Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 446 Crisis
Arthur pretended to think for a while before nodding, and he also said that he was worried that Chu Qianqian wouldn't be able to operate.

Chu Xiangqian didn't say anything, pointed to the two ammunition boxes and said, "Let's go, take the two ammunition boxes, let's go to the hill to test the gun."

Margaret opened her mouth, wanting to stop Chu Qianqian, but seeing that he was in such high spirits, she knew that her persuasion would be in vain.

Simply take your hat and follow the two of them in the car to the hilly land not far from the manor.

Arriving at the ranch's dedicated open-air shooting range, Chu Qianqian placed the machine gun and ammunition on a long, heavy wooden table.

Open the ammunition box, grab a finger-thick bullet and load it into the drum.

With his hand speed, it took him 2 or 3 minutes to load a hundred rounds of ammunition.

Load the ammunition, pull the bolt, and set up the machine gun mount.

He aimed at the steel plate that could swing at will at the foot of the hillside dozens of meters away, and pulled the trigger.

'Hiss, hiss', five or six rounds of bullets were fired in one burst, and then there was the sound of 'ding, ding, ding' bullets hitting the steel plate.

Chu Qianqian smiled, MG42 has a rate of fire of 1200-1500 rounds per minute.

With this kind of gun, you don’t have to hold the trigger all the time. Otherwise, not only will the recoil be strong, but the 100-round drum magazine will be used up in 5 or 6 seconds.

Most of the bullets are wasted and cannot cause much damage.

So the operation manual clearly states that it must be fired in bursts.

Just click and release, and five or six bullets will be fired. A single target will be basically dead if it only takes one or two hits.

The 7.92×57mm Mauser rifle bullet is a heavy pointed bullet.

After hitting the body, because the warhead is very heavy, it is very easy to roll inside the body, and because of the large amount of powder, there is a high probability that it will roll and penetrate the back.

There was a wound on the back that was at least the size of a wine cup, or even the mouth of a bowl.

Coupled with the large number of wounds in the internal organs, it was impossible to treat them.

If it hits the arm or thigh, the arm will be broken, and the thigh will most likely damage the aorta.

He will bleed to death in a few minutes.

Chu fired forward a few more times. After getting familiar with the gun, he raised the muzzle and pointed it at a big tree on the hill where a man was hugging.

Four or five bursts of fire were fired in succession, and the tree trunks were immediately hit with sawdust flying everywhere.

Then he put his shoulder on the butt of the gun, pressed the front part of the butt with his left hand, held the handle of the gun tightly with his right hand, and kept pulling the trigger with his finger.

A large amount of fire suddenly erupted from the muzzle.

There was a continuous 'hissing' sound like a tearing machine, and dozens of bullets exploded on the trunk of a large tree in the distance.

Four or five seconds later, the drum was emptied and the trunk of the big tree was cut in half.

It looks a bit shaky.

If the gun were pointed at a car, the people in the car would be beaten into pieces.

Chu Qianqian secretly thought, "It's cool."

He waved to Arthur and took another drum and ammunition box from his hand.

Loading two drums in succession, the gun was pointed at the tree again.

This time, he only fired thirty or forty rounds in a row, and the big tree that was hugged by one person was shot into two sections in the air.

Arthur and Margaret's expressions turned pale when they saw it, and they secretly thought that it was no wonder that this kind of machine gun was regarded as the best general-purpose machine gun in the world.

This power is no worse than a heavy machine gun, but its rate of fire and controllability are much better than that of a heavy machine gun.

After firing up the second magazine, Chu put on his thick gloves and started to change the barrel of the machine gun.

It only took 7 or 8 seconds for Chu Xiangqian to replace the barrel and load the spare barrel.

This is also where this machine gun is most efficient.

Barrel overheating has always been a problem that plagues heavy machine guns.

Water cooling and air cooling are naturally far less efficient than changing the barrel in 6 or 7 seconds.

During World War II, German machine gun teams were often equipped with 5 or 6 spare barrels.

After shooting three bullet chains, you have to change them.

But in fact, the machine gun team often fires five to six hundred rounds of ammunition before starting to change the barrel.

Moreover, it only takes 6 seconds to change the barrel. After the barrel is changed, the ammunition belt does not have to be reinstalled.

Doesn't affect shooting at all.

Chu Xiangqian got excited about playing and brought over three boxes of 3 rounds of machine gun ammunition, but he shot them all by himself.

Arthur on the side couldn't help but cursed Chu Qianqian in his heart, while Margaret felt more and more that she had to do something.

