After finishing moving the food, Liu Yu was extremely tired. He returned to the Xiyang County headquarters and sat down, pouring a cup of hot water and holding it in his hands to warm his hands.
Song Renqiong, Xu Liqing and others also followed behind.
"Eh? Where is Lao Luo?"
When the door closed, Liu Yu found that Luo Haiming had not come back.
"I'm going into the bridal chamber with those four cannons!" Wang Zhitao threw his hat on the table, grabbed the cup from Liu Yu's hand, and took a sip.
"puff!"
"So hot?!"
Liu Yu rolled his eyes: "You deserve it!"
With that said, he walked to the water cabinet, shook the hot water bottle inside, and found that it was full. It must have been filled by Yang Xing'er.
"Brothers, please stop resting. Get some water and soak your feet. Then go to bed after soaking."
"You'll still enjoy it." Old Song rubbed his waist and stood up, carrying a bag of flour and running for more than ten miles, which was a bit too much for his old waist, which had been injured in his early years.
"What do you mean by enjoyment? It makes me look like a capitalist." Liu Yu said as he took out a big footbath from his room. "Look at your waist. It seems that you were injured because you didn't heal well that time." If the blood is not flowing smoothly, it is good for the body to scald your feet more often."
After a while, several big feet were soaked in the big foot basin together, and there was a sudden "hiss..." "wow..." and "huh...".
"So comfortable!"
Seeing Liu Yu like that, Lao Song smiled. Then he suddenly remembered something and said with a straight face: "Let me tell you, just now Lao Wang said that the food in the new barracks needs to be improved. Was it your idea?"
Liu Yu looked at his dark face, smacked his lips, and thought for a moment before replying: "Old Song, you also saw the performance of the recruits just now. A pack of white flour weighs 50 kilograms, and one person can run extremely well carrying a pack. Huan, many people carried it back and forth for more than ten miles, and the results of this training are obvious to all."
"With the current training intensity, it is no problem to train a qualified unit, but it is still not enough to get a truly elite unit, so the intensity needs to be increased. Then the problem is, as the training intensity increases, the food cannot keep up. Go up, the soldiers’ bodies will not be able to bear it!”
"Then there's no need to stew chicken soup for them every day, right?" Lao Song's mouth was full of bitterness, "How many chickens will we need? We spend a lot of money just on meat these days. The more than 200,000 French currency we had before, half a month More than half of it is gone, and now you still have to make chicken soup for them... According to your wishes, it will take three months to train, where will we get so much money?"
"That's a problem." Liu Yu touched his chin and became worried.
The big guy didn't say anything, he just looked at Liu Yu, hoping he could give him some rules.
After a while, Liu Yu put down his hands and said: "In this way, we now have 5,000 tons of white flour in hand, and part of it will be sent to Yan'an, the headquarters, and the division headquarters, so that they can also improve their food, so that everyone can have dumplings or something during the Chinese New Year. Again I think Yan Laoxi'er will be very interested in selling part of it. As for the specific quantity, Lao Song, you can figure it out yourself. As for the refugees, we'll deal with them with grains first, and just stew the pasta every two days."
"Meat is for the recruits first. Their bodies must be well nourished before they can carry out the next step of training. Of course, you can't just buy them. You can organize people to go hunting in the mountains. When it comes to stew, pheasants are comparable to domestic ones. Chickens are much easier to use. And tigers, this thing is full of treasures, especially the tiger bones, which are really good things."
There is no animal protection law these days, and wild animals are running around all over the mountains and plains.
Not to mention the extinction of South China tigers, South China tigers have become a big scourge these days. Thousands of people are killed and eaten by them every year, not to mention the loss of livestock. They are nicknamed "four-legged bandits", especially in winter. Tigers are really as ferocious as the King of Hell, they pounce on anyone they see.
Their extinction had to wait until the 1950s and 1960s. At that time, the government promoted the "pest eradication campaign", but accidentally used too much force. Coupled with the overcorrection of grassroots implementers, the eradication went too far, which caused them to be on the verge of extinction.
Liu Yu also liked these big cats in his previous life. If he had the ability, he would naturally find ways to protect them in the future, but it would be inappropriate to mention this now.
The people don't have enough to eat, and the soldiers are as skinny as monkeys. Protecting animals?
Isn't this nonsense?
"In addition, we can encourage people to raise livestock and poultry, and we can even guide landlords and wealthy people to take the lead in establishing breeding bases. When the time comes, we will purchase them collectively. When it comes to the economic development of the base area, the breeding industry is also a very important part."
Liu Yu said and looked at Old Song again: "When it comes to doing business, there is nothing better than medicine these days. I have sulfonamides, cardiotonic drugs, anesthetics, etc. in as much quantity as possible. Old Song, please contact the headquarters and ask them to take the lead. The surrounding warlords said hello to Chongqing and asked them if they wanted it. If this business can be successful, a small change will be enough for us!"
After listening to Liu Yu's words, the others were not happy, but looked at Liu Yu with puzzled faces.
Xu Liqing said suspiciously: "Commander, who are you?"
