Chapter 36: Making Friends
was pointed at the face by the gun in the hand of his companion, and the two subordinates of the bearded man were shocked, and they subconsciously wanted to move the muzzle. But their wrists were grabbed by Tang Cheng's strength, and no matter how hard they struggled, they couldn't change the direction of the gun in the slightest. Tang Cheng's sudden attack shocked the bearded man and Han Xiaoyue, and before they could react, Tang Cheng had already let go of his hands, his hands were behind his waist, and when he stretched it out again, he was already holding a pistol in his left and right hands, and the muzzle of the gun was directly aimed at the heads of the bearded man and Han Xiaoyue.
"Don't move, I'm afraid I can't control it and shoot you first!" Tang Cheng, who had firmly controlled the situation, didn't care at all about the pistols raised by the bearded man's two subordinates, and after forcing the bearded man and Han Xiaoyue to sit down again with the pistol, Tang Cheng, who had already stood up and held two guns, shouted at the door. Lao Fu and the others, who had been waiting in the corridor outside, finally heard Tang Cheng's voice, so they rushed into the room from the outside, and when they saw someone raising a gun at Tang Cheng, they all took out their pistols and surrounded the four bearded men.
"There were a lot of you just now, but now there are a lot of me, can you sit down and have a good chat?" Seeing that Lao Fu and the others had already taken out their pistols to surround the four of them, Tang Cheng put down the pistol in his hand, and then sat down again with a chuckle. Even Tang Cheng would not feel good when someone pointed a gun at his head. Han Xiaoyue, who was pointed at the head with two pistols at the same time, would have long since lost her previous ease, and her face was pale, and she felt that her heart was about to jump out of her cavity.
The bearded man was not an ordinary person at first glance, and in the face of Lao Fu's pistol, although he was faintly flustered in his heart, the bearded man still sat down calmly. Without Tang Cheng's order, Lao Fu and they would not shoot easily, but they could control the bearded man's two subordinates first. Seeing that the situation was completely under control, Tang Cheng just signaled with his eyes, and Lao Fu and the others put away their guns, and the tension in the room instantly returned to the previous calm state.
"Let's talk about it! Since you just said that you are from the Yunnan Army, although you have now withdrawn from the Yunnan Army, I am still very curious, what is the purpose of your coming to Chongqing? Tang Cheng repeated the previous topic again, and at the same time introduced the situation to Lao Fu. Lao Fu narrowed his eyes when he heard this, although he had not really dealt with the Dian army, but Lao Fu, who was born and raised in Chongqing, knew that many of the cannon brothers in the city were inextricably linked with the Dian army.
The bearded man who called himself Wang Sanxi sighed secretly in his heart, he had to bow his head under the eaves, the situation in front of him was obviously unfavorable to the three of them, and there were so many people on the other side, everyone was carrying guns, obviously not an ordinary person, Wang Sanxi was worthy of choosing Tang Cheng and the purpose of telling himself to Chongqing. A few minutes later, an embarrassed expression appeared on Tang Cheng's face, and so did Lao Fu, who was standing aside and listening, neither of them expected that Han Xiaoyue and Wang Sanxi would meet late at night just for a batch of jade and gold from Burma.
"That means you chose to meet here for the sake of the jade and gold smuggled in from Burma?" Tang Cheng looked at Wang Sanxi with a little embarrassment, and after waiting for the other party to nod, Tang Cheng turned his head to look at Han Xiaoyue again. "Miss Han, you went out so late, just to come here to inspect the goods?" Wang Sanxi and Han Xiaoyue's affirmative answers made Tang Cheng speechless, and said with a smile that jade and gold are not contraband, why can't they go to the black market to find someone to trade, but they want to make it look like a spy joint?
Tang Cheng's jokes were just to find an excuse and a step for his embarrassment, but Han Xiaoyue didn't hear what Tang Cheng meant, and just justified herself. "Where in the black market are there people who dare to do business easily! It is said that ** is going south to Chongqing soon, and those black-hearted guys in the black market are holding the things in their hands tightly. If jade and gold are not eaten or drunk properly, they will not be sold at a high price, and besides, the third brother Wang will have to exchange arms and go back, and it will not work at all to go to the black market. ”
"Arms? It is said that there is no shortage of arms in Myanmar! Han Xiaoyue's words instantly reminded Tang Cheng that the two people Yu Haiguang took away might be with Wang Sanxi. Those two people were arrested because they were involved in the arms deal, and now that I think about it, there should be something inside that I don't know. "I've heard that the British in Burma can buy anything as long as they give money, so why don't you go to the British, but run back to the country to buy arms?"
