Jiang Cheng and his entourage soon crossed the Dalao Mountain and came to the area controlled by the Red Party. Yu Qiaqing sighed, "Xiao Jiang, this time I have sacrificed my life to accompany the gentleman, if I have any three long and two short, you must help me take good care of Shanshan and Zhimin, it is best to let them go abroad." ”

Jiang Cheng smiled and said, "Old Yu, it's not so exaggerated, isn't the Red Party also a human, and it's not a Longtan tiger's den, look at you now, you don't look like a barefoot God of Wealth." ”

Xing Yonghao and Ba Shun, who were sitting in the front seat, looked at each other and smiled, Xing Yonghao said, "Mr. Yu, don't worry, there is really something, and there is us." ”

At this time, it was almost Yan'an, Jiang Cheng saw a village on the side of the road, Jiang Cheng said, "Old Yu, let's go and see the countryside under the rule of the Red Party first, the vast majority of our country is rural, whether the rural problem can be done well, is the key to whether our country can do a good job." ”

Yu Qiaqing nodded and said, "It's okay, get out of the car and pay attention, I'm your bookkeeper, don't be too polite to me." ”

Jiang Cheng hopes that Yu Qiaqing and others can fully support him to assist the Red Party, after all, he has too few people in this era, and he still needs their help to buy supplies in Europe and the United States.

Jiang Cheng and his entourage got out of the car, leaving only Xing Yonghao to look at the car, in the Republic of China era, you left a car in the suburbs, and when you came back, it would only leave you a screw.

When they entered the village and found that there was no one in every house, Jiang Cheng and Yu Qiaqing couldn't help but wonder a little, where did this person go? At this time, they suddenly heard a noise in the distance, Jiang Cheng and the others followed the sound, and saw a square, densely packed with people, and a platform was set up in the middle, on which sat a few soldiers wearing some tattered military uniforms, and a soldier who looked no more than 20 years old was saying something.

Jiang Cheng and the others listened to it for a while, and then they realized that they were originally propagating the latest article of the Red Party Central Committee entitled "The Tasks of the Chinese Red Party in the Anti-Japanese Period."

In the article, Yu Qiaqing and Jiang Cheng were confused by the proposal to "use legislation and other appropriate methods to solve the land problem", and soon someone asked for them, and a man with a turban asked, "Platoon Commander Zhang, what does this mean, you explain it to us, I don't understand it." ”

The soldier replied with a smile: "This means that in the past, our land reform was to confiscate the land of the landlords' old wealth and distribute it to our poor people, but now we no longer do this, and we have to change." ”

The meaning of these words was finally explained, and the crowd below was in an uproar when they heard it, what? The landlord is no longer fighting? The land is not confiscated? What about the land we have divided?

Someone immediately asked the question.

Platoon Commander Zhang explained: "Everyone knows that the pace of Japanese aggression is constantly approaching, and now our resistance to Japan is the first priority, and resistance to Japan is the business of our entire nation, which does not distinguish between poor peasants and rich peasants, so in order to unite all those who are willing to resist Japan, our Party Central Committee has decided not to confiscate the landlords' land, but to use other methods to make decisions for our people." ”

At this time, a little old man in tattered clothes came out, grabbed the platform and asked above, "What about my land?" Will my land be returned to me? A young man who looked like he was in his twenties and said with a crying voice, "Dad, go back, Platoon Commander Zhang, my dad doesn't have a good brain, don't worry about it." ”

Yu Qiaqing whispered to Jiang Cheng, "Look at what you have forced people to be." ”

Jiang Cheng shook his hand and motioned to continue looking.

Platoon Commander Zhang also waved his hand to signal the few soldiers behind him not to be impulsive, and continued, "According to the instructions of the Party Central Committee, we are old people and new methods, and the original confiscated land will not be returned, Zhao Laosan, don't think about your land anymore, your family has been here for decades, although there is no big evil, but there are many small crimes, and those fields are used to atone for sins." ”

Hearing that the land still couldn't be retrieved, the little old man collapsed on the ground and cried, but the surrounding villagers smiled happily.

"I said that the Red Party must help us people and will not let us suffer."

"I was scared to death just now, how long has this farming certificate been issued, I thought it was going to be gone."

"What are you thinking about this old woman, the Red Army is our own team, will it still be against us?"

"This Zhao Laosan, the thief's heart has not changed, he still wants the local master to exploit us, hmph, we have to keep an eye on him in the future."

