The key to solving the problem is that the purchasing team must have strong mobility capabilities.

What Li Mengxi thought of was that the purchasing team could use all chariots, horses and cavalry, without any infantry, to ensure that it could absolutely surpass the speed of the infantry.

Moreover, the convoy cannot be carried by ox carts. The speed of old scalpers pulling carts is very slow, and it is not as fast as people walking fast.

Therefore, the purchasing team should all be light carriages.

Horse-drawn carts can even race at high speeds.

Liu Bei said that the donkey cart was also very fast.

Li Mengxi was stunned for a moment. There are donkey carts in the army, but not many. After all, oxen can plow the land, are strong and have strong endurance. The cost-effectiveness of oxen is the highest among livestock in agricultural society. People raise more cattle than donkeys.

Less, this is normal.

Li Mengxi really couldn't imagine the scene of a donkey pulling a cart.

If there are enough horses, it would be better to use a carriage.

Moreover, in order to be faster and join the army faster, the carriage team should not fill it too full when buying things. If it is too full, the horse will not be able to run fast.

The carriage should only be half full.

Moreover, if for the sake of coordination and unity, the purchasing team should be made of the same animals as much as possible, either all horses or all donkeys, so that the speed can be roughly consistent, and a purchasing team with dozens of vehicles can move together.

Otherwise, there is a carriage, and there is a donkey cart in the carriage.

The carriage in front was very fast and had already traveled a long way. Unfortunately, the wheels of the donkey cart behind it broke. This was good. The carriage team in front had already caught up with the army. When I counted, there were fewer people. I quickly looked back.

, it turns out that the car broke down halfway.

At this time, it would not be too much of a delay to send a carriage back for rescue.

And if they are all carriages, traveling at the same speed, and moving together throughout the whole process, if any carriage breaks down, the whole team will stop, and the grain on the broken carriage, which is only half the grain anyway, will be given to the other carriages.

Cars are divided into portions, each car contains a bag of grain, and it is all distributed in a short time.

Just throw away the broken cart and forget about it. The driver will just ride the horse pulling the cart and follow it, which saves trouble and won't waste much time.

Being neat and uniform can improve the fault tolerance rate.

Li Mengxi suddenly realized that since the army would be larger in the future and there would be more horses, he could set up a special carriage team to be responsible for purchasing during the march.

If this can be done in the future, why can't it be done now?

If the traveling caravan carries baskets on its back to buy things, there are only a few baskets that can carry limited things. Therefore, it cannot buy large quantities of things such as wheat straw and hemp, nor can it buy large pieces of wood that are lacking in the carpentry camp. It can only pick and choose.

Buy it urgently.

Could it be that I am stupid and just get a carriage and the problem can be solved? Why bother using people to carry baskets?

After a while, Li Mengxi gained something again.

While chatting with Liu Bei, Li Mengxi suddenly stopped, hurriedly picked up his pen and started writing on the cloth.

Liu Bei was talking, but when Li Mengxi's voice disappeared, he couldn't help but turn his head and see Li Mengxi writing furiously, and his writing was running wildly.

Seeing Li Mengxi writing so heartily and happily, Liu Bei was a little moved. Liu Bei also wanted to get a pen and write something.

Li Mengxi wrote on the linen cloth,

[The purchasing team in the army can use horse-drawn carriages, which are fast. Although they are far away from the team, they can catch up with the rear of the army's infantry in a short time.

The detailed rules are: 1. Use horse-drawn carriages instead of ox-carts. Ox-carts are slow, but horse-drawn carriages are fast.

Second, the carriage is half loaded, do not make the carriage heavy, and drive at a slow speed.

3. The dozens of vehicles in the convoy should all be of the same type. Either all donkey-carts or all horse-drawn carriages should be used. They should not be mixed together.]

[Traveling caravans can also use fast horses and light vehicles]

After finishing writing, Li Mengxi threw down his pen, like a swordsman who had finished practicing a set of sword skills, and breathed a long sigh of relief.

Okay, the caravan is here and has evolved.

Think back to these two or three days.

The first time, Yuqi went to the village to buy something, but he was thought to have malicious intentions and was surrounded by the villagers. The first time, he couldn't buy too much because he didn't bring enough baskets.

The second time, after learning his lesson, Li Mengxi even thought about the order of negotiation between the caravan and the village. If one caravan was too few, he would be afraid of losing his life, and if there were too many caravans, it would scare the villagers, so four

It's almost appropriate. There are also more flags and less swords and guns. Two cavalry go to negotiate, and two cavalry wait in the distance. One is to reduce deterrence, and the other is to prevent being ambushed. No one goes back to report the news.

Therefore, during the second purchase, the eight free rangers were divided into two teams. The rangers all carried baskets with money in them. The rangers all carried flags and had swords on their waists.

