Bockar once again stood in front of Claude.
"It looks like you're doing well. Your muscles are strong, not like the first time I saw your fat body trembling." Claude reached out and poked Bockar's big belly with satisfaction. Losing about 80 pounds has indeed changed a lot for Bockaar. At least the military uniform does not feel like it is tight and pinched into the flesh when worn. Although he still looks quite fat, at least he doesn't look like his body is trembling with fat whenever he moves.
Bockar ignored Claude's teasing. He raised his head and looked at the ceiling, as if there was something worthy of his study. Obviously, he was dissatisfied with Claude forcing him to lose weight, and believed that he had suffered enough in the Thunder Division. So he was a little arrogant at the moment. He probably got wind of Claude preparing to ask him to do something important from Murield, and decided to adopt a non-cooperative attitude to express his protest against Claude.
Claude has never doubted the personal ability of his teenage playmate. This fat man has a natural affinity. As long as he gets to know him well, he can easily win the favor of others and unconsciously provide him with the help he can. This is the reason why Bock Aar is so good at doing business. He knows how to share profits and benefits equally. He also has a harmless, honest-looking face that makes people feel cordial and unwary. Coupled with his shrewd business vision, if this guy If you can't make money, who can make money
So when Claude heard Murield complaining that his young companion in the Thunder Division could eat meals for three or four people by himself, he knew that his attempt to help Bok Al lose weight was completely shattered. . No matter how harshly you treat Bok'ar, it will be of no use. This guy has already turned the Thunder Division's cafeteria into his own territory.
The reason is very simple. Even though Bok'ar can enjoy the treatment of a school-level officer in the Thunder Division by virtue of his rank of major, the general situation is that he can only add one more person at most. But when Muriel complained that Bokhar could eat as much as three or four people by himself, it meant that he had received extra help and trust from the canteen, and he could eat openly in the canteen.
Claude was not angry when he saw that Bockaar ignored him. He turned around and sat down behind the desk without making a sound, just looking at Bockaar. The office fell into silence for a while, and time passed by, but no one spoke.
Bockaar finally lost his composure and began to peek at Claude sideways, only to see Claude lazily leaning on the table and staring at him with interest. Then Bockar began to feel that something was wrong all over his body. After all, he was standing, and Claude was sitting and looking at him with a scrutinizing gaze. He felt that no matter what position he was in, he was very uncomfortable.
"You, you asked me to come, yes, what's the matter?" Bockaar spoke first, losing most of his momentum. People were under the eaves and had to touch their heads, so he decided to go through this level first.
"Major, you must report to me first." Claude put his hands behind his head calmly.
Bok'ar was furious, but there was nothing he could do. Claude was his superior now, and he was right. Although it was Claude who summoned him, he was only a major and had to salute and say hello to Claude first.
"Reporting to the General, the commander of the local security battalion in Bangilia City, Similok County, Major Bock Alpodman reports to you and follows your instructions." Bock Al had no choice but to stand at attention, salute to Claude, and roared loudly Show your position and military rank.
"Relax." Claude responded casually and informed in a businesslike tone: "Major Bockal, I regret to tell you that there is no longer a local security camp in Bongilia City, Similok County. . Because they have been reorganized into the Thunder Division and several Panshi Divisions, your original position has been revoked. You are now just a major waiting for appointment and assignment in our overseas territorial theater.
In addition, there is a lot of controversy in the theater command about your appointment. Many people think that you are not a qualified officer. Just based on your body shape, it can be concluded that you are not suitable to be a soldier. Therefore, someone proposed that you be discharged and returned home with the rank of captain. What do you think, Major Bokhar?"
"Not very good." Bockaar glared at Claude, veins popping out of his forehead. It would be a disgrace to their family if he retired with the rank of captain and returned home. Everyone knows that he was originally a major, but after a trip to Nubisia, he was demoted one level and was forced to retire and go home. This meant that their family's business could no longer benefit from him, and his Military rank will also become a joke to others, and you will never be able to hold your head high in this life.
"Claude, are you treating your teenage friend like this?" Boker's face flushed: "Don't be vain, I know you have something important for me to do, so you used such words to coerce me first. I am willing to work for you. Just tell me what you want me to do for you."
It's just that Bok'ar didn't expect Claude's reaction to be more responsive than him, because with your figure, no enemy would suspect that you are a spy. There is a document here, you can read it. After reading the document, you have only two choices. Either act according to the plan of the document, or downgrade and retire and go home. You can make your choice. "
Bockaar gave Claude a hateful look, this bastard was setting a trap for himself again. After knowing each other for many years, we naturally know Claude’s temperament. But Bockal was also helpless. Who would have thought that after so many years of separation, the gap between the two teenage friends would be so big when they reunited again. Claude has become the kingdom's major general, the supreme commander of the theater, and the division commander of the Thunder Division. But he was still just a major battalion commander of a local security battalion. He fell into Claude's hands and was allowed to be rounded and crushed by him without any control. This feeling made Bockar very uncomfortable.
After opening the folder and scanning it briefly, Bockal's eyes lit up. What the document says is very simple, that is, Bockal became a smuggler in the name of a shareholder of the Bison Trading Company, and went to the Port of Vibato to look for business opportunities, and to inquire and collect intelligence on the enemy.
