Chapter 150: The Problem of Opium
"TAONAN CAN NOW PRODUCE 2,000 7.62MM WATER BULLETS PER DAY, AND HANYANG CAN PRODUCE 7.92MM BULLETS, MORE THAN 1,600 ROUNDS...."Wang Yuhai gave a rough report on the situation in Taonan.
"Well, 36,000 rounds a month, although not much, is better than nothing." Qin Yu rode leisurely on horseback, originally the division wanted to equip Qin Yu with a sedan chair, or a carriage, after all, now Qin Yu's identity is different, in many places in the country officers have begun to talk about pomp, division commander-level officers, looking at the whole country There are only a dozen, and it is reasonable to have a sedan chair. However, Qin Yu was idle, Li Chengwen and other brigade commanders understood Qin Yu's temper, and they rarely talked about pomp and circumstance in the army, and if they were like those officers in the Guannei, it was estimated that they would come to an end under Qin Yu's hands. However, Qin Yu leads by example, and there is nothing unconvinced, after all, these people are all living from hard times.
According to the machinery that Qin Yu bought in the past, it is no problem to produce more than one million rounds a month, but it is estimated that the production line will be set up, the production will be expanded, and there will be a serious shortage of skilled technicians and technicians, and no one can drive it with a machine, so it is understandable that the output is a little lower temporarily. In another month or two, production could skyrocket. With the bullets produced in Taonan, it is enough for a 27th division, a cavalry brigade, and an infantry brigade in hand. As for the matter of expanding the army in the future, I can't be in a hurry for a while, Lao Yuan is still in power, and things have to be done in concealment, first train the officers who are the backbone of the force, and then pull up a force in the future, it will be much faster.
With bullets, you have to pull out the shells. By the end of the year, the problem of artillery steel had been solved, but one or two larger gunpowder factories had to be built.
When passing through Gaizhou, Gaizhou was a sensation, although Qin Yu's identity was prominent in the past, the people of Gaizhou only thought that Qin Yu was a big official, but now he has become a division commander. There are only a dozen in the entire Republic of China, which is not much worse than the previous feudal officials.
Since Qin Cheng married the daughter of Gaizhou County Ling, with this relationship in it, plus the Qin family was originally a prominent family in Gaizhou, this time Qin Yu returned to his hometown, Gaizhou was very manipulative, although Qin Yu didn't like extravagance and waste, but the customs of this era were like this, and Qin Yu couldn't change too much for a while.
"Cousin-in-law." Sun Lin looked at Qin Yu in military uniform in front of him.
Qin Yu had no impression of Sun Lin in front of him. After all, I only met once at the wedding, and there were too many guests to entertain at that time, but the sister Sun Jing behind him was familiar with Zhou Yingxue when she was in Fengtian City before.
"You are quite bold, selling opium and mixing with the Japanese, how about it, you have a good time cooperating with the Japanese?" Qin Yu sat on the chair without moving, holding a cup of the best Junshan silver needle. Smelling the faint fragrance emanating from the cup, he asked for a long time.
"Cousin-in-law. This..."Sun Lin didn't know what to say for a while, he didn't know how the matter that Lu Dao had something to do with the Japanese suddenly reached Qin Yu's ears.
"Qin, Qin Yu, this matter is because Sun Lin is young and ignorant, so he will be implicated with the Japanese, I hope you don't blame it." Sun Jing stood next to him and hurriedly interceded for Sun Lin's younger brother.
"Cousin-in-law. Smoke houses are everywhere, I don't make this money, the Japanese, or others will still make it, not to mention the Dalian area. It is Fengtian, Beijing, Shanghai, where are not everywhere are smoke houses, if the cousin-in-law is willing to shelter the younger brother, the younger brother is willing to hand over half of the profits to the cousin-in-law every year. Sun Lin said a little stiffly, in his opinion, where is the opium business in China, opium has been in the Northeast for decades, where can you not see big smokers now? Even ordinary people are not surprised by Da Yan, he earns his money, where can he hinder Qin Yu, the master.
"Sun Lin, how did you talk to your cousin-in-law, he didn't let you cooperate with the Japanese because he was afraid that you would fall too deep, and you didn't know that you would fall into the hands of the Japanese." Sun Jing said strangely, a pair of beautiful eyes glanced at Qin Yu with some concern, because of the close relationship with Zhou Yingxue, Sun Jing knew a little more about Qin Yu, and the relationship between Zhi Lu Dao and the Japanese was not very good, his younger brother had never seen Qin Yu's strong side, and he really annoyed Qin Yu, I was afraid that there would be no good fruit to eat.
"It doesn't matter." It turned out that Sun Jing thought that Qin Yu would be angry, but she didn't expect that after Qin Yu listened to Sun Lin's words, not only did he not change color, but he thought of something.
