Northern Dynasties

Chapter 264
Seeing Huangfu Fan begging for mercy begging for mercy, Li Tai couldn't help being a little surprised.

Leaving aside their respective official ranks, both of them are average seniors joining the army in Kaicao. Even if the other party makes a mess, he has no right to punish the other party. Why does this guy put his attitude down so low?

After hearing Huangfu Fan faltering about what the so-called crime was, Li Tai remembered that this guy had offended him before, and it was during Dayue last year.

This incident really made him very unhappy at the time, but since it has been so long, Li Tai does not intend to pursue it any further. The most important thing right now is to quickly find out how Kaicao's internal personnel have become so corrupted?
"Leaving aside the past, but the details of the Kaicao case today, please Huangfu join the army to explain carefully, don't hide anything!"

When the soldiers left by Yilomu finished cleaning the straight hall, Li Tai sat down in the hall without hesitation, and called Huangfu Fan, who was still nervous, and several other important officials into the hall to calm down. Said loudly.

"Must be sure, humble ranks absolutely dare not hide..."

Huangfu Fan hastily stated his position, and hastily ordered the staff to sort out and submit the accounting books related to the case. These accounting books were full of several large boxes, and the matters judged as important dramas accounted for nearly half of them.

Li Tai frowned when he saw this scene.

Although he has not been working in the Taiwan government for a long time, the administrative procedures of all the officials in the Taiwan government now follow the examination method created by him. The affairs of the officials are divided into four levels: drama, idleness, and miscellaneous affairs. There are extremely strict time regulations for drama and affairs Failure to complete within the stipulated time is a very serious dereliction of duty.

Right now, there are hundreds of important matters that Li Tai saw with his own eyes, all of which need to be dealt with urgently, but seeing the expressions of the people in the hall, it seems that they don't care about it.

Li Tai snorted coldly, grabbed a accounting book and browsed it, and found that the matter was not complicated. It was nothing more than sending a certain amount of armor equipment to a certain army within a limited time. This was also one of Kai Cao's basic affairs. one.

Production, maintenance, repair, collection and storage, and appropriation of all kinds of armor ordnance are the main contents of Kaicao's work.Li Tai randomly selected several accounting books, and the contents were mostly related to this. Although the number of ordnance involved was not small, the matter itself was not complicated.

However, because of this, Li Tai became more and more annoyed. It would be fine if things were accumulated because of the complexity and thorniness of things, but things that are obviously very simple have been squeezed so much. Angry, if Li Tai's own responsibility is delayed like this, he will have to tear down the entire hall!
Seeing Li Tai's frown deepened, Huangfu Fan and the others secretly thought that something was wrong, quickly picked out the account book from another cage and presented it, and quickly explained: "The lowly ranks dare not delay their duties, the reason for the case is The squeeze is severe, there are other reasons..."

While listening to his explanation, Li Tai opened the accounting book. Seeing that it didn't matter, his face suddenly became more ugly: "Since the beginning of the year, there is no deposit in the arsenal?"

"Yes, the commander-in-chief was right. At the beginning of the year, the Sixth Army was reorganized and expanded, and armored weapons were frequently dispatched. The arsenal was not rich at all, and it was quickly withdrawn. In the past period, it was all due to Xia Yang and other smelters' new creations and internal and external All the troops will make up for their surpluses and vacancies, and we will maintain them for a while. But the big parade is just around the corner, and all the troops need are in urgent need..."

Huangfu Fan said with a bitter face, the so-called clever woman can hardly cook without rice, women in the household will be reprimanded and reprimanded by Weng Gu's husband if they can't cook well, and most of the Taiwanese subordinates of the military supply system have to deal with arrogant soldiers and powerful generals , It is conceivable how they will be treated if things cannot be done well.

For example, the thing that Yilomu led the crowd to hit the door today has happened many times in recent days. Compared with other fighters who really dared to kill, Yilomu just smashed some seats and furnishings, which is considered soft up.

Liang Rong, another armored cao who joined the army, was said to have convulsed his mount and was injured by a fallen horse, but in fact he was saped by the soldiers of the Sixth Army who had repeatedly demanded armor but never got it.These arrogant soldiers don't care about whether there is anything in the arsenal. In short, if you can't see the armor of the old man, it is your problem.

Damn, I got tricked again!
After Li Tai learned about the situation, he cursed inwardly, knowing that Yu Wentai was not so kind, and arranged for him, a big rat, to guard the rice warehouse. It turned out that the warehouse was empty long ago, and he was asked to come over to cover up the thunder and give people Out of anger!

Although he was complaining endlessly in his heart, since he had taken over this mess, he couldn't just pat his ass and leave without doing anything.He wanted to do this, but Yu Wentai might not agree.

So, while flipping through those troublesome accounting books, he inquired carefully about the personnel details in the government office, gathered all the clues in his mind, and gradually outlined a general trend of Kaicao's affairs getting worse day by day.

