Chapter 573 Munitions Depot
The next day, Leng Ming arrived at the military camp early according to Leng Yu's arrangement.
According to his expectation, with his status, Fourth Brother would at least find him a fourth- or fifth-grade general in charge in the military camp.
But the reality seemed to be different from what he expected. When he arrived at the military camp in high spirits, Xiao Lingzi first saluted him respectfully.
"Prince Ming, our general asked me to wait for you here..."
"General Ling, has my fourth brother made arrangements?"
"It's been arranged, please come with me..."
Leng Ming clasped his hands behind his back and followed Xiao Lingzi with a arrogant look, waiting quietly for his fourth brother to grant him an official title that made him proud. When he became an official and had something to do, he would
Go to Luo Xue and show her, and she will stop looking down on you.
The more he thought about this, the more he couldn't wait to know what kind of position his fourth brother would arrange for him.
After the two people walked around the military camp for a while, they came directly to the corner of the military camp. He asked in confusion as he walked,
"General Ling, why did you bring me here? I see the training ground is over there?"
"Our prince has arranged a very important position for you, No, here it is!"
While talking, Xiao Lingzi took him to the military supplies warehouse in the military camp. Standing at the door of the warehouse, he asked in surprise:
"What...what are you bringing me here for?"
Xiao Lingzi pointed to these warehouses and explained:
"The prince said that you are new here and don't understand the situation in the military camp, so I asked you to start with managing the warehouse. Don't underestimate this military warehouse. This is the most important place in the entire military camp. It is under your control and guard here.
The soldiers in the warehouse are also under your control. Let me introduce to you, here is the arsenal, which is the weapons warehouse, and over there is the grain warehouse, which is dedicated to storing grain and storing vegetables, and there is also a warehouse for replenishment.
, here are some ready-made clothes and daily necessities for soldiers. The innermost part is the firewood warehouse, which is also known as the firewood house among the people. It is the most important place in the entire military supplies warehouse. Fire prevention is the first priority. Once a fire breaks out there, it will endanger the military supplies.
To the safety of the entire military camp, by the way, the general said, please find out the quantity of everything here within three days, classify and record it and give it to him..."
Leng Ming looked at Xiao Lingzi with some confusion and asked in an unbelievable voice:
"You said that my fourth brother asked me to come here to check the numbers? Are you afraid you heard wrong? Don't you have any data on the things in your warehouse? Why do you want me to check? Besides, I came to the military camp to be a general, and
I don’t want to do these physical jobs.”
"Prince Ming, our general said that if you want to achieve something big, you must start with small things. If you manage the warehouse well, he will consider changing a place for you..."
"Manage it well? There are so many warehouses here? There are so many things, and new things come in every day. How can I manage it? How can I check it? Is he deliberately making things difficult for me?"
"Prince Ming, I think you have misunderstood the general. How could he deliberately embarrass you? You have just entered the military camp and do not understand the situation here. Start with the most basic things and learn more.
Thing, the general also has good intentions!"
"Good intentions? Haha, it's really ridiculous. Where is he? I want to ask him personally."
Obviously, Leng Ming was a little excited, and he couldn't accept that Leng Yu only arranged a job for him to guard the warehouse.
"General, he is not here right now. He will be handling government affairs in the palace and will not be back until the afternoon."
It turned out that since he was appointed regent by the emperor, he would only come to the military camp to handle military affairs in the afternoon, and in the morning he would handle state affairs at the court.
Leng Ming clasped his hands and snorted disdainfully:
"Okay, then I'll wait for him."
"Prince Ming, you can't just wait. You should take office first. When the general arrives, it won't be too late to find him."
"I can't do this job, and I don't want to do it. You can find another job!"
After leaving these words, Leng Ming left here without looking back. Xiao Lingzi shook his head helplessly and murmured to himself,
"I told you before that Prince Ming would definitely refuse to do this job. He also said that he would study hard."
Throughout the morning, Leng Ming waited in the coaching camp, waiting quietly for Leng Yu to come back. Because he was angry, he didn't even eat lunch.
In the afternoon, Leng Yu hurried back. As soon as he arrived at the gate of the military camp, Xiao Lingzi told him about Leng Ming. Leng Yu listened and came to the coach's camp.
Seeing him come back, Leng Ming stood up from the coach's chair and looked at Leng Yu with aggrieved face.
"Fourth brother, Xiao Lingzi said you asked me to guard the warehouse. Did he misunderstand you? Please tell him quickly the errand you arranged for me..."
Leng Yu looked at him indifferently and said seriously:
"He didn't misunderstand me, and you heard me right. The position I arranged for you is to guard the warehouse. If you can't even do a small job like guarding the warehouse, how will you do big things in the future?"
After receiving Leng Yu's affirmative answer, Leng Ming looked at him with unbelievable eyes, then spread his hands and laughed self-deprecatingly,
"The job of guarding the warehouse can be done by one person. You asked me to do it, but you said it so grandly. Fourth brother, I can't do this job. You should reassign me a new position, otherwise you will give me a fifth-grade general."
That's fine, or you can let me train new recruits if nothing happens, but if that doesn't work..."
"alright."
Leng Yu raised his hand to interrupt him,
"Everything should start from small things. If you can't do small things well, I won't hand over more important positions to you. Just go ahead and submit the data of the items in the warehouse to me in person within three days."
Leng Ming wanted to argue again, but when he saw that his fourth brother was already immersed in handling military affairs and ignored him, he could only wave his sleeves angrily and leave angrily.
Seeing him leaving, Xiao Lingzi said worriedly:
"Your Majesty, can Lord Ming understand your good intentions?"
"If you don't understand, you have to understand. If I assign him an important position as soon as he comes in, it will not be able to convince the public at all, and he will not be qualified. Besides, the military supply depot is the lifeblood of the entire military camp, so let him guard it.
, it’s not a trivial matter, nor is it not a matter of not reusing him,
He is a good person, but he is a bit impetuous. As long as he calms down and counts the items there, he can remember everything in the general supply warehouse. Only when the complete list is presented in front of me can I have
Maybe consider moving him to a more important position."
Xiao Lingzi shook his head worriedly and replied:
"I hope Prince Ming can appreciate your good intentions!"
Obviously, Xiao Lingzi's worry was not unnecessary. Although Leng Yu thought he was doing it for Leng Ming's good, he didn't think so?
After he arrived at the munitions depot, he first summoned several soldiers here and lectured them:
"Who is the warehouse manager here?"
An older, smaller man stood up and replied respectfully:
"As for Prince Ming, I am a warehouseman here. Everyone calls me Lao Wu. If you have any questions, just ask me directly."
Leng Ming looked him up and down, and an unknown anger rose again. It turned out that the position given to him by his fourth brother was the same as that of the soldier in front of him.
At best, he's a warehouse manager, but at worst, he's just a handyman.
He suppressed the anger in his heart and nodded with half-closed eyes.
"Okay, since you are the warehouse keeper here, I leave this matter to you. From now on, you go and count all the things in this warehouse and give me an accurate number."
Hearing this, the warehouse manager half-bent over, blinked a few times alertly, and asked with puzzled eyes:
"Prince Ming, I have a list of our inventory. The data in it is very detailed and accurate. Why do you need to order more?"
Leng Ming glared at him angrily and replied coldly:
Chapter completed!