Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

Chapter 815

Two days later, Li Jin and his team arrived at a county town.

"Battalion Commander, Yuanning County is ahead." Tian Xiaoqi said in the woods.

"Well, you guys stay here and watch the guns. Don't walk around. Xiaoqi, come with me into the city." Li Jin nodded, and then asked the soldiers to wait in the woods.

If they went into the city together, they would be conspicuous.

"Yes!" Everyone nodded.

"Is there anything you want to eat?!" Li Jin asked.

"Captain, I want a roast chicken!"

"I want some candied dates."

"I want a sesame cake!"

Everyone was talking, all wanting to buy food.

"I want a woman." At this time a soldier suddenly said this.

"You want a shitty woman!" Li Jin said unhappily.

“Hahahaha…” everyone laughed.

"Then I want a roast chicken too." The soldier also laughed, saying this just to liven up the atmosphere.

"Are you sure that's all?! Don't you want to buy anything else?!" Li Jin asked.

"No more." Everyone shook their heads. They had enough clothes and shoes to wear, let alone food. They ate meat and fish every day, and now they just wanted some snacks to satisfy their cravings.

"Wait a minute, Battalion Commander, please buy us some tobacco." A soldier said. They had smoked all the confiscated cigarettes and were now smoking tobacco.

"That's it." Li Jin took Tian Xiaoqi and walked towards Yuanning County not far away.

On the way, we met many people going to the county town to attend the market, and some were peddlers carrying goods to sell in the county town.

"Brother, there are more than half fewer Japanese devils in this county than before. Now it's basically all puppet troops guarding the city gates." Tian Xiaoqi said to Li Jin.

In the past, when there were many Japanese devils in the city, the people were very cautious when entering the city. Now that there are fewer Japanese devils, they feel more at ease and more people are entering the city.

"We have changed a lot of things invisibly." Li Jin smiled. Killing so many Japanese devils made life much better for the people in the occupied county.

Unfortunately, although they now have the ability to capture the county town, they do not have the ability to defend it.

Even if we take it down, the Japanese will send troops to take it away later, and they may even retaliate against the people, so it is not time to take the county back.

But Li Jin felt that this day would not be too far away.

Soon, the two arrived at the gate of the county town and lined up.

Many puppet soldiers symbolically checked the passers-by at the gate, and when they encountered people carrying goods, they extorted some money from them before letting them into the city.

When other civilians saw this, no one said anything, because compared to before, these puppet soldiers were now much better.

Li Jin did not step out to meddle in other people's business. As long as these puppet soldiers did not attack the civilians, it would be fine.

Since Li Jin and Tian Xiaoqi came empty-handed, the inspecting puppet soldiers let them enter the city without even looking at them.

After entering the city, we immediately heard a bustling noise. There were many vendors setting up stalls on the street, and people were coming and going. It was much more prosperous than before.

Most of the people patrolling the streets became puppet soldiers, and only occasionally could you see a small group of Japanese soldiers patrolling.

"Brother, let's go eat some cold noodles." Tian Xiaoqi saw a small shop selling cold noodles not far away and his mouth was watering with greed.

"Yeah." Li Jin nodded, then came to the vendor, ordered two servings of cold noodles, and sat down at a random seat.

"Your cold noodles are here, please enjoy." The boss quickly brought up two servings of cold noodles.

"Boss, this city is much more prosperous than before." Li Jin chatted casually with the vendor.

"Yes, there were too many devils before, and people were killed by them on the street from time to time, so many people dared not enter the city.
Now, there are fewer devils in the city. They are all hiding in the military camps and rarely come out.

In this way, more people will come to the city, and it will become prosperous.

But it’s still a little worse than before.” The vendor said a lot in one breath, and he became emotional as he spoke, and even sat next to Li Jin.

The stall owner still misses the time before the Japanese invaders came. Although life was not particularly good, it was much better than it is now. At least, he didn't have to worry about losing his life at any time when entering the city.

"Then what's going on?!" Li Jin asked knowingly.

“Don’t you know?!” the vendor asked in confusion.

"I haven't left the village for a long time, so I don't know some things." Li Jin explained.

“You came from the mountains, right?!” the vendor didn’t doubt it.

"Well, can you tell me what the situation is?" Li Jin nodded.

"Let me tell you, it's not just our county that has fewer Japanese soldiers. Other counties have the same problem. This is because the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army fought a battle with the Japanese soldiers not long ago. I heard that they killed 50,000 to 60,000 Japanese soldiers.

