Steel itself is the most important of the materials of war!

After the little devils occupied this area, they naturally had to collect war materials, and steel was taken care of.

In the past, there were iron mines in Longfeng County, and the little devils didn't care much about the iron needs of the people in Baoyuan County, so they were naturally more relaxed. However, later the assault regiment recovered Longfeng County, and the little devil couldn't mobilize so many troops to deal with the assault regiment for a while, and he couldn't recapture Longfeng County, so he had to endure it.

But the demand for steel at the front is greater than ever, and in order to make a difference, they naturally step up their plundering of steel in the occupied areas.

Although Baoyuan County is rich in gold, there is no iron ore, but the mining needs a lot of tools made of steel, since you want gold, you naturally can't miss the demand for mining, so the little devil can only restrict the people to buy iron and the like.

As a result, the price of iron has increased several times in a month...... looked at the two in front of him and quarreled over this. The people felt the same way, and naturally thought that in these days, buying a kitchen knife is almost enough to catch up with the price of buying a little pig, how can they not resent the little devil?

Moreover, the people are not stupid, they know that if this continues, after the little devils control the steel, they will control the daily necessities such as grain and cotton, and at that time, life will definitely be many times more difficult than now......

In this regard, Zhang Qingshan could only express his helplessness in his heart: the assault regiment's battle at Pigeon's Pass was only a miserable victory, and its own strength was greatly damaged, and it had to expand the fifth battalion and replenish several battalions with new recruits, and thousands of recruits were needed at once. Now it seems that the soldiers have been replenished, but after all, it has only been such a few days, the training of recruits has not been completed, and many recruits can't even shoot guns.

And the little devils put their main energy on the front line, so they have not had time to replenish the soldiers here at one time, so they can only transfer some of the disabled or those who need to be retired and repaired here in rotation, which is quite a bit of a defensive effort, rather than mainly to deal with the assault group.

To put it bluntly: for various reasons, both sides are in the embarrassing situation of more than self-preservation and insufficient attack, and they are hoarding strength: they have just fought a decisive battle, and they are still in the stage of recuperation, and they have no intention of fighting each other again for the time being...... Although both sides know that the day of the next decisive battle will not be too far away, it is not now after all.

Therefore, if you want to fundamentally solve the problem of the people of Baoyuan County being squeezed by little devils, to be honest, it is difficult to achieve this goal. After all, in a war, we must not only look at the local situation, but also look at the overall situation, and we can't just drain the assault regiment for the sake of one Baoyuan county and then lose it along with the other three counties, right?

"Boss, there are a lot of people here, and accidents are prone to occur, for your safety, let's not look at it, right?"

Zhang Qingshan glanced at Sun Liancheng and said with a smile: "It's going to be fine, let's take a look." ”

Sun Liancheng wanted to persuade again, but it could be seen that Zhang Qingshan had already put his hands behind his back and continued to watch the two quarrel, obviously not wanting to leave for the time being, he could only helplessly glance at a few plainclothes soldiers around him, asking everyone to be vigilant and protect Zhang Qingshan's safety. Especially the two on the outermost part of the city, in case something happens, they must be prepared to respond and cover the retreat.

The blacksmith was quite impulsive, and when he saw that there were more and more onlookers, it not only affected the business, but also detrimental to his reputation, and it was quite embarrassing.

rolled up his sleeves and walked to the door to the door, and drank: "Damn, business is not good, if you talk to Lao Tzu crookedly, Lao Tzu will beat you to death directly." ”

After yelling, he reached out and grabbed the other party's collar.

Unbeknownst to him, the other party straightened his chest and shouted: "You beat, you beat, beat Lao Tzu to death, see if the old mayor can ask you to pay for Lao Tzu's life." ”

The other party was a little afraid, probably thinking of the old mayor's absolute authority over the town, and for a while, he grabbed the other party's collar, but he couldn't get his fist down.

The blacksmith of the Chai Fu family hesitated, but he was even more proud, and shouted loudly: "Lao Tzu tells you, Lao Tzu is full of food and the whole family is not hungry, one single, one rotten life, you are dragging the family, you are the pillar of the family, Lao Tzu is killed by you, the old mayor will shoot you, when the time comes, Lao Tzu will see how your family will live......

When he called here, he saw that the blacksmith's brows were furrowed, and he was quite in a dilemma, but he put his head in front of the other party even more arrogantly, and shouted in his mouth: "If you have the ability, you will beat Lao Tzu to death, if you can't beat it to death, Lao Tzu is not finished with you...... Come on! Come on! If Lao Tzu fights back today, he won't be a hero!"

"If you don't kill him, then you can break both of his legs!"

I don't know who it is, I can't bear to see the woodcutter playing a scoundrel to bully the blacksmith, so I shouted in the crowd.

"Who's troublesome? Who's troublesome? It's a man who stands up and lets Lao Tzu recognize it!" Chai Fu immediately looked at the crowd angrily and asked loudly.

Seeing that no one came forward, he became even more proud, straightened his neck and shouted to the blacksmith: "Blacksmith, you also know the situation of Lao Tzu, it is not Lao Tzu who threatens you! Either let Lao Tzu go, or beat Lao Tzu to death, otherwise, your house can lose fire once, and Lao Tzu guarantees that it will lose a second fire!"

"You!" blacksmith's eyes were about to bulge, but he was really a little scared when he was threatened by such a scoundrel from the other party, and for a while, he was really angry and afraid, but he was very helpless.

