Cut off my army's food supplies? I'll open a portal between the two worlds and max out my

Li Wen pointed directly to the front half of the wholesale market and arrived at the rear comprehensive wholesale department.

After making several turns, Li Wen stopped in front of a grain and oil wholesale store.

A middle-aged man was busy carrying things out of the store; the boxes piled up at the store entrance were already taller than Li Wen.

"Old Zhou, what are you busy with?"

The owner of this shop is named Zhou Chaoxian, and he and Li Wen are old acquaintances. Li Wen always buys employee benefits from Zhou.

Old Zhou is an honest man and never does business by selling inferior goods as superior ones.

"Hey? What brings Xiao Li here today?" Old Zhou put down the box in his hand, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, lit one for himself, and then handed it to Li Wen.

Li Wen shook his head again and refused, saying helplessly, "Old Zhou, I've told you so many times, I don't smoke."

Old Zhou chuckled and said, "You're a strange person. You work as a purchasing agent in a big hotel, but you don't smoke or drink. We suppliers don't even know what to give as a gift."

Li Wen ignored Lao Zhou's joke and squatted down to look at the goods in front of him.

The boxes on top were all filled with braised beef noodles, and some dust had settled on them.

Li Wen's mind raced: "Old Zhou, are these all nearing their expiration date?"

Old Zhou sighed, "Yeah, it'll expire in a month. The supermarkets downstairs aren't willing to take it. Yesterday I sold it at half price and gave it away, and I only managed to get a dozen or so boxes. There are still so many left that I can't sell and have to deal with."

Old Zhou was having a real headache because he couldn't just throw away expired food. Recently, new regulations stipulated that expired food must be handled specially, and carelessly discarding it would not only result in fines but could even lead to the revocation of his business license. Old Zhou had to pay a specialized recycling company to dispose of the expired food.

For Lao Zhou, these expired items not only meant he wouldn't make any money, but he also had to lose money to dispose of them.

Li Wen could tell from Lao Zhou's expression what was bothering him.

Old Zhou is a rare wholesaler with a conscience. Unlike most people who would re-print the production date on expired food and sell it, he would actually dispose of it properly.

Li Wenxin did the math: this box of braised beef noodles contains 24 bags. There are a total of 800 soldiers in the camp, so he would need to buy at least 40 boxes to feed all 800 people for one meal.

If it were sold at the normal wholesale price, one box would cost at least 18, so 40 boxes would cost 720. With my meager salary, I can't afford to buy that many times.

"Old Zhou, we've known each other for a long time. Give me a fair price; I want forty boxes."

It's true that instant noodles nearing their expiration date don't sell well in supermarkets, but Li Wen was planning to bring them to his men. The eight hundred men in the camp were starving and wouldn't give the noodles a chance to expire.

Old Zhou's eyes lit up after hearing Li Wen's words: "You have purchasing needs?"

Li Wen nodded and replied, "Yes, the logistics department needs to prepare late-night snacks for the staff on duty, so they asked me to buy some instant noodles as a backup."

After hearing Li Wen's words, Lao Zhou quickly began to ponder them.

The logistics department under Li Wen's command has a total of 1,300 employees. Even if only one-tenth of them work overtime every day, they can still completely handle this batch of near-expiry goods.

After a moment of contemplation, Old Zhou said, "Little Li, we've known each other for so long, I'm not going to cheat you. You're an experienced buyer who knows the ins and outs, so I'll be frank with you."

"The lowest price I usually give you for this braised beef noodles is 18 yuan a box, but they're all nearing their expiration date now. I sell them to the supermarket downstairs for 12 yuan a box, but I'll give them to you for 10 yuan a box. There are about 80 boxes here in total. Take them all, and I'll charge you 800 yuan in total."

"So generous?" Li Wen was surprised that Lao Zhou was being so generous this time. It seemed that the new food safety handling rules had given him quite a headache.

Just as Li Wen was about to nod, he heard Lao Zhou continue, "Little Li, I'm begging you for a favor. I have not only these instant noodles that are about to expire, but also ten boxes of ham sausages and thirty catties of eggs. Could you please help me get rid of them? I won't charge you extra."