At this time, a man in his thirties also stood up and said, "Platoon Commander Zhang has told everyone the spirit of the Party Central Committee, don't panic, the Party Central Committee will definitely help everyone, everyone can farm and produce with peace of mind, Zhao Laosan, don't you cry, don't you give your family a field now, you work hard to farm, you still have something to eat, think about the good things you did back then, small buckets in and big fights out, now your suffering is atonement for the people, do you know?" ”

This big man is probably the new head of this village, and the little old man who said it has retreated.

The big man shouted again, "Since everyone knows the situation, don't listen nonsense, go all out to produce, resist Japan and save the country!" ”

The villagers below all shouted, "Go all out to produce, resist Japan and save the country!" ”

Yu Qiaqing saw that it was almost there, so he pulled Jiang Cheng away, and when he passed by the entrance of the village, he saw a house closed, and there were bursts of painful screams from inside.

Yu Qiaqing hurriedly said as if she had seen a treasure, "Listen, this must be someone who was persecuted by the Red Party." ”

Ba Shun smiled and pushed Yu Qiaqing and said, "Old Yu, look at the words on the door yourself, I know the word quit smoking." ”

Yu Qiaqing looked at it, and it was written that it was a smoking cessation hall.

At this time, a voice came from behind, "Don't move, who are you, what are you looking around?" ”

Jiang Cheng turned around, but it was Zhang Platoon Leader.

Platoon Commander Zhang held up his gun and asked, "I don't know where the gentlemen came from and what they do?" ”

Jiang Cheng replied, "My name is Gu Quan, we are pharmaceutical merchants from the south, and we are going to Yan'an to see if there is any suitable business to do." It's not that you're thirsty and look around to see if there's any water to drink, but you can't find anyone anywhere, no, you hear a voice inside, and you just look. ”

When Platoon Commander Zhang heard that it was actually a drug merchant, he hurriedly put down his gun and asked, "Are you a drug merchant?" Is there any evidence? ”

Jiang Cheng took out a bottle of penicillin from his arms and threw it over, saying, "Have you seen it?" Penicillin! ”

Platoon Commander Zhang really saw this penicillin in the division headquarters, and hurriedly said, "It's really a drug merchant, great, our Red Army is short of your medicines." ”

Yu Qiaqing interjected, "This sir, what's going on with your smoking cessation hall?" Why is it so miserable inside? ”

Platoon Commander Zhang sighed, waved his hand and asked the soldiers to open the room, and when they walked in, there were seven or eight people tied to the beds.

Platoon Commander Zhang said, "The land in our place is barren, but there are a lot of smokers, these are all smokers in this village, you see, there are men and women, old and young, many of them are the main labor force of a family, this big smoke is too harmful." We, the Red Army, will absolutely not allow the smoke that has plagued us for so many years to continue to plague our common people. Therefore, every village in our red zone has a smoking cessation center. ”

Yu Qiaqing asked, "Are these people forced, or?" ”

A man probably relieved, heard the conversation of everyone and said, "We are voluntary, my mother hanged herself after smoking a lot, this time I have the opportunity to be a new person, I don't quit smoking and die successfully, and I won't go out." ”

Several other people also said weakly, "Yes, I won't go out if I die." ”

Platoon Commander Zhang said, "We will send people every day to encourage and cheer for them, and to be reasonable, the people are reasonable people, and they will cooperate with us very much after they make sense." ”

Jiang Cheng saw that this platoon commander Zhang was talking like a plain soldier, not like an ordinary soldier, so he asked, "Platoon Commander Li, are you all so able to speak in the Red Army, have you ever read a book?" ”

When Platoon Commander Zhang heard this, he was a little embarrassed and said, "Our Red Army has a literacy class, but these are all said by my political commissar. ”

Yu Qiaqing didn't want to stay for a long time, so she pulled Jiang Cheng's clothes, and Jiang Cheng said clearly in his heart, "Then Platoon Commander Zhang, can we just leave first?" ”

Platoon Commander Zhang has not met a pharmacist in Yan'an for so long, and now he finally met one, of course, he wants to pull back, not to mention the company commander, even the division commander will praise him for doing a good job, you must know that the current Red Army's lack of medicine is not a little describeable, and many wounded are treated with herbs and even grass ash.

