Then Hardware settled accounts with Wang Xuexin like a treasure trove of treasures:
"One meter of cloth in the area controlled by the stubborn army can be sold for about two yuan, which is twice as expensive as the price of cloth here. It was originally very profitable! The problem is that the price of just transporting it across the border is one yuan. After deducting the cost and
The cost of managing things along the way and the cost of selling in areas controlled by the stubborn army is just losing money and making money!"
The guard poured a glass of water for Hardware. Maybe Hardware was really thirsty. He drank a few gulps, wiped his mouth with his sleeves, and then said: "Director Su said, if we do this
For business, it is better to leave these cloths to us refugees to make more clothes, instead of giving them to the stubborn soldiers for them to use! Why?"
Wang Xuexin had no idea for a while.
This is indeed a rather thorny issue, mainly due to the blockade of the base area by the stubborn army, which costs lives, so the shipping fee of one yuan per meter is really not expensive.
Otherwise, how much does it cost to buy someone else's life?
Wang Xuexin thought about it and felt strange. He asked Hardware: "Uncle Wu, who do you hire to transport the cloth to the area controlled by the stubborn army?"
Wu Jin replied without thinking: "Of course they are refugees. Isn't that what you meant? A large number of refugees have nothing to do and no food to eat. We can just make use of them!"
Wang Xuexin nodded and said nothing.
He did say such a thing, but he only meant that the refugees should be transported and used as coolies, but he did not say that the refugees should risk their lives to transport cloth into areas controlled by the stubborn army!
Wu Jin felt strange when he heard what Wang Xuexin said: "Battal Commander, if the refugees are not allowed to be transported, who else can be transported? Is it possible that... our guerrillas will attack them with guns?"
"Of course that's not what I mean!" Wang Xuexin took the paper and pen and drew continuously while explaining to Wu Jin: "Uncle Wu, look, suppose this is the blockade line of the stubborn army, this side is the base area, and that side is the area controlled by the stubborn army.
.”
After that, Wang Xuexin randomly drew a few roads, and then said: "We don't necessarily have to spend one yuan in freight and risk our lives to transport the cloth across the blockade. We can just put the cloth near the blockade and sell it for one yuan and five dollars."
Or one yuan and one meter, wouldn’t this save a lot on shipping costs?”
Hardware was a little confused when he heard that. He looked at Wang Xuexin in confusion and said: "Battalion Commander, why don't I understand what you mean? The cloth is transported to the blockade and sold near the blockade, but it is not at the end of our base area.
?The person selling it is not one of our own? Isn’t it unnecessary to transport it so far to sell it?”
"Uncle Wu!" Wang Xuexin smiled and pointed at the blockade line with a pen: "You have forgotten that there are still many stubborn troops on the blockade line, and a large number of these stubborn troops are still double-gun troops. What they lack is money. If we
Sell the cloth near the blockade, and only sell it for 1.2 to 1.5 yuan, while the stubborn soldiers sell it for 2 yuan. What do you think they will do?"
Hardware couldn't help but said "Oh" and suddenly realized: "You mean, the stubborn army will come to buy these cloths?"
Wang Xuexin nodded meaningfully.
But the next second Hardware quickly shook his head like a rattle: "No, no, isn't this a way to help the enemy? Give all the benefits to the stubborn army!"
Wang Xuexin replied helplessly: "Uncle Wu, when we do business, we have to consider the problem from a business perspective. The control line that originally cost one yuan to transport across now only costs 80 cents or even 50 cents to transport over, and it is quite safe and safe."
No one will die, so why not?"
Then Wang Xuexin added: "Moreover, I think we can further expand our business and encourage powerful landlords and wealthy people to buy our cloth. They have many more channels than we do. They sell them piece by piece."
Everyone can make a profit, small profits but quick turnover..."
Wang Xuexin was talking enthusiastically, completely unaware that Hardware's face was becoming more and more ugly, and then he stood up with a "scratch", frowning and said dissatisfied: "Batalion Commander, you can't say this nonsense, we can't do it for the sake of
Qian is doing business in partnership with the landlord Lao Cai, so... this, is this ridiculous? What is the difference between that and the stubborn army?!"
"Of course there is a difference!" Wang Xuexin said: "Our cheap cloth flows into the area controlled by the stubborn army through their hands. Will that lower the price of the stubborn army's cloth? If the price of cloth is lowered, will the common people get it?
Is it affordable?”
"This..." Wu Jin was speechless for a moment, but he still felt that something was wrong: "In short, this method just won't work. Unless the leader agrees, I won't do it no matter what!"
Wang Xuexin did not hesitate at all and replied: "Of course the chief must agree. I will send a telegram to the chief for instructions!"
This makes the hardware even more incomprehensible.
Originally he thought that this kind of behavior should be hidden and teased, but he didn't expect that Wang Xuexin dared to ask the chief for instructions. This...
Wu Jin took three steps at a time to catch up and stopped Wang Xuexin: "Batalion Commander, you have to think clearly. Do you really want to report to the headquarters?"
"Is there any problem?" Wang Xuexin asked, and then asked Zhang Zongping to send a report to the headquarters without thinking.
Wang Xuexin knows what Hardware is worried about.
If this is a private act, it really cannot be done.
Because this is a kind of speculative behavior of colluding with the recalcitrant army for personal gain, but if it is a planned and targeted behavior by the military, the nature is completely different, and it becomes a commercial war against the recalcitrant army.
Wang Xuexin is very confident in this because he knows that the chief is not the kind of person who sticks to the rules.
Sure enough, the chief responded quickly:
"That's great! Extraordinary means must be used in extraordinary times. As long as the people can get real benefits, it's not a bad idea to do business with the stubborn soldiers and landlords. Maybe we can turn these stubborn soldiers and landlords into ours.
!”
Wang Xuexin understood what the leader meant.
The Eighth Route Army could allow stubborn soldiers and landlords to do business with them, but would Chongqing allow it?
Chongqing will probably not allow it.
This is not only a matter of the Chongqing authorities’ suspicious nature, but also an issue that offends their interests.
Who controls the cloth business in the market?
Of course, it is in the hands of the dignitaries in Chongqing. In addition, salt, iron, grain, etc., these important strategic materials that are closely related to people's lives are actually controlled by the four major families in Chongqing.
Agricultural supply and marketing companies, cotton transportation and marketing companies, floral gauze control bureaus, Qingji Shahao (cotton yarn weaving industry), etc. are all tools they use to suck blood from the people.
If cheap and high-quality cloth floods into the base area, it will actually break the monopoly of the four major families.
How can they sit idly by if their wallets have been tampered with and their way of making money has been blocked?
Will Chongqing want to thoroughly investigate this "smuggling" behavior by then?!