Pei Tianji's phone call came later than Qiao Guiyan imagined, he fell asleep in bed, only to realize that it was Pei Tianji's call when he was jolted by the alarm clock in his brain.

After taking a nap, the excitement of getting the rank of second lieutenant had passed away, and all that was left of Qiao Guiyan was the sleepiness of not getting enough sleep. After yawning, Qiao Guiyan connected the phone and saw Pei The background on the other side of the sky suddenly became energetic.

Except for the color, the interior decoration of each legion is based on a standard.

Although Pei Tianji was not in the command center of their army, but on a warship on the front line, Qiao Guiyan could still recognize the style of the bathroom.

Realizing that someone had rushed to the toilet to call him, Qiao Guiyan couldn't help laughing in disgust.

It can be seen that Pei Tianji really took time out of his busy schedule.

It feels a little warm and has a bit of a smell.

"Second lieutenant?" Pei Tianji immediately looked at Qiao Guiyan's epaulettes, and when he saw the honorary second lieutenant, he frowned violently.

"Sergeant Pei, what should I call the second lieutenant?" Without noticing the change in Pei Tianji's expression, Qiao Guiyan straightened up, regaining a little sense of pride.

Not paying attention to what Qiao Guiyan said, Pei Tianji's air pressure became extremely low the moment he saw Qiao Guiyan's military rank: "Did you stay in the command center well?"

The awarding of various military ranks in the military is generally considered fair and just. Even the children of Shangguan, most of them have to start as private soldiers and gradually accumulate meritorious service.The shortcut is nothing more than sending these people to places where it is easier to obtain meritorious service, and the requirements for promotion are slightly lowered.

The requirement for an honorary rank is not as high as the official rank, but it is not given casually. Qiao Guiyan must have done something that can be called earth-shattering, so he was promoted to second lieutenant within a month and a half.

Pei Tianji couldn't figure out how someone in the military who sat in the command center and couldn't go out could be directly promoted to second lieutenant. His first reaction was that Qiao Guiyan was disobedient and left the command center and the troops to go to the front.

The Fourth Army and the Second Army are next to each other. Even if it is not clear what the Second Army is doing, rumors of abnormal transfers can still be heard.Qiao Guiyan was in the Second Legion, and Pei Tianji paid special attention to this matter, as if the Second Legion had recently launched a large-scale operation against the Star Thief.

The senior colonel leading Pei Tianji guessed that there must be a lot of casualties in the Second Army Corps.

The important network information within each military is encrypted and isolated, even on an independent network. Pei Tianji is so busy at the Fourth Army that he has no time to call Qiao Guiyan, and it is even more impossible to have time to do these things.

Suddenly seeing this second lieutenant's shoulder badge, I felt like my hairs were about to stand on end.

As for Qiao Xiaoyao, who has small arms and slender legs, he usually feels like he can break it with just a little force. How dare this guy run to the front line?

Pei Tianji suppressed his anger, regretting that he shouldn't have told Qiao Guiyan about his promotion to sergeant.This guy is also a proud and arrogant master. In order not to be compared, he may not do anything out of the ordinary.

Sensing that Pei Tianji's mood was not right, Qiao Guiyan became more obedient, and with some doubts, replied: "I'm always here at the command center, and I haven't gone out." While talking, Qiao Guiyan suddenly realized that Pei Tianji's mood was not right Because of something, his face was instantly puffed up, "Hey! I promised to stay in the command center all the time, why do you think I'm worse than you when I'm in the rear!"

Pei Tianji's eyes became suspicious, and he carefully scrutinized Qiao Guiyan's expression to confirm whether he was lying. Just when he was about to say something, his expression changed slightly, and Pei Tianji's figure disappeared in front of Qiao Guiyan's eyes the next moment.

Knowing that it was someone from Pei Tianji's side, but seeing the person running away like this, Qiao Guiyan still kicked the wall angrily, scolding Pei Tianji several times and felt puzzled.

He has never failed to keep his promises!

Knowing that Pei Tianji would definitely not have time to make calls today, Qiao Guiyan fell down on his bed with his head covered in depression, and after thinking for a long time and still not feeling sleepy, he greeted Pei Tianji ruthlessly again in his heart.