But when people wanted to leave, they couldn't force them to stay, so they said, "I'm afraid you don't know the way, so why don't I go with you." ”

Jiang Cheng saw that this platoon leader Zhang was worried about his own medicine, so he said, "Don't be anxious, we are going to talk to your leaders about drug trading this time, if the negotiation is successful, will there be no medicine for you?" ”

Platoon Commander Zhang was also a little embarrassed when he saw that his thoughts had been exposed, so he said, "Didn't I bring no money, afraid that others would buy all your medicines?" ”

Jiang Cheng smiled: "Why don't we give you a little medicine on credit." ”

Platoon Commander Zhang said sternly: "Our army is disciplined, and we will never take a stitch from the masses, and we must never take credit if we don't have money." ”

Yu Qiaqing saw that this platoon commander Zhang obviously wanted to buy medicine, but he didn't dare to buy it because he didn't bring money, and he was now dressed up as a trader's image, it seems that what this Red Army said may be true, and when he thought that he would not make trouble after becoming a soldier, and he would not take anything for nothing, Yu Qiaqing suddenly felt a lot more cordial to the Red Army.

Jiang Cheng said, "I want to find your chief, preferably a higher level, who can negotiate with us about business, I don't know how to find it?" ”

Platoon Commander Zhang is just a platoon commander, where do you know how to contact the chief directly, so he said, "Our army is reported layer by layer, so it's better to take you to our military headquarters and talk to our army commander directly." Platoon Commander Zhang thought to himself. In this way, it not only helps these merchants, but also can bring them to their own troops, killing two birds with one stone.

Jiang Cheng thought that this army commander could meet him, so he agreed.

Out of the village, Platoon Commander Zhang saw the car and the drugs in the back seat, and immediately no longer doubted that Jiang Cheng and the others were drug merchants. So he took them to the military headquarters.

-- The headquarters of the 1st Army Corps of the Red Army

At this time, most of the middle and senior commanders and fighters of the Red Army were not in their own troops, but were trained in rotation in the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, and the commander of the First Army at this time was the president of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, Luo Ruiqing was the chief of education, Liu Yalou was the director of training, and Yang Zhi became the minister of school affairs. The head of the First Army at this time was political commissar Nie Rongzhen.

When Nie Rongzhen heard that there were medicine merchants, he couldn't help but be a little surprised, because of the blockade of the White Party, not to mention medicines, even grain merchants can rarely appear here. Although there has been a lot of relaxation recently, there are still very few businessmen from the south due to long-term malicious propaganda. Nie Rongzhen said with a smile: "This little soldier has made a great contribution, if it is really a medicine merchant, it will really solve our urgent need." ”

At this time, Wei Zuzhen, who was still the head of the Security Department, also smiled and said, "What Commissar Nie said is yes, but we can't take it lightly, suddenly a drug merchant came, I always feel abnormal." ”

Nie Rongzhen smiled, "Are you still very responsible as the section chief, no matter what, let's take a look." ”

After Jiang Cheng entered the barracks, he felt that this was a refugee camp, although it was cleaned very clean, but most of the soldiers who went in and out of the patrol were wearing tattered, because it was the north, although it was the beginning of May, but they were still wearing cotton clothes, but most of the soldiers' clothes were several colors, patches and patches, and the weapons they took were more cold weapons than **, this is still the first legion! The famous ** army, I really can't imagine what the equipment of other armies will be.

Yu Qiaqing looked at such a scene and couldn't help but say, "This is the kind of army that has given Chairman Jiang a headache for so many years? How is this possible? ”

Jiang Cheng nodded and said, "Let's take our time to find the mystery." ”

At this time, passing by the training ground, although the Red Army was poorly equipped, dressed in tatters, but in the training meticulous, the military posture was promoted, because of the Red Army at this time, the desire for medicine, Jiang Cheng, who was a drug merchant, was treated as a distinguished guest, was served peanut tea, looking at the soldiers guarding the door to see the peanuts, their eyes were straight, and they knew that this peanut was already a very valuable snack for the Red Army at this time.

After waiting for a while, a soldier wearing a relatively good military uniform walked over with the support of several soldiers, this soldier is close to 180 tall, it may be that he has been suffering from a long-term food shortage, and his eyes are narrow, and when he saw Jiang Cheng sitting in the host and guest seat, he hurriedly stretched out his hand and said, "This is Boss Gu, look up for a long time." ”

Jiang Cheng also hurriedly thanked him, "I don't know what the general is called." ”

The soldier smiled and said, "Contemptible Nie Rongzhen." ”

Hearing that the opposite was actually Nie Rongzhen, one of the top ten marshals, Jiang Cheng immediately stood in awe, Jiang Cheng kept cheering himself up, now any little finger fighter in this Yan'an army is a general of later generations, and he must get used to it.

Nie Rongzhen said straight to the point: "I heard that Boss Gu has a lot of medicines in his hands? ”

Jiang Cheng nodded and said, "Yes, I brought thousands of penicillins and a lot of sulfonamides. ”

Hearing that it was penicillin, Nie Rongzhen's hands trembled a little, this penicillin is difficult to buy, I heard that it can only be exchanged for precious metals such as gold, and the Red Army also sent people to buy it secretly, but unfortunately because it is too expensive, I have only dared to buy a small amount.

