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"Among them, there are 50 premium Huaxia, 500 high-quality Huaxia, and the rest are plain Huaxia."

The brigade commander began to calculate silently in his mind: the best Huaxia sells for 100 yuan, the high-quality Huaxia sells for 10 yuan, and the simple Huaxia sells for 1 yuan, which adds up to 15000 yuan.

More than 15000 yuan a month, half of which is 7500 yuan, it seems that it is not a lot?

At that moment, the brigade commander frowned and said: "I also smoked the Huaxia brand cigarettes produced by your Zhaojiayu Cigarette Factory. Welcome, since it is so popular among Shanxi people, why don't you expand production?"

"Of course we want to expand production." Li Yunlong said helplessly, "But the problem is that it can't be done."

"What's the reason?" The brigade commander frowned, "Not enough machines? Not enough skilled workers, or something else?"

Wang Yan waved his hand and said: "The machines and equipment are all made by ourselves. There is no problem, and there is no shortage of skilled workers. Even if there are gaps, they can be trained quickly. After all, there is no difficulty."

"The biggest difficulty is the raw material. There is a shortage of tobacco leaves in Northwest Shanxi."

"We have already purchased all the tobacco leaves that can be purchased in the surrounding areas. The remaining tobacco leaves in the Japanese-occupied areas are difficult to transport in due to the blockade of the devils. Therefore, the production capacity of Zhaojiayu Cigarette Factory has not been able to increase."

"The current production may not last for too long."

"Because the tobacco leaves we had previously stockpiled have almost been consumed."

"Leave the tobacco leaves to me." The brigade commander waved his hand and said, "It's wishful thinking for the devils to block our Northwest Shanxi base area. I'll find a way to get you the tobacco leaves from Suiyuan."

"If it's still not enough, even the tobacco leaves from Shaanxi will be shipped over."

"In short, you only need to consider one thing, expand production!"

"Oh, by the way, don't forget one more thing, hand over half of the profits."

"Brigade Commander, don't worry, I won't forget it." Li Yunlong said, "But then again, this matter is not easy to handle."

"Not so easy?" The brigade commander paused in mid-air with his extended chopsticks, and asked, "Why is it so difficult?"

Wang Yan explained: "Brigade Commander, it's like this. The Kuomintang's legal currency depreciates too quickly, and the puppet government's running dog tickets are not safe to use, and the number of oceans is too small."

"Ticket for the border area, the people in Northwest Shanxi don't recognize it."

"So the transactions between us and the cigarette dealers are all barter."

"The tobacco merchants transport corn, sorghum, sweet potatoes, millet and other grains or cotton cloth to our base area, and then convert them into money according to the market price, and then exchange them for corresponding Huaxia brand cigarettes."

"So what we received was not money, but materials."

"So that's how it is." The brigade commander said, "It doesn't matter. Anyway, after the headquarters got the money, it was used to buy food, cloth and other materials. You have to hand in the materials directly, which will save trouble."

Wang Yan continued: "Brigade Commander, if this is the case, I have another idea."

"Oh? You, Wang Yan, have never been aimless. It must be a great idea." The brigade commander said with some expectation, "Quickly tell me, what's your idea?"

Wang Yan went on to say: "The materials transported by tobacco merchants from all directions to our base area are not only of various types, but also scattered. It takes a lot of manpower to store, organize, pack and transport."

"So I thought, why not set up a processing plant directly in our base area?"

"It's much easier to transport all the food when it's cooked."

"We can even process the grain into various biscuits, so that they can be eaten immediately after being sent to the troops, and the logistical support capabilities of the troops can be greatly improved."

"Brigade commander, you understand that logistics support capability is combat effectiveness!"

"If there is enough food, you can even make wine and extract high-purity medical alcohol."

"In this way, the army's field rescue capabilities can also be greatly improved, and casualties will be greatly reduced."

Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang, and even the brigade commander's eyes lit up, because Wang Yan outlined for them a vision of the base that only appeared in dreams.

Li Yunlong said: "Old Wang, can this work?"

"Of course it can be done." Wang Yan said with certainty, "We have the technology, manpower, and raw materials. The most important thing is that we don't have to worry about the sales of our products. Why not? Yes!"

To put it bluntly, this is actually light industry, and the difficulty is not too great.

The difficulty of heavy industry is really high, and it is completely impossible at this stage.

Li Yunlong said again: "But Lao Wang, have you considered a question?"

"Captain, are you worried about your safety?" Wang Yan smiled and said, "Actually, there is no need to worry. It can be seen from the Battle of Heyuan that the devil's combat effectiveness has declined seriously."

"How fierce were the devils before? What are the devils like now?"

"It's just the quality of the devil's soldiers, and the devil's material replenishment ability has declined even more seriously."

"This has already been revealed when we raided our Taiyue base area before, and this time the encirclement and suppression of the 358th regiment of the Jinsui Army is even more obvious."

"It takes several months to prepare for the encirclement and suppression of a regiment of the Jinsui Army."

"So, I can assert that it is difficult for the Japanese army in Shanxi to organize large-scale offensive operations."

"What's more, if you take ten thousand steps back, even if the devils really organize a large-scale offensive, whether they have the ability to break into our base area is another matter. If you take ten thousand steps back, even if the devils really break into our base area, it's nothing to worry about. It's a big deal, because our machinery and people can be moved at any time."

In the end, the brigade commander made the final decision.

"Yes." The brigade commander said in a deep voice, "then set up a food processing factory and a clothing processing factory! From now on, the logistics support of the 386 brigade will be handed over to you in Northwest Shanxi!"

Chapter 409 Important Information

Zhu Ziming walked in with his head down.

Suddenly, a figure flashed out from the slanting thorns and blocked the way: "Stop!"

Zhu Ziming was taken aback immediately, but he was relieved after seeing the man's appearance clearly, and said, "I'm a big bull, can you not come out so suddenly? It will scare people to death, you know?"

"I'm Er Niu!" Zhang Er Niu said angrily, "It's not my brother."

"It's Er Niu?" Zhu Ziming nodded and said, "I have something to do with the political commissar."

"The political commissar is not free right now." Zhang Erniu snorted, "Come back later."

At this moment, the hearty laughter of Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang came from the back room, as well as a strange voice.

Zhu Ziming said casually, "Er Niu, is this a visitor?"

"Aren't you talking nonsense?" Zhang Erniu glanced at the guard at the door of the house, and said angrily, "Didn't you see the two guards of the brigade commander standing there?"

"This is the brigade commander?" Zhu Ziming's expression changed.

"I've been here for a while." Zhang Erniu said, "It seems to be for the tobacco factory."

"For the tobacco factory?" Zhu Ziming said, "Then you must stay for a few days, right?"