Zheng Sanpao and others saw that the Japanese actually sent so many oceans and ammunition to Master Jiu, and were impressed. Next, they were even happier. Gao Jiu took out 30,000 oceans and handed them to Zheng Sanpao, saying, "The brothers in the cavalry battalion went to Taohua Mountain. You can use this money to share with the brothers, which is considered as a settlement fee."

The brothers in the cavalry battalion used to be public security forces, which meant a living. The cavalry was treated better than the infantry. Ordinary soldiers could only get 1.5 oceans a month. They had just joined the guerrillas and immediately enjoyed the treatment they dare not expect. Seeing the Ninth Master's generosity, everyone cheered excitedly.

It turned out that the brothers of the Taohua Mountain Guerrillas were funny to see the people in the cavalry camp who had never seen the world, and were proud that they were able to be a member of the Taohua Mountain Guerrillas very early.

Wang Zhankui smiled and said, "Brothers, you may not know yet. Not everyone can go to Taohua Mountain. It has been a long time since we don't want a newcomer on Taohua Mountain. You are lucky this time, and it may be difficult for anyone to have such an opportunity in the future."

The officers and soldiers of the cavalry battalion had already heard the old members of the Taohua Mountain guerrillas talk about the life and treatment on Taohua Mountain, and their eyes were already so envious. When they heard Wang Zhankui say this, everyone felt very grateful that they would be very popular in the future and drink spicy food. The key is that they will become anti-Japanese heroes in the future, and they will completely clear their charges of being traitors. Compared with their identities a few days ago, they were simply divided into heaven and underground. The brothers were all holding their energy to show off, so they could not let the old brothers in Taohua Mountain look down on them.

Wang Zhankui asked, "Jiu Master, there is no war in this area now. What are your plans next?"

Gao Jiu smiled and said, "In the territory of Shandong, in addition to Jinan City, there is another prosperous territory, that is Qingdao. How about it, brothers, do you want to go to Qingdao for a walk?"

"Okay, OK!" The guerrillas were very excited.

It's no wonder that although the members of the Taohua Mountain guerrillas fought many battles with Jiu Ye, only Jia Liu, Ning Wen, Ning Wu and other small groups of people who really followed Jiu Ye to the big city. After these guys came back, they kept showing off. The other guerrillas were already drooling in envy. Now that I heard that Jiu Ye was going to take them to Qingdao, they were of course very happy.

Seeing that the guerrillas were in high morale, Gao Jiu simply took everyone straight to Qingdao.

On the way, Gao Jiu sent a telegram to Jiang Xiaomei, asking her to have a meeting here with peace of mind, saying that she was going to Qingdao and asked her what women needed to bring?

Jiang Xiaomei really has something she wants. She wants to get married now, but she is embarrassed to speak. After thinking seriously, she telegrammed Gao Jiu to say that she wanted a ring, but she didn't say what kind of ring she wanted. She knew that Gao Jiu understood what she meant.

After reading the telegram, Gao Jiu laughed and did not reply to her. He raised his whip and whipped it, and rode his horse forward.

Yangcun, the Eighth Route Army garrison.

Gao Jiu sent a large number of weapons and ammunition again, and even the three trucks were given to Jiang Xiaomei. Jiang Xiaomei naturally handed them over to the superior party organization.

What happened recently has attracted the attention of the underground party organizations, and they held a special meeting to discuss issues about Gao Jiu.

After discussion, the leaders believed that Gao Jiu was a real anti-Japanese warrior, a good friend of the underground party, and a target that they could fight for. They hoped to win Gao Jiu to join the Eighth Route Army.

For this reason, they specially called Gao Hong and Yang Jiong to ask for their opinions.

Gao Hong shook his head and said, "Dear leaders! With my understanding of Mr. Gao, he will not join the underground party and the Eighth Route Army. Mr. Gao has a strong personality and will not be restricted. With the strict discipline of our Eighth Route Army, it is difficult for him to adapt."

Yang Jiong said: "Our commander is right. In addition to the personal character factors, Mr. Gao also has his own difficulties. The Taohuashan guerrillas have strong combat effectiveness and are treated very high. The most ordinary soldiers now have a monthly salary of more than 50 oceans. Cadres above the team leader have a monthly salary of more than 100 oceans, and those leaders are treated even higher.

In addition, they will also give out large bonuses from time to time. Other benefits on Taohua Mountain are also very high. The food expenses of guerrillas are more than dozens of times higher than the food standards of our Eighth Route Army soldiers. Our Eighth Route Army has no way to provide such good treatment, so it is difficult for the Taohua Mountain guerrillas to join the Eighth Route Army."

