20 years of the Republic of China

Chapter 285 Firearms Trading

Nanfeng wrote back and truthfully told Jiang and Hu what he saw and heard in Tutai Village.

Jiang Lian was very happy to hear that Mr. Wei was full of praise for the Jiang family.

After all, how many people can live without being greedy for fame and fortune?

Hu Xiaoyan, however, only cares about the situation in Dongfeng. She has to be careful when working against the Japanese, for if the news leaks out, the consequences will be disastrous.

Although Zhang Zhengdong is a bit arrogant, not good at words, and takes his time no matter what he does, slow work brings out fine work. Dongfeng is the most thoughtful among Si Fengkou, but his personality is more withdrawn. He has the age to be an elder brother, but not the demeanor to be one. .

Wang Zhengnan replied: "Sister-in-law, according to your instructions, Brother Dong stayed at Tutai Village to guard."

Hearing this, Jiang Lianheng no longer had any worries, so he ordered Nanfeng to go down to the basement, take out the spear left by his father and the others, and let Xifeng escort him to Tutai Village.

The Jiang family's mansion is equipped with basements, dungeons and secret passages. This is a lesson learned after the Baijiayao suffered a loss.

The "big and small yellow croakers", "trolls" and "flesh" saved from daily business are all stored in it.

In the whole family, apart from Jiang and Hu, only Si Fengkou and Xiao Hua knew about this matter.

Wang Zhengnan took the key from his sister-in-law, turned around and left the study, went down to the first floor, followed the corridor to the door of the small room at the end of the east side, opened the door with a "click".

This hut is small in area, only six or seven square meters. There is a narrow window close to the roof, which is usually blocked by a curtain.

Servants and younger brothers were strictly prohibited from approaching this place because the tablets of Jiang Chenghai, Li Tianwei, Sun Chengmo and Jin Xiaoyi were enshrined in the house.

Wang Zhengnan locked the door, first knelt on the futon, kowtowed respectfully three times, then stood up, muttering "Uncles and gentlemen, you're disturbing me", and carefully moved the altar table away to expose the underside of the altar. heavy iron door.

After unlocking the second door, he opened the iron door with a buzzing sound and pressed the light switch next to the altar table.

The dark entrance flickered several times, and a yellow light illuminated a stone staircase.

Wang Zhengnan wrinkled his face, waved his sleeves, then lowered his head and walked in slowly.

Although there are ventilation openings in dungeons and secret passages to prevent accidents, the air underground is still very turbid.

There is a third lock on the iron door of the basement. There is a large space reserved inside, but the things stored are somewhat insufficient to see.

On the shelf on the left, there were more than a dozen "big yellow croakers" wrapped in red silk. At Hu Xiaoyan's request, the family began to exchange some of the small foreign bills into cash and exchange them for gold bars; on the ground on the right, there was a Inside the wooden box was a long gun wrapped in oilcloth.

Wang Zhengnan grabbed the ring handle and dragged the wooden box to the stairs in reverse direction.

When he was about to move it up, there was a sudden sound of "clattering" chains behind him.

Wang Zhengnan hesitated for a moment, then finally straightened up and groped around all over his body, then turned around and asked into the darkness at the far end: "Do you want sandwich candies?"

There was no response, but Nanfeng still threw the candy in his hand far away...

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It’s six o’clock in the evening, and the sun is setting over the western mountains.

Half a mile from the east entrance of Tutai Village, an old poplar tree with a crooked neck was standing naked at the intersection.

Lao Ding and Shi Erlong had been waiting here with two other tenant farmers, standing on tiptoes and stretching their necks, looking longingly toward the southeast.

"Old Ding, what are we waiting for here?" Shi Erlong asked impatiently, "It's been half an hour, and it will be dark soon. You have to tell us what we are waiting for!"

The old housekeeper held his stomach and said, "Just wait if I ask you to wait. Don't ask around. You'll find out soon."

"Are you going to buy something?" Shi Erlong squinted and smiled, "I see you've been carrying your belly for a long time. It's bulging. You brought a lot of money, right?"

"Erlangzi, what are you going to do?" Lao Ding glared warily, "I'm warning you, don't even think about it!"

"Old Ding, what do you mean? I have learned it now."

"You can still learn well? Tsk! I've seen you since you were a child, and when you stick your butt out, I know what shit you're going to do! If you don't learn well every day, and you sneak around, your family will only have two acres of land that you can cause trouble to. Oh, you don’t even understand!”

"Don't you fucking look down on people. Now that the Japanese are here, I'm working my ass off, all for the sake of my master and my fellow villagers. It's better for you. Every day, you're either picking holes or saying soft words! People like you will definitely be considered traitors in the event of a war!"

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, the tenant farmer next to them hurriedly came over to try to persuade them.

Shi Erlong still refused to give up and defended himself loudly: "If you don't farm, you can't learn? Why should I farm all my life? In the future, I will be a soldier and shoot the Japanese with a gun. I am better than you!"

"Just you?" Lao Ding sneered and said disdainfully, "You are afraid of being tired from doing farm work, and you still want to be a soldier? You should pay off all the debts you owe me first!"

While he was talking, a blue carriage was slowly approaching not far away.

The old housekeeper stopped bickering with the young man and immediately took two quick steps to greet him.

