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Yang Rui returned to school with a bunch of guns and immediately called Leo over to help look at the goods. In fact, Christian knew that he would definitely go to Leo for staff afterwards, so he was very realistic from the beginning - of course, this was only in terms of gun performance. Leo was familiar with these guns, and there was no problem with the performance except for the British guns, but suddenly he saw the "oVs" mark on the gun and chuckled, "Those guys have finally found a dirty person." ”

"What, this is dirty?" Yang Rui was surprised, "Could it be that these things were stolen?" ”

Leo shook his head and said, "Not stolen exactly, but hidden." These guns are all from the Republic of Orange, in the previous years of war, Orange Bloemfontein was occupied by the British, and Johannesburg seemed to be unable to hold, everyone decided to transport gold and arms to the rear of Barberton, which is a mountainous area, so a lot of things can only be scattered and hidden in various caves, at the end of the war according to the agreement of the peace talks, all guns must be handed over to the British, so someone secretly hid some of the things in the cave. Christian, as a quartermaster, knew about this, so he also got some gold and other things, and the manor was bought with the gold that was allocated, as well as the three Maxim River and two Krupp cannons that are now used in the military academy. ”

"Ah, so the gun isn't Christian's. It seems that it was talked about for a long time. Yang Rui always thought that this batch of guns Christian had a share, but now he knows that he was just a middleman.

Leo knew the details of the arms thieves, and Christian was able to convince them to sell the hot stuff. "Those people can't sell these guns themselves, and Christian will easily convince them when he goes. As far as I know, this is also the case in the Transvaal, and there are many more of them, estimating at least forty or fifty thousand rifles. At that time, many people did not believe that the British would abide by the agreement, and they were afraid that they would be deceived by the British into disarming and then executing them, so they secretly left some of the arms in the mountainous area, and then went out to surrender. Yang, these guns are all German, most of them perform very well, you can buy them all. ”

Yang Rui is right to think about it, these hidden things can only be sold secretly in case the British know, even if they are not sneaky, like Christian's machine guns and cannons have been put open for a year without a buyer. "The good news is that you can buy them all. But Leo, I bought so many guns, but there are only 30,000 bullets, and there are only three bullets for each rifle, what should I do with these bullets? Those guys can hide their guns, why don't they hide more bullets? ”

Yang Rui's shallow understanding of war made Leo only shake his head, "Because there were no bullets at that time." The war lasted two years and six months, the British blockaded all the ports, there were their patrol boats on the coast, there was no way to bring in what was outside, all the ammunition and food were used up, and even the clothes had to be taken off those British prisoners and dead bodies. These 30,000 should be the last remaining inventory. Christian will have a way to deal with the bullets, and the arms are all brought from German West Africa during the war, and the biggest arms dealer there is called the smoker, the Dutchman, who is a knight. He knows a lot of big people, and if you want to buy bullets and ammunition, you can look for him. Christian knew him. Leo was very depressed when he thought of the tragedy of the war, and went out after finishing his words in a low voice with Yang Rui on his back.

Yang Rui pondered the information he was saying, not noticing when he left like this. I just thought in my heart, I can't see that Christian is still so capable, buying a gun is indeed a big problem, Yang Rui originally figured out that Guò McNeill was in the United States to solve it, but now it seems that it can be solved here. Although these rifles are second-hand, they are all active equipment, although they are not as good as the Mauser 98, but they are indeed much better than the kind of Manlisha that those foreign companies in Shanghai showed him. 40,000 rifles can't be bought at once, they can be put into next year, and the total price is only 400,000 yuan, and the ammunition is neither second-hand nor second-hand, according to the market in Shanghai, it is about 40 yuan per 1,000 bullets, and if each gun is equipped with 100, it will cost 160,000 yuan, and if it is 200, it will cost 320,000 yuan. He didn't know how many bullets he had consumed in the war of this era, and when he looked up and wanted to ask Leo, he didn't know when he was gone.

This 10,000 guns cost 100,000 yuan, and if the bullets are counted as 100 yuan per gun, it costs 40,000 yuan, and the reserve fund is a total of 150,000 yuan. This money is not a problem, even if there is more money, it is not a big problem, it can be embezzled from the factory, but Yu Huizu is estimated to be unable to hide it, so he can only sue him for some things. Another problem is transportation and storage; 10,000 rifles and 1 million bullets are still quite a lot, and the guns and bullets weigh nearly 80 tons; how to find reliable cargo ships to transport them back to China is a difficult problem, and how to transport them into Tonghua when they arrive in China is another difficult problem; there is also the fact that the army will not be formed until the middle of next year, and how to store some munitions after this half a year is also a problem.

If we don't get arms into Tonghua this year, then we won't have a chance next year. According to the information, the Japanese army began to cross the river after the Yalu River thawed in April or May next year, and after the Russian army retreated, they completely controlled the river surface in the area of Andong (now Dandong) at the mouth of the Yalu River, and the transportation was basically confiscated by then. It can only be transported in before January this year, and thousands of boxes of things can only be transported by water if they want to keep secret, before the news that the sales of Tonghua came back, the water volume of the Hunjiang River in the summer is still very abundant, the water width of the Hunjiang River near Tonghua County is about 8o meters, the downstream is 25o meters wide, the water depth is 2-3 meters at ordinary times, the water depth is 4-7 meters during the deglaciation period and summer, and the water depth is about 1-2 meters during the dry season. Yang Rui didn't know how to ship, but he guessed that a ship of one or two hundred tons would still be able to go before the dry season in October. As for how to hide the things when they get there, it depends on the kung fu of Comrade Zhong Guanguan.

