Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 185 Killing the Enemy

Gong Changqing, Chen Shenglan, Gong Er and Lao Jiang looked at Chu Xiangqian, took out dried whole pheasants, hares and dried fish one by one from the box they brought back, and couldn't help but smile on their faces.

Chu Xiangqian was able to get so many dried cured meats. Judging from this, he must have already made an appointment with the mainland.

And the relationship in the mainland should be quite strong.

Now that Chu Xiangqian has a job, he will naturally be able to gain a firm foothold on Hong Kong Island.

The last box contained a complete set of tiger bones, tiger whips, ten sets of deer antlers, and deer treasures.

Fifty catties of dried tiger meat, fifty catties of dried venison, 10 wolf skins, fox skins and a complete tiger skin.

Gong Er and the others couldn't help being startled.

A piece of tiger bone in the mainland costs thousands of dollars. If the Siberian tiger weighs more than 500 catties, the price will have to double.

When we got to Hong Kong Island, I heard Lao Jiang said that tiger bones were more difficult to get, so the price would naturally increase several times.

As for the tiger skin, Chu Xiangqian planned to give it to Gong Er, but Gong Er shook his head after hearing it.

She also said that as a woman, it is a bad thing to use tiger skin as a mattress.

Then he suggested to Chu Xiangqian to mount the tiger skin and hang it in the main hall of the pharmacy with a price tag of 1 Hong Kong dollars as a signboard.

Chu Xiangqian immediately realized that the prices of tiger skin, tiger bones, and tiger whips on Hong Kong Island were more expensive than he had imagined.

If it is changed to the mainland, Chu Xiangqian dared to ask for a price of 2000 at most for a piece of tiger skin.

But in Gong Er's view, a tiger skin that is in good condition and handled in an excellent manner is worth 1 Hong Kong dollars.

Can the whole pair of tiger bones be priced at 2 yuan?
As for the tiger whip, Chu Xiangqian only wanted to offer 500 before.

Now, let's just quote 5.

As for whether it can be sold, it has to be sold first.

The tiger skin was hung in the cured meat shop, and the number of people who came to watch the excitement suddenly increased.

However, the price tag is 1 Hong Kong dollars. Unless you are a rich man, no one has the spare money to buy it back.

After all, even in winter on Hong Kong Island, the temperature is above ten degrees.

Fur is a niche business here.

The customer group can only be aimed at the old men and old ladies in wealthy homes.

As more people come in, more people buy jerky.

As for tiger bones, tiger whips, deer antlers, and deer treasures, some people may need them, but Chu Xiangqian felt that displaying tiger skins was enough to show off.

The second is that if someone really wants to buy it, and sees that there are dried venison and tiger meat for sale in the store, he will come to the door to inquire.

It's just that people didn't expect that the tiger skin had only been hung for three days before it was bought by a middle-aged man who drove a car in the evening.

By the way, I also bought 10 catties of jerky tiger meat with a price tag of 50 catties, and 10 catties of dried venison with a price tag of 20 catties.

This tiger skin alone has already earned one-third of the purchase price of this shop.

Just waiting for Chu Xiangqian and the master and wife who asked for help to say that the profit of these jerky is 20%.

Gong Changqing and Chen Shenglan were stunned, knowing that they forgot to receive the principal of the goods.

But after thinking about it, earning more than 2 yuan at a time, maybe I can earn back the money for buying a house in a year, and a smile appeared on my face.

Before he knew it, he had already spent half a month on Hong Kong Island. At noon this day, Chu Xiangqian was planning to go to the White Rose Barbershop for a haircut.

By the way, I want to see if Sanjiangshui is there, and I want to get some words from him, and ask who can get in touch with the officials in charge of registering the population in Kowloon.

Chu Xiangqian did not forget the seven boxes of treasures that Katsuhisa Shibata brought from the mainland.

It's just that I'm new to Hong Kong Island, and I don't know where to find Shibata Katsuhisa.

Naturally, I have to settle down first and then go to investigate.

As soon as he got up, Qian Guotai came in dressed in a long robe.

Chu Xiangqian twisted his expression, knowing that Qian Guotai must have come to get rid of the traitor hiding in Hong Kong Island.

He asked Qian Guotai, "What do you want to buy, sir?"

Qian Guotai scanned a lot of dried fish hanging in the shop, and asked in confusion, "Didn't you say you sell dried fish here?"

Chu Xiangqian is not stupid, outsiders will not think there is any problem with getting hundreds of dried pheasants and hares every month.

But if the sale is released and hundreds or thousands of pieces are shipped every month, then the problem will be serious.

