Daming kill

Chapter 37 Calculation
"Zuo Menggeng gave me another supply, some food, more armor and equipment." Zhao Jin finally said.

Li Ping, who was sipping tea, put down his tea bowl and looked at Zhao Jin in surprise. He didn't speak, but waited for Zhao Jin's next words.

But Zhao Jin didn't follow up, and this guy was checking Li Ping's IQ again.

"A lot?"

Li Ping hesitated for a while and then asked tentatively.

Zhao Jin’s here is a single-family house now, and other people can’t reach it. If the top sends things, if there are not many, with Zhao Jin’s character, he should put them all in his pocket with peace of mind, just like what he did last time. Same.

There's no need to be twitchy here, it's enough to give them a few symbolic average points at most, and no one knows how many there are anyway.

Unless it is specified that the supplies for the entire battalion will be issued to them, and then there will be a lot?Embarrass him.

But this is not scientific!

"Well, that's quite a lot."

Zhao Jin actually readily admitted it!
"How is it possible? Why?"

Li Ping was really surprised.

Zhao Jin dared to admit that there were quite a lot of things, and that thing must be indispensable. This was something that Li Ping had never dared to think about.

Li Ping knew that Zuo Liangyu's crazy military expansion had rapidly expanded his total force to 20.

Yes, that's right, 20.

This is not a secret, because everyone said so, and Zuo Liangyu himself often talked about this number.

Even, it is said that the public dissemination to the foreign government is called 30, which is the number 30.

This is a very shocking number, and it is also an unbelievable number.

Because this is simply explosive growth.

Of course, the quality can only be haha.

Whether there is really 20 or not, Li Ping thinks there is still some water.

Even the 4000 troops reported by Zhao Jin are serious hypocrisy even though they include women, old and young. It is estimated that other troops are not much better. After all, as a newcomer, Zhao Jin dare not be too courageous.

But regardless of men, women, old or young, if only the head is counted, the water content should not be very large.After all, most of Zuo Liangyu's middle and low-level leaders are newcomers, they are small people from the past, just like Zhao Jin.

And most importantly, the local officials in Xiangyang Prefecture are not vegetarians either.The tradition of civil and military discord in the Ming Dynasty made the civil officials keep a close eye on the military generals, and the civil officials had completely independent channels to report the actual situation of the generals.

Of course, it is normal to confuse the enemy army with the number of 30 but there are actually 20, but the actual 20 people are not allowed to have too much water, because civil servants have to prepare food and equipment based on this, the emperor He and the imperial court must also grasp the actual military strength of the generals, and if they fake it, it will be very troublesome.

A veteran like Zuo Liangyu shouldn't make such a low-level mistake.

Moreover, Zuo Liangyu, who is well versed in the bad habits of military affairs, may have made appropriate cuts to the data reported from below, so that even if the civil servants inquire and summarize from battalion to battalion, there will be no major problems.

As for whether the 20 people who pretended to be soldiers can all be used as soldiers, the civil officials have no choice. Zuo Liangyu said that if they are soldiers, they must be soldiers, and the civil officials objected to be invalid.

In front of 20 people, Zhao Jin's so-called 4000 people are really nothing, even if they are under the direct control of a small boss like Zuo Menggeng, they are still nothing.

What's more troublesome is that the Xiangfan area has been exhausted after several years of war. Especially last year, Zhang Xianzhong successfully raided Xiangyang and looted all the supplies accumulated in the surrounding areas for a long time, which exacerbated the shortage of local supplies.

This means that the local government in Xiangyang is simply unable to support such a huge army. 20 people, not to mention weapons and equipment, is an astronomical figure just because people eat horse chews every day!
In fact, the support of Zuo Liangyu's army is borne by the entire Huguang, and the local government of Huguang is also supplying Zuo Liangyu with food and grass according to the number of 2.5 people.

That's right, it's 2.5, and that's their best effort.

Daming has been plagued by natural disasters in recent years. Huguang, a major grain-producing province, also suffered severe locust drought last year. Although there was no locust plague this year, it was also severely drought.

Although the early rice has just been harvested, we can't give all the newly harvested grain to Zuo Liangyu's army!

The local government was unable to provide for it, so Zuo Liangyu certainly couldn't take care of it, otherwise he wouldn't let everyone rob him.

