Wang Hong was silent for a long time before confirming: "You are a military commander. Since you think you can fight and are confident of winning, then I will support you!"
"Captain, you have to tell us exactly when the fight will take place so that we can prepare in advance!"
"In half a month!" Li Hao affirmed!
"In the past 20 days, all developments in the base area have been on track, but many developments are because we have enough funds to support it!"
"We can't just sit back and have nothing in sight!"
"Sooner or later, the funds seized from several coal mines in Datong and rewards from our superiors will be used up. Once these funds are used up, the development of the base area will stagnate."
"So we have to find ways to make money ourselves to ensure that the base area always has a steady stream of construction funds!"
"I decided to solve this problem during this time!"
"Then we can have no worries and concentrate on fighting the Japanese!"
"The political commissar and Deputy Commander Luo are jointly responsible for this!"
"Immediately move us to the sweet potato flour factory, pig farm, and chicken farm in the mountains, and then continue to expand the scale!"
Wang Honggang's relaxed brows wrinkled again, and he quickly reminded him!
"Captain, I think we can just maintain the production scale before the anti-mopping up!"
"As more and more base areas begin to produce their own sweet potato flour, our sales are even decreasing! If we continue to expand the scale of production, will there be a situation where the products are produced but cannot be sold!"
Li Hao shook his head and said in denial: "No, no matter how many products you have, I can sell them!"
"Don't worry, everyone, I've already figured out the sales strategy!"
"According to intelligence: The Jinsui Army occupied Datong and successfully repelled the Japanese and puppet counterattack, and is now relying on Datong to massively expand its army!"
"If my prediction is correct, with the addition of new and expanded troops, there will be more than 30,000 Jinsui troops stationed in Datong!"
"So many troops will become our customers as long as they operate well!"
"More importantly, the troops are different from ordinary people!"
"In addition to sweet potato noodles, they also eat pork, chicken, and eggs!"
"It is difficult for ordinary people to eat pork and chicken. The demand is limited, and pig farms and chicken farms have been worried about sales!"
"Now that the Jinsui Army is here, and the Jinsui Army is rich, I promise to sell all the pork, chicken, and eggs they produce!"
"I did a simple calculation. The Jinsui Army is different from other no-name troops. Their food has always been very good. Even if a soldier eats one pound of pork and ten eggs a month, the Guangda Tong Jinsui Army garrison will consume a lot of food every month.
Thirty thousand kilograms of pork and three hundred thousand eggs!"
"This is equivalent to our pig farm having to produce two hundred fat pigs every month!"
"And the estimates I just made were based on the minimum requirements!"
"The 30,000 garrison in Datong City include not only ordinary soldiers, but also officers. There are also a large number of family members who came with the officers!"
"In addition, if the Jinsui Army wants to completely control Datong, it will definitely have to transfer a large number of administrative personnel to manage the hundreds of thousands of people in Datong and the coal mines that were taken back by us...
"These people are all bureaucrats. It is impossible for them to eat only vegetables and not meat!"
"So I have a bold prediction. In the future, Datong will have a monthly pork shortage of at least 100,000 kilograms, which is equivalent to at least 700 pigs!"
"There are even more eggs. A million eggs every month may not be enough!"
"If we can capture this market, with the current scale of pig farms and chicken farms, we won't be able to provide even half of the gap!"
"So after they come down from the mountain, whether they are sweet potato farmers, pig farms, or chicken farms, they must further expand the scale of production. The bigger the better!"
"Of course, the old rules cannot be changed when expanding!"
"Eggs cannot be put in one basket, they must be separated!"
"The scale of each branch factory cannot be too large. This can not only reduce the risk of being destroyed by the devils, but also avoid the occurrence of swine fever and chicken fever and reduce losses!"
"In addition, the Logistics Department will immediately arrange for people to send all the sweet potato flour, fat pigs, chickens, and eggs that they produced and stockpiled during the anti-mopping period down the mountain first, and give me a list by the way!"
"I'm sure there will be a big deal staring us in the face in three days!"
When I saw Yan Youjin again, the rank of lieutenant colonel on his shoulder had become colonel!
After cooperating with the garrison, Yan Youjin not only provided a large amount of sweet potato flour to the troops at a low price, but also sold the sweet potato flour to local businessmen in southwestern Shanxi at a profit, earning a steady stream of profits!
Now that I have money and reputation, plus my surname is Yan, it is natural for my military rank to go from colonel to colonel!
Although he is still the deputy director of the Jinsui Army Logistics and Procurement Department, his position has not changed, but his power has been greatly increased!
Not only did he jump from an ordinary deputy director to the first deputy director, he was also sent to Datong. As deputy director, he also served as director of the Procurement Department of the Datong Garrison, responsible for various military supplies needed by the 30,000 garrison in Datong every day.
purchase!
With greater power and higher military rank, it stands to reason that when he meets Li Hao again, Yan Youjin should be even more arrogant than before!
However, facing Li Hao, who carried the rank of lieutenant colonel on his shoulders, he could not be arrogant at all!
Li Hao's rank of lieutenant colonel was appointed by Chongqing, and he was also a nationally known anti-Japanese hero. He was far more valuable than himself as a colonel.
What's more important is that Li Hao fought his way out of the sea of blood and corpses little by little!
The number of Japanese who died at the hands of Li Hao and his soldiers was in the thousands, if not tens of thousands!
Facing such a hero, he couldn't afford to feel any contempt at all!
