274 The dumbfounded Li Yunlong was forced to make a living
What Li Yunlong said made Zhao Gang stunned for a while.
After a long while, Zhao came back to his senses and said in a dumbfounded voice: "Old Li, what kind of nonsense are you talking about? I almost got you involved."
Hahahaha——
Li Yunlong said happily: "Old Zhao, what I am saying is not unreasonable. This is what we, Old Li, have learned after fighting with the Japanese for so many years. I won't tell ordinary people."
"By the way, it has been five or six days since Lao Kong led the independent group to Niukou Village. Lao Zhao, what do you think Lao Kong did after he arrived at Niukou Village?"
Seeing Zhao Gang's confusion, Li Yunlong said: "Two things. The news from Niukou Village is that after Lao Kong arrived in Niukou Village, he began to purchase copper plates from the villagers, which were the copper plates used in the old society.
, it is still circulating in many places!
I heard that copper plates are recycled at ten times or even more than ten times the price. Don't tell me, it makes me feel itchy in my heart. I wish I could take the copper plates stored by our new second group to Lao Kong to exchange for some money.
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Zhao Gang wondered: "What does Lao Kong do with collecting copper plates?"
Li Yunlong said: "What else can be done? Make bullets. Lao Kong has a big appetite. I heard Zhang Wanhe said that our Shuiyaozi Arsenal can use existing materials to produce some reloading bullets. The gunpowder is made from cannonballs.
The dismantled smokeless powder has a primer made of self-made mercury fulminate, and the bullet is made of copper yuan. It takes about one copper yuan to produce such a bullet."
Zhao Gang suddenly said: "Old Li, you mean that Lao Kong collected these copper plates to make his own bullets?"
Although he didn't want to admit it, Li Yunlong still nodded: "Lao Kong's repair shop developed earlier than ours. I even suspect that in some crafts, the technology of Lao Kong's repair shop is not even better than ours.
The difference between the headquarters arsenal."
"His armory can be called a small arsenal. It is not difficult to use copper coins to produce bullets."
"If our repair shop has this condition, I will also have to collect copper plates."
Zhao Gang said: "Lao Kong paid ten times or even more than ten times the price to buy copper plates. I'm afraid he still needs money, right?"
It hurts my heart...
Li Yunlong had nothing to say. This was indeed one of the important reasons. After all, the new second regiment had just been formed and was too poor.
As for the funds allocated by the headquarters, in the words of the brigade commander, some were originally prepared for the New Second Regiment.
However, after the Battle of Zhengtai, the National Army suddenly cut off all military expenditures of the Eighth Route Army. The headquarters' funds immediately became stretched, and there was no excess to allocate to the New Second Regiment, so the brigade commander asked Li Yunlong to find a way on his own.
"I think Lao Kong doesn't have much money left. This is the second thing I want to say. I heard that two days ago, Lao Kong asked a monk to lead a company of guards to wipe out a group of bandits in Heiyun Village.
Even the bandits’ stronghold in Heiyun Peak was set on fire.”
"These bandits have been bandits in the mountains for so many years, and they must have a lot of supplies and money on hand. Lao Kong did it too quickly, which means I didn't react. Otherwise, how could he get an independent group in his turn?" "Old Zhao, just wait and see, when our guerrilla operation is over, our New Second Regiment has saved up our family assets, and we will also start recycling copper coins. Even if we can't make bullets by ourselves, we can just go to Zhang Wanhe's place to exchange bullets.
OK."
Li Yunlong made his own little calculation and said confidently.
Time passed in a flash and several days passed, and the first company commander took the lead in returning with the team.
Then the second company commander, the third company commander, and several other company commanders led their teams back to the station one after another.
Li Yunlong was a little dumbfounded. He came back so soon?
Could it be that the ministries were engaged in guerrilla warfare and the seizures were too rich, so they returned to their bases early?
Thinking of this, Li Yunlong, who was full of expectations, took Zhao Gang and rushed to the first company station to ask the first company commander about the situation.
"First company commander, you came back so early. Could it be that there were too many supplies seized that you couldn't carry, so you came back early? Where are the seized equipment and supplies? Where are they hidden? Take them out quickly and let me take a look.
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First company commander: "..."
"What are you doing with your face crying? Even if you didn't catch anything, I won't scold you."
"Captain, I disappoint you. In the past few days, three platoons of our company have raided a road and seized a dozen guns, hundreds of bullets, and some grenades. In addition to these
, nothing."
Li Yunlong said in astonishment: "Damn it, what happened? You and your company only managed to capture so little in the past few days?"
The first company commander said helplessly: "Captain, there is really nothing we can do. Not only around our base area, but also in the guerrilla areas extending outward, there are basically no Japanese strongholds left."