"The number Zuo Liangyu brought back from Zhuxian Town was less than a hundred, and the routs that were gathered later did not exceed a thousand, and we still took three hundred." Zhao Jin revealed the important inside story that he finally found out.

"What?" Li Ping was stunned, and then he seemed to understand something.

"Do you still remember Zuo Liangyu's personal soldiers who brought us into Xiangyang?" After Li Ping nodded, Zhao Jin continued: "What he revealed was only the tip of the iceberg. In fact, Zuo Liangyu's old troops basically It no longer exists, and now he is completely relying on surrendered rebels and bandits to support his facade."

"It's not a good thing to be strong and weak, and these people are not trustworthy, let alone entrusted with great responsibilities." Li Ping frowned.

"That's right, that's why he wants to catch us even more. We have now become one of his important bases, because we were born in the army, and we are more or less his original soldiers. We are more trustworthy." Zhao Jin laughed.

"I see." Li Ping finally understood everything.

Zhao Jin's sudden promotion, and they were arranged to be stationed in Xiangyang City, all doubts suddenly cleared up.

Zuo Liangyu, who had already lost his pants, really needed to hold on to them.

"However, big brother, you have made great contributions. We are not his old background, and it is not easy to be accepted and trusted so quickly. There is no reason for the sky to fall into the sky." Li Ping immediately complimented Zhao Jin.

That's not really a compliment.

There are so many troops, and everyone wants to climb up the Zuo family's high branch and get promoted and make a fortune. The competition is naturally fierce, and getting supplies shows that they have been recognized as one of the absolute few new Zuo family's direct descendants. One can imagine.

"That's right. Without me, you just wait to drink the northwest wind!" Zhao Jin accepted Li Ping's compliment with a proud face.

"Huguang supplies food, but where did the armor and equipment come from? Hasn't Xiangyang been evacuated by Zhang Xianzhong?" Li Ping remembered this important question.A small amount is understandable, but a large amount is abnormal. Those things are very time-consuming to produce.

After Zhao Jin blinked, he finally opened up the chatterbox slowly.

It turned out that a fleet unloaded a large amount of allocated materials at the pier in Fancheng a few days ago.Xiangyang is empty, but Huguang is not free, and Daming is not free, and Xiangyang still has very convenient waterways, so it is naturally very convenient to transfer materials from other areas.

The imperial court is rearming Zuo Liangyu's army. Zuo Liangyu's madness has succeeded, and it is said that there will be more in the future.

With Zuo Liangyu's replenishment, his cronies will naturally be given priority.Sure enough, Zhao Jin received some food and a large amount of armor and equipment from Zuo Menggeng yesterday, which also means that they are constantly being recognized.

Then the problem also came.

After receiving these things, how to divide them became the key.

This guerrilla battalion is not only Zhao Jin himself, but also several other powerful general battalions below, and so many things can't be hidden at all, unless Zhao Jin only intends to command his own personal army in the future.

However, Zhao Jin is really willing to only command his personal troops in the future, Zuo Menggeng and Zuo Liangyu probably won't do it!
However, Zhao Jin did not approve of the complete split. After all, there is a big difference in the number of people in each headquarters.

"How do you plan to divide?" Li Ping was also straightforward.

Zhao Jin called him, probably because he already had a plan, and now he just wanted to hear Li Ping's opinion.

Zhao Jin didn't go around in circles, and said bluntly that he planned to roughly divide these things into five shares, with two for himself, Li Ping, Shi Ming, and Wang Chengwu each, and Li Shengcai and Liu Shixiong could only get a symbolic share.

After listening, Li Ping was not in a hurry to express his opinion, but asked how much he could get for this share?

About thirty stones of grain, twenty blunderbusses, seven or eight barrels of gunpowder, half a barrel of lead, dozens of spearheads, a dozen lancets, seven or eight bows, and about a dozen pairs of cotton armor.

When Zhao Jin spoke eloquently, Li Ping, who was already prepared, expressed quite a surprise, which once again exceeded his expectations.

From this point of view, Ming's military production system is still alive and well, and its inventory and production capacity have not been completely broken.

But the distribution plan proposed by Zhao Jin is very interesting, and there are many twists and turns in it. It is no wonder that Zhao Jin wants to hear Li Ping's opinion or seek Li Ping's support.

The subordinates of Li Shengcai and Liu Shixiong are only a little more than 100 each, which is only about one-tenth of the subordinates of Shi Ming and Li Ping, and most of them are old and weak.However, they were very clear about Zhao Jin in normal times, and they didn't take Zhao Jin seriously. Zhao Jin really had no reason to think about distributing supplies to them.

