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

The next day, Li Wen was awakened by the sounds of training outside just as dawn broke.

After yawning and stepping out of the tent, Li Wen discovered that the Anxi army soldiers had already begun to resume training.

Previously, when military rations were scarce, Li Wen had already stopped the Anxi army from engaging in such wasteful physical activities.

Now that the crisis has passed, the soldiers have spontaneously resumed military training.

This shows how firm the will of this Anxi army was. It is important to know that going from extravagance to frugality is a very difficult test of willpower.

Li Wen did not disturb the soldiers' training. He also warmed up by performing a set of boxing techniques from memory.

After warming up, Li Wen returned to his tent and began to study the map again.

The Anxi army is currently just stationed haphazardly in sheltered places, and from a long-term perspective, this place is not suitable for long-term development.

Li Wen, drawing on the knowledge in his mind, began searching for a suitable location on the map.

If a base wants to develop, it must first and foremost have access to water.

Water is extremely scarce in the Gobi Desert, so the area is roughly limited to the vicinity of the Tum River.

Li Wen began to draw a line along the Tumu River with his finger.

Resources like salt and sugar, which are relatively scarce in the Gobi Desert of the Western Regions, can be purchased at low cost in modern times. Therefore, the Anxi Army's garrison area is suitable for developing into a small market, so that the Anxi Army's military strength can still exert a deterrent effect in the surrounding area.

To find a suitable location for a market, Li Wen began searching the area with its wide-open spaces.

Strong winds are common in the Gobi Desert, so it's best to have a safe haven.

Therefore, Li Wen set his sights on Fengyue Valley.

It's not surprising, really. A bandit gang of 300 is a considerable armed force in the Gobi Desert, so they would naturally choose the most suitable place to camp.

Fengyue Valley, nestled near a water source and sheltered from the wind, was undoubtedly the top choice.

"It seems we still have to suppress the bandits... but there's no rush now."

Li Wen had a plan in mind: he planned to order a steel armor from modern times to arm the Anxi army soldiers.

These remaining eight hundred men were warriors who had survived countless brushes with death. If they were also protected by armor, they would be even more formidable, especially in this era of cold weapon warfare. Armored regular troops could achieve true zero casualties when fighting unarmored bandits.

This is also the result Li Wen wanted.

If he had the ability, Li Wen really wanted to get his brothers an AK47 and wipe out that group of bandits in one fell swoop.

"Jiang Tian".

After making the plan, Li Wen called Jiang Tian over.

"General, what brings you here?" Jiang Tian asked impatiently as he approached.

He already admired his general, and now that the general has solved everyone's food problem, he admires the general even more.

Li Wen drew a circle on the map and said, "Jiang Tian, ​​you will lead the scout team to investigate the bandits in Fengyue Valley within three days. You need to find out their activity habits and details of their weapons and equipment, but don't disturb them, understand?"

"Yes, General!"

Jiang Tian immediately accepted the order and began assigning tasks.

After telling the others that he needed to rest a bit more and not to disturb him without his orders, Li Wen changed his clothes and returned to the modern world.

If he didn't carry any supplies, the mental energy consumption of Li Wen using the Double Penetration Gate was negligible. Moreover, Li Wen also felt that he could increase his mental energy capacity by training his body.

But now is not the time to think about these things. Li Wen dialed Lao Zhou's number.

"Hey, Lao Zhou."

"Hey! Li! I heard there was some big commotion at your hotel yesterday?"

As soon as the call connected, Lao Zhou couldn't help but gossip.

Li Wen smiled and said, "Yes, there have been some personnel changes."

"I heard that other purchasing agents have been sued by Venus Hotel? Are you alright?"

"The hotel only prosecuted the procurement corruption case."

"Wow, so you've caught everyone except you! Doesn't that mean you'll get a promotion and a raise?"

Old Zhou had also heard about the procurement situation of the Venus Hotel.

In fact, these people brought this situation upon themselves. If an outsider like Lao Zhou could understand this situation, how could the Venus Hotel not know it?

Li Wen stopped gossiping with Lao Zhou and got down to business: "Lao Zhou, do you have any rice or flour in stock? I need to buy some."

"How many servings do you need? Are there any specific quantity requirements?"

"More than 800 people, 10,000 kilograms of rice and 7,000 kilograms of flour."

This is the data that Li Wen calculated, which adds up to roughly the monthly rations for 800 soldiers in the Anxi Army.

Here, Li Wen also has to thank the Venus Hotel for its reforms. If Charles hadn't signed a new contract with him because of the Venus Hotel's reforms, Li Wen really wouldn't have been able to come up with so much cash.

Li Wen had roughly calculated the amount based on one pound of rice and half a year's worth of noodles per day. In reality, he wouldn't need that much because the Venus Hotel had excess ingredients to process every day. However, the amount of staple food was relatively small, so Li Wen wanted to purchase some rice and noodles as a backup.

"Wow! A big order! Looks like Manager Li really has been promoted!"

Old Zhou sighed.

In Lao Zhou's eyes, Li Wen's purchase of so many supplies was entirely due to his promotion and the increased number of logistics personnel under his management!

Old Zhou has a lot of experience working with the hotel and knows that the logistics department's procurement standards are based on the end-of-month standards. Old Zhou calculated that these numbers are about a thousand people, which is consistent with the total number of logistics staff at the Venus Hotel.

Li Wen did not respond to this topic, but waited for Lao Zhou to make a price offer.

After a while, Old Zhou, pressing the calculator, said, "The wholesale price of rice is around 3840 yuan per ton, and the price of premium grade flour is 2800 yuan per ton. I don't have a direct sales channel for flour, so I can't give you a discount. But I can give you a discount on rice, how about 3600 yuan per ton? That would be 3600 multiplied by 10 plus 2800 multiplied by 7, totaling 55600 yuan. I'll round it down for you, so it's 55000 yuan in total, how about that?"

Old Zhou was a shrewd man. He gave Li Wen a discount not entirely because of their relationship, but because he thought that Li Wen now had more "power" and would definitely purchase more things in the future. If he was satisfied with this cooperation, there would be even more opportunities in the future.

Even if you earn a thousand or so less, you'll save face and make people happy so they'll buy from you again next time.

This is Lao Zhou's business philosophy.

Li Wen smiled knowingly upon hearing this: "Okay, I'll transfer the money to you. Also, please buy me 100 catties of table salt, just regular refined salt will do. And tell me how much it costs."

"No problem, would you like an invoice?"

"Need not."

"Then I'll give you two hundred catties of salt."

After saying that, Lao Zhou hung up the phone and went to prepare the goods.

Li Wen was both amused and exasperated; Old Zhou was truly straightforward in his actions.