Chapter 55: Good News
There are a lot of explosives in this warehouse, but Lu Yuan has no way to take them all, and when Lu Yuan is secretly hesitating, a terrible alarm suddenly sounded in the port area. Lu Yuan's heart was shocked, thinking that the bodies of those Japanese patrols who were shot by himself had been discovered, Lu Yuan didn't dare to hesitate any longer, and immediately used grenades to arrange tricks in the warehouse, and then left the warehouse and immediately stayed away from here.
The port area was already full of hushing and harmony, a large number of lights were on, and Lu Yuan's full-view map was also full of fast-moving red dots, and for a while, Lu Yuan couldn't even see how many Japanese soldiers were looking for him in the port area. However, this is not a serious matter for Lu Yuan, he doesn't want to fight in the port area this time, and it is enough to get explosives. So when the first explosion was heard in the port area, Lu Yuan had already exited the port area along the way he came, and he even passed by the Japanese convoy again on the way back to the trading house.
Lu Yuan, who returned to the trading house, immediately went into the basement, and the explosives he got back from the port area almost filled half of the basement, and these explosives were enough for Lu Yuan to load thousands of crossbow arrows. The fact that the port area was infiltrated and bombs were planted in several of the warehouses made the Japanese army in Tianjin even more annoyed, but no matter how they searched and investigated, they could not find the slightest trace or clue, and this security matter seemed to have become a headless mystery.
"Lao Ma, I have a batch of Japanese rifles and bullets here, do you want the underground party? Don't want money, I'll give it to you for free this time, and I will deliver it to your door. At noon the next day, Lu Yuan went to the Hutchison Tea House again, and the first thing he said to Ma Baocheng, the shopkeeper of the tea house, was that he mentioned the weapons and ammunition he had seized in the port area last night. Ma Baocheng didn't know if Lu Yuan's words were true or false, so he didn't react immediately, but raised his eyes to look at Lu Yuan, trying to see the reason from Lu Yuan's expression.
Lu Yuan, who was stared at by Ma Baocheng, suddenly laughed, "Old Ma, what do you want to do when you keep staring at me like this?" Isn't it because there are students in your underground party who want me to help escort them? Let me tell you first, this batch of weapons, you can talk about it if you want it or not, it is not a good deal to catch up, and when I am free, I will give it to the military commander will be the same. Lu Yuan's words carried a hint of strength, so that Ma Baocheng could be regarded as waking up.
"Yes, we want what you say, and we don't want what you give away for nothing." Ma Baocheng hurriedly picked up the teapot and took the initiative to help Lu Yuan refill the tea, and then asked Lu Yuan in a low voice. "What happened last night has nothing to do with you, right? Don't tell me that you did what happened last night, and the weapons and ammunition that were given to us for free were also hot goods from the port area. Ma Baocheng's expression suddenly became very strange, and there was a hint of uneasiness and eagerness in his tone.
Lu Yuan glanced at Ma Baocheng, then picked up the teacup in front of him and took a sip slowly, and then Ma Baocheng looked at him eagerly, and then said slowly. "That's right, I did what happened last night, and I killed the new head of the special high school a few days ago. How? Did I do these things against your underground party? Lu Yuan's last rhetorical question almost didn't make Ma Baocheng stop breathing immediately.
"Before you move in the future, can you say hello to us first, we have a batch of goods in the port area, you made such a fuss last night, our goods can't be taken out, maybe there is a possibility of being detained by the Japanese army, you say that it is not troublesome." Ma Baocheng's words were reasonable, but he overlooked one thing, that is, Lu Yuan was not a member of their underground party, and Ma Baocheng himself did not have the power to accuse Lu Yuan of how to act.
As soon as Ma Baocheng said this, Lu Yuan also lost his temper, and immediately put the teacup still in his hand on the table, and said to Ma Baocheng with a cold face. "According to your statement, then every time I kill a Japanese soldier in the future, I must ask you for instructions and report in advance." Before Ma Baocheng could react, Lu Yuan had already gotten up and left, leaving Ma Baocheng stunned and at a loss.
returned to the trading house with a belly full of anger, but saw that Hogg, who had disappeared early in the morning on weekdays, unexpectedly appeared in the office, and when Lu Yuan entered the door, Hogg seemed to be arguing with Schuchmann about something. "God, boss, you're finally back." Seeing Lu Yuan coming back, Hogg opened his arms very exaggeratedly and had a bear hug with Lu Yuan. Lu Yuan, who didn't know anything, pushed Hogg away and asked Schuhman with his eyes, but Hogg answered Lu first.
"Boss, it's Mr. Hans who has sent a telegram, boss, that the places you have provided to the German government have already been oiled, and I heard that the Führer intends to invite you to Germany again, Mr. Hans said that the Führer has sent a special envoy to Shanghai, hoping to meet with you." Listening to Hogg say that the Germans have been pumping oil from their homeland, this is undoubtedly good news for Lu Yuan, once Germany can solve the problem of oil shortage after the outbreak of the war from its own territory, the war in Europe will last longer, which is an excellent opportunity for China.
