Alex Magoo is a newly minted lieutenant, a major and a rake, the scion of a rich and influential family. Due to unhappy love and his own stupidity, he ends up in a provincial garrison on the very border, where proud mountaineers play pranks from time to time. Before the officer had time to sober up from the banquet on the occasion of his presentation to the regimental assembly, troubles began, which one can imagine, and which one cannot - arrived a little later. Instead of losing heart and resigning, the young lieutenant decided to overcome all difficulties. Father's money and connections, cunning, bribery, blackmail are the best means to achieve the goal. No pity for enemies, subordinates or yourself. And how will all this end?