coobybook Chapter 500: Doing business with Li Yunlong is very profitable. With so much money, aren’t you tempt
Chapter 500: Doing business with Li Yunlong is very profitable. With so much money, aren’t you tempt
As soon as the soldiers of the armored regiment heard that they were leaving, they acted quickly and installed all the rainproof cloths on the vehicles in just one hour. The kitchen team also prepared the meals while the soldiers were busy. When the soldiers finished their work, they just caught up with the kitchen team and prepared the meals.
After a delicious lunch, it was already 1:50 pm. Lin Zhenhua looked at the weather and found that the rain had not increased in size, and it was still drizzling, which did not affect the march of the troops at all. In order to ensure that the vehicles could pass through the muddy land smoothly, Lin Zhenhua adopted a staggered marching method to ensure that the tank battalion could help the transport vehicles in front to drag them out of the muddy land at any time.
"Lin Haoming, pass on my order immediately and have all the battalions set out immediately. We will march overnight and rest tomorrow morning."
Under Lin Zhenhua's command, more than 10,000 soldiers of the assault regiment slowly drove away from the Black Stone Forest in vehicles. The leading transport vehicle traveled less than a few miles before it got stuck in the mud. The tanks following closely behind it quickly ran to the front and pulled the transport vehicle out.
In order to pass through this soft mud as quickly as possible, four tank battalions and a half-track armored vehicle battalion took on the task of pulling the vehicles. It took a full five hours to reach the road built by the Japanese. The march of the transport vehicles was no longer affected. The tanks closely guarded on both sides of the road. For the tanks, marching on the soft mud did not affect them at all.
"College students, we need to produce more half-track armored vehicles in the future. This thing will not be affected at all when marching on muddy ground. We should try to produce fewer wheeled armored vehicles in the future, and they will mainly be used in our base."
"This half-track armored vehicle is more convenient to use than the full-track armored vehicle. Let's just settle this matter this time. There is no need to go back and discuss it." Li Yunlong said casually.
Lin Zhenhua did not object, and nodded in agreement, saying, "Half-track armored vehicles are indeed useful and are very effective for outdoor combat. Wheeled armored vehicles have higher requirements for roads and are very suitable for the defense of our base. We should also produce several full-track armored vehicles, and their tracks should be interchangeable with tank tracks. In an emergency, we can completely remove their tracks and install them on the tanks."
"Today's march went smoothly. We estimate that we should be able to reach Pingshui Town tomorrow morning. It is already nine o'clock in the evening. We will stop ahead for an hour to let the soldiers eat and rest, and then continue to march towards Pingshui Town."
"Lao Zhao, we have used up all the heating packs we brought with us. We need to find some coal nearby, otherwise making a fire will be a real problem. It has rained for several days in a row, and the trees have been soaked. It will be very difficult to light them. If we can find a coal mine, we can dig some and take them away. It will be completely useful for making fire and cooking during the march."
Zhao Gang waved his hand and replied with a smile on his face: "College student, I have arranged for people to burn a lot of charcoal in the past two days. We carried a lot when we left. Charcoal is very light and only needs to be hung on the vehicle. I roughly estimate that the charcoal we carried should be able to reach about one ton, which is enough for us to use for several days."
"During the rest of the march, we only need to ensure the supply of hot water. Let the comrades use the hot water to scald the fried noodles, soak the compressed biscuits, and heat up the canned beef. We can deal with it for a few days first. After we capture Taiyuan City, we will let the comrades have a good meal."
Li Yunlong and Lin Zhenhua had no objection. It was already a great honor to be able to eat compressed biscuits and canned beef during the march. Compressed biscuits and canned beef were very popular foods in the base area. They could only be eaten when on a mission, and could only be thought of on weekdays.
In the private room on the top floor of Tianxiang Restaurant in Ping'an County, four people, including Hirata Kojiro, who were on very good terms, were having a feast. At the beginning, the topic was relatively light, but it became more and more irrelevant as time went on. Hirata Kojiro, who was hosting the feast, coughed lightly to attract everyone's attention, and then said in a low voice: "Everyone, we called you here this time because there is an important matter to discuss. No matter whether you agree or not, you must ensure that the secret will not be leaked."
