Ye Yuechen did not sign his name in the signature area, and his brows furrowed slightly.
Making new cotton-padded clothes for 10,000 soldiers would certainly require a lot of cotton, but it seems unnecessary to use so much.
A few years ago, when I was stationed at the border, I made some clothes. The statistics showed that each person needed no more than three jin of cotton. But now, the documents say that each cotton-padded coat requires five jin of cotton!
It's unclear whether the policy has changed or there's some other reason, so Ye Yuechen doesn't plan to sign at this time.
He looked at the soldier in front of him and said, "You can go back now. I'll have the chief of staff look at the documents later."
"Yes, Major!"
What could a soldier possibly know?
Ye Yuechen didn't intend to get anything out of the soldier in front of him. After all, he wouldn't get anything useful out of him, and it would be better to alert everyone by making a fuss.
...
The headquarters meeting ended two hours later. Ye Yutang and his adjutant returned to their office and saw their son sitting on the sofa.
He was sitting so upright, with a solemn expression, that something was clearly wrong.
"Old Wang, first summarize the main points of today's meeting, then send them to everyone."
"Okay, I'll go now."
The adjutant shrewdly left the office, closing the door behind him.
Only the father and son remained in the office. Ye Yutang took off his military cap and placed his belt on a shelf to the side.
"What's up?"
"Hmm, here's a document for you to take a look at."
document?
Sure enough, following the direction of the document, I saw a file in front of my son. I walked over, sat down opposite him, and started reading.
However, I watched it three times in total:
"What's the problem?"
As the Chief of Staff of the General Headquarters, he only had a general understanding of logistical work such as military supplies, and was not fully involved. He focused more on tactical training and battlefield command.
So, I really couldn't figure out what the trick was.
Ye Yuechen could tell that it was because he happened to have encountered that incident a few years ago and heard some veterans say it.
Stealing military supplies!
I never imagined that someone could be so audacious and reckless in the headquarters, right under the emperor's nose.
If a military cotton-padded coat is over-reported by two jin, and there are tens of thousands of soldiers directly under the headquarters, even if it is simply calculated as 10,000, that's a full 20,000 jin more!
With 20,000 jin of cotton and a purchase price of more than two yuan per jin, you can easily overcharge by 40,000 to 50,000 yuan!
Now, not in the future, 40,000 to 50,000 RMB is more than four to five times the value of something twenty or thirty years from now. 40,000 to 50,000 RMB today can buy a small two-bedroom apartment in a second or third-tier city, but twenty or thirty years from now, 300,000 RMB will only be enough for a down payment.
Therefore, the two are not comparable at all!
"The reported usage amount for each piece of clothing is incorrect!"
"Are you sure? This is headquarters. You must take full responsibility for every word you say!"
Headquarters is not some other place where you can just say there's a problem and it's not!
Once this gets out, the impact will definitely be significant!
Ye Yuechen frowned again, her tone becoming noticeably colder. Nobody wants to be questioned, right?
"You can check!"
The truth about these things can be found out at any time.
When Ye Yutang saw the certainty in his son's words, he had already believed him. He knew his own son's personality quite well and knew he wouldn't speak carelessly.
"Let's talk about the specific problem first?"
How can an investigation be conducted if things aren't explained clearly?
Ye Yuechen had already prepared his answer in his mind: "Each military overcoat uses three jin of cotton. This is information I heard at the border a few years ago. Of course, if the policy has changed now, then disregard what I said before!"
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