"That's right, food, artillery, and now sulfonamides and cardiotonic drugs are here! Those who don't know think you are Chiang Kai-shek's illegitimate son!" Wu Hongbo also looked suspicious.
Everyone nodded.
Liu Yu was stunned for a moment and said in his heart, why are you pretending to be fine?
After the system was upgraded to level three, the exchange rights for drugs such as sulfonamides, epinephrine, and anesthetics were opened. Only then did Liu Yu say these words.
These days, medicines are a hot commodity, especially anti-inflammatory medicines. The price of sulfonamides on the black market has skyrocketed. You may not be able to buy a piece of sulfonamide across an ocean.
That is to say, penicillin, cephalosporins, cholera vaccines, etc. need level 5 before they can be opened. Otherwise, Liu Yu would be thinking about emptying the treasury of other countries for him!
"Don't worry about this. Why can I harm everyone?" Liu Yu thought about it and found that it was difficult to explain, so he simply acted like a bachelor.
Everyone felt a little embarrassed when they heard it. Lao Song quickly said: "We didn't mean it that way, we just thought it was a bit weird."
Xu Liqing sighed and said, "Yes, we have been used to hardships over the years. If I had been like you a few years ago, I wouldn't have let Chiang Kai-shek run around everywhere."
When Liu Yu saw this, his chest puffed up: "So, I'm here! Don't think blindly. Just trust me and believe that I won't do anything that harms the interests of our party or the country. That's enough!"
After the conversation started, the scene became more relaxed, and a group of people started bragging and spanking while chatting.
Some boasted about how they were doing during the Long March, and some talked about their newborn children.
. . . . . .
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, more than ten days have passed.
February 17, 1939, the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month.
As the New Year approaches, the entire Xiyang County has a sense of celebration.
In Zhangzhuang Town, the recruits were having breakfast at this time.
They had just finished a five-kilometer run with weights and were eating big meat buns that had just come out of the cage and drinking tiger bone soup.
By the way, Liu Yu encouraged the soldiers to go hunting half a month ago. There were many ancestral hunters among the recruits. In the past, they had bows and arrows, animal traps, firecrackers, etc., but now they have replaced them with 38-inch caps. It’s really impressive. They shot a big tiger weighing more than 300 kilograms.
Liu Yu said it lightly at the time. In fact, this thing is not easy to fight. It is fast, ferocious, powerful in combat, and very cunning. It has a high sense of danger and can slip away quickly at the slightest movement.
Why else would the ace troops be named after tigers since ancient times?
This tiger was also chased by Ma Chao and his son, together with several warriors who were hunters, for two days before they successfully shot it.
There was also a hibernating black bear, which Ma Biao, an experienced hunter, also found.
The tiger whip, tiger gall, bear bile, etc. were all taken away by Liu Yu "for personal benefit" and made into wine. The tiger skin was given to Lao Song, and a waist pad was added to his bedding to support his old waist.
The rest was used as a supplement for the new recruits.
At this time, Liu Yu was also "grabbing" in the recruit camp. Tiger bone soup was a rare drink, and he had never drank it once in his life.
After taking a sip of the soup, I don’t know if it was a psychological effect or something else, but I felt warm in my stomach and full of energy!
"Lao Zhu, don't throw away the tiger bones after they are simmered in the soup. The medicinal properties in them won't be used up much by just stewing them in the soup. When the time comes, grind them into powder and mix them with water for the recruits to drink."
Next to the stove in the cooking class, Liu Yu was drinking soup and mumbling.
In fact, it is best to soak tiger bone powder in wine. Alcohol can dissolve some of the organic nutrients in tiger bones, allowing the body to absorb them better. But isn’t there a ban on alcohol in the new barracks? Then you can only mix it with water, which is not bad.
Otherwise, make some wine for them to drink before going to bed at night, drink a small amount, and then go to bed after drinking, so that it will not affect the training the next day.
Special circumstances, special treatment.
Zhu, the cooking squad leader, was the original cooking squad leader of the 9th Company of the 3rd Battalion of the 771 Regiment, the company where Liu Yu originally belonged.
Now that the 771st Regiment has been dismantled, it turns out that more than 90% of this unit is old Red Army soldiers, with a firm will and strong combat effectiveness. But now almost more than half of the old companies have been removed and used as the backbone to build new troops.
Lao Zhu's real name was Zhu Mengxiang, a native of Jiangxi. His family was killed by a white dog, and he joined the Red Army in order to take revenge. He is 45 years old this year, a veteran who has been fighting for more than ten years, and he also has good cooking skills.
Such soldiers are treasures wherever they go.
He was also one of the few people named by Liu Yu to come when he and the 771st regiment were exchanging weapons for veterans.
Lao Zhu and Liu Yu were old comrades who went through the Long March together. Even if Liu Yu is now the commander, there is no barrier between them.
No, seeing Liu Yu obstructing his own territory, Lao Zhu had the word "annoying" written all over his face.
"I still need you to remind me? I told you that if you are too busy, just pick up the weight and go out for a run. I'm busy here!"
After Lao Zhu added firewood to the stove, he stood up and pushed Liu Yu away, and opened the lid of the pot. Inside was braised wild boar meat, ready to be added to the recruits' lunch and dinner.
