Southern Hebei region.

In a town in the Zexian area.

"Stockpile."

"Buy all the food in the market."

"If it's one or two points higher than the market price, you can buy it directly."

In a certain period and gorgeous courtyard, a gorgeously dressed old man held a newspaper and spoke in an excited and cheerful tone.

One could even say excited.

Eighth route army

No, it should be said that it is Tuba Road, which has been in the southern Hebei region for more than a year.

For more than a year, this group of Tuhaha, this group of Hanako can be said to have killed him.

first reduced rent and interest, which reduced his income by about half.

Later, he also asked for anti-Japanese donations.

said that it was to provide food to the Eighth Route Army.

Isn't this just his life?

But he couldn't help it.

His land is on the territory of the dirt road.

The devil, no, it should be said that the locust army could not enter in a short time, and in order to save the land and food, he even had to cut off relations with his son, who served as an officer under the locust army.

And then

Provide a large amount of food to Tubalu to fight against the locust army.

Now that he finally has the opportunity to stumble on Tu Ba Lu, this time, he wants to let Tu Ba Lu know that his food is not so easy to take, and then make a lot of silver dollars.

Now Tubalu is so rich,

150,000 silver dollars are put into the market every day, without blinking an eye.

"Master, will we make the Eighth Route Army unhappy like this?"

The butler's tone was a little worried.

"Make Dirt Hachiro unhappy?"

The old man snorted coldly:

"Master, I just want to make Tubalu unhappy."

Then he said in a gloomy voice:

"What if they're not happy?"

"Last year, I handed in so much food that I emptied my family!"

"There's no food left."

"In the first half of this year, the little devils swept and caused great damage to the vicinity of Ze County, and the crops in my field were eaten a lot by the little devils, mules and military horses, and this year it is estimated that the grain harvest will be more than halved."

Hearing this, the corners of the housekeeper's mouth twitched slightly.

There are also locusts in front!

It's going to be a devil here?

As for the lack of surplus food, it is even more of a joke.

How else could he know?

In the secret cellar grain warehouse, there are still more than 50 tons of grain, most of which are imported grain sold by the Eighth Route Army, and grain that can be stored for a long time.

It is enough for the whole family, including the next people, to eat for several years.

"Food prices are skyrocketing in the market today."

The old man continued, his tone full of pride:

"What's wrong with me buying some grain at a high price?"

"Didn't Tubalu say that in the future, anti-Japanese donations can be paid in kind or in kind."

"When the time comes, they'll just count the silver dollars."

"Grain for them to spend money on!"

"Got it."

The butler's tone was calm.

Because he didn't believe that the southern Hebei currency would not depreciate, his lord exchanged all his belongings for silver dollars.

He did it himself.

There are 10,000 of them.

Now they are all hidden in the secret money cellar, and the location is not even known to him, which is hidden by the master himself.

"Master, we don't have enough money to sell grain to the market!"

The butler continued.

"Not enough money?"

The old man frowned suddenly.

Do you want to use the 10,000 oceans at home?

No!

I finally managed to scrape together 10,000 oceans.

Ten thousand!

Such an auspicious number!

"Isn't Tubalu open up for land loans?"

The old man immediately asked.

"Yes, the interest rate is very low."

"We are anti-Japanese models, and we can be interest-free for the first three months."

The butler's eyes jumped.

What an idea!

Hide the money in the cellar and use the money from the field loan to sell grain.

"The anti-Japanese model is finally a little useful."

The old man snorted.

This fan was still exchanged for a large number of them.

"All mortgaged."

The old man waved his hand:

"All the 5,000 acres of land we control will be mortgaged out, and then we will buy grain from the market."

"Also, increase manpower and send people to grab the imported affordable grain that is put into the market every day."

"Yes."

The corner of the butler's mouth twitched again.

"That's right."

Finally, the old man specially advised:

"From today onwards, the groom in the family will eat one-third less food."

Butler: "! ”

···

"The Jia family wants to mortgage their family's 5,000 acres of land?"

Southern Hebei Base Area.

When the person in charge of the political work heard this news, his eyes immediately widened.

"This old thing..."

The big landlord of Zexian County, who the old man Jia is, everyone knows it very well.

Old Scrooge!

A guy who can't wait to be a traitor.

If it weren't for the fact that the 5,000 acres of good watered land at home were all near Zexian County and within the control of the Eighth Route Army, this guy would have thrown himself into the arms of the devil long ago.