That bastard didn't even say congratulations to him!

After a not-so-pleasant night, Qiao Guiyan still made an appointment to meet Zuo Kaihai according to his own ideas.

Because of the previous coordinates, Qiao Guiyan already had a green channel to see the upper floors. Not long after the news of the appointment reached Assistant Zuo Kaihai, Qiao Guiyan was notified that he could go to the Marshal's office.

"Report, Marshal!" Qiao Guiyan gave a standard military salute as soon as he entered the door, but he had not formally received professional military training, so he couldn't hold back his eyes and began to look at the situation in the Marshal's office.

The marshal's office is huge, with many desks, but unexpectedly, there is no one else there except Zuo Kaihai.

Seeing Qiao Guiyan's actions, Zuo Kaihai smiled and took a sip of tea. He was considered a junior in his own family. No one from the Second Legion would care about the problem.

After waiting for a while, Qiao Guiyan regained his composure, and Zuo Kaihai said, "Come in, what's the matter?"

"Yes." Qiao Guiyan replied, walked to a position a little away from Zuo Kaihai's desk, and began to fiddle with his brain, apparently to adjust the data.

Zuo Kaihai watched this action and felt a little headache.The sixteen coordinates reported by Qiao Guiyan in that big conference room in a row were simply the psychological shadows of all the generals present.

After confirming that thirteen of the sixteen coordinates had star robbers, the psychological shadow of the general present became even larger.

"Wait, let me slow down." Zuo Kaihai hurriedly stopped, and rubbed his forehead at Qiao Guiyan's puzzled gaze, "Little Guiyan, tell me first, do I want to have a bite first?" Heart-saving pill."

Qiao Guiyan blinked, and her expression became innocent: "I'm just making some suggestions based on the information received by the information management center."

This is what Qiao Guiyan did when he wanted to find something to do for the soldiers in the legion, but at that time, the people in the legion were busy trying to wipe out the star robbers, so Qiao Guiyan temporarily suppressed it.

At present, the Star Thief Nest has almost been wiped out, and the award ceremony has also been completed. The number of people haunting the cafeteria every day has obviously doubled compared to before. In addition, Qiao Guiyan also feels that he should repay the love that the Second Army has shown him. Qiao Gui Yan decided to take it out.

Hearing this, Zuo Kaihai relaxed a little: "Say it."

Qiao Guiyan called up the data saved in Zhinao and projected it: "Currently, the legion is developing steadily in all aspects, but there is obviously a little bit of excess manpower."

"Currently, the entire army has a total of 23 people, including 19 non-combat personnel and [-] combat personnel. Half of the combat personnel are on standby for training every day."

"After this Star Thief extermination operation, Star Thief activities have decreased significantly. The number of people currently on standby for training has reached 13, and almost only the border guards and patrol teams are left in operation."

In this case, under normal circumstances, the staff should be reduced for disarmament, but it is clear that the seven legions are doing their own thing, and the second legion is still used as a reserve military force for the war against the Great Western Legion. Reduction is impossible.

"This kind of manpower can be fully utilized." Qiao Guiyan said forcefully.

Zuo Kaihai raised his eyebrows, he knew the situation of his own legion, and this was the same problem faced by other legions.

In fact, the issue of disarmament has been mentioned several times in the political circles, but it has been denied for the sake of overall social development.After all, the military is the fastest way for the common people to rise up. Direct disarmament is prone to internal problems. Unless the political circles are willing to open up the way up by themselves, this may become a problem of social structure stability.

Of course, in addition to this point, there are other reasons why disarmament is not suitable, which have not been put on the surface for everyone to discuss.

No matter how many times they put it, in the end their conclusion is only to limit the formation not to expand, and to reduce this kind of thing and turn a blind eye to it.

However, a group of youths who are full of vigor have no energy, and they are prone to problems. It is also a problem to lock these people in the army to do nothing. The previous solution is to train them to death. If these people are exhausted, the army will be stable. .

It's just training this kind of thing, no matter how it is done, it will cost money. If there is a better solution, Zuo Kaihai is willing to implement it. He is a little interested in what Qiao Guiyan said: "Continue."

