The father of the sword is Kong Jie

Chapter 657 What We Want Is Your Ammunition Production Line

I want to promote the image of Kong Wuwan as a wealthy country.

I want to receive [-] disaster victims inside and outside the base area and arrange them properly so that everyone can survive for a long time.

We want to turn the original disaster caused by natural disasters into a demographic dividend that stimulates economic growth.

want, want...

Everything I want is inseparable from one word-money.

Only with money can the victims be paid wages and other follow-up means can be used to purchase materials and food.

Only in this way can the base area of ​​the first team develop more vigorously.

How important is money?
During the meeting at the headquarters earlier, Captain Kong, the big creditor, stopped there. Among the people who owed money, who dared to speak up?
Now, with the passage of time, with the opening of the first detachment's gates, it has widely received local and foreign disaster victims.

Dong San, Minister of the Logistics Department, and Xu Qingnian, Minister of the Finance Department approached Kong Jie many times, and said with some concern:

With the increasing number of victims, even if the first team has a rich family and has stockpiled a large amount of food in advance, it may not be able to withstand the huge consumption.

The first team went up and down the base area, and there are now nearly [-] victims.

Although most of the victims have arranged suitable jobs, it is not yet time for the autumn harvest.

Everyone filled their stomachs, basically relying on Kong Jie's stockpiling of food for a rainy day during this period.

If this continues, once the food runs out, it will undoubtedly be the most terrifying disaster for a large number of victims.

At the meeting held by the headquarters to deal with the food shortage of the victims, Kong Jie said:

"If there is consumption, there must be income. As long as the income is sufficient, or even greater than consumption, we are not afraid of running out of food."

"There is no autumn harvest yet, and the self-production in our base area alone cannot solve the problem, so we have to find a way to buy food and other materials from areas other than the base area."

"The original grain purchase channels of all parties continue to be stable and gradually expanded. In addition, we will find ways to open up more grain purchase channels."

"Whether it is the national army or the Jinsui army, including the puppet army, or even the Japanese army, as long as it is food and supplies that can be easily bought with money, everyone should not hesitate."

Li Wenjie, who was in charge of this matter, said helplessly: "Commander, that's true, but since this year, the disasters in various places have become more and more serious, including the surrounding Kuomintang-controlled areas and Japanese war zones. Disasters have already spread to the past."

"In many places, the grain in their own areas may not be enough to eat, and there is no surplus grain to sell to us. We have raised the price many times, but the amount of grain that can be received is still decreasing sharply during this period of time."

"In addition, although the Japanese army has generally reached an armistice agreement with us, they have been secretly trying to prevent our base area from purchasing grain. I am worried that if this continues, the surrounding areas of our base area, Yangquan, Shouyang, Ping'an and other major counties The food that can be circulated will soon be exhausted."

The other cadres also nodded one after another, their faces full of helplessness.

This is one of the unavoidable problems right now.

I thought it was a headache, but Captain Kong laughed instead.

Kong Jie said: "I know what everyone is worried about. They are worried that the surplus food in the surrounding areas of our base area will not be enough to eat even if we buy it all in the base area."

"However, everyone has obviously entered into a misunderstanding.

What is wrong?

In fact, food is not enough, even though many provinces are currently affected by disasters, hundreds of counties have suffered unprecedented droughts, many lands are barren, and almost no crops are harvested. "

"But it is still polarized, some people starve to death, and some people have too much food to eat.

Why?The biggest problem is the problem of uneven distribution. "

"Henan, Hebei, and Shanxi were affected by the disaster, so Sichuan, Yunnan, Inner Mongolia and other places will not be affected?"

"After all, the disaster is concentrated in one place. As long as we can find a way to mobilize food materials from other farther areas to achieve a reasonable allocation of food, we will not worry about food shortages."

Speaking of this, Kong Jie directly finalized the plan: "The detachment immediately selected people to form a food purchase team, and joined some soldiers to ensure safety along the way and ensure that they would not be harassed by bandits. The main transportation personnel are in charge of the labor group."

"Going north to kill the tiger's mouth, we used our early contact channels with comrades in Inner Mongolia to purchase grain."

"The route to the south starts from our Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan border area to open up grain transportation routes. In Shaanxi, Chongqing, Yunnan, Sichuan and other places, as long as you can buy food with money, try to open up routes. Our migrant workers' corps cadres Responsible for going out to buy food."

Speaking of this, Kong Jie reminded again: "Oh, by the way, don't buy grain in the name of the first detachment of our Eighth Route Army, but in the name of Kong Wuwan, a wealthy patriotic businessman."

"This is the general direction, and you will discuss the details with the political commissar later."

Li Wenjie: "..."

After the meeting, there will be a gradual shortage of food, which was solved lightly by Kong Jie.

Of course, the actual operation is not as simple as Kong Jie said.