But the problem is that even if you know, you can't help it.

This old man is shrewd.

Although the eldest son in the family is the captain of the garrison in Liao County.

But as soon as the troops came, they took the initiative to cut off relations with their eldest son, and provided a large amount of food to the troops, and pretended to be that they had pulled out the old bottom of the family.

Everyone knows that this old man must be hiding a lot of food.

But it can't be helped.

In the entire Zexian County, he did hand over the most grain, and even took the initiative to hand it in, so he could only pinch his nose and send him a model quota.

And this old man is really powerful.

I didn't let the troops find evidence of cooperation with the devil.

"Haha. Is it finally exposed? ”

Subsequently, the political work cadres were overjoyed.

With Old Man Jia's character, there must be a lot of silver dollars at home.

But now he is taking out a loan for his family's 5,000 acres of good watered land, which must be because he intends to buy a large amount of grain, hoard grain, and then sell it to make money when the price of grain is high.

As for the tax of 5,000 mu of land, it is definitely intended to be paid in the new Hebei southern currency.

That's what he wants.

"Lend him a loan."

"Use the new Hebei currency."

"Give him a special case, no interest for a year."

"No interest for a year?"

"You're trying to eat him and wipe him clean!"

Another comrade from the political work also burst out laughing.

No interest is required for one year.

It is estimated that no, it is certain that after Old Man Jia used a loan of 5,000 mu of land to buy grain, the extra southern Hebei currency will even be exchanged for silver dollars and hoarded in the cellar.

But well...

"Humph!"

The first political cadre snorted coldly:

"Who made him greedy!"

5,000 acres of land.

Nowadays, the low price is between 30 and 40 silver dollars, and Old Man Jia's land is all well-watered, and the grain output is 30% more than that of other land, so the price is 60 oceans per mu.

You can borrow up to NT$3 million.

It is equivalent to three million catties of imported white flour.

That is, 1,500 tons of imported white flour.

This batch of grain is enough to affect the price of grain in the market of Zexian County and even several surrounding counties!

But well.

Although they don't know where the headquarters got the silver dollars, they still know that the troops have an extremely sufficient amount of silver dollars.

Very sufficient.

Even if a large amount of outflow goes abroad.

But don't say a year, wait until the beginning of next year, it is estimated that the price of the silver dollar will fall sharply.

According to the economic war plan, in order to promote the outflow of silver dollars, it is planned to increase the ratio of the exchange of the new Hebei southern currency to the silver dollar from 10 to 1 to 7 to 1 by next year.

If there is plenty of silver dollars,

Then simply raise it to five to one.

directly made the silver dollar in Old Man Jia's hand drop in price by half.

Let the old landlords who hoarded silver dollars go bankrupt.

Even, according to the economic battle plan, in the future, the new Hebei South currency, as well as the currency issued by other base areas, or the unified currency of the base areas in the future, will be one to one with the silver dollar.

He wanted to see how Old Man Jia was going to redeem the 5,000 acres of good water for watering.

"Hahaha..."

The meeting room was filled with laughter.

With the increase in the economic strength of the troops.

They have been able to take advantage of the greed of these landlords to collect the land in their hands, and then distribute it to the people in need by economic means.

It can not only solve the problem of uneven land distribution, but also revitalize the economy of the base areas.

As for the lack of money and the inability of ordinary people to buy land and means of production, they can also learn from foreign financial systems and implement low-interest or even interest-free loans to buy in installments.

First to those ordinary people who sincerely support the troops.

Ordinary people who are serious about farming will definitely not take out a loan and exchange their money for silver dollars, and then be damaged by the great depreciation of silver dollars.

The procurement of the troops can also provide a market for the grain and vegetables grown by the common people.

Especially vegetables.

Although the Taiyue base area can provide grain and canned meat, there are really no vegetables, so they can only grow them by themselves.

"But what about the grain?"

In the meeting room, someone brought the topic back on track:

"In the case of devil sabotage, profiteers hoarding."

"According to rough estimates, if it is necessary to stabilize the grain prices in the base areas, the base areas in southern Hebei will need to provide 15,000 tons of grain to the market every month."

"Although there is enough grain in the Taiyue base area, 30,000 tons of grain are allocated to us every month."

"But the distance from the Taiyue base to us is 230 kilometers in a straight line, and the actual transportation distance is 320 kilometers, and this is all roads."

"On the highway, it's easy to be attacked by devils."

"Transportation is a problem!"