Mitsui Taro, who had sneaked back, was the first to speak: "Hirata-kun, I have suffered a lot these days. The Pingding Gold Mine was captured by Li Yunlong, and the biggest blame was put on my head. I must find a way to protect myself, which requires a lot of money. As long as Hirata-kun can help me get rich, I am willing to keep the secret. I have always been very tight-lipped."
Kurofuji Ichiro immediately spoke up, "You all know my current situation very well. I was the person who was most responsible for the fall of Ping'an County last time. My rank has been reduced from colonel to major, and my nine years of hard work have gone to waste. I just want to make more money so that my family back home can live a better life, at least to have enough food and clothing. I have lost interest in making achievements, so don't worry about me snitching on others. Even if I do, no one will believe me."
Colonel Kuroki cleared his throat and echoed in a low voice: "My situation is better than Kurofuji-kun's, but not much better. The loss of military rations fell on my head. Now I have been directly assigned to the second line, responsible for guarding the outer checkpoints. If I don't find a way to make some money to make up for the lack of military rations, I'm afraid I will be sent to the most dangerous battlefield. As a soldier, it is not terrible to sacrifice on the battlefield. What I am most worried about is my wife and children in the homeland. They are now completely dependent on me for their survival."
"The local food supply has become a problem. In the past few years, every household could have enough food to eat. Now the domestic prices have skyrocketed. My wife, children and the elderly have to go out to work to get a full meal. This is a shame for me. I came to Ping'an County to make achievements, but this cannot change the lives of my family. As long as I can make a lot of money, I am willing to take any risk!"
Nakamura Ichiro put down the wine glass in his hand and replied calmly: "You should all know me very well. I only care about money and not people. As long as the business can make money, I am willing to do it. These days, achievements and careers are all empty. Only real money is real. Only with money can you feed your family. As for the final outcome of this war, it will not affect the lives of those rich people at all."
"My dream has never changed, which is to become a rich man. As long as I can make money, there is nothing I dare not sell. The 4th Division is better at business than us, and the headquarters still turns a blind eye to them. As long as we manage all the necessary relationships, even if the Special High Police has eight guts, they will not dare to investigate us."
"Not to mention that the headquarters of each jurisdiction are not as clean as everyone thinks. They have long hands. They dare to do some things that we dare not do, but they do it in a more secretive way. This is a batch of military notes I got some time ago. You can take a closer look and you can tell that these military notes are fake. They were printed by our enemies."
"The Ministry of War and the Ministry of the Navy are not fools either. This is their counterfeit banknote, and there are huge profits involved. Compared with their big business, our small business is really nothing."
Kojiro Hirata was very satisfied with the attitudes of the four people, especially with the help of Ichiro Nakamura, the insider. He felt more confident when talking about the following things.
"Everyone, the military bill issue involves too many people. We really can't do this business, not to mention that this business itself is quite risky. Once something goes wrong, we are likely to be used as scapegoats. In the past year, we have done a lot of business, but the most profitable one is the pharmaceutical business. My Mitsui family resold a large number of drugs through me at the Zhangjiazhuang market, and some of them were sold directly overseas, making a lot of profits."
"According to our investigation, of the two life-saving drugs produced by the Independent Regiment, one is penicillin, and the other has only the medicinal ingredients found out, but the exact ratio is still unknown. The price of penicillin is still higher than gold, and it has not dropped as the war expands. Instead, it has become increasingly higher."
"As long as we can get a large amount of penicillin from the independent regiment, we can make a lot of money in a short period of time. Whether we sell it to the domestic army or to foreign countries, we can get a lot of gold in exchange. This is the most suitable business for us at the moment. I have secretly established contact with Li Yunlong's independent regiment through Chu Yunfei's 358th Regiment and plan to buy drugs from him."
"Li Yunlong has agreed to trade medicines with us, but he has also put forward his own conditions. He doesn't want gold or silver, but only food, copper, iron and other materials. He wants us to transport the goods to a designated place, and he will send a transport plane to trade. I called you all here this time because I want to bring everyone in to do this business together, so that we can expand the trading volume in a short period of time."
"If it's just me, my monthly trading volume would be at most 1000 or dollars, but if you all get involved, the monthly trading volume could reach millions of dollars. Once we have the capital, we can continue to expand the trading volume. Maybe by then the annual trading volume could reach or million dollars. The profit of medicines is very lucrative. As long as we can earn %, that's more than million dollars in profit. Such a profitable business, aren't you tempted?"