There were 50,000 or 60,000 Japanese soldiers. It is said that the battlefield was littered with corpses and blood flowed like a river. The bodies of the Japanese soldiers were piled up into a mountain! "The vendor took a look and found that there were no Japanese soldiers or puppet soldiers. He whispered to Li Jin.

"Boss, 50,000 or 60,000 Japanese soldiers, is that so exaggerated?!" Tian Xiaoqi couldn't help but retort. He remembered that he had just killed more than 20,000 Japanese soldiers, so how did the rumor spread to become 50,000 or 60,000?

If they killed 50,000 or 60,000 Japanese soldiers, they could take back some remote counties occupied by the Japanese soldiers. After all, there were only a few hundred thousand Japanese soldiers here. If 50,000 or 60,000 of them died, the Japanese soldiers would be powerless.

"Of course it's true. Haven't you seen that the number of Japanese soldiers in our county has decreased by 60 to 70 percent? Those Japanese soldiers basically can't come back, not to mention other counties. There are 50,000 to 60,000 Japanese soldiers in total. It's not normal!" The stall owner argued.

It is believed that 50,000 to 60,000 Japanese soldiers were killed.

"The Shanxi-Suiyuan Army fought a very powerful battle." Li Jin did not refute and agreed with the stall owner.

"That's right. Ever since the Japanese invaders came, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army has been losing cities one after another. I haven't heard of any major battles between the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and the Japanese invaders since then.
I didn't expect that they would make a big profit without saying anything. They are really amazing!" The vendor's tone was full of admiration.

Think about their Yuanning County. Before the Japanese attacked, the people defending the city simply abandoned the city and fled without firing a single shot, allowing the Japanese to easily occupy the county.

"That's because you don't know the truth. If you knew it, you wouldn't say that." Tian Xiaoqi replied. Although the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army made contributions, the biggest contribution came from their special operations battalion, and dozens of soldiers were sacrificed for this.

“Then you know?!” the vendor asked back when he saw it.

"Uh... I, I don't know either, but I just feel that it's not that simple." Tian Xiaoqi was stunned, but he couldn't say it out loud.

"That's it." said the stall owner.

"Boss, your cold noodles are really good. It must be a craft passed down from my ancestors, right?!" Li Jin appropriately changed the subject.

"Young man, you have a good eye. My cold noodles have been around for more than a thousand, no, two thousand years. Even Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty had eaten it!" The vendor couldn't help but brag. "No wonder it tastes so good." Li Jin didn't expose it and said cooperatively.

"Young man, since you came out from the mountains, I'll charge you two cents for these two bowls of cold noodles." The stall owner also gave the two men a discount on the cold noodles.

"No, no, no, it's the same. You still have to give it as much as you should." Li Jin shook his head and glanced at Tian Xiaoqi, who had already finished eating the cold noodles.

Li Jin took out five cents from his pocket and gave it to the stall owner.

The boss quickly gave Li Jin two cents in change.

"Come again next time." The stall owner said with a smile.

"Okay, I'll definitely come." Li Jin responded and left with Tian Xiaoqi.

"Brother, I'm not full yet. Shall I find something to eat later?!" Tian Xiaoqi said as he walked. The portion of cold noodles bought from the vendor was quite large, but he had a big appetite and didn't feel full at all.

"Okay, I'll take you to a restaurant later." Li Jin was not full either.

Afterwards, the two of them strolled around Yuanning County and later had something to eat at a restaurant.

The two of them sat by the window. There were people coming and going on the street, and the flow of people was just acceptable.

"Brother, you eat too." Tian Xiaoqi was eating voraciously. To be honest, the food in this restaurant tasted just so-so, not as good as what he had in the military camp.

However, it’s good enough that they can eat it now.

Li Jin also joined the eating battle, and the two of them quickly finished all the dishes on the table.

After paying the money, Li Jin and Tian Xiaoqi left.

"This damn restaurant is so shady. I only ate a few pieces of meat, but they charged me a dollar." After Tian Xiaoqi walked out of the restaurant, he was still complaining about the expensive dishes.

"After all, it's outside, so it's normal to sell it at a higher price. After all, they have to support waiters and cooks, and they also have to make money. They can't work for nothing, right?!" Li Jin thought the price was okay.

"That's right." After hearing this, Tian Xiaoqi felt that there was no problem.

"Brother, what do you think about me opening a restaurant in the future?" Tian Xiaoqi asked. After the Japanese were driven away and they didn't have to fight anymore, he also wanted to open a restaurant.

