Sun Xingqiang sighed.

"The second way is to raise enough funds to repay the loans owed to the bank and other people's money, and they will take you for nothing, our Celestial Empire is a country with a legal system after all......"

Zhao Hongwu snorted, "Of course I have thought of these two methods, I am unwilling to give in to the other party!" Otherwise, how will I raise my head and be a man in Licheng and Yuening in the future? What's more, even if I give in, those people may not necessarily stop, and they will definitely lower the price again, and this kind of thing once has a second time! …… As for the second option, do you know how much funding gap I have now? ”

Stretched out a finger and gestured, "It's 100 million!" Do you know 100 million? ”

Xia Yun was taken aback, Sun Xingqiang's face also changed, and as for Xia Yongfang, even his eyes were about to pop out.

Xia Yun is okay, after all, he has experienced the lottery incident, and now he is worth eight or nine hundred million, and Sun Xingqiang and Xia Yongfang are the same as Xia Yun before, let alone one hundred million, even one million is a great number for them.

Zhao Hongwu poured another glass of beer, and said with a somewhat self-deprecating smile, "Don't look at the glamorous appearance of our real estate, in and out of famous cars and mansions, in fact, most of them, especially our scale is not very large, are made by bank loans, without bank loans, as soon as the capital chain is broken, we will immediately become poor, 100 million, not counting that land, my net worth is less than 200 million!" ”

Drinking the beer in his hand, Zhao Hongwu smiled even more bitterly, "What's more, as soon as I heard that it was Zhao Tianxiong who wanted to deal with me, those who had the ability to help me were either silent and unwilling to get their hands dirty, or they fell into the well and lowered the price." Where am I going to make up that 100 million? ”

For a while, the atmosphere on the wine table was a little dull, Xia Yongfang and Sun Xingqiang looked at each other, this number was beyond their imagination, in front of the absolute number, everything was false, and Xia Yun was thoughtful, and he was a little uncertain.

One hundred million! This number is indeed too big, and it is impossible for anyone to take it lightly!

Zhao Hongwu saw that everyone didn't speak, and smiled when he raised his spirit. "Okay, the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge, no one can die, at most one night back to before the liberation, don't be sad about those broken things, let's go one!"

Raising the wine glass, everyone touched it, and Zhao Hongwu said to Xia Yongfang with a smile, "When I just came in." What are you working on, keep your head down! ”

Xia Yongfang was slightly stunned, then reacted and took out the bullet casing that he had stuffed into his pocket before shaking hands with Zhao Hongwu just now. Hand it to Zhao Hongwu, "You say this, this is my second master's baby!" I never looked at it before, but now I actually gave it to Xia Yun......"

"Your second master? Oh. It's Mrs. Xia! ”

Zhao Hongwu looked at the bullet casing in Xia Yongfang's hand, his face suddenly changed slightly, and he took it and studied it carefully. Then he looked at Xia Yun, his expression was complicated and incomprehensible, and he didn't speak for a long time.

"Brother Zhao, what's wrong?" Not only Xia Yun was confused, but even Xia Yongfang and Sun Xingqiang looked at Zhao Hongwu inexplicably.

"Old lady Xia gave you this bullet shell, so do you know what this bullet shell is? Does it mean anything? ”

Zhao Hongwu didn't answer directly, but asked Xia Yundao.

"The second master said, this bullet shell is the tradition of his company in the army he served in before, each soldier has his own bullet shell, engraved with his name, in case he dies one day, he will also leave a ...... for everyone to think about something."

Xia Yun recalled what the second master had said at that time, and added, "But this bullet shell is not the second master's own, it belongs to one of his old comrades-in-arms, and his name is Liu Sanwa!" ”

Zhao Hongwu still didn't speak, as if he was organizing the language in his heart, but Sun Xingqiang on the side suddenly said something.

In July 1916, during the Battle of the Somme in the First World War, the Germans fired frantically at 14 British divisions on the front of the 40-kilometer attack with an average fire density of one Maxim MG08 machine gun per 100 meters. Killed and wounded 60,000 British soldiers in one day, it was known as the Reaper of Death, and was also used in a series of wars during the founding of our Celestial Empire, and it was not until the late seventies that it was slowly retired! ”

Zhao Hongwu nodded, suddenly untied the red rope around his neck and put it on the table, which immediately attracted the attention of Xia Yun and the others.

At the end of the red rope, there is also a bullet shell, and a hole is drilled at the end of the bullet shell, tied with a red rope, looking at the appearance model, it is exactly the same as the one that the second master gave to Xia Yun!

Xia Yun, Xia Yongfang and Sun Xingqiang were stunned at the same time.

Xia Yun picked up Zhao Hongwu's bullet shell and studied it over and over again, it was different from Liu Sanwa's, this bullet case was laser engraved with Zhao Hongwu's three italic characters, and the number behind it was 52077, and there was no phone number below.

