It didn't take much effort for Wang Laohu to lead the second special operations squad and the third battalion into Anqiu County, because of the captain of the army.

The road from Xiaoguanzhuang to Anqiu County is not far, but Wang Dongqiang, the captain of the second special operations team, is not afraid of the smoke and dust stirred up by the motorcycle choked his throat, and talked about the magnificent scenery of Xuzhou, the richness of the land of fish and rice in northern Jiangsu, and the enchanting style of Jianghuai's daughter, which made the devil squad leader shake his heart, and only felt that the people in the central Lu area were tossed by the Eighth Route Army. Moreover, the common people in Luzhong were too deeply poisoned by the Eighth Route Army, and they were extremely hostile to the imperial army, and as long as the soldiers of the imperial army were alone, they would die in the hands of the guerrillas and militiamen wearing the clothes of the common people, or they would die under the hoes, guillotines, and shotguns of the common people. It's too dangerous!

The captain of the devil squad listened to Wang Dongqiang's vernacular while nostalgic for the happy time when he first arrived in Shandong, how happy he was at that time, the squadron was frightened when he heard the name of the imperial army, and when he entered a deep mansion compound, there was gold and silver, food, and women. That's called the Paradise of the Emperor's Road! It's a pity that that day is gone.

Wang Dongqiang was obsessed with the vernacular of the devil squad leader, and he didn't even know that his clothes were wet with saliva water, and his mind was full of ideas to transfer away from the 108th Division and go to the Xuzhou garrison, so as to taste the stunning flavor of Jianghuai.

It wasn't until Wang Dongqiang stabbed the devil squad leader's rib bone with his hand that he woke up from his imagination, and when he opened his eyes, he had arrived at the watchtower in Anqiu Nanguan.

At this time, the captain of the devil squad saw the sentries standing guard on the watchtower and felt that they were all stupid, so he stepped off the motorcycle directly, and after answering the password, he stepped forward and slapped him roundly, crackling according to the work of the two sentries slapped, and scolded "stupid", "stupid", "inferior" and other insulting words with surnames while fighting, seeing Wang Dongqiang laughing on the side, he felt that this devil squad leader was indeed a talent that could be created, and he must be trained to be a special combat member of the Eighth Route Army like Kimura Ichiro and Kato Zhengnan, Otherwise, it will be a waste of talent.

After the devil squad finished fighting, he returned to the motorcycle, waved his hand very chicly, and drove towards the city with the convoy and the cavalry behind.

The little devils in Anqiu City originally only had one squad left, plus a company of puppet troops, and some puppet police, and the troops were very empty. The guards brought by His Excellency the Major General were more than 800 people, and when he entered the city, His Excellency the Major General's guards took over the city gate and other posts, and His Excellency the Major General paid great attention to etiquette, let the captain of the devil squad lead the way, and visited the imperial army squad, garrison, and police station left behind.

When His Excellency the Major General sat down at the brigade headquarters, the leader of the devil squad was surprised to find that he was the luckiest in the number of puppet troops in the city, because His Excellency the Major General personally told him that he would make a proposal to Lieutenant General Xiong Mi, commander of the 10th and 8th Division, and suggested that Second Lieutenant Yoshio Aramura be transferred to the Xuzhou Garrison as a lieutenant officer of the Xuzhou Garrison Headquarters.

At this time, the leader of the devil squad (that is, Second Lieutenant Yoshio Aramura, he had already told Wang Dongqiang his name along the way) was so grateful that his chest was much higher than usual when he saluted.

Next, Second Lieutenant Yoshio Aramura behaved better, and was busy arranging dinner for His Excellency the Major General's Guard. As a result, Wang Dongqiang patted him on the shoulder and told him that he didn't need to be busy, just find a room, they brought cooking soldiers with them, and they were in charge of dinner. Now there is a need for Second Lieutenant Yoshio Aramura, no, Lieutenant Yoshio Aramura, Lieutenant Yoshio Aramura is needed to call the strongholds along the line and tell them that His Excellency the Commander of the Xuzhou Garrison will go to Weicheng through their line of defense to visit His Excellency Lieutenant General Kumaya Shimoto.

Aramura Yoshio now sees himself as the entourage of His Excellency the Commander of the Xuzhou Garrison, so he naturally regards the task assigned by Wang Dongqiang as his own job, and immediately ran to grab the phone and shouted "Moxi, Moxi".