To prevent Chu Xiangqian from becoming more violent in the future.

But when facing Chu Qianqian, Margaret walked over with a smile on her face, hugged his arm and said, "Honey, shooting is really so fun?"

Chu Xiangqian nodded without thinking, "Of course, I will teach you next time and then take you hunting."

Margaret pouted. As a traditional noble, she and her sister Elizabeth had received firearms training since they were young.

Not to mention, World War II broke out just a few years after my father unexpectedly took the position of king.

England was once in an extremely disadvantageous situation. Under such circumstances, the sisters naturally came into contact with firearms.

When she grew up, Elizabeth was a deep hunting fan and would go hunting basically every year.

So Margaret actually didn't need Chu Qianqian to teach her at all, but she still pretended to be surprised, hugged Chu Qianqian's arm and shook her, suggesting that she return to London in a few days to participate in the annual hunting event in October.

Chu Qianqian rolled his eyes at the girl and said, "Next time I will take you to Africa and we will hunt male lions."

Margaret had never thought about not letting Chu Xiangqian return to heaven in October. She simply wanted to persuade Chu Xiangqian to leave the ranch.

Then wait for the gangsters who have disputes with the ranch to merge with other gangs or be caught by the police.

This way Chu doesn't have to take risks.

Seeing that Chu Xiangqian was unwilling to leave, Margaret could only do the next best thing and said, "My dear, we have been in the United States for a week and have not traveled outside of California.

How about we leave tomorrow and go to New York or Hawaii? "

Chu Xiangqian could hear Margaret's thoughts. Seeing that she was so worried about him, it was impossible not to be moved.

He hugged her and nodded, "Don't worry, I promise I won't take risks myself. Anyway, I'm not short of money. The worst I can do is spend money and let others take care of the ranch's troubles."

After contacting the town's builders, we negotiated projects for water canals, land reclamation, golf courses, vacation homes, new cowsheds and sheep pens.

We'll go back to Los Angeles. I'll deal with the movie in the morning and we'll walk around in the afternoon.

About a week ago, I took you to Hawaii for a few days before returning to London. "

Margaret felt relieved and nodded repeatedly.

In the evening, after dinner, Chu Xiangqian was discussing the ranch with Simon and Hans, while Margaret found Arthur.

A few minutes later, Arthur found his companion with a depressed look on his face and asked him to find out which gang the people on the other side of the canyon belonged to.After finding out, find an opportunity to kill the opponent's boss, and then eliminate all the backbones of the gang one by one.

Needless to say, it was Margaret who asked Arthur for help.

Anyone who has watched the Kingsman movie knows that these guys are all the best of the best.

A very few senior agents act like cheaters when dealing with minions.

And as an agent, with a state-backed organization behind him, his intelligence capabilities are naturally not low.

After guarding the canyon for a few days, following several gang members on horseback, they entered Los Angeles and soon discovered that this group of people were members of the mafia in the north of the city.

When it comes to the Mafia, Arthur and others suddenly have a headache.

It is not difficult for them to kill a group of gang members.

If you plan well, you can escape without any injuries.

But after this, it will inevitably attract the attention and investigation of the American Mafia Commission.

Maybe they will doubt Shang Chu Xiangqian.

After all, this group of mafia had conflicts with the ranch before, and Chu Xiangqian was not only the new owner of the ranch, but also a notoriously ruthless person from Hong Kong Island.

This year, two club bosses and twenty or thirty core members have been killed.

It's hard not to doubt him.

Arthur thought for a while and said to his three companions, "Forget it, I'll call back to London. Find connections and let someone at the level of a mafia godfather in London or Italy match up.

If you can't use force, it's better not to cause trouble to His Highness and Mr. Stark. "

The three companions nodded. Fighting and killing was indeed the easiest, but just like Chu Qianqian, he knew how to eliminate the root of the problem before and after he took action.

If you can't kill them all at once, it's better to talk first if you can.

The Mafia Committee involves five major families in the United States alone, as well as dozens of families distributed throughout the United States.

Including Italian and European families, the number of members is not 10, but [-] or [-].

The biggest difference between the Mafia and Hong Kong Island associations is that the Mafia does not value the number of people and only follows the elite route.

Then the leader of the godfather's men would develop his own manpower.

Mostly Italians, with some Irish included.

There are basically only a few hundred official members of the five major New York Mafia families.

But these two 3000 people rule the entire New York underworld.

