Chapter 50: The Big Surprise
Joseph had been secretly paying attention to Tang Cheng's expression and reaction, and seeing that Tang Cheng was not interested in these watches, Joseph took out another thing from the suitcase and put it on the table. "Don, since you're not interested in these watches, then, are you interested in this?" Before Joseph's words could be finished, Tang Cheng had already stood up, and his eyes were even more unblinking as he looked at what Joseph had taken out of the box.
Tang Cheng didn't know where Joseph got this ***, looking at the appearance of this ***, it seems that it is still brand new, especially the wooden *** is still shining with a layer of oil, Tang Cheng looked at it for a while, and he didn't see any scratches. Seeing that Tang Cheng was interested in this ***, Joseph also said proudly, "This *** is almost brand new, my fellow countryman has only used it once to get wild ducks, but unfortunately, I can only find more than 40 bullets." ”
When Tang Cheng first applied for weapons from Zhang Jianghe, *** appeared in the list, but unfortunately, this kind of firearm could not be found in Nanjing City. Although he won the title of field broom in World War I, in the eyes of veterans like Zhang Jianghe who had a military career, *** is far less reliable than a pistol that has always had excellent performance. In particular, it is not easy to carry and hide, and for them who are engaged in intelligence work, it is pure chicken ribs.
But Tang Cheng is different, Tang Cheng, who has watched too many police movies in later generations, has an obsessive interest in this melee weapon. Suddenly seeing a *** at Joseph's place, Tang Cheng seemed to have something in his body that was suddenly awakened, so he raised his head and said to Joseph very resolutely. "Old Testament, this ***, I want it. However, I have to trouble you to find a way to get more bullets from Shanghai for me, I heard that the patrol house of the French Concession in Shanghai is equipped with this kind of weapon, and there should be no shortage of bullets. ”
Joseph was an American Jew, and there were many Jews in the Shanghai Concession, including Hartung, a well-known real estate developer in Shanghai. If Tang Cheng went to Shanghai to get *** ammunition, he might be arrested and thrown into prison, but Joseph, a yellow-haired and blue-eyed man who went to Shanghai, would not encounter such danger. Tang Cheng's request was reasonable, but Joseph had a different opinion, "Don, I'm not an arms dealer, I'm afraid I can't help you." ”
Joseph just wanted to sell these things in his hand to Tang Cheng, but he was worried that he would get into trouble, Tang Cheng smiled when he heard this, and then put the *** in his hand back on the table. "Old Testament, since that's the case, forget it. If I don't have enough ammunition, I bought this *** is also an ornament, I'm not a rich kid, and I don't have that much money in my hand to buy something that I don't need. Tang Cheng's words were very direct, and Joseph didn't know how to answer for a while.
"Don, do you want to look at anything else? I have a lot of good things here that you can't see on the outside!" Joseph took out a few more things from the box, but Tang Cheng was never interested, and his eyes kept falling on the ***. Joseph had no choice but to tell Tang Cheng the truth, "Don, although I am a foreigner, I don't have the abilities you imagined. I'm a cobbler, I can't get the bullets you want, really!"
Seeing Joseph's depressed expression, Tang Cheng secretly pouted in his heart, saying that if he didn't have this ability, he wouldn't come to the muddy puddle of the black market. Tang Cheng thought for a while before reaching out and knocking on the table a few times, "This ***, I want it, but you still have to do me a favor." Tang Cheng not only bought this *** and more than 40 rounds of ammunition at a very low price, but also asked Joseph to make himself a leather gun barrel that could be carried diagonally with cowhide according to the size of this ***.
"Don, I think you're a Grande!" Joseph, who sent Tang Cheng away, showed a depressed face, thinking that this almost brand new *** could be sold at a good price, but he didn't want to take advantage of Tang Cheng here, and he had to put a gun barrel on it, Joseph couldn't understand what he was doing with materials and work.
"Old Covenant, don't say that, I'm helping you!" Tang Cheng didn't look like he was taking advantage of it in the slightest. "You know, you can't buy or sell firearms, even if you're an American. If you sell this *** to me now, even if you pass on the trouble to me, you who started it will be freed from it, so I'm helping you. Tang Cheng said a lot of things in a twist and turn, and finally made Joseph dizzy, and when Tang Cheng walked out of the store, Joseph stopped Tang Cheng again.
"Don, I have another good thing here, do you want to hear about it?" Joseph, who stopped Tang Cheng, tried his best to control his expression, but there was a hint of nervousness and anticipation in his royal blue eyes. Tang Cheng glanced at Joseph lightly, and the other party's expression and reaction at the moment told Tang Cheng one thing, Joseph seemed to have a fairly secret matter, or a bit of weighty news, there were too many news dealers like Joseph in the black market.