"Hello, Commander Li, I heard about your heroic deeds in southwest Shanxi, and I admire you very much!" Yan Youjin spoke first, without any airs of a colonel!
Li Hao smiled and replied: "The soldiers sacrificed their lives and killed them bit by bit. It has nothing to do with me! By the way, I haven't congratulated Brother Yan on his good life. It didn't take long for him to be promoted from colonel to colonel. I infer that
If it goes well, it won’t take too long for the position of director of the Procurement Department of the Jinsui Army to be taken by you, Brother Yan, and the military rank will be promoted to major general!"
Yan Youjin smiled bitterly and replied: "Easier said than done!"
"If you want to become the director of the Procurement Department, you not only need connections, but also abilities, especially the support of military generals!"
"Although I know I can't reach this point, I still want to thank Captain Li for his kind words!"
"Since cooperating with Captain Li, I have not only saved purchasing funds for the Jinsui Army Procurement Office and gained fame, but I have also made money!"
"What's more important is that the money I earned is not from corruption, there is no ill-gotten gains, and it is very comfortable to use!"
"Half a month ago, my uncle made an exception and met with me once, and personally issued an order to promote me to colonel!"
"Now I have only one idea: continue to cooperate with Captain Li, gain fame, and then make a lot of money!"
Li Hao smiled and said nothing, thought for a while, and said surprisingly: "I have a way to make Brother Yan have the qualifications to become the director of the Procurement Department of the Shanxi-Sui Army. As for whether it can succeed in the end, it depends on Brother Yan's own operations.
Got it!"
Yan Youjin's eyes widened with a shocked expression of disbelief!
Li Hao is a lieutenant colonel and is affiliated with the Eighth Route Army. He has nothing to do with the Jinsui Army. How can he help himself become the director of the Procurement Department of the Jinsui Army!
Yan Youjin’s first reaction was disbelief!
However, the confident expression on Li Hao's face made him believe it!
Thinking of the series of pioneering achievements Li Hao led the garrison, and the temptation brought by the position of Director of the Procurement Department, it was too great. Although his reason told him that this was impossible, the desire in his heart made him lead the team again.
Choose to believe with a touch of expectation!
A pair of eyes stared at Li Hao and asked: "Captain Li, you didn't lie to me!"
Li Hao answered confidently: "Of course not, our Eighth Route Army always keeps its word!"
"If Brother Yan doesn't believe it, I can analyze it for you, but there are some issues that I hope Brother Yan will tell you!"
"You ask!"
Yan Youjin's eyes became hotter and hotter, and he asked with bright eyes!
Li Hao thought for a while and asked: "If I remember correctly, your Jinsui Army's annual language procurement expenses must be increasing year by year! However, your Jinsui Army's economic income has not increased, so the economic pressure of your Jinsui Army is increasing.
Increasing little by little!”
There is nothing to hide, everyone can guess it!
Yan Youjin hardly hesitated and answered readily: "Not bad!"
"The war is getting bigger and bigger, and coupled with the blockade by the Japs, the various living supplies in the areas controlled by our Shanxi-Sui Army have become less and less!"
"Things that are rare are more expensive, and the corresponding price becomes more and more expensive!"
"And the size of the army has not been reduced due to the reduction of the occupied area. In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the army, there must be no less food!"
"It directly leads to an increase in the army's procurement funds every month!"
"As for the financial pressure of the Jinsui Army, they have to make less money and use more. No matter how strong the family's wealth is, it will be used up!"
"So the financial pressure on the Jinsui Army is increasing year by year. This is not a secret. There is no harm in telling Commander Li!"
Li Hao smiled and answered confidently: "If I can find a way to prevent the Datong Garrison's monthly procurement expenses from rising, or even if they do rise, the increase will be far lower than that of other troops!"
"Brother Yan, tell me if you are likely to be favored by your superiors and become a candidate for the director of the Procurement Department!"
"No!" Yan Youjin retorted subconsciously!
"Now prices are constantly rising, almost every day, and many things are priced but not available! If you want to reduce procurement funds, the only way is to reduce the purchase volume!"
"If the purchase amount is less, the troops will have less food, and their combat effectiveness will be affected!"
"At that time, before I could go up to the peak to praise him, the generals from the Datong garrison had already found me!"
"Those Qiu Ba people are not easy to mess with. If you make them angry, they will send troops to pretend to be little devils. You can find any reason to disturb me!"
"I don't want to lose my life first if I don't get the position of director of the Procurement Department!"
Li Hao shook his head and replied confidently: "Brother Yan, don't worry!"
"Reducing the purchase volume, lowering the food standards of the Jinsui Army, and weakening the combat effectiveness of the Jinsui Army are helping the little devils and traitors. Even if you give me Li Hao ten courages, I, Li Hao, will not do it!"
"I have a way not to lower the food standards of the Jinsui Army in Datong, but to increase their food standards, so that the garrison generals will thank you in turn!"
"As for the procurement funds, even if it increases, it will still be less than other troops!"
“What’s more important is that you can still make a profit from the price difference just like we did before when we cooperated to sell sweet potato noodles!”
"Not only did I gain the favor of my superiors, but also the support of the local garrison generals, and then I also made money, killing three birds with one stone!"
"Coupled with the connections behind you, Brother Yan, I believe it is not very difficult to win the position of Procurement Director!"
"Perhaps when I see Brother Yan again in a year, you will have become a general with a star on his shoulders!"
Yan Youjin's complexion has been replaced by heat!
He was moved!
If Li Hao can really do what he says, then the position of Procurement Director can definitely be taken and pocketed!