In the end, the price of one meter of cloth was set at about one yuan.
This made Li Yunlong extremely happy, and he began to make small calculations in his heart:
The cost of one meter of cloth is about 15 cents... 9 cents for cotton and 6 cents for gasoline for power generation.
At this time, the price of gasoline was not low, and it was the price of the Eighth Route Army. Because the Eighth Route Army had two oil fields but did not have many oil-using machinery, there was a phenomenon of oversupply, so gasoline was cheap. If the stubborn army or the
Devil, that's not the price.
The superiors also considered selling the produced gasoline to the stubborn army, and some even thought about selling it to the Japanese... But gasoline is different. It is a strategic material. If you sell it to the stubborn army or the Japanese, they will use it in a blink of an eye.
The Eighth Route Army was attacked in cars, tanks and even airplanes.
Therefore, the two oil fields of the Eighth Route Army experienced production cuts during the Anti-Japanese War.
But things are different now. The Independent Regiment has cars, tanks, and weaving factories, and has become a big user of oil.
If the airport is renovated in the future, the gasoline production from the two oil fields will have to increase to be able to supply it.
That's not what Li Yunlong was thinking about.
He only thinks: If the price is one yuan, then one meter will earn 85 cents, and that will make 340 yuan a day. Even if there are occasional machine repairs, it is not a problem to make 300 yuan a day, right? That is four thousand yuan
That's a lot of kilograms of grain. Isn't that a small thing to feed ten thousand people?
Thinking of the beauty in Li Yunlong's heart, he looked out the window and saw that Zhao Gang was not there. He retracted his head and hummed "Hang the Red Light" while secretly pouring some sweet potatoes into the wine bowl to bake.
Li Yunlong didn't dare to pour more, so he only poured half a bowl.
Because he had already finished the three bowls today, he drank it secretly. If he poured too much, Zhao Gang came back and saw why there was so much missing from the wine jar? Wouldn’t that immediately leak the stuff?
Li Yunlong was smart, so of course he would not make this mistake. He knew the principle of "a thin stream of water", so he "stealed" a little every day, no more, no less than half a bowl, so that Zhao Gang could not notice that he could drink longer.
While he was shaking his head and drinking, the correspondent suddenly shouted at the door: "Report!"
Li Yunlong was so frightened that he jumped up from the kang. When he saw that it was the correspondent, he immediately yelled: "I said you can't keep your voice down? You think I'm deaf or something!"
The correspondents were scolded inexplicably. Didn't they usually shout reports in a loud and angry manner during training? Why were they asked to keep their voices down today?
Seeing that the correspondent was dazed, Li Yunlong asked: "What's going on? If you have anything to say, please tell me!"
"Captain!" the correspondent replied: "Comrade Sun Erwei's phone number!"
Sun Erwei's office is in the east gate, a few miles away from Li Yunlong's office on Xiaobei Street, so if anything happens, he is usually contacted by phone.
Li Yunlong heard Sun Erwei's call? Is there any news from Yingjiang?
So I didn't even care about the wine on the table and ran to the office.
Sure enough, when Li Yunlong answered the phone, he heard good news from Sun Erwei: "Commander Li, Lieutenant Colonel Doolittle and the first batch of pilots have returned to China safely. He asked me to express my gratitude to you again!
"
"You're welcome, you're welcome!" Li Yunlong chuckled: "We are all fighting Japanese invaders. There is no need to be so clear-cut. Your business is our business! Our goals are the same!"
Another meaning of Li Yunlong's words is that "our business is also your business."
However, Li Yunlong's efforts were in vain. Although Sun Erwei, a foreigner, has learned Chinese, he can't understand the breadth and depth of Chinese culture. He can't understand even the slightest turn.
But in fact, it doesn't make any difference whether you understand or not, because Yingjiang's attitude is not determined by what Li Yunlong said, but by whether Yingjiang has investigated and realized who is interested in giving the plane to.
Doolittle launched the investigation while he was still in Yuncheng.
The reason is that he believes that this matter should be done sooner rather than later. If it is delayed, it may affect Yingjiang's strategy... There is another reason why he reinforces Huaxia Xinshui with aircraft that Wang Xuexin doesn't know, and that is for Yingjiang's counterattack.
When he sent a message to Lieutenant General Lopez, commander of the Third Air Force, he said: "Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, we will launch a counterattack against the Japanese in the near future. Can we really devote all our strength to the counterattack?"
I don’t think we’re doing that!”
Lieutenant General Lopez asked: "I don't understand what you mean. Do you want to expand the offensive area?"
"You can say that!" Doolittle replied: "I have considered that there are many backward fighters in our country that cannot be used in the battle against the Japanese because they cannot pose a threat to the Japanese Zero! They will be useless
It’s a waste of our precious pilots!”
This was actually what Wang Xuexin told Doolittle.
But of course, it doesn't matter whose idea it is. What matters is that Yingjiang's plane can fly to China.
"Of course!" Lieutenant General Lopez asked, "We think so too. Do you think there is any problem with this?"
Doolittle said: "However, we do not need those backward aircraft. These aircraft are considered unable to play a role in the war, but they are urgently needed on the Chinese battlefield!"
Lieutenant General Lopez immediately understood what Doolittle meant, and he replied: "That's a good idea. We will discuss this issue when you come back!"
"No!" Doolittle said: "It may be too late by then, because we need to ensure the victory of the counterattack! And the counterattack is imminent! We need to prepare in advance. For example, I am not sure which Chinese army should support the aircraft
!”
"Does this still need to be considered?" Lieutenant General Lopez said: "There are other armies in China?"
In Lieutenant General Lopez's mind, China has only one army.
As for the Eighth Route Army, he believed that it was an army with negligible combat effectiveness, so it was not considered at all... Many Yingjiang generals actually did not understand the situation in China, and many even thought that the Eighth Route Army was a branch of the stubborn army.
Even though the reputation of "Chinese Battalion Commander" had spread among the Yingjiang Army at this time, because they did not know the existence of the Eighth Route Army, many people thought that "Huaxia Battalion Commander" was the battalion commander of the stubborn army.
Doolittle replied helplessly: "I thought and thought this didn't need to be considered, but believe me, we should consider this!"
"No problem!" Lieutenant General Lopez replied: "I will take care of this matter. I wish you a safe return to China, Lieutenant Colonel!"
After putting down the phone, Lieutenant General Lopez immediately asked the intelligence department to collect intelligence on the recalcitrant Air Force.
This does not take much effort for Yingjiang, because the "Flying Tigers" are all Yingjiang's pilots, and Yingjiang also has many advisers and intelligence personnel in the stubborn army.