The five people in the air landed nearby. They were all powerful warriors from the Mountain and Sea Realm, dressed in neat military uniforms.
The leading officer saluted Shen Qian, who returned the salute solemnly.
"I am Li Dashan, adjutant of the Third Military Department. I have come on the orders of the military to convey the promotion and to present a congratulatory gift on behalf of Marquis Wuding!"
Li Dashan announced loudly, "Military Commander says, congratulations, Company Commander Shen!"
Shen Qian was slightly taken aback, feeling somewhat amused and exasperated, because compared to Wu Wei's previous flowery congratulatory messages, Wu Dinghou's congratulatory message could only be described as simple and crude.
But what Marquis Wuding actually said is not important. The fact that he specifically asked Li Dashan to bring such a sentence is itself an attitude.
Moreover, the fact that five powerful figures from the Mountain and Sea Realm, all holding ranks of colonel or above, personally delivered congratulatory gifts to him was already a grand gesture.
The envious and complicated looks in the eyes of Zhu Yinhong and others showed that such an honor was incredible for a mere company commander.
The four powerful figures behind Li Dashan each carried a tray. At Li Dashan's signal, the four presented their trays, which were quickly accepted by Shang Zuo, Li Dashan's adjutant, and others.
The red cloth was lifted, revealing four trays, each containing an item.
The first tray contained four brand-new military uniforms, one set each for autumn/winter, regular uniform, and dress uniform.
Chen Qian picked up the uniform and glanced at it. It was dark blue with mountains and rivers embroidered on the back, much more elaborate than the uniform of a centurion. A special badge hung on the chest, which was the uniform that only a battalion commander or battalion commander could wear.
With this outfit, Shen Qian, although still under the control of Yu Shouji, the battalion commander of the Lu Shu Camp, was now of equal rank and effectively had independent say.
Moreover, from now on, the resource allocation that the Ninth Company can enjoy will be on par with that of the battalion level, which means that the Ninth Company can obtain the martial arts resources that were previously only available to the entire battalion.
Even after the Ninth Company reached full strength of 10,000 men, the entire Lushu Battalion at full strength was close to 30,000 men. When distributed on average, the welfare of each soldier was more than several times higher than before.
This is the real reason why all the ordinary soldiers in the Ninth Company were incredibly excited when they heard the promotion order before the sinking.
The second tray contained a strangely shaped token.
Unlike the cyan of the martial arts token, this token is crimson with a "military" character written in the hollowed-out area on the front and the rank and name of the person in charge on the back.
"This is the Qiankun Decree. Whoever holds this decree can take over any city below level two during wartime and enjoy many special privileges. Only some commanders of ten thousand and above can hold it. Anyone else who dares to touch this decree will be killed without mercy."
Under Li Dashan's guidance, Shen Qian grasped the token. A flash of light appeared, and the activated token sent a message back to Shen Qian.
Shen Qian let out a surprised exclamation, because the information contained in this token was actually a complete map of most of China.
This map is far more detailed than any publicly available map of China online. It even includes classified information about various towns, markings of dangerous areas within restricted zones, and information about hidden military outposts.
This is something that even the Hall of a Hundred Kings cannot exchange for.
"The order must be kept at all times. Company Commander Shen, please be sure to adhere to the principle of confidentiality. No information may be shared with others."
Faced with Li Dashan's instructions, Shen Qian nodded solemnly.
This Qiankun Token represents not only power, but also a heavy responsibility.
The third tray contained a specially made psionic armor set and a sword.
The psionic armor is grade B, and the sword is grade A, which is standard equipment for a centurion, and for the current commander, it is more like a symbol of status.
After all, although his own Thousand-Pound Armor was damaged, it was still an S-class psionic armor, so he naturally looked down on something of this level.
What truly made Chen Qian look forward to it was what was placed on the fourth tray.
According to Li Dashan, this was undoubtedly the real congratulatory gift from Marquis Wuding.
Zhu Yinhong and the others were also extremely curious, their eyes fixed on the fourth tray, secretly wondering what kind of congratulatory gift Marquis Wuding would give to Shen Qian, as the leader of the military.
Before sinking, he didn't keep everyone in suspense and directly lifted the red cloth covering the fourth tray.
When the red cloth was lifted and the contents on it were revealed, a murmur arose around them, as everyone was somewhat puzzled.
Shen Qian was also somewhat bewildered.
Because on the fourth tray was a wine jar.
In Shen Qian's spiritual perception, he could sense that the wine jar was indeed filled with wine, but why did Marquis Wuding give him a jar of wine?
Seeing that the Marquis of Wuding's congratulatory gift was only a jar of wine, Zhu Yinhong and the others were clearly more disappointed than Shen Qian.
Shen Qian felt that this jar of wine might hold other secrets, but Li Dashan didn't know the inside story either. Shen Qian could only ask Shang Zuo to carry the wine back to his room first, and then study it slowly later.
After delivering the gifts, Li Dashan and the others rushed back to report, refusing Shen Qian's attempts to persuade them to stay, and left quickly.
However, Zhu Yinhong, Bi Xiu, and others who came to offer their congratulations readily accepted Shen Qian's invitation.
The Ninth Company was very lively that night. Before the sinking, a banquet was set up to entertain the centurions of other companies in the Deer and Shu Battalion. Later, many centurions came to join in the fun, and the banquet lasted until late at night.
After talking with Zhu Yinhong and others, Shen Qian gained a better understanding of the internal affairs of the military warriors.
Just before leaving, Zhu Yinhong, whose face was flushed from drinking quite a bit of specially supplied Moutai, pulled Chen Qian aside and gave him a meaningful reminder.
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