When receiving the report that Wang Laohu had successfully attacked and occupied Anqiu County and Wang Dahu had completely annihilated a brigade of the Anqiu garrison and a battalion of the puppet army in Zhoujiaxiazhuang on the Daling River, Liu Yimin led the division headquarters to arrive in Jingzhi Ancient Town.

This Jingzhi town is located at the junction of Zhucheng, Gaomi, Anqiu and Changyi counties, near the Huhe River in the west, Weishui in the east, and the thoroughfare of the four counties, and the location is very superior.

Jingzhi Town was given the name Jingzhi Town after discovering Ganoderma lucidum many times during the reign of Song Renzong Jingyou. This name is indeed called well, which is in line with the fact that Jingzhi Town is located in the alluvial plain of the Weihe River, with flat and fertile land, rich products, natural granary, and accessible trade routes.

Historically, Jingzhi Town is one of the three ancient towns in Shandong along with Lanling Town and Yanshen Town, famous for producing liquor, and is one of the birthplaces of sorghum shochu in China. According to the record of Shandong Tongzhi in the fourth year of the Republic of China, Qilu Shochu "is the most prosperous in Anqiu Jingzhi, mellow and fragrant, and famous far and near". The sorghum shochu here belongs to the sesame flavor type, which is commonly known as Jingzhi high fever. There are two poems describing the prosperity of sorghum shochu in Jingzhi Ancient Town: "Ten miles of apricot blossom rain, all the way to the wine flag wind", "three Ganoderma lucidum real treasure land, a muddy river is Jiuquan".

It is said that the wine-making skills of Jingzhi Town have matured in the Song and Yuan dynasties. When Su Dongpo was the prefect of Mizhou (now Zhucheng County), he drank Jingzhi in Jingzhi Town and wrote the famous "Water Tune Song Head": "When is the bright moon? Ask the sky for wine. I don't know what year it is in the heavenly palace. I want to go back by the wind, but I am afraid of Qionglou Yuyu, the height is unbearable, and I dance to find out the shadow, how it seems to be in the world. Turn Zhu Pavilion, arrive at Qihu, and shine sleeplessly. There should be no hatred, and what is biased towards other times. People have joys and sorrows, and the moon is cloudy and sunny, and this matter is difficult to complete. I hope that people will last a long time, and they will be together for thousands of miles. ”

During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Jingzhi Town "wine shops are lined up, wine flags are swaying, 72 wine-making workshops are all over the town, large cars and small cars are on the way, commerce is prosperous, the production of liquor is quite good, and the annual liquor tax is paid one hundred ingots and four times", and even the wine vendors outside Zhangjiakou are riding camels to sell wine.

In the eighth year of Qianlong, in view of the excessive scale of soju in Jingzhi Town, the Qianlong Emperor thought that food was a waste and ordered to limit the number and scale of boiling pots.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, Jingzhi Town's liquor industry reached the peak again, only the pot has Hengtai, Jingdong, Songshudi, Nanpeng, Yitaichang, Guangtaichang, Xiaya, Miaojiaozi, Nanweiwan, Xigaochang, Alley, Nanlou, Minglou, Jiamiaodong, Minglouhou, Xicao City, Haojiawan, Yuanlongchang, Houniushi, Yitai City, Yuanlong, Xiehe, Yili, Deyuan, Demao, Deshun, Hongtai, Yitai, Yilong, Yisheng, Yichangtai, Guangmao, Yimao, Deyuanfu, Taihelou, Taiheshun, Taihexin, Sanshun, Fengshun, Shenyuan, Ruiyuan, Tianhetai, Shunhe, Shengxiang, Yongyuan, HSBC, Zhonghe, Deju, Yuanshengyong, Guangshengyong, Yuan Henry, Yiyuan, Huachanghe, Yushun, Hengtai, Hengju, Hengfeng, Hengxiangxiang, Zhongdesheng, Nandesheng, Jufeng, Fufeng, Sanhecheng, Yixingheng, Yongju, Sanhexiang, Xintai, Yuande, Maode, Quanxiang, Yiju, Jingchang, Yuxing, etc., more than 70 families, wrapping an ancient town in the prosperous dream of fine wine and merchants. Before the Anti-Japanese War, there were 72 famous pots in Jingzhi Town, and there were more than 200 businesses engaged in the soju business. Jingzhi also participated in the Panama International Expo with Moutai and Fenjiu.

Of course, this was a time of war, and the brewing industry in Jingzhi Town had been hit hard, and many pots had stopped working and fled. Fortunately, in the previous stage, the Eighth Route Army carried out a cold-gun and cold-artillery campaign and drove away the puppet army that had entered Jingzhi Town, and the common people's voices began to return to normal.

