If the Japanese and puppet troops refused to pay the protection fee, they would be destroyed immediately. No one in the other counties around the base dared to disobey, and they all obediently paid the protection fee.
Zhao Gang picked up the abacus and fiddled with it. The protection fee collected was more than twice the amount needed to run the school. He was beaming and secretly planning to launch some kind of project after completing the People's Armed Forces Cadre School so that Li Yunlong and his gang could ask for money from the Japanese and puppet troops.
When Commander Sling and the Chief of Staff heard about this incident, they both found it funny.
The chief of staff said with emotion: "Li Yunlong, Xu Dalong and these guys are really capable, that is to say, these guys have the confidence. If all our military divisions can do this, we will not be far from victory in the War of Resistance."
The chief of staff's emotion was well-founded. In the Eighth Route Army, most military divisions face an environment where the enemy is strong and we are weak. If you don't provoke the Japanese and puppet troops, the Japanese and puppet troops will still think about how to attack the Eighth Route Army's anti-Japanese base areas every day. This kind of attack on the Japanese and puppet troops It is completely impossible to collect protection fees. As the chief of staff said, if the Eighth Route Army were as strong as the Mawushan Military Division, it would definitely be able to drive the Japanese out of China.
Commander Si Ling highly recognized the establishment of a cadre school for people and cadres in the Mawushan Military Division. He believed that all military divisions should learn from the Mawushan Military Division and establish a school for cadres and cadres. However, considering that most military divisions did not have this condition, Commander Sir discussed with the chief of staff that each military division would select some outstanding trainees to receive training at the People's Armed Forces Cadre School of the Mawushan Military Division.
Gao Youtian, director of the Administrative Office, came to Xu Dalong, and two local cadres came with him. They are the director and technical section chief of the newly established sugar factory.
After entering Xu Dalong's office, they opened the suitcase they carried with them and took out four kraft paper bags. They opened them all and spread them on the table. The paper bags contained brown sugar, soft white sugar, white sugar and rock sugar. The quality very good.
Xu Dalong took a little each and put it in his mouth to taste.
He sincerely praised: "Yes, the quality of these sugars is very good, no less than similar products produced by any sugar factory on the market. You have done a good job. On behalf of the Mawushan Military Division, I would like to express my heartfelt congratulations to you!" And offered praise, I suggest that the Xingzheng Office should issue a notice to praise."
Gao Youtian, the director of the sugar factory and the technical section chief were very happy after hearing this, and then reported their intentions today, saying that the sugar factory will be officially put into operation in two days, and Xu Dalong and the leaders of the military division were invited to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony. .
The northwest area of Shanxi is rich in sugar beets. Although the sugar content of sugar beets is not as high as that of sugar cane, the proportion is still very large. In later generations, Datong had the largest sugar factory in North China.
In order to alleviate the economic pressure on the base area, generate income for the base area, and solve the employment problem of the residents in the base area, Xu Dalong proposed to build a large sugar factory last year, and obtained a large amount of machinery and equipment through various relationships.
In order to ensure the supply of sugar beets, he proposed a later-generation planting model of companies and farmers, and signed agreements with many people in the base area to grow sugar beets and have them recycled by the company.
Xu Dalong's prestige was very high, and the people responded one after another. This year's sugar beet production has achieved a bumper harvest. The sugar factory has purchased a large number of sugar beets in accordance with the contract and paid the farmers. This has greatly improved the living standards of the vegetable farmers and won unanimous praise.
The sugar factory has already conducted trial production for a month, and the quality and output of the products can be guaranteed. With the help of Xu Dalong, the Zhongyang Army, Jinsui Army, including Huang Xiejun, and even the Japanese Army obtained a large number of orders, bringing huge profits to the base area.
In order to increase income, Xu Dalong also encouraged sugar factories to diversify the products they produce, producing various fruit candies, milk candies, halva candies, etc., in order to obtain greater profits.
Xu Dalong will not forget his friends when he gets benefits. General Fu from the Zhongtiao Mountain Command sent the head of the logistics department to negotiate with Xu Dalong, hoping to purchase products produced by the Mawushan Military Division Sugar Factory, and then sell them in the Zhongtiao Mountain area and Sui Distribution in remote areas.
Xu Dalong was such a good friend that he not only gave them a lower price, but also allowed them to pay only an advance payment, sell first, and settle the bill later. General Fu was very satisfied with this and called specifically to express his gratitude.
