The leisurely morning passed quickly.
Xu Yi had a lot to do when he came to Anvilmar City this time, so naturally he didn't have as much leisure time as he did this morning.
After having lunch with Steele, Xu Yi and the people sent by the military came to the military training ground not too far from the northwest suburbs of Anvilmar City.
In fact, the military department has long wanted Xu Yi to come, but Xu Yi has been busy and it is difficult to spare time to come to Anvilmar. Xu Yi finally came this time. Of course, the military department was not willing to let go of this opportunity, so he came early. An appointment was made with Xu Yi.
When Xu Yi entered the training ground after careful inspection, he immediately discovered the presence of an acquaintance.
Of course it was Major Macconley.
As soon as he saw Xu Yi, Major Macconley immediately greeted him with a smile on his face.
"Hey, President Xu, you are finally willing to come here, which makes me very happy."
Xu Yi smiled and shook his head: "Major Macconley, you are still so polite. In fact, I have wanted to come here for a long time. I just have the opportunity this time, and of course I won't miss it."
The two exchanged a few words, and Major McConley introduced some other people in the training ground to Xu Yi.
In addition to some officers from the military headquarters, these people also included several instructors from the training ground and a total of twenty ordinary soldiers.
After meeting Xu Yi, these people treated Xu Yi very enthusiastically. Even though it was their first meeting, they seemed to have regarded him as a good friend.
Xu Yi was a little surprised as to why these people were so enthusiastic about him. You must know that he is just an ordinary businessman and should be incompatible with the soldiers.
"The problem is, President Xu, you are not an ordinary businessman." McConley laughed. "Other businessmen with gold coins in their heads will indeed be looked down upon by us rough soldiers, but you are different. Because of you and your new Flying Chamber of Commerce, now the brothers can finally each have a complete set of equipment. After the battlefield, your ability to kill enemies and save your life has greatly increased. Why do you think we, the people, are not enthusiastic about you? "
"That's right. We in the Logistics Department used to worry about the equipment of our brothers all day long, but we couldn't solve it because we had no money. As a result, President Xu, you took action and solved this biggest problem easily. Question, how could we not treat you as a brother?" Another officer from the Logistics Department also laughed.
"Oh? I don't seem to be that capable, right? I actually solved such a big problem?" Xu Yi said in surprise.
"President Xu, you don't know how poor our Logistics Department used to be. Let me tell you, before this, among the armies in the entire kingdom, there were only those guys from the Zhenbei Army who had to fight those bastards from the Sark Kingdom every day. The equipment on his body is quite complete, but the average five of the brothers in the other teams may not be able to put together a complete set of armor! As for the weapons... Do you believe that some brothers in the Laika Legion even use them? The big iron sword that has been in use for more than five years? Now that big iron sword is almost turned into a short sword because it is always rusted and polished!"
"Isn't it so miserable..." Xu Yi was a little shocked.
If the equipment of the soldiers in the Lampali Kingdom's army is really as bad as they say, then the combat effectiveness of the Kingdom's army is too worrying now.
If there really is a battle, I'm afraid that if they encounter a slightly more elite enemy, they will be defeated thousands of miles away.
"Who says it's not?"
As soon as they talked about fighting, the officers of the military department immediately seemed to open up their chat boxes and started talking non-stop.
A group of people gathered together and kept vomiting their bitterness to Xu Yi
A moment later an officer claimed that there had been a previous skirmish with the enemy somewhere. As a result, due to poor equipment, the three thousand men were unable to defeat the opponent's two thousand men. Not only did they lose the battle, more than a thousand people died, but they were also scolded by the nobles in the Kingdom Council for this. Dismissed as trash.
After a while, another officer said that when he was still a soldier on the front line, he was attacked by the enemy once. He woke up from his dream and stretched his hand to the side out of habit, but he could only touch an iron rod.
It turned out that because of the lack of weapons, he could only find an iron rod and use it as a weapon.
After a while, another officer said...
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Listening to the miserable conditions revealed by these officers, Xu Yi couldn't help but feel sad, and then felt very strange.
"Since our kingdom is so under-armed, why has the Sark Kingdom never successfully invaded?"
"Nonsense, of course it's because the brothers are working hard." an officer said angrily. "Those noble men hide behind and scold this trash and that trash all day long, but they don't know that the brothers are working hard every day on the front line. The equipment is not good, so the brothers use their bodies to resist. In short, they just don't let the Sark Kingdom. Help grandson rush in."
