Volume Two, Chapter Eighteen, Under the Heart of the Army
Seeing that no one was paying attention, Yang Tian continued, "We are soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty. We sweat and blood on the battlefield to defend our country, but we can only eat this kind of pig food. Let's talk about it, is this fair?"
“Of course it’s not fair.”
"What does the general mean? Do you want to change our food?"
"It's good to eat if you have something to eat."
All the soldiers whispered to each other, but none of them dared to reply to Yang Tian's words.
Yang Shi behind Yang Tianchao shouted: "Take my horse over."
Everyone looked at Yang Tian for no reason. I don’t know what it meant. After a while, Chi Ying was led to Yang Tian. Yang Tian put half a bowl of rice in his hand under Chi Ying’s mouth. Chi Ying sniffed, turned her head aside, and couldn’t even look at the food in Yang Tian’s hand.
"Look at it, you don't even eat your food from our generals. Some people still say, is this kind of food good?"
You are the uncle of the current dynasty and the prince of the Duke Sui's mansion. What's so strange about the horse eating better than us, but there is no need to humiliate us. Many people muttered in their hearts and gradually showed anger on their faces.
Yang Shi and Yang Miao both asked Li Gang anxiously: "Mr. Wen Ji, what's wrong with young master? Isn't this intentional disgusting to everyone?"
Li Gang shook his head: "Don't talk nonsense, the general will naturally have the intention of the general."
Shi Wansui's face was covered with black lines and he said to Wang Shu: "What does he mean? Could he laugh at me?"
Wang Shu also shook his head and aroused the soldiers' anger. It was definitely not a good thing for Yang Tian. Judging from his previous performance, Yang Tian was definitely not the kind of playboy who was ignorant.
"Okay, you won't answer. The future answer is bad, very bad. Can anyone tell me what you ate a year ago? Do you want to eat the same food as before again?"
"I think, who doesn't want it? What we used to eat was white flour steamed buns, meat buns, and fragrant rice." Some people replied in a low voice.
"Just think about it. I know that you were the best soldiers in the Great Zhou Dynasty, but some things happened, but they turned you into the least soldiers who paid attention to it, and you were compromised. Now that I am here, you can't control the above things, and don't have to worry about it. Since I am your boss, I will never let you continue to feel wronged. From tomorrow on, your food will be restored to its original level. As for the military supplies, the military pay owed will be repaid one after another. I will temporarily feel wronged to everyone to eat this kind of meal for the last time."
Yang Tian ate all the last half of the bowl of coarse food in his bowl and raised the empty bowl to all the soldiers. Everyone looked at Yang Tian quietly, and suddenly a deafening shout broke out: "Long live! Long live!"
Shi Wansui's heart suddenly shook. This young man was so powerful that he conquered the hearts of all the soldiers in half a day.
Wang Shu said quietly: "General, don't worry. The higher the picking, the heavier the falling. All the rice and flour in the military camp may not be enough for the entire army to have a meal. If he cannot let the entire army eat the previous food tomorrow, no one will listen to this child again."
Shi Wansui said uneasy: "What if he transfers food from the court?"
Wang Shu snorted: "General, given the current situation in the court, even if he is the son of the Duke of Sui, he cannot transfer food for more than half a month. In the past half month, what will he use to meet the needs of the 2,000 soldiers? Could it be that he will put it on his own in the Duke of Sui on the Duke of Sui on his own?"
Shi Wansui is concerned and confusing. After Wang Shuyi's analysis, he immediately felt at ease. If the diet alone returns to the previous standard of the Xuanlong Army, it would cost nearly a thousand guan in half a month. Although the Duke's Mansion could afford this money, he could only deduct soldiers' military pay and food as an official. How could he pay for food?
After dinner, Yang Tian called the military officer. This military officer was tall but not fat. It seemed that the Xuanlong Army was really poor, and even the military officer could not be raised.
As soon as the quartermaster came in, he knelt down to Yang Tian: "See General."
"No gifts, I will ask you, how much food is there in the army now?"
The quarantine officer quickly reported: "Return to the general, the army has 25 s of white flour, 2 s of 7 liters of 7 liters of rice, 11 s of 5 s of 3 liters of soybeans, 312 s of corn, 5 3 s of corn, and more than 600 s of wheat skin."
I don’t know if the junta officer was prepared for it. Since the promotion of white flour and rice has been reported, except for soybeans fed by war horses, only corn and wheat peels are a little looser. The strong men in the army eat a lot and let them eat it. The daily food consumed by 2,000 people is at least 30 stones. As for white flour and rice, it is enough for the army to eat in one day.
Fortunately, Yang Tian didn't care about the current food stored in the army. As long as he had money, he couldn't buy anything: "Tomorrow, I will make all the white flour into steamed buns, and the rice will be cooked so that the soldiers can eat enough and eat well."
"Yes, I'll follow the order." The quarantine officer was not surprised by Yang Tian's order. Everyone heard what he said on the school ground, and Yang Tian would definitely not break his promise the first day.
"Hmph, let's see what you will do tomorrow?" The quarconian thought maliciously.
When the quarantine officer went out, Yang Tiancai said to Yang Shi and Yang Miao: "Tomorrow you will go to Chang'an and buy 500 stones of rice and white flour each, and buy more various sparse vegetables and meat."
"Young Master." Yang Miao looked unhappy and was about to object, but Li Gang quickly coughed several times before Yang Miao changed his name: "General, why don't you hand it over to the quarantine officer just now to buy it?"
Yang Tian glared at him: "Although purchasing these things is a trivial matter, it is related to whether I can establish credibility in front of the soldiers. How can such an important matter be left to a quarrestrial officer who does not understand it?"
Although the honest appearance of the quarantine officer just now, there is no doubt that the quarantine officer must be Shi Wansui's confidant. If he was handed over to him for purchase, with Shi Wansui's attitude towards Yang Tian, something might happen.
Yang Miao was so happy: "Yes, I guarantee to complete the task."
The next day, the whole army finished the training and just returned to the barracks, they immediately smelled the fragrance of white steamed buns. Everyone was filled with joy and rushed into the cafeteria. The canteen had steamed buns piled up like hills, and there was also fragrant porridge in the large iron pot next to it.
The soldiers didn't care about washing the food and started queuing up to receive the meal. Many people greedily smelled the fragrance of the rice floating in the air. Some soldiers who had already received the steamed buns had tears in their eyes. They hadn't eaten such a meal for almost a year.
Shi Wansui also ate the white flour buns in his hand in big mouthfuls. These were originally only available to the officers above the team, but now they are all eaten by the soldiers in one day. Shi Wansui maliciously thought: "Eat, eat it, eat it, and you will know the general's credibility until tomorrow you will eat corn again.
Note 1: One stone was equivalent to one hundred and twenty kilograms during the Sui and Tang Dynasties.
Chapter completed!