Chapter 163: A Difficult Request

"Comrades, the underground provincial party committee has just sent an urgent mission, and the Japanese army has launched a large-scale sweep of our base areas in Central China, and in this battle, we have suffered serious losses."

"The first task is to find a way to get a batch of medicines, cotton wool, gauze and other medical supplies, we have a large number of wounded who need to be treated, and the superiors have asked us to do everything we can to complete it."

"The second task is to protect the two chiefs of the base area, they need to be treated, and they will recuperate from their injuries in Shanghai, the environment of the base area is too bad, and they will face the enemy's attack at any time."

"But this matter is not in a hurry, the chief did not go to Shanghai, and the inventory on the road is too strict, and it may be delayed for a few days." said the leader of the material procurement team.

"Last month, we got a little bit of Western medicine and the medicine raised by the underground market committee, all of which have been sent to the base area, and now the Western medicine on the market is strictly controlled by the Japanese and the secret service headquarters, and it may not be possible to buy it with money, not to mention the lack of funds in our hands, especially hard currency like gold." Lao Lin, a member of the team responsible for contacting the Shanghai Underground Municipal Party Committee, said.

"Comrade Lu Kunyu, I hope I can get your help, the time is tight and the task is urgent, and it is related to the lives of so many people, there is really no other way." Lao Sun, a member of the team who is in charge of the drug line, said with some embarrassment.

The price of medicine is more than gold, and the goods in the hands of those Western medicine dealers are all settled in gold, and the underground party is seriously short of funds, and there is not much legal tender, let alone gold.

Everyone knows that Lu Kunyu's fiancé, Chen Mingxiang, is now working for the Japanese, and his family has opened a clinic and a pharmacy, and the clinic has some Western medicine, which is purchased through a German foreign company.

The 100 bottles of Baibaodan sent to the base area by the underground municipal party committee were bought from Chen Mingxiang's pharmacy in various ways.

If you have no money, you have to make medicine, and now you can only fight the idea of Chen Mingxiang's clinic, which is also a helpless move, and you will not come up with such a solution unless you have to.

Lu Kunyu handed over a thousand fiat dollars to the organization every month, which basically covered the daily operation of the entire material procurement team, and she had done her best, although this was just the pocket money that Chen Mingxiang gave her.

"I'm afraid this won't work, Comrade Lu Kunyu's lover is not our comrade, once the medicine is taken away, the clinic will have to close, he will definitely not agree, and this will bring him big trouble."

"Many wealthy people in the concession are seeing patients in this clinic, and the sudden closure of the door is easy to arouse the suspicion of the concession and the secret service headquarters."

"Chen Mingxiang has already taken a big risk by transporting supplies for our base area, and we can't ask him for more." The leader of the material procurement team shook his head and said.

The safety of the transportation line is the most important, this is the life channel that provides support for the base area for a long time, even in this case, the relationship with Chen Mingxiang cannot be messed up.

"I can do work with my wife and donate half of the medicines to the base area, so that the clinic will not close, and there is probably no big problem, but the organization knows that there are not many medicines in a clinic." Lu Kunyu said.

She knew very well in her heart that Chen Mingxiang was just unwilling to contact the underground party, and he was not opposed to doing something for his compatriots, as long as the security was guaranteed, he would not refuse.

For her, the country and the nation come first, and if she has the ability to help the organization, she will never shirk it, which is the consciousness of progressive youth.

As a matter of fact, many comrades of the underground party use their savings and income to carry out their tasks, and both the military and the central command have a large amount of funds, and their members can receive a monthly salary, but the underground party does not.

More importantly, Chen Mingxiang is now more and more appreciated by the Japanese, holding more and more positions, and his status is becoming more and more prominent.

If he can do something practical for the base area, it will be of great benefit to Chen Mingxiang, at least he will not be judged as a traitor, and he will definitely be a progressive person.

"How many count, don't force it, we can't all count on Comrade Lu Kunyu, seize the time to contact the underground city committee, use all the connections to purchase medicines, comrades' lives are counting on us to rescue." Zheng Tonghui said.

He himself has no confidence in what he said, and all the medicines that the underground city party committee has painstakingly obtained have been sent to the base area, and it is estimated that there is no trick.

"But the most urgent thing at the moment is funding, we don't have money!" Lao Lin looked at Lu Kunyu and said with some embarrassment.

This time the time is too tight, and the conventional methods will not work, unless you buy it on the black market at a high price, but the group's funds are almost exhausted, and she can only hope that Lu Kunyu will provide funds, in fact, she has no way, she is not going to reach out to Chen Mingxiang!

"They are all their own comrades, there is no need to hide their words, so they borrow from Chen Mingxiang in the name of the newspaper, and I will give him an IOU, and the money will have to be returned to him sooner or later, as long as the transportation in Anhui Province remains unimpeded, we will repay it with materials." Zheng Tonghui said without thinking.

The base can help Huatong Trading Company in Anhui Province or Henan Province to purchase the goods it needs, and offset the loan according to the market, which is an equivalent transaction, which is nothing more than a favor owed to Chen Mingxiang.

He is also a soldier in the anxious base area, if there is no medicine, it means death, and the lives of many comrades die from wound infection!

"If you have anything to say, do you still need to consider speaking skills between the two of us?" When Chen Mingxiang was eating, he saw that Lu Kunyu was a little speechless and stopped.

"I'm afraid you'll be angry when you say it." Lu Kunyu really didn't know how to phrase it.

Not only did he have to give the clinic's medicine to the base area for free, but he also had to buy medicine from his family with gold bars to support the organization, but Chen Mingxiang was not an underground party member after all, and people had no such obligation.

"Listen to what you say, you know that it's not a good thing, you must be calculating me again, you don't say that I have to go out." Chen Mingxiang said with a smile.

"That's the case, the base area was swept by the Japanese army, many soldiers and people were injured, and now a lot of medicine is needed, isn't our clinic a little Western medicine, can you give me half of it?" Lu Kunyu said very unconfidently.

"Other people's daughters-in-law are all elbows turned in, you are good, elbows are turned out, and even your own clinic has made up your mind, it's okay, but you haven't opened your mouth to take it all away."

"I know you're also in a hurry, just according to my original purchase price, I don't make money from the underground party, remember, settle according to gold, don't want fiat currency." Chen Mingxiang said with a smile.

This is a joke with Lu Kunyu, the underground party has no economic foundation, where did it get so many gold bars? Listen, it is half of it instead of selling it, which makes it clear that his daughter-in-law wants to donate it for nothing.

"You know that our organization's funds are very tight, where did I get the gold bars for you, I took the initiative to donate to the base area, and it is also my responsibility and obligation, you usually do things for the Japanese, you can't do something for your compatriots?" Lu Kunyu took the matter directly to herself.

"Empty gloves white wolf, this business is really good enough, your leaders have a good calculation, if you continue like this, I will have to drink the northwest wind, don't take it as an example!" Chen Mingxiang rolled his eyes and said.