"In fact, all parts of the empire are facing the problem of manpower shortage. Even though most of them can be solved by machines, in many cases, there are very few manpower to use machines."

The last population census of the empire had a total of 4000 trillion people, which sounds like a lot, but with so many planets and galaxies added up, there are actually not many people.The situation of shortage of manpower is that there are obviously many places that can be developed, but they cannot be carried out immediately. It must be done slowly piece by piece, which limits a lot of development.

Qiao Guiyan briefly introduced the current situation, and listed a lot of content to be developed in the three galaxies in their jurisdiction: "We can let soldiers complete these tasks while training."

In the interstellar era, every soldier can be called an elite, and it is very easy to get started with this part of the job.

Seeing Zuo Kaihai frown at his own words, seeming to disagree, Qiao Guiyan didn't know what was wrong, so he continued: "All the current sources of military expenditure for the army come from the deployment of the Ministry of Finance. I think It can be completely self-sufficient without being too restricted by financial allocations."

In the past, there were more than three countries in the interstellar world. Before the merger between the countries was completed, the military expenditure of each army was self-sufficient. The most important source of military expenditure was the scientific research and development department in the army.

To put it simply, it is the sale of high-tech military and ammunition supplies.

At that time, only a small part of the military expenditure required appropriation from the Ministry of Finance, and most of the military expenditure could be earned back by themselves.

However, the interstellar situation directly cut off this source of income.After all, the only ones who need to use arms are the Dayu Empire Army, the Onishi Empire Army, and the Star Bandits.

Whether they sell their arms to the Great Western Empire or to the Star Bandits, they are giving weapons to others to beat themselves, and it is impossible to do it no matter what.

Zuo Kaihai watched Qiao Guiyan seriously as he talked about all kinds of military expenditures and ways to increase revenue, his eyes gradually became darker, and finally he didn't finish listening to all Qiao Guiyan had to say, so he knocked on the table to signal Qiao Guiyan to pause.

After pondering for a while, Zuo Kaihai first praised Qiao Guiyan: "Little Guiyan's ideas are very good. He really deserves to be a child of the Qiao family. His talent in this area is no worse than your two elder brothers."

"But...?" Qiao Guiyan is very familiar with this kind of routine of raising first and then lowering. Since it was interrupted, it must be because the other party thinks there is a problem.It's just that no matter how Qiao Guiyan thinks, he doesn't feel that there is anything wrong with what he said.

"But it's not suitable for the Legion." Zuo Kaihai followed Qiao Guiyan's words.

"Delete the files in your brain, and don't let other people know what you said. You go back and say that you came to me today to ask for leave."

"Didn't Major General Xiao Zheng promise to give you a vacation to play during the internship? Now you are only ten days away from the end of your summer vacation. You have been busy for a long time, so take a break."

"Welcome to come back during winter vacation or next summer vacation."

Qiao Guiyan was stunned, why was he about to be kicked out of the Second Army all of a sudden?

Looking at Qiao Guiyan's appearance, it was obvious that he had misunderstood, Zuo Kaihai smiled, got up and walked to Qiao Guiyan's side, and kindly adjusted the epaulets on Qiao Guiyan's shoulder: "I know that your thoughts are all for Legion to consider."

"But Xiao Guiyan, have you ever thought about why, all the legions have not considered obtaining military expenses from places other than the finance department? Every year, each legion will send people to the imperial capital to talk to people in the political circles and distribute them to their hands. How much is your military expenditure?"

"This is a constraint." Although Zuo Kaihai was asking, he didn't mean to ask Qiao Guiyan to answer. He said the answer directly, and patted Qiao Guiyan on the shoulder, "There is a need for someone who can means of controlling our military."

Qiao Guiyan felt that he understood, but he didn't understand: "In the past, there were things in the army that earned their own military expenses."

"Before? You mean 1000 years ago?" Zuo Kaihai thought for a while, and he probably guessed the time Qiao Guiyan mentioned.

"It was different back then."

"There were a lot of battles at that time, and the first thing the military and political circles had to consider was how to survive among the wolves, but now...the empire is actually more worried about our rebellion than the Great Western Empire."

