Zhou Weihan is 27 years old this year. In this era, at Zhou Weihan's age, under normal circumstances, he would probably have three or four children.
Of course, Tan Lin understood Zhou Weihan's mood at this moment, and did not ask Zhou Weihan to stay in Leijia Village for a long time. Instead, he took out some children's clothes that he had prepared early in the morning.
"When will Wen Qiang give birth?" Tan Lin asked.
Zhou Weihan pinched his fingers and calculated, and then said: "It should be December. I'm going to go back as soon as I have free time!"
"It's useless to be anxious. These clothes were prepared early in the morning. Take them back. It's cold now. Whether you are a pregnant woman or a newborn child, you must take protective measures!" Tan Lin said.
Zhou Weihan was extremely moved after hearing this. He was about to be a father and had no experience at all. He was about to give birth to a child and he was not prepared for anything.
Jing Dagang's troops were about to return, so the Zhinan Army Division's combat operations against the East Asia Alliance Autonomous Army naturally did not require Zhou Weihan's personal command.
"Old Tan, I will return to Pingshun early tomorrow morning. Jing Dagang is coming back with a regiment and the 42nd regiment. Let him have full command of combat matters!" Zhou Weihan said.
The next day, Zhou Weihan and the reconnaissance company got up early early.
Since the Fourth Cavalry Brigade of the Japanese Army was annihilated in southwestern Shandong and many war horses were captured, Zhou Weihan specially ordered that each of the two cavalry regiments assign some war horses to be assigned to the reconnaissance company.
As the only county town in the Tainan base area, Pingshun is an important military town and also a commercial center. In the past year, with the help of the local government, the surrounding villages have established many small workshops on a village basis, which has greatly enriched the base area.
Diversity of goods.
A site of sixty or seventy acres has been specially allocated to the east of the county seat. It is surrounded by a circle of adobe walls. In the middle are built shops, which are usually rented by local merchants in Pingshun or from other places. On the outside are scattered stalls and ordinary shops.
A stall for ordinary people.
The market is held every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and July. People from all over Pingshun gather here, and there are also many merchants or buyers from other counties.
To this end, the Pingshun County Party Committee set up a market management office to unify the prices of goods and count the quantity of goods before entering the market. The commercial tax collected through the market was enough to support the soldiers of the entire 97th Division.
Nearing Nian Gen, at noon, the scene in the market became more lively. Seeing this, Zhou Weihan immediately reined in his horse and stopped. Instead of rushing to the city to meet his wife, he signaled the reconnaissance company to advance into the city.
"Chief!" The soldier responsible for maintaining order at the door saw Zhou Weihan early in the morning.
"Why is it so lively today? There seem to be more people coming and going than before?" Zhou Weihan asked.
"Chief, since the autumn harvest, people have been free and have spare money, so the number of people has suddenly increased!"
"Let's go in and have a look!" Zhou Weihan and the monk handed their horses to the soldiers at the door and followed the crowd towards the market.
Inside the market, there were crowds of people, the sounds of hawking were everywhere, and the small stalls were full of handmade products.
"Tanghulu, sour and sweet candied haws!"
"Commander, make some candied haws on a stick and eat it!" the monk said after swallowing his saliva.
"Let's go!" The three of them strolled to the stall.
"Uncle, how much will it cost for four bunches of candied haws?"
"Four cents!"
"Here are four skewers, one skewer will be packed, and we will eat the other three skewers directly!" After Zhou Weihan finished speaking, the monk quickly took out the money from his pocket.
"Uncle, I think your business is good. There are only a few strings hanging on it. How much money can you make in a day?"
The old man selling candied haws on a stick saw Zhou Weihan's behavior and knew that he was also an official in the Eighth Route Army: "Hey, I have some free time during this period to make some spare money. We are doing a small business. At the end of the day, we can make a profit."
More than two dollars!”
"That's quite a lot!" Zhou Weihan laughed.
After more than three months of absence, the prosperity of the market far exceeded Zhou Weihan's expectations.
These days, it's good for ordinary people to have enough food at home, but in this market, a candied haws-lub seller can actually earn more than two yuan a day.
Because it can be seen that in the past year, not to mention other places, the local people in Pingshun have become really wealthy.
"Comrade, here you go, come back when you're done eating!"
Zhou Weihan and the other two strolled around the market for a while. Although there were only a few people in the shops in the center of the market, the people who came and went were obviously wealthy people, and most of the buyers placed orders in large quantities.
"Commander, isn't that He Kangmin from our farm on Yamawang Mountain?" the monk said, pointing to the shop opposite.
The person the monk was talking about obviously saw Zhou Weihan and the others, and immediately walked out of the shop quickly: "Commander, are you back?"
"What? This is a farm shop?"
"Yes, this is a distribution point that specializes in selling leather goods from the mountains. Minister Ding asked me to keep an eye on it! There is also a medicinal materials area that specializes in selling medicinal materials produced in the mountains!" He Kangminhui reported.
"How's business?"
"Business has been very good in the past month. Last month, the transaction volume reached more than 13,000 yuan, and it may be even more this month!"
Although the land in the Taihang Mountains is barren, it is rich in products. Ding Abacus specially organized people to go into the mountains, and even collected scattered goods from the people in the mountainous areas, including leather goods and medicinal materials, which became a major source of funds.
While the two were talking, they saw several people wearing Eighth Route Army uniforms hurriedly looking for them.
"Chief, I am Qiu Jiannan from the Market Management Office!" The visitor first saluted with a military salute.
"Yes!" Zhou Weihan nodded. Even if the visitor didn't say it clearly, he knew it was the soldier at the door who informed him.
"Chief, there are too many people here, why don't we go to the management office?" Qiu Jiannan suggested.
"No, many of the shops in our market are owned by local governments and the military. Please tell me first, how much was the turnover of our own shops last month?"
Qiu Jiannan realized that Zhou Weihan was inspecting his work. Fortunately, he had all these things in his mind, and immediately said: "Last month's transaction volume was 560,000 yuan, and the bulk was mainly concentrated in salt and iron sold by the public and various factories in the base area.
In terms of products, especially after the mining progress of rock salt in the southwestern Shandong base area has increased, in addition to several base areas around Tainan, even big buyers from Kaifeng, Luoyang, and even Shaanxi have come!"
"In addition, including the rental fees of the shops, stall fees, commercial taxes, etc., the total amount is more than 9,000 yuan!"
"Not bad, you have done a good job. Not only does our Eighth Route Army make profits ourselves, but it also drives the circulation of goods in the entire base area. Just this one month's profit is enough to cover the expenses of the entire Tainan Military Region for more than half a year!" Zhou Weihan said.
