readsfreenovel Chapter 329 Investigation
Chapter 329 Investigation
"Ahem! But let me make it clear in advance, no French currency, only dollars, gold, and U.S. dollars.
Of course, if you have bristles, tung oil or various minerals, you can also use them as exchanges." Seeing that the two were a little dazed, Hou Xiaoge reminded them.
"We know this, we know this!" the two of them quickly agreed.
There is no way. It has been 44 years now. Although the legal currency has not yet reached the point of being wiped out, it has become a common thing in the streets.
When Hou Xiaoge first traveled through time, one hundred French francs could at least buy twenty to thirty kilograms of flour, but what about now?
A few days ago, when Hou Xiaoge went to the town market to buy pork offal for braised meat, one hundred yuan of French francs could only buy a roujiamo worth ten cents. The speed of depreciation was terrifying.
This also led to ordinary people being unwilling to sell grain for money and preferring to barter for other things.
"Then Alliance Leader Zhou, where do we conduct the transaction? Yunnan Province? The battle is about to start, can it be done as soon as possible?" The two agreed and asked quickly.
"We in the Yanhuang League dare not take such a large amount of materials to Yunnan Province for trading, for fear of being taken advantage of. We will then trade in Myanmar.
As for the time, when you have money or materials ready, just contact our headquarters in Myanmar and we can trade right away. "Hou Xiaoge glanced at the two of them and said with a sneer.
"Haha! That's good, that's good." The two family members only cared about their own business, so they quickly smiled and agreed.
After receiving the Kuomintang officials, the next day, the Kuomintang’s purchase of weapons was known to all parties.
Even the Japanese devils entrusted the pseudo-national government in Nanjing to visit them, which made Hou Xiaoge so angry that he cursed, saying that all these bastards wanted to take advantage of us.
Just have someone take that traitor out and execute him.
As for the remaining forces, Hou Xiaoge only received the Yunnan Army and secretly received the Red Army.
As for why they received the Yunnan Army, it was naturally because the Tianmen Group was in Yunnan Province and was under the management of the Yunnan Army’s Long family, so Hou Xiaoge naturally had to give it some face.
The Long family was also poor. In addition to the three heavy artillery pieces and thirty anti-aircraft machine guns purchased by the other party, Hou Xiaoge also gave the Yunnan Army a light armored vehicle weighing seven or eight tons for free.
As for the Red Army, they provided all the promised bullets and mortars, and also sold two regiments of light equipment to the other side.
After receiving these guests, Hou Xiaoge closed the door and refused to see them again.
"This damn government is as broken as a sieve. Can't such an important matter be done quietly?" Hou Xiaoge, who was annoyed by various forces, was speechless.
"There's nothing I can do. The weapons you made are just too tempting." Wen Jun covered his mouth and chuckled.
"I am angry at the Japanese. Where do they get the courage from? Don't they know the purpose of our Yanhuang League?
Damn, they sent the puppet government to threaten me, how fucking cheap." Hou Xiaoge was furious when he thought of the puppet government officials who were so angry at noon today, and at the same time, he was even more angry with the national government.
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After dealing with matters in Yunnan Province, he left directly for Myanmar the next day.
Wenjun reported to Hou Xiaoge yesterday that a large amount of jadeite raw stones have been mined in Myanmar since the beginning of the year.
Looking at the increasingly crowded space in the small world, Hou Xiaoge no longer wanted to compete with these officials in the country, so he just left.
Hou Xiaoge drove in this time with the purpose of investigation. Along the way, he could see a large number of thatched houses and cave dwellings, all of which were inhabited by refugees from the country.
Over the past year, the Yanhuang League has vigorously relocated refugees to Myanmar, and now the areas close to the country are full of people from the country who used to live there.
If you didn’t know, just by listening to these people’s accents you would think you were in the country!
"Uncle, I came from China and want to do business here. I want to know which government is in charge of our village now?"
At the entrance of a village, Hou Xiaoge met a few old men on patrol. After giving them a few cigarettes, he started chatting with them.
"You made the right decision to come here to do business. We are in short supply right now!
As for who is in charge? Now all the Chinese living here are under the management of the Southeast Asian Chinese Self-Saving Army.
However, the National Government and the Expeditionary Force also secretly sent people to tell us not to listen to the Self-Rescue Army but to the National Government. "The old man who led the group whispered to Hou Xiaoge for the sake of a box of cigarettes.
"Oh! What's going on? Why are the National Government and the Expeditionary Force coming in quietly?" Hou Xiaoge asked knowingly.
"This is a foreign country, a foreigner's territory, and the government has no control over it. The government is afraid of foreigners and dares not come here to manage openly.
But it would be better if there is no national government. Damn it, when I was in Sichuan Province, I collected taxes fifty years later. How many more years can I live? Isn't this pure bullying!
Now they have all fled abroad, why should we listen to the government? We will listen to whichever government is good." The old man said happily while smoking a cigarette.
Hou Xiaoge listened carefully and could tell from the old man's expression that he was living a very comfortable life here.
"Yes, they are all abroad now, and they will definitely not listen to the Kuomintang government. But the Kuomintang government and the expeditionary force have guns, aren't you worried?" Hou Xiaoge nodded in agreement and asked.
"Humph! Don't be afraid. The Self-Defense Army has provided us with guns. We also have militia in our village. If those bastards dare to come over, we will take care of them."
"What if a lot of people come?"
"Don't be afraid. Half a month ago, hundreds of local bandits came with guns to rob food.
Our village is protected by a city wall, and there is also a beacon fire in the village. We can just light it and the town will send people to rescue us.
My second son also joined the town's self-defense army. At that time, the town's self-defense force sent a battalion of soldiers with several cannons. The bandits could not withstand the bombardment and ran away. "The old man said proudly.
"Oh? Native bandits, what's the situation between you and the local natives now?" Hou Xiaoge also took this matter seriously.
“It’s not good. There are too many of us here, and the local natives often cause trouble. But now we have more people here, and we have the army, so they don’t dare to mess around.
Of course we still have to be careful. It's the busy farming season recently and there are many local bandits. They came down the mountain to rob a few days ago, so a few old men of ours are patrolling the entrance of the village.
But it’s better here because we are close to the country. I went to the market in town a few days ago and heard people say that there are more natives in the south and it is more chaotic.” The old man sighed and said.
"We are not afraid of chaos. We Chinese must unite when we go out. We don't cause trouble, but if anyone dares to bully us, ask the gun in our hand if it will answer." Hou Xiaoge smiled and comforted.
"Yes, we don't cause trouble, but we are not afraid of trouble. There are more and more Chinese people around here now, and the natives and bandits have been driven into the mountains." The old man replied with a smile.
"Uncle, I just heard you say that bandits were stealing grain, so how come the harvest is so good this year?" Hou Xiaoge asked, changing the subject.
"Hey! Good, how can it not be good?
After we arrived here, the Self-Rescue Army distributed land to us, the Yanhuang League provided us with seeds and food, rented us livestock, and finally exempted us from taxes for two years.
My family of six only had three acres of mountain land in China. We could not get enough to eat all year round and had to eat grass all day long because of hunger. Although we still have mountain land now, each of us has three acres.
There are six people in my family. My daughter-in-law was carrying my eldest grandson at the time, so the Self-Rescue Army counted us as seven people. The old man's family was given a total of 21 acres of land. My ancestors for five generations had never been so wealthy.
The weather here is warm. We came here last winter and borrowed some livestock to plow all the land.
Although the 21 acres of land are all newly reclaimed wasteland, the soil here is fertile and we have harvested 27 stone of rice this year." The old man was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling, and he gestured.