Chapter 42

"Lin Sha, what are you up to, kid?"

As they say, retribution comes swiftly. In the morning, he had just beaten up the two guards beside him, his face bruised and his demeanor stern, catching the subordinate officers of the supply camp off guard and setting the rule for daily morning exercises.

But by the afternoon, Lin Sha had just woken up from his nap when his superior, Li Dusi, stormed in, immediately launching into a harsh reprimand without a word of greeting.

"Sir Li, what is this...?"

As a true man can bend and stretch, and a higher rank can crush a man, Lin Sha, who had just tasted the sweetness of success in the morning, naturally wouldn't forget the hierarchy in the army so quickly. He smiled and asked with a fawning face.

"Huh, you kid, when did you become so thick-skinned?"

As they say, a smiling face invites no blows. Faced with Lin Sha's 'flattering smile,' Li Dusi's anger was neither vented nor suppressed, and he could only sit down, rolling his eyes and saying irritably.

"No choice, after suffering a few setbacks, if I don't improve, I won't even know how I die!"

Lin Sha chuckled and sat beside him, smiling and agreeing.

"Tell me, why did you decide to implement daily morning exercises?"

Li Dusi snorted angrily, gulping down the warm tea by his side, and glared at him with a dissatisfied look, questioning.

"What's wrong with that?"

Lin Sha understood in his heart but put on a 'you're overreacting' face, which made Li Dusi so angry that he almost hit him. Seeing this, Lin Sha quickly said with an innocent look, "I see the brothers in the camp are neglecting their training, and living lazily every day is not a good thing..."

"You don't need to be so harsh, kid. What if it causes resentment in the army?"

Li Dusi rolled his eyes, rudely interrupting Lin Sha's explanation, and sternly shouted.

"Just half an hour of exercise every morning, can't they handle it?"

Lin Sha feigned a 'new recruit's shock' and waved his arms, shouting with a 'furious' face, "What do you mean elite troops? If the brothers in the camp are in such a state, they will surely mess up the Prince's affairs if something happens!"

Good kid, you even brought up the Prince!

Li Dusi's face changed, first showing 'fury' to express his resolve, then coldly scanning Lin Sha, the 'reckless youth,' and snorted, "It's not about whether the brothers are willing or have the drive, you are changing the army's rules!"

"Sir, please spare me, I can't bear such a charge!"

Lin Sha looked sincerely fearful, but in his heart, he was secretly seething. The relationships under Old Wu were so deeply entrenched. He had just set the plan in the morning, and by the afternoon, a fourth-rank Dusi had come to cause trouble. Damn, they want to use their rank to pressure me, wait and see, I'll get you.

"No need for more talk, Li Qianzong, quickly rescind your rash order, and I can give the brothers a satisfactory answer!"

Li Dusi didn't even glance at him, having no intention of arguing with Lin Sha, and simply used his rank to pressure him.

Good, you Dusi, you're putting on airs in front of me!

Lin Sha's face was grim, but he didn't say a word, silently seething in his heart:

Brat, don't fall into my hands, or I'll make you pay!

"Hmm, why isn't Lin Qianzong happy?"

Li Dusi glanced at him, coldly questioning, his tone full of threat.

To hell with it, if I back down, how can I lead the troops in the future?

Faced with the constant pressure, Lin Sha was inwardly furious but smiled innocently, shaking the fat on his body and said with an 'innocent' look, "Sir, I've been feeling fat and weak lately, and I want to exercise to slim down. It's so boring to do it alone, so I thought I'd get more brothers to join. Is this against the rules?"

"Oh, is that what Lin Qianhu really thinks?"

Li Dusi glanced at the jiggling fat on Lin Sha's body, showing undisguised disgust, and snorted, looking at him with disdain.

"Of course!"

Lin Sha quickly raised his hand to show his agreement, and the fat on his body jiggled even more.

"Since that's the case, Lin Qianzong's personal behavior doesn't need to involve the supply camp's officers, does it?"

Li Dusi's face was half-smiling, half-sneering, and he said coldly, "I hope Lin Qianzong succeeds and achieves his goals, and exercises to slim down, so as not to delay the Prince's affairs in the future!"

Damn, what a big hat!

Lin Sha was inwardly unhappy but smiled and bowed, saying, "Then I'll take Sir's good wishes!"

"Hmph, Lin Qianzong, take care of yourself. I have other official duties to attend to, goodbye!"

Li Dusi snorted, turned, and left without giving Lin Sha a chance to 'flatter' him further. He really didn't want to spend more time with such a young upstart.

"Damn, I haven't even started my three fires as a new official, and you're already giving me a welcome?"

Watching Li Dusi's figure disappear from his sight, the smile on Lin Sha's fat face gradually faded, replaced by a cold and furious expression. He clenched his fists and growled, "Let the storm come more fiercely, and we'll see who will laugh last!"

...

To establish oneself in the army, especially without any authority or respect from the troops, and to make the troops obey orders, is not an easy task.

Lin Sha's strategy was: share the hardships and fulfill one's words!

He did it, and he won the recognition and trust of the hundreds of soldiers in the supply camp!

At the beginning, if he hadn't led the morning exercises himself, the soldiers in the supply camp wouldn't have dared to go too far, and they would have just gone through the motions for half an hour.

Lin Sha didn't mind. At that time, he had no foundation in the army, and his father's connections weren't for this. As long as the soldiers in the supply camp followed him for the morning exercises, they would eventually be motivated and take the initiative, and he would firmly control them.

Moreover, he needed to strengthen his training and recover his strength, at least to the level he had reached in the world of Wong Fei-hung. Only then could he firmly establish himself in the army and firmly control the supply camp!

What surprised the lower-ranking officers in the supply camp, who were ready to see the joke, was that the timid and weak Lin Qianzong, who seemed to have changed into a different person, not only insisted on daily morning exercises but also became increasingly strict and ruthless, often beating and scolding without mercy. Not only the ordinary soldiers and laborers in the camp but also the lower-ranking officers suffered greatly.

The lower-ranking officers in the supply camp were all gnashing their teeth in hatred. They had hoped that Lin Sha's brutality would cause dissatisfaction among the troops, but as time passed, Lin Sha's fat body became thinner day by day, and the morale of the supply camp gradually came under his control. This made some people panic...