The Qing Dynasty

Chapter 113 Solving the Big Problem of the Vanguard Army
There are three sentries from the guard battalion guarding in front of each warehouse in the storage area. A large number of ammunition are also stored in these warehouses. Although Li Yulin has arranged for people to repackage them, they are still very dangerous. The safety here must be absolutely guaranteed.

Therefore, in addition to the sentries, no one is allowed to approach within 50 meters of the warehouse area. Only those holding a handwritten order from Li Yulin, the general manager of the camp office, can enter this area. Surrounding these dozens of warehouses of various sizes, there are soldiers from the guard battalion who are constantly patrolling.

Teng Yuzao naturally did not need Li Yulin's warrant, and most of the people in the guard battalion were veterans from the battalion trained by Teng Yuzao himself. Although a small number of new recruits were also added, not only the platoon leaders on duty recognized Teng Yuzao, but even the new recruits basically knew that Teng Yuzao was their chief officer, because Teng Yuzao's military uniform was unique in the vanguard army.

The people standing guard in front of the warehouse that Teng Yuzhao was going to enter were not from Liu Bingyi's guard battalion, but from Li Yaoting's guard platoon. There were not three sentries but an entire squad.

In front of the warehouse door, Teng Yuzao asked two soldiers of his guard squad to stop and handed the things to the sentry standing outside the door. Then Teng Yuzao personally carried the two baskets of steamed buns and pushed the door open with a sentry holding a basin of meat, and walked into the warehouse.

Although it looked dark from the outside, the spacious warehouse was brightly lit because there were more than twenty lit lanterns hanging on the four walls of the warehouse.

As soon as he entered the door, Teng Yuzao felt a wave of heat coming towards him and he couldn't help but sigh secretly.

In this season, people will feel comfortable only in a well-ventilated space. Being in such a confined space is really a torture. However, this thing cannot be done in public and can only be done quietly here.

Although it was very bright inside the warehouse, no light could be seen from outside. The two small north and south windows high on the warehouse wall for ventilation were blocked tightly from the inside, with no gaps at all, and no light could come through.

In the warehouse, more than 300 boxes of various sizes and styles were placed against the left wall, and more empty ammunition boxes were randomly piled up on the right. In the middle, there were many ammunition boxes with bright red seals of the Vanguard Military Camp Office and empty wooden boxes or iron boxes on the ground. In the shadows inside the warehouse, there were many large iron boxes neatly stacked together. It seemed that there were more than a hundred boxes inside.

There were twenty-five or twenty-six soldiers from Li Yaoting's guard platoon in the warehouse. Most of these soldiers were only wearing sweat shirts, and some were even shirtless. However, in the airtight warehouse, they were all sweating profusely.

Leading the group were not only Li Yulin, the general manager of the Vanguard Army Camp Affairs Office, who was also wearing only a sweatshirt, and Li Yaoting, the guard platoon leader of Teng Yuzao, but also the Chief of Staff Wei Jinghai.

Teng Yuzhao considered repeatedly before letting Wei Jinghai participate. After all, many things in the vanguard army still depend on him as the chief of staff.

As for Li Xiance and Liu Yuzhi, the two absolute confidants, they would not be unaware of this matter, because Li Xiance could guess it.

Seeing Teng Yuzhao coming in, Li Yaoting had no time to salute. He hurried forward to take the wooden basin containing meat and the basket containing steamed buns from Teng Yuzhao's hands, and then shouted.

"Everyone, salute."

The sweaty soldiers of the guard platoon saw Teng Yuzhao coming in. Many of them were busy getting their military uniforms aside. It seemed disrespectful to salute Teng Yuzhao with bare chests or wearing only sweatshirts. Only when they heard Li Yaoting's shout did they stop and hurriedly saluted Teng Yuzhao.

Li Yulin tried his best to hide his joy and said to Li Yaoting, "Hanhun, the brothers have worked hard. Tell them to hurry up and eat. They still have to continue working soon." Knowing that Li Yulin was anxious to report the situation to Teng Yuzhao, Li Yaoting was about to tell the soldiers to hurry up and eat, but Teng Yuzhao had already said with a smile to the more than 20 soldiers of the guard platoon in the warehouse.

"You have all worked hard for the development of our vanguard army. I, Teng Yuzao, am very grateful to you. In view of your achievements, I now announce that all officers and soldiers of the guard platoon who participated in this operation will have their ranks promoted by two levels, and each will be rewarded with 100 taels of silver."

As soon as Teng Yuzao finished speaking, the guards cheered. Teng Yuzao put away his smile and said, "However, I must remind you that this time, from the moment you leave this warehouse, you must forget everything. Do you understand?"

"understand!"

Li Yaoting took the lead and the other sergeants from the guard platoon also immediately made guarantees.

They already knew that they would be rewarded for completing the task, but at that time it was only said that each person would get twenty taels, not a hundred taels!

Now, not only were they rewarded with one hundred taels of silver, but their military ranks were also raised by two levels. Although their official positions would not change, the increase in military ranks meant that their military pay would be greatly increased, which was much more valuable than one hundred taels of silver.

Teng Yuzao smiled and nodded to Li Yaoting, "Hanhun, arrange for the soldiers to have a meal right away. You can also share the wine here, but don't drink too much. Just relax and refresh yourself. You still have a lot of things to do."

"Yes."

Li Yaoting nodded his head and immediately a soldier came forward to take the basket and basin and put them on a table near the warehouse door. After getting Li Yaoting's permission, the guards in the guard platoon were already starving, so they immediately started to eat voraciously after getting permission.

Only then did Li Yulin, who was already impatient, walk quickly forward and pull Teng Yuzao into the warehouse, speaking in a low, excited voice as he walked.

"Xingfu, come and have a look. The things you got this time have solved a big problem for our vanguard army!"

Looking at Li Yulin's excited face, Teng Yuzao felt an indescribable joy in his heart.

Teng Yuzao was pulled by Li Yulin and quickly walked around dozens of large boxes on the ground and came to a corner of the warehouse. There were two tables and several chairs here, and dozens of large metal boxes piled in the corner of the wall were particularly conspicuous.

Li Yulin took a step forward and reached out to lift the lid of a box beside the table. Teng Yuzhao noticed that Li Yulin's outstretched hand was trembling slightly.

As soon as Li Yulin opened the lid of the box, Teng Yuzao's eyes were suddenly filled with jewels and precious stones. The big iron box was filled with Western-style gold and silver jewelry. Then Li Yulin opened several boxes nearby with shaking hands. These boxes were either filled with golden light or dazzling silver light, and there were more than a dozen large boxes of colorful foreign currency.
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