There is a saying that "Rogues are not to be feared, but they are literate."
The same applies to bandits.
If the bandit is uneducated and has no ideas, he will simply go to three stores to rob the machines. He just thinks... If selling cloth is so profitable, then let's just rob the machine that can produce cloth.
Is it a cash cow that can turn into money?
He never thought about where he would put the machine if it was taken away.
Move to the mountains and hide in a cave to give birth?
Even if it is feasible, even if it can be done, where does the gasoline come from? Where does the coal come from? Where do the raw materials come from? How are they transported up the mountain? How are the products transported down the mountain? How are the machines maintained?
A series of problems can bring these bandits to pieces.
It's different with educated bandits, they know this won't work.
Not only would it not work, but if the textile factory was robbed and burned and was unable to produce, then the road of selling cloth would be over. So these bandits who had been integrated into the Eighth Route Army and relied on selling cloth to make a fortune would have to go back to the mountains to starve.
The old hunchback understands this.
Therefore, even if it was not for others but for himself, he could not let anything happen to the textile factory, even if he had to pay half of his brothers.
As a result, after Old Hunchback experienced this battle, his superiors rewarded him for his meritorious service, and asked Old Hunchback to manage the task of recruiting dozens of teams to cross the blockade.
This made the old hunchback very happy, and he became more energetic when taking care of business.
In fact, this also illustrates a problem: industrial and economic development are subtly changing people's livelihood.
There is a saying that goes, "Poor mountains and harsh waters breed unruly people."
When the economic level falls behind, people usually live in extreme poverty.
Under such circumstances, it is easy for people to take risks no matter what they do, because they are going to die anyway, and they don’t want to live in the first place. If you mess with me, I will fight you.
Therefore, there are many cases of bandits, robbers, or committing crimes.
These bandits and robbers also come from the common people and are members of the common people. Objectively speaking, it is actually a manifestation of the overwhelming burden of the common people.
This is similar to the principle of beggars. If people live and work in peace and contentment and the living environment is good, there will be fewer beggars, otherwise there will be more.
The same goes for bandits and robbers.
On the other hand, if all the people live a prosperous life, will anyone be willing to become the king of a mountain and become a bandit? In the final analysis, they are all forced by life.
Now, under Wang Xuexin's industrialization policy, and it is a relatively enlightened industrialization... we can not only do business with stubborn soldiers and landlords, but also with bandits.
As a result, the bandits who were originally forced by life immediately lost the roots of being bandits, and returned to the people from the opposite side of the people.
This saved the Eighth Route Army a lot of trouble.
After knowing this, the chief laughed happily: "Conquer the enemy without fighting, conquer the enemy without fighting... This is called Xiaobei Northeast! Not only did it find a way for us to sell cloth, but it also gave us a way to sell cloth.
The tone has turned our biggest enemy into one of us, and it is said that many bandits have joined the ranks?"
The last words were addressed to the Chief of Staff.
The chief of staff nodded and replied: "Other bandits saw that selling cloth was profitable, so they joined in. No, we talked about another one yesterday, with hundreds of guns and more than two hundred people!"
"Very good!" The leader nodded with satisfaction, and then his expression turned serious again and said: "However, these teams must be strictly managed. Each team must send instructors according to the establishment as usual, and strictly order
, if there are any more violations of law and discipline, or even rebellion and re-becoming a bandit, our army will resolutely eliminate them at all costs!"
"Yes!" the chief of staff responded and passed on the order.
There is certainly a reason for the chief's order.
The act of sending instructors to bandit troops is certainly dangerous, but the Eighth Route Army, especially political workers, will never refrain from doing it because of danger.
Only with instructors and instructors in place can we truly restrain these bandit troops and guide them on the right path... even if Zhao Gang restrained Li Yunlong.
Li Yunlong would definitely curse after hearing this: "What the hell are you talking about? Are you treating me as a bandit?"
On the other hand, the chief did not give the incorporated bandits a chance to rebel, otherwise he would "resolutely eliminate them at all costs."
This is actually an attempt to intimidate other troops that have been recruited and those that will be recruited into the Eighth Route Army in the future.
Otherwise, if there is a profit today, they will be recruited into the Eighth Route Army. If something happens to the Eighth Route Army tomorrow, such as getting into trouble with the Japanese, they will flee back to the mountains to become bandits, and then come back and be recruited when nothing happens... Is this such a good thing?
After doing this a few times, have other recruiting teams also followed suit?
Facts have also proven that the chief’s order is effective.
Once these two policies were implemented, instructors and instructors were assigned in place, and soon the discipline of each team was standardized.
The three stores have also gradually broadened their business. They not only sell cloth, but also sell compressed biscuits and cans... Compressed biscuits are usually bought by soldiers. The common people are reluctant to spend the money and it is of no use. The soldiers are here
It is common to feel hungry when marching on the road. At this time, if you take a few bites of a few compressed biscuits, let alone how comfortable it will be.
And this business is a two-way street.
In other words, taking a trip does not mean selling the goods to the area controlled by the stubborn army and then returning empty-handed. Wouldn't it be too inefficient if it were done this way?
The "bandit" transport team is better than anyone else, they know how to plan.
When they went there, they brought goods produced by three stores, and when they came back, they brought food that was urgently needed by the Eighth Route Army.
At this time, due to the influx of large numbers of refugees in the base area, the price of food has been rising again and again.
There is no way, things are rare and valuable, this is beyond the control of the Eighth Route Army... The stubborn army drove hundreds of thousands of disaster victims in Henan, and some of them were screened victims, into the base area (the young and strong were recruited to serve as soldiers, leaving the old and weak behind)
The sick and disabled rushed to the base area).
Although Wang Xuexin and the Eighth Route Army were prepared, suddenly there were so many more mouths to eat, and the Eighth Route Army's food reserves were limited and could only be released bit by bit.
The inevitable result is that food prices have increased several times.
The "bandit" transport team played a mediating role during this period. After they brought cloth and other commodities to the area controlled by the stubborn army, they immediately changed them into food and transported them back.
So you can make money twice by taking one trip.
For the base area, these grains are life-saving, and they also have the effect of stabilizing prices to a certain extent... preventing grain prices from rising too outrageously.
Therefore, the practice of "banditing" the transportation team is a win-win situation for the Eighth Route Army and even the people in the base area.
The blockade set up by the stubborn army is actually in name only... No matter how tight the blockade is, they can't stop the bandits who are familiar with the terrain from taking the mountain roads and trails.