Zhang Qingshan really couldn't stand it anymore, and touched Zhou Baoyu, who was already gritting his teeth angrily, and mouthed at that chaifu nunu.

Zhou Baoyu immediately squeezed past the person in front of him, ran directly to the chaifu, grabbed the chaifu's collar, went up and opened the bow left and right, and slapped the other party four times in a row. Then, he took out the dagger, put it directly on the opponent's neck, and deliberately squeezed it into the flesh, so that the other party could feel the chill of the dagger completely.

In the end, he viciously threatened: "From now on, if you dare to say a fucking word again, Lao Tzu will kill you......"

kicked the other party to the ground and shouted, "Get out!"

Sure enough, the scoundrel was afraid of the ruthless, and when he saw that the other party came up, he was going to kill people in the street, and he was so violent, how dare that chaifu say one more word, he got up and ran, and was coaxed by the people as if he was laughing at him.

For Zhou Baoyu, I don't know who applauded first, anyway, there was warm applause at the end.

Zhou Baoyu thanked the surrounding arched his hands, and then smiled at the blacksmith: "To deal with this kind of scoundrel, you must not be afraid of him, otherwise, if he can threaten you once, he can threaten you a second time, a third time." Only by giving him a hard lesson and letting him know that you are not easy to mess with, will he not dare to bully you, and even avoid you from a distance when he sees you. ”

"Thank you, little brother! ”

"It's okay, I'm leaving, you take care of your business. ”

Zhou Baoyu is smart and smart, he knows that Zhang Qingshan doesn't want to cause trouble, let alone attract the attention of others and be exposed. Therefore, after he glanced at Zhang Qingshan, he walked directly to the other end. Then I came back in a circle, so that naturally it would not attract attention.

Zhang Qingshan saw that Zhou Baoyu had solved the problem so smoothly, so he smiled and nodded to Zhou Baoyu who came over, and then turned around and left with his hands behind his back.

But before he had taken two steps, he suddenly thought of something, and stopped and looked up at the sky!

That's how he looks, look!

The people around him had long since dispersed because they were no longer lively to watch, and he was the only one left who was still staring at the sky on the street, but he didn't seem to notice it at all. Even when someone passed by him with a burden and shouting, he didn't react, as if he was completely immersed in his own thoughts.

The plainclothes soldiers around him didn't notice it at first, but then they noticed it, but they thought that Zhang Qingshan had found something special in the sky, and followed it for a while, but found that there was nothing except for the clouds, and finally, everyone unanimously confirmed that Zhang Qingshan was standing there in a daze.

After all, it's on the street, after all, it's not good to reveal your identity, you stand alone on the street, looking up in a daze, absolutely eye-catching.

So, some soldiers wanted to come forward to wake up Zhang Qingshan, but they were stopped by Sun Bingcheng.

After being a guard for Zhang Qingshan for a few months, he still has some understanding of Zhang Qingshan's temperament. Sun Bingcheng knew that the reason why Zhang Qingshan was in such a daze must be that he had encountered a big problem before, and now he had found inspiration for the solution, so he was struggling to think about a specific solution. At this time, don't disturb Zhang Qingshan, otherwise, Zhang Qingshan's inspiration is gone, and everyone will get a bad scolding.

Therefore, in addition to instructing everyone to do a good job of vigilance and be ready to face all kinds of accidents at any time, Sun Bingcheng could only let Zhang Qingshan continue to be in a daze.

And Zhang Qingshan was in a daze, and he actually began to babble, and he didn't know what he was talking about, listening carefully, it seemed that he could hear the word 'threat' intermittently.

Fortunately, this time Zhang Qingshan only stayed for five or six minutes before he woke up by himself.

Sure enough!

As soon as Zhang Qingshan came to his senses, he immediately burst into laughter.

"Boss, you're in a daze, but it's hard for us...... Seeing that you are so happy, you must have thought of a solution to the problem, can I ask, what problem is it that you want to solve?"

"Haha! Bingcheng, you'll know when the time comes. After Zhang Qingshan answered, he quickly looked at both sides of the street, and didn't see what he wanted, so he asked: "Where is there a paper and pen seller around here, or where can I find a pen and paper, quickly find me a pen and paper." ”

"Boss, aren't you overjoyed? Don't you often say that how can you be a regiment commander without culture, even if you don't, you must always carry a pen and paper and be ready to study at any time...... No, don't you have a pen on your chest? And you always have a little notebook with you......"

"You kid has a lot of strange words!" Zhang Qingshan glared fiercely at Sun Bingcheng, who was saying strange things-although this strange thing is what Zhang Qingshan often says, but it is okay to say it yourself, and it is not okay for others to teach themselves a lesson with this.

Then, he took out his pen, took out a small notebook, and began to write quickly on the notebook.

After writing it, I checked it again, and then, I found a pen and paper seller, and I personally copied the paragraph just written in the notebook on a large piece of paper with a brush, put it in an envelope, pasted it and handed it to Sun Bingcheng, and asked him to immediately send someone to Zhou Baichuan, and asked Zhou Baichuan to send someone quickly, through other means, not only to ensure that the person sent to deliver the letter would not be discovered, but also to implicate Zhou Baichuan, and to ensure that the letter could be handed over to Yamaguchi Naoi, or at least to the little devil officer, so that it could be transferred to Yamaguchi Naoi.

It turned out that he was in a daze, and he really thought of a solution to the biggest problem at present......