Wild boar meat has a strong flavor and is relatively woody, so you need to be more aggressive when cooking it. Braised is the best way to make it delicious and go well with rice.
"Oh, it smells so good!" Liu Yu gave a thumbs up when he smelled the smell.
Lao Zhu smiled: "Are you greedy?"
In fact, Lao Zhu dotes on Liu Yu very much.
This child was only 16 when he first joined the army. If Lao Zhu's son had not died, he would have been at this age. Of course, the veterans take good care of these half-year-olds.
Lao Zhu took out a large piece of bone with meat from the pot, put it into Liu Yu's bowl, and then said like shooing away flies: "Go and eat it, don't be an eyesore here!"
"okay!"
Liu Yu held two bowls, squatted at the door of the cooking class, took a bite of the bones and drank a sip of the soup, not to mention the taste.
While enjoying it, Ma Chao hurried over.
"Commander!"
Liu Yu frowned: "What are you doing in such a panic? The Japanese are calling?"
"No!" Ma Chao gasped, "A high-ranking official is here, and the political commissar is following him like a long-term worker, and then he asked me to tell you to come over quickly!"
"Hey?" Liu Yu was excited when he heard this. "Why is this official so arrogant? Is it Yan Laoxi'er? He wants to do business with me. When he comes to my territory, he will set up a hammer. Where is he? I'll go meet him. !”
He finished the soup in one gulp, and then handed the bowl with the bones to Lao Zhu: "Keep it for me, I'll come back later and eat more!"
After saying that, he took Ma Chao and walked away.
Lao Zhu looked at the bowl in his hand, confused.
Recruit camp cafeteria.
Liu Yuding's discipline is very strict. "Don't talk when you eat but don't talk when you sleep" must be observed. Therefore, there is no noisy scene for the recruits while eating. At most, they just chirp.
Originally, no matter how quiet it was, there would be quite a lot of noise when hundreds of people were eating in a canteen, but now when they walked in, everyone was careful, even their chopsticks were trying to avoid touching the plates when picking up pickles.
It was all because of the table in the corner of the canteen, where the political commissar, deputy commander, and chief of staff of the military division all ate together with a middle-aged man wearing glasses.
Originally, the political commissar alone would not be so reserved, but when the political commissar respectfully invited the person to the canteen and told them who the person was, everyone began to become nervous.
Even though the middle-aged man was very kind.
Liu Yu walked into the cafeteria quickly, with an arrogant look on his face. When everyone looked at him, he was a little confused.
"What's going on? Is this what it is?"
When his eyes found Lao Song and saw the middle-aged man wearing glasses next to Lao Song, Liu Yu's expression suddenly turned gritty.
This is for Ma Chao on the other side.
He gritted his molar teeth and asked quietly: "Is this the high official you are talking about?"
Ma Chao had a cute look on his face: "Hey, isn't this official a big man?"
"How many times have I told you that the leader of our Eighth Route Army will be called the chief! Forget it, I'll deal with you later!"
After Liu Yu finished speaking bitterly, his expression changed into that of a long-term worker, who was even more like a waiter than a long-term worker.
While walking quickly towards the table, he greeted: "Hey, when did the teacher come? You don't need to notify us in advance, so we can take care of you, right?"
When Liu Yu walked to the edge and picked up a stool to squeeze Wu Hongbo away and sit down, Liu Shuai put down his chopsticks and said with a smile: "Look at your virtue, this is in front of your soldiers, be more serious."
Liu Yu immediately pretended to be sitting upright.
Liu Shuai pointed to the food on the table and asked, "Do you usually eat these?"
This question has been asked to Lao Song and the others just now. Liu Shuai mainly wants to hear Liu Yu's explanation.
After all, our party advocates hardship and hard work. The current environment is so bad, and it is unacceptable for soldiers to enjoy themselves like this. If someone catches him and tortures him to death, Liu Yu will have to shed his skin even if he doesn't die.
However, someone was still a little careless, and replied with a look of shame: "The food is a little bad, we will try our best to improve it in the future."
"You!" Liu Yu's words made Liu Shuai almost choke on his saliva, pointing at him and speechless.
After a while, Liu Shuaicai said earnestly: "If comrades from other troops see you being so extravagant, what will they think?"
Liu Shuai said it more tactfully, and there were some things that he couldn't say clearly.
Liu Yu's eyes widened: "I don't care what they think. If they can, they will eat meat buns and drink chicken soup for their brothers! Besides, this is called extravagance? I wish the soldiers in my hands could eat dragon meat all the time. Woolen cloth!"
"Why are you so anxious with me?" Liu Shuai was not angry, his tone was still very calm, "Although you are young, you are also an old party member. I won't say more about some things, you can experience it yourself. In short, work hard to improve comrades The quality of life is not opposed by the organization, but deserves praise, but hedonism is absolutely forbidden!"
"It's just hedonism!" Liu Yu still refused, "Well, don't rush to leave later. Stay with us for two days and watch the training of our new recruits. After reading this, you will understand what's going on. .”
