The country is broken

Since the Japanese army invaded North China, the production and trade of the masses have been seriously affected. The puppet army traitors and the Japanese army have jointly exploited the working people at the bottom of the society. Life necessities such as sauce, vinegar, medicine, and cloth were affected by the Japanese cage policy, and commercial exchanges were blocked. This dealt a serious blow to the self-sufficient small-scale peasant economy in Jizhong.

The establishment of the No.11 division in Jizhong saved the unfavorable situation that the base area was swallowed up by the Japanese army after the May 12st raid, and forcibly opened up a new base area in the already compressed cage policy control area. The fighting style, looting a stronghold quietly in one night, and even having a strong record against enemies several times larger than himself, made the Japanese and puppet troops who were strong outsiders and puppet troops frightened by the news. The center of the base area became a restricted area for the Japanese and puppet troops. Troops of less than two brigades dared not approach the vicinity of Ishii Village, making the large trading market of Ishii Village a place for material exchange that the surrounding villages depended on.

On February 12th, the eleventh day of the Lunar New Year, the grain drying field outside Shijing Village ushered in the big market in February. In order to ensure the exchange of spring plowing materials in central Hebei and improve the production efficiency of spring plowing, the [-]th district team held two The mobilization order was issued a few days ago, and the reconnaissance and intelligence network once again entered the surrounding area for fifty miles, and all the Japanese and puppet army strongholds in the control area were pulled out. The old traitor, with respect and emulation, guarantees the completion of the normal material trade in the Grand Bazaar.

Since the May [-]st raid in [-], the anti-Japanese armed forces in various base areas have become more and more treacherous, with more and more methods. Be honest a lot.

At the end of [-], news spread throughout the base area that Renqiu County was almost shot down by the Eighth Route Army, and rumors of a dragon's roar appeared in Baiyangdian.The fighting strength of the Japanese and puppet troops stationed in various strongholds is mostly mixed-brand brigades that can't even match the second-class divisions. They bully and bully the common people. The peerless fierce god who brought down three thousand elite Japanese soldiers in one roar, probably not even scum left. [

Wang Bao, who had already held several market experiences, made full preparations for the market before the spring plowing. Through the deterrence in advance, the Japanese and puppet troops near Shijing Village stayed in their strongholds.

The third platoon is in charge, leading the militia to set up checkpoints on various traffic arteries near the base of the 12th district team.Carefully check the people who enter the base to prevent enemy agents from entering and interfering with market transactions.

Since the Lunar New Year in early February, rows of temporary rowhouses, warehouses, and trading stalls have been set up beside the grain drying field. The militia team affiliated to the 12th District Team maintains order and rushes in advance from as far as 200 miles away. The merchants who came from the place entered the market trading area early, randomly selected a shop number, moved into the temporary row house and waited for the three-day market trade.

On February [-]th, the area around Shijing Village had already become overcrowded. Both the local government and the Eighth Route Army attached great importance to this exchange of goods in the market.

The neighing of cattle, horses, chickens, and the like, and the sound of people.All kinds of small department stores.Rice, flour, grains, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, tea and other large and small goods filled the entire market, and a fair scale was installed at the end of each row of shops.Just in case the vendors are short of money, there are individual stalls scattered outside the trading area of ​​the regular market, and the common people exchange their own goods for other things to supplement their household expenses. Although the 12th district team is good at leading troops to fight, there is Li Wei who is almost familiar with small commodities in modern times. The reference experience provided by the degree of proficiency in the trading market provides overall management.

The condolence propaganda team members from the Kuomintang control area took this opportunity to observe the rare large-scale spontaneous trading activities in the Jizhong area, which is not much inferior to the rear area, but during the transaction process, there are very few transactions with silver dollars, and most of them are barter Food, food has become the hard currency in the market.Losing money depends only on the needs of both parties.

Taking advantage of the slack period, the hoes, sickles, iron pots, shovels and other living utensils produced by the human resources of the military workshop in Shijing Village have become popular in the market. In retail, the accumulated inventory was snapped up almost instantly, making the 12th team a big profit.

In addition to the products produced and sold in the area, there are quite a few foreign products in the big market, such as ginseng from Changbai Mountain.The devils’ officer certificates, battle souvenirs, various canned meats, and even several boxes of cigarettes from the New Fourth Army’s Pegasus Cigarette Factory in the Huainan base area (the first high-end brand cigarettes produced by the CCP: Pegasus cigarettes, which are still in use today) were captured by the mopping up of the devils. There are still consumer groups in the market, for those customers with ample money to try something new.

Among the bunks owned by the 12th district team in the market, there are also positions that the district team cadres and soldiers commissioned to sell. After many battles, in addition to handing over valuable materials, each cadre and soldier has accumulated a lot of bits and pieces If you don't deal with some of the spoils, they will pile up to the point where there is nowhere to put them.

