Yanzhou is a holy land of revolution, where young people from all over the world gather. At first, due to local restrictions and the long-term blockade by the national army, life in Yanzhou was not easy.
Later, as all the military and civilians carried out large-scale production movements in the base areas, various industries sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, which greatly alleviated Yanzhou's economic difficulties.
In particular, the recovery of the salt industry in the three border areas (Dingbian, Jingbian, and Anbian) increased Yanzhou's income. At that time, the national army even put forward the slogan of "salting the border areas to death" and prohibited the salt traders in Xi'an from only selling salt.
It can transport salt to Ning and Qing areas further away.
However, Yanzhou also had countermeasures. Based on the current supply situation of the salt industry in Xijian, it was decided that the price of salt would not be lowered but raised instead, causing panic among Xijian salt dealers.
After raising the price by 20%, the salt dealer demanded to buy it at the original price, but Yanzhou insisted on not lowering the price. The salt dealer calculated that even if the price increased by 20%, it was still more cost-effective than selling salt from Congning and Qing, so they rushed to Yanzhou to buy.
Yanzhou currently implements small-scale communism, but there are still subtle differences between leading cadres and ordinary soldiers. This difference is mainly reflected in allowances and meals.
When Zhou Weihan first arrived in Yanzhou, he received a set of daily necessities and a monthly allowance.
According to the allowance standard established in 1938: ordinary soldiers or squad leaders get one yuan, platoon leaders get two yuan, company commanders get three yuan, battalion commanders get four yuan, and regiment leaders and above get five yuan, including the number one.
The only exceptions are teachers from Kangda University, Ma Yuan, Luyi and other schools. Some famous cultural figures and scholars basically earn 5-10 yuan.
For example, Xian Xinghai received 15 yuan, teachers from the Music Department of Luyi received 12 yuan, and teaching assistants received 6 yuan. Of course, all the money given out were border currency.
Zhou Weihan is a cadre at the regiment level or above, and his monthly allowance is five yuan. Since he teaches at the Anti-Japanese University, he is given an extra three yuan for teaching fees every month. After Wen Qiang arrived in Yanzhou, he was given an allowance of four yuan as a battalion-level cadre, making the couple a total of twelve
Yuan.
According to the prices in Yanzhou, a pound of pork is 2 cents, 10 eggs are 1 cent, homespun cloth is 3 cents per foot, and salt is 5 cents and 8 cents per bucket, which can be said to be very good.
According to different levels, the food treatment is also different, divided into large, medium and small kitchens.
The small stove for high-ranking cadres consists of four dishes or two dishes and one soup, the middle-level cadres eat medium-sized stoves, and the small stoves for ordinary cadres consist of sorghum rice or millet porridge and large pot dishes.
The difference is still not big, as follows:
Dazhao: Meat eight times a month, four taels each time, steamed buns four times a month, add four or five yuan of oil to the vegetables, grind fine rice, and add beans to the rice soup.
Zhongzao: The meal is based on the current level, three ounces of meat per day.
Xiao Zao: Maintain the current level of vegetables, with half rice and half rice and noodles every day, and pay attention to changing the meals.
Taking the Kangda University where Zhou Weihan worked as an example, the students all lived in cave dwellings, which were more than one foot high and two feet long. There was a long pit in front of the cave near the window and against the wall, which could sleep more than a dozen people.
Each person is given ten sheets of paper, five cents for ink, two pencils, one newspaper for each kiln, and one kerosene lamp for each person every month.
Senior classes (cadres from the prefectural committee and brigade level and above) get the middle class, and ordinary or intermediate classes get the big class.
The Spring Festival has special significance to the Chinese people. Even during the war years, it still did not affect people's desire to celebrate the New Year.
With the Chinese New Year just days away, Kangda University also gave students a holiday, and the director of education brought over a dozen big fat pigs, as well as many local specialties from Yan'an.
Each teacher was given five kilograms of pork, two kilograms of red dates from Yanzhou, two kilograms of walnuts, plus ten kilograms of millet, and three feet of homespun cloth.