These people are fighting for the territory vacated by the Los Angeles Mafia. Maybe someone will jump out and attack Chu Qianqian in the name of revenge, and then legitimately take over the territory vacated by the Los Angeles Mafia.

Even if the territory has been taken away by other gangs, as long as they have this name, other Mafia families have no excuse to enter Los Angeles.

When the time comes to focus on dealing with local gangs, the pressure and difficulty will be much less.

But what Arthur and others didn't expect was that just because they wanted to talk, it didn't mean that the mafia in Los Angeles were also smart people.

When he heard that Alisa Ranch had a new owner, and he was an Asian, he immediately set his sights on Chu Xiangqian.

Not only did he want to seize the ranch, he even wanted to kidnap Chu Xiangqian and make a fortune.

In the past few days, Chu Xiangqian has met with the mayor and police chief.

After paying US$1 to get more water rights, I started discussing with the town's builder about digging canals.

By the way, many workers were recruited, and they planned to cultivate at least 2000 acres of farmland on the more than 1500 acres of wasteland in the pasture.

The project was not a small one. After talking with Chu Xiangqian for two days, the boss of the construction company signed a $50 contract with Chu Xiangqian.

Chu Xiangqian also spent 2 US dollars to hire someone from Coopers & Partners to serve as the project supervisor.

Then I listened to the people at Coopers and spent US$1.2 to buy completion insurance for this project.

During the project, not only the people from Coopers & Partners will keep an eye on the construction company and the progress of the project, but people from the insurance company will also come over from time to time to check the quality and progress of the project.

In order not to lose money, insurance companies will really try their best to urge or even force the construction company to complete the project on time and with high quality and quantity.

If it really cannot be completed within 3 months, although the insurance company will lose money, it will definitely bring the boss of the construction company to court.

The insurance company compensated 50 US dollars, but the boss of the construction company ended up paying more than 50 US dollars.

This is why Americans habitually hire lawyers and take out insurance.
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After the canal is built, Chu Xiangqian will continue to build golf courses, vacation homes, new cowsheds, and sheep pens.

Wait until next spring to start planting fruit trees and build a wine estate.

When I told the boss of the small town construction company about the deal, the guy took the initiative to lower the price to $50.

As long as we get all the projects for the ranch, we won't have to worry about running out of projects in the next two years.

The small town of Solvang has become lively in recent days. Construction companies are recruiting a large number of workers, and Chu Xiangqian's name has been mentioned again and again by the residents of the town.

50 dollars may not seem like much, but the construction company has to spend at least 10 dollars on labor.

Of the remaining 30 miles, almost 30 were spent on building materials and construction machinery.

After deducting some scattered support, the boss of the construction company can only earn about 7 to 8 US dollars in the end.

But this is already considered net income for the past six months.

And if 10 US dollars is spent on workers, at least more than 200 people can be hired.

After three months, the average monthly income per person was US$150, which was 20% or even 30% higher than the usual salary.

Chu Xiangqian's reputation suddenly spread in the town, and the reviews were basically positive.

As for the few people who hate the rich, they will definitely not be able to fight against the more than 200 people who will get jobs before the project is completed.

Moreover, the police chief, principal and mayor who had received Chu Xiangqian's promise that he would donate 1 US dollars to the police station and 1 US dollars to the small town's primary and secondary schools every year in the future naturally sided with Chu Xiangqian for the time being.

When the canal was being dug, almost everyone with status in the town gathered at the ranch.

Chu Qianqian directly donated US$1.5 to the police station, middle school, and elementary school in front of the mayor Sam, the police chief Smith, and the principals of the primary and secondary schools.

Another donation of 1.5 will naturally have to be made in half a year.

But this is the largest donation the town of Solvang has received in recent years.

US$5 can add three new police cars to the police station, and the remaining US$3 is enough for the seven police officers in the police station to receive double the subsidy compared to before when working overtime and on duty in the future.

The police station had three cars before, which means there will be seven police officers in the police station in the future, except for a clerk who stays at the police station and watches the intercom station and handles files.

The other 6 police officers each have a police car.

These people's favorable impression of Chu Xiangqian naturally increased a lot.

Not to mention that Chu Xiangqian also mentioned to the chief and deputy chief that if nothing unexpected happened, there would be a donation of US$1 every year from now on to improve the equipment of the police station and the treatment of police officers.

In a year or two, if the police station is short of manpower, it can recruit a few more people.

Anyway, in the first year or two, the equipment that the police station needed to add and improve has basically been purchased.

(End of this chapter)