The three of them looked at each other and looked at Zhao Hongwu in surprise.

Zhao Hongwu's expression was complicated, and he smiled bitterly, "You may be able to guess, I and Old Lady Xia should be from the same army!" ”

Stretched out his hand to get back his bullet shell, rubbed it in his hand, his eyes became a little hollow, and it took a while to come back to his senses, looking at the eyes of the three of them and pulling the corners of his mouth, "Since Old Lady Xia gave you this bullet shell, Yongfang and Xingqiang are also from the army, and it doesn't matter if I tell you some things!" ”

"I don't know if you've ever heard of the title of Iron Hero?"

"Iron Hero Company?"

Xia Yongfang and Sun Xingqiang's eyes lit up at the same time, and Xia Yun touched his chin thoughtfully, "Of course I've heard of this, and even mentioned it in the textbooks when I was a child, it is a company of an infantry regiment of our Celestial Empire People's Liberation Army, known for being a sharp knife and fighting tough battles, and the company has built a heroic collective with a strong foundation, and has made many first-class and second-class merits, and has been awarded various honorary titles by the state many times, which can be said to be an example of our Celestial Empire army!" ”

"Could it be that Brother Zhao and Second Master both came out of the legendary Iron Hero Company?"

Zhao Hongwu nodded and shook his head again, "You can say yes, you can say no!" ”

"Yes, that's because the members of our unit at the beginning are the elite of the elite selected from the Iron Hero Company, and they are specifically responsible for some extremely dangerous and life-or-death tasks such as assassination and beheading, retreat, rear infiltration, battlefield assault, and intelligence reconnaissance, which can be said to be the first special forces in the true sense of our Celestial Empire. In the Devil's War, the Goryeo War and the Vietnam War, they all made great contributions! ”

"Say no, because our unit does not belong to the Hero Company, and there is no official number, only a code name - Shadow! Someone comes in all the time, and someone dies all the time, and even the whole army is wiped out in the same system, which can be said to be the unit with the highest battle loss rate in the same period. ”

"During the Devil's War, the newly established shadow force once received a task to cut off a main force that had retreated from the battlefield to ensure the safe evacuation of the main force!"

"This main force has been basically disabled, and the original team of more than 3,000 people is only in the early 1,000s, and there are still a large number of devils chasing after it."

"After receiving the task, the shadow troops set up a sniper position in a dangerous place in the retreat route to block a whole wing of devils with nearly 4,000 people who were catching up from behind."

"That blocking battle, later generations of shadow troops internally called the death resistance war, the shadow force of ninety-six people, relying on the temporary arrangement of the trench position, four Makqin machine guns, a few sniper rifles, a whole day and a night, killed more than 1,000 devils, including a big Zuo, a middle Zuo and four Shaozuo, until our main force finished resting, and joined up with another team that rushed nearby, and in turn outflanked the encirclement, and finally annihilated the devil's wing!"

"Afterwards, after cleaning up the battlefield, there were only seven people left in the shadow army of 96 people, and all of them were seriously wounded, and some soldiers could not even put together the remains, and several leaders of the army at that time personally collected and buried them, and picked up eighty-six of the Makqin machine gun shells all over the ground, engraved their names and numbers one by one, and gave them to the surviving seven people, as a witness to this battle, since then, engraved their own names and numbers on the shells of the Makqin machine guns, it has become a tradition of our shadow troops! And another proof of our service there! ”

And this Liu Sanwa's bullet casing, the number on it is 23, which means that it ...... He is the twenty-third soldier since the Shadow Force was numbered, within eighty-six, which means ......"

Zhao Hongwu's eyes sparkled, and he looked at the three Xia Yun who were wide-eyed and even had some difficulty breathing, and said word by word, "This Liu Sanwa and our old lady Xia should be two of the seven surviving soldiers of the shadow force in the death resistance battle that year!" ”

"Smack!"

There was a crisp sound, but Xia Yongfang accidentally used too much force, crushing the entire beer cup in his hand, the broken glass slag pierced into the palm of his hand, and blood suddenly came out, but Xia Yongfang seemed to be unconscious, but he muttered unconsciously in his mouth, "Shadow troops...... Shadow troops! ”

"Smack!"

Sun Xingqiang slapped the table vigorously and said loudly, "Defend the family and defend the country, drive out the Tartars, and wrap the body in horse leather, although you will not regret it!" My generation of soldiers is like this! ”

Looking at the focused, fanatical and even somewhat sacred and solemn expressions of Zhao Hongwu, Xia Yongfang and Sun Xingqiang, Xia Yun felt a trace of respect in his heart, it is with such a group of unknown soldiers who shed their heads and blood to protect the country, can there be today's peace, stability, and prosperity! (To be continued......)

PS: Thank you for the tips from book friends Yan Shuang, Blood Flame Ice Heart, and (Scarecrow).