Harbin is actually very close to Changchun, at least much closer than the distance from Mukden to Changchun.

Three days later, Geng Chaozhong and Xiao Yi took the train of the North Manchurian Railway, and after an eight-hour journey, they successfully arrived in the ice city of Harbin.

Looking out the window at Harbin covered in snow, with a variety of Western-style dome buildings, the whole city seems to have become a fairy tale world written by Hans Christian Andersen.

Now Harbin is the world of the Soviets.

The huge northeast presents a three-legged situation - Harbin is under the control of the Soviets, Lushunkou is the base camp of the Japanese, and only Mukden can barely be regarded as Zhang Xueliang's master, so, strictly speaking, the northeast has never been completely in the hands of the Chinese, not to mention, the railway line running through the northeast is almost completely controlled by the Soviets and the Japanese.

Geng Chaozhong stepped off the train, put on a dogskin hat, wrapped his fur coat tightly, and walked all the way through the snow, while Xiao Yi followed behind with a simple brown suitcase.

The railway station is in Nangang, out of the railway station, is the famous Gogol Street, many shops along the way are named in Russian or even French, of course, in addition to the streets named after the great French writers, there will be many streets named after the country, such as: Japan Street, Goryeo Street, Belgian Street, Romanian Street and so on.

In short, this is a very exotic city, and of course, there are all kinds of foreign cultures that are the product of course.

For example: salons, equestrian clubs.

The place where Geng Chaozhong and Xiao Yi are going today is the famous equestrian club in Harbin: Sona Phyllis Equestrian Club.

The two boarded a Russian-style tram, walked through Alekyev Church Square, and after walking a full five kilometers to the north, they finally saw a Russian-style building with a sign "Sonafilis Equestrian Club".

Seeing Geng Chaozhong just walking over and knocking on the door, Xiao Yi asked in surprise:

"Boss, let's just go in like this, don't we need a referral? When we were in the island city, we participated in the salon of foreigners, but we all needed to be introduced. ”

"No, we're not here to learn how to ride, we're here to buy horses."

Geng Chaozhong walked to the closed door, put a golden beard on his upper lip, then a pair of thick brown eyebrows, and at the same time padd his nose with wax skin, and then put a layer of adhesive tape on the outside of his nose - more than 20 degrees below zero, and his nose was frostbitten, which is very common.

The door opened, and a guy dressed as a waiter in a formal dress who seemed to be not afraid of the cold came over and opened the door, and saw a foreigner standing in front of the door, and asked politely:

“may I help you ，sir?”

“Je veux acheter un cheval.” (I want to buy a horse)

Geng Chaozhong expressed his intentions in French—a little bit of what he learned when he was in the island city, dealing with the Frenchman at Malcolm's Cafe.

The doorman was in awe.

In Europe, French has always been known as the language of the aristocracy, especially in the equestrian world.

He bowed slightly, respectfully welcomed Geng Chaozhong in, and then politely invited the guests to sit under the warm fireplace, and he walked in to invite his master out.

After a while, a foreigner with a high nose and a tuxedo and curly blond hair walked out, wearing a tuxedo and a short beard under his chin, full of aristocratic demeanor.

"I heard, you want a horse?" The visitor also asked questions in French.

"Yes, dear Mr. Phyllis, I beg your pardon for my presumptuousness, I know that I have come very abruptly this time.

However, this thing is important to me, I want a horse, the fastest horse, and hardy. Also, I've been learning Chinese recently, and I wonder if we can have a conversation in Chinese. “

Geng Chaozhong replied.

"You haven't introduced yourself yet." Mr. Phyllis glanced at Geng Chaozhong.

"Malcolm, I'm sorry, I'm really in a bit of a hurry, one of my lovers has malaria, and I have to go to her as fast as I can, and she lives some distance from the train station. Once again, I apologize to you for my haste that has seriously affected your demeanor. “

Geng Chaozhong put his hand on his chest and bowed to Phyllis again.

He didn't have much time to deal with these foreigners who liked to be complicated and polite, so it would be easier to achieve his goal by being direct with a proper reason.

Sure enough, Mr. Phyllis was moved by Geng Chaozhong's false love, and with an empathetic expression on his face, he said with a look of regret:

"Oh my God, you are such a soulful man, and on my behalf I send my sincerest condolences to your lover. So, come with me! ”

Phyllis led Geng Chaozhong to the back stable, where there were at least thirty famous horses of all kinds, but Geng Chaozhong obviously didn't know anything about it.

"Okay, which one do you want?" Phyllis spread his hands and said.

"Just these three criteria, hardiness, speed, endurance." Geng Chaozhong put forward his own demand.

Phyllis pondered for a moment, walked up to a horse, pointed to it and said to Geng Chaozhong:

"I recommend this one, it is the best breed cross between Mongolian horses and Ili horses, with a strong physique, broad chest and long sideburns, thick skin and thick hair, and can even withstand Siberian blizzards, which is the favorite military horse of many White Russian nobles."

Geng Chaozhong looked at the brown horse, this horse was a full height of one meter four, and indeed as Phyllis said, it had a wide chest and thick hair, and should have expertise in adapting to wind and snow weather.

This is exactly what Geng Chaozhong needs now.

After a few more circles around the horse, Geng Chaozhong found that on the horse's hind feet, there were several very obvious foreign characters: FLICE.

This is a trademark of the horses produced by the Phyllis Club.

"Okay, that's it." Geng Chaozhong made a decision.

This time he came to Harbin to buy a horse, not just for a horse, it was part of the whole plan, and he needed to let the Japanese know that a foreigner had bought a horse here.

"Dear sir, you need to pay $60, and I give you a twenty-percent discount for the sake of your affection for women." Phyllis spread his hands and said sincerely.

"No problem."

Geng Chaozhong glanced at Xiao Yi behind him, and Xiao Yi immediately took out six ten-yuan bills and handed them to Phyllis.

"Deal, I'll prepare the horse for you as soon as possible, you can come and pick up the horse in half an hour, okay?"

Phyllis consulted with Geng Chaozhong - the horse also needs to be equipped with the appropriate harness, and it needs some tuning.

"Yes."

The transaction was completed, and Geng Chaozhong led Xiao Yi out of the Felix Equestrian Club quickly.

"Boss, where are we going now?" Xiao Yi obviously felt the fast pace of Geng Chaozhong's actions.

"Go kill someone, I've made a lot of preparations in the past three days!"

Geng Chaozhong replied.