At the Independent Regiment's station, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang looked at the corn that had grown beards, and their faces were filled with happy smiles.
"It looks like we'll have to harvest a lot of food in autumn!”Old Li said,"When the time comes, we can feed more people!”
Zhao Gang agreed with him, but he was more concerned about what Qiao Guoqiang had said about the " nitrated starch ".
"Young Master Qiao said that this corn can be made into starch. When the time comes, it will react with water and become a foreign frying medicine! With foreign explosives, the power of our grenades will increase by several times!"
Agriculture in this era was a complete mess. The irrigation facilities had been in disrepair for a long time, the production tools were outdated, there was no fertilizer, and there was no scientific breeding. Even in plains with better natural conditions, the yield of grain per mu would not exceed 200 catties. To use a joke from later generations to say,"Even the landlord's family doesn't have any surplus grain!"”
In the mountains where the anti-Japanese base was located, the land was thin, and the grain production was even lower.
"If the harvest of this thing is good, we will promote it in the base area later!”Zhao Gang said," The War of Resistance is a long-term war. Although the Japanese will be exhausted, they will also be exhausting us!”
"Therefore, we can't slack off on production when we're at war!”Li Yunlong pointed at the crops and said. The two of them walked to the side of the ditch. Li Yunlong pointed to the cut grass," These grasses are good crops. Sun Desheng told me that his horses have begun to grow fat recently and run much faster. This high-quality grass and horse fodder could really increase the combat effectiveness of the cavalry!”
"Guild Leader!" The messenger ran over and saluted.
"What's wrong?" Li Yunlong asked,"Why are you in such a hurry?"”
The messenger took two deep breaths and reported," Mr. Qiao is here!”
"Oh, you drove here?" Li Yunlong asked,
"Yes, sir! The car was outside the mountain and couldn't enter. His comrades had already hidden it!”
The two of them quickly followed the messenger out. On the mountain road, they saw Qiao Guoqiang sitting on the edge of the forest smoking.
"Boss Qiao!" Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang walked over with a smile and asked," You're here?”
"Yes!" Qiao Guoqiang said without turning his head,"Yes!"”
Li Yunlong asked again,"Are you here to make a fortune or to support the anti-Japanese war?"”
"Of course I'm rich!" Qiao Guoqiang said matter-of-factly," Who would do something that has no benefits?”
"I said Qiao!" Li Yunlong put his hands on his waist and scolded," You're really a miser. Did you fall for money? Can't you sponsor the war?”
Hearing this, Qiao Guoqiang couldn't help but think of the disgusting news on the internet.
"You have so much money. What's wrong with donating a little?”
"Don't be so petty!”
"She's already so pitiful, yet you're still unwilling to let her off…"
His face immediately turned cold." If you say another word, I'll drive away immediately!”
In his opinion, the old emperor's words in " Golden Armor " were right. "What I give you is yours. If I don't give it to you, you can't snatch it!”
"Hey, look, look!" Li Yunlong said to Zhao Gang,"He's getting anxious."”
"Boss Qiao, don't worry!" Zhao Gang advised," This Old Li is a miser. Don't worry, whatever goods you have, feel free to sell them at our base. If there's something we need, we won't let you suffer a loss!”
"As long as you say that!" Qiao Guoqiang glanced at Old Li and said,"I brought what you need now. In addition to medicine and surgical instruments, there are 1000 steel saw blades, 1000 steel axes, and 500 pickaxes.”
"Good stuff!" Old Li's eyes lit up. With that axe and pickaxe, we'll be able to do our work much more efficiently.
"Anything else?"
"20 sets of carpenter tools, 10 mechanical tool boxes! There was also a ton of salt, all of which were stored in stainless steel boxes. Those boxes could be used as buckets or pots.”
Inside the toolbox were all kinds of wrenches, drivers, pliers, and so on. They were sold at 258 yuan each on Jingdong!
"Mr. Qiao!" Zhao Gang asked," Then, let's go with the old rules?”
"Same old rules!" Qiao Guoqiang said," Gold, silver, these kinds of hard currency, antique calligraphy and paintings are also fine. Your spoils of war, such as the official knife, are also fine. I prefer jade. If you beat up a rich man, you can give me his antique furniture!”
The news of the reopening of the regimental grocery store spread throughout the guerrilla zone, and people kept coming to buy things, mainly salt and various tools. In this mountain, a metal weapon was equivalent to half of a farmer's family property.
"Mr. Qiao, we want to use this oil lamp to exchange for an axe from you.”The carpenter uncle asked while holding an oil lamp from an unknown dynasty.
"Sure!" Qiao Guoqiang took it and looked at it. It was an oil lamp, but it was quite old. The carpenter took the axe and left. Then, an old lady walked over.
"Young Master Qiao, this urn was passed down by my grandfather and has always been used to store salt. I want to exchange for the three scythes you brought.”
Qiao Guoqiang took a look at the spy." Damn system, analyze it!”
"Made in the Jiaqing Imperial Kiln. Blue and white peony butterfly porcelain jar.”The system's voice sounded in his mind.
"How much is it worth?"
"Hundreds of thousands!"
Hearing that it was worth hundreds of thousands, Qiao Guoqiang immediately said," Auntie, this porcelain urn is quite valuable. I'll give you five sickles and two axes, and then I'll give you enough salt to fill the porcelain urn. What do you think?"？”
"Good, good!" The old lady said gratefully," Young Master, you're a good person. This old woman thanks you!”
"You're welcome!" Qiao Guoqiang used a cardboard box to bring her five pounds of salt and said," Be careful on the road. Don't spill it."”
After the old lady left, the business stopped. Qiao Guoqiang packed up and left!
Zhao Gang found him at the regiment headquarters.
"Is this the gun you made?" Qiao Guoqiang asked as he held the crudely made revolver.
"Yes!" Zhao Gang said," It's made from the parts you brought last time. Engineer Lu from the Munitions Factory specially made this one and asked me to bring it to you as a souvenir!”
Qiao Guoqiang nodded and said," The workmanship is a little rough, but it's good to be able to kill the enemy.”
"Our Munitions Factory used the guns you brought to distribute to our intelligence agents and guerrillas!”Old Li said," The last time you left, you had already made hundreds of them. Now, you have killed hundreds of them.”
"The parts I gave you are enough to make 5000 of them! Qiao Guoqiang said,"If you kill one Japanese, you can kill 5000 people!”
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