Chapter 130: Misunderstandings
The sergeant expertly dropped the dice in his hand into the teacup, and he put the cigarette roll on his finger and looked at the recruit opposite. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Kaver, if you lose again this time, you won't have any money, you have to think about it."
"Let's go! Sgt. Mine, my luck won't be bad forever. The recruit said nervously.
Locke shook his head and looked at the pile of coins on the table, which was probably the money of all the recruits.
Originally, as long as this gambling matter was not discovered by the senior officers of the legion, the junior officers would not care. All the officers of the Legion knew about it, including Locke. Although this thing does more harm than good, it can vent the frustration that soldiers have accumulated in training and battle, so most officers turn a blind eye.
But now that Locke sees it, if Locke doesn't take a stand, it means that this matter can be legitimized. This is not a good thing, the disadvantages of this thing are very great, the most typical is to wear down the will of soldiers and undermine the discipline of the army.
It's no wonder that the recruits at the gate don't dare to say what they are playing.
"Uh-huh!" Locke coughed, trying to get their attention. But all the soldiers present were attracted by the gamble in the middle, and no one paid attention to him.
The sergeant put the cigarette in his mouth, and puffs of light smoke came out of his nostrils, "I'm going to open!" ”
Locke took out a handful of gold coins directly from his bag and threw them in, still on the small table in the crowd, and suddenly the gold coins were scattered and jumped inside, making a clanging sound.
"Who's messing around!" The sergeant was furious, but he immediately realized that they were all gold coins, and he said with some surprise, "Gold coins! ”
"Gold! It's all gold! ”
"Wow! I'm not dazzled! So many gold coins? ”
"The Light is above! I haven't seen a gold coin yet! ”
The soldiers around him suddenly exploded, some of them crouched down to pick up gold coins, and some were rubbing their eyes.
Only the sergeant was calmer and not carried away by the gold coins, he raised his head and looked through the crowd, and soon he spotted Locke.
After a while, the sergeant stood up, and with so much force that he even knocked over the small table, and with a bang, all the copper and silver coins on the table were spilled on the ground.
He ripped the cigarette from his mouth and held it in his hand, looking at Locke with a shocked expression.
"I... I—" The sergeant shuddered, stuttering, unable to speak.
The other soldiers who didn't pick up the money also saw Locke, and they were also stunned, standing still and not moving, and the atmosphere suddenly became weird.
The people who were picking up money on the ground were still picking up coins in a hurry.
Locke glanced at all the soldiers around him, and they all lowered their heads and didn't dare to meet Locke's gaze.
The sergeant's face quickly turned red, and he whispered to the soldiers on the ground who were picking up the money, "Don't pick it up, the commander is here." ”
"Sergeant Carlo, don't lie to us, why did the Legion Commander come to us?" A soldier who was picking up money said, "The corps commander is so busy, maybe he is still arranging our plans to go out for training." Even if he had time, he would go to the captain of Norris United and would not come to us. ”
The sergeant's face turned even redder, and he couldn't help but kick the soldier who was pouting and picking up the money, and the soldier fell to the ground, but soon he got up in a rage, and then he saw Locke and froze.
"Army... Legion Commander?! Are you really here? The soldier stammered. Aren't you busy? Aren't you going to go to the captain of Norris United? ”
It was Locke's turn to blush a little, and he felt that his face was also dull. He had always attached great importance to the Scout Wing, because many of his plans needed them to carry out, and because of their Wing Commander, he always ran over there, ignoring the other infantry, cavalry, and other wings, and now it seemed that the soldiers of the other wings had some opinions.
Locke coughed again, and instead of answering them directly, he pointed to the money on the ground and said, "Pick it all up, hurry." When you have 1 minute, don't leave anything behind. ”
Now the soldiers scattered with a bang, or crouched on the ground looking for it, or they lay on the ground and looked for the gold coins under the bed, and they scattered around looking for all the coins on the ground.
A soldier behind him brought Locke a chair, and Locke sat down and waited for them to find money.
After a minute, the small table was straightened again, and on top of it were stacks of neatly arranged copper and silver coins. His own gold coin was also neatly placed on it.
"Now, who's got the money in it. Whoever comes and takes it, line up and come one by one. ”
Locke said, pointing to the coins on the small table.
The corporal on the other side looked at him with some embarrassment, he was afraid that the regiment would settle accounts after a while. As a quasi-senior non-commissioned officer, he also understands the rules in the army, gambling is not allowed on the surface, and now he has been caught by the corps commander...
Soldiers look at each other, you look at me, I look at you, you don't dare to come forward and get money.
"Come and get it, are you waiting for me to deliver it?" Locke looked around them, and they cowered back, and Locke pointed to the sergeant and said, "You, give their money back." ”
"Yes, Legionnaire." The sergeant stepped out under Locke's scrutinizing gaze, took all the money from the table, and turned around and laid it on the bed.
