When Alyosha took the gold bar and instructed the people below to do something, Pu Su climbed over the wall and went back to the next door. He can activate the mechanism when he comes over there, and when he goes back, he can only do it in this way.

One-way switches do more good than harm to him, so it's healthier to flip over every day.

The exchange of gold bars with Alyosha on his does not have to worry. There are merchants who run money exchange houses among Russians and Jews, and at least he will not worry about being cheated by profiteers.

In fact, whether Alyosha and his gang are really honest people, Pu Su is still not sure.

What is honesty, and to what extent is honesty considered honest? There is no specific standard.

But for so many years, they have not bullied their compatriots and Chinese by force, and this alone has a good impression of them.

People's character is basically fixed after adulthood, and it is not so easy to disguise it for a long time.

Even if Gu Ji has an absolute deterrent effect on them, he can drive them out of the rental world at any time. This alone is not enough for people with great ambitions to discourage them.

In fact, while their group is making a living here, they are also helping to maintain order in the entire concession.

In the past few days, Pu Su has been to the public concession several times, and his impression of that area is extremely poor.

It's not that he has the experience of studying in France, so he has a good impression of the French Concession, but it is that the two concessions make him feel that there are too many differences in many aspects.

The facilities of the two concessions are basically the same. The incandescent street lamps on the side of the road, as well as the telephone office, water, electricity and gas, and even the hot water in winter, are basically based on European standards.

It's just that it's the same street lamp, and six out of ten lights in the public concession don't light up at night. It's not that the supporting services of the public concession can't keep up, but that the newly replaced light bulb was broken by a slingshot that was ready to do bad things at night, and it was too late to change it.

And the order of the street is extremely chaotic. He witnessed the popular "flying hat" robbery that occurred in Jing'an Temple and Shanghai Beach. According to Lao Ren, not only at night, but also in the daytime, there are cases of "pig stripping" from time to time.

In addition, the streets in the public concession are full of warblers day and night. Especially on the second road to the fourth road, from morning to night. There are also large and small cigarette shops with the name of "A Line of Sky" or "Tengyun Pavilion" openly advertised on the street, attracting smokers to go in and swallow the clouds.

What is particularly striking is that when the curfew time reaches the French Concession, the streets are immediately empty. Except for patrolling the streets, there are only a few official cars passing by on the occasional road.

Of course, they can all get a special pass and come and go freely whenever they want.

This kind of special permit concession is very restrictive. The vast majority of people can't apply, and even doctors who need to be on call at night can't do two or three out of ten.

In general, the public concession is more open, but there are also many problems. The French Concession, on the other hand, is relatively closed and independent, and the difference is very obvious in this regard.

Being able to maintain this order in the French Concession under the troubled times, Gu Ji's contribution is very prominent. But Alyosha: they also play a very key role.

There are little hooligans who are doing evil on the streets, and they don't need to be there in the patrol room, they clean up first, and then tie them up and just wait for the patrol to come and bring people back.

Some green skins are not afraid of the patrol police, and they are familiar with the way in and out, but when they see those strong white Russian men, they can't do it.

The Huangpu River is full of floating corpses every day. What can't these uprooted red guys do?

……

Back upstairs he changed his clothes and went downstairs to have breakfast.

When I was a child, I liked to eat fried steamed buns and curry beef soup in Shanghai, and the taste has not changed after so many years.

The main thing is that he wants to buy a copy of the "Declaration" in the hands of the newsboy in front of the early shop.

In the fried shop, Pu Su sat down and spread out the newspaper, and after a quick glance, he was a little disappointed.

Still did not get a response and instructions from the superiors. If there was no reply, he would have to choose one of the few White Russians this morning to live with him temporarily.

After returning to Shikumen, Pu Su drew a few more drawings of knives and prepared them to be processed in the workshop. In addition to the dagger, these drawings also contain tools for cutting and drilling.

He even drew a picture of an umbrella. Graphic of a "Bulgarian umbrella".

The appearance of the umbrella on the drawing is similar to that of an ordinary umbrella, except that the inside of the umbrella bone is designed with devices such as triggers, control cables, release buckles, piston hammers, gas cylinders and barrels.

This is the agent equipment he was exposed to while studying in the Cheka. At that time, he felt that the design was delicate and unobtrusive when used, so he paid attention to the construction of this umbrella with special functions.

Even if he can draw it now, he doesn't know if he can do it when he sends it to the workshop.

In particular, the poison bomb used in the original version of this umbrella is only about 2 mm in diameter, and the shell is made of platinum-iridium alloy. In any case, their current humble workshop does not have the manufacturing capacity.

Thinking of this, he stopped his pen and thought for a while before removing some parts from the original drawing. Originally, the principle of pneumatic firing of poison bombs was changed by him to a telescopic needle to inject venom.

Now this umbrella has been changed by him to hide a hollow poison needle in the tip of the umbrella, manipulate the cable connection machine to expand, and after approaching the target, pull the release button, and the spring-loaded hammer makes the needle pop out and pierce the target's body.

As for the venom, he was still ready to use ricin. Just 2 to 3 milligrams is enough to kill a person.

The westerly wind is blowing in Shanghai, and it is normal for Chinese gentlemen to go out with umbrellas, let alone Europeans. The sensation caused by a needle when it pierces the body is similar to being bitten by a mosquito, and many people will think that the previous moment was just a hallucination.

If it is on a crowded street or in front of a hotel, this fatal accident will not attract too much attention from others, and even the person concerned will not take it seriously.

It is different from processing dagger tools. Even after modification, the structure can no longer be simpler, and it is still difficult for the workshop to make the "Bulgarian umbrella" according to the design, so Pusu is ready to make only one to try.

A total of five gold bars were brought out of the border area. At this time, he took out two more sticks, and planned to give Alyosha one more for special training funds, and the other one was handed over to Lao Ren at night to ask him to help prepare some materials for making tools.

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After the drawings were finished, he went downstairs and came from the yard to the next door. These big men finished their morning training and were eating at the table in the hall.

Pu Su glanced at the pickled cucumber and rye bread on the table and did not speak. These big men all eat with relish, and obviously they have long been accustomed to this kind of life.

Including Alyosha, this group of servicemen joined the army in their teens and then caught up with the civil war. In the brutal war, he fought and retreated, all the way to China, and then was co-opted by warlords from all over the country.

It can be said that when they came to Shanghai, everyone had an unbearable bloody and tearful past.

Aside from being soldiers, they don't have the same livelihood skills as their fellow citizens.

When Alyosha came, he took them in and strictly ordered them not to do anything bad, and they were happy to accept the arrangement. At least now life is stable, and there is no need to be afraid. It is already very satisfying for compatriots to get together and know that someone will take care of them and that they will no longer have to be displaced.

They can think so, but Pusu can't.

Today's forces in Shanghai are all on the stage. It seems to be lively, but in fact, the originally tough concession forces have begun to bow their heads in the face of the real threat of the Japanese army's iron heel.

For the old empires of Britain, France and the United States, Europe has already gone to war and is already too busy to take care of itself. Shanghai is far away from home, and there is nothing to be done about it, so it is ready for the worst.

In fact, the only thing that is really lively in front of the isolated island and behind the scenes is the Japanese army and the Wang puppet government they support.

In the past two days, Pu Su has already made a plan, and he only needs to contact his superiors for instructions.