Plane hunting

Chapter 37 Let Him Search!
At noon, Huang Shaohong invited Joanna and Wiggins to have lunch. The former would stay here to learn martial arts, so he readily agreed. The latter might feel ashamed, so he used an excuse to go back to the boat first, but anyone can do it. I can see the displeasure on this guy's face.

After lunch, Lin Yunkai began to teach Joanna the basic skills, together with Aunt Shisan and Yacasu.

Pork Rong brought back all the firearms with the people from the militia, including both long and short guns. The long gun is the British "Lee-Enfield rifle", which is the Lee's rifle, and the short gun is the "6-round burst revolver", which is the British product. The 'Webley Revolver'.

According to Joanna, the 'Webley Revolver' is already a pistol equipped by the British regular army, and even a motley army like Wiggins is not qualified to equip it. Of course, this is mainly because the price is too expensive compared to the flintlock pistol. .

Huang Shaohong really didn't expect that there was a revolver in this era, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed immediately. The revolver is easy to use, and the revolver is equivalent to having a magazine. The six bursts are easy to hide, and it is perfect for assassination.

These firearms and bullets were packed into more than [-] large boxes, and there were two separate large wooden boxes containing two 'Maxim Heavy Machine Guns'.

The steward belonging to the British Kemp family who followed Zhurourong was a middle-aged foreigner named 'Aipuning', who looked like a philistine, and said bluntly to Huang Shaohong:
"If it wasn't for Miss Joanna, we would never have sold you these weapons. After all, this order is too small!"

"In addition, I would like to remind you that these firearms were originally intended to be sold to your Qing government. Because of Miss Joanna's request, these weapons were temporarily embezzled from the Qing government's order."

"So it's okay to talk about other weapons. It's best not to use these two 'Maximum heavy machine guns' for a short time. If the news leaks, we will be in trouble!"

Huang Shaohong nodded calmly. These two things were bought to deal with foreign devils like you, and of course they would not be used lightly.

After the two parties inspected the goods and confirmed that they were correct, Aipuning did the calculations, including the guns and ammunition, and wrote the price on a receipt and handed it to Huang Shaohong.

Huang Shaohong took a glance and was startled. The other party actually offered these weapons a price of 80 silver dollars, which was even said to be a discounted price.

He really wanted to roll up his arms and sleeves and ask the other party what he was doing?What's wrong with Nima Mingqian?

At this moment, Huang Shaohong even had the urge to kill all these foreigners and eat black people. He took the price list and took a closer look, and found that the most expensive one was the "Maximum Heavy Machine Gun". A machine gun cost 20 yuan. silver dollar.

This does not include the money for ammunition. It is said that this gun can fire 1 rounds of bullets in one minute, which is simply a money-burning machine.

The arms dealer looked at his words, and when he saw Huang Shaohong saw the price of the heavy machine gun, his expression was not very good, and he immediately smiled and said:
"It doesn't matter if you don't buy it. When Li Hongzhang Zhongtang of the Qing Dynasty came to visit our British Empire, he took a fancy to this 'Maxim Heavy Machine Gun'. At that time, he also said it was too expensive. In the end, he only bought 3 guns and went back to study it. It is said that the "Jinling Manufacturing Bureau" of the Qing Dynasty has long started to imitate."

"However, I heard that there are too many defects in the imitated products, so production has been discontinued, but there are still some finished products left. If you want to buy cheap ones, for the sake of Miss Joanna, I can contact you for you to buy those defective ones. Taste!"

"Nimma, you are saying that it is a defective product, and you still let me buy it. This is Chiguoguo's contempt!" Of course, Huang Shaohong couldn't be cowardly, he really needed this thing, and immediately gritted his teeth: "Who said I won't buy it, you Wait here for me to get you money!"

He turned back and went into his room, sorted out the silver dollars in the luggage, and put all the more than 52 silver dollars back into the original three big boxes. After sorting out, he called Zhurourong, Lin Yunkai and others to come in to move the money.

After the three big boxes were moved out, Huang Shaohong took out the red sandalwood box containing the gold bars with heartache, thinking that these should be enough, but the reality was cruel, silver dollars plus gold bars were not enough.

Huang Shaohong had no choice but to subsidize the savings of Bao Zhilin's two generations for many years, and only then did he barely make up enough money.

Watching Epnin order his subordinates to leave with the money, Huang Shaohong secretly scolded the British for being too profiteering. If the money was modern, it would probably be enough to buy a row of bazookas at the US imperial side.

Zhu Zhurong led the militia members to withdraw first, and while Aunt Thirteen and Joanna were learning Kung Fu together, he put all these weapons in his luggage without unpacking them.

Putting away his weapons, Huang Shaohong sat in the flower hall, looked at the few people who were learning martial arts in the courtyard outside, and wondered in his heart if he was about to destroy a few more gangsters to enrich his pockets, when the door of Baozhilin was suddenly pushed open .

Seeing the newly appointed admiral rushing in with a team of Qing soldiers, Lin Yunkai, who was teaching martial arts, quickly turned around to stop him: "What do you want to do?"

