in2ebook Chapter 129 Yan Laoxi Buys Medicine
Chapter 129 Yan Laoxi Buys Medicine
Li Yunlong and Wang Meng sat in the reception room, looking around. They had thought that the Second War Zone Command was very luxurious, but now they found it was nothing special.
Li Yunlong sniffed and took a sip of Yan Laoxi's Lu'an Guapian.
"Mengzi, when I was making baskets in Dabie Mountain, I would drool when I saw the blue brick and blue tile houses of the landlords, and wondered when I could live in such a big yard."
After a pause, Li Yunlong took another sip of tea and spat out the tea leaves in his mouth with a "pfft".
"Now, look at this small tile house, it's nothing special, not as good as our Taihang Mountain base. It's not that we forget our roots, it's just that our identities and perspectives are different now!"
Wang Meng really likes the quick-witted Li Yunlong. It is refreshing and comfortable to get along with such a person.
"Commander Li, let's not talk about anything else. When our fortress is completed next year, it will be the only one in the three provinces of Shanxi, Henan and Shandong!"
"Hahaha, so happy!"
When Li Yunlong imagined that in the future he would sit in a solid, clean classroom teaching students at the Infantry School, he felt happy and looked down upon Yan Laoxi's shabby houses more and more.
About ten minutes later, Yan Laoxi walked in with a smile, accompanied by a man in a white coat.
"Commander Li, Chief of Staff Wang, sorry for the wait! This is Doctor Bai. I recruited him from Shanghai. He studied abroad!"
Doctor Bai pushed up his glasses on his nose and held the small glass bottle tightly with some excitement.
"Excuse me, is this really penicillin?"
"It's genuine. The soldiers of our independent column have already used hundreds of bottles!"
Doctor Bai took a breath.
"Wow, hundreds of bottles?! Is your independent column so generous? By the way, can you tell me who is the doctor of your independent column?"
"Dr. Ke Lihua, from Indonesia."
Doctor Ke Lihua's name is known throughout the country as a fearless proletarian fighter.
"That's right. Only Dr. Ke Lihua, who just returned from England, could have such vision. The Eighth Route Army was so lucky to have captured such a good thing!"
After listening to the general situation, Yan Laoxi got the information that he was most concerned about from these few words. This bottle of medicine is indeed a miracle drug, a life-saving miracle drug, otherwise it would not have made the overseas doctor who came from the big city so excited!
purchase! Must buy!
If you often walk by the river, you are bound to get your shoes wet.
If you get bitten by a bullet one day, this thing might actually save your life.
The price of 200 grams of gold is nothing to the King of Shanxi.
"Commander Li, Chief of Staff Wang, since the conditions of your Eighth Route Army are difficult and you are selling medicines, I, Yan, will do you a favor and buy 100 bottles! It can be regarded as doing my part for you!"
Looking at the hypocritical Yan Laoxi, although Li Yunlong was full of disgust in his heart, he still flattered Yan Laoxi, and then took out ten bottles of penicillin from the box carried by the soldiers outside the door.
"Commander Yan, thank you for your generosity! I, Old Li, have another unwelcome request. Could you please exchange the gold for cash?"
Yan Laoxi readily agreed.
Every 500 grams of gold could be exchanged for 300 silver dollars, a total of silver dollars.
Since the business had been done, Li Yunlong and Wang Meng were too lazy to say some bland and meaningless words to Yan Laoxi, and they stood up to say goodbye.
Old Xi Yan even went out to see them off in person, but when he got out, he was dumbfounded when he saw the hundreds of spirited soldiers from the reconnaissance battalion.
Two guns per person?
Even Mr. Yan’s guards are not so luxurious!
Yan Laoxi finally understood what Li Yunlong meant by being extremely poor.
The two guns, one long and one short, swung back and forth, making clanging sounds!
"Commander Li, you have a strong army now, right? Where did you get all these new equipment? No wonder you were able to defeat the Japanese so badly!"
"Hehe, excuse me, Commander Yan, these are just some captured equipment, not presentable enough!"
Without waiting for Yan Laoxi to ask more questions, Li Yunlong and Wang Meng got into the car and drove towards Shipo Township.
When he arrived at Shipo Township, Li Yunlong distributed all the 12,000 yuan to the people working on the construction site.
The common people seemed to not believe their own eyes. In the past, when they were conscripted by the Shanxi Suiyuan Army and the Japanese devils, they were lucky to be able to keep their lives.
However, in Shipo Township, there is food and drink, and each person can receive six yuan before going home.
One dollar can buy 30 kilograms of rice, and six dollars can buy 180 kilograms of rice, enough to feed a family for several months!
Zhao Gang looked at the joyous villagers and felt indescribably happy.
He was also prepared to shamelessly go to the headquarters to ask for some money, so that at least ten kilograms of rice could be distributed to each of his fellow villagers.
Unexpectedly, Wang Meng solved the problem in no time.
"Chief of Staff Wang, I want to thank you on behalf of the villagers. If it weren't for you, the villagers probably wouldn't have had a good New Year."
Wang Meng waved his hand and took the hand of Zhao Gang, who was full of gratitude.
"Political Commissar Zhao, when you went to recruit workers, I promised you that I would pay them. If we can't get cash to pay them, wouldn't that mean you broke your promise and bring discredit to our independent column?"
Even so, Zhao Gang was full of gratitude and went to divide the money.
Li Yunlong felt unhappy as he had to give away the money he had just raised before it even got warm in his arms.
Of course he had to give the money he promised to the people, but as the military commander of the independent column was only a dozen days away from the Chinese New Year, he also wanted to give the soldiers a good year.
In the past six months, we first fought a fierce battle, then worked day and night to build a military fortress. Moreover, various military trainings were still neglected. In short, we were either training or building houses.
The soldiers had a hard time.
Li Yunlong saw it and kept it in mind.
"Mengzi, is there any way to get some money? We should at least give the soldiers a meal of meat and dumplings on New Year's Eve, right?"
Wang Meng also kept this matter in mind. Penicillin could indeed be sold again.
However, they don't know anyone who can easily take out hundreds of dollars in cash.
Just when Li Yunlong and Wang Meng were at a loss, Zhao Gang, who had just distributed the money, came back.
"Old Li, I have something to discuss with you. Do you remember the captain of the Pingshun detective team named Jia Guier who was arrested a few months ago?"
"Of course I remember that little mustache and those cross-eyed eyes. Old Li can't forget them even if he wants to! What happened? Did this kid get into trouble again?"
Zhao Gang shook his head and smiled meaningfully.
"Jia Gui'er is no longer the same Jia Gui as before. He has been reformed now. Moreover, the bad things that Ma Quan said he did were basically fabricated!"
"Since he has been reformed, let him go. Since his hands are not stained with the blood of our Chinese people, he should be given a chance to reform!"
Zhao Gang nodded and prepared to get the matter done.
"No! You can't let go yet!"