"..."

Li Wen didn't rush to agree, but instead asked curiously, "Couldn't you send some eggs and sausages to your relatives?"

Old Zhou said helplessly, "Do you think I didn't give them anything? I gave gifts to everyone I was close to. As for those ungrateful relatives, I paid to get rid of them rather than give them anything. I would kindly give them some food, and they would not only be picky, but they would also treat my place as a source of supplies, coming here to get whatever they needed for free."

Old Zhou's words were full of resentment.

Li Wen didn't comment on Lao Zhou's family affairs, and nodded, saying, "Okay, no problem, but you have to send it to the warehouse for me."

Li Wen took out his phone, scanned the QR code to pay 800 yuan, and even showed it to Lao Zhou.

Old Zhou chuckled and said, "No problem! If it weren't for your help, I would have had to pay at least a thousand silver dollars to deal with all this."

Old Zhou was very honest and told us the cost price.

"These haven't expired yet, have they? Let me help you. I'll go to the warehouse anyway."

Li Wen also joined in to help with loading the goods.

Old Zhou drove his small van and brought Li Wen to the warehouse.

The warehouse is provided by the hotel to each purchasing agent because the Venus Hotel belongs to an oil conglomerate and is exceptionally large.

This also means they have considerable purchasing power.

Therefore, Li Wen's behavior of not using dual contracts seemed very strange to his colleagues.

Despite easily making tens of thousands of yuan a month through illicit means, Li Wen insisted on only taking his fixed salary.

Take care on your journey! Be careful on the road!

After unloading the goods, Li Wen waved to Lao Zhou.

Old Zhou gave an OK sign and drove away.

"call……"

Splash!

After closing the warehouse door, Li Wen let out a long breath and prepared to start moving the supplies.

There are currently 80 boxes of instant noodles, 10 boxes of ham sausages, 30 jin of eggs, and Lao Zhou didn't charge Li Wen for the ten packs of dried noodles he took.

Li Wen first activated the interdimensional gate, and then attempted to move the goods.

Li Wen didn't feel any pressure when he hauled three boxes of instant noodles in a trailer.

Then Li Wen tried to drag ten boxes of instant noodles, and then felt a sharp pain in his brain.

No, there are too many, we can't fit them all in.

In the end, Li Wen could only move all the belongings to his tent in five boxes at a time.

Even so, Li Wen was still covered in sweat.

Given Li Wen's current mental state, transferring this many supplies has already reached its limit.

To gradually increase the capacity of the Two Realms Gate, it needs to adapt slowly.

Li Wen rested in the tent for a while, changed his clothes, and then came outside.

At this time, all the Anxi Army soldiers were gathered on the camp's drill ground.

Even though the general didn't appear for half a day, no one made any sudden movements or whispered.

As soldiers of the Anxi Army, they have unconditional trust in their general! Even now, when they are running out of food.

If it weren't for the general, they would have died in the very first battle of the campaign.

The soldiers of the Anxi Army knew that the imperial court's goal was to kill their Anxi Army on the frontier. It was General Li Wen who defied fate and led them, these cannon fodder, to survive until now.

"Jiang Tian".

Jiang Tian, ​​who was waiting in ambush, felt a surge of excitement upon hearing the general's voice:

"Your subordinate is here."

"Bring people to set up the pot and get ready to cook!"

Li Wen walked to the middle of the training ground and looked at the group of soldiers in front of him who were starving and emaciated. His heart clenched.

This is the onset of guilt.

These soldiers risked their lives to expand the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but the imperial court, those beasts, cut off their supplies, and they almost starved to death on the frontier.

Li Wen's eyes were also filled with anger.

Previously, Li Wen was forced to submit to the imperial edict due to his status as a subject of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but now Li Wen is just a purchasing agent.

"I don't care what's going on with your Great Zhou Dynasty, all I want right now is to get these brothers a good meal."

Li Wen's words were directed at his deep-seated obsession.

"Ugh."

A melodious sigh echoed in Li Wen's heart.

