After knowing the shameless rules of the Tang Dynasty officialdom, the uncles and nephews of the Zhao family came to visit honestly and did not have the courage to send money to ask for accommodation. Fortunately, although the quartermaster who met him there was quite arrogant, he did not embarrass them.
After hearing that the Zhao family was going to supply military rations to the army and that they were still supplying high-quality polished rice, they immediately asked to see samples of the polished rice. When they found that the sample of polished rice was of good quality, they immediately signed a document and told them
As long as you hold the documents and transport the military rations to the designated location, you can receive the banknote issued by Datang Royal Bank on the spot, pay the money with one hand, and deliver the goods with the same hand.
Of course, there are many restrictions here. The munitions officer will conduct random inspections during delivery. If the rations found in the random inspection are unqualified, it will not be as simple as a fine. It will be a serious crime, the kind of confiscation of homes and genocide!
When doing business with the army, you must not be cunning, otherwise your home will be confiscated and your family will be exterminated in a matter of minutes.
Moreover, the price offered by the military is not high, much lower than the market price, but the low price is nothing. The quantity the military wants is large, and the demand is stable!
After leaving the house, the uncle and nephew of the Zhao family still couldn't believe that things could go so smoothly. If this business could be successfully completed, I'm afraid there would be a net profit of more than 5,000 taels.
Although this profit is not too much, it is a good start. If we can stably supply food to the military in the future, this will be a steady stream of profits.
Moreover, it can also allow their Zhao family's mechanical rice milling plant to be successfully put into large-scale production without worrying about the lack of sales in the initial stage of production, resulting in vacant machinery, short work hours for workers, and low wages, resulting in the loss of workers.
For a factory with huge investment, nothing is more important than having sufficient orders and ensuring productivity.
After leaving the gate of the Munitions Department with a smile, Uncle Zhao immediately said: "I will go to the post station immediately to send a letter, by express mail, and ask the second brother to immediately place a new machinery order with Zhaoqing Machinery Factory. In the rice polishing business of Huguang Province, we
The Zhao family is about to decide!"
The young man in brocade robes also said: "Third uncle, don't forget, there is also a flour machine!"
Uncle Zhao smiled and said: "Don't worry, I won't forget it!"
It didn't take long before Uncle Zhao came directly to a store with the words "Datang Station Baoqing Mansion Shaoyang Chengdong Branch". There were several other lines of large characters in front of the store that were quite conspicuous:
Send letters and goods, starting from 5 cents!
Urgent items are delivered by Pegasus, three hundred miles away!
Three-day delivery to all counties in the prefecture
Guilin ten-day delivery, Zhaoqing half-month delivery, etc.
You don’t need to look at it to know that this is a post system that belongs directly to the military. In order to subsidize the huge operating expenses, it will also be open to civilians!
Of course, if you think about it with your toes, although it is said above that sending a letter starts at five cents, this is generally limited to this city. For slightly further distances, the price will increase exponentially.
Usually, an ordinary letter sent from Shaoyang to Zhaoqing costs several hundred yuan. The price is not cheap, and this is just an ordinary letter. When it can be sent to Zhaoqing depends on God's will. It can be as short as more than a month or as long as
Then two or three months are possible.
But if it is urgent, it is different. There are ordinary urgent items and express urgent items. Ordinary urgent items are delivered together with ordinary official documents, and the speed is nominally hundreds of miles expedited!
As for express delivery, it is said to be three hundred miles urgent. Of course, this is just a name. It is usually delivered together with the official three hundred miles urgent document, but this premise is that the official itself has three hundred miles urgent.
I will bring the official documents with you as soon as possible.
If there is no official 300-mile express delivery on a certain section of the road, the military post station will not use the 300-mile express delivery just for your urgent case, so this section of the road will be treated like an ordinary emergency.
Ordinary Baili Express, and under normal circumstances, official documents are generally delivered at Baili Express speed.
As for the price, whether it is ordinary urgent mail or express urgent mail, it is expensive. Even those big businessmen will not use express mail unless they have urgent matters.
But now for the Zhao family, time is money!
Nowadays, the polished rice industry in Guangdong is in full swing, and many grain merchants are involved. Now many people in Huguang have heard the news, and their Zhao family is the first in Huguang to introduce machinery to build a rice mill.
Grain merchants, if they don't quickly expand their scale and occupy the market while others are still waiting and watching, will they have to wait for others to react and then take their time?
In that case, you will watch the money fly away before your eyes!
Not to mention the Zhao family, after being busy for a long time, the quartermaster just walked into his boss's office with a thick stack of documents!
