Chapter 31 Introducing the business to the brigade commander
The entrance to the village where the New Regiment is stationed.
"Okay, Lao Li, don't give it away. I'll come back tomorrow." Zhou Weihan said to Li Yunlong.
"Go, go, go, don't bother me, you will do nothing good if you come." Li Yunlong was still bothered by the matter of the political commissar.
Zhou Weihan and his party mounted their war horses and drove the pack horses towards the brigade headquarters.
At the brigade headquarters, a correspondent came in and reported: "Brigade commander, Zhou Weihan, commander of the new second regiment of the Nine Columns, is here. There are still many boxes on the horses. There should be a lot of good things."
The correspondent at the brigade headquarters didn’t know who he learned it from. His eyes were so poisonous that he immediately focused on the box brought by Zhou Weihan.
"A lot of boxes?" Upon hearing this, the political commissar said with some confusion.
"You don't know, right? A few days ago, local comrades reported that Zhou Weihan's New Second Regiment wiped out all the bandits and bandits in the mountainous area southeast of Wuyi County and made a fortune," the brigade commander explained.
"It's very good. Comrade Zhou Weihan is very conscious. He rushed to deliver things to the brigade headquarters." The political commissar praised.
"Are you aware? If I hadn't sent a telegram asking about this, this guy would probably have kept it to himself."
Just as he was talking, Zhou Weihan's voice came from outside the door: "Brigadier, I'm here to see you."
With that said, Zhou Weihan trotted in and saluted the brigade commander and political commissar.
"Hey, you rare visitor, some gust of wind brought you, Commander Zhou." The brigade commander put down the things in his hands and looked at Zhou Weihan up and down and said.
"Hey, brigade commander, look what you said, I made a little fortune not long ago, so I sent it to you right away, brigade commander." Zhou Weihan heard the brigade commander's tone and hurriedly explained.
"Hmph, it's not easy. You still care about me, but I thought you forgot about me, the brigade commander?" the brigade commander said with a snort.
Seeing that the brigade commander had no intention of stopping, the political commissar quickly interrupted: "Zhou Weihan, have you brought us anything good?"
Zhou Weihan walked to the door, waved to the soldiers of the guard platoon in the yard, and said: "Unload them all and let the brigade leaders have a look."
"Brigadier, political commissar please," Zhou Weihan lowered his hand and said while bending down.
"You can always come up with some tricks for me." The brigade commander was amused by Zhou Weihan's waiter's actions. He looked at the political commissar and said, "Come on, let's see how many good things Commander Zhou has brought."
More than twenty large boxes were neatly placed on the ground.
"Open them all!"
Good guy, just three big boxes containing thousands of kilograms of gold bars shone in the sunlight, dazzling everyone present.
"Zhou Weihan, you've really made a damn fortune. You didn't rob the Japanese treasury, did you?" Even though the brigade commander already knew where the money came from, he still couldn't believe it.
"Tell me quickly, how many things are there?" the brigade commander said, patting Zhou Weihan on the shoulder.
"Hey, it's not much, just a thousand catties of gold bars, ten boxes of various jewelry, and half a million yuan." Zhou Weihan reported truthfully.
The political commissar waved his hand and asked the soldiers to carry the box down.
"Zhou Weihan, you have been of great help this time. Our Eighth Route Army's funds have been very tight, and the relevant comrades' hair has turned gray with worry." The political commissar said to Zhou Weihan gently.
"Zhou Weihan, tell me how much you have kept for yourself," the brigade commander said unceremoniously.
"Hey, brigade commander, you still understand me." Zhou Weihan said with a smile.
"The New Second Regiment left 120,000 yuan for business"
"Business? Zhou Weihan, please don't do anything that violates discipline. Even I won't be able to protect you." The brigade commander patted the table and said.
"Brigadier, listen to me. We are going to use this money to resell various military supplies to the puppet troops and little devils in Wuyi. Then we will have a stable channel."
The political commissar thought for a moment: "How is the effect? Can the medicine be purchased?"