Liu Yimin fell in love with it as soon as he arrived in Jingzhi Ancient Town, and took Luo Ronghuan and Cai Zhong from the barrier door to the Panasonic Ancient Well dedicated to Jingzhi people's winemaking, and admired all the way, feeling that this place is better than the big store, simple and elegant, and the aroma of wine is overflowing, which makes people unable to move.

Luo Ronghuan said with a smile, it is good to be here, but it is too close to Jiaoji Road and Jiqing Highway, and it is a plain area, so it is not easy to garrison, and it is not suitable as a headquarters station.

Cai Zhong said that after we finish the battle of Jiaoji Road, the mountainous areas of Luzhong, Ludong, Jiaodong, southeast Lu and Taiyi will be connected, and the wineries here can resume production immediately, and maybe they will become one of the main sources of financial income in the base area!

Liu Yimin said with a smile: "When I arrived here, I remembered the ancient town of Moutai, although there is no cloud-shrouded microclimate of the ancient town of Moutai, but the water quality of this Panasonic ancient well is so good, the sorghum wine brewed should be good." ”

Cai Zhong glanced at Liu Yimin, and saw that when he talked about Moutai Town, he knew that this old guy was hungry, and joked with a smile: "I said what's going on, it turns out that the wine worm in the teacher's stomach is moving." Let's go, find a place, I'll ask you to have enough to drink. ”

Liu Yimin laughed and walked towards a wine shop named Heng Xiangxiang.

At first glance, this liquor store looks like the kind of pot shop in front of the shop and back workshop. On one side of the shop, there is a red wooden treasure bottle-shaped wine banner, under which there are two red streamers, and the breeze blows, sending bursts of wine fragrance, and the disguise sways and flutters in the fragrant wind, flying up and down, like a purple swallow around the beam.

As soon as he saw the Eighth Route Army coming to the wine store, the boss hurriedly greeted him, kept making compliments, and kept saying that he was grateful to the Eighth Route Army for driving away the ghost, otherwise the family would not even have their lives.

At this time, it was already getting late, and lanterns had been hung in the storefront of the liquor store, illuminating the storefront. However, there are no people drinking in it.

Liu Yimin, Luo Ronghuan, and Cai Zhong sat down at a table near the window, and Cai Zhong told the boss to get some wine and food. Be quick, though.

The boss said yes, so he beckoned the backyard kitchen to hurry up, walked to the counter, scooped out the wine from a small wine jar with a wine grape, poured it into three high-legged porcelain cups, and served it to Liu Yimin and the others. Then I brought a plate of vinegar-soaked peanuts, a plate of pickled river shrimp, a plate of shredded green radish in Weixian County, and a plate of shredded green onions.

Liu Yimin said suspiciously: "Boss, your wine is in the jar, won't the taste run out after a long time?" ”

As soon as the boss heard Liu Yimin call him "boss", he was taken aback, and it took him a long time to understand that this was the name of the Eighth Route Army, so he told Liu Yimin that the custom of Jingzhi Town called the place where grain was sold "Fangzi", the people who ran the workshop were called "Fang Owners", and the guys in the Fang were called "Douzi". The site of sake brewing is called "yakaku", also called "field". The host of the "field" is called the "pot owner", and those who make wine and sell wine are called open pots. The brewer is commonly known as "roasted buns", and the leader is called "head". So, he should be called to open the pot instead of the boss. After speaking, he told Liu Yimin that the lid of his wine jar is particular, it is a hemispherical lid made of sorghum soaked in pig urine, and the wine jar is stuffed with it, so that the wine does not taste good. If the comrades of the Eighth Route Army wanted to bring wine, he would plug the mouth of the wine jar with sorghum straw, and then smear a layer of paste mixed with sorghum flour and bean flour to ensure that the wine would not be spilled, not run, and not smelly.

Liu Yimin was half incredulous, picked up the wine glass and smelled it, a sesame fragrance came to his nose, and he couldn't help but say good wine, and as soon as he tilted his neck, he took a big sip. provoked Luo Ronghuan to say that he drank too much and was easy to get drunk.

