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

Chapter 78 Li Yunlong covets the brigade commander's cannons

Li Yunlong pulled Li Muzhi aside to talk, and although Zhang Wanhe didn't come over to listen, he was still observing from the shadows.

When he noticed the look of surprise on Li Muzhi's face, Zhang Wanhe, the shrewd man, also beamed with joy: It seems I was right, Commander Li has indeed delivered another big surprise.

After Li Yunlong and Li Muzhi finished their conversation, Zhang Wanhe immediately asked Li Muzhi, "Now that Commander Li has brought back what he brought back, what can the arsenal do?"

“Minister Zhang, we need to see the specifics before we can make a judgment,” Li Muzhi replied.

I don't know the diameter or length of the copper wire.

What kind of copper billet is it? Is it for making bullets, artillery shells, or some other specification?

As for industrial acids, their specific contents are also unclear.

There are also small lathes at the scrap yard, etc. You'll only know about them after you've seen them.

Zhang Wanhe quickly turned to Li Yunlong and asked, "Commander Li, how long until this thing arrives? Should I send some men over to help?"

"Old Zhang, good food is worth waiting for, what's the rush?" Li Yunlong was having a great time talking with Li Muzhi, then turned to Zhang Wanhe and said, "I'm starving, and the soldiers who are transporting supplies haven't eaten either. Old Zhang, hurry up and cook a meal for us. Make something decent, don't just give us some coarse grains and bran."

"No problem, no problem," Zhang Wanhe nodded repeatedly and said, "The meals for the new Second Regiment are already being prepared; we can just double the amount."

"Hmm, that's more like it." Li Yunlong was quite satisfied. Kong Erlengzi's troops had decent food standards, so this old Zhang knew how to handle people.

"Brother Li, you keep busy here. Tell Lao Zhang to wait for the goods to arrive. I'm going to chat with Commander Kong for a while." Li Yunlong didn't plan to go back right now.

We need to get Li Muzhi in contact with the brigade commander and finalize the sovereignty over the artillery before we go back.

what?
If I don't hurry back now, the brigade commander will have made contact with Li Muzhi and find out that I covet his cannons. Won't the brigade commander punish me on the spot?
That’s what I said!

I went back early, but I still got punished.

Since I'm going to get punished anyway, I might as well stay and freeload another meal.

If you don't eat your fill, you won't have the energy to take a scolding.

"Okay." Li Muzhi nodded, and Li Yunlong went to find Kong Jie.

Li Muzhi went back to continue discussing the internal structure of the locomotive with the key technical personnel, while Zhang Wanhe waited happily.

……

"Commander, although mining coal is hard work, the soldiers can eat well and be full every meal, and their health is getting better day by day," the deputy commander of the new Second Regiment said happily to Commander Kong Jie.

"By the time the soldiers are physically fit, we'll probably have dug up most of the coal," Kong Jie said dreamily. "Then, Director Li will send us a batch of weapons, and I can lead my troops to kill the Japanese. I won't be constantly being bullied by that kid Li Yunlong anymore."

Li Yunlong, that kid, led his hell cannon and attacked Heyuan County twice, he was incredibly successful.

"I wonder what kind of weapons Director Li from the arsenal will send us then," the deputy regimental commander said expectantly. "I wonder if they'll give us a Hellfire Cannon?"

"Hell Cannon is definitely out of the question..." Kong Jie didn't finish his sentence.

Then he saw Li Yunlong coming over: "Old Kong, if you really want the Hell Cannon, then you'd better come with me." "Li Yunlong, what are you doing here again? Does the brigade commander know you've deserted your post again?" Kong Jie asked immediately when he saw Li Yunlong.

"Old Kong, you can't say anything nice! How could I have deserted my post without permission!" Li Yunlong cursed. "I saw you working hard in the coal mines and wanted to help you get rich..."

"Go away, Li Yunlong, just give me a break. I'm doing just fine mining this coal, I'm not going anywhere." Kong Jie interrupted Li Yunlong rudely before he could finish speaking.

"Old Kong, I just heard you wanted the Hell Cannon. If you don't go out and make a name for yourself, how are you going to get it?" Li Yunlong said, pointing.

"Did you get Ding Wei's Hell Cannon?" Kong Jie asked directly.

He used to brag to me, saying that Ding Wei would soon have a Hell Cannon too.

I'd like to see if they've succeeded.
"It'll be soon," Li Yunlong said seriously. "We'll wait for the brigade commander and Li Muzhi to..."

“That means they didn’t get it.” Kong Jie interrupted Li Yunlong again. “I’ve heard that the division commander intercepted the four cannons in the back. Where did Ding Wei get the Hell Cannon? Did he try to take the Hell Cannon from the brigade commander? That would be killing the brigade commander. Would the brigade commander agree to that?”

"Haha." Li Yunlong laughed and said, "Kong Erlengzi, to tell you the truth, I really am going to give this hell cannon in the brigade commander's hands to Ding Wei."

"Can't you stop bragging?!" Kong Jie glared. "If you're so great, why don't you just take back those four hell cannons that the division commander intercepted?"

You even gave the brigade commander's cannon to Ding Wei. If you anger the brigade commander, he might confiscate even the hell cannon that you have.

"Hahaha." Li Yunlong laughed twice more and said, "I'm not bragging to you! Old Kong, you can watch and see if the brigade commander's hell cannon will end up in Ding Wei's hands. When that happens, I'll see if you'll still be obediently continuing to be your coal miner!"

"Alright, I'm watching. I want to see how the brigade commander will deal with you." Kong Jie simply didn't believe Li Yunlong could do it.

"Old Kong, give me your pickaxe, I'll try digging too..." Li Yunlong had nothing else to do anyway, so he helped dig a little.

"Go away, go away!" Kong Jie immediately hid the pickaxe behind his back like a protective father, glared at Li Yunlong, and spat at him from afar. "Li Yunlong, I knew you were up to no good. You kept telling me you could get your hands on cannons, but you just wanted my coal mining job. Let me tell you, get out of here before I get angry!"

"Hey, Kong Erlengzi, look at you, you're so pathetic. I'm out there having the Hell Cannon, living the high life. I don't envy you, you pathetic coal miner." Li Yunlong said disdainfully, then boasted, "I have plenty of Hell Cannon shells. Lao Ding and I are going to rob the Japanese trains. You can just sit back and envy us."

"Hmph, no matter how eloquently you speak, I won't listen to your nonsense." Kong Jie snorted, his words conveying the message that no one could interfere with his coal mining.

……

While Li Yunlong and Kong Jie were chatting and joking, the brigade commander returned late with his belongings.

"Haha, Brigade Commander Chen, I've been waiting for you so long!" Seeing the brigade commander arrive with supplies and the team return laden with goods, Zhang Wanhe jumped for joy, just like a child who had received lucky money for the New Year.

"Old Zhang, where's Li Muzhi? Let him come." The brigade commander didn't want to deal with Zhang Wanhe, the middleman.

Zhang Wanhe was not bothered by the brigade commander's attitude at all; in fact, he was quite happy to let Li Muzhi handle it.

Previously, Li Yunlong had acquired so much oil, but Li Muzhi dismissed him with only twenty artillery shells.

Now that the brigade commander has brought back so much stuff, let Li Muzhi handle it.

(End of this chapter)