"At present, I have only obtained some daily consumables, and I can try some medicines."
"Zhou Weihan, if you can accomplish this, I will personally ask the boss for your credit." The brigade commander patted Zhou Weihan's shoulder hard.
"Yes, I promise to complete the mission," Zhou Weihan said decisively.
"Brigadier Commander, in addition to the large amount of money seized in this bandit suppression operation, there is also a large amount of food and a batch of weapons and equipment."
"The food delivery target was too large, so it was not delivered. In addition, thousands of innocent bandits were mobilized to expand two battalions."
Zhou Weihan was careless about this matter and only said that two battalions would be expanded.
"I've heard about this. The brigade headquarters has also made arrangements to send you a political commissar. What do you think?" The brigade commander regained his smiling expression.
The expression on Zhou Weihan's face suddenly collapsed. When the brigade commander sent a political commissar to Li Yunlong, he was still a little gloating, but now it was his turn again.
"Brigadier." Zhou Weihan was just about to say something when he saw the brigade commander staring at him with a tigerish face, and the words that came to his mouth were immediately suppressed.
"Brigadier, I have no objection. I will obey the organization's arrangements."
"It's fine if you don't have any objections. The political commissar and I are still worried about you getting angry."
"The candidate for political commissar is your old classmate Zhao Gang. We originally wanted to send him to the new first regiment, but considering that your new second regiment has just expanded and has a complicated staff," the political commissar added next to him.
"Correspondent, go and call Zhao Gang." The brigade commander said to the correspondent outside the door.
Hearing the name of Zhao Gang mentioned by the brigade commander, Zhou Weihan felt bittersweet in his heart. The bitter thing was that he saved Li Yunlong and invited a grandfather for himself. The happy thing was that Zhao Gang was chosen as the political commissar.
"Zhao Gang is a very capable comrade with strong principles. You should know this very well. Don't make any trouble, because the political commissar and I will not be able to spare you." said the brigade commander.
Seeing that the brigade commander was trying to teach himself a lesson again, Zhou Weihan began to change the subject: "Brigade commander, I have some thoughts about doing business with the Japanese in Wuyi County."
"Oh, tell me." The brigade commander and political commissar suddenly became interested.
"That's right. The purchase of various materials shouldn't be a problem. It's just a matter of transportation channels."
"The New Second Regiment is separated from the base area by the Japanese defense area. The Japanese Terauchi Regiment stationed in Wuyi County to the north is good. They are the ones doing business with us. The Takeuchi Regiment stationed in Wu'an County to the south does not buy it.
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"At the junction of the two counties, the Liubao stronghold on the main road to Jinzhong is stationed by the Japs of the Takeuchi Regiment. It's okay to transport them once or twice, but they will inevitably be discovered after a long time. I plan to seize the Liubao stronghold and open up the connection.
The main road leading to the base area."
"I will delegate this matter to you. I only want results. If you need support, please contact the brigade headquarters at any time," the brigade commander said.
"Brigadier, just wait for my good news." After hearing what the brigade commander said, Zhou Weihan felt relieved.
"Report" Just as he was talking, Zhao Gang walked in.
"Zhao Gang, you came just in time, have you completed the procedures?" the brigade commander asked.
"It's done, Brigadier."
"That's good, I order Comrade Zhao Gang to serve as the political commissar of the new Second Regiment of the Nine Columns."
"yes"
"You two are old classmates, and you are both very capable. I believe you can turn the new second regiment into a reputable main regiment. I look forward to this day coming." The brigade commander said with confidence.
"Well, it's been a long time since we last met. Let's catch up on old times."
After Zhou Weihan and Zhao Gang left, the political commissar said to the brigade commander: "Brigadier, Zhou Weihan is really a lucky general this time."
"General Fu is right, but his ability to cause trouble is no worse than that of Li Yunlong. There will be times in the future when you will be troubled." the brigade commander said meaningfully.
Thank you for your support. You can invest. Sanshui guarantees that it will not be a eunuch.