Hearing this situation, the senior officials of the underground party could only shake their heads and give up the idea of ​​letting the Taohuashan guerrillas join the Eighth Route Army.

The leaders were still a little unwilling to give up. They asked Gao Hong and Yang Jiong to go back first, and then continued to discuss how to better cooperate with Gao Jiu's Taohua Mountain Guerrillas.

A leader said, "I have an idea. Have you all noticed it? Gao Jiu sent a large number of weapons and ammunition, and the ocean, but he always said that he was for Jiang Xiaomei. In fact, he also knew that Comrade Jiang Xiaomei would definitely hand it over to the higher-level party organization. This shows that Gao Jiu sincerely helped our underground party's anti-Japanese cause."

Everyone agreed with his idea.

The leader continued: "Since Gao Jiu is willing to help Jiang Xiaomei, and Comrade Jiang Xiaomei is a qualified underground party member and is extremely loyal to the cause of the party. We might as well transfer Comrade Jiang Xiaomei to the military district organs and let her work at the Ministry of Group Works to be responsible for contacting Gao Jiu so that we can better strengthen our contact with Gao Jiu and play the role of this non-party member."

If it were in the past, the Shandong Working Committee of the Underground Party would definitely not agree with this opinion. But now it is different. The Shandong Military Region and the Underground Party Working Committee have merged, and they also hope that Jiang Xiaomei can play a greater role. At this meeting, they also saw that Jiang Xiaomei is very popular. If she can work in the Group Work Department, she should be able to play her role better, so they also agreed with this opinion.

The leaders formed a unified opinion, but this matter involved Gao Jiu after all, and they still needed to seek Jiang Xiaomei's opinions.

A senior leader of the former underground party working committee suggested that he should first seek the opinions of Gao Hong and Yang Jiong, and then talk to Jiang Xiaomei.

Gao Hong and Yang Jiong were ordered to come to the office of the former leader of the Shandong Working Committee. When the leader made this request, Gao Hong and Yang Jiong were both shocked.

To be honest, the reason why the Southwest Shandong Military Sub-district develops so rapidly is mainly due to Gao Jiu's help, and Gao Jiu's main help is Jiang Xiaomei. If Jiang Xiaomei left the Southwest Shandong Military Sub-district, Gao Hong, Chen John, Yang Jiong and others had not yet reached that level of intimacy, Gao Jiu's help to the Southwest Shandong Military Sub-district would definitely be greatly reduced.

Gao Jiu's help to Jiang Xiaomei was unreserved. Although Jiang Xiaomei left the Southwest Shandong Military Sub-district, Gao Jiu would also help the Southwest Shandong Military Sub-district for the sake of his friends, but his enthusiasm could not be so high. The gap here and there was a big difference.

Gao Hong's first feeling was that he was firmly opposed, but he was facing the superior leader, so he had to think about it. He said: "Chief, you consider the problem from the perspective of the entire Shandong Military Region. Naturally, you have a far-sighted vision, and there must be your reason. However, there are some situations you may not understand in depth enough. Gao Jiu is a very personality and has a relatively complicated thought. He is not a simple anti-Japanese warrior, so we cannot regard him as an underground party member to demand him.

For example, Gao Jiu was determined to fight against Japan and could be called a national hero of the anti-Japanese war. However, he still maintained a tacit understanding with the Japanese devils, and even made transactions with them. For example, the Taohuashan guerrillas, the Japanese and puppet troops and puppet regimes in Pingyue County and Shoucheng County where they were located, but Gao Jiu never attacked them.

Let me say that, Gao Jiu is also a person with a strong selfish intention. The reason why he strongly helped the Southwest Shandong Military Sub-district was, on the one hand, because of his personal relationship with Jiang Xiaomei, and on the other hand, it was also for the benefit of the Taohua Mountain guerrillas. The Taohua Mountain guerrillas often fight side by side with the troops of the Southwest Shandong Military Sub-district, to ensure the safety of Taohua Mountain.

From this perspective, if Jiang Xiaomei left Taohua Mountain and was transferred to the military region to work, her influence would not be so great. This is due to what the leaders considered. I hope Jiang Xiaomei can play a greater role, which may go against her wishes."

While listening to their conversation, Yang Jiong was thinking about how to speak. He continued Gao Hong's words: "Chief, our commander made a lot of sense. I have been in contact with Gao Jiu for a long time. Let's put it this way, before Gao Jiu and Comrade Jiang Xiaomei met, I knew Gao Jiu. My understanding of Gao Jiu is quite profound.

