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

Chapter 499 It’s finally time to reap some rewards

When Political Commissar Zhao Gang heard that Yu Ye took the Liangshan Detachment and a group of miners to meet the Japanese prisoners of war, he felt a pang in his heart.

The words Yu Ye and Japanese prisoners of war were linked together, and all the veterans in the independent regiment knew what was going to happen. Zhao Gang was worried that Yu Ye might cause more trouble, so he immediately put down his work and rushed over.

Originally thought to see a scene of a river of blood, but unexpectedly when Zhao Gang arrived he saw peace. Old Yu didn't even have a gun in his hand, and there was no conflict. It was unusually quiet and peaceful.

Seeing Lao Yu standing with his hands behind his back in front of a group of Japanese prisoners, Zhao Gang couldn't help but wonder, is this still Lao Yu?

Could it be that he changed his gender?

Yu Ye turned his head and looked at Zhao Gang, then laughed and said, "Old Zhao, why are you looking at me so strangely? I don't have any flowers on my face."

"No, no, I just heard that you brought a group of monks here, and I became very worried."

"What are you worried about? Are you worried that I'll shoot all these Japanese prisoners?"

Zhao Gang: “…”

Although the political commissar didn't say anything, his expression clearly showed that he agreed with what Yu Ye said.

"What are you thinking? Is my husband that kind of person?"

When Yu Ye said this, not only Zhao Gang widened his eyes, but even the monk was confused. What the hell was Minister Yu saying?

The more than one hundred Japanese corpses in the Lijiaopo Valley expressed their dissatisfaction.

Seeing the reactions of his two close comrades, Yu Ye decided not to defend himself. After all, justice is in the hearts of the people.

Facing the 237 Japanese prisoners, Yu Ye decided not to use such a violent method to deal with them. Sometimes the Japanese were more miserable alive than dead. Besides, if he shot the Japanese himself, how would the political commissar and the regiment commander report to the higher-ups? It would be difficult for the brigade commander to do that, right?

Even if the division commander and the commander wanted to protect themselves, wouldn't it take some effort?

Yu Ye felt that it was not quite appropriate to let these caring comrades and leaders worry about him. Wouldn't it be better to let these devils accept the management of the mine and slowly grind them to death?

If all else fails, Yu Ye can follow Sun Liren's example on the day the cemetery for the miners who died was completed. After all, some sacrifices are needed to commemorate the innocent compatriots who died, right?

Looking at the two confused comrades, Yu Ye patted the non-existent dust on his hands and said, "Let's go. I have already handed over the management of these devils to the coal mine. Let's not get involved."

Ok?

Zhao Gang: "Hand it over to the coal mine..."

Before he finished asking the question, he already understood that Old Yu was definitely up to no good. Old Yu was still the Old Yu holding the machine gun at Lijiaopo.

Thinking of this, Zhao Gang couldn't help but complain in his heart: "Lu Guoliang, Lu Guoliang, why do you collect prisoners for no reason? You just create problems for Old Yu."

As soon as this thought flashed through his mind, Zhao Gang immediately realized that something was wrong. What was going on? Why did he become like Lao Yu? This couldn't go on.

Yu Ye walked around the coal yard in front of the Yukou Coal Mine with a smile on his face. Looking at the several coal piles that looked like small hills, his eyes were full of satisfaction.

This is real black gold, this is fucking wealth.

Gold is not something you can eat or wear, but a mountain of coal can be used to do many things.

Coal is the food of industry, this statement is absolutely correct, and Yu Ye, a science and engineering man, cannot find a better word to describe the important role of coal in industry.

Iron and steel smelting, thermal power generation, coal chemical industry...

It can be said that this huge coal mine in front of him is more valuable than a gold mine in Yu Ye's opinion.

"Old Zhao, how are the local responsible comrades who I asked you to arrange for before? Are they on the way?" Yu Ye stopped and asked Zhao Gang.

“Don’t worry, we are on the way. We all know the importance of Yukou Coal Mine in the future, so we have selected very reliable comrades who are all experienced.

I heard that the Northwest Headquarters was very happy to know that we had recovered the Yukou Coal Mine, and they specially sent a group of comrades who had experience working in factories and mines to support our construction. "

Zhao Gang explained the situation to Yu Ye.

The fact that the Northwest Headquarters also sent people here shows that the achievements we have made in Jin in recent times have been highly appreciated by the Northwest Headquarters.

"Old Zhao, I have some ideas about resuming production at Yukou Coal Mine. I would like to discuss them with you. What do you think?"

"Old Yu, tell me what you think."

“I think many of these miners who were captured by the devils are innocent. We should give them full freedom. Anyone who wants to leave should be given dry food and two silver dollars for travel expenses.

look? "

"Old Yu, I agree. These are innocent people. It would be a good deed if we could let them go back and reunite with their families as soon as possible.

Moreover, they can also publicize the Japanese atrocities to the people. "

Zhao Gang nodded in agreement.

"Lao Zhao, there are some people who don't want to go back and still want to continue working and earning money here. I want to give them a price higher than the current market price so that they can participate in the labor.

Anyway, wages are paid according to weight, and are settled daily without any delay.

As for those who are injured or sick, we will provide them with food and clothing, and after they recover, we will let them choose whether they want to leave or stay. "

"Old Yu, you have done a great job. The miners will definitely thank you. However, with our current financial resources, I am afraid we cannot afford such a large-scale coal mine.

Food is easy to deal with. The people in the base area can provide us with it, and we can also use cotton yarn to buy it from the people. But we can't afford so many silver dollars in a short time."

The plan proposed by Yu Ye is indeed good, but we don’t have that much silver dollars on hand at the moment.

Hearing Lao Zhao's question, Yu Ye said with a smile: "If we don't have so many silver dollars, we can hold another Ping An Air Show. After the battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, the various forces that have seen our strength will certainly be more envious of the weapons in our hands.

Also, we have captured so many weapons from the devils, and we cannot use them ourselves, so it does not prevent other "friendly forces" from using them. "

"Besides, Lao Zhao, who said we have to give silver dollars to the workers all the time? Can we give them cotton yarn of equal value? We can also give our border area tickets to the miners.

You know, the cotton yarn produced by our Liaoyuan Textile Factory is hard currency and can be sold immediately.

Our Border Region Notes are quite strong in value, and in some places their acceptance is as good as that of silver dollars. When the miners have their holidays and can use their Border Region Notes to go shopping in Datong City, they will know this.”

Yu Ye felt a little emotional when he said these words. After more than a year of planning and the joint efforts of countless comrades on our side, it is finally time to start reaping some rewards.