So after selling out 500 catties of dried meat in half a month, Chu Xiangqian told the public that except for dried fish, everything else was out of stock.

If you want it, you have to next month.

But in private, there are already people from good families who come to order pheasant meat, hare meat, tiger meat, and venison meat.

Chu Xiangqian did not agree for the time being, but after the middle-aged man who bought the tiger skin came to the door yesterday, Chu Xiangqian reached an order for a sika deer with the other party without much hesitation.

When I was in Beijing, a catty of high-quality deer antler was 200 catties, but it was directly doubled to 500 catties on Hong Kong Island, and it was often not available.

Although there have been artificially bred sika deer these days, they are all done by farms within the system.

It is not so difficult for outsiders to buy.

It is more difficult for wild ones to enter Hong Kong Island. Basically, before they appear in the market, they are often ordered by local big pharmacies.

They carefully concocted it, and once they changed hands, they sold it out at several times the price.

And when I was still in the capital, when I sold a whole sika deer with antlers to Deputy Director Li of the rolling mill, the price was 1500 a head.

Selling it to the rich on Hong Kong Island is 4500, which is a full three times as long.

However, the other party requires no less than 150 catties.

If it can exceed 200 catties, the price is not 6000, but 7000.

Chu Xiangqian didn't think much, so he nodded and agreed to place the other party's order.

Then I got a business card from the other party that said 'He Mansion'.

Combined with the last time, Titmouse followed the middle-aged man, bought the tiger skin, drove across the sea, and returned to a villa in the mid-level luxury residential area between Victoria Peak and Central on Hong Kong Island.

Chu Xiangqian basically confirmed the identity of the other party.

However, this has nothing to do with him, Chu Xiangqian never thought about making any friends with the other party.

At this time, if you come to the door, they will treat you as a beggar.

Chu Xiangqian looked at Qian Guotai and said, "The purchase channels for dried meat are still being built. Although the goods in the mainland are good, they are in short supply. I have been negotiating with the Nanyang shippers about the supply of goods recently.

It's just that it's difficult to reach a cooperation for a while, and only these fish are dried. "

Qian Guotai nodded.

When Chu Xiangqian was in the capital, he was famous for hunting and fishing. Qian Guotai was not surprised that he could raise hundreds of catties of dried meat.

As for discussing cooperation with businessmen from Nanyang, that's what it should be.

In the end, Qian Guotai bought a 3-jin dried fish, paid the money, and left without further ado.

It's just that there is a note with an address in the 3 yuan given.

After reading it forward, Chu casually threw it into Xinshou Village.

After dinner in the evening, Chu Xiangqian told his master and wife that he was going to discuss the source of goods with the Nanyang shippers.

I went out and rode a bicycle I just bought a few days ago, and came to a teahouse in Mong Kok.

When I saw Qian Guotai in the private room, he was drinking tea and watching the performance of the Yue opera "The Great Seal of the Six Kingdoms" on the stage.

Chu Xiangqian didn't feel much about opera, so he sat down and asked directly, "Where does the target live, do you have any photos?"

Qian Guotai shook his head angrily, secretly thinking that he deliberately chose this play, it was a waste of time.

He took out a photo from his pocket, said the address and name, and said, "If possible, get this done as soon as possible."

Chu Xiangqian nodded indifferently. With the tits around, it is not difficult to create an accident.

But after thinking about it, if the secret channel kills the target in a day, maybe the superiors will be vigilant, even worried, and afraid of themselves.

"I need three days to reconnaissance and execute the plan. If everything goes well, I will get the target in a week."

Qian Guotai knew that Chu Xiangqian was positive enough, but this time things were a little troublesome.

After thinking for a while, he whispered, "The target killed more than a dozen of our comrades. I thought he was dead, but I didn't expect that he was not only alive, but also fled to Hong Kong Island to become a rich man.

Several comrades who survived by chance found me, hoping to get rid of him as soon as possible. "

Chu Xiangqian nodded silently. He should satisfy this request.

"I'll take a look first tonight, and if the opportunity is right, I'll do it."

After finishing speaking, Chu Xiangqian mentioned Ma San's apprentices and grandchildren again. It is better to have the opportunity to act first than others to come to the door.

Qian Guotai thought for a while and said, "Those people in the mainland, those who should be arrested have already been arrested. After they were released without any problems, they were also arranged to go to the northwest, so it is impossible to trouble you again.

Now there is only one left hiding in Southeast Asia.

If you have time to go there, I will give you specific information as soon as possible. "

Only then did Chu Xiangqian feel relieved for the time being.

However, thinking that tits can fly 350 kilometers in an hour, even if they fly to the Lion City, it will only take one night.