These days, it is said that Li Shengcai spends most of his time fooling around with a group of small Ming army chiefs in the vicinity, and he regards himself as a general.

Although he lives with Shi Ming, he rarely sees him face to face. Of course, every time he sees Shi Ming, his mouth is like honey.

It is said that Liu Shixiong and Zhao Meiling often quarreled, and after receiving Shi Ming's human support, they went out to toss a few times. Even if there was a chance to recruit someone into the team, they would make a lot of noise.

But the effect was not good. On the contrary, they suffered losses twice. In the end, Shi Ming had no choice but to transfer them to the couple, even including a dozen or so serious young men. Men, women, old and weak finally passed one hundred.

Li Ping didn't care about these shitty things at first, but he had Song Baolai as a living treasure, and Zhao Lanyue and Gao Lei were still with Song Baolai every day, so Li Ping naturally knew about it.

Zhao Jin's plan is very poisonous because it makes full use of all these subtle factors. It is not simply that you are weak and I will not fuck you, but that it integrates all of it into it, such as wooing, differentiation, suppression, and building prestige.Once implemented, it will directly clarify the pattern of the four poles and further consolidate Zhao Jin's position as the boss.

The only possibility that is likely to cause major controversy is that Zhao Jin intends to have two shares exclusively, but this may also be a test, to test whether everyone recognizes his dominant position, and it should be possible to continue to discuss.

Having figured out the joints, Li Ping immediately said with a smile that the material distribution plan was well thought out, and he completely agreed, and laughed and teased Zhao Jin, "Ginger is still old and hot."

Seeing that Li Ping changed from thinking to a smile, Zhao Jin knew that Li Ping agreed, which made him heave a sigh of relief.

Brothers still have to settle accounts clearly, Zhao Jin is most worried about Li Ping's opinion, he doesn't want to be a loner, otherwise there is no need to be so formal.

Zhao Jin knew very well that Li Ping had already seen his many intentions. After he laughed and scolded "brat", he said seriously: "You boy, don't think about it. I'm seeking truth from facts. I'm nervous about things. Use it wisely."

What Li Ping admired the most was Zhao Jin's ability to speak nonsense with his eyes open.

People who don't know Zhao Jin are easily confused by his unique serious face and temperament, and often think that he is a straightforward and pure tough guy, but in fact this guy has a lot of tricks.

Seeing Li Ping's weird smile, Zhao Jin raised his face and said, "Be serious, stop laughing all the time, you're just thinking about it every day. Just do it like this, and your food will be reduced." No more, who told you that you have more food than me. But you still have to give it out, but after you get it, you can find a trustworthy subordinate to send it back to me when there is no one."

Seeing Li Ping's devastated expression, Zhao Jin laughed: "Look at how stingy you are, let's do this! I can give you a few more bows and arrows, but few of my men know how to use them. It's a waste to keep them all."

After crying a few words with an exaggerated expression on purpose, Li Ping could only pinch his nose to admit it.

As for Zhao Jin, Li Ping never concealed the situation in his camp, and he would promptly inform him of anything. For so many years, trust is the most important part of maintaining their friendship.However, Li Ping still decided to want those bows, his archery team was short of them.

However, Li Ping soon thought of Shi Ming again.That guy has a lot of people, and since no one allocated food and grass to him, and he was not as lucky as Li Ping, the food supply might be very tight.

"You don't have to worry about him. A few days ago, his soldiers and horses were fully dispatched. He cut off a lot of unripe rice first. That guy lived better than anyone else." Zhao Jin said jokingly.

"What about you! How much did you steal?" Li Ping asked instinctively.

Zhao Jin froze for a moment, then blushed a little and said, "I, I didn't get much, I just mixed up a month's worth of food."

Grabbing food is indeed not an honor for Zhao Jin, if Li Ping doesn't ask, this guy probably doesn't intend to talk about it.But since this guy has grabbed the food, he still picks it up like this, Li Ping is also speechless.

Probably in order to get rid of this little embarrassment, or to strike while the iron is hot, Zhao Jin, who had Li Ping's support, decided to immediately send someone to find Shi Ming.

Break through each one and communicate before the meeting, this is the standard method of finalizing the matter.

(End of this chapter)