coobybook Chapter 120: Commander, I have no guts to act without your consent! 3-word chapter!
Chapter 120: Commander, I have no guts to act without your consent! 3-word chapter!
"Commander, I, Li Yunlong, am just talking. Without your consent, I dare not act on my own! Didn't college students produce the miracle anti-infective drug penicillin before? Our independent regiment alone has more than 130 doses now."
"We haven't fought with the Japanese in recent days, so this medicine can only be stored for a little over half a year at most. Instead of waiting for it to expire, we might as well sell it and exchange it for some money and food. We might even be able to exchange it for some weapons, which will also make our independent regiment's life better!"
Li Yunlong was very good at speaking. After listening to Li Yunlong's sophistry, the brigade commander was not as angry as before, but he still warned: "Li Yunlong, don't say that I don't support you. When I leave, I will take 130 guns with me. Some will be handed over to the division headquarters, and some will be handed over to the headquarters. At most, only to will fall into my hands. Don't feel that you are at a disadvantage. I allow you to sell guns every month. I won't take any money or food from you. Are you satisfied with this result?"
Li Yunlong scratched his head and said a little embarrassedly: "Brigade Commander, the share you gave us is a bit too little. Increase it to 15 per month. All the income from those five branches will belong to the college students. We can't let others help us for free. We have to give them some benefits. After all, working as a long-term worker for the landlord requires payment. If the college students don't take the initiative to ask for it, we can't refuse to give it. Our independent regiment gives college students a ten-yuan allowance every month, which is higher than the allowance of me as the regiment commander!"
The brigade commander pointed at Li Yunlong's nose and scolded with a smile: "Li Yunlong, I didn't expect you to be a good person. You are so sincere. You can't let anyone down, but you can let the college students down. The headquarters has approved a special fund of 3000 yuan in total. I came here to give money to the college students. I didn't come here to scold you, but I have something important to do. At the same time, I want to announce the latest appointment issued by the headquarters!"
"Since the college students are busy, let's wait until lunch time to announce it. During this time, you can take me around your independent regiment so I can take a look at your independent regiment's training situation!"
Li Yunlong replied with an embarrassed look on his face: "Brigade Commander, ignorance is not a crime. I will never speak nonsense again! It just so happens that I will take you to see the training of the new recruits of our independent regiment. Brigade Commander, you can also give us some suggestions!"
Led by Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong, the brigade commander wandered around the independent regiment's base and did not return to the regiment headquarters until noon. He met Lin Zhenhua, who had rushed back exhausted. The four of them had a simple afternoon lunch and then started talking about business.
The brigade commander directly announced the order verbally: "Appoint Lin Zhenhua as the deputy director of the independent regiment arsenal, fully responsible for the production of the arsenal, Li Yunlong as the director of the independent regiment arsenal, fully responsible for the protection of the arsenal, and Zhao Gang as the deputy director of the arsenal, fully responsible for the procurement of raw materials for the arsenal!"
"In recognition of Lin Zhenhua's contribution to the military industry, I'm awarding him 3000 yuan and a monthly allowance of 200 yuan, which will be paid directly from the headquarters! College student, this is what you deserve. I feel like it's too little. When conditions get better in the future, your allowance will be increased even more!"
Lin Zhenhua took the 3000-dollar note from the brigade commander and burst into tears. He had never expected to receive such a pleasant surprise. He thanked him repeatedly, "Brigade commander, I can't spend all this money. I plan to donate it all to the war of resistance. I don't have much money to spend on weekdays. My food and lodging are all provided by the independent regiment. Even if I spend as much as I want, I can only spend ten dollars a month at most. It's better to use this money to buy guns and ammunition to fight the devils. Drive them out as soon as possible so that the people can live a peaceful life!"
"Since you have handed the Arsenal over to me, I cannot let you down. I will get the Arsenal back on track as soon as possible and live up to your expectations!"
Li Yunlong interrupted angrily, "College student, why are you being so polite to the brigade commander? You've always taken advantage of me before, and now I have the chance to take advantage of you, but you don't even give me the slightest chance. I wanted to introduce a business to you, but you can't blame me for not being smart. Unless you beg me, I won't give you any of the benefits!"
The brigade commander was too lazy to listen to Li Yunlong's nonsense. He had finished what he came here for today and he had to rush back as soon as possible. There were still many things waiting for him to deal with at the brigade headquarters. After a few more instructions, the brigade commander left the independent regiment headquarters and, under the protection of the guards, took the penicillin robbed from Li Yunlong and rushed to the field hospital.
After confirming that the brigade commander had completely gone away, Li Yunlong invited the two to the regiment headquarters and began to discuss the sale of penicillin.