When someone is found, tits are capable of poisoning, setting fire, assassinating and so on.

"Check it out for me, I'll find someone."

Qian Guotai was taken aback for a moment, then thought of Ding Lianshan.

As the secret killer of the Xingyi Bagua Sect, even if Ding Lianshan himself is old, it is normal for the old man to have an apprentice.

With these people doing it, there is really no need for Chu Xiangqian to go to Southeast Asia by himself.

Qian Guotai nodded, but he thought in his heart that he still had to tell his superiors about this matter.

It will be useful when it is not in order.
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After leaving the teahouse, Chu Xiangqian wanted to go home, but he rode his bicycle and saw a movie theater not far away.

Can't help but walk over to buy a ticket to go in.

While sitting in a chair watching a movie, the tit had already flown all the way to a villa area a few blocks away under Chu Xiangqian's command.

It didn't take long to find the place where the traitor lived.

After observing around the villa for more than an hour, through each window, not only roughly determined the layout of the house, but also basically knew who lived in it.

Chu Xiangqian went out of the movie theater, secretly thinking that such a bad martial arts movie has an attendance rate of 7%, so for him, making movies may also be a profitable business.

And entered the media and entertainment industry, set up a film company, opened a movie theater, ran a newspaper, and finally got involved in a TV station.

I don't even need to be clear about the mainland, just maintain a neutral and unbiased attitude, then it will be impossible for the mainland not to win me over in the future.
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Let the tit stare at the traitor's bedroom, observe the other party, but also wait for the opportunity to make a move, Chu Xiangqian stopped by a tea shop by himself.

I bought five kinds of tea, including Longjing, Biluochun, Tieguanyin, Jasmine tea, and Houkui, totaling 10 catties.

I plan to give it away when I return to the capital.

Seeing that there was actually a Dahongpao in this store, Chu Xiangqian's first thought was not to believe it.

During the Republic of China, Dahongpao cost 64 yuan per catty, which was equal to 4000 catties of rice at that time.

It would cost 460 yuan to change to the current Chinese currency.

And that's not counting the value of food stamps.

When it arrived in New China, it no longer appeared on the market directly.

The boss didn't expect Chu Xiangqian to know so much, so he had no choice but to explain that the Dahongpao tea was cultivated from the branches cut from the three Dahongpao plants in Wuyi Mountain in Hangzhou.

But even so, only 3000 catties are sold to the outside world every year.

When it comes to Hong Kong Island, I like to buy it at 120 a catty.

Chu Xiangqian curled his lips inwardly, this aggressive method could not fool himself.

If you buy it, you will be taken advantage of.

He left the tea shop with a box containing 20 tea tins, seeing that the tits hadn't found a chance to do it.

Chu Xiangqian sighed, and rode his bicycle to the villa where the target was.

After observing for a while, I went home.

Three days passed in a flash.

That night, Chu Xiangqian came to the vicinity of the villa area again, looked around, and selected a big tree five or sixty meters away from the villa.

After climbing up the balcony easily, he took out a level 8 bow and arrow from the portable storage, looked at the villa, and could see the window of the bedroom where the target lived.

Under Chu Xiangqian's order, the tit was on the glass window of the bedroom and knocked on the window with its beak.

After a while, the target opened the window, smiled and used a piece of pastry, trying to attract the tits.

Chu moved forward instantly with his bow and arrow, without aiming at all.

Relying on feeling and experience, aiming at the target is an arrow, instantly piercing the target's heart.

The arrow brought out a large cloud of blood, which went straight into the wall.

Chu Xiangqian smiled at the corner of his mouth. The accuracy of his current bow and arrow, within [-] meters, is definitely far superior to that of guns.

And the wound caused by the arrow is bigger than the rifle bullet at this time.

In the future, the rifle warhead will roll over after entering the human body, and the internal organs will be damaged and hemorrhage due to the cavity effect.

But the current rifle bullets are too powerful, and most of the time they penetrate rather than stay in the human body and roll.

Therefore, the lethality of the arrow is greater.
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Seeing the target twitch continuously through the tit's gaze, Chu Xiangqian jumped off the big tree, put away his bow and arrow, and rode his bicycle back.

In less than a minute, the target was already lying motionless on the floor in the tit's sight.

And because there is not much movement, and the room itself has a sound insulation effect.

No one in the villa noticed anything unusual.

Chu Xiangqian smiled at the corner of his mouth, and instead of riding his bicycle home in a hurry, he let the tit try to pull out the arrow.

After more than an hour, the chickadee finally pulled out the arrow, and flew out of the room with two small claws, landing in front of Chu Xiangqian.

