"Your parents are really good at calculating, and they don't want to suffer any losses! But I like what your parents do!"
After a long silence, Ren Wei smiled and nodded.
Naturally, his superiors didn't want to see this kind of operation, but he was not Zhao Ming's chief officer, so he couldn't get enough of the other party's military exploits.
It just so happened that they were allowed to take the limelight during the invasion of Outer Mongolia.
"But your conditions are..."
He would not directly agree to a deal with the other party without any reason. The matter had to be discussed clearly in advance.
Hearing this, Zhang Kai felt relieved at the last trace of anxiety.
"Captain Ren, our parents mainly want to make friends with you this time, but we can't just ask for nothing. This will make Commander Ren feel uneasy, right?"
Seeing this, Ren Wei curled his lips inwardly, "If you are willing to give it away, of course I am willing to accept it, but he will not say this."
"Well, it should be so. Do you want arms or money? As long as it doesn't go too far, I can make the decision myself."
Ren Wei said with a smile. The superiors ordered him to station at the border of Jehol, and naturally they also promised some benefits.
Among them, in terms of ordnance and materials, more than double the amount was prepared in advance, relying solely on the current strategic reserves of materials.
His more than two thousand brothers can be stationed from now until the spring of next year! A full supply of supplies for about four months.
The arms reserve can even fight three large-scale battles. If there is an enemy attack in the future, this material will be provided in unlimited quantities.
It can be said that in addition to being relatively free, the entire station has sufficient supplies.
I thought that the other party was probably asking for arms. After all, it was said that the other party was the director of the ranch before, and they were probably in urgent need of such weapons.
"Actually, our current situation is not very good, but we are not short of arms for the time being, but we are in urgent need of food. I don't know..."
"Food? You only want food?"
Hearing this, Ren Wei looked at Zhang Kai in surprise, wondering if he had heard wrongly.
"Well, we are in urgent need of food. We need as much as we have!" Zhang Kai nodded.
"Why do you need so much food? Of course I don't want to pry out your information, but I just don't understand something."
Ren Wei's face was full of confusion.
According to his estimate, Chief Zhao didn't have many talented people under his command.
At most, there are only a few thousand people to support the sky. Although the demand for food is also large, looking at the other party's posture, those who don't know better think that the other party has gathered tens of thousands of people.
"Haha, Commander Ren, this is not convenient to say. In short, we just want more food, the better. This won't embarrass you, Commander Ren, right?"
"Embarrassed? This is not embarrassing."
Ren Wei shook his head. If it was arms, he wouldn't be able to give them, but he couldn't give them too much. If he gave too much, he would be killed if his superiors found out.
But when it comes to food, Fengjun has not participated in a major battle for a long time. There is really no shortage of food, and there is always as much food as you need.
In addition, if the other party asked for a large amount of arms, he would not dare agree to the other party's deal.
After all, before the credit is given, you don't know if the other party is using nothing.
If this was just a lie to him, then there would be no place for him to cry.
But food is different. When the quantity of food becomes large, it becomes difficult to transport.
He had every reason to say that he would transport it in batches, thereby reducing his risk of loss.
After thinking for a while, he smiled and nodded before continuing, "Brother Zhang, the food you said is easy to solve, how about we talk about the details of the transaction?"
"nature!"
The two men were soon having detailed and pleasant talks about this dirty deal.
The main thing is to finalize the profit sharing of this credit and some of the remuneration that Ren Wei needs to pay.
The last set of scripts was perfectly finalized.
Zhao Mingfang exchanged 10,000 stones of grain and rice for a military exploit that was enough to promote Ren Wei to the rank of colonel.
In fact, after converting the transaction like this, Ren Wei doesn't make much.
Ten thousand shi is equivalent to 1.2 million kilograms of grain. This is definitely a very huge grain reserve.
If calculated according to the market price, it would cost at least 70,000 yuan.
But that's not how money is calculated. At least Ren Wei himself is very satisfied and feels that he has made money.
Because he can completely misappropriate part of the excess military rations. Anyway, with such rich military exploits, Shangfeng will not pursue too much.
The remaining half of the food is enough for his savings from being an official over the years. As long as he can go further, he can earn back all the money.
However, these grains also have requirements. They will not be delivered at once, but will be delivered in three installments. The first installment will be delivered now, and only 500 shi will be delivered.
The second batch, that is, on the day of the transaction, 6,500 shi were delivered in person, and the remaining 3,000 shi were delivered together a month later.
Knowing that Zhang Kai on the opposite side actually agreed, Ren Wei was naturally filled with joy.
He didn't feel bad at all when he went out with five hundred stone flowers. Even if the other party cheated him, it would just be a matter of the brothers missing a few meals.
Each of his more than two thousand brothers eats and drinks a lot every day, which is equivalent to about seven days' worth of food.
It would be bad luck to be cheated, but he felt that the other party would not spend so much money on five hundred shi of food.
Finally, he warmly invited Zhang Kai and his party to have a big meal, and asked the cook to prepare a meal of the highest standard in the military camp.
The guests and hosts enjoyed themselves for a while, until Zhang Kai left, Ren Wei gave him a warm farewell.
Until the other party had gone far and disappeared on the snowy field, the smile on Ren Wei's face still lingered for a long time.
"Sir, this Chief Zhao is really a wonderful person, but what does the other party want so much food for? One and two million kilograms of food, even if you eat sparingly, it can feed an army of 100,000 people for half a month.
If there were only a few thousand people, they could feed them for more than half a year. "
The adjutant on the side muttered in confusion, feeling that the other party was seriously ill.
There are controls on food, so you can't just buy and sell it, right? With control from above, you can at most make some hard money by buying and selling it.
"Whatever! If the other party wants it, we'll give it to them. If it's arms, we won't be able to handle it."
Ren Wei shook his head. He was too lazy to think about what the other party wanted so much food for.
It is better to ask for food than to ask for arms. If he wants arms, he is afraid that the other party will cause some trouble if they take the arms. If something happens, they will be traced.
That's fine now.
In fact, there may be a lot of food, but it is nothing to Zhao Ming.
1.2 million kilograms. Based on the current population of Huozhongtun, if you only eat grains, rice and noodles, you can eat less for more than two months.
With beef and mutton, it can be extended by another half month.
But now the beef and mutton in the camp has almost reached the edge of the red line. If we continue to use beef and mutton, it will be impossible to expand the cattle and sheep herds in the coming year.
Zhao Ming didn't want to do anything to make a profit.
In the eyes of others, war horses may be the only strategic resources on the grassland, but for Zhao Ming, beef and mutton are also strategic resources.
Wool can be used to make winter clothes for soldiers, and cowhide can be used to make ordnance and some military leather covers.
Beef and mutton can strengthen the brothers' physical fitness and expand the army in the future. Zhao Ming wants the brothers to eat meat every meal.
If the scale of the breeding farm is too small, when the army expands, there may not be enough beef and mutton to fill the teeth.
Secondly, cow's milk and goat's milk are also good things to strengthen the body.