As soon as I heard Liu Yimin praise his good wine, he was interested in opening the pot, saying that his Hengxiangxiang pot has a very long history, using the ancestral stone grinding and crushing, artificial treading, heavenly pot distillation, pottery urn fermentation and other ancient processes, and there are 100 cellars alone. When making liquor, the sorghum is first crushed with a stone mill and water, steamed, fermented in the earth pond or a large vat, matured into a fermented wine, and is loaded into a wooden retort barrel with a wooden shovel, and the bottom of the retort is set up with a wine basket, and the retort is a large pot containing water, and the pot is heated by the furnace, and a tin pot is placed in the retort barrel to hold cold water for cooling, commonly known as "floating pot". After heating, the hot wine steam rises, cools into wine in a "floating pot", and the liquor flows out along the groove under the "floating pot". The cold water should be constantly replaced in the "floating pot", and the wine that flows out first is not strong or light, and it is the best wine, which is commonly known as "two pot heads". The last one that flows out is called "Xiaozi Shui", which can only be used to make vinegar. The new wine is made, the workers hurry up to send the wine to the hotel while it is hot, the two of them carry a basket, a basket of 200 catties, and the store that sells the wine stores the new wine, and the longer the time, the more mellow the taste, which is usually called "aging".

Liu Yimin drank and ate at the same time, and listened to the introduction of the boiling pot in such detail, so he smiled and said: "Open the boiling pot, you talked about it in such detail, aren't you afraid that I will steal your soju technique?" ”

Kai Boiling Pot sighed: "Comrade of the Eighth Route Army, I'm not afraid that you will steal learning, I am afraid that one day you will leave, the little devil will turn this Jingzhi Town into a piece of rubble, and our sesame-scented Jingzhi high fever stunt will be lost, sorry ancestors." ”

Seeing the sincerity of what he said about the boiling pot, Liu Yimin told him that he could do business with peace of mind, and the Eighth Route Army would provide a safe production and living environment for the villagers in the base area.

Although he didn't know the identities of Liu Yimin, he saw that the door was full of sentry posts, and knew that this must be the chief of the Eighth Route Army. When the Eighth Route Army won the battle, he would unite all the pots and carry the wine to the labor army.

While talking, the rice was served, Liu Yimin saw that the color of the noodles was light yellow, as thin as gold wire, soft and hard, the soup was chicken soup, and there were shrimp skin and green onions floating on it, and he took a sip, it was spicy and sour, and he knew that pepper noodles, vinegar, and small grinding sesame oil were added to it. Look at the cake served again, thin as cicada wings, soft as brocade, scorching and soft, chopsticks pick up a piece, a little movement, a cake is like three. When I took a bite, I not only had a lot of muscles, but also a mouth full of fragrance.

When he opened the pot and saw that Liu Yimin was eating fragrantly, he introduced that this cake was called "three-page cake", which was made of wheat white flour, fine salt, raw soybean oil and noodles, rolled and branded, known as "three pages as one, the leaves were as thin as paper, and one shake and three openings", which was a famous food in Jingzhi Town and Jingzhi High Fever. Stacked and stored cool, it will be as soft as when it was first made for a few days, and it is best to take it on the go. This noodle is called golden silk noodles, which is made of wheat white flour, fine salt, eggs and noodles, rolled into transparent pancakes, cut into thin strips with a knife, and put into the chicken soup, but unfortunately there is no toon and coriander now, so it can only be replaced with green onions, otherwise the taste will be better.

If they don't come to invade China, at this time, Jingzhi Town has already gathered merchants, and the streets are full of merchants from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and at night, the sound of guessing the boxing order and the sound of mules and horses transporting wine are all together, how good the scene is!

Liu Yimin listened while eating, and when he listened to it, he felt that the exclamation of boiling the pot might be the exclamation of all Chinese businessmen. If it weren't for the war, China's business would have developed very quickly. It is the manufacturing industry that China lacks the most, as long as the environment is good, I am afraid it will develop very quickly. But all this must be protected by a strong political regime and a strong national defense force. Without this, it would be in vain to say anything. Although the economy at the end of the Qing Dynasty was backward, compared with other countries in the world, the total economic volume was definitely the first. As a result, the foreigners were red-eyed and wanted to kill the fat pigs, so the Opium War broke out. After the Opium War, China finally developed for a period of time, and foreigners became red again, and they wanted to kill fat pigs again, and as a result, the Eight-Nation Alliance came again. Later, the Xinhai Revolution and the Northern Expedition broke out, and China finally developed for a while, and this little devil launched a war of aggression against China. To put it bluntly, these foreign powers have all benefited from the invasion of China, and they regard China as a fat pig to be slaughtered, and they will be killed when they are fattened.