"Otherwise, why do you think the Great Western Empire was so weak after the previous war, and our seven legions are well organized, and it is still alive?"

"Because there is only one empire left in the entire interstellar world...how do you say that?"

"Together for a long time, we must divide."

"Some things are beyond the control of individual will." Without the guise of the Great Western Empire, most of the army establishment would be unnecessary. Today's huge seven legions may only need one or two in an instant. At that time, it is inevitable There are legions who are unwilling to let go of the power in their hands and choose to rebel.

Even Zuo Kaihai himself couldn't guarantee what choice he would make by that time.

"Now the legion must show its absolute docility, and let those people know that we are still controllable."

Zuo Kaihai’s words can already be called heart-to-heart, if it wasn’t for Qiao Guiyan’s serious consideration for the legion, if it wasn’t for those coordinates, and the exceptional performance of the information management center during the extermination, Zuo Kaihai would definitely not Will say these things to Qiao Guiyan.

Qiao Guiyan felt a chill, he knew what was good and what was wrong, so he simply destroyed the files he had sorted out for a long time.

The current military and political circles are actually maintained only by a thin thread, Qiao Guiyan can understand it after thinking about it for a while.

At present, the marshals of the seven legions are almost all hereditary!

How can this make people in the political circles feel at ease?

The matter of military expenses is actually a superficial tacit understanding between the military and the government. If someone knows Qiao Guiyan's suggestion today, even the Qiao family will not be able to keep him.

"You've done a good job. If you have any ideas in the future, it's the same as this time. Just come to me." Zuo Kaihai smiled kindly. Seeing how scared Qiao Guiyan was, he comforted him softly. "Don't worry, it's fine."

"Let's start this vacation in three days. Hand over what you're doing and have a good rest." Actually, this isn't a vacation for Qiao Guiyan, it's a vacation for the members of their legion.

Qiao Guiyan used to think about the coordinates whenever he had time, but now he starts to spend on military expenses when he has time.This kid from the Qiao family is capable, but it also caused Zuo Kaihai a headache. He has already gone through two waves of tossing, and he should also give this centenarian old man a vacation.

"The door of the Second Legion is always open for you."

Everyone in the information management center heard that Qiao Guiyan was going on vacation, and the affairs in his hands had to be handed over to Major General Zheng Qiu. They felt like a bolt from the blue, and there were still ten days until the end of the summer vacation!

However, the vacation was specially approved by the marshal, and this kind of thing can't be transferred by one's own will. Even if the people in the information management center are reluctant to give up, they can only start the handover work with tears streaming down their faces.

After receiving the notice, Major General Zheng Qiu's new assistant also returned to his post.

Because the assistant was dissatisfied by his boss, he was taken away for special training, and this time he came out completely confident.After being disliked before, he worked hard in the training base and graduated with excellent results.

However, when he took over Qiao Guiyan's job, the new assistant was completely dumbfounded.

You tell me that so much content is done by assistants? ?

Donkey mine! ! !

In the beginning, because everyone was used to Qiao Guiyan's ability, they didn't realize anything was wrong during the handover process.Fortunately, it was not too late to make amends. Before the assistant collapsed, everyone hurriedly dragged Major General Zheng Qiu, who had finished his work in the intelligence department and returned to his own department, to continue to pick his feet.

Even so, Qiao Guiyan, who originally agreed to take a vacation in three days, did not fully hand over the matter in hand until the fourth day.

But as long as the handover is clear.

It's time for a vacation!

Although I didn't apply for this holiday by myself, the word 'holiday' is enough to make me happy.

After packing all his luggage, Qiao Guiyan briskly followed Major General Zheng Qiu, listening to Major General Zheng Qiu talking to him about the precautions for this vacation.

As for why Major General Zheng Qiu came to send Qiao Guiyan off in person, and not his assistant, this is something that can only be understood but cannot be explained in words.

"Your vacation will be counted from today to seven days. The warship that is patrolling the light star system this time will send you to Silver Star. After seven days, it will pick you up at 11:[-] noon on the local Silver Star, and you will change trains around the afternoon of the next day. The transport ship will return directly to the Imperial City, remember to arrive at the airport on time."

"If you are late, you can buy the interstellar ticket from Silver Star back to Imperial Star, and the Legion will not be responsible for your expenses."