Li Yunlong questioned: "What about the strongholds? What kind of cage policy did the little devils implement back then? There were even more than a dozen strongholds of different sizes on one highway. You told me that there are no more strongholds?"
The first company commander said: "No more, commander, all gone."
"When Commander Kong and others were still in the base area, they carried out the attack operations so thoroughly that they did not miss any of the Japanese strongholds, roads, and artillery towers around the base area, and even in the guerrilla areas opened further away.
, even the maintenance association supported by the Japanese was robbed several times by the independent group when we inquired about it.
The little devil was afraid of being beaten, so he simply reduced his troops and temporarily withdrew the team from the more remote villages around the county."
Li Yunlong: "..."
Zhao Gang was a little stunned for a moment.
As his thoughts suddenly changed, Old Zhao suddenly understood why Kong Jie had hurriedly chosen to exchange locations with the Independent Regiment.
Good guy, Lao Li, who thought he took advantage, seems to have been tricked again!
Zhao Gang was not the only one who wanted to understand this. Zhang Dabiao, who returned with the team, held his hat in his hand and cried to Li Yunlong with a lot of snot and tears.
"Commander, we have suffered a big loss. He has run out of gas and water around the station of our new second regiment!!!"
The guerrilla teams have all returned, and the news they brought back disappointed Li Yunlong again and again.
Seeing the miserable faces of the battalion and company commanders surrounding him, Li Yunlong was silent for a long time and suddenly cursed:
"Damn it, you stupid Kong Er, I've been fooled by you!"
Zhang Dabiao, the commander of the first battalion, said helplessly: "Commander, we are in trouble now. It is not that easy even if we want to start a side job. What should we do next?"
Li Yunlong cursed for a while, calmed down, and said: "Damn it, you can't die if you are fainted. There is no oil and water around the station, so let's stretch our hands longer. Except for the regiment headquarters to stay in Yangcun, each department will take time to develop agriculture."
Outside, the rest of the troops were dispatched to be bolder and move closer to the enemy-occupied county area."
"In the recent raid, the Japanese and puppet troops were frightened. If they don't come out, we will find a way to fish them out."
"In addition, our repair shop is seizing the time to produce wooden handle grenades and fertilized field powder explosives."
"I think Ding Wei will be interested in this. We can do a business with Lao Ding in exchange for some equipment and supplies."
"If it doesn't work, we can also choose some remote small towns, places where the control of the Japanese and puppet troops is relatively weak, and fight twice to attract the attention of the Japanese and solve the material problem at the same time."
"In addition, Lao Kong left us a few hundred kilograms of tea when he left. This is a good idea. We can hire some masters to make tea, and together with some local products around our base area, we can sell them to the county and make a profit.
We will earn money and exchange it for the daily necessities we need."
Li Yunlong thought of countermeasures and said them one by one.
"Da Biao."
"Arrived!"
"You have sent people to various villages in the past few days, not just our village, but also the villages where the 771st and 772nd regiments and other major troops are stationed. We must act quickly and purchase large quantities at triple the price.
Copper plate."
Zhang Dabiao's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said a little uncertainly: "Captain, what are you doing?"
Li Yunlong said: "Humph, there is no money or water in the station. It's all the fault of this guy Lao Kong. We can take advantage of him, so of course we can't hesitate.
We are the first to know that the independent group is recycling copper plates. It may take a while for other places to receive the news. We just make a time difference and recycle a batch of copper plates at three times the price, and then get them
If you sell it at Lao Kong's place for more than ten times the price, you will make a net profit of nearly ten times as soon as you change hands. This is a sure-fire business."
"If you have money, are you still worried about not having supplies and equipment? As long as the money is in place, the Jinsui Army will find a way to sell you the equipment even if you don't think of a way."
Suddenly enlightened, Zhang Dabiao immediately gave a thumbs up, "Commander, you are so tall!"
Zhao Gang, who also came to his senses, said at a loss of whether to laugh or cry: "Old Li, are you making too much of the price difference as a middleman?"
Li Yunlong said happily: "Old Li knew how to do business even in his mother's womb. There is only one principle in business. If his heart is not evil, can he make a fortune?"
"Besides, buying and selling is a matter of mutual consent. This copper plate is just small change. We can recycle it at three times the price, and the people will not suffer any loss.
We have so many brothers in the New Second Regiment that we have to eat, and we also need equipment to fight the Japanese! I don’t know what to do, but who can think of a solution? When it comes to people with evil hearts, the one with the darkest heart is that boy Lao Kong."
"If he doesn't wipe out all the oil and water in the station, will we, Lao Li, be forced to open business and engage in the business of a profiteer?"
Hahahaha——
Zhao Gang couldn't help it anymore and burst out laughing.