The military commander is located in the northwest of the town. We turned a few streets and were at the door in 3 minutes.

The quartermaster was a tall captain named Roll. After the adjutant introduced my identity and purpose, Captain Roll immediately showed me the account book and introduced in detail the material and financial expenditures.

"Reported to the Assistant Commissioner Citizen, the division of General Carto, Toulon Front, currently has 15,600 smoothbore guns, 14,658 guns, and 942 guns, and 1,500 short guns, and 1,410 guns, and 90 stocks; there are 21 guns of various types, including 24-pound and 16-pound cannons, 8-pound cavalry cannons and mortar cannons, all of which are not in stock; there are fire yao..."

"…In terms of finance, the division has 75,000 francs of fingertips, but no gold francs. As for the situation of General Lapuap's division, it has not been transmitted to me yet. After the report is completed, the assistant commissioner citizen," the quartermaster concluded his report.

Damn it, only the francs, which is probably comparable to the gold and silver dollar rolls issued by the Kuomintang in the mainland in 1948. It is a useless garbage. In France in 1893, due to war and blockade, the domestic daily necessities were severely scarce, and the inflationary pressure continued to increase with the rising prices. The political giants in Paris had no idea of ​​economic reconstruction except for being busy with war, suppression and beheading. They just blindly increased the number of currency (referring to coupons) and unilaterally increased the face value of currency (referring to coupons). In addition, the hostile forces in the Republic are desperately trying to fake it.

Manufacturing refers to coupons (there are more than 10 printing factories in the UK engaged in this), and domestic speculators have illegal financial behaviors. The actual purchasing power of unit francs has been declining again and again. It turned out that a francs can be equal to the face value, but later the actual purchasing ability of the referents is only less than 20% of the initial (during the government supervision period, it also fell to 0.35% of the face value). The entire national economy is on the verge of collapse. If the wartime material rationing system was not adopted in time and the speculation and counter-attack were severely cracked down on speculation and reversal without foreign troops attacking, the First Republic would have died on its own in advance.

Thinking of this, I felt a little helpless, so I could only continue to read the accounts, which was the method of borrowing and credit accounting that I was familiar with, but it was a bit simple. I spent a few hours (I only used a few slices of bread to deal with lunch). After checking the physical objects and carefully verifying the data, I did not find any problems. After signing and acknowledging the letter, the adjutant also said goodbye to me, leaving only me and the captain in the military supplies department.

"Captain, please explain what the number of artillery is so small, with less than one division's basic ration, and most of them are light guns below 16 pounds. You know that the entire Toulonian Legion's western military forces have combat deployments of the headquarters division, 8 independent Marseille volunteer battalions and nearly one and a half divisions of various self-defense forces," I had some questions.

"Indeed, the Assistant Commissioner citizens, because the establishment of the Legion was in a hurry, and the artillery supplies from Marseille were requisitioned to prevent the landing of the British and Spanish, the support provided by the Italian Front was gathered at the defense of General Lapuap, because it was necessary to escape the Farang Mountains in the northeast, where the road was rugged and difficult to walk. In addition, the Bom Fort was still under the control of the enemy, and reinforcements from the east were quite difficult. In addition, several major ordnances in the Paris Commune were destroyed by the conspiracy of the rebels, and the supply of the Legion was stopped. That's the situation." The captain explained without humility.

Alas, how can such a little artillery fight? Historically, during the entire Toulon Battle, the Republican Army used more than 200 artillery pieces of different caliber (excluding the Lapuap Division on the east side of the Front). It seems that only after Napoleon came, this number of problems could be solved. Thinking of this, I no longer worry about this matter, at least the captain in front of me was fulfilling his duties.

"Okay, since it's not your fault, let me deal with it. I will ask the Army Department for assistance as a special commissioner, and please prepare 3 short guns (pistols) and some fire yao for me," I said.

"As far as you ask, I will send someone to your room after supper, assistant commissioner," said the captain: "What else do you need to provide."

"Not yet, let's go, Captain," I stood up and said goodbye to the quarrel.

"Goodbye, Assistant Commissioner, always wait for your order," the captain saluted.

After returning the ceremony, I left the military headquarters gate. Arrangement of guns is a revolutionary need. Although I don’t want to go to the battlefield, many things in the army are involuntarily in the army. Although my position is a bit transcendent, it cannot guarantee that I can live 100% until Toulon is liberated, and the bullets do not have eyes. With 3 short guns, at least I can solve several possible enemies in front of me in a row. Of course, the premise is that I must know how to load, aim and shoot. I have learned and practiced how to use them in the military training organized by the school and CS games. Although it is the difference between the automatic step (hand) gun in the 20th century and the short handgun in the 18th century, I believe that the last two links should be similar, but how to load is a big problem. I hope the newly taken in order to help me solve this problem.

With this question in mind, I returned to my room and found that the orderly dressed in neat clothes was cleaning up the two rooms. The dirty and messy phenomenon just now had disappeared, replacing cleanliness and brightness.