However, something unexpected happened.

The surprise is that in addition to encountering villages, there is also the encounter with villagers halfway along the way.

Let the villagers lead the way to the village. At this stage, another problem arises.

The knights are all warriors with limited communication skills. They meet locals on the road and return without success many times.

At this time, Liu Bei, who couldn't wait any longer, personally led the team. After this second successful purchase, the Ranger Caravan carried out its second upgrade.

The second upgrade is that when you meet a countryman on the road, you immediately stop your horse, and then a person who is good at talking gets off your horse and goes to talk. Then, you give him money first, and then ask him to lead the way.

This is the second upgrade.

When Liu Bei came back from buying things and told Li Mengxi what happened to the caravan, this triggered the third upgrade of the purchasing team.

At this time, Li Mengxi had realized that the caravan not only had to carry out commercial activities, but also had to do diplomatic work.

After further expansion and association, I thought of the need for specialized diplomats to be responsible for the procurement team.

At the same time, I also thought that Sima Yi was suitable for diplomacy, but Zhang Fei could not go shopping. Zhang Fei had a bad temper and was prone to getting into trouble.

Likewise, I also thought about what the relevant military regulations should be.

He also thought that if he went to the city to buy military rations, it would be better to wait three quarters. If there was no response after three quarters, our army could go.

Finally, the smart Li Mengxi thought about the problem of purchasing a fleet.

At this point, the procurement fleet structure is becoming perfect.

The final version of the procurement team should be——

There are three knights, carrying an empty carriage. The knights carry flags and do not show their swords and guns. One of them should be a diplomat, not afraid of flattery or humiliation, and is proficient in business.

If you meet a villager on the way, stop immediately in the middle of the road, let the captain dismount, walk over, talk to the person, give money first, and then lead the way.

If you don’t meet any villagers, you will directly encounter the village.

At this time, one of the riders took the carriage to the village to negotiate, while the rest of the riders waited in the distance.

And if so, encounter a city.

The "diplomat" went directly to the city and explained his intention to the city.

If the person at the top of the city is a bastard and gets scolded, forget it and just leave. Don't scold him back, as this will cause more trouble.

And if the garrison at the top of the city says to wait for a call to the superior, then just wait. If the wait exceeds three seconds, it means that the chief officer in the city is in a dilemma.

And if this city sells food to our army, it will use horse-drawn carriages, and each horse-drawn carriage can only pull half a cart of food.

If nothing goes wrong on the return journey, and the carriages are hauling grain, it will only take a few moments to catch up with our army.

And if something happens, if one cart's wheel is damaged, the grain in this cart will be distributed to other carts, the broken cart will be abandoned where it is, and then continue on the road.

Perfect!

Everything was fine, except that there were no conditions for implementation. The army was short of horses and even carts. As a last resort, we could only free up two carts and let the two cavalry temporarily become coachmen and leave with the caravan to search for villages.

go.

The complete form of the caravan still consists of four people per team. The difference is that three of them are still cavalry, and the fourth person becomes a driver. The horse pulls an empty cart with a basket on the cart.

, half of the basket was filled with money, and then the traveling merchant team, a mixture of cavalry and carriages, continued traveling on their responsibilities.

On the day after the formation of the Youqi purchasing convoy, on the fourth day of September, in the afternoon, two small caravans continued to search for villages. At about two or three o'clock in the afternoon, a caravan came back.

When the cavalry came back, they were all very happy.

The carriage that was empty when I went there was filled with two large bundles of wheat straw when I came back. There was also a saw on the carriage. Also thrown in the carriage were two medium-sized earthen jars, three jars of wine, a hatchet, and finally a hatchet.

The important thing is that I bought a little piglet.

Although buying things is not for yourself, spending money to buy things always makes people happy. This is the reason why the cyclists are so happy.

A little piglet, black with white stripes, chubby, was tied up with four legs and hoofs, and kept humming.

Youqi was still afraid that Li Mengxi would blame Zhu for buying too little, so he asked, "Commander, is this Zhu successful?"

the ranger captain asked cautiously.

"Sure!" Li Mengxi nodded happily, "Great!"

After receiving an affirmative answer, the Ranger Captain felt relieved.

If I had known earlier, I could have bought all the piglets in that village.

It was Li Mengxi who didn't explain clearly. What Li Mengxi told Liu Bei was that he would buy all the pigs, dogs and sheep, no matter how big or small. After buying them, he would first kill them to share the meat with the wounded soldiers' camp, and secondly, they would need to perform intestinal sutures.

Then, when Liu Bei conveyed it to the traveling caravan, he said it simply. He said to buy pigs, dogs and sheep, no matter how big or small. This sentence was saved.
To be continued...