" I don't have any opinions about building an intelligence station in Nanjing, carrying out preliminary training, and strengthening the party building work. They should be done. The money for building an intelligence station in Nanjing can be drawn from the 20 kilograms of gold from before. The money for training and party building work can be lessened. It's all food. How about it, Director Guo? Is our inventory enough to support it?" Secretary Zhu was not very worried about the funds. After all, the 20 kilograms of gold that he had prepared for Li Yan every month had not been used yet. Moreover, because of the assistance from the United States, Li Yan's industrial zone construction, which he was most worried about, did not have to worry about funds. The main thing was whether there was enough food. Even if they could save a little, they wouldn't be able to save much.
"I can guarantee that our current inventory in Shandong is enough for 12 million people to eat flour every day. Not to mention, according to Li Yan, the cement factory will be able to produce in about three to four months. After the cement factory is put into production, we can take some cement to Jinan and Qingdao to exchange for some. Now in Jinan, a bag of cement can be exchanged for three bags of flour. By then, we won't have to worry about food problems at all.”
Since the establishment of the Shandong base two years ago, Director Guo and Governor Li had been carrying out land reforms. Although the methods were only relatively mild rent and interest reduction and wasteland reclamation, the grain output had greatly improved. Especially since there was no major disaster or drought last year, the grain output was also very high. Therefore, the Shandong base was still a little rich. However, because the materials provided by Chongqing had been very few, and they were often in arrears, Therefore, the committee had to take food to the black market to exchange for precious guns and bullets. They also had to store all kinds of materials for the possible battle against the base area by the Japanese army. Therefore, the base area had always been very frugal. Even the committee and non-combatants could only eat white flour once a week.
However, the steel factory was about to be built. It would not take long for the steel factory to start producing bullets. Then, there would be no need to go to the black market to exchange bullets. As long as each soldier had ten bullets, the Citadel would be able to hold on. With the combination of the two parties, the saving of food and the storage of food began to be less important. Therefore, the food for the training classes and the party building work that Commander Zhao and he had just mentioned could be provided.
"Since everyone has finished speaking, let me add one more thing. Governor Li, aren't you writing the report to the United States for Li Yan? How is it? Have you finished writing?" Secretary Zhu asked Governor Li.
"There's no need to be in such a hurry. I haven't written it yet. Didn't Li Yan say that the next one needs to be submitted at the end of October? It's only March 9th now.”Governor Li wondered why Secretary Zhu would think of this. After all, it was still early to submit the report. It was more than a month away. The report did not require any data. He just needed to write randomly. With his own ability, he could write two such reports in an hour.
"Didn't you hear what Li Yan said just now? The major only changed the quota after reading the report. We originally had 3 million, but we doubled it to 6 million. This report is worth 3 million.”Secretary Zhu was very angry at Governor Li's indifference. After all, the report was only about 600 words long. One word was worth more than 5000 US dollars.
"It's not just that report. Didn't you hear what Li Yan said just now? The major's impression of Chongqing during this period of time is also a large part of it.”
"Yes, I heard it, but it's useless. Can we change Chongqing or the UA Residence in China? Neither can. "So, we can only start from this report. How about you write it now? It's already past eleven o'clock. Let's not sleep tonight and finish this report first. What do you think?”
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While the members of the committee were arguing in Qing Tuo Town, the Shandong Brigade was also having a discussion about their future in Pingyi County.
"Sixth Brother, have you heard the latest news?”
"Jin Biao, what news? It can't be the so-called news of us being kicked out, right?”
"I didn't believe it at first, but today, the captain asked you to hand over your gun. Isn't he trying to harm you? Sixth Brother, as long as you say the word, I will go and tell the captain that our Hong Ju and San Yuan people can just get lost. How can we not fight the Japanese?”
"Nonsense, Jin Biao, listen to me. You're already a squad leader. The only people in Shandong who really want to fight the Japanese are the people from Yan 'an. Ji 'nan is under the control of the Zi Family now. Since Zi Wenhai became the deputy director of the Ji' nan Police Bureau, we have no place in Shandong anymore. No matter what, you have to stay here and avenge Jiaju.”
"Don't say anything else. Isn't this captain still the vice-captain? Brother Liu, since you've already pulled Jiaju out, I won't say anything more. But when we've confirmed the location, you must get someone to send me a message.”
"Don't worry, Jin Biao. I, Chen Shouting, won't die as long as I don't see the Japanese get out of China.”
"Alright, Sixth Brother, I'll go back first.”
"Okay, I'll send you off."
After sending Jin Biao back, Chen Shouting began to pack his luggage. Although it was called packing, there was actually not much to pack. It was just two sets of clothes to change into. After packing, Chen Shouting sat on the edge of the bed and thought about the past two years.