After putting away the arrow, Chu Xiangqian rode his bicycle and went home leisurely.
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The next morning, I called the housekeeper of the He family and told him that the sika deer had been transported to Hong Kong Island and asked him to come and pick it up in the afternoon. Chu Xiangqian went to the newsstand to buy a newspaper.

Soon I saw a newspaper reporting that the owner of 'Zhengxinhuohang' was assassinated at home last night.

Chu Xiangqian smiled at the corner of his mouth, believing that after Qian Guotai read the newspaper, he could understand at a glance that the target was killed by himself.

In the afternoon, the housekeeper of the He family came to take away the whole processed sika deer, and Chu Xiangqian also got 4500 Hong Kong dollars.

Just as he was thinking about how much money he had earned these days, Qian Guotai walked in with a smile on his face.

"Boss, pack 3 dried fish for me."

Chu Xiangqian nodded, wrapped three pieces of dried fish with old newspapers, and listened to Qian Guotai say, "I received an encrypted telegram from my superior in the morning, which is a great compliment to you.

At the same time, the higher-ups asked me to ask you, is there any difficulty that needs to be solved? "

Chu Xiangqian smiled at the corner of his mouth, showing his worth, and his attitude immediately became more enthusiastic.

After thinking about it pretendingly, he said, "I need gold bars, and Nanyang is not very willing to accept Hong Kong dollars.

There is a shortage of US dollars in China, but everyone can accept gold bars. "

Qian Guotai was overjoyed, because there was a shortage of both US dollars and Hong Kong dollars in the country.

And what ordinary people don't know is that after the founding of the People's Republic of China, in order to stimulate the gold mining industry in China, the price of gold had to be raised several times.

It will rise again in 63 years.

Over the years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, there is actually a lot of gold left in the Mainland.

But these days, U.S. dollars can be exchanged for gold directly from foreign banks.

In other words, there is no shortage of gold in the international market.

As a result, there is gold in hand in the country, but it cannot be exchanged for foreign exchange in large quantities.

Of course, it is impossible to exchange on a large scale. After all, gold is more suitable for pressing boxes.

In terms of liquidity and acceptance, the US dollar is more popular.

Most companies and individuals prefer the US dollar, which is more convenient to carry and settle.

The exchange rate between the Hong Kong dollar and the U.S. dollar, at this time and in the next ten years, will always fluctuate slightly because the exchange rate between the British pound and the U.S. dollar is stable at a ratio of 4 to 1 throughout the year.

And the U.S. dollar is also anchored at a fixed exchange rate.

That is to say, for a long period of time in the future, the exchange rate of British pound to U.S. dollar and British pound to Hong Kong dollar will be 1:4 and 1:16.

On the contrary, the price of gold fluctuates from time to time.

So when he heard that Chu Xiangqian wanted to exchange Hong Kong dollars for gold, Qian Guotai agreed without even thinking about it.

"How much Hong Kong dollars do you want to exchange?"

Chu Xiangqian calculated silently, and the tiger skin was sold for 1 Hong Kong dollars.

500 catties of pheasants and hares, because it is dry goods, after referring to the prices of other dry goods stores, I marked the price at 2 yuan per catty.

Sell ​​out in half a month and get back 1000 Hong Kong dollars.

This is more than twice as expensive as domestic ones.

But domestic bills are actually not too expensive.

50 catties of tiger meat is 50 catties, and 2500 yuan will be recovered.

Venison is 20 catties, 50 catties is 1000.

Because there is no need to think too much about the source of dried fish, Chu Xiangqian plans to put 2000 catties in the store every month from now on.

The price tag is 1 yuan per catty, but in the past half a month, only 1100 catties were sold.

None of the wolf or fox furs were sold. Not everyone bought them, but they only wanted to buy finished furs.

But Chu Xiangqian was willing to use some coupons to continuously synthesize finished furs in Xinshou Village.

Adding it all up, I have earned 14600 Hong Kong dollars after opening my own shop for half a month.

If the remaining 900 catties of dried fish are sold, it is equivalent to a monthly income of 15500 Hong Kong dollars.

This is definitely high income on Hong Kong Island.

As for the order, now only the He family has received an order for the sika deer after being recognized by themselves, and it is impossible to accurately estimate how much they will earn.

But even so, in the past half month, I have earned 19100 Hong Kong dollars.

After thinking about it, Chu Xiangqian said, "According to 208 Hong Kong dollars and one tael of gold, I will exchange it for 10 large yellow croakers weighing 10 taels."

After Qian Guotai heard this, his eyes almost popped out.

This is 20800 Hong Kong dollars. How long has it been since Chu Xiang came to Hong Kong Island?

(End of this chapter)