Chapter 44 Logistics Supply
Since Wang Da built the Northern Passage, he has become an ordinary worker again, pouring molten iron into the molds on the assembly line every day!
To be honest, there is no skill at all in this job. You just need to pick up the mold, pour in the molten iron, and set it aside! That’s it, it’s just three steps!
Fortunately, Wang Da thinks that he is an honest person and has a simple job with a good salary. The most important thing is that he is working for the lord, no, he should be working directly for the king!
For him, this is a great honor, and it will give him face even if he says it!
On this day, your Majesty issued another recruitment order to recruit more than two thousand militiamen. Without saying anything, Wang Da directly signed up with the person in charge of militia management in the arsenal!
"Foreman, I'm here to sign up!" Wang Da shouted directly to the person in charge.
The person in charge of managing the factory militia is also the foreman of the arsenal. Because there are many militiamen in the arsenal and it is a unit directly under the monarch, a separate management department has been set up!
The foreman's surname is Li, a man in his forties. According to him, he was a soldier before he came here, and he was still a junior officer. Later, because of his age and inconvenient legs and feet, he came here to be a foreman!
Foreman Li smiled and said to Wang Da Dao: "You are so positive, okay, I will fill in your name right now!"
"Foreman Li, that's for sure. My mother-in-law is interested in another piece of furniture and is clamoring for me to buy it, but the salary from the factory is not enough!"
Wang Da helplessly complained to Foreman Li that his mother-in-law is good at everything, but she is not good at others. If other people have something, as long as he can buy it, he must buy it!
"Really, if you go back and talk about her, you have to compare everything, how can you bear it?" Foreman Li filled in Wang Da's name, raised his head and chatted.
Wang Da chuckled and said: "It's okay, I can still bear it! It's just that my wallet can't bear it!"
"Haha~! You boy, are you joining the militia to earn subsidies this time?" Foreman Li asked.
Wang Da replied proudly: "That is, without subsidies, how can my boy buy pens and paper, and how can my mother-in-law have flowers and cloth?"
Foreman Li said with a little envy: "It's good to be young, but it's a pity that I..."
The next words were not spoken, or something, anyway, Wang Dazheng was thinking about how to get this opportunity!
Because in his opinion, there are not too many militiamen required this time. As long as there are more than 2,000 people, there must be a lot of people participating. Anyway, not to mention the extra money, the danger is small!
"Wang Da, have you gone to listen to the propaganda? This time you are going to kill savages. It may be dangerous. It is different from building roads in the past!"
Foreman Li reminded Wang Da, fearing that this boy would lose his life just for a small amount of money.
Wang Da patted his fearful chest and said: "Don't worry, Foreman Li, I know, I have also been trained. As soon as the savages encounter them, come and kill them all! Besides, aren't there people in front of us? We are only responsible for transporting food and escorting them."
Just prisoners!"
Foreman Li saw that Wang Da was very clear about the nature of the mission, so he didn't say much more. He just mentioned that anyway, the militiamen he managed were in the limelight, and he would also be rewarded!
Wang Da returned home and told his wife about the mission. Under her worries and expectations, she soon received the order that he was recruited!
In the south of the city, he followed the instructions and stood in his own team. Unfortunately, this time he was no longer the captain, but just a soldier!
He was given a short sword. According to the usual training method, he tied the short sword around his waist and looked around.
After a while, under the leadership of the captain, they came to the storage area in the southeast corner of the city. Following the instructions, they opened the military grain warehouse and moved bags of grain from the warehouse to the carriage!
Each bag of grain weighs one hundred kilograms, and each carriage can hold twenty bags. That is, each two-horse, two-axle four-wheeled carriage can carry two tons of grain.
Wang Da's team has one hundred people and five carriages, and every twenty people are responsible for loading and unloading one carriage!
Soon, his team loaded five carriages and made room for the carriages behind to continue loading! And his team had already set off towards the south!
But not all teams have carriages. Only the transport team has carriages. There are only ten transport teams, which means fifty carriages!
Fortunately, during this period, dozens of new carriages were built in the country for transportation in the north. Otherwise, they would have to carry these supplies on their backs!
The remaining militiamen were issued swords, shields, or spears, but no armor. These militiamen with better weapons were here to protect the ten transport teams!
And not all carriages are used to carry grain. In fact, only half of the carriages are used to transport grain, and the other carriages are all used to carry weapons and equipment!
Most of the twenty-five carriages loaded with weapons and equipment are still equipped with crossbows, crossbowmen's crossbows, archers' arrows, company crossbowmen's short crossbows, and a small number of replacement parts!
Some carriages are loaded with sore medicine, gauze and other medical supplies, some are loaded with daily necessities, and some...
"Captain, with so many carriages transporting so much food, this trip can feed them for a long time, right?"
During the transportation, Wang Da asked the captain in front, who was a member of the rear security team.
"You won't be able to eat for a long time. One cart of food is only enough for the soldiers in front for two days. If you do the math, there are twenty-five carts of food, and we people also have to consume it on the road. There are more than 3,000 of us alone.
It takes one and a half carloads to eat, which is three carloads in two days!”
"We need to eat three more carts of food when we go back, and there are only nineteen carts left. Tell me, how long will these nineteen carts of grain be enough for them?" The captain made a calculation to Wang Da.
"Captain, nineteen carts are enough to feed the soldiers in front for more than a month!" Wang Da asked doubtfully: "Don't they take a long time to eat? Why can't they last longer?"
"Haha, don't you know, don't we have to transport prisoners? A lot of food is prepared for these prisoners!" Only then did the captain tell the reason!
Wang Dajie was confused. How many prisoners would there be at this time? Even so much food would not last long!
The captain did not answer this question because the captain did not know how many prisoners there were, so it would depend on the soldiers fighting in the front!
With this question in mind, Wang Da steadily followed the convoy all the way south. Two days later, he saw soldiers preparing for action in front of him! A group of cavalry galloped further south!
And they transported the grain to the designated location and began to unload the carriage. After unloading the carriage, they could take turns riding the carriage back!
A day and a half later, Wang Da and his transportation team returned to Tianqi City, and then loaded trucks and grain again. After loading the grain, they began to transport it to the south without stopping.
This time the rush is more urgent. It seems that the south is already at war. Let them transport the goods quickly and don't delay the stomachs of the soldiers at the front!
Compared to the last trip, this time they had to walk an extra day, and they had to consume a few more carts of food on the way!
Soon, they arrived at the rear of the battlefield. After they unloaded the food and supplies, they were not allowed to go back immediately. Instead, they waited for another day!
At first Wang Da was still thinking about what was going on, but before a day had passed, an order came from above asking them to go to the front line!
Chapter completed!