"College student, I have told the brigade commander before that we can solve the problem of the independent regiment's shortage of money and food by selling penicillin. I will find the buyers, and you will have to complete the production. We can sell 15 bottles of penicillin every month, and the proceeds from five of them will belong to you. Don't feel embarrassed, you deserve it!"
Lin Zhenhua didn't expect that Li Yunlong actually had this idea. You know, penicillin is called liquid gold. If it is really sold, it will be very valuable. However, it must not be said that it was produced by the Independent Regiment. He must find a way to change the name. He pondered for a moment and suddenly thought of a good idea.
"Lao Li, Lao Zhao, penicillin can be sold, but we must not let people know that it was produced by our independent regiment. We can completely change the name. If it is donated by patriotic businessmen, I can put some foreign codes on it to make it more authentic. Even if others have doubts, after learning about the situation of our independent regiment, they will not think that we can produce it independently!"
"There are currently three people who have mastered the penicillin production technology. Apart from me, there are only Doctor Wang Xuecheng and Nurse Tian Xiao'e. No one else knows about this. Even when penicillin was used, it was called Baibingxiao. It was because I considered this in advance that the news of our successful preparation of penicillin was never leaked."
"I plan to set up the laboratory near Panlongling. It is sparsely populated and easy to keep secret. It will not have much impact on the production of penicillin. With the help of cement, the laboratory can be established very quickly!"
After hearing that Lin Zhenhua had already made arrangements for this matter, the two breathed a sigh of relief. Having not seen the effects of penicillin before, they were still a little bit unconvinced that the effect of this medicine could be so miraculous, but after using it, they were left with only amazement and admiration.
"College student, you have considered this matter very carefully. If you follow Old Li's previous idea, it will not only be a big problem, but also very likely to involve the independent regiment. With such a big mess, even the brigade commander may not be able to handle it. In this matter, you must be cautious and careful. The monthly shipment volume cannot be increased, and you must choose multiple shipping channels. Only in this way can it be safer!" Zhao Gang said with some fear.
Li Yunlong was also embarrassed by what he said, fortunately Lin Zhenhua was there to give him some advice, otherwise he would have done something bad with good intentions and put the independent regiment into danger.
"College student, you should build the laboratory first. Take the time to find buyers in the next few days. We will start selling the first batch of goods in half a month. We should solve the problem of food and salt first. Some things can only wait for us, but we can't wait and let the soldiers train on an empty stomach!"
Li Yunlong set the tone. He handed over the affairs of the regiment to Zhao Gang and Xing Zhiguo, and asked for Duan Peng, the guard beside Lin Zhenhua. Wei Dayong did not run away. The three of them went to Ping'an County to contact the local underground organization to see if they could sell penicillin through this line.
Ping'an County, the backyard of Yuelai Restaurant.
Li Yunlong wore a melon-shaped hat, had a beard on his face, and a mole on his eyebrow, looking like a landlord. Duan Peng and Wei Dayong wore security uniforms and stood upright beside Li Yunlong, keeping watch on their surroundings.
The restaurant owner Xu Zhongyi looked at Li Yunlong's attire and was a little amused. He asked curiously, "Captain Li, who gave you this bad idea? Your attire is too attractive. You can just wear ordinary people's clothes when you go into the city. Your attire will easily attract the attention of the detective team. These people have sharper noses than dogs. It would be strange if they didn't suspect a stranger like you!"
Li Yunlong picked up the tea bowl handed over by Xu Zhongyi, drank the water in the bowl in one breath, burped, and replied worriedly: "Old Xu, do you think I want to do this? There is really no other way. I have never been a landlord, so I can only imitate others. Just bear with it! Wearing this outfit really makes me too uncomfortable. If it weren't for doing business and solving the money and food problems of the army, how would I have the time to meet you?"
Xu Zhongyi was even more curious this time. It was really strange that the independent regiment was so poor that they came to Ping'an County to do business. He asked in a somewhat irrelevant manner: "Captain Li, did you dig out some treasures and want to sell them for some money? You are making a mistake. Our ancestors' things must not fall into the hands of the devils. If this is the case, I will report to my superiors and you will be severely punished for this behavior!"
"Captain Li, I know your independent regiment is having a hard time. I still have more than 200 yuan in my hand. You can take all of it and buy more coarse grains and sweet potatoes so that the soldiers can have more full meals. Even if we starve to death, we can't sell our ancestors' things to the devils. If we do this, people will criticize us. I, Lao Xu, can't do such a shameless thing!"
Li Yunlong didn't expect Xu Zhongyi to have such a deep misunderstanding of him. If he continued to speak, he would become an unforgivable sinner. He quickly interrupted and said, "Old Xu, I know you are good at speaking, otherwise you wouldn't have opened a restaurant in Ping'an County, but can you please listen to me and finish what I have to say? You know what kind of person I, Li Yunlong, am after all these years of getting along with him!"