That night, at No. 23 Lanju Hutong, Lu Chunming, Liu Baosheng, and Feng Tiandong got together.

Hearing Liu Baosheng say that Lu Chunming came to Guhuai, Feng Tiandong was very happy, they hadn't seen each other for more than half a year, it was weird. He brought a lot of delicious food to Lu Chunming and was ready to satisfy his hunger. He knew very well that life in the base area was very difficult.

After Lu Chunming and Feng Tiandong finished greeting each other, and didn't care about tasting the food brought by Feng Tiandong, Lu Chunming said solemnly: "I am here this time on the order of the head of the military region, and it is about the report you wrote to the military region. After reading your report, the commander attached great importance to it and read it carefully several times. ”

"The commander thinks that there are some places in the report that you are very vague, and the meaning you want to express seems to be unfinished, and I hope you can talk to me about your thoughts in full."

Feng Tiandong nodded, was silent for a while, lit a cigarette, looked at Lu Chunming, and said slowly:

"Relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the water to eat the water, there has been such a saying since ancient times. There is very little arable land in the Taihang Mountains, and there is little grain production, which cannot maintain the survival of the people at all. But there is also its own production, mountain goods, rich in medicinal materials. For a long time, the people in the mountainous areas have relied on these mountain goods for their livelihood. ”

"In the whole of North China, what do the vast number of ordinary people rely on to survive? It can be said that the plains rely on grain, and the mountainous areas rely on mountain goods. A large amount of grain, cloth, salt, kerosene, etc., which are needed by millions of ordinary people in the mountainous areas in their daily lives, are all exchanged for goods from outside the mountains. ”

"I have heard Wu Zhiheng, chairman of the Guhuai Chamber of Commerce, introduce that mountain goods are very important to the people in Taihang Mountain. Moreover, the mountain goods there are important not only for the people in the mountains, but also for many people in the plains, villages, and towns. ”

"Mountain goods are not only the wealth that the people in the Taihang Mountains rely on for survival, but also the fundamental reliance for those large and small mountain goods merchants to get rich. There are also many small traders and hawkers who also rely on mountain goods to make a living. The landless handymen, short-term laborers, porters, etc., on the plains, also indirectly relied on mountain goods to support their families. ”

Listening to Feng Tiandong's words, Lu Chunming was very puzzled. Looking at his bewildered gaze, Feng Tiandong continued to explain: "If you want to go out of the mountains and transport them to various places for sale, in exchange for various daily necessities for the people in the mountainous areas, you can't rely on the people in the mountains alone, you have to rely on a large number of merchants. ”

"So many mountain goods are collected little by little from the hands of the common people, who collects them? It was the small traders and peddlers who collected the collected goods from every household through the ravines, and it was they who sold the collected mountain goods to the big mountain goods merchants outside the mountains, and then transported them to all parts of the country for sale. ”

"It is impossible for those small traders and peddlers to carry out the collected mountain goods themselves, they have to rely on porters, handymen, and carry people out of the mountains on their shoulders. At the same time, the daily necessities such as grain, cloth, and salt needed by the people in the mountainous areas also need to be carried into the mountains by these people. ”

In the end, Feng Tiandong concluded: "Therefore, the mountain goods produced in the Taihang Mountains are the support of a considerable number of people to support their families. ”

Feng Tiandong breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "No matter how crazy the Japanese devils are, they can't stop the people from living, they can't let the people eat, and they can't let the people get dressed, we just want to take advantage of this to let these mountain goods circulate." ”

"As long as these commodities can be circulated, the lives of the people in the mountains will be better, and the people in the base areas will have materials in their hands, and the living environment of our Eighth Route Army will also be correspondingly better."

Seeing that Lu Chunming still didn't understand, didn't understand the importance of mountain goods, and didn't understand the importance of letting mountain goods circulate, Feng Tiandong explained: "Don't underestimate these inconspicuous mountain goods, they are very remarkable. ”

"Before the fall of North China, the mountain goods here were not only sold in the north and south of the country, but also exported to many countries, and even many of the best weapons and equipment still relied on these mountain goods in exchange."

Seeing that Lu Chunming still showed a puzzled expression, Feng Tiandong further explained: "Most of the mountain goods on our side, except for squeezed silk and bitter almonds, are edible things. ”

Liu Baosheng, who was recording, suddenly interjected: "What to eat?" He didn't understand what the word "food" Feng Tiandong was talking about.

Feng Tiandong smiled and explained, "It's just something to eat." Liu Baosheng suddenly realized, and he also chuckled.

Feng Tiandong continued: "Many of these edible things are sold all over the country through the operation of mountain goods merchants. ”

"Like Sichuan pepper, it is a favorite condiment of northerners, and the sales market is mainly in the northeast of China, including the three northeastern provinces."

"Chinese herbal medicines such as Codonopsis are high-quality supplements, which are mainly sold to southern China, and even overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia will buy them in large quantities."

"Peach kernels can be used to make pastry fillings, and there are not many domestic sales, and the main markets are abroad, such as the United States and Canada, which are in great demand."

“……”

"And the bitter almonds that are unique to our mountainous region. Although it is inedible, it is an important industrial raw material, and it is basically sold to Europe and Germany. ”

"Hehehe, don't underestimate this bitter almond, it's it, for ** to exchange a lot of weapons and equipment from Germany."

Feng Tiandong sat and talked eloquently, the more he spoke, the more fluent he spoke, the more he spoke more freely, and explained to Lu Chunming what he had learned through the mountain goods merchants these days, about the various mountain goods in the entire Taihang Mountains, their uses and sales, like a number of treasures.

Lu Chunming was stunned when he heard this, his eyes lit up for a while, Liu Baosheng couldn't care about anything, and quickly recorded every word Feng Tiandong said.

"However, in order to get these mountain goods in circulation, we faced a problem. Before the fall of North China, these mountain goods had a common feature, no matter which mountain goods merchant, in the end, these goods were concentrated in Tianjin, and then transported away for sale. ”

"If we want to open the way out of mountain goods sales, we must open this road to and from Tianjin, which we must find a way to do." Feng Tiandong finally said.

Lu Chunming humbly asked: "How to open the road to Tianjin?" ”

Feng Tiandong lowered his head and became silent, lit a cigarette again, and took a big puff, Lu Chunming did not urge, and waited quietly for his next step.

After coming over for a while, Feng Tiandong said slowly: "I went to Tianjin this time and met with He Jinrong, the director of the Tianjin Material Control Committee, we had a good talk, I think I can make good use of him, but that may require me to come forward." ”

"No! This way it doesn't work! Lu Chunming categorically interrupted Feng Tiandong's words, "You don't have to think about it, you definitely can't come forward." ”

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