For Yan Guiwu's Huang Xiejun Fourth Division, Xu Dalong also left them enough profits and allowed them to sell in enemy-occupied areas.
In order to make money safely, Yan Guiwu brought this matter to Chiba Xunyi, who was guarding the 32nd Division, and worked with them to distribute sugar products from the Mawushan Military Division.
Qianye Xunyi felt a little sad after paying the protection fee to Xu Dalong. Of course he couldn't let go of the opportunity to make money. He was also good at business, sending logistics section chiefs to Peking, Tianjin and other places for sales, making a lot of money.
Xu Dalong needs these sales very much, because sugar products are still considered luxury goods in this era, and the output of sugar factories is huge, which cannot be digested by just relying on the Eighth Route Army's base area. If they can be sold to Japanese-occupied areas and earn money from the Japanese and puppets, it will definitely be a good thing for the Eighth Route Army.
Xu Dalong has become more and more sophisticated as he grows older. Everything he does now will be reported to his superiors to prevent some people from making a fuss about these things. It is not troublesome at all for him to do this, because the Minister of Logistics Zhang Wanhe and the commander and chief of staff of the military region have always fully supported Xu Dalong's affairs. Xu Dalong's suggestions do not need to be discussed at all, as long as they are reported to them, they will approve them. .
In order to avoid trouble in the future, you need to be well-liked by your superiors. Xu Dalong contacted the former head of the Chongqing office directly and sent a transport plane every month to deliver sugar products, tea, cigarettes and other daily necessities to the higher authorities. The packaging was marked with the words Mawushan Military Division. After these things are sent to northern Shaanxi, they will be distributed to the cadres there. When everyone sees these things, they will praise the leaders of the Mahushan Military Division.
The reason why Xu Dalong worked so hard to maintain a good relationship was not just for himself. The future ending of Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang was something Xu Dalong didn't want to see. He hoped that he could get a good ending for them. At any time, good popularity will avoid a lot of trouble.
On this day, Ma Zhenyu came to the Mawushan Military Division. He came here specifically to seek advice from Xu Dalong. The area controlled by the Daqingshan Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Column is short of other resources except coal. They also want to develop industry and commerce to increase the income of the guerrilla column.
Seeing that Xu Dalong had set up a sugar factory, they also had this idea at the beginning, but their current base areas are connected together. The sugar output in the Mawushan base area is already very large, which fully meets the demand for sugar products in this area. demand, there is no point in them setting up a sugar factory anymore. They studied for a long time but could not come up with any results, so they decided to come to Mawushan Military Division to learn from it.
Ma Zhenyu had a close friendship with Xu Dalong, and he wanted to take this opportunity to meet his old friend, so he personally brought people from the logistics department over.
Xu Dalong hosted a banquet in honor of Ma Zhenyu and others. When talking about how to develop industry and commerce to increase income, Xu Dalong suggested making full use of Datong's coal resources, not only selling raw coal to external parties, but also building a rubber refinery to increase the added value of products. Furthermore, the Yanbei area is suitable for tobacco leaf cultivation. It is recommended that they build a cigarette factory in the same way as a company plus farmers. As we all know, tobacco's profits are staggering. Ma Zhenyu and the others have produced cigarettes, so they don't have to worry about sales. Xu Dalong promised to help them with distribution.
Ma Zhenyu and others felt that they had benefited a lot. After spending two days in Pangeng, Mawushan Military Division, they went back with satisfaction.
Recently, Lin Xueying has been very satisfied. Xu Dalong kept his promise and went home every day. Even in the war that happened not long ago, he didn't go to the front line. Recently, I have been handling various trivial matters in the military division without leaving the military division.
Lin Xueying is very satisfied with life like this and hopes it can continue like this.
On this day, the telecommunications room received a telegram from the Peiping underground party, saying that they discovered that the Japanese North China Front wanted to transport a batch of cultural relics to Qingdao, board a ship from there, and transport them to the island country. The Peiping underground party hopes that Xu Dalong can send a special force to intercept and recapture these cultural relics.
Lin Xueying took this telegram to see Xu Dalong, murmuring in her heart that Xu Dalong would personally take people to Peking to carry out this task. According to her thoughts, she didn't want Xu Dalong to see such a telegram.
However, she is a sensible person and has a high level of consciousness, and would not do such a thing. So she suppressed her inner displeasure and sent the telegram to Xu Dalong in person.