Let me say that the leader may not like to listen to, you may overestimate the role of Comrade Jiang Xiaomei. As far as I know, Gao Jiu is definitely not a love supremacist. In addition to having close ties with Comrade Jiang Xiaomei, he has contacts with other women and has a very close relationship.

Of course, Gao Jiu is not a comrade of our party. He has remnants of feudal thoughts, which is understandable. The purpose of my words is to explain that everything Gao Jiu did is to consider his personal interests first, that is, to consider the interests of the Taohuashan guerrillas, and secondly, he cares about Comrade Jiang Xiaomei's opinions.

From this perspective, Comrade Jiang Xiaomei will have a greater role in staying in southwestern Shandong."

The superior chief was silent, as if considering their words.

Gao Hong quickly continued, "Chief, do you think this is OK? Comrade Jiang Xiaomei will still stay in our Southwest Shandong Military Sub-district. Gao Jiu often provides weapons, ammunition and other supplies to the independent brigade. We will take out a part of it and send it to the military headquarters in time. If there are any important tasks at the military headquarters that need Gao Jiu to help complete, we can also help persuade Gao Jiu to help the superior party organization complete the tasks."

Although the superior leader thought that the two of them had some truth, they were not convinced by them. He still believed that the problem should be considered from a global perspective. He believed that Gao Jiu was not such a narrow-minded person, otherwise he would not have provided so much help to the government and the Eighth Route Army of the Underground Party.

He said: "We should make a decision after asking Comrade Jiang Xiaomei's own opinions on this matter. Let's do this. After you go back, you can first reveal the opinions of the superior party organization to Comrade Jiang Xiaomei, and then I will talk to her."

This leader is an old political worker with rich work experience. The reason why he asked Gao Hong and Yang Jiong to go out with Jiang Xiaomei first was that he knew that Jiang Xiaomei would definitely contact Gao Jiu. In the end, Gao Jiu would have to decide.

He guessed correctly. When Gao Hong and Yang Jiong informed Jiang Xiaomei about this, Jiang Xiaomei must be unwilling to leave southwestern Shandong. After all, she brought the Independent Brigade with one hand. What's more, southwestern Shandong is close to Gao Jiu after all. If she comes to the northeastern Shandong area, she will have even fewer chances of meeting Gao Jiu. But she is also a firm underground party member. For a moment, she was undecided and decided to tell Gao Jiu about this matter first and listen to his opinions.

Gao Jiu was not surprised after receiving the telegram from Jiang Xiaomei, because Jiang Xiaomei herself is an underground party, and it is normal for cadre mobilization within the underground party.

Among these people, Yang Jiong looked at the problem more accurately. Gao Jiu was not a person who could be tied to his belt by a woman. The first thing he considered was the interests of Taohua Mountain.

Through this danger of Jiang Xiaomei and others, Gao Jiu also had the idea of ​​asking Jiang Xiaomei to change the environment.

Today, Jiang Xiaomei is already a middle- and senior cadre, and most of the underground party associations are famous. Jiang Xiaomei goes to the superior organs to attend meetings. It may take several times a year. Gao Jiu cannot always be able to escort her along the way every time.

After all, Jiang Xiaomei is the highest leader of the Independent Brigade, and fighting with the Japanese and puppet troops is also normal, and the possibility of encountering danger is relatively high. From a security perspective alone, she is not as good as working in the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army Military Region, so that Gao Jiu will be less worried.

Gao Jiu also understood Jiang Xiaomei's mood and knew that she was willing to stay in southwestern Shandong. Therefore, for this matter, he decided to let Jiang Xiaomei make his own decision.

He replied to Jiang Xiaomei: "Girl! You can choose this matter yourself. No matter what decision you make, I will firmly support it. Whether you are in southwestern Shandong or at the headquarters of the Shandong Military Region, I will do my best to support it if you have any needs."

Taking advantage of the time when Jiang Xiaomei went to send a telegram to Gao Jiu, Gao Hong said worriedly: "If Jiang Xiaomei left southwest Shandong, this would not work."

At this time, Yang Jiong had already figured it out. He smiled and said, "Commander, you still don't know our Brigade Commander Jiang. Do you think she is willing to leave southwest Shandong?"

Gao Hong thought about it seriously, and suddenly realized it. He smiled and said, "Oh! Look at me, I only treat Commander Jiang as a senior cadre, but I forgot that she is still a little girl, and a little girl in love, hahaha!"

Yang Jiong and Gao Hong both felt relieved. With Jiang Xiaomei's personality and her cleverness, they didn't have to worry about this matter at all.

