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    But Zhang Shize's inadvertent mention of the word "reimbursement" made all the bureaucrats in the Ming Dynasty start to stir. Many people's eyes unconsciously turned to Zhang Fengyi - according to the Ming Dynasty's custom, troops were dispatched, and soldiers were paid and fed.  The final write-off is the job of the Ministry of War.  Generally speaking, there is a lot of money to be made from this. If it is the soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty, the reported fee will be cut off by 30% as usual, plus the filial piety to the military officials Generally speaking, it will not be four or five.  Don't even think about getting through the expense account.

    But given the strength of the short-haired army, they may not fall for this trick. It is estimated that Zhang Benbing will have a big headache by then.

    But Zhang Fengyi himself didn’t even bat an eyelid - he had already figured it out.  The short-haired soldier looks super expensive at first glance, and the cannon blast is even more earth-shattering. It's not surprising that a little move can cost thousands of dollars a day.  Not to mention that this is the result of Qingtian's protection, so it is natural for the lion to open its mouth.

    But what does all this have to do with him - anyway, in the end, the court paid for it.  As a soldier, he brought in King Qin's army, deceived the battle, and saved the capital and the emperor. This was considered as fulfilling his duty.  If you ask for a high price for short hair, the court will pay it if it is available. If it is not available, it will be Zhou Shoufu and Qian Muzhai who have to worry about it. It is none of his business.

    Moreover, judging from the last visit to the state, Shorthair didn’t care much about the rewards from the imperial court. What they hoped to get from the Ming Dynasty did not seem to be money, grain, silk, etc. – they had these things themselves, and they were better than what the imperial court gave them.  More, better.

    What they asked for, in addition to manpower, were some rights or permissions that seemed difficult for the court to understand, but this made Zhou Chief Fu even more headache-he couldn't even figure out what the other party was asking for. In a confused state, Zhou Yanru  It would look foolish to agree to or refuse their request.

    However, today's emperor is a master who loves to "control the overall situation" Even if he can't understand it himself, he will never tolerate his officials fooling him.  So Zhou Shoufu teamed up with Mr. Qian Ge, Bi Shangshu and others to understand the true meaning of what Short Hair thought and learned through communication with Guo Yi and others - Bi Shangshu found a little girl, but the purpose  But it’s almost the same.

    Zhang Fengyi also participated for a time, but he quickly backed down. In fact, he felt that Zhou Yanru and others might not be able to hold on for too long.  Because although those shorthairs themselves don't look very smart, the knowledge system behind them is too profound.  It's like seeing a small pond on the road, but when you step into it, you find that it's a bottomless well, and you don't know what kind of ocean it leads to at the bottom!

    Don’t let the temptation fail, but instead sink into it, lose your original intention, and lose your own moral traditions - Bi Shangshu of the Ministry of Finance seems to have such signs.  Just like when Xu Zixian was obsessed with Western Yi learning, he couldn't be persuaded.

    There was a slight ripple in his heart, but Zhang Fengyi didn't show any expression on his face. He just drank a few sips of black tea and ate a few snacks.  Others saw that he had no intention of speaking, so they didn't say much, and the topic returned to the short haired man.

    "The tea is delicious and the food is delicious, but it's a pity that this utensil is too bad."

    A civil servant looked at the tea cup in his hand with disgust and said - all the cups, plates and tableware are made of thin iron sheets, and there are some scars and dents on them.  Although everyone knows that this is for convenience in the field and is not afraid of being dropped and broken, they still feel that it is too simple - it is inconvenient to bring ceramics, but how difficult is it to bring a few pieces of silverware?  With Shorthair's financial resources, this doesn't cost much.

    However, Zhang Shize said coolly from the side:

    “All short-haired soldiers, regardless of their rank, have a set of these utensils.”

    This sentence made everyone present feel awkward. In the past few days, they marched with the short-haired army, ate and lived together, and their understanding of this green-skinned army was greatly deepened. They were also amazed by the "luxurious" equipment of this army many times.  And dumbfounded.

    Needless to say, weapons such as firecrackers and cannons are the capital of the short-haired army to dominate the world. Everyone in the Ming Dynasty has long known that the Kun people are "skilled in guns and cannons", and they can accept it psychologically.  But this time I personally marched with them and lived together, and I realized that they were not only sophisticated in weapons and equipment, but also in all kinds of clothing, food, housing, and transportation, and everything behind them was full of local tycoon style.  Not to mention anything else, the value of just a pair of military boots is probably equivalent to the entire property of the lower-level officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.

    In addition, they have fully understood another characteristic of short-haired dogs, which is the lack of awareness of inferiority and inferiority.  In the past, I thought it was those short-haired people who didn't know etiquette, but now it seems that the entire system established by short-haired people doesn't pay much attention to superiority and inferiority.

