Afraid that Zhao Shixun would not understand, Zhou Laohan immediately explained:

"Although we are occupied by devils, there will still be a large amount of goods south of the Yellow River flowing into our generation. However, this kind of trading is strictly forbidden by devils, so only those who are not afraid of death are secretly operating in the black market. As far as I know, this black market is only serious about money! ”

……

Hearing this, Zhao Shixun walked around the room with his arms crossed, then looked at Zhou Lao and asked:

"Uncle Zhou, can you catch up with the people in the black market?"

"No, ......, I'm just a mountain village man, how can I know those outlaws."

Although he was slightly disappointed when he heard this, Zhao Shixun politely sent Zhou Lao away.

After comforting the old immortal for a few words, Zhao Shixun called a soldier who was specially responsible for contacting the party under Heng County, and then wrote a handwritten letter, asking him to immediately transfer it to the person in charge of the underground party in the county seat.

Two days later, when the 26th of the lunar month arrived, Lao He, one of the leaders of the underground party in the county, personally rushed to Shenquan Village.

As soon as they met, Lao He immediately told the other party about his inquiry to Zhao Shixun.

It turned out that in the past few days, Lao He has really found an underground black market by using his connections in the county. However, after some private contact, he felt that the other party was obviously very worried about selling grain and other daily necessities into the mountains, and the price given by the other party was also very high, basically three times the market price, which was simply a price that the independent detachment could not afford.

This time, even if the deal is really successful, the materials that the independent detachment can buy with the little funds are pitiful. The most important thing is that the other party still sells it or doesn't give it away. It is only allowed to trade at the merchant's warehouse in the city, and it must be shipped away within a limited time.

In addition, Lao He also tried to contact several enlightened landlords in the county, but the other party only verbally promised to sell and send a batch of grain to the Eighth Route Army, but there was no actual action.

However, this is also within everyone's estimates, after all, the risk of doing so is somewhat high, and most of the large families near the county town are afraid of the retaliation of the Japanese puppet army, and dare not easily sell a large amount of food, salt and other daily necessities to the "mountain people".

At the same time, Lao He also did his best to raise some food from some of the remaining fortress households after the autumn sweep. However, because the autumn grain of that year has been almost robbed by the devils, and the summer grain is still early, the underground party has raised very limited food, only more than 1,000 catties, but this is also the biggest ability of the underground party in the county now.

"Alas...... Now the devils use military tickets to forcibly collect grain at every turn, so that many people only have military tickets in their hands and have no surplus food.

When the surplus food of the common people was eaten, they could only use the military tickets in their hands to buy grain from the merchants controlled by the Japanese. This entry and exit not only robbed the four walls of the house by the devil, but also blocked the material supply of the base area by the way, which is really vicious. ”

……

Listening to Lao He talk about the means of the Japanese puppet army to use military tickets to plunder and blockade the materials in the base area, Zhao Shixun's face became more and more solemn.

He didn't expect that he would now not only have to face the military sweep of the Japanese puppet army, but also face the devil's ruthless economic blockade!

Although the independent detachment is not yet broken, Zhao Shixun knows very well that if he can't solve this matter smoothly, it won't be long before the Japanese can take people to leave.

After all, far away from the large army and the rear, and it is the season of green and yellow, the only material support I can get is the local people. If this root is cut off by the devil, then the independent detachment will really be in a desperate situation.

Seeing that Zhao Shixun always had a gloomy face and didn't speak, Lao He hesitated for a while, and finally reminded in a whisper:

"Captain Zhao, it's not like there's no way to buy food at all."

"Huh? Do you have a way? ”

Hearing Zhao Shixun's eager inquiry, Lao He first shook his head, and then nodded.

"I can't help it...... But I know one person who can do it. ”

"Who?"

"It's the captain of the anti-smuggling team of the Heng County puppet government."

……

Li Hongyi .......

Hearing this, a handsome and uninhibited young man quickly appeared in Zhao Shixun's mind.

"That's right, it's Li Hongyi.

As far as I know, although this kid is the captain of the anti-smuggling team appointed by the Japanese on the surface, secretly he is also the largest black market smuggling leader on the ground in Heng County.

If we can get him to come forward, it shouldn't be a problem to buy some much-needed supplies. ”

……

Hearing this, Zhao Shixun nodded thoughtfully. If it weren't for Lao He's reminder, he would have really forgotten about this Li Hongyi.

Ringing out the "cooperation" between himself and him some time ago, Zhao Shixun frowned, and then looked at Lao He who was sitting.

"Can you get in touch with Li Hongyi?"

"Well......, I'm afraid you'll have to come forward in person with your independent detachment. It's not that I don't want to, it's that this guy is very ghostly. I've tried to get in touch with him before, but this kid is obviously very resistant to contacting us, and I tried to invite him to dinner several times, but he was completely refused. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Shixun narrowed his eyes and nodded thoughtfully. Regarding Li Hongyi's behavior, Zhao Shixun is not difficult to understand. Although this kind of person is not a loyal lackey of the devil, he is also the kind of guy who does not destroy the heavens and the earth for himself. Let him take the initiative to cooperate with the Eighth Route Army, it is a few days of fantasy.