But for the meeting with the Führer's envoy, Lu Yuan was a little hesitant, the last time he went to Berlin, Lu Yuan had already told everything he could remember, if Hitler really invited himself to Berlin to meet again, Lu Yuan probably didn't know how to face Hitler. "Boss, this might be a good opportunity." Shu Heman saw what Lu Yuan was thinking, and immediately reminded Lu Yuan.
"The assault rifle you designed, it is said that the SS has planned to equip the troops, and if the German government passes the draft equipment of the Wehrmacht, then the Mauser rifles they have replaced will only be piled up in the warehouse and moldy and rotten. Instead of piling these Mauser rifles in the warehouse for nothing, it is better to spend money to buy these arms from the German government, and then sell them to the national government or the Eighth Route Army, the big deal is that we don't make their money. ”
Schuchman's words made Lu Yuan's eyes light up, that's right, since the Germans already have their own designed assault rifles, wouldn't the Mauser rifles they were originally equipped with only be piled up in the warehouse and dusted. I believe it should not be difficult to say that he does not not pay the German government money to buy arms, but to spend money on the purchase of arms based on his contributions to Germany. The more Lu Yuan thought about it, the happier he became, and he actually laughed out loud between his hands and dances, which made Hogg and Schuchmann think that Lu Yuan was suffering from hysteria.
The decision to return to Shanghai was agreed with Hogg, and Schuchmann was sent to buy a ticket, while Lu Yuan plunged headlong into the basement to take a good inventory of how much money he still had. The most secret iron box in the basement was opened by Lu Yuan, and the gold bars and banknotes of various countries in the box were all piled on the table by Lu Yuan, and after Lu Yuan carefully counted them, he found that the money he had saved after coming to Tianjin was really not enough, and there were only more than 30 gold bars and banknotes worth more than 3,000 US dollars.
Lu Yuan still gave some of the money to Hogg, but according to Lu Yuan's recollection, Hogg didn't necessarily have more money in his hand than in this box. During lunch, Lu Yuan learned that Schuhman had bought a ticket to return to Shanghai the day after tomorrow, and he suddenly had an idea in his heart, and he thought of those Tianjin gangsters who secretly worked for the Japanese. After lunch, Lu Yuan pulled Shu Heman out mysteriously, and the two drove around in Tianjin, and Lu Yuan also secretly locked a few places.
For two nights in a row, Lu Yuan took Schuchman out mysteriously after dinner, and then returned to the firm in the early hours of the morning. Fortunately, Hogg had already been accustomed to this, and he had already roughly guessed what Lu Yuan and the others were doing, and since they were both safe and sound, Hogg didn't bother to ask. It wasn't until the morning of the third day that Lu Yuan revealed the mystery to Hogg, and looked at the ocean of gold bars and banknotes full of four suitcases in front of him, Hogg suddenly smiled from ear to ear.
"Hogg, send a telegram to Mr. Hans, saying that he has a business to discuss with him, and I hope he will have enough gold ready." Lu Yuan originally wanted to exchange a large amount of gold in Shanghai through Hansen, but suddenly, Lu Yuan suddenly thought of the Japanese military documents and materials he had obtained from the Japanese military police headquarters in Tianjin. These things are worthless in the eyes of ordinary people, but in the eyes of veteran agents like Hans, they are priceless treasures.
Lu Yuan selected some Japanese military materials to pack, but even so, their luggage exceeded a dozen suitcases, and there was really no way to take care of them with the four of them. "Don't get in the way, when we board the ship, let the staff in the trading house send us off. When we arrive in Shanghai, ask Mr. Hans to send someone to meet us at the docks, and I will send them a telegram in advance. Hogg's suggestion was the most direct and useful, which made Lu Yuan involuntarily nod his head and agree.
"Brother, is the house in Shanghai really bigger than here?" I heard that I was going to live in a big house in Shanghai, Wang Hu was the happiest one, and he was taken by Hogg and Schuchmann to turn around the entire city of Tianjin, Wang Hu seemed to be looking forward to going to Shanghai to have a look, especially the Shanghai snacks that Hogg said. When it came to boarding the boat at noon, Lu Yuan and his party were the most eye-catching group on the dock, because there were more than a dozen of them, each with a suitcase, but only Lu Yuan and the four of them actually took the boat.
The cruise ship slowly sailed away from the dock, and Lu Yuanyuan, who was standing on the deck, looked at the Tianjin wharf that was gradually moving away, and said with a secret smile in his heart, he would come back, but when he came back to Tianjin, he hoped that the Tianjin Special High School would have a new section leader. In Lu Yuan's storage space at the moment, only the weapons and ammunition brought from Shanghai and some of the newly made crossbow arrows, most of the crossbow arrows and explosives, were left in the basement of the trading house by Lu Yuan, so he said that he would come back to Tianjin.