The Western Wei regime has always been a military-first politics, so all military-related matters are highly valued and prioritized, and Kai Cao, who belongs to the Daxingtai Mansion, is no exception.

At first, what Kaicao managed was only the armored weapons of the personal soldiers in the Daxing account, and the powers and personnel handled were very limited.However, after several battles, especially the Battle of Shayuan, the Western Wei army gained a lot of battles, and naturally they also needed to manage and digest these spoils, and Kaicao grew stronger because of this.

Kaicao had the largest number of personnel. Around the eighth year of Datong, the Sixth Army was initially established, and all the armaments were raised by Kaicao.During this period, Kaicao was in charge of thousands of soldiers and slave labor inside and outside the Overlord's Mansion, and they often needed Su Chuo's level of important officials and leaders in the Overlord's Mansion.

But after the glory, there is loneliness. With so many personnel concentrated in Yicao, it is inevitable that the efficiency will be low and things will be chaotic. Some of Kaicao's powers will be gradually stripped away.

Up to now, Kaicao is no longer responsible for the production of armored weapons. He is only responsible for the deployment of active-duty ordnance, damage reporting and other writings and inks. He also has a workshop composed of hundreds of skilled craftsmen, which are specially used to repair and distribute to senior generals. excellent armor.

The various reserves of the Western Wei Dynasty were so-so, and they could barely maintain them before, mainly through liquid distribution.Except for some military rations responsible for specific combat and garrison tasks, other military equipment has a deadline for use, and when the time comes, Kaicao will allocate it to other troops for use.

But now that the big parade is coming, all the armies need to be carefully equipped to strive for an excellent performance, so they directly ran on Kaicao and broke their positions.

Li Tai flipped through the ordnance materials recorded inside Kaicao. This can be said to be the core family background of Yuwentai's hegemony. It is also the first time he has come into contact with these materials. On weekdays, he always looks like he is digging and digging.

But as far as armor is concerned, there are slightly more than [-] armors of various types recorded by Kaicao.This number is quite impressive, but nearly half of them are not metal armor, and the number of half-body armor in metal armor exceeds the number of full-body armor.

Moreover, these are all literal data, which can only show that the Bafu once had these armored weapons for a short period of time, but it is not certain whether they still have them now.

Because the battle armor will be worn out and lost during use. If it is the ordnance used by the Chinese army directly under the Bafu, the damage can be summarized in Kaicao.

However, the increase and loss of armaments scattered under the command of the public governments will not be recorded by the Taifu Kaicao. In other words, even if you take off all these armors and arm them to your cronies, the Taifu will not be able to control them.

Just like the ten bright light armors given to Li Tai by Daxingtai before, it was stated that they were only for temporary use, but Li Tai regretted that he had lost them somewhere, and this is the answer when you remember to ask, Forget to mention it, I don't even bother to say it.And taking advantage of the convenience of joining the army as an armor cao this time, directly check off the entry and exit records of these ten armors!

In Li Tai's mind, he simulated the situation of pocketing his own pockets, thinking of himself and others, and suddenly felt that the fate of the country was in jeopardy. It was really hard to say how many of these tens of thousands of armors were still on the list.

Of course, even if everyone brought these armors into private households, the main reason was to fight against the Eastern Wei Dynasty, but it would be very troublesome for Kai Cao, who was in charge of managing and deploying these armors.

There are three main ways to increase the armor, one is the production of various official smelting workshops, the other is the war capture, and the third is the donation of the people.Except for the first method of increase, which is relatively stable, the other two methods fluctuate greatly.

The problem Kaicao is facing now is that there is basically no arsenal, and there is a huge gap in the armed forces of the armies. If there is no big incremental turning point, it will be almost impossible to pay the armies enough armor ordnance before Dayue.

When Yuwentai appointed Li Tai as Kaicao to join the army, he didn't stipulate that he had to complete the task. After thinking about it, he knew that his family background was too weak, so he just had to do his best.

Li Tai also asked the people in the hall if they had any suggestions to change this situation. No matter whether the operability is high or low, at least it can give him some inspiration.

But everyone just shook their heads when they heard this question, and Huangfu Fan said happily: "The governor Li is a well-known young celebrity in the world, and now he is in charge of Cao's case. Humiliation and blame..."

Li Tai rolled his eyes when he heard the words, I came here just to support you and prevent you from being beaten again?
Not to mention that Lao Tzu's face is also very limited, if I just blindly do nothing, I won't be able to fish in troubled waters to enrich myself.

Although Kaicao is poor and miserable right now, at least there is still a craftsman in the workshop who can repair high-quality armor.

He was still contemplating what to do here, when another rough and violent roar sounded outside the official office: "When will you pay me the armor and equipment, the thieves of Kaicao?"

(End of this chapter)