Bright Sword: From Border Region Manufacturing to Major National Heavy Industry

Chapter 80 Old Li Never Brags
Zhang Wanhe remained silent, watching Li Muzhi and the brigade commander discuss the price.

When Li Muzhi agreed to give the brigade commander twenty-five Hell Cannon shells, and the brigade commander looked bewildered, Zhang Wanhe immediately made the decision and said: "Brigade Commander Chen, the things you brought are still a bit inferior to the oil you brought before. Here are twenty-five shells, that's not bad, it's already a lot. You should be content, contentment brings happiness."

In Zhang Wanhe's view, receiving twenty-five shells was a very good situation.

After all, this was Li Yunlong's brigade commander, a man even more shrewd than Li Yunlong.

The words have already been spoken, and there's no going back.

With Zhang Wanhe assisting Li Muzhi, the brigade commander nodded in agreement: "Alright, twenty-five rounds it is."

Previously, Li Muzhi had promised to give three extra shells, so Li Yunlong traded oil for twenty shells.

In addition, there are now twenty-five shells.

Then the 386th Brigade will have a total of forty-eight shells!
According to Li Muzhi, 1,000 catties of white sugar can make 100 artillery shells. We got more than 3,000 catties of white sugar to the arsenal, which can only make about 300 artillery shells in total.

Our brigade can get nearly one-sixth of the total, which is not bad.

What's more, we even kept track of the money we robbed in Heyuan County, and we can exchange these artillery shells for more later.

I just don't know how high a price this stingy old Zhang will set.

"Brigade Commander Chen, the meal is ready. Let the troops eat with us." After everything was put away, Li Muzhi invited the brigade commander to eat with them.

“Alright, I’m hungry too.” The brigade commander said without ceremony, “I heard the food at the arsenal is pretty good, I’ll just have to take advantage of it.”

The meal was plentiful, with unlimited steamed buns, stewed vermicelli in meat broth, and also plenty of white rice.

"Brigade Commander, come here." Li Yunlong served the brigade commander rice and vermicelli soup, and placed it in front of him.

"Get out of my way if you're being so helpful for no reason." The brigade commander was still angry and lashed out at Li Yunlong.

"Brigade Commander, you've misunderstood me. I was just serving you rice, that's all," Li Yunlong explained.

"Go away, go away, just looking at you annoys me." The brigade commander waved his hand, shooing Li Yunlong aside, and moved closer to Li Muzhi, pushing his rice bowl in front of him: "Here, you eat first."

"Commander Chen, no need, you can keep it for yourself." Zhang Wanhe brought the food to Li Muzhi.

"Haha, that's true, that's true. With you, Old Zhang, as my caretaker, I'm definitely a bit redundant." The brigade commander laughed, took the bowl back, and began to eat without any ceremony.

"Hmm, the food at your arsenal is really delicious," the brigade commander praised, "It's even better than the food at my brigade headquarters."

"Commander Chen, as long as you like to eat, I'll provide meals for you whenever you make something," Zhang Wanhe said with a smile.

"You old Zhang, you're quite the schemer," the brigade commander said with a laugh.

……

At the other table, Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, and Kong Jie were sitting together.

Seeing that Li Yunlong had been chased away by the brigade commander for trying to curry favor with him, Kong Jie still asked, "Old Li, what did you do to anger the brigade commander again?"

"Kong Erlengzi, what do you mean I angered the brigade commander again?" Li Yunlong defended himself seriously, "The brigade commander is just in a bad mood, it's not my fault."

"Come on, every time the brigade commander is in a bad mood, it's because of you." Kong Jie didn't believe it and turned to Ding Wei, asking, "Old Ding, why is the brigade commander angry?"

"Forget it, don't mention it." Ding Wei waved his hand, not wanting to talk about it.

Li Yunlong's Hellfire cannon was confiscated, and his own cannons were also useless. Commander Ding was in a bad mood. If it weren't for the fact that the food at the arsenal was really good, he probably wouldn't even be in the mood to eat.

“Li Yunlong, you still say you didn’t mess things up? You must have angered the brigade commander.” Kong Jie turned to look at Li Yunlong and said, “Can’t you give the brigade commander some peace of mind? If you anger the brigade commander and cause him health problems, then if you cause trouble again, no one will be there to cover for you.”

"Kong Erlengzi, you don't need to worry about that. I've already found a new backer." Li Yunlong said calmly.

"A new backer, who?" Upon hearing this, Kong Jie couldn't help but glance at Li Muzhi, then looked at Li Yunlong, "Don't tell me it's Factory Director Li, kid?"

“Exactly.” Li Yunlong laughed. “With Brother Li backing us up, we can do whatever we want as long as we can get things for the arsenal. Kong Erlengzi, aren’t you envious of me?”

"I'm not envious of you at all." Kong Jie wasn't envious at all.

Li Muzhi is a logistics person; he'll only say a few words to you at most.

You, Li Yunlong, are still part of the 386th Brigade. If you cause trouble, the brigade commander will still deal with you!
Seeing that Ding Wei was in a bad mood, Li Yunlong comforted him, "Old Ding, don't hang your head like a wilted eggplant. I've already smoothed things over for you. Just wait, when we get back, the brigade commander will have a meeting and will allocate that hell cannon to you."

"Li Yunlong, you should get your own Hellfire Cannon back from the brigade commander first," Ding Wei said, still unconvinced.

Upon hearing this, Kong Jie was taken aback and looked at Li Yunlong: "Li Yunlong, did the brigade commander confiscate your hell cannon?"

In his heart, Kong Jie still cursed.

You, Li Yunlong, dare to fool me and tell me to give up coal mining and follow you? What kind of life is that?

Luckily, I'm not stupid, and I won't fall for your nonsense.

You can't even protect your own hell cannon, yet you're helping me? You're really not afraid of blowing your own horn to death!

"Kong Erlengzi, what kind of look is that?!" Li Yunlong saw the strong doubt in Kong Jie's eyes and said solemnly, "The brigade commander is just temporarily keeping it for me. Keeping it for me, do you understand?"

"The worst-case scenario is that once the custodian keeps it, they never return it, and you'll be left with nothing." Kong Jie didn't believe Li Yunlong's nonsense at all.

The Hell Cannon is so precious, the brigade commander treasures it dearly. Now that it's in the brigade commander's hands, he can't even spit it out? Forget it.

"Hmph, I don't want to waste my breath on a blockhead like you." Li Yunlong snorted, took a couple of bites of rice, and then said to Ding Wei, "Old Ding, believe me, the Hell Cannon will really be yours soon. Look, my Hell Cannon is in the brigade commander's hands, why am I not worried at all? If I really couldn't get it back, would I still be able to eat?"

After saying that, Li Yunlong lowered his head and continued to eat voraciously, saying enviously, "The food at the arsenal is really good. Kong Erlengzi, how come you're so lucky?"

"Haha, I'm just lucky, there's no use in you being envious." Kong Jie finally smiled.

Ding Wei listened thoughtfully and asked, "Old Li, can you really get your Hell Cannon back?"

Ding Wei understands Li Yunlong.

This guy's Hellfire cannon was confiscated by the brigade commander, but he wasn't disappointed at all, and he even ate his meal with relish.

Ding Wei didn't believe that Li Yunlong was just trying to take advantage of the situation.

There's a high probability that this kid will actually be able to get his Hell Cannon back.

"That's right, the brigade commander's hell cannon will also be given to you, just watch." Li Yunlong was very confident. "Old Li never brags."

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(End of this chapter)