Traveling through the sword to engage in military industry

Headquarters, Clothing Factory.

Ren Zhong, following Li Yunlong to the clothing factory, saw that it was full of middle-aged women. As an observer, he didn't feel anything special.

But strangely, Li Yunlong, who had just been demoted from a position of independent command to this clothing factory, didn't seem to have much of a sense of loss.

Instead, he stared at the flying hands of an older woman, actually seriously learning sewing techniques!

Zhang Fei doing embroidery—it's all about the contrast.

Ren Zhong's eyes were opened.

Li Yunlong was so carefree; no wonder he hadn't been too affected by his ups and downs. With his mentality, he could directly crush 99% of contemporary leaders who had stepped down!

"Old Li, don't tell me you're really going to learn embroidery here?" Ren Zhong said to Li Yunlong.

"Not embroidering? Does that mean Old Li should just eat free food?" Li Yunlong said without looking up. "Old Ren, don't mention it, but I've seen some tricks now. Sewing clothes doesn't seem that difficult. In a few days, Old Li will be a master at sewing clothes."

Ren Zhong covered his forehead, unable to watch any longer.

Li Yunlong could really do any job. The key is that he can motivate himself. In his time, such a person would definitely be a 007 self-motivated talent that bosses would cry over!

"Old Li, stop looking. I want to discuss something with you," Ren Zhong interrupted Li Yunlong's thoughts. "First, if—I mean, if I can get anti-inflammatory drugs from overseas, is it possible to sell them to the headquarters hospital?"

"What?" Li Yunlong didn't react at first, but when he heard Ren Zhong's words clearly, he suddenly turned around and said loudly, "You can bring in anti-inflammatory drugs? That would be great! This is a life-saving medicine. The base area hospitals are extremely short of it now. If you can really transport them in, we'll buy as much as you have."

Now, the enemy, puppet, and die-hard factions have completely blockaded the base areas, leading to a comprehensive shortage of supplies. Li Yunlong's fellow villager, Zhang Wanhe, is in charge of logistics and has complained to Li Yunlong about the shortage of supplies in the base areas.

However, even though Li Yunlong's New First Regiment has made significant military achievements, they have no way to break the enemy's blockade at this stage.

Therefore, strategic materials in the base areas have always been very scarce.

"Old Li, I have to apologize for this. It's true that I'm a student returning from overseas, but I'm not alone. There's an organization doing some things to support the War of Resistance against Japan. However, our energy is not great, and we can only transport a small amount of supplies. Because our funds are also relatively short, in order to engage in this support activity for a long time, our organization has adopted a trade-based approach to carry out this activity," Ren Zhong said, reciting the words he had rethought in the main world, while observing Li Yunlong's changes.

Li Yunlong obviously had expected this explanation from Ren Zhong and didn't show any strange expression. Instead, he quietly listened to Ren Zhong's next words.

"We still have some of the anti-inflammatory drugs we brought in. If we can trade, I'll go to the contact point tomorrow to get a batch back."

Li Yunlong wasn't surprised by Ren Zhong's words. After all, the timing of Ren Zhong's appearance was too suspicious. Li Yunlong had always been suspicious, and today, Ren Zhong's words made him feel somewhat enlightened.

"Old Ren, if you're selling these anti-inflammatory drugs, what's the price now?" Li Yunlong asked seriously.

"How about 3 silver dollars per pill?" Ren Zhong asked tentatively.

It wasn't that he was greedy, but he wanted to test how much purchasing power the headquarters had in this area.

"No problem. I can agree to this price directly," Li Yunlong agreed without hesitation. "At this price, we'll take as much as you have."

Li Yunlong wasn't an ordinary person. He had been dealing with Zhang Wanhe for more than ten years. The price of medicine in the base areas was basically calculated in gold, especially for anti-inflammatory drugs like sulfonamides.

Headquarters Logistics Department.

"Old Li, can this medicine really reduce fever?" Zhang Wanhe looked at the amoxicillin capsules he had never seen before, asking with some disbelief.

"Old Zhang, how could I dare to deceive you about this? A dozen of our regiment's seriously wounded soldiers had high fevers that wouldn't go down a few days ago. They all took half a pill of this medicine and their fevers broke!" Li Yunlong said seriously. "This is a matter of life and death. Old Li wouldn't joke with you."

"Our hospital has patients with high fevers now. I have to try it first," Zhang Wanhe examined the amoxicillin capsules for a long time before choosing a conservative approach.

"It's okay. This is a sample that Old Ren gave us. You can go to the hospital and have them find a soldier with a persistent high fever after infection and try it. You'll know. This medicine is really a miracle drug in the New First Regiment. If the test results are still the same, then we may have to establish a long-term purchasing channel with Old Ren in the future," Li Yunlong nodded.

"Old Li, do you think this Ren Zhong is reliable? Could he have been sent by the enemy, puppet, or die-hard factions?" Zhang Wanhe's nerves were jumping quickly.

"I can't say he's reliable, but it's unlikely that this person is a traitor or spy. After all, the way he came was too conspicuous. Anyone doing underground work wouldn't be so blatant.

According to my observation these past two days, this person may just be here to make money in our base area. If his financial needs can be met, I don't see any problems," Li Yunlong recalled the process of getting to know Ren Zhong. He did have the air of a businessman, but he was different from the merchants he knew.

"If he's just looking for money, then there's no problem. I'm just afraid he's here to sabotage," Zhang Wanhe said. "We spend hundreds of thousands of silver dollars a year on medicine, and it's still not enough. Having another supplier of anti-inflammatory drugs is no problem for us. We welcome it very much.

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I'm just afraid that the enemy sent him and they'll tamper with the medicine. That would be troublesome."

Zhang Wanhe said that this kind of situation had happened more than once or twice in the past year. Some people came to sell counterfeit and shoddy medicines, and the current policies in the base areas couldn't fully control the quality.

After all, the base area's purchasing channels are almost completely blocked. For the things that suppliers bring to the door, medicines are difficult to test, and many times you are fooled if you are not careful.

"Don't worry, we're all watching him. I personally think this merchant named Ren Zhong can be utilized. His medicine has already been verified in the New First Regiment," Li Yunlong said seriously to Zhang Wanhe.

Ren Zhong didn't know yet that in order to earn a little middleman's profit, Old Li had completely sold him out.

But even if Ren Zhong knew, it wouldn't matter. No one knows his origin now, and he will have to deal with Zhang Wanhe sooner or later. After all, he can't squeeze any more oil out of Li Yunlong. Not to mention that he is now just the director of the clothing factory, even in the New First Regiment and the Independent Regiment, he is equally poor.

Almost all of the Eighth Route Army base areas were like this at this time, unless they were lucky enough to rely on gold mines.

If Old Li could have let him contact Zhang Wanhe earlier, Ren Zhong would have been able to verify whether his ideas would work sooner.

After all, his current path to wealth depends on this.

Taking advantage of Old Li's absence, Ren Zhong went out for most of the day before pretending to bring the amoxicillin capsules he had hidden outside back to the clothing factory's residence.

He was sure that after Li Yunlong took the samples to Zhang Wanhe to test the medicine, the headquarters hospital would definitely cry out for this medicine. The effect of amoxicillin had already shown miracles in the New First Regiment, and Ren Zhong was very confident in this.

Now, he was just waiting for the results of the drug test.

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