After Nie Rongzhen knew that it was penicillin, he understood that this matter was not something he could decide, not to mention anything else, even this price was not something that his first army could take, so he said, "Boss Gu has a lot of ability, but this business is a bit big, I don't know how much Boss Gu asks?" I will report to the Central Committee and let the people in the Central Committee talk to you. Our First Legion, hehe, really doesn't have this money. ”

Yu Qiaqing couldn't help but be curious when she heard this, this first army sounds like it should be the main force of the Red Army, although this thousands of penicillin are indeed precious, but it shouldn't be that a main army can't afford to come up with this money, and can't help asking, "I don't know how your army's military expenses are?" ”

Nie Rongzhen said embarrassedly, "Our Red Army is the army of the common people, and this is a barren land, and the land for fighting local tyrants has also been distributed to the people. ”

At that time, the price of grain was 13 to 16 catties, and a dime was about 1 and a half catties of rice, which was about 4-7 yuan in modern times, that is to say, when the Red Army was fighting, the maximum amount of money for a person to eat a day was less than seven yuan in modern times. Usually there is even less training. These were soldiers, and there was rigorous training in peacetime, so it can be said that life was extremely difficult, but this was already the period when the Red Army was relatively rich.

Jiang Cheng hurriedly said, "Nie Lao, cough cough, don't worry about Nie Political Commissar, this is just our first business, but we are very worried about the business environment here in our Yan'an, we have heard a lot of bad words about your Red Army in the south." ”

Nie Rongzhen waved his hand and said with a smile, "That's all the malicious propaganda of their White Party, our Red Party is not a cannibalistic ghost, on the contrary, you should see their White Party's army in the south buying and selling, and there are really a lot of things to steal." ”

Jiang Cheng looked at Yu Qiaqing and said, "In this way, can Political Commissar Nie send someone to take us around, let us see what Yan'an is like under the governance of your Red Party." ”

Nie Rongzhen said with a smile: "It seems that Boss Gu is very concerned about our Red Army, okay, I also hope that Boss Gu can publicize our Red Party more after he goes back." That's it, Wei Zuzhen! ”

"Here!" A sturdy soldier stepped forward from behind Nie Rongzhen.

"You accompany Boss Gu and his entourage to walk around, look everywhere, as long as it's not a confidential place, they can see it wherever they want, understand?" Nie Rongzhen said sternly.

Wei Zuzhen said loudly: "Guarantee to complete the task." ”

Jiang Cheng and his entourage sat in the car, and Wei Zuzhen and Ba Shun sat in the front seat. Jiang Cheng said, "Let's go to the city gate to have a look."

Yu Qiaqing also nodded secretly, the city gate is the most mixed, and it is easiest to see some things.

On the other side, Nie Rongzhen ran to the central station at the foot of Phoenix Mountain. After thinking about it, he felt that this Gu Quan's origin should not be simple, and he would not just be a drug merchant.

Li Kenong heard Nie Rongzhen say that such a strange medicine merchant came, took off his glasses and thought about it while touching the legs of his glasses. Suddenly, he clapped his hands and laughed, "Our rich man is here!" ”

Nie Rongzhen asked strangely, "Sawada, could it be that this Gu Quan is our person?" ”

Li Kenong shook his head with a smile and said, "Not yet, but I think it should be soon, this matter is very important, I will report to the chairman immediately." ”

Nie Rongzhen hurriedly said, "Don't keep buying Guanzi, who is he?" ”

Li Kenong shook his head and said, "The Buddha said, don't say it, this matter still has to be decided by the chairman, you wait patiently." ”

When Mao Yongzhi heard Li Kenong's report, her eyes widened, and she said in surprise, "You mean, that Weihua company secretly sent someone to find us?" ”

Li Kenong nodded and said, "I haven't found it yet, but I'm going to see it soon." Chairman, in my opinion, eighty percent of the Weihua Company has taken an interest in our Red Party, and this is observing us, and it seems that our Chairman Chiang has done something good. ”

Mao Yongzhi took a puff of cigarette and nodded, and said, "Is our transport captain still very conscientious, we have all reconciled and come to deliver things, this can't be collected, since they want to see it, let them look at it boldly and thoroughly, let them completely see the gap between us and the White Party." Vice Chairman Zhou was right last time, we don't have to do anything, Lao Jiang will naturally push people with lofty ideals to us. ”