This time, the military advisor planned to sell even his armor in order to raise food and grass, which made everyone feel warm.

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In the battle camp, Li Mengxi and Guan Yu were picking up armor.

When Guan Yu was picking, he took away the bad ones and prepared to trade them for food, but kept the good ones.

Li Mengxi was exactly the opposite. He used the good ones in exchange for food and kept the bad ones.

After a while, both of them discovered the difference in each other.

Li Mengxi threw a heavy piece of fine fish scale armor into the car, and said to Guan Yu, "General Guan, let's take the armor and exchange it."

Guan Yu looked puzzled.

Li Mengxi responded, "People from the Zhen family are not stupid. How can you not tell whether someone is good or bad?"

For the sake of the long term, if you can see my full sincerity this time, it will be much easier to communicate with you next time.

Besides, if A is good and the price is high, we will get more things in exchange. Anyway, we can’t lose money, we can’t bear the child, and we can’t trap the wolf.”

Guan Yu laughed when he heard this, "Haha! Whose child are you going to use to trap the wolf?"

Guan Yu agreed with Li Mengxi's statement, and Guan Yu then began to carefully select the best batch of armor and throw them into the car.

There was an important reason why Li Mengxi chose good and bad ones. He didn't mention it. There were countless armors in the army. If there were any inferior armors, those tattered armors would be used to dismantle the infantry armor.

The weaving method and structure of the walking armor are far better than those of the Han Dynasty iron armor.

The tattered armor can be dismantled as soon as it is dismantled, but those with good quality are reluctant to dismantle them. If you don't dismantle them, they can't be renovated, and their defensive power is no better than that of Bu Ren armor, so they are useless and embarrassing.

Therefore, instead of being in a dilemma, it is better to sell directly.

Anyway, in the future armament plan, we plan to gradually popularize infantry armor and cold-forged armor pieces. In the entire armament plan, the Han-style basin-collar armor is bound to be eliminated. Since it is bound to be eliminated, it is right to sell it at this time.

The most cost-effective option.

Of course, considering that the imperial court may come to conquer the country soon, selling a large number of fine armors will harm the military strength.

But it all depends on the situation, the materials that can be exchanged for one thousand inferior armors are completely different from the materials that can be exchanged for one thousand high-quality armors.

It depends on whether you think military strength is more important, or whether money, food, supplies, supplies, and logistics are more important.

Anyway, Li Mengxi felt that logistics was the top priority.

Li Mengxi felt that a pair of armor was worth it in exchange for an extra cart of food.

After most of a day, Li Mengxi and Guan Yu checked all the armors in the army and counted out the best part of the iron armor. After checking a thousand pairs, the thousand pairs of iron armor were pulled by cart and sent to the Women and Children Camp to be mended and mended.

Li Mengxi saw that most of the armors were dirty, so he suggested washing them, but Guan Yu refused.

Guan Yu's reason was that it would become rusty the next day after washing.

Li Mengxi suddenly remembered where the anti-rust method of ancient armor came from. Was it paint, tung oil, or paint first and then tung oil.

The women's and children's camp had a lot of manpower. After the armors were distributed, the cloths were also distributed. Li Mengxi briefly stated the task. He asked the women to carefully remove the dirty areas of the armors, shake off the dust and wipe them.

If there are any tears, sew them up, and if they are not strong, add a piece of cloth.

After the women received the order, they held the armor and placed a wooden basin at their feet. The wooden basin was sprinkled with straw ash, and they carefully washed the lining, collar and other parts of the armor little by little with the straw ash water.

The mending work in the army would really be impossible without the support of the Women and Children's Battalion.

The total amount of clear sewing work for thousands of armors is huge, but when it is divided among many women, the task becomes smaller.

After about an hour, the cleaning and repair work of the armor was completed.

After putting the armor away, Li Mengxi and Guan Yu went to inspect it. If the armor was dirty and unsightly before it was cleaned and mended, it looked much neater and cleaner after cleaning and mending.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! When loading the armor into the truck, Li Mengxi thought of a problem. He was thinking that if the armor was piled randomly on the truck, it would be like a truck of tatters, and the visual effect would be very unpleasant.

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And if it can be coded neatly, it will give people a completely different feeling.

Based on this consideration, Li Mengxi asked people to climb into the car and put the armor neatly on top, stacking them one by one.

Put two layers on, and use rope to tie it again to make it tight and not messy.

Thousands of pieces of iron armor, each cart was half full, and dozens of carts were loaded.

The half-full car was covered with a layer of wheat straw, and a straw mat was spread on top of the wheat straw. This way, even if it rained, the armor would not get wet.

The reason why the armor is only loaded into half a cart is because it is a balancing method for logistics and heavy-duty transportation. The armor is very heavy, and a full load of armor is equivalent to a cart full of iron. A cart cannot move fast if it is full of iron.

When going to Zhen's house to borrow money this time, timeliness is very important. The sooner the better. With this in mind, we must increase the speed of the convoy as much as possible.

After the armor was loaded onto the truck, it was equipped with vehicles for hauling grain and fodder, and then the escort manpower was mobilized. It was another convoy with dozens of cars and horses.

