Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1367 Technical Sergeant

"Good morning, kids." Fu Yuanshan, who arrived at the space station, greeted everyone. He did not wear a space suit, but crossed the vacuum bridge with his physical body with the help of the golden elixir and walked into the open airtight door. He waited for the airtight door to be filled with gas before he walked into the space station.

Everyone, including Shangluo, stood at the door and applauded to welcome him. Wen Yuan and others saluted, because Fu Yuanshan was now the highest-ranking person in the entire space station. Shangluo also saluted in such a formal occasion.

In fact, Shangluo had a military rank. In terms of his background, he was a standard military craftsman and graduated from the Wutai Mountain Training Institute. His graduation procedures had been completed, which meant that he automatically obtained the rank of technical sergeant. This rank was much lower than Wen Yuan, who and Lu Liang were both trainee lieutenants.

Shangluo just found out that the one with the highest military rank among the few people was actually Han Xingzhi. Because Han Xingzhi's father had let him inherit the military rank, he started directly as a colonel-level officer.

In the Ming Dynasty, military ranks and titles overlapped in many places. The three groups of heroes who founded the country, pacified the rebellion, and restored the country all had their own hereditary titles, which overlapped with the actual military ranks below the general level, and only at the general level were the positions of general and dukes and marquises separated.

Strictly speaking, a technical sergeant in Shangluo is actually a similar hereditary title.

It didn't matter when I didn't have a military rank. But now that I have a military rank, I have to salute everyone for no reason. This is a bit puzzling. Shangluo is going to look back and find "that person" to help him get a higher rank.

Although there was a title like "Great Marshal of the Demon Slayer" before, it was not a military rank, it was a job. Even civilian officials without military ranks could directly hold such military posts - for example, when a cabinet minister went directly to the frontier, he would often hold the title of a certain commander. But this was not a military rank in the honor system, it was a job.

Shangluo respected the rules. He would definitely salute if he had a military rank, but he found it troublesome to salute all the time. So he simply found a military rank that did not require saluting, which was more convenient.

"Well, very good, very good." After entering the door, Fu Yuanshan saw Shangluo's standard military posture and nodded, "Although I am a general, we have our own opinions on the mission. As a general, I will of course listen to you. Don't you think so, Commander-in-Chief Shangluo, the Grand Marshal of the Demon Subduing Army?"

"Yes," the Grand Marshal Shangluo sergeant nodded. He secretly made up his mind to change this awkward title sooner or later.

"Shangluo, if you have any tasks for me today, just tell me."

"Two things. We have prepared a welcoming banquet for you, Senior Fu, and we would also like to invite you to have a space meal."

"Oh, no problem." Fu Yuanshan nodded repeatedly as he got to the point. "Shangluo, you really understand me. I've been hungry for a long time. Following this cannonball, although I'm not very tired, it's still very tiring. What's the other thing?"

"After dinner, please pack your luggage and go to the moon."

"Okay, okay. Wait, where should I go?"

"Please go to the moon. We have a very important payload to drop off."

Fu Yuanshan ate the food that was floating in the weightless state.

"Shangluo, a piece of chopped green onion just flew out. Is that okay?"

"It doesn't matter. They are all mirages anyway. Just eat whatever you want. The only real thing here is the steamed buns. The rest are mirages that go well with rice. It doesn't matter how much you eat."

"You mean, these things are like jellyfish salad?"

[Jellyfish, when eaten fresh, has a water content of up to 96%. Correction: this mirage is not as good as the cold jellyfish skin. At least 4% of the % dry matter of jellyfish skin is protein. Mirage is nothing but water, and eating it will only cause burping. A more appropriate metaphor is drinking the southeast wind - the southeast wind is full of water vapor. ]

Shangluo conveyed Apollonia's reminder truthfully.

"Hmm," Fu Yuanshan fell into deep thought, "You treated me to Dongnanfeng, so have you settled the account or not?" "At least the steamed buns were indeed treated."

"Well, you let me go on a business trip just to eat a steamed bun - Shangluo, do you think I, a middle-aged uncle, have to endure your flirting here, so you want to send me away?"

【Pfft——You hit the nail on the head.】

"No, no, how could this happen?"

"Then why is the eldest princess sitting next to you now?"

"Credits." Zhu Ling looked up and said, "It's for credits."

"Your Highness, I know you for a long time. When you really want to do something, you never explain it, right? You actually explained it? Are you shy? It's true... Girls really change a lot when they grow up."

Zhu Ling is one year older than Shangluo. They went to college in the same year because she was an agricultural student, and agricultural students had to study one more year in high school, which is why she stayed in the Imperial Garden to raise pandas this year. This was part of her internship.

"Internship, I mean internship, okay?" Zhu Ling replied, "I am here to study how to raise auspicious signs."

"Oh," Fu Yuanshan nodded, and continued to eat his Southeast Wind, "Okay, that's all for today's Southeast Wind. Let's talk about the mission."

He wasn't hungry. Because he didn't need the mirage to create his own flavors - he practiced the Way of Blessings, and the art of cursing dates was his specialty. Small pickles became braised pork intestines, and clear soup noodles became eel noodles, these were basic skills.

Before discussing the issue in Shangluo, he grabbed a dozen steamed buns from the table and left:
"Your steamed buns are pretty good. When you launch me, remember to bring me some more."

"We have deployed the steamed bread machine in lunar orbit in advance."

“What was deployed?”

"Uh," Shangluo said awkwardly, "Actually, we sent the automaton to attack the outpost. There is a smaller space station in the lunar orbit, where people can bake their own buns. Because it is an automatic design, 80% of the structure of the space station is used to steam buns, and only 20% is for work and living."

"That's fine. At least I won't starve. I heard the payload is very important. Is it this guy?"

He looked at Han Xingzhi who was standing next to him.

"Yes! It's me."

"Sit down and talk. You are still a colonel after all. Although I don't know why your father let you inherit the title so early, there is no place for this colonel who is alone - the one next to you is..."

Heavenly Shadow Puppet.

Fu Yuanshan had heard of this name before. When Shangluo won the race, he used a car named Tiandao Yingkui. This seemingly ordinary car stood out from the "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea" team, not only because Shangluo himself fought on it, but also because of its solid machine soul.

(End of this chapter)