"All the internal permissions of the legion in your brain have been locked, and the corresponding daily network lock has been unlocked, and the communication permissions to the legion security office are reserved. If you have any questions, you can call the security office directly."

"Also, Marshal Zuo has prepared a surprise for you in the starship, pay attention to check it."

Listening to Major General Zheng Qiu's words, Qiao Guiyan nodded like a chicken sucking rice, raised his head in doubt: "Surprise?"

"Could it be that all my Silver Star Consumer Corps will be reimbursed?" Qiao Guiyan immediately thought of this.

Major General Zheng Qiu was silent for a while, as if he did remember that it was written in the previous information that the Qiao family has always restricted Qiao Guiyan's pocket money: "I will ask the Financial Management Office to transfer all your bonuses for more than a month to your card Up."

That doesn't seem to be it.

Qiao Guiyan guessed again: "Could it be that a mecha was sent to me?!"

"Wake up." Can the mecha be given away casually?

Qiao Guiyan failed seven or eight guesses, and became more and more curious about this surprise. Fortunately, they also arrived at the landing platform of the warship soon.

"Go, have fun." Major General Zheng Qiu said to Qiao Guiyan with teasing eyes.

Mysterious.

Qiao Guiyan slandered in his heart and set foot on the warship.

I said this to Major General Zheng Qiu along the way, but I didn't feel anything. After walking across the long bridge and stepping on the warship, the nagging voices around me suddenly disappeared, and Qiao Guiyan felt lost in his heart.

He is leaving.

I don't know if I can come back in the future.

Turning around, Qiao Guiyan looked towards Major General Zheng Qiu, and unexpectedly found that there were still many familiar people scattered around the landing platform.

Some soldiers who used to eat in the cafeteria and even Lieutenant General Li were there.The people with the largest number of people were those in the information management center. Those who were on duty did not come, but the group of people who should be resting on shifts stood not far away.

Pressing his heart full of emotion and sadness, Qiao Guiyan slowly gave a military salute to these people. At this moment, Qiao Guiyan felt that it was good for him to stay in the Second Army.

It's just that if he really did this, I'm afraid that the members of the Qiao family will directly kill someone in the second army.

The hatch of the warship was closed and slowly lifted off.

This time it felt different from the time when I left the Imperial Capital Star. At that time, Qiao Guiyan was full of wonder and didn't feel any reluctance.

Because he knew that he would return there sooner or later, only sad that he was not in his own era.

But now Qiao Guiyan only felt the sadness of parting, stood at the cabin door for a long time, and quietly wiped the corners of his eyes when the entire command center was out of sight. room.

Yinxing is not far from the command center, and it can be reached in about eight hours, that is, at about 19:[-] pm Yinxing time. Maybe he should consider whether to stay in a hotel, or choose to meet Wen Zhixin for a base.

Or maybe he should first look for the surprise that Major General Zheng Qiu told him, Marshal Zuo had prepared for him.

Qiao Guiyan distracted himself, and searched for the location of his lounge according to the information sent to his brain.

His lounge was not far from the hatch, so he found it quickly.

Qiao Guiyan opened the lounge without energy, only to be startled by the people inside.

"Pei Tianji! Why are you here!" Qiao Guiyan's eyes widened, and she subconsciously lowered her head to look at her brain, wondering if she accidentally connected to Pei Tianji's video call, and then saw it This person in front of me.

"You are really too slow. The warship took off for 10 minutes. Are you lost in the whole warship?" Pei Tianji, who had been waiting in the warship for a long time, rolled his eyes at Qiao Guiyan.

Nervously looking around to make sure there was no one else, Qiao Guiyan hurriedly dragged his suitcase into the lounge, and quickly locked the door: "You sneaked away?!"

Pei Tianji had told him before that his request for leave was rejected by his superiors.

Pei Tianji looked at Qiao Guiyan with a half-smile: "Thanks to you, I received a special military order during my service to protect the safety of the chief of the Second Army during his vacation in Silver Star."

Qiao Guiyan blinked slowly, digesting the matter, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl up.

"Sergeant Pei, I'm thirsty."

"……Yes, sir."

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