Chapter 41: If You’ve Got The Skills, We’ll Eat Meat
“Just poke it and break it. Let the Japanese invaders go mad. What we want is for Li Yunlong to drive the Japanese invaders crazy. He did it beautifully.” Although the brigade commander said this indifferently, he did not think so in his heart.
If I knew where Li Yunlong went, could I sit still like this now?
Could my tone be this calm and relaxed?
Pull over. Don’t talk nonsense.
I have to drag him back right away.
As a person, you must know contentment and quit while ahead.
So much money.
Immediately after, the brigade commander said to Sun Desheng: “Sun Desheng, once you deliver this thing, go back and rest.”
“Yes, brigade commander.” Sun Desheng saluted and withdrew.
The deputy brigade commander looked at the roast chicken on the table, beaming with joy: “I still have a bottle of good liquor there. Shall we celebrate?”
“Celebrate what? Bring me that bottle of good liquor of yours.” The brigade commander looked at the deputy brigade commander seriously. “Didn’t Old Zhang from logistics say it? Now that we have money, we can also exchange for Hell Cannon. Let’s strike while the iron is hot and hurry to negotiate with logistics.”
Upon hearing this, the deputy brigade commander slapped his forehead, beaming with joy: “Yes, yes, yes. You’re still clear-headed, brigade commander. Now that we have money, we should indeed go exchange for cannons right away. Otherwise, if other troops get them too, we’ll have to wait.”
The Border Region Arsenal’s cannons are produced one by one. They’re now working on the third one.
If we’re slow and other troops get there first, then we’ll have to wait.
Although other troops may not act this fast, after all, money, or sugar, or general’s sword aren’t that easy to obtain.
But what if.
Not afraid of ten thousand, just in case!
Better to secure the bag quickly to avoid complications.
What!
If you say our 386 Brigade takes three Hell Cannons and other troops have opinions, what then?
Then we can’t worry about that. Anyway, our 386 Brigade is following the rules.
If we have the ability, we eat meat. Others being envious doesn’t matter.
The deputy brigade commander soon brought the liquor over and handed it to the brigade commander. The brigade commander still said seriously: “If that kid Li Yunlong rolls back, hold him down for me. Understand what I mean?”
“Yes, brigade commander. Once he returns, I’ll tie him up immediately.” The deputy brigade commander certainly understood what the brigade commander meant.
On the surface, the brigade commander wasn’t worried about Li Yunlong, but in reality, he was more worried than anyone. After all, Li Yunlong could be said to be playing with fire now.
If he could know Li Yunlong’s whereabouts, the brigade commander would have ordered him brought back long ago.
“Let’s go, set off to the arsenal.” The brigade commander did not go to find Zhang Wanhe. Now that Li Muzhi could make decisions, we definitely had to bypass this middleman Zhang Wanhe and deal directly with the manufacturer.
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Border Region Arsenal
“Li Muzhi, the first batch of fertilizer has arrived. Hurry and have people pull it into the storeroom.” Zhang Wanhe had just returned from reporting work at headquarters when the first batch of fertilizer arrived. He shouted to Li Muzhi at the arsenal.
“This is quite a lot of fertilizer.” Li Muzhi glanced over. Livestock pulled over ten carts, and manpower pulled more than twenty carts.
Zhang Wanhe laughed: “This is just the first batch. The Japanese invaders see that fertilizer can be sold, so they’re taking the chance to lower prices and dump it. Now both sides are very satisfied. They think they’ve earned, but actually we’ve taken the biggest advantage, hahaha.”
“Regiment Commander Kong, you’re here just in time. Please work hard for a bit.” Li Muzhi said to Kong Jie.
Kong Jie’s coal was to be delivered to the arsenal’s storeroom. Kong Jie had just brought people to deliver the coal.
“Good, no problem.” Although temporarily switching from coal miner to porter with no change in treatment, Regiment Commander Kong had absolutely no complaints. He rolled up his sleeves, led people to unload the carts energetically, and worked busily.
Zhang Wanhe said to Li Muzhi: “I reported the situation to the headquarters leader. The headquarters leader places utmost importance on being able to produce shells and wants us to get the arsenal’s power up as soon as possible.”
“To get power, the premise is still that we must ensure a steady supply of our Hell Cannon shells first.” Li Muzhi said to Zhang Wanhe.
“Mm, robbing the enemy’s power is tough work. We indeed need to ensure the supply of our cannon shells.” Zhang Wanhe agreed, saying, “Now that the first batch of fertilizer is back, it depends on whether the 386 Brigade can send the sugar soon. We gave them two cannons. We can’t have the ability but fail the task, right.”
Remembering something, Li Muzhi asked: “I gave two cannons to the 386 Brigade. What did the headquarters leader say?”
“The headquarters leader said the third cannon, once produced, cannot be reneged on again.” Zhang Wanhe answered, his tone a bit unnatural.
“The headquarters leader didn’t scold you, right?” Li Muzhi saw that Zhang Wanhe’s expression was off.
“No, the headquarters leader has a very good temper.” Zhang Wanhe answered very affirmatively.
“That’s good.” Li Muzhi didn’t point it out. The deputy commander has a good temper? Don’t joke.
In the time they spoke, they saw the 386 Brigade’s brigade commander arrive energetically.
The brigade commander spotted Zhang Wanhe from afar and couldn’t help complaining inwardly: “Not the right time. Why is this middleman here?”
But since he was already here, the brigade commander couldn’t turn back.
Zhang Wanhe also spotted the brigade commander at a glance and couldn’t help saying in surprise: “The 386 Brigade’s brigade commander is here. Could the sugar have been delivered?”
Zhang Wanhe even saw the several large boxes carried by the brigade commander’s guard troops. Zhang Wanhe thought they contained sugar.
Li Muzhi also anticipated: “If it’s sugar, then we can start making Hell Cannon shells right away.”
Before the brigade commander arrived, Zhang Wanhe impatiently went over: “Brigade Commander Chen, did you bring sugar? Look, the first batch of fertilizer has just arrived at the arsenal. We’re just waiting for your sugar.”
“Sorry, Minister Zhang, this isn’t sugar.” The brigade commander’s tone was somewhat regretful.
The brigade commander was indeed a bit regretful.
Because although the 386 Brigade now had two cannons, with that kid Li Yunlong taking the cannons to stir trouble, he wouldn’t roll back until the shells were used up.
In other words, soon the 386 Brigade’s shells would only have the single one left in the brigade commander’s hand.
Cannons without shells are just scrap iron lumps.
So, the brigade commander desired even more that the boxes contained sugar.
But there was no way. This was money, not sugar.
Upon hearing that the boxes didn’t contain sugar, Zhang Wanhe’s tone involuntarily carried some reproach: “How can it not be sugar? Logistics gave your 386 Brigade two cannons, and I took scolding from the headquarters leader. You can’t let me take it for nothing, can you, Brigade Commander Chen?”
The brigade commander ignored Zhang Wanhe’s emotions and said: “Your getting scolded is none of my business. I’m following your logistics’ rules. Besides, these cannons were given to me by Li Muzhi, not you. As for this not being sugar, getting anxious won’t help. Besides, wasn’t it agreed on three days? That time hasn’t arrived yet.”
A new month has begun. Recommend and monthly tickets, please.