To be honest, Jiang Xiaomei doesn't care whether she is a brigade commander or a team worker. What she cares about is that she can meet Gao Jiu more. In southwest Shandong, Gao Jiu often goes to the rear and passes by her every time. If she comes to the northeastern Shandong region and wants to meet Jiu Ge again, it will be difficult. Therefore, she will never leave Southwest Shandong.

Although she is also a firm underground party member, she believes that she can also do work for the underground party in southwestern Shandong. If the underground party needs Gao Jiu's help, she can also help the underground party persuade Gao Jiu. It is reasonable, public or private, and Jiang Xiaomei is unwilling to leave southwestern Shandong.

As for how to persuade her superiors to give up this idea, she naturally had a way. She found Tian Chuan and asked him to send a telegram to Gao Jiu quietly.

After reading the telegram, Gao Jiu was both angry and funny, and a little moved. He smiled and said, "This girl is so weird, she really knows how to find a way."

Of course, Gao Jiu also understood Jiang Xiaomei's deep affection for him, so he sent a telegram according to Jiang Xiaomei's request.

Gao Jiu clearly stated in the telegram: "My cooperation with the underground party is just for my girl Jiang Xiaomei. If Jiang Xiaomei leaves southwest Shandong, I will cancel cooperation with the underground party."

Jiang Xiaomei handed the telegram to Gao Hong. Gao Hong laughed in his heart and went to see the chief with the telegram.

The leader wanted to transfer Jiang Xiaomei to work in the group work department, and the most important thing was to cooperate with Gao Jiu. Seeing that Gao Jiu was actually in this tone, he had to give up on this matter.

This area is still the defense zone for the independent 9th Brigade. The Japanese and puppet troops were huddled in the strongholds, and no one dared to cause trouble for Gao Jiu and others. On the road leading to Qingdao, Gao Jiu and others were marching in a swagger.

Ning Wen and Ning Wu led the vanguard troops to open the road. That afternoon, they saw the boundary marker on the highway, and they were about to enter the boundary of Qingdao. Going forward, it was the area under the jurisdiction of the Japanese Qingdao Garrison. Ning Wen and Ning Wu asked the troops to stop, and the two brothers were wearing Japanese uniforms and continued to move forward.

Soon after, they saw a black Ford sedan with a Japanese flag. The two brothers slowed down and walked towards the sedan.

When the people in the car saw Ning Wen and Ning Wu, they got out of the car. He was Takahashi, the confidant of President Fujiwara, the Jinan Branch of Zhengjin Bank.

When Takahashi saw Ning Wen jumping off the horse, he stepped forward and asked, "Have Mr. Gao arrived?"

Ning Wen said: "My Jiu Master is right behind. You are waiting here. Let's go and notify Jiu Master to come."

Ning Wu turned his horse's head and galloped towards the way he came.

Why did Takahashi appear here?

It turned out that Gao Jiu thought that it was not as simple as going to Qingdao. He had set up a material transfer station in Qingdao for a long time to receive the materials transported from abroad, but he had never had the chance before. This time he happened to come to the northeastern Shandong region and could travel to Qingdao. He sent a telegram to President Fujiwara in advance and told President Fujiwara about his thoughts.

Gao Jiu is getting more and more powerful now, and President Fujiwara is becoming more and more respectful to Gao Jiu. He is very willing to cooperate with Gao Jiu. Gao Jiu is honest and trustworthy, which will only bring him benefits and will not let him do things that are difficult for him. Who wouldn't want such a partner? So he immediately sent Takahashi to come over.

Not long after, Gao Jiu came over, and he and Takahashi got into the car. He explained his ideas in detail to Takahashi.

What he asked Takahashi to do was to open a Japanese commercial company in Qingdao. All the funds were paid by Takahashi, who was responsible for handling the relevant procedures of the Japanese military and political circles in Qingdao. The employees in the company included people from the Taohuashan guerrillas and people from Yuchuntang, Jinan.

Gao Jiu took out 200,000 oceans and handed them over to Takahashi. 150,000 oceans were the capital of the newly established Co., Ltd., and 50,000 oceans were the benefit fee for President Fujiwara. Gao Jiu also took out 2,000 oceans and gave them to Takahashi as his personal benefit fee.

Takahashi also likes dealing with Gao Jiu very much. He likes Gao Jiu's generous and generousness very much. Since he started dealing with Gao Jiu, in addition to Gao Jiu giving him a bonus, President Fujiwara will also give him a bonus. Now, his extra income is more than his lifelong salary as a bank employee.

Takahashi is a smart and capable person. He promised Takahashi that he would set up a good company in accordance with Gao Jiu’s requirements.
Chapter completed!