As Kong Jie said, he just mentioned a general direction.

In real implementation, whether it is opening up the grain transportation route, or the subsequent transportation, purchase, contacting the seller, etc., each item needs to be worried and planned by someone.

Of course, all of this is nothing to Captain Kong.

Isn't there political commissar Wen Jie and chief of staff Xu there!

this afternoon.

It was the same old place, Fengxianju, Yangquan. The monk took the lead in investigating the place. After confirming that the place was safe, Kong Jie, posing as a commoner, met with American businessmen John and Jeffs in the private room on the third floor of Fengxianju.

During this time, I want to talk about the secret contest between John and Kong Jie.

Obviously, Kong Jie, who was the patron, also understood the difficult situation of the Yankees in the British and American concessions, so he sat firmly on the Diaoyutai and gained the upper hand.

M3冲锋枪的图纸，孔捷只给了约翰2/3，目前还有核心的1/3被他握在手中。

Comrades Gao Qiang and Zhu Xuming, representatives of Kong Jie's businessmen who stayed in Tianjin, sent news to Kong Jie.

It is said that the Yankees deliberately wait for the price to sell, and want to make a fuss about the price of selling the factory and make a big killing.

Some time ago, in order to achieve this goal, the number of batches of arms sent by John did not meet Kong Jie's expectations.

Playing with Captain Kong carefully, Captain Kong will naturally not be used to Yankees.

Kong Jie, who understood the situation of John and others and their culprit, immediately sent a message to Gao Qiang and Zhu Xuming:
"Hold on! The Yankee wants to blackmail us before leaving, so we'll wait until the situation changes, and the Yankee sells it at a low price. Then we can buy all the factories and production lines in the hands of the Yankee at the price of cabbage. , when they cry."

Now John and Geoffs are on the verge of "crying".

There has been faint news from their country that the war with the Japanese army is imminent, and many businessmen in the concession have begun to sell their factories in China at low prices, preparing to withdraw the money back to the country.

John originally thought that Kong Jie was bound to win the factories in China under his name and some of the arms manufacturing production lines under his name.

As a result, under his deliberate manipulation, Kong Jie's attitude back to him was casual, not caring at all.

There is an attitude of whether you like to give or not, and whether you like to sell or not.

But in the entire Jindi, except for Kong Jie, the big patron, John couldn't find any other buyers with such a big appetite and courage within a short period of time.

This time, John came here in a hurry with Josephs, just to ask Kong Jie's attitude, when to take over his daily necessities production plant in China and various industries under his name.

After the meeting, John, who couldn't sit still, didn't dare to tease Kong Jie's appetite on purpose this time. After exchanging pleasantries, he asked straight to the point:

"Xu (Kong Jie's pseudonym Xu Zijie), I have already reached an agreement with many businessmen in the concession. They are all willing to sell their factories in China to you. In terms of price, everything is negotiable. There is only one requirement. I hope the transaction can be carried out quickly. "

Kong Jie smiled and said, "John, I'm afraid you may have asked the wrong person about this matter. As for the business in the concession, as I said, Boss Gao and Boss Zhu have always been in charge."

"Xu, don't lie to me. Mr. Gao and Mr. Xu are clearly following your arrangement!" John said helplessly.

After a few words, the situation is not as good as others, and John, who wanted to make a fortune before withdrawing the lease, was completely controlled.

Kong Jie also did not choose to be aggressive, but smiled: "John, I think you should know what I really want."

"Arsenal?" John asked.

Kong Jie shook his head and said, "Instead of buying eggs, why not just buy a hen that can only lay eggs?"

"What I want is the munitions production line under your name, John."

Seeing Kong Jie's eyes light up when he said this, John felt that Kong Jie's appetite had finally been whetted, and replied:

"Xu, your appetite is really too big, but you have to know that the production of arms is not like some factories that produce daily necessities. The cost of production is very expensive. If you want to buy the arms we hoarded in the concession, or even For the entire production line, you may need to prepare a lot of money."

Kong Jie smiled brightly: "John, as long as you Yankees are businessmen, they seem to like to get involved in the arms business."

"Arms production lines are naturally scarce for my motherland, which has a relatively backward industrial production level, but it doesn't seem to be a difficult task for you?"

"As far as I know, your domestic General Motors Inland Branch, IBM, Underwood Typewriter Company, Locke & Euler Jukebox Company, etc., all of them seem to have the ability to produce arms. "

"Is this the expensive production cost John you are talking about?"

"In the eyes of your American company, the cost and difficulty of building an arms production line may not be as expensive as a production line for automobiles, right?"

John was a little dazed when he heard that, Kong Jie seemed to know a lot about the situation in his country.

John, who was defeated, shook his head helplessly, and sighed bitterly: "Okay, Xu, as long as you can come up with a price that satisfies me, all of this is as you wish."

(End of this chapter)