Bright Sword: I took Li Yunlong to work in military industry

Chapter 225 Before that, find a wife for Lao Li

"Commander, we are actually still lacking one raw material for our primary bulk military products."

"What raw materials?"

"copper!"

"Then go grab it."

The brigade commander blurted out the answer immediately, but halfway through his words he felt something was not right. How did he become like this?

How did I become like Li Yunlong?

"No, no, no, what I mean is that we have to find a way to find the copper we are lacking."

The brigade commander hurried over to make up for it.

"Commander, I've done some research. Currently, the copper in Jin is mainly concentrated in the Zhongtiao Mountain area. There are many copper mines being mined there."

"Zhongtiao Mountain?"

The brigade commander frowned.

Today, the Zhongtiao Mountain area is the key garrison area of ​​the Second War Zone. Hundreds of thousands of troops are confronting the Japanese invaders. The Eighth Route Army has just touched the edge of this area, and the depth of its control is far from enough.

The difficulty of controlling the Zhongtiaoshan copper mine is not on the same level as that of controlling the current iron mine in Changzhi area.

Seeing the brigade commander's hesitation, Yu Ye also understood the key point.

"Commander, if we can get these copper mines, we can be completely self-sufficient. If not, we can completely detonate the current confrontation between the Japanese and the Chinese army.

Given the Japanese's ambition, they will definitely fight a big battle with our Chinese army in the Zhongtiao Mountain area in the future. We must disrupt the Japanese's plan to seize our Chinese resources."

Yu Ye began to analyze the current situation with the brigade commander and also explained the pros and cons involved.

After a brief thought, the brigade commander nodded and said, "I personally agree with your idea. I will report it to the headquarters. If it is approved, we will officially launch an attack on the Japanese!"

The three core members of the independent group looked at each other and said in unison: "Okay!"

Yu Ye was greatly excited. After working hard for so long, he could finally see the dawn of a counterattack against the Japanese.

If Yu Ye had previously wanted to hide in there and develop slowly, then today, after seeing the corpses all over the ground in the desolate valley in the back mountain, Yu Ye knew that he could not wait any longer and had to speed up his pace.

While ensuring stability, all arrangements must be completed faster. Every minute faster will save many innocent Chinese people from being harmed by the Japanese.

"However, Brigade Commander, before that, our independent regiment needs to do one thing first."

"what's up?"

"Find a wife for Lao Li!"

"Hahaha."

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After arranging the work at the Changzhi Iron and Steel Plant, the Independent Regiment took everyone back to the camp.

All the rescued miners were properly resettled. If they were abducted, they were given travel expenses to return home.

If they were willing to stay, the 386th Brigade would arrange food and lodging, build new dormitories, and pay them according to market prices.

In this chaotic era, this is an excellent treatment.

Being able to have a full meal and even get paid is something I never dared to imagine.

Yu Ye had originally expected that more than half of the more than 4,000 miners rescued would leave, but he did not expect that nearly 3,000 people would stay to participate in the mining of coal and iron ore, and their enthusiasm for production was very high.

This made Yu Ye feel much more at ease.

Zhao Xikui and Li Zhengang are responsible for the operation of three mining areas and the entire steel plant. They face considerable pressure, but they are more motivated.

After finishing all these, the first thing Yu Ye and Zhao Gang did when they returned to the regiment headquarters was to go to the textile factory to see Xiuqin.

In Yangcun, an area was specially designated for a textile factory and a textile factory was built.

The Liaoyuan Arsenal built two looms for the textile factory, and used the steam engine that was broken into seventeen parts when the Shota yarn was first brought back as power for the two looms.

In the textile factory, Xiuqin led twenty or thirty women to carry out production tasks during this period.

Yu Ye and Zhao Gang were standing outside the factory, watching Xiuqin speak.

Xiuqin was originally the president of the Zhaojiayugou Women's Rescue Association. She had a quick-tempered personality and was very familiar with being the director of this textile factory.

"Comrades, we have a heavy production task at this time. Winter is coming soon. The fabrics for the cotton-padded clothes of our independent regiment soldiers are ready, but the fabrics for the entire Eighth Route Army of Shanxi Province are not yet ready.

They are all our comrades, many of them are our brothers. We cannot just watch them fight the Japanese and suffer the cold. We must make cotton cloth for them even if we have to work overtime.

Don’t you think so?

"Yes!"

Twenty-three female comrades said in unison that they had never felt so valued before and were full of energy.

Moreover, the treatment in this textile factory was very good. Not only were two meals provided, but also after working for ten days, one could take home a piece of cloth, which was something I had never dared to think about before.

When many women took the cloth back home, the men in their families were delighted and the women spoke more confidently at home.

The women were very motivated to work because they could help fight the Japanese and get paid.

After Xiuqin finished arranging today's production tasks, Yu Ye and Zhao Gang pushed the door open and said, "Sister-in-law Xiuqin, you just spoke very well."

"Minister Yu, it is thanks to you that we got the textile machine so that we can do all this work." Xiuqin admired and was grateful to Ye.

"Hahaha, that only works if you use it well. By the way, sister-in-law, you still have to work harder to finish making the cotton-padded clothes for the team, and quickly speed up the production of the cotton cloth we want to sell.

I heard from Lao Li that they went to the city a few days ago and saw that the cotton cloth woven by your textile factory was in short supply in the market. "

"That's right. The fabrics in our textile mill are made of high-quality materials and have dense stitches. The fabrics on the market cannot be compared with ours."

When talking about this, Sister Xiuqin's face was filled with confidence.

"You guys do it first. Later, we will sell it not only in our county town, but also in the provincial capital!" Yu Ye continued to cheer Sister Xiuqin on.

"Okay, then you have to keep your word. However, we have too few looms now, and production is too slow." Xiuqin said with some concern.

"No problem. When our military product production is not so tight, we will produce more looms for you. In the spring of next year, you can ask the villagers to reclaim more wasteland and plant cotton. As long as there is a harvest, you can sell it to us, which can also increase their income.

If that doesn't work, we can also provide cotton seeds.

I'm worried that you won't have enough raw materials by then."

"Don't worry, Minister. It's winter now and the villagers are not busy with farming. I will go door to door to spread the word."

Yu Ye nodded. The next step was to arrange the production of hard currency that could be circulated, such as food, clothing, housing and transportation. With these things as anchors, the border notes issued would be more easily accepted by the people. This would also make it easier for the Japanese to wage currency wars and financial wars.

"But, sister-in-law, the political commissar and I didn't come here to talk to you about the textile factory today."

"Why is that? Minister Yu."

Zhao Gang continued, "Sister Xiuqin, we came here today to talk to you about your lifelong event and the wedding for you and Lao Li."

After hearing this, the carefree Xiuqin's face suddenly turned red.