Zhou Weihan carried these things, and the comrades he met along the way were all smiling. When he entered the yard, he found the monk, Wan Jingang and Liang Daxi were all there.
"Chief, we have distributed something!" The monk grinned.
The three monks were all incorporated into the Yanzhou garrison, and they usually trained together and were treated at the platoon level. Liang Daxi was younger and was incorporated into the garrison, but he always followed Wen Qiang.
Zhou Weihan nodded when he heard this. The monks and the others ate on a large stove and couldn't usually start a party, so they always came to Zhou Weihan's place to enjoy the autumn breeze.
"Okay, we'll eat here all night!" After Zhou Weihan finished speaking, he took out two yuan from his pocket and told the monk: "I'll give you two yuan, one yuan to buy two packs of cigarettes, and the remaining yuan to buy some wine!"
Wen Qiang and Zhou Weihan usually do not eat at home. Although there is a kitchen in their residence, it is not of much use because neither of them is easy to cook.
Yang Xiuqin was the one who usually used the cooker the most, so Zhou Weihan had no choice but to ask Liang Daxi to call Yang Xiuqin over. In this way, Li Yunlong would naturally be able to eat and drink every time.
It was getting dark, and the yard was very lively. The big pot in the yard was stewed with pork vermicelli, and there was also a pot of rice in the house.
Li Yunlong lowered his voice: "I was very popular for spicy food in southwestern Shandong, but after arriving in Yanzhou, I was left with little water all day long, and the oil in my stomach was completely wiped out!"
Li Yunlong's little allowance was not used to improve his life. It was all used to buy cigarettes. A pack of cigarettes cost 50 cents. The monthly allowance of 5 yuan was all used to buy cigarettes, which was only ten packs of cigarettes.
These days, there are many old smokers like Li Yunlong, and superior leaders also understand this, so senior cadres can receive two cigarettes every month.
While several people were talking, the brigade commander's voice came from outside the courtyard: "Li Yunlong, I knew you were coming to Zhou Weihan's place again to fight the autumn wind. You made it easy for me to find you!"
After arriving in Yanzhou, because he lived in a cave with the brigade commander, Li Yunlong didn't change his expression as before. He laughed dryly and said: "Brigadier, my wife is as skilled as the others, we are just taking advantage of her!"
"Okay, then why don't you go with me alone? Let me tell you, I also brought something with me today!" The brigade commander said, taking out a pack of cigarettes from his cotton coat: "Hey, I'll get the cigarettes for next month in advance.
Advance payment!"
Compared with the joy and laughter on the Eighth Route Army side, the North China Expeditionary Army side looked gloomy.
Under the command of Kanji Ishihara, the North China Dispatch Army captured the Nakatiao Mountain area, indirectly reversing the previous decline. However, the good times did not last long. As an uprising broke out in Japan, senior Japanese officials found out that the leader of the insurgent army was the same person who had been there.
Nobuo Yumoto, the leader of the rebels in the Jinmen mutiny.
So he sent reprimanding telegrams to the North China Expeditionary Force one after another. Ishihara Wanji was equivalent to taking the blame for Neji Okamura.
The domestic uprising in Japan has been going on for more than a month now. Originally, Japanese high-level officials believed that putting out the uprising would be a piece of cake. However, insurgents emerged one after another, and one after another emerged after being extinguished.
After the rebel army led by Nobuo Yumoto swept through Kobe, Kyoto, and Osaka, they were severely damaged by the Japanese garrison division stationed in the Kansai region and had to move to the mountainous areas.
But the fire of revolution had been sown, and workers and peasants rose up in other parts of Kansai. As we all know, the Japanese army's divisions were organized and trained based on regions.
These garrison divisions were doing their best to suppress the rebels in other areas, but when they heard that an uprising broke out in their hometown, their morale was suddenly disrupted, and they all clamored to return to their hometowns to garrison, for fear that the garrison divisions in other areas would harm them.
