"200 tons of cotton, 80 tons of cotton cloth, and 20 tons of yarn?”
Commander Li repeated the number. Then, his eyes suddenly became hot, and he quickly calculated in his mind.
200 tons of cotton was equivalent to 400,000 catties.
The bedding factory needed about six catties of cotton to make a large cotton coat and trousers. With cotton fabrics, they only needed less than five catties of cotton. The quality would even be much better because they did not need to spend cotton to make fabrics. Moreover, cotton fabrics were much warmer than hemp fabrics.
In other words, they could produce about 80,000 sets of large cotton clothes. The headquarters, division headquarters, brigade headquarters, northern authorities, Xinhua Agency, and so on added up to less than 50,000 people.
80,000 pieces could even provide cotton-padded clothes for the militia and other divisions. A portion of it could be used to make quilts.
The yarn was also much more durable.
Thinking of this, Li Yunlong quivered and sobered up instantly.
"Can there really be so many?" Regiment Commander Li had a look of disbelief.
200 tons of cotton and 80 tons of cotton fabrics. In this era, this batch of resources could be said to be massive.
The annual consumption of an ordinary garment factory was only this much.
"Of course!" Ye Fei, who was slightly drunk, could not help but sound heroic. He waved his hand, raised the bowl, and continued," As long as you finish learning the special rock climbing technique, I can give you these things immediately."”
After hearing Ye Fei's promise, Li Yun Long was extremely heroic. He roared," Alright! Since that's the case, then I, Old Li, will risk my life to learn this special rock climbing technique.”
Li Yunlong also wanted to learn simple things, but the problem was that there was nothing in the options. Although learning driving skills could also give him things, he did not have expensive things like cars. Although the 8th Route Army had seized cars, they basically dismantled them and took back the steel and wheels. The Eighth Route Army had no gasoline, and most of their bases were in the mountainous areas. The roads were difficult to walk on, so even if they brought the cars back, they could not use them. It was better to dismantle it and bring it back to make some bullets, weapons, and other things.
... Half a month later.
On this day, under a steep cliff, Ye Fei raised his head and stared at Li Yun Long who was climbing the cliff.
Ye Fei had learned a lot about Li Yun Long during this period of time. This person liked to drink and scold people. He often used vulgarities and liked to brag. But even with so many shortcomings, Li Yunlong was still an excellent and persistent soldier of the Eighth Route Army. These days, in order to practice the special rock climbing technique, he had suffered a lot. His body was covered in bruises, and there was even a time when he almost fell off the cliff. Ye Fei was so scared that he wanted to stop, but Li Yunlong's body moved and he still resolutely persisted. By now, he had almost mastered the special rock climbing technique. As long as he climbed up the cliff, Li Yunlong would be able to complete the mission.
Finally, after half an hour, Li Yun Long climbed up the cliff while panting heavily and sweating profusely. He didn't have time to rest for a moment. He immediately shouted to Ye Fei who was at the bottom of the cliff," Brother Ye, our Old Li did it!”
Hearing Li Yunlong's shout, Ye Fei gave him a thumbs up and praised," Old Li, you're good."”
... Li Yunlong walked back to the clothing factory. Before he entered, he was stopped by Zhang Wanhe.
"Old Li, what have you been doing recently? Why are you in such a sorry state?" Zhang Wanhe looked at Li Yunlong's messy body and asked curiously.
"Old Zhang!" Li Yunlong patted Zhang Wanhe's shoulder and smiled." Our Old Li has gotten you a great benefit this time."”
"Benefits? Great benefits? You?" Zhang Wanhe replied in disbelief," Old Li, it's not that I want to say this, but you're good at dealing with weapons and equipment, but I don't care for them. Moreover, you often come to my place to take advantage of me. Can you give me any benefits?”
Looking at Zhang Wanhe's face full of disbelief, Li Yunlong felt a little embarrassed, so he said angrily," Old Zhang, why don't you believe me? I got a lot of cotton, cotton cloth, and even yarn this time.”
Hearing this, Zhang Wanhe's interest was piqued, but he didn't have much hope. In his opinion, it would be good if Li Yunlong could get a few hundred catties of cotton.
"Do you have 500 pounds?" Zhang Wanhe asked expectantly. 500 catties could be used to make nearly 100 cotton-padded clothes. This was not a small amount.
"Jin?" Li Yunlong put his hands on his waist, raised his head slightly, and said disdainfully," Can a pound represent Old Li's unit? Old Li had to at least calculate by tons when he made things.”
In tons? Zhang Wanhe burst out laughing and said," Old Li, it's not that our Old Zhang has underestimated you, but do you know how many kilograms a ton is? You're sticking garlic in your pig nose, and you still want to be a Grand Scholar? If you can get so much cotton, our Old Zhang will be at your beck and call from now on!”
Li Yunlong's face turned red at Zhang Wanhe's words. He really wanted to beat Zhang up, but then he remembered that he was now a cultured person and couldn't be as rough as before.
"Old Zhang, do you mean what you said?" Li Yunlong asked with a smile.
Zhang Wanhe was a little scared by Li Yunlong's stare. According to common sense, this guy should be angry and quarrel with him now. Why did he change his attitude this time? Could this guy be scheming against me again?
After pondering for a moment, Zhang Wanhe couldn't figure it out for a moment, so he decided to get some information out of him." Old Li, can you really get a lot of cotton?”
"Of course!"
Hearing Li Yunlong's affirmative answer, Zhang Wanhe rolled his eyes and said," Old Li, as long as you can get enough cotton, our Old Zhang is not a stingy person. When you return to the army, I will give you 20 boxes of grenades."”
If it was Li Yunlong in the past, he might have been very happy to hear that Old Zhang was going to give him 20 boxes of grenades. But now, Li Yunlong did not care about those things, especially the grenades made in the border area. Not only were there many duds, but they were also not very powerful. They could not compare to the Japanese's melon grenades at all.
However, if he could use this opportunity to get Old Zhang to plead with the boss, he might be able to return to the army earlier. The days in the clothing factory were really hard to bear. Regiment Commander Li didn't want to stay for another day.
"Old Zhang, if I can help you get enough cotton, can you do me a favor?”
"Help with what?" Zhang Wanhe asked subconsciously even though he still had doubts.
"Hehe." Li Yunlong rubbed his hands and replied," Help me plead with the boss and ask him to let me return to the army as soon as possible."”
Zhang Wanhe wasn't just the head of the logistics department. He was a veteran of ZY Red J and was familiar with many of the leaders. His relationship with them was also very good. If he came forward to intercede, it might not be a 100% success rate, but it would definitely be of great use. At that time, he would step forward and cry out his grievances. There was a high chance of success.
Zhang Wanhe thought for a moment. It seemed like he wouldn't lose out either way, so he agreed to it first. He wanted to see what Li Yunlong was up to.
"Alright, I'll do it. I agree!"
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