.

But Li Biao said with a look of grievance: "The captain can't blame me, I went home and ate well during this time, plus I didn't exercise much, I gained a lot of weight, and I have eaten so much meat in the barracks these days, and now my clothes are a little tight!" ”

These days, everyone has a really good life in the barracks, not only has a lot of fresh seafood every day, but also has two taels of beef and mutton and two taels of pork per person per day, plus some people are lazy and have not trained these days, and before they know it, Li Biao has gained a lot of weight.

Originally, the soldiers' clothes were very fat, even if they were fat, they didn't matter, but now because they want to be powerful and beautiful in the military parade, the newly issued clothes should fit much better, and as a result, Li Biao went home for the New Year and gained weight, and suddenly the new clothes were a little tight, and he felt that the crotch was tight when he wore it.

Zhang Tao glared at Li Biao angrily: "Who told you not to have physical recovery training after you came back, otherwise you wouldn't have gained so much weight!" When I go back, I'll train you well, don't be tired when you get there! ”

Li Biao suddenly shuddered, when he first came back, there were many soldiers in the camp who were doing physical training to recover their physical strength and body shape, but at that time, he was still secretly laughing at others and not knowing how to rest, and now he has gained so much weight during the New Year at home, and he will be affected later!

Oh, I'm a mother, it's miserable if it falls into Lao Zhang's hands, it seems that you have to lose weight quickly, otherwise you won't have to be tortured and crazy when you go out on a mission, Li Biao has a bitter face!

Zhang Tao and others watched the ceremony on the left side of the stand, after all, the number of these soldiers was too large, and they couldn't sit on the viewing platform.

You can even see many officials from the East China Sea on the viewing platform, and on the viewing platform closest to Li Biao is a large group of Taoist priests wearing green clothes, it seems that this should be the seat where the old immortal Liu Qing is located.

After watching it for a long time, Li Biao felt bored, so he turned his eyes to the crowd around him, and the platform where he was full of meritorious soldiers from the Blue Wolf Battalion and the Kuyi people and Beji Savage soldiers, and further away were the soldiers from Jiang Chuan's department.

There are even a large number of militia garrisons from Zheng Kui and Xu Ning's subordinates, although most of these militiamen are responsible for guarding various places, but in the first two years of the past, these militiamen not only had to face the attack of the Japanese army, but also made a lot of contributions in the battle to clean up Xiadu Island last year, and they admired these militiamen even if they were veterans of Jiang Chuan's department.

Originally, Li Biao wanted to see if he could see Wang Zongling and Qin Han, but after looking left and right, he finally didn't find the position of the cavalry on his side, it should be on the other side of the viewing platform, and he didn't know if he could see them in Changzhou City this time.

Li Biao was also a little excited and a little excited to see this kind of occasion for the first time, and couldn't help but look around in his seat, which made everyone look over.

Zhang Tao next to him couldn't help but knock him on the head again: "Da Biao, Anfen, the military parade is about to start!" ”