"Hey... But it's a miserable beating." Major McConley sighed. "The annual casualties of the Zhenbei Army will not be less than 5,000. I doubt if this continues, the Zhenbei Army will be defeated. Who will be able to withstand those guys from the Sark Kingdom by then?"
A group of officers looked at each other in confusion. After a while, one officer spat hard. "Bah, let those noble gentlemen fight!"
Of course everyone knew that he was talking. After being silent for a while, Major Macconley forced a smile and said: "Okay, don't talk about these spoiling things. President Xu is here for the first time today. Can't we keep letting him listen to our complaints? Besides, President Xu Now we have solved the big problem of armaments. I believe everyone has seen the 50,000 pieces of armor and weapons that were sent before? Let me tell you, President Xu doesn’t care if I can get these 50,000 pieces of armor and weapons. Five hundred thousand gold coins!”
"Only five hundred thousand gold coins?" A group of officers looked at Xu Yi in surprise. One of the officers couldn't help but asked: "President Xu, does your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce have too much money? If this pair of armor and weapons comes from If the Joseph family buys it, it will cost at least 30 gold coins, and a 50,000 set will cost at least 1.5 million gold coins. "
"Yes, not only will you not make any money, but you will also lose money, right? Although we soldiers don't like you businessmen who only like money, we also know that you want to make money. I'm afraid it's not good for you to... ?”
Xu Yi looked at the doubtful faces in front of him, thinking that these officers might not understand the situation because some of them were not from the Logistics Department, but Major Macconley knew the specific situation well. Could it be that he It was never explained to these officers
If this is the case, why are these officers present today
Seeing Xu Yi's doubtful gaze, Major Macconley clapped his hands, attracted the attention of the officers, and said loudly: "Okay, brothers, whether President Xu makes money, I don't think you really do either. I am concerned about this issue, and this issue does not require your concern. The reason why I invited President Xu here today is because I have some technical questions to ask him. You should hurry up. , If you miss this opportunity, I’m afraid it will be difficult to get another chance in the future.”
The officers all showed expressions of sudden realization and dispersed. After a moment, one of them dragged a soldier who was sparring on the training field over.
"President Xu, look, he is wearing one of those armors that your Chamber of Commerce sent last time. I think some modifications should be made to the back. If the gaskets here can be It would be nice to make it thicker.”
"President Xu, this is also the armor sent by your Chamber of Commerce. I think it is best to leave movable joints here so that brothers can swing weapons more easily."
"President Xu, look at this. This is the long gun you sent. I think although this gun is very sharp and strong, it is a bit light. I heard what alloy you made it from. Although it is very good, But many brothers say that they are not used to it, and the impact it brings is not enough, but the power is not perfect. Do you think it can be changed?"
"President Xu..."
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Xu Yi glanced at each soldier, listened to the various opinions put forward by these officers, and wrote down all of them in the small book he carried with him, and then asked Major Macconley to bring a ruler and other measuring tools to compare the various parameters. All recorded.
After all the officers got answers from Xu Yi that could be modified accordingly, they left with satisfaction. Then, under the organization of McConley, the officers led the twenty soldiers to practice a small drill in front of Xu Yi. encounter so that Xu Yi could observe something and make some corresponding improvements to the equipment.
Xu Yi watched the drill for a while and suddenly asked in a low voice to Major Macconley beside him: "This kind of technical problem can be solved by just sending a few technicians from the Chamber of Commerce. Why do you have to ask me to come?"
Major Macconley still kept the smile on his face and replied seemingly casually: "Brothers, I heard that your New Aircraft Chamber of Commerce alone can solve the equipment problem that has troubled us for so many years. I am very grateful to you as the president. I’m curious, so I want to see you.”
"Just looking at me?" Xu Yi asked again.
"You know, our soldiers are all people with straightforward personalities. If you are helpful to everyone, then everyone will support you. The help from your New Flying Chamber of Commerce will save us from killing many brothers, so everyone will naturally treat you as well. I treat you as my closest brother. I asked you to come here so that you can have direct contact with everyone and get to know each other. This will make it easier for you to do whatever you want to do in the future.”
Xu Yi was silent for a while and said softly: "I don't want to do anything, I just want to open a chamber of commerce and do business honestly."
Major Macconley turned his head and looked at Xu Yi, the smile on his face seemed to have a deep meaning.
"President Xu, whether you want it or not, you have already done some things."