    Of course, there is definitely a necessary command hierarchy, and it is very strict.  But outside of official duties, they don't seem to care much about class differences in their daily lives - such as this kind of marching utensils and iron boxes used by ordinary soldiers, but the same goes for officers and commanders.??Even if they were entertaining court officials like them, it would still be the same thing.

    Is it because short-haired people don’t have good cutlery?  Of course it's impossible. The bone china they sell in batches in the big market is no worse than that used by the royal family. The tinware and silverware from the south are their specialty products.  But this group of people deliberately chose the same equipment as the soldiers, including the colors of the military uniforms. They were only identified by shoulder tags, collar badges and other marks.

    Of course, to say that these Ming Dynasty officials did not understand the meaning is not true - they all know the story of Wu Qi sucking carbuncle and Meng De cutting off his hair.  What Short Hair did was nothing more than similar, but to actually practice it to this extent still made these Ming Dynasty officials feel very fresh.

    They are eating and resting here, as are the gunners and soldiers nearby. They are all taking advantage of this moment to replenish food and energy to cope with the inevitable series of fierce battles that will follow.

    "Compared to the exquisite pastries with eggs and pine nuts that officials ate, soldiers were not yet at that level.  However, these Ming Dynasty officials were no strangers to the compressed dry food that short-haired troops generally carried - they had tasted it during this period, and generally felt that it tasted pretty good.

    Those square dry foods wrapped in oil paper are said to be made from wheat flour and beans.  They are heavy in oil and sugar, and some are slightly salty. Apart from being too tight and dry, requiring water to be swallowed, and making the stomach full easily, the taste alone is no worse than pastries sold in private shops.

    However, among the short-haired army, this type of food is not highly regarded.  It is said that one of the punishment methods for erring soldiers in the short-haired army is to deny hot food and only allow them to eat dry food.

    When the officials of the Ming Dynasty heard the news, most of them thought it was a joke - if it was really like this, wouldn't it be a deliberate mistake to seduce the soldiers?  But later, when they personally followed the Short-haired Army for a month and became familiar with the Short-haired Army generals, they discovered that this was really not a joke.

    In a sense, the short-haired officers did deliberately arrange for the recruits to eat more compressed military rations. The reason is very simple - this dry food specially prepared for field battles tastes good at first, but it is easy to make people feel bored.  .  So we simply let the recruits eat enough first, and when they are tired of eating, they will not secretly eat the dry food packets they carry as snacks in advance due to greed during the battle - it sounds incredible, but it actually happens  Is the truth.

    Even with regard to the "jar meat" that generally had an excellent response among the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers, there were actually some trends that the short-haired army did not like.  In the past, this type of pink artificial meat, which was mixed with a large amount of flour and spices, could keep it from spoiling for a long time, and could be used for cooking or eating alone, was the most popular type of supplement.  Even Cao Huachun, Zhang Fengyi and others felt satisfied when they ate this kind of dry food. Even they were satisfied with this kind of food when they were out on the march, not to mention the lower-level soldiers.

    Now is a critical battle, and even the generals of the Ming army know that they must be willing to give out rewards and wine and meat at this time. Naturally, the short-haired army, which has always had sufficient logistics, will not be stingy - vats and jars of meat are taken out and distributed to the soldiers.  , just because there is no time to heat it, it can only be eaten cold like dry food.

    However, the short-haired soldiers did not seem to be excited about this. Many of them actually showed an attitude of impatience when they used knives and daggers to fiddle with the compressed dry food and pink meat pieces distributed by the cooking staff in their tin lunch boxes.  Most people swallowed it in three or two mouthfuls as if it was just an errand, as if it was not a delicacy, but just coarse grains barely used to fill their stomachs.

    However, the reaction of those "true Kun" short-haired people to this is also very interesting - they were not angry because of it, but some people showed a "this is how it should be" attitude, as if they had long been tired of soldiers eating jar meat.  Prepare.  Moreover, there is a hint of pride in this.

    It's just that today, at this moment, facing the tens of thousands of Jinmeng Allied Forces approaching step by step, they all didn't want to think too much - just the real military strength exposed by the Short-haired Army today, the battle  The Ming Empire officials present were filled with emotion as well as the artillery combat system that had never been demonstrated to the Ming Dynasty before.

    But what shocked them the most was Qiong Haijun's calmness and calmness - there were only a few thousand people in a position consisting of a few thin military lines, but they dared to look at the approaching tens of thousands of troops on the opposite side as if they were nothing, and even fighting.  There is still time to eat and drink during the break If he didn't have absolute confidence in his own strength, he would definitely not be able to be so calm.

    "Are they sure they can win this battle?"

    Across the way, there are tens of thousands of Jinmeng Allied Forces that are approaching with murderous intent. On my side, I am holding a teacup and eating small cakes Even most of these Ming Dynasty civil servants had the dream of "civilians lead the troops and defeat the enemy with laughter"  , it wasn’t obvious on his face at the moment, but his calves under the robe were still a little trembling after all.
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