Then, his immediate boss, Colonel Song Shenxiang, the quartermaster of the Second Army assigned by the Logistics Department, came out and went straight to the headquarters of the First Army. He was going to attend the military meeting of the First Army.
The First Army is about to go to war, and it is still a war. The demand for various military supplies is very huge, and because of the urgent time, the preparation of these various military supplies is not sufficient. He needs to prepare detailed military supplies at the meeting
Reported to Hao Bainian, commander of the First Army.
Only by mastering the detailed military supply data, Hao Bainian can better formulate various combat plans!
No matter what era the war is in, food and grass always go first before the soldiers and horses are moved. Therefore, all kinds of military supplies such as military rations, ammunition, and even bows and arrows and replacement ordnance need to be prepared in advance.
It didn't take long for Colonel Song Shenxiang to arrive at the First Army Headquarters, and then sat in the same position as before. Seeing that it was still early, he started talking to a few people next to him.
The people who came to participate in the First Army's strategy meeting, in addition to division and regimental level officers from various field units, were also logistics, ordnance and other officers like Song Shenxiang.
After waiting for a quarter of an hour, the guard outside the door sang loudly: "The commander is here!"
Immediately, all the officers of the First Army who had arrived in advance stood up in unison. Immediately, they saw a man wearing a general's winter uniform, with the rank of lieutenant general on his shoulders, and a gold-plated command knife hanging on his waist.
Hao Bainian strode in with black leather gloves in his hands!
After entering, Hao Bainian fell directly onto the table, and then said: "Everyone, please sit down!"
At this time, everyone sat down together, and then everyone raised their heads and chests, put their hands on their legs, and sat in the most standard sitting posture. At this time, they only heard Hao Bainian say: "I don't have much time, and everyone does.
There are a lot of things waiting to be done, so let’s keep it simple today and get started!”
Hao Bainian had no unnecessary nonsense, and everyone present was indeed as Hao Bainian said, everyone had a lot of things to deal with, and they could not waste too much time in this meeting.
Although the First Army received a letter from the Second Army asking for cooperation very early, at that time the Second Army had not yet received news that it had conquered Yuezhou. It was not until yesterday that they received a letter from the Second Army.
The report said that the Second Army had captured Yuezhou and was preparing to move south to Changsha. It was hoped that the First Army would be ready to respond and cooperate in the battle to capture Changsha!
Although the First Army had been preparing for many days in advance, such a short time was still not enough to prepare for a very large-scale war. Thinking of this, many generals of the First Army actually complained a little.
Li Chunjing's from the Second Army.
This is a war. How can we think of fighting that? If we want to fight Changsha, we should have said it a month or even two months ago, so that their First Army can complete preparations in advance.
But now, with only a few days of preparation time, the First Army is very busy. What's even more troublesome is that the First Army did not have a battle plan to launch a large-scale offensive in the autumn and winter.
, so Zhaoqing in the rear did not provide the First Army with sufficient supplies of ammunition and other military supplies.
So now, although the First Army has been fully mobilized and the front troops have officially left the city today, the First Army has actually not even completed pre-war preparations. There is not enough ammunition and even military rations.
Moreover, many troops had previous missions, and it was also troublesome to mobilize them back to participate in the battle.
The huge First Army does not mean that it can send troops to attack Changsha and set off tomorrow!
But now that the matter has come to this, they have no choice. Li Chunjing has led the main force of the Second Army towards Changsha. They can't remain indifferent. And although they have some opinions on Li Chunjing's way of doing things, they are not fools either.
, they all saw a great opportunity in front of them!
A great opportunity to seize Changsha, Hengyang, and even the entire Huguang south of the Yangtze River. Even though it will face various difficulties, it cannot be given up casually.
Especially after hearing that Li Chunjing took the huge risk of Nanchang being besieged, he dispatched the main force of the Second Army into Huguang. If Changsha was not captured due to the poor cooperation of the First Army, which would lead to a series of negative impacts, I am afraid that Zhaoqing
The emperor will be furious!
When the emperor was angry, he laid down millions of corpses!
If His Majesty becomes angry, everyone present, including Hao Bainian, may inevitably be punished!
So despite facing many difficulties, the First Army must send troops, and it must be done immediately, right away!
Any delay may lead to accidents!
The senior officers of the First Army were very aware of this, so at this meeting, although many people complained, no one dared to shirk the tasks assigned to them.
At this critical moment, if someone slips the chain, I am afraid that His Majesty will not be angry. Hao Bainian will personally send him to a military court immediately!