For this kind of barter-style transaction in the base area, the members of the sympathy and propaganda team also became quite interested, and they all took out their own things to trade on the spot, just to join in the fun, such as small mirrors, small combs, hairpins, hairpins, etc. Oil and the like are also in high demand. Village girls and sisters-in-law often grab hold of them when they see them, and the old men with dry tobacco poles also put a cigarette in the smoke pot.

Taking advantage of the bustle of people trading with each other in the market, Zhang Cai, the leader of the condolences propaganda team, took advantage of Li Wei's stuffing his spoils into the basket marked with his name on the shop, and suddenly said: "Li Paizhi, may I ask you?" Can the weapon behind it be cut off?!"

Li Wei froze, a smile appeared on his face, and said: "Hehe, why is Mr. Zhang interested in this cold weapon of mine?" And sell the look.

"I have rarely seen a weapon like this in the hands of Platoon Leader Li. It is so easy to kill people on the battlefield. I want to take it back and copy a batch so that the soldiers of the national army can also have such a sharp weapon for close combat." Zhang Cai said with emotion. Staring at the fighting thorn in Li Wei's hand, in the recent actions of watching actual combat, Li Wei insisted on this strange weapon, which is different from the sword, and almost stole the limelight on the battlefield. , The trauma caused by it is extremely difficult to treat, which made Zhang Cai want to learn from the classics.

"One hundred thousand is now the ocean! No bargaining!" Li Wei laughed. This fighting thorn that has been with Li Wei for nearly three years has harvested the lives of many Japanese and puppet soldiers. It is Li Wei's heart and soul, and it has history and commemoration Meaning, the team leader Zhang Cai asked to buy it, and Li Wei unceremoniously asked for sky-high prices.

"If Li platoon leader is not willing to sell, then don't make such jokes." Zhang Cai was very indifferent to Li Wei's big mouth, thinking that Li Wei was just an excuse.

"This is not a joke. I said the selling price of [-] oceans is absolutely false." Li Wei rolled his eyes, and began to use his eloquence to reverse black and white, and continued: "This fighting stabbed me. I hired a famous craftsman for a month. It is purely hand-crafted. I can say that there is no better weapon than this in all bases. The alloy structure used is very special. It is resistant to high temperature, excellent in toughness, sharp and wear-resistant, and heavy in weight. And it will never rust, even the armored vehicles of the Japanese army can pierce it. It has followed me for many years and drank the blood of the Japanese invaders for several years. The value of it cannot be measured by money. Of course, this fighting thorn is also spiritual. I saved my life on the battlefield, and my squad leaders can testify for me." With a light shake of his hand, the fighting thorn immediately issued a light and long trill, as if confirming the spirituality Li Wei said.

Li Wei boasted that his fighting thorn was like a peerless magic soldier, and the soldiers around him rolled their eyes. All comrades who knew Li Wei knew that it was true that Li Wei's fighting thorn was extremely sharp and strong, but it was also blown away. It's too outrageous, it's almost becoming a magic tool, it's completely contrary to the materialism of communism, what spirituality, isn't it just the technique of high-frequency vibration and energy, but it can be seen from Li Wei's spitting stars flying all over the place No one is tired of life and dares to expose him.

Hearing the trembling sound of the fighting thorn, Zhang Cai's eyes lit up without knowing the truth, and he stared at the fighting thorn in Li Wei's hand with fiery eyes. Obviously moved by Li Wei's words, he stretched out his hand to caress the fighting thorn, feeling Looking at the cold but somewhat heavy sashimi, he exclaimed: "What a good weapon! It's a pity that the price is too expensive!" He said with a bit of regret, one hundred thousand oceans is not a small sum, and he immediately Can't make up such a huge sum of money.

"Scarcity is the most precious thing! You need to be skilled in using this kind of weapon, otherwise you will easily hurt yourself and it will be difficult to practice, otherwise my team will have used this kind of weapon a long time ago!" Li Wei continued to brag about the fighting thorn. If Stardust Shuttle hadn't been exhausted in the battle and hadn't replenished his outstanding record, he might have shown it off. [

Li Wei is not completely reluctant to part with this fighting thorn. If someone really has to pay [-] oceans, he will really be willing to cede it. [-] oceans are enough to raise the base area's armament by a few steps.

"Excuse me, does it have a name?!" Zhang Cai, who had obviously lost the incentive to buy it, turned his attention to the historical story of this fighting thorn.

"Hmm! Ah!~" Li Wei scratched his forehead and began to hesitate, his comrades almost couldn't laugh out loud, this platoon leader is good at everything, but he has never given a proper name to his exclusive weapon, like a big knife The big swords of the team have the correct name called Yaozhan Dao.

"It's called Demon Slayer Thorn!" Li Wei opened his eyes and said nonsense, and then turned around and said to the soldiers of the 12th district team: "It's famous!"

The surrounding soldiers succumbed to Li Wei's coercive power and nodded in unison.