"Hill, Lolda, Sanchez," the sergeant began to shout the names of the soldiers, and each soldier came up and took his own coins.
After a few minutes, all the soldiers' coins were returned to his hands, and Locke saw that some of the soldiers had relaxed expressions on their faces.
"I hope it doesn't happen again in the future." Locke pondered for a moment and said, "I'm not against you playing this game, but you can't bring money. Some of you still need to support your family, your parents and children, and if you don't have money, how can you support your family? ”
Some of the soldiers in the crowd bowed their heads in shame, and the sergeant scratched his hair in embarrassment.
"Don't take it as an example." Locke finally decided on the nature of the matter, and he didn't care about it.
The sergeant finally had a relieved look on his face.
The atmosphere was a little awkward for a moment, except for the crackling of firewood in the fireplace.
"Come, come, all sit." Locke put on a smile when he saw this, he didn't come here to catch a gamble. He beckoned the soldiers to sit around him, "As the commander of the legion, I also need to have a good conversation with my soldiers. ”
"Otherwise, everyone will think that I like the scout wing too much, and what if I am the leader of the legion who is biased?"
The recruit who said that earlier smiled a little embarrassedly.
"Quick! Sit tight! The Legion Commander wants to talk to us, so sit down! The sergeant urged the soldier, and he sat down next to Locke in a chair.
The soldiers sat around.
Locke looked at the soldiers sitting around him, most of them were only between 17 and 25 years old, and the oldest was the sergeant, who looked to be 26 years old.
"Your name is Carlo, isn't it?" Locke asked, looking at the sergeant beside him.
"Yes Legionnaire, I'm Carlo Weir." The sergeant said with some excitement that there were not many opportunities to face the corps commander directly.
"Relax, everyone, I'm just asking you a few words." Locke had to calm the sergeant and the soldiers around him, who all looked nervous. Locke also understands this, when he was a soldier in his previous life, when a lieutenant general went to their class to chat, Locke was nervous and trembling, and when he was questioned, he couldn't say anything completely.
The soldiers smiled restrainedly, and no one spoke.
"Presumably your captain also told you that our Fifth Legion is going out for training." Locke thought slowly, "What do you guys think about this?" ”
"Legion Commander! We don't have any opinions! As long as it is the order of the corps commander, we will carry it out! Sergeant Carlo expressed his heartfelt feelings, "They won't have a problem either!" As a soldier, you only need to obey the orders of your superiors! ”
"Hehe, Sergeant Carlo, don't talk yet." Locke smiled and told the sergeant to stop, he looked at the other recruits and said, "Now, you can say anything, you can say whatever you want, even if you sergeant bullies you, you can also tell me, I will clean him up." ”
Sergeant Carlo smiled awkwardly, reluctantly.
"There's nothing to say, Legion Commander. Well, actually, there are still," the soldier who was more active in collecting money at the beginning began to deny his claims, and then thought about it again and said, "My name is Aurelian, Aurelian Hawke, and a big man like you will definitely not know me, I just say this so that you can remember my name." ”
"Hawke! Something to talk about! Don't waste the legion for hours! Sergeant Carlo glared at him.
"Carlo, don't speak," Locke smiled and let the soldier continue. "Hawke, I remember you, say it."
"Legion Commander, I am a fisherman from a small town, and our place is too small for the Legion Commander to recognize." Hawke gushed.
Locke also saw that Hawke was a chatter and always missed the point.
Sergeant Carlo couldn't help but roll his eyes, he stood up and went behind Hawke's back and said in his ear, "Don't introduce your glorious deeds in the past, tell the damn things you want to say, the Legion Commander doesn't have so much time to play with you here!" ”
"Okay~" Hawk spread his hands helplessly, "Sergeant Carlo told me to hurry up, then I'll pick up the key points." ”
"I'm a small person, so small that if there were no natural disasters, the Legion Commander wouldn't know me, and I might live on fishing for the rest of my life. But I want to say, Corps Commander, you don't have to care at all about the feelings of our soldiers. We are soldiers, you are officers, the supreme commander of a legion. We just have to carry out the orders you say. ”
Hawke said nonchalantly, "Your position is different from ours, and you think about things differently than us. So, without considering our feelings at all, if we really had other ideas, we wouldn't have chosen to join the Crusaders, wouldn't it be good to be an adventurer? Still free, still making money, right? Legion Commander?! ”
Locke suddenly brightened!
That's right! I'm the Legion Commander! Why should I think about the feelings of the soldiers?! From their point of view, they would have liked to have it easier for themselves. But standing in the position of the corps commander, there are some things that must be done, so give orders, and what the soldiers have to do, that is, obedience!!
Locke suddenly felt that he had suddenly walked out of a big misunderstanding, maybe this was the thinking of senior officers thinking about things, right?
When did you start paying special attention to the feelings of the soldiers?
So much so that he neglected his original duty.