Chris was furious.
Embezzlement and corruption existed in every human community. No one could avoid them.
Perhaps some people could keep their subordinates from pulling shady tricks through sheer personal charisma, but Chris did not think he could. He knew his own limits. Aside from having money and the Players backing him, he did not seem to have much personal magnetism.
That was why Chris was generous with his subordinates. Whether they were Civil Servants or NPC officers, he gave them the best compensation he could.
Because of production costs, silver dollars could not be issued as recklessly or indiscriminately as paper money, so Chris still exercised some restraint with Civil Servant salaries and soldiers' and officers' pay.
But there were other benefits besides money!
Chris primarily provided those benefits through monthly supplies, healthcare, education, and land. The higher a person's civil service grade or military rank, the better their benefits.
For enlisted soldiers, military pay was only part of their monthly income from serving. The additional allowances outside that pay were their main motivation for fighting and killing the enemy.
That was the main reason the Third Infantry Regiment had been able to stand its ground against the Minisians' assault for nearly half an hour in its very first battle.
So Chris had never imagined that someone would actually skim off the tiny amount of food he provided for prisoners of war.
Embezzlement and corruption would inevitably appear among his subordinates. Neither the army nor the civil service system he had established could possibly remain spotless.
Chris had also drawn up some rough anti-corruption plans, intending to take a two-pronged approach of generous benefits and rigorous scrutiny.
But he had never expected someone to pull this right under his nose before Bagnia had even been liberated, while the war