The admiral smiled proudly: "Someone reported that you Baozhilin bought firearms privately, my lord wants to search Baozhilin!"

He swept his eyes, and couldn't help being startled when he saw Joanna, then bowed slightly, and saw Huang Shaohong sitting in the flower hall, and immediately walked over with a big smile: "Huang Feihong, I want to search your Baozhilin!"

When he spoke, he had a determined look, as if he was determined to find firearms in Baozhilin.

Everyone in Baozhilin panicked, because they all knew about Huang Shaohong's purchase of weapons. Lin Yunkai even pulled out a red-tasseled gun from the weapon rack. With a flick of the spear, the tip of the gun trembled: "I see who dares to search for it!"

The admiral's face darkened. Instead of looking at Lin Yunkai, he looked at Huang Feihong and said gloomyly, "Huang Feihong, do you Baozhilin want to rebel?"

Huang Shaohong calmly picked up the teacup beside him, took a sip, and then said to Lin Yunkai, "Let him search!"

"Phenom!"

"Master!"

Thirteenth Aunt and Lin Yunkai both exclaimed, they couldn't figure out what Huang Shaohong was thinking, the firearm was obviously in the courtyard behind the flower hall, wouldn't it be stolen if the Qing soldiers searched it!
Huang Shaohong is speechless, isn't this place without 300 taels of silver, but he also knows that he can't blame Thirteenth Aunt and the others, after all, they all think that the firearms are behind.

Joanna stepped forward and said, "My lord, I am also Bao Zhilin's disciple, can you show me some face!"

She spoke English, but the admiral is also fluent in foreign languages, so she could hear clearly, and said with a smile on her face: "Miss, this is an internal matter of our Qing Dynasty. Although your status is noble, you can't Obstruct the government to handle the case!"

Huang Shaohong waved his hand at Joanna: "Don't stop me, let them search it!"

The admiral was afraid that Joanna would obstruct him, so he waved his hand at Huang Shaohong's words: "Search for me!"

The Qing soldiers under him immediately rushed in and turned the whole Baozhi Forest into a mess in a short time, but found nothing.

The admiral has been receiving reports from his subordinates, and no firearms have been found in Baozhilin.

He was confident that the news he had obtained was absolutely reliable, so he naturally didn't believe what his subordinates said, so he went to search for it himself, and the result surprised him. He searched inside and out, but there was no trace of firearms.

The admiral finally gave Huang Shaohong a hard look, and then said to the Qing soldiers: "Let's go!"

"Slow!" Huang Shaohong took a step forward and stood in front of the admiral, who asked angrily, "Huang Feihong, what do you want to do?"

Huang Shaohong waved his hand, signaling him not to be nervous, and then said lightly: "The admiral said to handle the case, I opened the door for you to search, but you didn't find anything, so it proves that Huang is innocent, right?"

The admiral snorted coldly: "Don't say it too early, if you are guilty or not, I have to investigate thoroughly first!"

Huang Shaohong smiled and said: "Let's not talk about it after that, judging from the evidence that the admiral currently has, Huang is still innocent, right!"

The admiral was asked such a question, and he wanted to get mad, but he thought that there were international friends present. He turned his head and found that the British noble girl was looking at this side, and the four-eyed buck-toothed girl next to her was translating for her. His conversation with Huang Shaohong.

Immediately, he gave him an ugly smile, and then replied to Huang Shaohong: "It looks like this at the moment!"

Only then did Huang Shaohong point to various places in Baozhilin and said: "Since Huang is innocent, then my lord and his subordinates messed around, broke vases, tea cups, doors, tables and chairs, should they be compensated for these losses?" How about leaving later?"

"It's a joke, there is no reason for the court to pay for the case!" The admiral said with a sneer confidently.

Huang Shaohong turned to Joanna: "Apprentice, later you will send what you saw and heard today to your British newspaper, so that foreign friends can also see what kind of virtue our Qing officials are!"

Listening to Ya Casu's translation, Joanna was startled for a moment, then realized it randomly, and said with a smile: "Yes, Master, I will publicize this incident when I go back, so that our European society can also see the true colors of Qing officials." !"

"You..." the admiral pointed at Huang Shaohong, so angry that he was speechless. After a while, he took out a bank note from his sleeve and threw it over: "Save it for the coffin!" After speaking, he turned his head and left.

Huang Shaohong took it and looked at the number of 'five hundred dragon oceans' on it and put it away with satisfaction, then shouted to the admiral who left in a hurry: "Don't worry, I bought a coffin for you to keep!"

The admiral, who was about to go out, staggered suddenly. If he hadn't been supported by his own soldiers, he might have fallen here in a tumble!

After the admiral left, Joanna stepped forward and said, "Master, this matter will never be revealed by my people!" She did not doubt the loyalty of her family's subordinates at all.

Huang Shaohong nodded: "Don't guess, it must be done by Wiggins!" He turned his head and looked in the direction of the pier and said to himself: "Wiggins, let's settle this account slowly, don't worry!"

(End of this chapter)