Thinking of this, Zhao Shixun called a guard and asked him to immediately notify the commanders of each company and the old immortal, and immediately escape the headquarters for a meeting.

After doing this, he walked to Lao He's side, looked at the other party and said seriously:

"Lao He, you go to the cooking class with the guards to eat first, and I will take a few people back to the county seat with you in the afternoon."

“…… Good. ”

Understanding Zhao Shixun's intentions, Lao He nodded heavily.

……

…… Eight o'clock in the morning the next day. Squeak, squeak, s......queak, as the north gate of the county was slowly pushed open, the people who had been waiting in line outside the gate to enter the city stood up from the ground, patted the dirt on their bodies, and prepared to enter the county seat through the inspection to make a living.

In the middle of the team, Zhao Shixun was wearing a gray-black robe, wearing a civilization hat and sunglasses, slowly following the flow of people, and walking forward cautiously. Behind him, Dapeng and the old ghost were dressed as bodyguards, also wearing sunglasses on the left and right sides of Zhao Shixun, always vigilant against the Japanese puppet army in front.

Just last night's afternoon, Zhao Shixun listened to Lao He's suggestion and temporarily decided to go to the city to meet Li Hongyi in person to see if he could help the independent detachment get some rice, flour, grain and oil.

As for the defense of the base area during his absence, Zhao Shixun ordered the defense issue to be temporarily taken care of by He Zhendong, the temporary staff officer of the old immortal and independent detachment, in view of the fact that the instructor Zhou Yu was still in Wolong Mountain and had not returned.

For this He Zhendong, Zhao Shixun finally left the other party in the independent detachment for the time being after several in-depth talks with the other party.

However, it may be due to the fact that he was born in the national army, although He Zhendong promised to stay and fight devils together, he was always unwilling to take off his national army uniform.

For this reason, Zhao Shixun discussed with Zhou Yu and decided to respect his decision, and at the same time appointed He Zhendong as the staff officer of the independent detachment, responsible for some tactical guidance and regular training of the troops.

Regarding this arrangement, He Zhendong did not say a word and gladly accepted it. During the period when he returned to the base area, he basically went to the grassroots level to assist the companies in training whenever he had free time, despite the fact that he had not fully recovered from his injuries. At the same time, he also used his old profession to make the distribution of enemy forces and strategic situations near the detachment clear, so that Zhao Shixun, who had been nervous, could finally relax a lot.

However, regarding the independent detachment's absorption of He Zhendong, the attitude of the column has always been ambiguous, and there is no opposition to it, and there is no explicit order to express support.

It is also for this reason that although Zhao Shixun knew that He Zhendong's ability was far superior to that of Lao Immortal and others, he did not dare to let him be solely responsible for the leadership of the independent detachment.

……

Soon, as the flow of people began to gradually move forward, Zhao Shixun and the three of them gradually came to the city gate.

In the early morning sun, a few puppet soldiers were casually flipping the things of the passing people, and under the supervision of the devils on the city gate, they were doing the same work as if they were doing the same thing.

In the face of the inspection of the puppet army, although the people complained, they had to cooperate one by one. And one of the puppet soldiers with an obscene face seems to be a womanizer, and he actually took the opportunity to attack some big girls and little daughters-in-law, causing a commotion in the crowd from time to time.

Soon, when it was Zhao Shixun's turn, Dapeng took the initiative to step forward in front of the other party, and then took out three good citizen certificates with a cold face and handed them to the other party.

Frightened by the sudden appearance of Dapeng, the puppet army subconsciously took a look at the certificate of good citizenship.

"What are you doing in the city? Who is the person behind you? ”

"Do something, this is our host."

"Nonsense, these people who go into the city are not doing business! I'm asking you what are you doing?! ”

"You're ......!"

Seeing that Dapeng was about to lose his grip on the fire, Zhao Shixun hurriedly grabbed the other party, and then politely took out a pack of cigarettes and put them in the pocket of the puppet army.

"This boss, I am a businessman from Taiyuan, these two are the bodyguards I invited, please forgive me for being stubborn."

Hearing this, he subconsciously touched the cigarette in his pocket, and the puppet army raised his head and glanced at Zhao Shixun's sunglasses, and then asked suspiciously:

"From Taiyuan? Your accent is not Shanxi. ”

"Oh...... Hehe, my ancestors are from Liaoning, so the accent is a little emphasized. ”

Nodding, the puppet army glared at Dapeng, and then waved his hand to signal the three of them to hurry over.

……

After entering the city, seeing that the time was still early, Zhao Shixun took the two to find a knife noodle restaurant, planning to eat something first and then go to Li Hongyi.

……

Entering the house and sitting on the dilapidated bench, Zhao Shixun called the shopkeeper and asked for three bowls of noodles and a plate of salted beans.

It didn't take long for the fragrant knife-cut noodles to be served.

Grunt......

Staring directly at the tray in the little second-hand with his eyes, Dapeng's stomach growled uncontrollably.

…… To be continued, thank you for your support, ask for recommendations, and ask for collections.

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