Chapter 64
"I'm back" Zhao Zhi, who was tall with his trouser legs, entered the courtyard with a dog covered in water, and Yuan Qingqing, who was embroidering flowers in the courtyard with female soldiers, saw this and hurriedly greeted him. "Dog, what's wrong with you, what's the water? Didn't you go fishing? ”
The dog pursed his mouth and looked at Zhao Zhi who was looking east and west fiercely, "It's all his fault, fishing is good for fishing, and the fish just took the bait and he was fussing and hooping." As a result, I helped him pull the fishing line, and he almost capsized the boat, and I fell into the water, next time, I will never go again" The dog snapped his bare feet and went back to the room to change his clothes, leaving the embarrassed Zhao Zhi and the female soldiers who fell back and fell back with a smile.
It's been almost a month since they were stationed in the Dabanqiao warehouse, and only one second lieutenant has come to deliver supplies once, and no one has come to ask Zhao Zhi about them anymore. In the first few days, everyone was not used to it, but then they slowly lost their temper, after all, there is no need to lack food and clothing here like in Myanmar. The days are also dull, every day is to eat, sleep and sleep, Yuan Qingqing also laughed at Zhao Zhi to raise everyone as pigs.
Catherine was very face-saving, not only did she help get the parts, but Zhao Zhi also bought a jeep from the US military at a very low price. The technique of the wrench is not covered, and in three days, Zhao Zhi has two jeeps. Wrench is now a maintenance worker at the airport, and every day Xiucai and Lao Pao will drive a car to send Wrench to the airport, and get some gasoline and hot things back by the way. Lao Pao is a natural businessman, and he and the profiteers already have a lot of fame in the black market in Kunming. Xiucai is now soaking in the airport every day with the wrench, and his English has improved greatly, and by the way, he has a good relationship with the foreigners in the airport, which is convenient for the old cannon to get things back.
Zhao Zhi, who finally became an idler, traveled around with his dog every day, anyway, he had a car, and it was in his brother-in-law's defense area, so everyone was not worried. Uncle Guo had been fascinated by the widow proprietress in the tavern since the last time he went to the market five miles away to buy wine, and now he soaked in that tavern every day, rain or shine.
"Sir, come, I'll show you something good," the blacksmith with a sweaty face called out to Zhao Zhi mysteriously. The blacksmith had always been angry about his inability to make a crossbow in the flat, but now he had the time and materials here. This kid asked Zhao Zhi to build a refining furnace in the backyard, and he was beating with the machete all day long, and he didn't know what he was doing.
"This is a hand crossbow," Zhao Zhi looked at the things on the table happily. The jet-black crossbow body has a heavy texture, and it is very smooth to be polished by the blacksmith. "It's made of fine steel, and the crossbow pieces are made from the lathes of the factories in the city. The crossbow string is made of steel wire that the wrench gets back from the airport, and the range can be 100 meters, and it is very lightweight, and it is also easy to wind," the blacksmith proudly introduced the steel crossbow.
"Lao Tzu try" Zhao Zhi followed the method taught by the machete, put on a crossbow arrow, aimed at a tree in the yard, and deducted the crossbow machine. With a "whoosh" sound, the "Collapse" crossbow arrow hit the trunk of the tree dozens of meters away, and the tail of the arrow was still shaking slightly, making a buzzing sound. "Dog's day is strong enough, how long can this thing be made?" Zhao Zhi asked.
"Crossbows and arrows are made of lathes, and only the crossbow body needs to be made manually, and 10 can be made in a month, which is the fastest" The blacksmith wrenched his fingers and counted carefully for Zhao Zhi. "Do it slowly, let's not be in a hurry, anyway, there is nothing to do at the moment" Zhao Zhi threw a pack of cigarettes to the blacksmith and carried the steel crossbow to the front yard.
"Dog, let's go, I'll take you hunting, there's something good" Zhao Zhi teased the dog with the steel crossbow in his hand. The dog had obviously forgotten what had just fallen into the water, and ran away with Zhao Zhi with great interest. There is a mountain not far from Dabanqiao, and there are many birds and beasts on the mountain, and the machete has already come here with dogs.