Wang Zhengnan got off the car in front of the old poplar tree, lifted the wooden box containing the gun to the ground, clapped his hands, and said to everyone: "Let's inspect the goods!"

Shi Erlong looked at the box, then at Nanfeng, curled his lips, and cursed: "Why are you such a traitor again? It's not over, right? During the day, the master told you to get out, why didn't you hear it? "?" Lao Ding immediately scolded: "Erlongzi, shut up! The Jiang family is here to help us!"

"Help us?" Shi Erlong asked suspiciously, "Why didn't you tell me about this? What's in this box?"

"That's because I'm afraid that you guys can't keep your mouth shut and talk nonsense everywhere!" Old Ding turned to apologize to Nan Feng, "Mr. Wang, I'm sorry, this young man is ignorant, don't be as knowledgeable as him!"

"It's okay!"

Wang Zhengnan didn't care, he opened the box and introduced: "Four Hanyang-made 'Hubei Tiaozi', three Oriental 'Golden Hook Rifles', two German Committee's 'Old Sockets', each with fifty rounds." "Xunzi', do you order?"

Bandits are rampant outside the customs, and anyone with some financial resources has a gun at home for self-defense.

In addition to all kinds of shotguns, you can also get a "pout-handled" pistol at your side.

This kind of thing has rough workmanship and can only fire one bullet at a time. Even a blacksmith can make it. The cost is low and the price is only an ocean.

Those from better-off families should prepare two or three "earth five" guns. Although the accuracy is extremely poor, and they may explode after a few dozen shots, they are expensive and cheap, and they are enough for home care and nursing home care.

However, the people lack the common sense of firearm maintenance, and the rifles in their hands often fail to function.

The "Tu Da Wu" that Mr. Wei originally prepared at home gradually became unusable due to age and dust.

When Shi Erlong saw so many spears, his eyes suddenly lit up. He leaned over to get them, but was stopped by the housekeeper Old Ding.

"Mr. Wang, thank you for your hard work. This is the money prepared according to your requirements. Please keep it."

Old Ding took out a red silk package from his arms and handed it to Wang Zhengnan.

There is no fixed price for guns and ammunition, and prices fluctuate depending on time and place.

When a brand-new "Hubei Sliver" reaches the outside world, it costs 45 yuan to pay for it alone.

But these guns of the Jiang family, although they are well maintained, are after all used by the older generation. They are old and cannot be sold at a high price. They only give the Wei family 37 yuan a piece, plus five imported ones. Loading the bullet cost more than 500 yuan.

Wang Zhengnan took the red silk package, turned around and opened it in the carriage to take a look - one large yellow croaker and three small yellow croakers.

He bit it with his teeth and found a mark, then put it into his arms.

"Okay! Money and goods are cleared!" Wang Zhengnan turned around and asked, "Do you still want to try the gun?"

Old Ding quickly waved his hands and said with a smile: "The master said when I came here that Jiang Shaoxia's family has a great business and there is no need to defraud us of this small amount of money. We can just go back and try again."

"Don't worry, if you have any questions, come to the city to see us at any time." Wang Zhengnan looked at Shi Erlong and asked with a smile, "How about it, brother, don't you need to scold me again this time?"

Shi Erlong rolled his eyes and immediately put on a smile, but said: "Hey, misunderstanding! What a misunderstanding! Thank you so much. This time we have guns, let's see who dares to bully us! If the little devil dares to come again, I will Kill them!"

"It's best not to be impulsive!" Before leaving, Wang Zhengnan did not forget to ask, "Steward Ding, go back and tell Mr. Wei for me, don't say that the Jiang family gave you the gun."

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The business was done and Wang Zhengnan was in a good mood.

This is the Jiang family's first arms deal. The amount is not large, but it is a new beginning from scratch.

More than two hours later, Wang Zhengnan drove a carriage back to the city alone. He touched the gold bars in his arms and wondered how much money his sister-in-law would let him get from this business.

The more I thought about it, the happier I became. When I returned to the north of Fengtian City, my steamed bun face had turned into a dumpling shape. But as soon as I entered the gate of the house, I found that the housekeepers all had sullen faces and very serious expressions.

The lights in the house were brightly lit, and Jiang Lianheng's yelling and cursing could be heard from far away.

"Nanfeng, are you back?" Xiaohua opened the door and greeted in a low voice.

"What happened?" Wang Zhengnan tiptoed through the entrance hall and poked his head into the room.

But in the living room, Jiang Lianheng had a dark face and was sitting on the sofa, smoking sullenly. Except for Hu Xiaoyan, who was sitting next to him, Xifeng, Beifeng and Han Xinyuan were all standing separately, and there was a person in the middle. Liu Yansheng was supposed to stay in Yingkou.

"Why are you back, Old Liu?" Wang Zhengnan asked in a low voice.

Xiaohua muttered behind her: "I heard just now that there was something wrong with the company, and the insured goods were lost. They said that the goods were insured, and they had to pay over a thousand yuan!"

"Nonsense, how could you lose so much money?"

Wang Zhengnan didn't believe it. The insurance company had just opened and the business hadn't started yet. Most of the pharmacies led by Tong Saner followed suit. How could such a big thing happen?

He could think of only two possibilities - either the Japanese were causing trouble, or someone was cheating!

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