Tang Cheng's question made Wang Sanxi speechless, looking at Tang Cheng's expression, it was obvious that he didn't know much about the situation in Myanmar, so Wang Sanxi had to be patient and explain to Tang Cheng. "The British do buy everything, but that's just relative to the Burmese natives, they don't talk so well to us Chinese, especially those like us who have been soldiers." We tried to go to the British, but the damned white-skinned pigs took our things and didn't give us a single bullet. ”
When it came to the British, Wang Sanxi's expression was full of anger, and even his two subordinates looked like they were gritting their teeth. "So what do you buy arms for? Fighting the Burmese for turf or defending the mines? "At this time, Tang Cheng doesn't have so much time to guess whether Wang Sanxi is a fake. No matter how capable he is, he is just a small policeman who relies on Zhang Jiang and his support, and he can't interfere at all in matters related to the British.
"It's for mine protection! We have a small gold mine and a jade vein in northern Myanmar, which is not very producing, but it is enough for us to live. There are many Tusi people in Burma, and we are only surviving in the cracks, because of the British, the attitude of the Burmese people in northern Myanmar towards the Chinese has changed a lot, and we are afraid that they will come to rob our mines, so we need arms for defense. Wang Sanxi did not hide it, but he did not say it in great detail, at least he did not say their specific location in northern Myanmar.
Tang Cheng didn't care about this, if he was himself, he might not even say it in northern Myanmar. "Specifically, what weapons and equipment do you need? And besides, how much jade and gold did you bring with you this time? Seeing that Wang Sanxi's attitude had completely eased, Tang Cheng no longer hid it, but chose to go straight to the point and mentioned the matter of arms to Wang Sanxi. Tang Cheng dared to ask this because Lao Fu and they were all his henchmen, and even if things didn't work out, this matter would not be leaked.
Wang Sanxi is not a fool, and being sent to Chongqing to purchase arms shows that he is an old man. Tang Cheng's question just now made Wang Sanxi's face happy, and he had already guessed the meaning of Tang Cheng's words. "We are only here to fight the front station this time, so we don't have many things with us, only four pieces of jade and four kilograms of gold, all of which have not been refined. If you can get out of the way this time, next time, you will bring more things. As he spoke, Wang Sanxi got up and dragged out two sacks from under the bed.
Under the supervision and assistance of Lao Fu, Wang Sanxi opened the sack and took out the jade and gold in the sack. It was wrapped into a square cloth bag, which was opened layer by layer by Wang Sanxi, and four pieces of jade that had not yet been carved and a pile of coarse gold finally appeared in the sight of Tang Cheng and others. Wang Sanxi brought the jade material from Chongqing, the quality is not good, even if Tang Cheng does not understand the jade material, he can see it. The pile of coarse gold was a little unexpected by Tang Cheng, and among the coarse gold particles of different sizes, there were actually more than a dozen gold grains larger than soybeans.
Compared with the four pieces of jade that are not of high quality, Tang Cheng is more interested in these coarse gold, and the gold ore with natural gold grains can appear, which shows that it is very valuable for mining. Tang Cheng did not hide his interest in these golds, and in front of Wang Sanxi, Tang Cheng also grabbed those gold grains and played with them for a while. "The things have already been read, since you want to exchange these things for arms through Miss Han, you should know the specific price in your hearts. Can you tell me more about how many arms you want to exchange? ”
Putting the gold nuggets he was playing with back on the table, Tang Cheng called Lao Fu to explain a few words in a low voice, and waited for Lao Fu to leave the room alone before Tang Cheng re-mentioned the topic just now. Wang Sanxi didn't hesitate, and immediately took out a list and handed it to Tang Cheng, as for Han Xiaoyue, this would have been selectively ignored by Wang Sanxi. Lao Fu went out fast and came back faster, Tang Cheng hadn't finished reading the list yet, Lao Fu went back to the room, Tang Cheng explained his affairs, and Lao Fu had already arranged for someone to do it.
On the list that Wang Sanxi took out, it was not only arms, but also a lot of ordinary materials for life, so Tang Cheng looked at it very carefully. After carefully reading this list, Tang Cheng did not speak immediately, but closed his eyes and pondered for a while. "I can basically provide the above things, but the arms are not very easy to handle, because the amount you want is not small, and it is impossible to raise such a large amount of arms in a short period of time all of a sudden!"
Tang Cheng's reaction, if it were someone else here, he might feel that Tang Cheng was deliberately lowering the price or had other thoughts when he said this. But Wang Sanxi's eyes lit up, but he felt that Tang Cheng was sincere in doing this business, if Tang Cheng agreed directly, Wang Sanxi would feel that Tang Cheng was fooling himself.
Tang Cheng habitually tapped his fingers on the table, he secretly calculated in his heart how much he could benefit from this transaction, and after a while, Tang Cheng raised his eyes to look at Wang Sanxi. "Don't leave Chongqing in a hurry, just stay here, give me some time, and I'll give you a letter later. If the two people arrested by the restaurant are also your people, I will guarantee them out later, which can be regarded as a little sincerity that I have expressed first. ”