Zhao Gang said: "If this happens, I'm afraid I can't count on you in a short period of time."

"That's sure." Wang Yan said, "If gold mines want to produce gold, they will get it next year."

"What should I do?" Zhao Gang frowned and said, "Old Wang, you don't know that the northwest of Shanxi is really poor, and the mass base is really poor. Our previous working methods are basically not effective."

The Eighth Route Army used to open up the situation in the past, there were actually two main methods.

One is to fight the Japanese, and to promote the people by winning several battles. In this way, the people who have been harmed by the Japanese will support the Eighth Route Army and join the army enthusiastically.

One is to suppress the landlords with bad records.

In fact, no matter how change is, we must give the people a benefit.

But these two methods do not work in northwest Shanxi, because northwest Shanxi is really poor.

The Japanese only occupied the county town, and the remaining towns were too lazy to occupy them.

Moreover, since the old Japanese devil, Kazuo Okamoto, became the commander of the North China Front Army, he has changed his attitude towards the people.

The Japanese in northwestern Shanxi have also begun to become more regular and rarely kill innocent people, so the people no longer hate the Japanese as they did in previous years.

In this way, the Eighth Route Army could not mobilize the enthusiasm of the people by fighting the Japanese.

Even the common people in some places will resist the Eighth Route Army. The reason is very simple. The existence of the Eighth Route Army will attract Japanese devils and bring them military disasters.

The Eighth Route Army was unable to mobilize the enthusiasm of the people by suppressing the landlords and wealth.

Because of the huge northwest Shanxi, there was no way to find a few decent landlords.

Even though there are only a few landlords, they are quite enlightened and rarely exploit the people, so it is difficult to deal with.

Wang Yan said: "Political Commissar, I think the situation is pretty good. The number of young and middle-aged people who have signed up for the army these days has increased significantly. They have already recruited more than 100 new recruits, right?"

Zhao Gang said: "It's all because of sweet potatoes and cotton."

"If there is no compensation for 50 kilograms of sweet potatoes and three-foot cotton cloth, how many people will sign up for the army?"

"Isn't this good?" Wang Yan said, "As long as the people have something to ask for, we can find ways to satisfy them. What we are afraid of is that they have nothing to ask for, so we will be blind."

Zhao Gang said: "The problem is that our supplies are limited after all, so we can't rely on this method to recruit soldiers all the time, right?"

"Why can't you rely on this method to recruit soldiers? I just think there is nothing wrong with this." Wang Yan said, "As for the materials, if the existing materials are used up, I'll find a way to raise them."

"Find a way to raise it?" Zhao Gang shook his head, "What method? The gold mine can't be pointed at."

"There is really a solution." Wang Yan said, "This time I went out to find a gold mine. I found that in addition to growing poppy, the people in northwestern Shanxi also planted a lot of tobacco. All the way they saw were dry tobacco leaves."

"This is not normal." Zhao Gang said, "The land in northwest Shanxi is barren, so there are only kinds of tobacco."

"That's what we are talking about." Wang Yan said, "That's why we have to set up a cigarette factory according to local conditions."

"What, the cigarette factory?" Zhao Gang's heart moved when he heard this and said, "Old Wang, can it work?"

"Okay, it's great." Wang Yandao, "There are three main problems in running a cigarette factory, one is raw materials, the second is product sales, and the third is technology."

“First of all, raw materials are by no means a problem.”

“There are now large-scale tobacco cultivation in northwest Shanxi.”

"At that time, the cigarette factory will be opened and the scale will be expanded."

"Let's talk about sales, let's not talk about anything else, how many old cigarette guns do our independent group have?"

"There are also Taiyue District, Shanxi-Sui Border Region, Shanxi-Cha-Hebei Border Region, and even the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region! Let the bosses smoke the cigarettes we produce!"

"Yes, there are also the Jinsui Army, the Central Army, and the Japanese puppet army."

"As long as our cigarettes are good, we don't have to worry about sales at all."

"This is the main problem." Zhao Gang said, "We don't have the technology, can the cigarettes produced be compared with camels, old knives, Daqianmen or Japanese chrysanthemum brand cigarettes?"

"That's not necessarily." Wang Yan said, "I don't think that the cigarettes of Camel, Laodao, Daqianmen, Santuan Battalion, and Juhua Brand are easy to smoke. After a little research, I can definitely make better cigarettes!"

Zhao Gang said in surprise: "Lao Wang, I heard it right, do you still understand cigarette technology?"

Wang Yan smiled and said shamelessly: "Political Commissar, I can only say that I understand a little, but it's enough."

Of course, Wang Yan is talking nonsense. He doesn’t understand cigarette technology at all, but not understanding cigarette technology does not mean that he is not confident of making a cigarette that is easy to smoke.

Because Wang Yan read an article before traveling through time.

The Eighth Route Army had a military sub-district that relied on setting up a cigarette factory, which not only solved the problem of funds, but also paid a large amount of surplus to the military region and even Yan'an, greatly solving the financial difficulties of the Eighth Route Army.

Moreover, the Eighth Route Army's military sub-district only produces the simplest cigarettes.

In other words, cigarettes are now a pure seller's market.

As long as you can produce cigarettes, you will not have to worry about sales. How many smokers do you have in China?

Wang Yan's character is still good. When he heard that he understood cigarette technology, Zhao Gang immediately believed it and said, "Old Wang, I didn't expect that you are a versatile person and you actually understand cigarette technology!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Yan suddenly heard a "ding" sound.

Hearing this sound, Wang Yan initially suspected that there was auditory hallucination in his ears. How long has it been since he heard this sound?

Then he burst into tears. Oh my god, he finally dropped the card again. He once thought that after he integrated into this world, he would not drop the card again.

After a "ding" sound, a golden card fell from Zhao Gang's body.

I couldn't wait to wave my hand, and the card had already been taken into Wang Yan's palm, but after taking a look, Wang Yan was stunned.

Huaxia brand cigarette production technology?

What's the situation? I just talked about cigarette technology, so I brought this to him?

Wang Yan now seriously suspects that this card system is set and will be dropped according to his needs.

But then again, with this technology, it is really good. As long as this cigarette factory is opened, not only will the situation in northwest Shanxi be opened immediately, but the funds of their independent group and even the New First Group will no longer be a problem. Maybe there will be extra funds to feed back to the brigade department or even the headquarters.

Originally, Wang Yan only planned to try his best and run a small cigarette factory.

But now with the Huaxia brand cigarette technology, it can be done with great success.

With this technology, even the gold mine in Yelangyu is not that urgent.

Of course, mining still requires mining, and gold is hard currency no matter where it is.
Chapter completed!