Bright Sword: I am Li Yunlong's old squad leader

Chapter 220 We Can’t Stay in the Poor Mountain Valley Forever

"Brigade Commander Wang, I heard that there are some rumors on the street." Brigade Commander Chen hesitated to speak.

"If there is anything you can't say, tell us everything and we can figure it out together."

"These common people have been deceived by these profiteers. They say that we, the Eighth Route Army, should return to the poor mountain valleys, otherwise the local grain prices will remain high."

Shanghai is an international metropolis. Its people have to buy their food, clothing and other necessities. They are not like the farmers in the mountains.

Every farmer in the mountain valley has his own one and a half mu of land.

These farmers are completely self-sufficient. They grow enough food to eat, and they grow enough cotton and raise enough silkworms to spin enough cloth to wear.

But the people in Shanghai are completely different. They have to spend money on food and clothing. The prices of daily necessities and food are rising.

Everyone felt miserable.

After hearing this, Wang Tianyou frowned. These beasts were killing him with soft knives.

"Director Wang, we have to think of a solution, otherwise the people's spit will drown us." Brigade Commander Chen frowned.

"Commander Chen, we need to look at the essence of the problem. Who do you think most wants us to leave?"

"Of course it's the devils?"

"Now the Japs and the traitors dare not act openly. They must be gathering their strength to prepare for a major battle with us.

There is no need for the Japs and the traitors to anger us at this time.

What these lurking Japanese and traitors want to do most now is to make us let down our guard."

After hearing this, Brigade Commander Chen was surprised and said, "Brigade Commander Wang, do you mean that those guys in Chongqing are attacking us behind our backs?"

"It is very likely that these unscrupulous merchants are extremely evil and are driving up prices."

Wang Tianyou didn't expect the other party to do this.

These beasts are as timid as mice. When the Japanese devils ruled Shanghai, they didn't dare to make trouble. Now that Wang Tian has come to Shanghai again, these beasts actually dare to make trouble!

These people must be killed as a warning to others and a warning to others.

"Brother Tianyou, I can see that you seem to have a plan in mind for this matter. Do you have any good ideas?"

Wang Tianyou nodded: "After we defeated these little devils, they will definitely gather their strength to attack us.

If we want to gain the support of the local people, we must stabilize prices. Otherwise, in the eyes of the local people, we are just a bunch of good-for-nothings, a bunch of hopeless good-for-nothings.”

"Commander Chen, you just need to do what I say and you will be able to solve this problem."

After hearing this, Brigade Commander Chen nodded excitedly.

"Appreciate further details."

"Except for the Kong family's Yang Company, there is no one else who can operate the wooden frame in Shanghai.

I think Commander Chen, you know the Kong family better than I do."

After hearing this, Brigade Commander Chen nodded repeatedly. He knew everyone from the four major families.

Among these four families, the Kong family had the strongest economic power and almost monopolized the finances of the Republic of China.

The Kong family's Yang Company extended its hands to every economic lifeline of the Republic of China.

Food is naturally their main investment area.

“I will send you a team of 2000 people to surround all the warehouses of Kong Jiayang Company.

Just arrest all the members of the Kong family. Those who should be shot should be shot, and those who should be killed should be killed.

We just want to let the local people know that our Eighth Route Army is a team that dares to act and take responsibility."

Brigade Commander Chen was very excited after hearing this. He also thought that it was the Kong family who was behind this, but he was not so sure.

"Catch those who should be arrested, but don't kill those who should be killed. The Kong family is too powerful. If we make enemies with them, I'm afraid there will be many things that will be difficult to deal with in the future."

"What is there to be afraid of? We know exactly what kind of people the Kong family are. If we don't hurt them, they will become even more rampant in the future. This is something neither you nor I want to see."

"Commander Chen, are you still afraid of the Kong family? Our ultimate goal is not only to drive away the Japanese, but also to destroy the central army and local armed forces.

Only in this way can the Chinese people live a good life, don’t you think? "

After hearing this, Brigade Commander Chen nodded repeatedly and clenched his fists tightly.

"Brother Tianyou, you are right. We should have done this a long time ago. We must strike back hard against those who oppose us."

Wang Tianyou's acquisition of Yang Company not only stabilized local prices.

Moreover, you can get a lot of money.

"Brother Tianyou, this is what I think. Let's arrest the people first. After arresting the people from Yang Company, we will go to Kong Lingjun's father to ask for money.

I don’t believe he dares not to pay.”

Wang Tianyou nodded.

"We must blackmail them first. We must let them know that following us is a dead end. We, the Eighth Route Army, are not a team that will continue to stay in that poor mountain valley. We must move to the big cities."

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The Sihang Warehouse and Bafang Warehouse of Yang Company are the largest warehouses of Yang Company.

The Sihang Warehouse was destroyed during the Battle of Shanghai.

But the Bafang Warehouse is still in use.

Bafang Warehouse is backed by Americans.

Yang Company built more than a dozen warehouses next to the Sihang Warehouse. These warehouses were huge, with each warehouse covering an area of tens of thousands of square meters.

These warehouses are all divided into 2 or 3 floors.

Each warehouse can easily store hundreds of thousands or even millions of tons of supplies.

These supplies are all related to people’s daily lives.

If nothing else, it's the people. As long as these guys hoard the food, vegetables and meat, the prices will soar, and they will rise several times or even dozens of times.

Supplies in more than a dozen warehouses of Yang Company.

If calculated in US dollars, it would be several billion dollars.

In this era, a few billion dollars is equivalent to hundreds of billions of dollars in later generations.

Confucius Mansion.

Kong Lingjun sat in the spacious living room.

This leather sofa was imported from the United States. The leather is soft and very comfortable to sit on. Kong Lingjun held a red wine glass in one hand and a cigar in the other, while listening to the radio leisurely.

The radio was broadcasting the Shanghai nightlife of the singer Zhou Xuan.

Kong Lingjun blew out a puff of smoke lightly, and his head swayed slightly to the rhythm of the music.

Several accountants stood there respectfully.

After Ye Xuan finished singing Night Shanghai, the accountants looked at Kong Lingjun. Kong Lingjun nodded. He took a sip of red wine and put out the cigar in the ashtray.