In fact, Sun Lin is right, opium trafficking is too common in the Republic of China, the entire Northeast as a nest of Manchurians, opium smoking has become a common phenomenon, even with Qin Yu's status in Fengtian Province at this time, if he wants to ban smoking, it will touch a huge interest group, and even Qin Yu will feel a headache if he is resisted, and Qin Yu is still only a division commander now, if he really bans smoking and does not become an overseer, it will be half the effort to implement this measure.
Whether it is in later generations or in this era, the opium trade has huge profits in it, so that some officials, local gentry, and wealthy families are involved, and these people will become the biggest obstacle to the ban on smoking. If Sun Lin doesn't make this money, there will still be Ma Lin, Zhang Lin, and Li Lin in the future. Smoking bans are something that will not be done in ten years. Especially at the moment, Qin Yu's power cannot spread throughout the entire Fengtian Province, and the entire Republic of China is in such a situation.
If a drug trafficking syndicate is formed to guide the outflow of narcotics into higher quality narcotics and sell them for export, as long as those drug traffickers make money, they will not mind making money from outsiders, and they will have to harm the local people.
"If my cousin-in-law is interested, as long as my cousin-in-law raises his hand, the profit in this big cigarette is unimaginable, not to mention one million, even if the younger brother only accounts for two or three percent, it is enough." Seeing that Qin Yu was deep in thought, Sun Lin thought that Qin Yu was moved, so he persuaded further.
"Really? I heard that you have the Eight King Kongs under your hands? Qin Yu said with some amusement.
"Compared to my cousin-in-law, it's all something that can't be put on the table." Sun Lin smiled and said.
"Three hundred and sixty lines, the line is the champion, don't look at you still playing now, compared to the Japanese, you are still too tender. As far as I know, the fifth of the eight King Kongs under your command, Qian Fenggui, has lost no less than 20,000 oceans in the Japanese casino, and now the Japanese have taken the handle, and the third one has won the victory. As for the fourth and seventh, there seem to be more and more contradictions during this time, and there is no shortage of Japanese figures in it. Eight to three. Other people may not be dead set on you, don't look at your current scenery, if you continue like this, within a year, you will become their lackey, and you will have to be swallowed by the Japanese to the point that there is no scum left. Chen Tao's work efficiency is still very high, plus it is on the ground in Japan, and the Japanese seem to be a little unscrupulous, Chen Tao didn't take much time to find out.
"Cousin-in-law, are you telling the truth?" Sun Lin's face turned pale, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
"It's really fake, if you think about it, you can think of the anomalies of your subordinates during this time." If Qin Yudong watched the fire, the Dalian area had become the world of the Japanese at this time, Sun Lin ran from Dalian to Fengtian, Benxi and several places, if it was not gradually eaten away by the Japanese, it was called a ghost, and it was difficult for an individual to resist the strength of an organization.
"Qin Yu, what should I do then, you must help the little brother." Sun Jing has never been exposed to this level of intrigue, but she also knows the sinister aspects of the Japanese. I have never eaten pork, and I have seen pigs run, as Japan's power has gradually spread to Kanto south of Changchun in recent years, I don't know how many people have been ruined by the Japanese, Sun Jing's background is not low, and he knows more about these things than ordinary people.
"I'll go back and take care of the few people under my hands who eat inside and out!" After Qin Yu's reminder, Sun Lin also felt that there was something unusual about several of his subordinates. The appearance of this situation of a trusted person undoubtedly hit him who was still full of confidence before.
"Would you be interested in doing things for me? You alone can't fight the Japanese. Before he came, Qin Yu didn't look at Sun Lin much, but after getting Chen Tao's information to investigate him, Qin Yu found that the young man in front of him had extraordinary wrists, and he was extraordinary, and he practiced Bajiquan. Otherwise, you wouldn't be able to mix well with those people. is young, and can pull a group of people, which is much stronger than those second ancestors who eat their old books at home.
After Sun Lin said this just now, Qin Yu also had the intention to hold the opium distribution channels in Fengtian Province in his hands, grasp the entry and exit of opium in Spring Province, gradually reduce the supply of opium in this province, and expand the share of export sales, which is the real way to ban smoking.
"This, since my cousin-in-law can afford me, the younger brother naturally has no reason to excuse himself, but he can't use a knife to kill chickens, and the younger brother wants to go back and personally take care of those rebellious subordinates, if the younger brother's ability is limited, how about the cousin-in-law?" Sun Lin said tentatively, although he wanted to have something to do with Qin Yu, but he was reluctant to make hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, working for Qin Yu, and undoubtedly handed over everything to Qin Yu, and he could have some kinship with Qin Yu anyway, after saying this, Qin Yu would never be embarrassed to snatch it anymore.
"Well, since you have an idea in your heart, I won't interfere." Seeing Sun Lin's character of not hitting the south wall and not looking back, Qin Yu smiled dumbly, without Butcher Zhang, could he still eat a hairy pig? At the moment, Sun Lin is not too much of a traitor, and Fengtian Province doesn't know how many people he should kill and arrest, so let him go for a while, if he really does something out of line, it is only a matter of one sentence to clean him up. (To be continued......)