"Okay, when you open, remember to ask me to come and cut the ribbon." Li Jin smiled after hearing this.

"Of course. I called you here first because I was afraid that you would become a big official by then and would not remember me as a small soldier." Tian Xiaoqi was sure that their battalion commander would become a big official in the future.

"No, as long as you send someone to notify me, I will come no matter where you open the restaurant. Of course, you have to call me some time in advance, otherwise, if it is far away, I won't be able to make it in time." Li Jin is not the kind of cold and heartless person.

"Okay, I'll call Deputy Battalion Commander Xu, as well as the company commander and platoon leaders!" Tian Xiaoqi's face was full of smiles and he was very happy.

"Well, okay. If you run out of money to open a restaurant, just ask me to borrow some. That'll be considered my investment." Li Jin nodded, his lips curled up.

"no problem!"

"Brother, how many cooks do you think I should hire? Will eight or ten be enough?!"

"If business is booming, we'll have to hire a hundred or eighty guys..."

Tian Xiaoqi kept talking about the future scale of the restaurant, and his imagination was very good.

Li Jin also listened quietly, and occasionally agreed with a few words so that Tian Xiaoqi would not be left alone to speak.

Soon, Li Jin asked someone where to buy tobacco.

That small workshop not only sells tobacco, but also sells cigarettes.

Li Jin bought two kilograms of tobacco and a small suitcase of cigarettes.

"Brother, is this enough?!" Tian Xiaoqi asked. There are a lot of people in their camp, so this amount of cigarettes may not be enough to share.

"I'll buy it when I get back." Li Jin said.

"Okay." Tian Xiaoqi nodded.

Although the cigarette taste is a bit light, it is still very good.

Tobacco is too strong to smoke, so they wouldn't choose to smoke it if they had no other cigarettes to smoke.

Afterwards, Li Jin and Tian Xiaoqi bought the roast chicken, candied dates, sesame cakes and other things that the soldiers wanted to eat and left.

They were carrying large and small bags out of the city, which attracted the attention of the puppet soldiers guarding the city. Li Jin simply stuffed a dollar into the hands of the puppet soldiers and gave them two packs of cigarettes, and then walked out of the city gate easily.

"Damn it, this bastard actually dared to blackmail us. When we fight back later, we will make him return the money." Tian Xiaoqi cursed as he walked away.

Ten minutes later, Li Jin met up with the soldiers. He distributed the things that each soldier wanted to buy, and then gave each of them two packs of cigarettes and some tobacco. All of a sudden, only half a box of cigarettes was left in the small suitcase.

"Battalion commander, have a chicken leg!" A soldier handed a chicken leg to Li Jin.

The other soldiers also shared food with Li Jin, so that Li Jin could eat until he was full, and then they stuffed the remaining food to Tian Xiaoqi.

After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, they continued on their journey.

When they went back, whenever they passed by the county town, Li Jin would go into the city to see what was going on.

I have to say that after there were fewer Japanese devils in the city, the people in the city were living quite well.

As a result, the puppet troops who used to enjoy bullying the people no longer dared to act so recklessly.

Because they all heard that in the two counties that were previously captured by the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, all the puppet troops who oppressed the people were basically shot.

After receiving the news, the puppet soldiers were trembling with fear and dared not bully the people anymore. The unreasonable charging rules that had been set before were also temporarily banned.

In this way, Li Jin and his men eliminated most of the Japanese devils, which could be said to be a disguised way of making the lives of the people better.

"Battalion commander, I never thought that killing so many Japanese devils would cause a chain reaction. Those people are living quite well now." Tian Xiaoqi sighed.

I thought they were just causing serious damage to the Japanese, but I didn't expect that they could actually make life better for the people.

After the puppet troops stopped bullying the people, their lives became less difficult.

"Well, so, in the future we have to kill more Japs, and it's best to drive them out, so that the people can live a better life." Li Jin nodded.

On the seventh day of the journey, Li Jin and his team were still about thirty miles away from the New 1st Regiment.

"Xiaoqi, go send a telegram to the regiment commander and tell him that we will be able to reach the New 1st Regiment around three o'clock in the afternoon." Li Jin also asked Tian Xiaoqi to send a telegram to Li Yunlong.

"Yes!" Tian Xiaoqi turned around and used the radio to send a telegram to Li Yunlong.

"Come to think of it, I haven't been to the New 1st Regiment for nearly half a year." Tian Xiaoqi felt a little emotional after sending the telegram. He has never been back since the New 1st Regiment went to Taiyuan, which made him almost forget the way back.