As a result, that obsession gradually faded, eventually turning into a sense of entrustment.

Li Wen murmured to himself, "Don't worry, I'll bring them home."

Jiang Tian, ​​who was standing next to him, was stunned for a moment after hearing the order. His eyes were filled with shock. When did the general get the military rations?

Jiang Tian did not question the veracity of Li Wen's words, but was curious about when Li Wen had obtained the grain.

"Yes, General!"

Suppressing his excitement, Jiang Tian first ordered a group of people to set up a pot and start a fire. Then, following Li Wen's instructions, he led a team of guards to the tent to bring out the instant noodles.

"What is that?"

"Is it edible?"

Many soldiers looked at the boxes of instant noodles with puzzled expressions.

Li Wen didn't explain much, he just told someone to light a fire and boil water.

There were a total of twenty large iron pots set up in the camp.

As soon as the firewood was lit, the water in the pot boiled quickly.

After boiling, Li Wen personally demonstrated: "This food is called instant noodles. Next, I will teach you how to eat instant noodles."

Li Wen first tore open the packaging bag, then put the flatbread into the iron pot, and finally tore open the seasoning packet and put it into the pot as well.

"Remember, you can only put twenty packs of bread and ten packs of seasoning in one pot."

After Li Wen emphasized this point again, he instructed Jiang Tian to divide the eight hundred people into forty different groups of twenty people each, and to have them eat in two batches.

Fortunately, instant noodles cook very quickly, so it won't take too long.

Once the instant noodles were cooked, their aroma began to permeate the entire military camp.

The aroma of those small, fluffy red-wrapped beef noodles made every soldier's mouth water.

"My goodness! What kind of food has the General prepared? It's so delicious!"

"Gurgle... I've never smelled anything so delicious before!"

"!!The pork I ate during Chinese New Year didn't taste this good!!"

The soldiers, who had been divided into groups, were very excited. They hadn’t expected that their general would not only bring them military rations, but that they would taste so delicious!

The soldiers looked intently at the general, whose expression remained calm.

Hope was rekindled in their eyes.

After the pot boiled, Li Wenyong instructed Jiang Tian to add noodles, eggs, and ham to the pot so that the soldiers' meals wouldn't be too monotonous.

After the noodles were cooked, Jiang Tian distributed chopsticks to each soldier as Li Wen had instructed. The chopsticks were made by whittling a wooden stick.

"Eat."

Li Wen said softly.

The crowd, like hungry wolves, eagerly grabbed the noodles inside.

Although everyone was anxious and hungry, no one actually went to grab the food.

They didn't take much with their chopsticks, just enough for one bite each.

Although everyone ate quickly, they maintained a steady pace, without grabbing or fighting over the food.

This is the iron discipline of this Anxi army.

They unconditionally trusted Li Wen, and even if Li Wen asked them to go through fire and water, this group of people wouldn't hesitate.

Because every soldier knew that if it weren't for General Li Wen, they would have died long ago; their lives were now given to them by the general.

Moreover, as the general just said, starting today, no one will go hungry anymore.

So even though everyone is very hungry, no one breaks the rules and discipline.

Eight hundred people, in batches, devoured all the instant noodles in the pot like gluttons.

Not a drop of soup was left; everyone took turns drinking it all with spoons.

After everyone finished eating, they happily patted their bellies.

One soldier couldn't help but say, "General, you've given me such delicious food. Even if I were to die tomorrow, I would have no regrets."

Just then, Li Wen walked over and, upon hearing the man's words, kicked him in the butt in annoyance.

"What nonsense are you talking about! I'm feeding you so you can live a good life! Don't say such unlucky things again!"

The soldier jumped to his feet: "Yes, sir!"

Li Wen looked at everyone and said, "Everyone stand up! Remember! After you've eaten, you're not allowed to sit still! Get up and digest your food!"

These people have been hungry for too long. If they sit still like this after eating, their stomachs and intestines will definitely not be able to withstand such great pressure.

Although no one understood why they couldn't sit down after eating, everyone faithfully carried out the general's orders.