In the afternoon, Yang Rui asked about the bank's wire transfer requirements, and after the overall plan was briefed, he sent a telegram to Wang Jitong together with the remittance wire transfer information, and when the students' training entered the third week, Christian and Wang Jitong's telegram arrived at the same time, the telegram was very brief, except for the wire transfer password, only said that Tong Guò Adego borrowed 200,000 yuan, and exchanged it for pounds sterling had been telegraphed. Zhong Guanguan had already set off for Tonghua more than ten days ago, looking for suitable short-distance boats and storage locations, and other things were a smooth lì.

With money in his hand, he didn't panic, Yang Rui smiled and looked at Christian who came back from a long trip, this fat man doesn't look like a fat man now, he is completely an arsenal. "Christian, how's it going, did you have a nice trip?"

Christian came to school in a hurry, sweating on his nose, "Thank God, it's smooth." My friends would have been reluctant to sell these excellent rifles at such a low price, but, as you know, there is absolutely no need to keep so many guns now, so they finally agreed to your bid. Yang, you've really picked up a big bargain. Christian had a reluctant look on his face, as if the guns were his lifeline.

Maybe he should be a businessman rather than a manor owner, Yang Rui thought. "I've regretted it since you left, Christian," Yang Rui was about to joke with him, Christian was surprised to hear this, Yang Rui ignored him, and continued: "My friends also think it's stupid to buy some second-hand guns used in the war at that price, and they are very unhappy that I only bought guns, but not bullets, you see the telegram I just received." Yang Ruiyang raised the telegram in his hand and looked serious.

Christian's face changed greatly, "Yang, I can help you solve the problem of bullets, during the war, the British sealed the coast to death, and there were a large number of bullets in southwest Africa." After the war, no one wanted these things. As long as the price is right, they are happy to sell what they have in stock. Also, this time I met people from the former Transvaal government in Pretoria, and they also had a batch of guns to shoot, about 40,000 to 50,000 of them, and they were all Mauser 96 and 95 rifles, and there was no Type 88. But the price is relatively high," he glanced at Yang Rui when he said this, Yang Rui was still drinking tea, pretending to be unmoved, seeing that he didn't catch an appetite, Christian continued: "They hope to be able to sell it at a price of thirty-five marks." ”

After listening to his words, Yang Rui deliberately endured it for a while before he asked casually: "Why are they so expensive, the guns are all the same." ”

Christian was very curious, "Leo didn't tell you where these guns came from?" ”

"What is the origin, Leo only said that the performance of this gun is good, and that you have finally found a person who sells stolen goods." Yang Rui said in a steady tone.

"Oh, how could he say that? He also has a share in this estate. Christian shouted. Young, let's be honest, these guns were actually made out of Orange, and of course, I didn't know about it until the fact. ……”

"Mr. Christian," Yang Rui interrupted him, "I don't care how this gun came about, I only care about the price and the performance of the gun." I didn't care about what happened before. Well, you haven't said why the asking price of the Transvaal is so high? ”

Christian calmed down, "Actually, the Transvaal's gun was set aside by the government to prevent accidents, while the Orange's gun was secretly left by several quartermasters, all of whom were worried that the British would renege on the agreement. Now it is these few people who are selling and robbing, and everyone needs money; And the Transvaal sold the guns to the government, which they bought for eighty marks, and now considers the price of thirty-five marks reasonable. ”

Yang Rui finally understood what was going on, it seems that the Transvaal side is the government, no wonder the price is not low. I don't have the money to buy it this year, and if I want to buy it, I will only talk about it next year, so let's drag it out first. After figuring out this section, Yang Rui said: "Christian, my friend has already remitted the money, and there is no problem with the transaction. But there are still a few issues to be solved, otherwise the deal will be difficult to complete. One is that there are not enough bullets, which you say is easy to solve, and then there is another problem that this gun is in the mountains, how do we pull it out? And after pulling it out, how do I get these guns and bullets to China? ”

"Bullets are easy to buy, and I'll telegraph to the Dutch in South West Africa in a while, he has a lot of bullets in his hand that were not sold in the last war, and the price is not too high, and those 7mm caliber bullets have been in his hands for almost two years, and there has been nowhere to sell them. As for transporting guns, I can ask the workers of the estate to help, ten thousand rifles are five hundred boxes, and twenty wagons are enough. We walked Eswatini and the whole trip took only three days. Christian seems to have a plan in mind, "As for the shipment to China, I can ask the Dutch for help, he has a lot of connections and can find a ship to the Far East." It just so happens that you can transport the bullets from him and load the rifles with us, and as for how to enter the customs on the coast of China, you can only figure it out yourself. ”

Yang Rui's problem is to transport it over so safely, as long as he arrives on the coast of China, he can find a small island bay and stop for a while, and then change the big boat to a small boat for a short barge. The key is how Zhong Guanguan transports things into Tonghua, this is actually smuggling, I don't know if he can handle this matter. So the time of the plan still has to be determined according to his arrangement. Yang Rui first asked Christian to arrange the transportation of the guns first, the vehicles and horses and personnel had to be prepared in advance, the Dutch bullets should also follow, the inquiry or something had to be done first, and it was necessary to understand how much time it would take to arrange the ship, and then sent a telegram to Wang Ji to inform the situation here, and let Shanghai notify this side after the plan was made to determine the departure time.