Chen Shouting, nicknamed Chen Liuzi, was known as Brother Six in the business world. Before the fall of Shandong, Chen Shouting had the largest dyeing factory in Shandong, Hongju Dyeing Factory. The few printing and dyeing machines imported from Germany in the factory could be counted in China. At that time, Hongju Dyeing Factory and Sanyuan Dyeing Factory were attacking Japanese fabrics in the market and attacking traitors in the market. They were in the limelight for a while.
However, everything disappeared with the fall of Shandong. First, Wen Dong and Tao Fei from Tianjin, then Cai Qin and the children, and Jiaju's entire family. Dongchu and Dongjun were not spared either. At that time, he was so angry that he vomited blood. Fortunately, Jin Biao brought a few workers from Northeast China with guns to protect him and escape from Jinan.
After that, he led Jin Biao and the others to fight guerrilla warfare near his hometown, Zou County. Among the people he knew, only Jia Siya from Qing Dao, Brother Miao from Jinan, and Old Master Lin from Shanghai were still around. But that was it. Before, he might have wanted to tear Jia Siya apart alive, but later, he had thought it through. There was nothing he could do about Jia Siya. After all, in this chaotic world, what could a woman do? It was good if she could keep her life.
As for Old Master Lin in Shanghai, he heard that Yu Meiren had also been destroyed by the Japanese. The Lin family's factory was also mostly destroyed. Now, he was just relying on the little money left by the Lin family's ancestors to survive. He heard that the Japanese had hoped that Old Master Lin could be the leader of the fake government in Shanghai City because of the Lin family's good reputation in Shanghai. However, in the end, Old Master Lin refused to agree. He really didn't expect Old Master Lin to be able to persist. After all, the pressure the Lin family was facing was very great.
When he started fighting the Japanese, although he managed to gather a team in Zoucheng, he only killed a few Japanese businessmen because he did not have any guns or ammunition. None of them could bring bodyguards out like Fujii. He did not even dare to touch the Japanese regular army. He just muddled around for a year. When he heard that the 115th division had arrived, he brought his men to join them. However, he did not expect them to not accept him. Jin Biao was young and could read and shoot, so he became a squad leader. However, he didn't have a position because of his age and illiterates. Yesterday, his squadron leader called out his name and dozens of other people. They were all about his age, in their forties. Then, he told him that he would no longer be a member of the Shandong Brigade, but he didn't say anything about the future arrangements.
After that, there was a lot of gossip in the camp. Some said that they wanted to send him to the local area, while others said that they wanted him to leave the team and not care about his life or death. These discussions quickly spread, and the camp was filled with rumors. Today, they even asked him to hand over his gun. However, because they knew that the Yan 'an team was fighting the Japanese, and they had also undergone a period of training, they finally looked like soldiers, so there were no problems. However, he could imagine that there must be many people like Jin Biao who came to persuade him tonight. Perhaps it would be a problem if only a few people could stay tomorrow. Just as he was thinking about these messy things, someone knocked on his door.
"Captain Chen, are you there? I'm Huang Yixin." Huang Yixin was the squadron leader of his squadron. He wasn't very old, but he heard that he was a veteran who had participated in the Long March and was also an old party member. If Chen Shouting were to say that the luckiest thing he had done in the past two years was to meet Captain Huang, who had taught him what a soldier was. Loyalty, rigor, enthusiasm, and ability were all Chen Shouting's impressions of Captain Huang. Captain Huang had made everyone recognize him as a squadron leader just by running and standing. If there was no war now and he was still running a dyeing factory, Chen Shouting felt that if he met Captain Huang in the business world, he might have to admit defeat.
"Captain Huang, the door isn't closed." Chen Shouting stood up and invited Captain Huang in.
"Captain Chen, there's no need to pour water. I'm here to tell you about the specific arrangements this time.”Seeing Chen Shouting get up to pour water, Huang Yixin quickly made way for him and then told him the purpose of his visit.
"Okay, just say it. I'll follow the team's arrangements.”Chen Shouting quickly expressed his stance. In the past few months, he had begun to understand the rules of the army. What was the army? The army was an organization that had to complete the mission once the order was given. Even if many people would die because of it, they had to complete the mission. Of course, they could still discuss it before the order was given.
"It's like this. There are some things that you might not know. Of course, I don't know either. However, the reason why I asked you to leave the team this time is not to give up on you, but to complete a more important mission. Don't ask, I don't know anything. I can only tell you that it was an order from Commander Zhao of the Shandong Brigade. He ordered me to gather all the people in the team who are over 35 years old and then pass through Fei County tomorrow to wait for orders in Qingtuo Town of Yinan County. Qingtuo Town is the garrison of the Shandong Committee. After arriving at the place, he would listen to specific orders. I've told you everything I know. I hope that no matter what you do, you won't embarrass our squadron. You must let others know that our squadron is a team that can sweat and bleed.”
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