In order to achieve speed, Li Mengxi also used all the carts and horses to move, that is, all the manpower was used to move the cart. In order to achieve speed, the ox cart was too slow, so Li Mengxi used all horses to pull the cart.

The livestock in the army had been taken away by Liu Bei. When Jian Yong left, Jian Yong's team had to use a lot of war horses. Now, Li Mengxi mobilized many more war horses to pull the cart. Guan Yu couldn't help it anymore. Guan Yu said

He said, "Xi'er, can you not use the war horse? The war horse will be exhausted after being tired for a few times."

Li Mengxi was puzzled, "Then...if we use oxen, wouldn't it be too slow?"

Guan Yu couldn't help but replied, "It's not too slow to use a mule, it's not too slow to use a donkey, it's not too slow to use a pack horse."

Li Mengxi scratched his head, "Oh!"

Li Mengxi realized that it was indeed a bit wasteful to let the war horses drive the chariot.

He thought that quick supply of convoys was of great use. Animals that could pull carts quickly were indispensable. Since war horses were not good and oxen were too slow, it was also true that donkeys and mules could also run very fast.

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The details of the rapid supply convoy have been updated - [The rapid supply convoy needs to be equipped with fast livestock because it needs to be mobile quickly.

Because war horses are expensive, it is too wasteful to use them to pull carts, so donkeys and mules can be used as pack horses instead. Donkeys and mules are faster than oxen, and donkeys and mules are cheap, much cheaper than war horses.]

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In the afternoon, Tian Lei was chatting with his colleagues. Guan Yu and Li Mengxi came together. Li Mengxi found Tian Lei and said, "Mr. Tian, ​​you bring your colleagues from the 32 Commercial Department, and then call the 32 people from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs."

, the armor is ready, you are ready to hit the road together, the fleet is ready."

Tian Lei was surprised. He was surprised by Li Mengxi's speed.

Tian Lei hurriedly found his close colleagues in the Third and Second Department, and then went to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to find a few people. Not daring to delay, he hurried out of the city.

At this time, it was already afternoon, and it would get dark soon. Even if it was getting dark, Li Mengxi didn't want to delay at all.

Li Mengxi walked up to Tian Lei and handed Tian Lei a stack of paper, several thin wooden boards, and several pens.

Li Mengxi said to Tian Lei, "I'm going to Changshan and I'll leave all the affairs to you.

On the way, you might as well sum up with others to see how to make things perfect.

After explaining, Li Mengxi pointed to the convoy, "The food and grass guards should be well prepared. Remember, the sooner we can reach Changshan, the better."

"Let's get on the road," Li Mengxi walked away to make way for Tian Lei and the others. He thought for a while and then said, "If you encounter robbers along the way, if you lose your things, just leave them as long as they can come back."

It's okay if Li Mengxi doesn't explain. If he does, Tian Lei and the others would rather die in battle than lose even one piece of armor.

Tian Lei got on the car and saluted Li Mengxi solemnly, "Commander, I'll be leaving soon."

Li Mengxi waved his hand, smiled and waved goodbye to Tian Lei, "Go early and come back early, have a good trip!"

Tian Lei and the others immediately set off towards Changshan County without further delay.

Li Mengxi watched Tian Lei and the others go away.

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You have to ask why Li Mengxi was so quick to take advantage of it, why he didn't stop for a moment, and even let people set off when it was almost dark. This is because Li Mengxi considered that if the imperial court was preparing to use troops against Julu, the rebel army would fight with the imperial court.

It's time. It's possible that Tian Lei and the others were a step too late, only one day late. The day before yesterday, the imperial court had just ordered the Zhen family to be responsible for the conquest of Julu's food and grass. As a result, one day late, Tian Lei and the others arrived on the back foot.

This will result in the death of Tian Lei and others, and the loss of thousands of armors.

And if Tian Lei and others can defeat the court for a day, they can successfully exchange a large amount of grain, grass and money from the Zhen family.

If we move in and out slowly, hundreds of people will be killed and injured, thousands of armors will be lost, and nothing will be gained; if we move quickly, we won't have to kill or hurt hundreds of people, and we will get back a lot of food, grass, and money.

With the huge amount of money and food obtained from the Zhen family, the rebel army's logistics will be much stronger in the subsequent war with the imperial court.

It can be said that when we are in the mountains as usual, the matter is big and every second counts.

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Tian Lei and his party were marching on the road. Tian Lei and his colleagues were discussing what to do when they went to Changshan.

Tian Lei has no political experience and is completely new to officialdom, as are his other colleagues.

Everyone was discussing and discussing, and someone looked at the clothes on Tian Lei's body. The clothes on Tian Lei's body were not good, and they were very shabby.

A colleague took off the better clothes he was wearing and gave them to Tian Lei and said, "Change into them. If you don't wear enough clothes, they won't even let you in."

Tian Lei thought about it and took over the clothes and put them on.

Afterwards, they continued to discuss, and someone said that although they brought a thousand collars of iron armor with them, they couldn't just take this thousand collars of armor and nothing else. When they go there, why don't they use some money to save it?

Servants, doormen and the like.
To be continued...