Yes.

Supplies are not a problem.

In the logistics center of the Taiyue base area, the independent regiment can supply 160,000 tons of grain every month, including 150,000 tons per month and 10,000 tons per month for the independent regiment.

But shipping is an issue.

30,000 tons of grain per month, using horse-drawn carts.

Even the new type of mules and horses that came out of the independent regiment can pull half a ton at a time on the road, and it takes 60,000 trips to transport them.

60,000 trains!

A distance of three hundred and twenty kilometers.

Exhausting the transportation forces of the southern Hebei base area and the Taihang base area can only be achieved to this extent, although the common people can be mobilized, but it requires a lot of manpower and powerlessness.

"There's one more question."

Someone said bad news again:

"With the retreat of the 27th Devil's Division, the devil's strength in the southern Hebei region has recovered, and according to intelligence, the devil's forces are concentrating and planning to attack and harass our transportation routes."

"Ask HQ for help."

"Let's see if there's a way at HQ."

At the end of the meeting, the southern Hebei base area had no choice but to ask for support from its superiors.

You can't really plan to transport 60,000 cars and horses.

···

"Fifty heavy guns!"

"More than 30,000 shells!"

Southern Hebei region.

Listening to the news he heard from his peers, Heze Dazuo wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

In order to avoid causing panic, the devils covered up the fiasco in the Taiyue area, and unless they experienced it themselves, even many devil captains did not know about the fiasco suffered by the 27th Division of the Locust Army in the Taiyue Mountains.

When retreating, even Liao County was not saved, and it was handed over.

Only occupied one Yu County, and stationed a full wing of troops, frantically building fortifications every day, and even using scarce reinforced concrete to build fortifications.

Heze Dazuo also heard about it from other Dazuo classmates.

"No wonder!"

This also explains why the North China Front issued a new order.

Let him mobilize troops to destroy the transportation route of the Tuba Road from the Taihang Mountains to the southern Hebei region.

···

"Shipping problems?"

Headquarters.

When I received the news of the request for help from the base area in southern Hebei, I was in a meeting.

"Yes, according to the plan, in order to stabilize the grain price of the economic development center of the southern Hebei base area, we need to transport 30,000 tons of grain to the southern Hebei base area every month."

"Food is there."

"But we don't have the capacity."

The Deputy General Staff couldn't help but smile bitterly.

There are more supplies, which exposes a new problem for the Eighth Route Army.

Or, this problem has always existed, but it was just too poor to show it before.

Lack of transport power.

"If horse-drawn carriages are used for transportation, a distance of 320 kilometers will require 60,000 trips per month."

"60,000 trains!"

The boss and the division commander couldn't help but smack their tongues.

All the transport forces of the southern Hebei base area and the Taihang base area together cannot reach this scale, and it is estimated that only two-thirds of them are combined.

This is also the reason why a large number of military mules have recently been obtained from the Separate Regiment.

"Ask Li Yunlong."

"Let's see if he can do it."

The division commander said directly.

Since Li Yunlong took out five biplanes, solved the problem of transportation funds to the north, and could directly return from the north-assessment transportation personnel, the division commander summed up a reason.

If you don't make a decision, look for Li Yunlong!

"Great idea!"

The boss and deputy general staff nodded one after another.

This is indeed a good idea.

Of course, if the independent regiment cannot solve it, then it is also very simple, mobilize the militia units of the base area to organize transportation.

The only problem is that this will consume a lot of manpower and materials, coupled with the destruction of the devils, it is estimated that two people will need to be invested in the transportation of one ton of grain per box of southern Hebei base area.

It's not cost-effective.

"Then move on to the previous question."

The Deputy General Staff brought the topic back to normal:

"According to Yangquan intelligence, the new chief of staff of the First Army of the devils will come to Yangquan again this time, and this time the devils have strengthened security, and there is enough security for a brigade."

"Shall we do it?"

"Of course!"

"One and a half million!"

The boss's tone did not hesitate.

Although up to now, the base area has an income of 10.5 million silver dollars per month, who would dislike having more money?

"How?"

The chief of staff asked.

Devil, this is obviously fishing.

"Dispatch the heavy artillery battalion."

"Let the artillery chief of the 129th Division personally take action."

The boss's tone was murderous.

"Battalion Commander Zhao?"

The Deputy General Staff touched his chin.

The artillery chief of the 129th Division once served as a battalion commander in the artillery unit of the headquarters.

(End of chapter)