When the chopsticks came up, Wang Yan could only accompany the last seat.

Li Yunlong said: "Brigade commander, we also seized a lot of Fenjiu in this surprise attack on Heyuan County, all of which are good wines that are ten years old, why don't you take a sip too?" ”

"Forget about the wine." The brigade commander said, "You too, in the future, try to drink as little as possible." ”

"Throughout the ages, are there still few examples of drinking and mistaking things? Our Eighth Route Army also has such examples. ”

Zhao Gang hurriedly said: "Don't worry, brigade commander, I will take care of Lao Li, today is because I won a battle, so I made an exception." ”

"Yes, yes, I will drink less in the future." Li Yunlong also responded repeatedly, but he didn't take it seriously in his heart, wine is a good thing, if you don't drink it, you won't be blind in vain?

The brigade commander put a chopstick vermicelli into his bowl, and asked while eating: "Now how much output does your Zhaojiayu cigarette factory have every month, and how much profit does it have?" ”

Zhao Gang said: "The output is about more than 5,000 per month. ”

"Among them, there are 50 excellent Huaxia, 500 high-quality Huaxia, and the rest are all simple Huaxia."

The brigade commander began to make a silent calculation in his heart: the best Huaxia sells for 100 oceans, the high-quality Huaxia sells for 10 oceans, and the simple Huaxia sells for 1 yuan, adding up to 15,000 oceans.

More than 15,000 yuan a month, half of which is 7,500 yuan, doesn't seem to be a lot?

At that moment, the brigade commander frowned and said: "I also smoked the Huaxia brand cigarettes produced by your Zhaojiayu Cigarette Factory, and the taste is really good, and I have seen many people smoking them on the way to the northwest of Shanxi, which shows that Huaxia cigarettes are still very popular, since they are so popular with the people of Shanxi, why don't you expand production?" ”

"Of course we want to expand production." Li Yunlong said helplessly, "But the problem is that it can't be done." ”

"What is the reason?" The brigade commander frowned, "Not enough machines?" Is there not enough skilled workers, or is it something else? ”

Wang Yan waved his hand and said: "The machinery and equipment are all made by themselves, there is no problem, and there is no gap in skilled workers. ”

"The biggest difficulty is the raw materials, the lack of tobacco leaves in the northwest of Shanxi."

"All the tobacco leaves that can be purchased around have been purchased by us, and the remaining tobacco leaves in the Japanese-occupied areas are difficult to transport in due to the blockade of the devils, so the production capacity of the Zhaojiayu cigarette factory has never been able to go up."

"Even the current production may not be sustained for too long."

"Because the tobacco leaves we had stockpiled were almost depleted."

"I'll take care of the tobacco leaves." The brigade commander waved his hand and said, "It's wishful thinking for the devil to blockade our base in the northwest of Shanxi, I'll find a way to get you the tobacco leaves from Suiyuan." ”

"If it's still not enough, even the tobacco leaves from Shaanxi will be transported."

"Anyway, you only need to think about one thing, expand production!"

"Oh, by the way, and one more thing don't forget, hand over half of the profits."

"The brigade commander can rest assured, he can't forget it." Li Yunlong said, "But then again, this matter is not easy to do. ”

"Not easy?" The brigade commander's outstretched chopsticks paused in mid-air and asked, "Why is it so difficult?" ”

Wang Yan explained: "Brigade commander, this is the case, the Kuomintang's fiat currency is depreciating too quickly, the puppet government's lackey votes are not at ease, and the number of oceans is too small. ”

"Border area tickets, the people in the northwest of Shanxi don't recognize it."

"So our dealings with the cigarette dealers are bartering."

"Tobacco merchants will transport bud rice, sorghum, sweet potato, millet and other grains or cotton cloth to our base area, and then convert them into money according to the market price, and then exchange them for corresponding Huaxia brand cigarettes."

"So what we receive is not money, it's all supplies."

"I see." The brigade commander said, "That's okay, anyway, after the headquarters gets the money, it is also used to buy food, cloth and other materials, and you have to hand over the materials directly, which will save trouble." ”

Wang Yan continued: "Brigade Commander, if that's the case, I still have an idea. ”

"Oh? You, Wang Yan, have never been untargeted, and this idea must be very remarkable. The brigade commander said with some anticipation, "Tell me quickly, what do you think?" ”

Wang Yan continued: "The materials that tobacco merchants transport to our base areas from all directions are not only varied, but also scattered, and it takes a lot of manpower to store, sort, pack and then transport. ”

"So I thought, why don't we set up a processing plant directly in our base area?"

"All the grain is processed into cooked food, so it's much easier to transport."

"We can even process the grain into various biscuits, so that they can be eaten immediately after being delivered to the troops, and the troops' logistical support capabilities can be greatly improved."

"Brigade commander, you know, logistics support capability is combat effectiveness!"

"If there is enough food, we can even make wine and extract high-purity medical alcohol."

"In this way, the army's battlefield rescue capability can also be greatly improved, and casualties will be greatly reduced."

Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang, and even the brigade commander all had their eyes shining when they heard this, because Wang Yan had sketched out for them a vision of a base area that only appeared in dreams.

Li Yunlong said: "Lao Wang, can this work? ”

"Of course it works." Wang Yan said affirmatively, "We have technology, manpower, raw materials, and the most important thing is that we don't worry about the sales of products at all, why not?" Yes! ”

To put it bluntly, this is actually light industry, and the difficulty is not too great.

The difficulty of heavy industry is really high, and it is completely impossible at this stage.

Li Yunlong said again: "But Lao Wang, have you considered a question?" ”

"Commander, are you worried about your safety?" Wang Yan smiled and said, "Actually, don't worry, this battle of Heyuan can be seen that the devil's combat effectiveness has seriously declined." ”

"How fierce were the devils three or five years ago? What are the devils like now? ”

"This is just the quality of the devil's soldiers, and the devil's material replenishment ability has declined even more seriously."

"This has already been revealed when we swept our Taiyue base area before, and this time the encirclement and suppression of the 358th Regiment of the Jin Sui Army is even more obvious."

"Now it takes several months to encircle and suppress a regiment of the Jin Sui Army."

"Therefore, I can assert that it is difficult for the Japanese army in Shanxi to organize large-scale offensive operations."

"What's more, if you take 10,000 steps back, even if the devils really organize a large-scale offensive, whether they have the ability to enter our base area is two words, and if you take another 10,000 steps, even if the devils really enter our base area, it won't be a big deal, because our machinery and equipment and personnel can be transferred at any time."

In the end, it was the brigade commander who made the final decision.

"Yes." The brigade commander said in a deep voice, "Then set up a food processing factory and a garment processing factory!" In the future, the logistics support of the 386 Brigade will be handed over to you in the northwest of Jinxi! ”