"What's going on? I'm on the right head," Zhao Zhi pulled out the crossbow arrow from the pheasant, threw the pheasant to the dog, and said defiantly. ", I won't use this thing, if I bring my rifle, 10 of you will not be my opponent," the dog said disdainfully, picking up the pheasant on the ground and picking it on his stick, on which there were already many pheasants, hares, and other prey. Zhao Zhi and the dog agreed to have one arrow per person, and took turns to use a steel crossbow to hunt, comparing to see whose accuracy was better, and slipped down the mountain, obviously Zhao Zhi's harvest was relatively large.
"Go and hand it over to the cook, let's have a good meal at night" Zhao Zhishun threw today's prey to the old cannon, who also had just returned. "I have something to do with you, let the dog take it" The old cannon dragged Zhao Zhi and the rich man up to the second floor. "I met a mallet on the black market today, saying that I wanted to buy a gun, the price was easy to say, and I said that it was better to be a big guy" Lao Cannon took out a list and handed it to Zhao Zhi. Zhao Zhi and the rich man were all surprised when they saw the list, according to the things on it, but they could be equipped with a company. "Does he want anything more?"
The old cannon scratched his head, "I also said that I need medicines, I think they are all first-aid medicines, I didn't dare to agree" The rich man breathed a sigh of relief, "You want money on a dog day, you look at the list, let's not say that we don't have the things in it, even if we have it, we can't do this job." This is the equipment of an integrated company, who will buy so many weapons at this time, you stupid you" As he spoke, the rich man gestured with his hand, "I guess the mallet you said is eighty percent of this"
The old cannon still didn't understand what the rich man was talking about, and the angry rich man rolled his eyes. Zhao Zhi was also angry, afraid of hitting the old cannon's head, "The rich man is talking about the eight roads, you have just a few days after the dog's day, and the good days are impatient." In the past, there was a staff officer in the military department who said something in private that had something to do with the Eighth Road, and he was arrested the next day. Everyone has just settled down, don't make trouble, it's good to pour some small things in the future, don't do any more military supplies such as weapons and medicines, it's too risky."
"Then now these things are easy to sell and make more money"
"That's not good, if you think about it, with those gold bars in our hands, we won't have to worry about it for the rest of our lives. To be honest, or you won't go to the city in the future, and leave it all to the profiteers" Zhao Zhi saw that Lao Pao was still lucky, so he used words to scare Lao Pao. This trick has always been very effective for the old artillery, Zhao Zhi has tried and tried it repeatedly, and this time the old cannon is no exception.
"Rich man, how much money do we have?" Zhao Zhi is still not very clear about his family background.
"We brought back 165 gold bars from India and deposited them in Citibank in Kunming through your sister. Some of the small pieces of gold and silver jewellery we brought back from Burma earlier were exchanged for money. The old artillery made a lot of money in the black market, plus the $2,000 given by the British army, we now have a total of $2,000 and Ocean 3,000. I still have some goods there, if I sell them all, there will probably be more than 2,000 oceans" The rich man looked at the account book and calculated it one by one.
"Good boy, we have so much money. Yesterday I went to see my sister, and she said that the French currency is worthless, and the ocean is not insured. Let's all exchange it for dollars and pounds, say it's safer, and you can follow the old guns into the city and go to the bank tomorrow."
"That's right, I've been thinking about it these days, so I'll go to-morrow," the rich man closed the ledger and took out another small notebook. "Almost all the guns we brought back from India were shot, leaving 2 sniper rifles, 6 submachine guns and bullets, and all the pistols. According to your arrangement, they are all scattered and will not attract the attention of others. There are more than 60 grenades, this thing is not easy to shoot, it is too eye-catching"
"Not to mention, there are few people who buy grenades in the black market, and they all ask for guns and bullets" The old cannon is obviously familiar with the things in the black market.
"Forget it, just keep the grenade, it's tomorrow, send it to my brother-in-law, and come back with some bullets" Zhao Zhi nested in his chair, thinking about how many bullets he could exchange for back.