Thinking about it, Liu Yimin felt that his stomach was full of anger, and when he opened his mouth, he scolded again, "The little one of the dogs!" ”

Cai Zhong glanced at Liu Yimin and persuaded softly: "Eat first, fill your stomach and then scold!" ”

Liu Yimin finished eating three pages of bread with five divided by two, picked up the noodles and snorted and ate a fine light, drank the rest of the wine in one gulp, wiped his mouth, and waited for Cai Zhong to pay the bill, stand up and leave. When I walked to the door, I didn't know what I remembered, but I turned back and said to the boiling pot: "Open the boiling pot, your wine is good, and the golden silk noodles and three-page cakes are good." Do a good job and sell the liquor to our bases. But let me tell you, one is the most resistant to the political axe, using the renminbi and paying taxes according to the regulations. Second, it is necessary to actively support the front and support the Eighth Route Army to win the battle. The third is to improve the process, both to make wine and vinegar, but also to use the lees to feed the pigs, which can also improve your efficiency. ”

When I heard the boiling pot, I forgot all the first two items, and no matter who Liu Yimin was, he stepped forward and grabbed Liu Yimin's hand and said, "Do you mean to let me use the water from brewing to make vinegar and the lees to raise pigs?" ”

Liu Yimin said: "Yes, is there anything wrong? ”

He patted his head on the pot and said why he didn't think of it in the past, wasting so much silver in vain. Then he said that he was grateful to the Eighth Route Army for reminding him that he would repay the Eighth Route Army and donate all the existing wine to the Eighth Route Army. Then he said that this comrade of the Eighth Route Army has a good brain, which is the material for doing big business, he wants to partner with Liu Yimin to open a pot, the venue and funds are his, Liu Yimin can account for half of the dry shares, and the two of them will join forces to make Hengxiangxiang's pot business bigger.

Cai Zhong laughed when he heard it, and the scene of giving shares in Moutai Town appeared again. After pulling the boiling pot, Cai Zhong told him that the Eighth Route Army was disciplined and could not take a stitch from the masses, let alone half of the shares? However, there is a compromise method, that is, you can participate in the Eighth Route Army by boiling the pot, and make wine for the Eighth Route Army, the raw materials are supplied by the Eighth Route Army, and the wages of workers are also paid by the Eighth Route Army. In this way, Hengxiangxiang pot will develop into the largest pot in Jingzhi Town and even in Shandong.

When he heard this, he thought the idea was too fresh, so he said that he should consider it.

Liu Yimin looked at Cai Zhong with admiration in his eyes, and felt that the old man had comprehended his thoughts too thoroughly. If the Hengxiangxiang pot is used as a pilot, and the panorama in the future will be unified and built into the largest winery in the Eighth Route Army, it will really be a relatively large tax source.

Thinking of this, Liu Yimin said to Luo Ronghuan and Cai Zhong: "This matter is not in a hurry, let the boiling pot think again." He asked Li Yu to send an economic working group to Jingzhi Town to investigate and study to see how we could develop and grow Jingzhi fever here and turn it into a brand-name product in our base area and sell it all over the country. ”

After hearing this, Luo Ronghuan added: "The investigation must be factual, and the policy formulated must satisfy both the pot owners and the workers. We cannot turn the development of the brewing industry into a forcible occupation of national capital by our Eighth Route Army, which is a big mistake. ”

Liu Yimin said: "If you are willing to join the Eighth Route Army, you will be dealt with according to the supply system." If you are willing to operate in a partnership, you will have a public-private partnership. If you are willing to work alone, you will be given support in terms of loans and employment. Walking on multiple legs, as long as it can improve production, improve quality, improve efficiency, and ensure supply. ”

Cai Zhong thought for a while and said: "These articles can actually be used as a supplement to our industrial and commercial policies, can they be printed and distributed to various base areas for implementation?" ”

The three of them discussed together, listening to the scalp of the boiling pot on one side, listening to the tone of the three Eighth Route Army, they must be the senior officials in the Eighth Route Army who decide policies, and they overheard their conversation, how is this good?

In a hurry, he hurriedly ran to make a pot of tea, and beckoned the three of them to sit back and drink tea.

Liu Yimin realized that this was not the place to discuss issues, but he was not worried, if it was not here, Jingzhi Town had already been strictly guarded by the guard regiment, and no one could get out.

When he went out, Liu Yimin told Kai Pot again, asking him to start immediately, make more golden silk noodles and three-page cakes, and after a while, soldiers of the Eighth Route Army came here to taste his meal.

(To be continued)