While Xu Dalong was reading the telegram, Lin Xueying stood by. Seeing him put down the telegram, he asked tentatively: "Brother Dalong, you won't go to Peking in person, will you?"
Xu Dalong smiled and said: "There is no need for me to take action personally for such a trivial matter. Now I will dictate a telegram and you will record it."
Lin Xueying knew that Xu Dalong would not go out. He was very happy and immediately recorded it. Then he happily returned to the telecommunications room and sent the telegram.
The telegram was sent to Li Changshui. Xu Dalong said that he hoped that Li Qiulin would complete this task.
Li Changshui called Li Qiulin without saying a word and handed him this task. Li Changshui knew that Li Qiulin respected Xu Dalong, so he specifically told him that this task was assigned by Xu Dalong.
Li Qiulin immediately promised to resolutely complete the mission and led the special forces to Peiping that afternoon.
This time Xu Dalong didn't go out, but Lin Xueying felt a little nervous. She really didn't want to receive those telegrams asking for Xu Dalong by name. She knew very well that as long as there were such telegrams, they would basically be troublesome and needed Xu Dalong to deal with. of. Not everything Xu Dalong can send others to carry out, some things need to be handled by him personally.
Lin Xueying didn't want to receive a telegram looking for Xu Dadong, but she had no choice. In the Mawushan Military Division, Xu Dalong received the most telegrams, almost every day, sometimes several a day, which made Lin Xueying feel a little nervous. After all, she had undergone special training, and she quickly adjusted her mentality and gradually adapted.
On this day, Lin Xueying received a telegram from the military region headquarters, asking Xu Dalong to report to the headquarters. Lin Xueying had a premonition that this time, there must be a task for Xu Dalong, and it would have to go outside the base area.
Lin Xueying's premonition was indeed correct. Xu Dalong was really going on a long trip this time.
After arriving at the military region headquarters, Commander Sir asked Xu Dawen to talk.
He said: "Xu Dalong, the Ninth War Zone sent a telegram through the superiors, saying that a Guojun unit affiliated to the Ninth War Zone is suspected of defecting. They hope that you will solve this problem, not only to get rid of those who are trying to rebel, but also to This force must be safely brought back to the defense area of the ninth theater.
The superior has agreed to Guo Jun's request and asked me to talk to you. "
Xu Dalong asked: "Which unit is in the ninth theater?"
Commander Siren shook his head and said: "The superiors didn't say anything. I guess the Ninth Theater District did not disclose the details in order to protect its own face. They just said that you should report to the Ninth Theater Command headquarters to help them solve the problem." This matter was strictly kept confidential."
Hearing what the commander said, the chief of staff smiled sarcastically and said, "These guys have lost all their dignity, and they still want to save face."
The chief of staff said this because he, like Li Yunlong and most other Eighth Route officers and soldiers, had no favorable impression of the Guo army.
Commander Si had a big plan. He did not answer the chief of staff's words and said directly to Xu Dalong: "If there is a rebellion in the army, it will have extremely bad consequences. This matter must be stopped. You will leave for Chongqing immediately."
Xu Dalong said: "Resolutely complete the task." He saluted the commander and the chief of staff, and took over the task.
In this era, when Eighth Route Army officers and soldiers accept tasks assigned by their superiors, they usually say "guarantee to complete the task." This not only shows their resolute attitude in carrying out the task, but also full of confidence in victory. Xu Dalong never said that. He only said that he would resolutely complete the task, which showed that he would work hard, but he could not guarantee whether the task could be completed.
Now Xu Dalong doesn't know exactly what kind of task he will complete. To say that he is guaranteed to complete it is just a lie. Both Commander Sling and the Chief of Staff knew Xu Dalong. Although he did not promise to complete the mission, he also believed that Xu Dalong would never disappoint.
The commander-in-chief and the chief of staff's trust in Xu Dalong could not be higher. Commander Sir did not tell Xu Dalong what to pay attention to when completing the task, because there was no need for it. They believe that Xu Dalong will accomplish better than expected in all aspects, whether it is his surname Zheng Ce or his strategy and tactics. The two just told Xu Dalong to pay attention to safety.
Commander Sir said: "The military situation is so high that I won't let you eat today. When you come back from completing the mission, the chief of staff and I will personally host a banquet for you."
(End of chapter)
