With the chief's instructions, the change in the business methods of the three stores became simple.
First of all, the sales of cloth are like a roller coaster. From a small amount before, it suddenly becomes in short supply.
It is said that the sale of cloth also comes with a benefit, that is, it attracts spies who are usually difficult to catch... No way, this is a huge profit. As long as the cloth is brought through the blockade, the price will be doubled immediately.
This benefit is enough to make many people take risks.
But the spies among the common people have this way, so why don't they take advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune?
As a result, I bought too much cloth, which aroused the suspicion of others: most of the people in the base area are self-sufficient. Even if they lack cloth, they can just buy a foot or two of cloth to make clothes. How can they buy a foot today and a foot tomorrow?
Buy somewhere else.
So as soon as the guerrillas followed them, they confirmed the identity of these spies.
In fact, not only the spies, but also the bandits who travel around and plunder have started the business of selling cloth... These days, the life of licking blood from the knife edge is getting more and more difficult, not to mention the Eighth Route Army and guerrillas are there to protect them.
, the people were too poor to grab a few coins.
On the other side, you only need to get some capital to sell cloth, and you can make a lot of money by crossing the blockade through a familiar trail, so why not?
Wouldn't it be stupid to fight the guerrillas and the Eighth Route Army with swords and guns when we have this opportunity?
But of course, because they were worried about being recognized by the Eighth Route Army, these bandits dressed up in disguise and bought cloth from the Eighth Route Army.
The honest man Hardware was stupid again at this time. When he found out about this, he immediately sent a telegram to Wang Xuexin: "Batalion Commander, the bandits have come to our place to buy cloth. They were recognized by our people. Find an opportunity."
, set an ambush and kill these guys in one fell swoop!"
Wang Xuexin panicked when he saw the telegram and hurriedly called back: "Uncle Wu, you must not act rashly. If they want to buy cloth, let them buy it. Be polite and reassure them!"
Now I can't understand the hardware again.
"Battal Commander!" Wu Jin said: "We do business with the stubborn army and the landlord Lao Cai. It can be said that the people in the area controlled by the stubborn army can use cloth. Now we are doing business with the bandits... Why is this?
?One day if the bandits get rich, won't they buy knives and guns to bully the people? The cloth we sell may one day become bullets fired at us!"
Wang Xuexin replied: "Uncle Wu, why do the bandits bully the people? Or for the little food in the hands of the people... If they have money, will they still value the little food from the people?"
Wu Jin was speechless for a moment when he was asked, but after hesitating for a while, he said unwillingly: "Batalion Commander, what about the things they committed before? We can't just forget about it!"
Wang Xuexin thought for a while and said: "I think we can slow down for a while, that is, let them taste the sweetness of making money selling cloth first. Then we can integrate them into our army's transportation brigade, specifically responsible for crossing the blockade.
.If you don’t agree to the incorporation...then you’re welcome and will be eradicated!”
Wang Xuexin actually gave these bandits a chance to go ashore, and also gave them a way to survive.
To be honest, it was not easy for the Eighth Route Army to recruit bandits in the past.
The reason is that the reason why bandits occupy mountains and become kings is to get something for nothing and even get rich.
In their eyes, there is only one word "profit".
But the Eighth Route Army just couldn't give enough "benefits" to the bandits.
Not only were they not given any benefits, but after being recruited, the bandits were required to live a hard life with the Eighth Route Army and fight the Japanese to the death... Why did this happen?
Therefore, many bandits would rather stay in the mountains and fight guerrillas with the Eighth Route Army than be recruited by the Eighth Route Army.
But this time and that time.
The current Eighth Route Army can provide enough benefits to the bandits, such as selling cloth... Once it is incorporated into the Eighth Route Army and becomes an exclusive transportation team, at this time the Eighth Route Army will allow the troops to do business, and they will also be "self-reliant and well clothed", that is, the money they earn
There is no need to hand it over and it is all at the disposal of your own troops, so why not?
Isn’t it just making money openly?
Is it necessary to be so secretive that even buying a piece of cloth is necessary to worry about being surrounded?
Hardware felt that what Wang Xuexin said made sense, and then implemented Wang Xuexin's suggestions.
As a result, it was out of control. In less than a month, dozens of bandits were recruited, with a total force of more than 2,000 people.
Because after one group of bandits was recruited, the other bandits saw that there was such a good thing? Can they openly do business with the Eighth Route Army to make money, and also become the Eighth Route Army?
Why didn't they want to do it? So one army after another took the initiative to approach the Eighth Route Army to negotiate for their incorporation.
The chief of staff was a little worried about this. He said to the leader: "Most of these bandits are extremely vicious people. We can integrate them without breaking up the organization. They can also use the identity of the Eighth Route Army. If they do anything to the people, it is
Wouldn’t it have a bad impact?”
The leader didn't think so. He thought for a while and replied: "Should we look at this issue comparatively? In the past, these bandits committed crimes everywhere without any restrictions. We also had to fight against the stubborn army and the Japanese and had no time to care about them.
.Now these bandits have become members of the Eighth Route Army
Now, there are discipline constraints... Although they may still do evil as before, the price of doing so is that they will not be able to continue selling cloth to make money, and they will be "cleaned out" by us. From their perspective, this
It’s not a good deal! No one would be stupid enough to do that!”
The chief was right in this regard.
Because the bandit leaders are also smart people, they know that if they follow this path, they must be bound by discipline. Breaking discipline means losing their money... So they consciously restrain their subordinates.
Among them, there is especially one called "Old Hunchback", so named because its back is bent at nearly 90 degrees.
But don't look at how hunched it is. It can run around in the mountains, forests and bushes without even bending its waist. It's called a jerk. It has also practiced good marksmanship and has a handful of 38 big guns that were surrendered from the Japanese.
Gai specializes in using cold shots to blow his opponent's head off.
Lao Hunchback has made a great contribution within two days of being recruited.
When he went to three stores to buy goods, he happened to run into bandits coming to rob the textile factory... This was something the Eighth Route Army did not expect. You must know that the Eighth Route Army has an arsenal and there are at least thousands of people in the nearby area. The bandits actually dared to rob here.
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But it was precisely this reason that the superiors were worried that the bandits were attacking in the east and attacking in the west. If the Eighth Route Army sent troops to reinforce the textile factory, the more important arsenal would be attacked by surprise, so they never dared to divide their troops for reinforcements.
In the end, the textile factory relied on Old Hunchback and his 300 or so men to hold off the opponent.
In this battle, more than half of Lao Hunchback's men suffered casualties, and even he himself suffered a loss.
But he didn't complain at all. After the battle, he only said: "Damn it, you just rushed to the factory and rushed to the machine. Isn't this killing the goose that takes the eggs and cutting off other people's livelihood?"