Tang Cheng immediately grinned at Joseph and said, "Old Covenant, as I just said, we are friends. If there is anything, you just have to say it clearly, and I can promise you now that I will give you thirty percent of the proceeds afterwards, and I will not break my word on this. Tang Cheng's whisper made Joseph's eyes light up, the share of the news sold in the black market ranged from 10% to 40%, but he didn't know how much the news he had was worth, Tang Cheng now promised to give him 30% of the income, which was already a good price.
Joseph immediately glanced left and right, as if he didn't notice anyone paying attention to this, so he lowered his voice just now. "Don, do you know sulfonamides?" Joseph's voice was not loud, but to Tang Cheng's ears, it was like a lightning strike. Throughout World War II, before the advent of penicillin, which was almost equal to the price of gold, the best anti-infective drugs on the market were probably sulfonamides. But Tang Cheng clearly remembered that after the war began, sulfonamides appeared in China, and it was only in 1936.
Seeing that Tang Cheng didn't speak, Joseph, who was a little anxious, hurriedly said, "I know that a batch of sulfonamide powder has come to Nanjing, Tang, you can't imagine that this batch of sulfonamide powder is not from Europe..." When Joseph said that the sulfonamides that entered the city of Nanjing did not come from Europe, a terrifying thought suddenly flashed in Tang Cheng's mind, and the plan of the Japanese army to attack Nanjing may have begun in 1936.
There is no other reason why Tang Cheng would think this, because he was a man from later generations, because he knew that the Japanese army would definitely attack Nanjing, and it was after launching a new Songhu campaign. Such a batch of anti-infection drugs entered the city of Nanjing, Tang Cheng thought that this may be the preparation of the Japanese army in advance before starting the war, after all, the war will kill people, even if the Japanese army thinks that the Chinese army is vulnerable, they will prepare in advance to treat their own wounded soldiers.
As soon as he thought of this, Tang Cheng's mind felt as if a door had suddenly opened, and when Joseph was about to lose his breath, Tang Cheng, who had regained his composure, finally let go of the other party. "Old Covenant, how many people still know about the news you just told me?" Tang Cheng lowered his voice, and a solemn expression appeared on his face. "I mean, this news is valuable, I just want to know, will anyone else pay as much attention to this batch of drugs as we do?"
It was not easy for Joseph, who was panting evenly, to glare at Tang Cheng, "Don, are you trying to strangle me?" God, your strength is too great! If you hadn't interrupted me just now, you should know that this news is still exclusive to me. Sulfonamides are still in clinical trials in Europe, and they have not actually been put on the market, so many people don't know that sulfonamides exist, and I heard the news from a friend of mine by chance. ”
After Joseph elaborated, Tang Cheng suddenly realized, dare to love Joseph has a friend who works at the Xiaguan Wharf, and this batch of medicines entered Nanjing City from the Xiaguan Wharf, and Joseph's friend also knew that it was a batch of medicines by chance. "Old Covenant, I still have the same promise just now, after the deed is completed, you will get 30% of the income. But the premise is that you have to know where this batch of drugs is stored now, and how many drugs there are, which are all related to our after-the-fact income, you know what I mean? ”
Tang Cheng slowed down his speech so that Joseph could remember his questions, and after the latter nodded repeatedly, he also gave Tang Cheng a good news. "Don't bother, don't bother, my friend knows who is transporting this batch of medicines into the city. I know you're a gun-armed cop now, and compared to me as a craftsman, finding people should be your policeman's forte. Joseph, who had relaxed his nerves, finally regained his Jewish shrewdness, and from Tang Cheng's expression and tone at this moment, Joseph smelled a trace of bad taste, so he told Tang Cheng all the clues he had.
"Old Testament, you're a fucking Jew, okay, I'll take care of the rest." Tang Cheng, who saw Joseph's plan, suddenly laughed, the other party did not participate in the second half, which happened to be in line with Tang Cheng's intentions, as for how much sulfonamide he got in the end, it was up to him.
It's just that this matter is not something that the investigation team can do alone, so after saying goodbye to Joseph, after a short period of consideration, Tang Cheng called Bai Zhanshan. In this phone call, which was similar to a daily greeting, Tang Cheng, as always, first paid attention to when the bounty would be approved, and then secretly said that he would invite Bai Zhanshan to drink and eat. Bai Zhanshan knew that Tang Cheng never drank, so when the other party made such a phone call, Bai Zhanshan, who understood it, knew that Tang Cheng had something good to do with him.