Although I was used to being messy in my room when I was at home, I didn’t know how much I had repaired by my mother, but my nature still remained unchanged. However, being clean is better than not. It seems that this entourage is very sensible, and I thought to myself.

"Hello, Assistant Commissioner, the room will be cleaned up soon. I will serve you a cup of coffee in a while. By the way, do you need to add milk and sugar to your coffee?" Seeing me, the child immediately said to me.

"Okay, thank you," I replied, and found a quill and paper to sit down in front of the table, and began to write my first report. The content of the report was very simple, and I just asked the special commissioner to help solve the problem of artillery, especially large-caliber artillery, and also introduced my situation when I went to the Front Army on the first day.

When I finished the envelope with ink, a strong aroma of coffee came to me.

"Yeah, the taste is really good. In comparison, the coffee made by Major Almeilas is really rubbish," I took a sip and praised, although it was not added with milk or sugar, but it tasted good.

"Thank you, I'm also worried that coffee is not your taste, because I didn't find milk and sugar." Cosette said: "In the past, I helped my mother make coffee for my father." After that, the child's eyes became rosy, and he forgot his tears.

I quickly comforted me, "Don't be sad, my child. Your kind parents will bless you in heaven." I don't know what to do, but I actually said something that the priest often uses to comfort him.

"Yes, assistant commissioner, I can't cry, I want to avenge my parents and kill all the White Army, the British, and the Naples and the Spanish." The kid wiped his tears.

I was a little stunned. Is this what a child under 15 years old said? In my era, going to school, going to school, chatting with MMs, and playing games in the Internet cafe were their compulsory homework every day. Looking at the strong and stubborn Kesette in front of me, I couldn't speak. Fortunately, someone sent me to send supper at this time.

The treatment of the commissioner is really good. Not only do the officers in awe you (of course the soldiers are not included), but they can also enjoy a wealth of food: foie gras, oyster cups, grilled snails, massini chicken, sand wave steak, onion soup and Marseille fish soup, etc. All of them are noble delicacies, among which onion soup and Marseille fish soup are even rare. Onion soup is a famous dish in French cuisine. It is simple to make, but it is very skillful. You need to cut the onion into shreds and stir-fry yellow in butter. A small thick porcelain tea cup is served with beef.

The soup, add more than 10 seasonings and shredded onion, sprinkle cheese on the soup, and put it in the oven for more than 2 hours before it can be eaten. For Marseille fish soup, you need to cut at least 5 types of fish such as pomfret, red fish, eel, etc., stir-fry vegetables and spices in butter and put them in a stew pot. Add the clear soup and seasoning to become the soup ingredients for Marseille fish soup. These are the Chinese president of XX Company invited me to a French dinner after I won the Grand Prix, and the enthusiastic French old man also specially introduced their making technology to me.

Seeing that even the French in the 21st century cannot have a big meal on weekdays, I was a little angry. It took more than 3 hours to make a can of authentic onion soup. It was even more incredible to be able to make Marseille fish soup. On the Mediterranean coast where the British and Spanish fleets were tightly blocked, there were still various sea fishes, not to mention how much manpower, financial resources and time it took to finish all over 10 dishes. Damn it, no wonder Robespierre kept cutting the heads of these generals.

Looking at my somewhat unhappy expression, the person who delivered the meal hurriedly explained that this was General Carto's meaning, and if the assistant commissioner had anything else to do, he would like to ask.

What else is needed? I need a gun to smash the painter's head. I tried to suppress my anger and said, "What are the soldiers eating today."

"Two pieces of black bread and a bowl of meat and vegetable soup, assistant commissioner," the person who delivered the meal replied respectfully.

"Okay, you can send two servings here according to the food standards of the soldiers. As for these things, please send them back and tell the general that I appreciate his kindness. During the war, the food of the assistant commissioner was the standard of the food of ordinary soldiers on the same day," I saw the person who delivered the food and wanted to stammer and immediately raised my voice to 100 decibels, "Don't fucking whine, hear this clearly this is the order!"

"Assistant Commissioner, I'll change it for you right away," the person who delivered the meal escaped from the room in a panic. It seemed that he was indeed scared by me.

"Report," A person who delivered the meal just came out, and another sergeant came.

"Come in, what's the matter, sergeant," I asked, only slightly calming my anger.

"Report to the Assistant Commissioner, Captain Roll asked me to send a weapon," the sergeant placed a small box on the table, opened it, and continued, "There are 3 short guns in total, fire and tools, please check it."

I looked at it and it was all brand new guys, indeed what I wanted. I nodded and said, "Yes, I need all the things I need. Please express my gratitude to the captain on my behalf." Then I took out the report I had just written and handed it to the sergeant, and said, "Please send this letter to the Member of Parliament of the National Convention of Paris tomorrow morning."

"Assistant Commissioner," the sergeant left the room after saluting. Only when he saluted, his face was filled with respect, but I was worried and didn't see it.

Half an hour later, two suppers were delivered. After I finished the meal, I went to bed alone. After saying good night to me, the orderly sold me and said to me, you are a good person.
Chapter completed!