One hundred dollars is a lot of income in this day and age, Elrond's words shocked de la Torre speechless, because he was able to get a little bit of filial piety from the crew as a first mate as well, on average about thirty dollars a month, but now Elrond said that as long as he did his job conscientiously, he could get an additional one hundred dollars a month in allowances.
This kind of thing is a fantasy in the Brazilian army. It's always the subordinates who pay their officers, when did officers start paying their subordinates privately.
De la Torre stared at Elrond in a daze for a long moment before swallowing and saying, "Mr. Captain, I'll do as you say."
Elrond saw the expression on de la Torre's face and said lightly, "You go back first! Soon you will see what I promise!"
After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the Navy Colonel's office, De la Torre's words reminded Elrond that although he had the Americans backing him up, he definitely had to be with the light if he wanted to make a name for himself in the Brazilian military! Anyways, he was now the man with the ability to banknote.
Elrond first went to the warehouse to get two cigarettes, and after emptying the contents and slipping some American souvenirs in, he struck out for the office of the Brazilian naval commander, Colonel Attilio Parisi.
Because he didn't know who exactly he was under the jurisdiction of right now, probably because of the direct arrangement by the Americans, Elrond, as a small ensign officer, his job was surprisingly arranged directly by the Navy Commander. This is good, directly find the biggest head, do not have to give the middleman to earn the difference, pay a lower cost.
"Report! Navy Ensign Elrond, there is something that needs to be reported to you!" Elrond knocked on the door of Colonel Attilio Parisi's office with a small satchel in his hand.
"Come in, Ensign Elrond, didn't you just leave? Why are you back so soon, is something wrong?" Mr. Colonel looked at Elrond with a puzzled expression.
"Reporting to you sir, my subordinate reported to you for the first time, and being furtive, I accidentally stepped on one of the flowers on your doorstep, and I've come to apologize to you!" Elrond had a serious face.
Colonel Attilio Parisi was a little puzzled, what did he mean was his memory bad? When did the doorway have flowers and plants.
"Are you misremembering, there are no flowers at my office door!"
"Reporting sir, that's because I've taken it and thrown it away after I stepped on it for fear of your chastisement. In order to show my apology, I brought over some American souvenirs, hoping to make up for your loss." Saying that, he pulled out the prepared gift and put it on Mr. Colonel's desk.
Mr. Colonel saw Elrond put a cigarette on the desktop and finally reacted to what Elrond meant. Glancing at the already opened cigarette box, he thought to himself, what does it mean to look down on anyone! Am I someone who lacks cigarettes? And it's still unsealed.
"Alright! I know, there's no need to come over specifically to apologize for this small matter, it's more important to hurry back and familiarize yourself with your team."
Seeing that the colonel did not open the cigarette box to see what was inside, Elrond was worried that when the time came, Mr. Colonel casually gave it to someone else, then he was not performing to the blind. Hastily said, "Yes sir, I hope you don't mind the souvenir I sent, this kind of souvenir needs to be smoked one by one, if you smoke it one by one it will be very easy to be sad."
Elrond's words again the Colonel Mr. whole will not, what do you mean old son smoking still want you to teach, but also a sheet of smoke, can not be a root of smoke. Pick up the cigarettes to the unwrapped place to see, pupils shrink, and hastily cover the cigarette box with his hand.
Turning his head to look at Elrond's expression, it was a wonderful one, dismayed, embarrassed, reproachful, worried, puzzled, and happy. The expression on his face kept changing for a while before he laughed out loud and said: ''Elrond, isn't it just a flower? Is it still worthwhile for you to make a special trip? Come come sit down first, have a cup of coffee, there is no need to rush about work, we still have plenty of time."
"Report Sir, I am very grateful for your generosity, as you are so busy with your work I would prefer not to bother you too much, I will come back to you to report before our flotilla departs, if you need to bring anything for your family far away in Brazil please be sure to let me know, and I will come over to your door to pick it up right away and deliver it back to your home in person." Elrond, seeing that his gift had been delivered, and that Mr. Colonel had accepted it, did not hesitate to visit the next officer.
Colonel Attilio Parisi also wanted to see exactly how many souvenirs there were, and stopped detaining Elrond: "Alright then! Go back to your work and you'll get some good news soon!"
Mr. Colonel's words made Elrond a bit confused, what good news, he had just reported to the barracks, what good news could there be. He didn't dwell on it, he said, "Goodbye, sir." He left the Colonel's office.
Lt. Col. Graham's office in Logistics was near the storage area, and since I hadn't been here before, it took a few people asking around to find the place.
After knocking on the office room door, it took a while for a woman to respond, "Who is it?"
"Is this Lt. Commander Graham's office, please? I'm Ensign Elrond of the Navy, and I have something I need to report to the Chief!" Then a pattering sound could be heard from inside, and a flamboyant white woman, pulled open the door to her room and walked out, wiggling her ass away after throwing a wink at Elrond.
Elrond thought to himself, "Oh no, it's not a good time to come, I'm interrupting the officer's good deed, will I get my shoes cut off"! I don't know if it's too late to turn around and leave. Just when Elrond was still thinking about whether to leave or not, the voice of Lt. Col. Graham came from inside the room, "Please come in!"
Listening to the emotionless voice coming from inside, Elrond was so embarrassed that his toes could gouge out two rooms on the floor. But since he had already given his name, he could only push his way in.
"Reporting sir, you just left something behind when you came out of Mr. Colonel's office, I was bringing it to you!"
The room was warm, and smelled of the woman's bad perfume, and a particular odor, and Elrond knew what it was, so he recoiled a little.
Lt. Col. Graham, on the other hand, appeared to be mixed up and unconcerned at this point, turning to Elrond as he slowly and methodically slipped his not particularly well-fitting uniform over his obese body, "Something's been left behind, what is it!"
Without further ado, Elrond placed the cigarette case directly on the table in front of Mr. Lieutenant Colonel. Mr. Lieutenant Colonel casually picked it up and looked at the unwrapped seal. His eyes narrowed slightly, and a smile began to emerge on his greasy, sweaty face.
"Haha .... Thank you, Ensign Elrond, for making the hard run, this is indeed something of mine, he is very valuable. Ensign Elrond, see if there's anything I can do to help. I must express my gratitude."
Elrond didn't expect this Lt. Col. Graham to be a master of taking money and doing things, which made Elrond's original distaste for him surprisingly fade quite a bit.
Thinking about it, he didn't seem to have any need for his help, and this delivery of souvenirs was actually the only way he knew these two officers in the Brazilian army. He wanted to say hello to them and hope that they would think of him when something good happened in the future. In fact, this time to send out the souvenirs Elrond think is not much, the colonel is 4,000 dollars, and in front of this person here is also 3,000 dollars.
With a sudden flash of insight, he said, "Reporting sir, there is nothing on my side that needs your help! In the morning you told me that we are mainly responsible for transporting the loot back to our country, so I wonder if you have much loot on your side!"
"That must be very much so! Unfortunately, we don't have enough capacity and the shipping routes are not safe, alas! This is exactly where I have the biggest headache. Now that you're the only transport ship, I don't even know how long it'll take!" Elrond's question obviously poked at Lt. Commander Graham's sore spot.
"Is that the way? Maybe I can be of some help to you too!"
Hearing Elrond's words, Lieutenant Colonel Graham was overjoyed and said, "Ensign Elrond, what's your good solution, quickly tell me, if you can solve this big problem of mine, I will definitely give you a promotion bonus for you to apply to the officer for you."
Elrond hastened to say in surprise, "Is that true, sir?"
"Never break a promise!" Lt. Col. Graham promised with a serious look on his face.