After some haggling in Dongmen, the deal was settled at the price of two thousand tons of grain.
The most difficult thing to sell was the south gate, because even Chu Yunfei believed that the Eighth Route Army would not be able to sell all Yuncheng to the Jinsui Army, and would keep some for himself no matter how difficult it was.
But in the end Chu Yunfei let Li Yunlong do the trick.
Li Yunlong looked at the map on the table, and then became a little unhappy: "Brother Chu, the south gate you left for the Eighth Route Army... is a dead end!"
"How do you say that?" Chu Yunfei asked.
"Brother Chu, look!" Li Yunlong pointed at the map and replied: "The west, north and east gates were all bought by your Jinsui Army. The south gate is surrounded by the Jinsui Army. Once you walk out of the south gate, there is the Salt Lake.
, if there is a conflict, hehe... we don’t even have a way to escape!"
"Hey, Brother Yunlong is joking." Chu Yunfei replied: "The Eighth Route Army and the Shanxi-Sui Army are already brothers sharing difficulties, how can there be a conflict? Brother Yunlong, if you can't trust others, can't you trust me, Chu?"
Brother Yunlong is worrying too much!"
"It's impossible to tell!" Li Yunlong gritted his teeth and said: "Brother Chu, I can't trust you but you can't do anything. As you said, you are just an errand in the Jinsui Army. You can't say or do anything. What I can't trust is
Yan Laoxi, it’s not like he has never done this before!”
At this point, Chu Yunfei was speechless.
Yan Laoxi really did this. When the Eighth Route Army was needed, he was a model of cooperation in the war of resistance. Later, he launched the Shanxi Incident because of interests, and then plundered and blockaded the Eighth Route Army. It hasn't been long, how can I talk about it?
It will pass.
Chu Yunfei laughed awkwardly and asked, "What does Brother Yunlong mean..."
"Let's do this!" Li Yunlong said: "There is no room for two tigers in one mountain. Now there is only one Yuncheng. If our two troops stay there for a long time, there will definitely be conflicts. Since I, Li Yunlong, want to do this deal, then just do it.
Either sell none or sell them all, which saves a lot of trouble, what do you think, Brother Chu?"
"Okay, it's refreshing!" Chu Yunfei praised: "Brother Yunlong is heroic and a happy person. Chu admires him!"
Although Chu Yunfei praised Li Yunlong, he was secretly happy in his heart. If the Eighth Route Army could be driven out to monopolize Yuncheng, it would be great for the Jinsui Army.
After thinking about it, Chu Yunfei was a little worried again: "It's just...the leader of your army, can you agree?"
"Brother Chu!" Li Yunlong tapped his fingers on the kang table a few times and said: "This matter requires something that can be used to persuade the chief! If it is just this little ammunition and this little food, it will definitely not work. If you
If you don’t order something good, there’s a high chance it will be a shame!”
Chu Yunfei thought this was reasonable. The Eighth Route Army organized this battle originally to capture Yuncheng on its own, but now it not only failed to capture it, but instead handed it all over to the Jinsui Army... It must have some "good stuff".
Fortunately, Chu Yunfei came prepared this time.
To be precise, it is the negotiation condition that Yan Laoxi promised a long time ago.
Of course, Chu Yunfei gave it little by little and would not pour it out in one breath.
"Brother Yunlong!" Chu Yunfei said: "Before we evacuated Yuncheng, there was a batch of copper and steel refined by the steel plant and the copper smelting plant. We didn't have time to take it away, so we buried it on Zhongtiao Mountain..."
Li Yunlong's eyes lit up and he asked: "How many are there?"
Good guys, steel and copper are urgently needed by the Eighth Route Army. With them, they will have guns and bullets.
"Due to the rush of evacuation, I didn't do a careful inventory!" Chu Yunfei replied: "But it is estimated that there are more than 30 tons of high-quality steel and more than 50 tons of copper!"
Li Yunlong didn't have much idea about the weight, so he turned his attention to Wang Xuexin.
Wang Xuexin made some calculations in his mind.
This is quite tempting, especially copper... these more than 50 tons of copper can be used to make millions of bullets.
However, Wang Xuexin felt that this was not Chu Yunfei's trump card, so he continued: "Captain Chu, even if you add this... I think it is still not enough. Think about it, if we take back Yuncheng and liberate the copper smelting plant,
, isn’t it just a matter of time before the iron smelting plant needs steel and copper?”
"Yes, yes!" Li Yunlong immediately waved his hands and said: "Brother Chu, these are all laborious tasks. Our Eighth Route Army has a lot of strength if nothing else! If this can't be done, it will definitely not be done!"
Chu Yunfei smiled and said: "Brother Yunlong, do you really think this is a laborious job? Do you think you can find workers in iron smelting plants and copper smelting plants just by looking for them?"
Li Yunlong was stunned by these words, and after a long while he replied: "Brother Chu, let's take down the factory and capture the workers from the Japanese. How dare they not help us!"
Chu Yunfei replied: "Brother Yunlong, how could the Japanese easily hand over the factory and workers to you intact?"
There is nothing wrong with saying this.
Before the Eighth Route Army attacked the Japanese factories, the Japanese did nothing because they knew that the Eighth Route Army could not occupy these factories.
But if they knew that these factories would fall into the hands of the Eighth Route Army, they would execute the workers or even blow up the factories at the last moment.
In other words, it was difficult for the Eighth Route Army to obtain complete factories and enough workers.
Li Yunlong didn't know much about this, but looking at Wang Xuexin's face, he knew that Chu Yunfei was right.
Chu Yunfei continued: "When we evacuated from Yuncheng, we evacuated more than 3,000 skilled technicians, including maintenance personnel. Brother Yunlong felt that..."
Li Yunlong slapped the kang table and said: "Otherwise, Brother Chu will share half of the technicians with me, and I will make this deal happen even if I risk my life!"
"Brother Yunlong is joking!" Chu Yunfei said: "Chu can only give you five hundred people at most..."
"If you don't succeed, you'll have to pay one thousand and fifty!" Li Yunlong said: "If you want to love me, don't pull me down! When I occupy Yuncheng, I don't believe that I can't recruit a master if I go to Yuncheng!"
What Li Yunlong said is indeed correct.
In addition to the Salt Lake, Yuncheng is home to steel mills and copper smelting plants.
Many people in Yuncheng have experience working in these factories. After several generations, there are many who are too old to work, are disabled, or have worked in factories, and they also have skills.
When Chu Yunfei heard this, he became anxious and hurriedly replied: "There can only be a thousand people at most. No matter how many people there are, there is nothing Chu can do to help!"
Chu Yunfei also had a small calculation in his mind in this regard.
Supporting the military industry of the Eighth Route Army at this time is actually good for the Jinsui Army... The Eighth Route Army must be strong to stop the Japs and help them defend Yuncheng. Otherwise, how can the hundreds of thousands of Jinsui Army dare to face the Japs alone?
Therefore, this is also a requirement of common interests, and even a thousand technicians will not be unjust.
When Li Yunlong saw Wang Xuexin nodding slightly, he agreed: "Sure, let's do it like this, plus a thousand technicians! We can't prove it, we have to write a letter and fingerprint it!"