The statue of Pushkin, located at the intersection of Bixun Road (Fenyang Road), was built in 1937 by Belarusian expatriates living in Shanghai to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the poet's death.

These White Russians, who are in a foreign country, have apparently not forgotten where they came from.

A granite pedestal more than two meters high, on which stands a bust of the Russian writer, stands at a fork in the road. Next to the small garden is Qiqi Road (Yueyang Road) and Talastuo Road (Taiyuan Road).

Before the Anti-Japanese War, there were as many as 40,000 Belarusian expatriates living in Shanghai. In addition to Alyosha and others, many of the Russian "refugees" who were displaced to Shanghai by the outbreak of the October Revolution were aristocrats and intellectuals, including professors, architects, doctors, and musicians.

Duke Shavsky is a typical representative of the Russian aristocratic intellectuals.

Gu Ji lit a cigarette on the side of the road a little distance away from the statue. This location is at the intersection and can be seen in advance from all three directions.

Earlier, he saw a black Citroen leaning against the side of the road fifty meters ahead, and the driver wearing a peaked cap was wiping the car.

After glancing at it, Pu Su turned his head and pretended not to care.

There are no vantage points nearby. It is sheltered by tall plane trees on all sides. In the past, it was the Jewish Club (Shangyin Academy), and further away was Bai Chongxi's family residence, the Bai Mansion, but now it has long been empty.

In the morning, he asked Lao Ren to take him to Lujiabang again.

This time, he learned in detail how to get in and out. When passing through the first secret door, the so-called three short and one long and three long and one short bell are actually just for show. There is a peephole on the side, and the person on that side can observe the situation on this side.

Therefore, it is useless to know the rhythm of the bell, the main thing is to be right.

After the two of them entered, Duke Shafsky called Lao Ren to stop and complained for a long time as soon as he came out. Until they went out, Lao Ren sat on the chair in the workshop with his eyebrows drooping and his eyes wilting, as if he had suffered a serious illness temporarily.

Pu Su took the drawings and explained the intention. The old man looked at the drawings and said that there was no problem with the production of knives. The equipment is ready-made, and the workers were immediately asked to start work and try to make a handful, and Pu Su was very satisfied.

It's just that there is no longer a steel workshop needed, which requires Lao Ren to find a way.

The dagger on Pusu's drawing has a special prismatic design, which can easily pierce the enemy's body and make it difficult for the opponent to stop the bleeding.

Although it is a bit too cruel because the wound does not heal easily after being stabbed. But the agent mission is like this, and if the dagger stab effect is like the fruit knife, it loses the meaning of using it.

The total length of this dagger is 320 mm, the length of the blade is 180 mm, the thickness of the blade is 5 mm, and the overall weight is 200 grams.

The bottom of the blade near the hilt, on the drawings he marked the fine lines, and the Russian mechanic in his fifties in the workshop also realized it perfectly. This makes it easy for the team to pull knives out of the enemy's body.

Now this semi-finished product is not decorated at all. In the future, the handle of the dagger should be wound with leather according to the requirements, so that the handle of the knife will not easily slip off in the heat of battle.

Especially at the end of the dagger handle, he designed a sharp cone, which was designed to slam the opponent's head with the gravity of the backhand.

There happens to be a solid steel gyroscope of the right size in the workshop. The mechanic had an idea to weld it to the bottom of the shank, and the tip rushed down. Pu Su squatted on the ground with the handle of the knife and struck it on the ground of the cement, and a hole suddenly appeared on the ground.

Shafsky mainly studied with him the design of the "Bulgarian umbrella". The drawings looked too abstract, so Pu Su gave a detailed description of the specific working principle and effect of the real thing, and then explained it in his improved part.

When Shafsky heard that the original version was fired from a cylinder with a poison bomb, he didn't want to hear it...... It's just too far away. Turning around the wheelchair, he called a few technicians and Pu Su to discuss how to achieve the design requirements of this version.

When Pu Su came, he brought an ordinary umbrella, and then compared the umbrella bone and pointed part against the drawing, and put forward his idea in sections.

For example, the trigger uses the umbrella button, and the telescopic spring ensures sufficient elasticity near the tip of the umbrella.

Originally, Shafsky felt that he had little confidence in making such a precise machine expansion, but after discussing it for a while, everyone still felt that it was very feasible, and there was no problem in pressing out a hollow steel pipe with a pointed tip, and other machine expansions needed to be tested and installed repeatedly.

At noon, he originally wanted to eat with the duke and the technician in the workshop, but when he saw Lao Ren crying and looking cowardly, he still couldn't bear it and offered to say goodbye. Before leaving, the Duke asked him for a phone number, and he would be notified when the design was ready.

As soon as the old man went out, he was lively, and his eyebrows danced with his steering wheel, and he wanted to take Pu Su to his woman's place for lunch and look at the account book by the way.

The place where Lao Ren lives is also a Shikumen house. It's just a little bit bigger than his side, and there's only a small patio in front of it. Lao Ren said that after all, he was still on an errand and didn't dare to make a mistake. Listening to him, the senior has always lived in a one-room apartment, which is still rented.

When I saw Lao Ren's wife, Pu Su, I thought that this couple was also a perfect match. This woman named Ah Fa Niang has some light-colored freckles on her face, and her appearance is not ugly, even the figure is as big as two old Ren.

"Little Red Guy is staying in the French School in the Concession now, and he doesn't usually come back."

Seeing that there were guests at home, Lao Ren's mother-in-law hurriedly went to pour tea, and after beckoning Pu Su to sit down, Lao Ren said.

"Oh, how old is Young Master Ren?"

"The surname is Yang, the name Yang Xuanyu, the name given by the chief inspector. The nickname is Ah Fa, and the male girl is going to send it! ”

Lao Ren seems to be very proud of his son's nickname.

It's just that Pu Su wondered in his heart that his surname was Ren, why his son's surname was Yang, and he couldn't ask about this kind of thing. Later, I learned that his original surname was Yang, and he changed his surname to Ren after succession. Now that he has a child of his own, he has returned to his ancestors.

When his mother-in-law came over with tea, Lao Ren asked her to bring the account book, and said to Pu Su that his mother-in-law usually collects rent.

"The women in the countryside of northern Jiangsu are very fierce, there is no rent that cannot be recovered, and there has never been a matter of arrears of rent."

Lao Ren said as he handed Pu Su a cigarette.

Pu Su glanced at his wife's body shape, imagining the way she crossed her waist to collect debts, and ordinary people really couldn't bear it. Born to be the piece of material for the charter wife.

Waiting for Ah Fa Niang to bring a stack of account books, Pu Su didn't look at it carefully, which was too rude. I just flipped through a few pages of recent records and looked at the expenses and savings, and my heart was also secretly speechless.

It is not easy to live in Shanghai.

The expense of a few hundred people is really a big burden. Especially in the past two years, Gu Ji has also worked very hard to support them.

Speaking of which, the French Concession is the territory of the French. In fact, the vast majority of people living here are still Chinese, and the significance of the integrated White Russian armed force is not only to stabilize this force, but also to maintain local order.

It's just that the credit is very great, but outsiders have no way of knowing.