The Bison Trading Company was originally a well-known trading company specializing in the production and sale of bison products in the Beringana Territory. However, after the colonial war broke out, Marshal Michelchi ordered the country to be fortified and the country to be cleared, and the Buffalo Trading Company was forced to relocate to the Amphiston Territory. Because there was no opportunity to hunt bison, the business suddenly collapsed and it was unable to make ends meet. Claude instructed McJack to acquire the ownership of the Buffalo Trading Company at a very low price and become a front store that cooperated with the war zone intelligence department.
The plan in the document was to have Bockal, in the name of a shareholder of the Bison Trading Company, carry four shallow-sea flat-bottomed transport ships loaded with grain and grass to the port of Vibato in the Kingdom of Hicks to find a chance of survival for the Bison Trading Company, which was on the verge of bankruptcy. Claude was very generous and gave Bockaar 20% of the shares. In other words, every time a business was done, Bockaar could put 20% of the profit into his own pocket.
"You use grain and grass to do the enemy's business, aren't you afraid that some people will say that you are subsidizing the enemy?" Boker asked Claude with a sneer, because according to the analysis of the documents, the colonial food problem of the Kingdom of Hicks has not been alleviated, mainly because Relying on local transportation involves high costs and losses. Taking grain and fodder to Vibato Port should be very profitable.
Claude laughed loudly: "Don't worry, no matter how much food and grass you sell, I can get double the amount from the enemy on the battlefield."
Bok'ar could only curse in his heart as a bastard. After spending half a year in the Thunder Division, he had heard countless legends about Claude. In the eyes of the officers and soldiers of the division, Claude was indeed an invincible hero, especially his younger brothers, who praised Claude as if he were the God of War descending to earth, which made Bockar feel unbelievable.
"Am I responsible for all transactions?" Bockaar asked.
"Yes, as a shareholder of the Buffalo Trading Company that is on the verge of bankruptcy, you can definitely decide whether to buy or sell." Claude nodded: "But I suggest you vigorously purchase pack horses, because in the war zone, due to the immigration of 100,000 households, Because of this, packhorses are now in very short supply, and the prices on the market have more than tripled. I believe that if there were spies in the Kingdom of Hicks lurking in the war zone, they would have reported this information to them a long time ago. So you sell grain and grass from Vibato Port and buy it. Packing horses is a normal business practice. Otherwise, leaving the lucrative draft horse business to purchase other supplies will arouse the enemy's suspicion and attention."
"I heard this from the supervisor of the canteen of the Thunder Division. They said that when they go to the streets to buy vegetables, they often encounter people stopping their carriages and asking them if the packhorses pulling the carriages are willing to sell them at a high price. As a result, they are always confused every time they go out. Soldiers from the guard squad are required to watch the carriages to prevent the pack horses from being stolen," Bokoal said.
Claude could only smile helplessly: "There is currently no way to solve this problem. There have been many disputes about pack horses among the people some time ago. That's why I hope you can buy more pack horses from Vibato Port. Slightly alleviate the problem of lack of packhorse transportation capacity in the war zone. But doing business is not your main task. The most important thing is to find out what happened to the spies we previously deployed in Vibato Port, so that we were unable to do anything for three months. I don’t know the information about Vibato Port”
"I also need the account books of the Bison Trading Company for the past year, as well as the old trading company personnel. As a shareholder of the Bison Trading Company, I must understand all the business dealings and transaction channels of the Bison Trading Company, as well as its connections in various places." Bock Al said.
"This is what it should be. I have prepared everything for you." Claude pulled the bell rope behind him, and the adjutant Major Anders pushed the door open and came in: "General, please give instructions."
Claude pointed at Bockaar: "Take Major Bockaar to see Colonel Coffist of the Intelligence Department and tell him that the plan code-named Buffalo can be implemented."
"Yes, General." Although he didn't know what the plan of Codename Buffalo was, Major Anders still politely asked Bokoal to follow him.
Bockaar glanced at Claude, stood at attention, saluted, and then retreated with Major Anders.
Claude, who went home for lunch, finally got good news from his sister. The actual hot air balloon machine had come out. It's just that my sister dislikes it. This thing is thick and bulky, and it doesn't have the delicacy and power of the items Claude asked her to make before. Her sister Anna thought it was an insult to her to make such a clumsy thing using an alchemical magic talisman, and she would never make such a thing again.
Claude laughed loudly and told his sister Anna that this thing was worth the same as an alchemical magic array. After eating, he rushed to his sister's laboratory impatiently. He saw and touched it with his own eyes. After confirming that this thing was similar to the one he had seen when he was a child, he ordered the accompanying big man Gemie to bring a few people to take this thing. Load the carriage and send it to the iron ore workshop. He also sent someone to inform Mr. Veblen to go to the iron ore workshop.
There are many shortcomings of the hot air balloon machine. For example, the first start is very slow. After burning a lot of firewood, it took about ten minutes for the piston connecting rod on the circular cylinder to finally push up, and then the iron pipe chimney next to it was discharged. Black hot air, the piston connecting rod fell, then pushed up, then fell again, the sound of "bang, bang, bang, bang" was very harsh.
Claude looked at the stunned Mr. Veblen and laughed: "My friend, do you think this thing is better than water power?"
"It's incredible," Mr. Veblen exclaimed, "General, how did you design such a machine that uses the heat of fire as power?"
"It's actually very simple, my friend. If you notice that when boiling water, the boiling steam can push open the heavy lid, then you can think that the hot air also has the same expansion effect."
"General, you are truly a great genius."
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