Subtitle of this chapter: Lao Tzu is not to make money, Lao Tzu is to make trouble.

Our Master Yuan casually flipped through the ledger, nodded and put the ledger aside. He didn't speak, but looked at the underworld couple with a smile, and then picked up the teacup and drank it himself.

In fact, he sighed in his heart, this year...... Well, the righteousness of any era can't be eaten. The real Hongmen is not a fairy tale juvenile movie adapted from a Hong Kong comic like "Crazy Boy", but a noir adult movie like "Black Club", where everyone is actually fame and fortune.

Regardless of the underworld or the white way, there are really few moral perfectionists who don't take advantage of the loopholes. It's only because he has too few people and even fewer talents, and it's not easy to build a modern company with a well-established system just because of a busy master like him and John McCall, a budding lawyer.

However, he can turn a blind eye and ignore the cattiness for the time being, which doesn't mean that he can't show these two their faces.

This couple is also the people in the scene, so they naturally know what this Nintendo second master means, but their faces are like mirrors in their hearts.

Li Jie looked up at the table clock and asked earnestly, "Brother Hongjixian, have you come to eat at this time?" ”

Yuan Yan said leisurely: "Brother Ziyixian, I was full of reading this account book just now." But now that you say that, the younger brother is really a little hungry, and it seems that he has to bother the Xian couple. ”

In fact, all three of them understand that he is not full of eyes but full of gas.

The fourth sister of Jin Feng didn't seem to hear the meaning at all, and said with a smile without embarrassment: "Look at what the second master said, what kind of annoyance." I usually want to invite you, the God of Wealth, to dinner, but I can't invite it. I'll go to the kitchen and give an order. The second master waits. ”

In a short time, a table of hot food and wine was delivered.

"Second master, and this gentleman. Please slow down ......"

Master Yuan saw that the old bustard was leaving, and immediately opened his mouth to stop him: "Fourth sister, don't go." I'm having something to discuss with you both. ”

The fourth sister of Jinfeng smiled dryly: "Second master, I am a woman, you still have to talk to me about anything." ”

Yuan Yanqian waved her hand and said, "Fourth sister, don't mind." Who of your family I don't know? And you are also the heroine of our Hongmen, you have to listen to this. ”

The couple glanced at each other, and Li Jie said boldly: "Since Brother Hong has said so, you can accompany you." ”

"Then the little woman should be respectful and obey her fate."

Saying that, the Fool, the Righteous Lord, and the couple went down to eat. Wait until the wine has passed three rounds and the dishes have passed the five flavors...... Well, ten flavors, Yuan Yanqian is too edible, so it is twice as much as the average person, so he put down his chopsticks and started to get down to business.

"Fifth brother, fourth sister. The little brother doesn't treat you as outsiders, so I want you to tell the truth! ”

Li Jie scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "Second Master, if you want to talk about the account ...... of Baisui Mountain and "Biqu Pavilion""

"Hahaha......" Master Yuan interrupted him with a laugh, "Fifth brother, we are on a Liangshan Mountain, where did the two Water Margins come from?" Your life is not easy, and if you can help, you can help. That's the end of it. What I want to ask is......"

"Are you really going to spend your life in this foreign country?"

"This ......"

Hongqi Lao Wu was stammered by his words, and he didn't know how to answer.

The fourth sister of Jinfeng smiled, stood up and filled a glass of wine for the Hongmen brother and said, "I don't know what advice the second master has?" ”

Yuan Yanqian looked at the two, picked up the wine glass and took a sip, and then said seriously: "Fifth brother and fourth sister, I won't tell you, the younger brother has a big business right now, but I don't know if you are willing to ...... with me Well, let's do it together. ”

The couple asked in unison, "What big business?" ”

"Munitions!"

"Arms?!"

The husband and wife looked at each other, but finally burst out laughing.

"Brother Xian, are you kidding your old brother? Even our big guy doesn't have the ability to play this kind of big deal, let alone us? ”

"Yes, second master. Not to mention the arms trade abroad, there must always be a strong relationship at home. If we could catch up with such big shots, where would we stay in Chinatown? ”

Master Yuan waved his hand and said solemnly: "Two, of course I'm not joking!" I have a ready-made relationship now, and I'm not going to make that big of it......"

The kind of arms trade that can easily cost millions or even tens of millions of yuan, Yuan Yanqian, the Li family and his wife, and even the Anliang General Hall really do not have the qualifications to do it so far, but if it is a petty arms smuggling, it will be different, and it is more suitable for an underground gang like Hongmen to do this.

So what is there to do with arms smuggling in small batches? Will our Master Yuan still look at this little money?

In fact, in 1920, it was really promising, and it was really not a small amount of money.

Do you want to know how much a rifle bullet can sell for in the north of Seris now? It scares people to death when they say it, a piece of the ocean, yes, it is equivalent to a piece of Yuan Datou equivalent to 0.63 taels of customs silver.

What is the price of a six-son fast gun plus a hundred bullets in the south today? It's really a bit exaggerated, a full hundred and fifty dollars! And in the United States, a few dollars can buy a good revolver.

1920...... In fact, the price of Seris arms before 1924 was so outrageous.

May 5, 1919, the day after the May Fourth Movement. On behalf of the governments of Great Britain, the United States, France, Japan, Spain, Portugal, Brazil, and Tsarist Russia, the Beijing Legation sent a note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Beiyang Government, stating that since the north and south of China had not yet been reunified, and all friendly countries were opposed to serious wars, they would bind their nationals and prohibit the import of "arms and their manufacturing materials" into China until China was established as a unified government recognized by the provinces. The note also mentioned that the envoys of the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy and Denmark to China also endorsed it.

In fact, the reasons why the great powers were able to agree to this ban are complex: Tsarist Russia, which had always been ambitious against Seris, was dead, and the minister in China was only bearing this name; Britain and the United States hope that this huge economic colony will be peaceful and easy to trade as soon as possible, and by the way, it will limit China's military development. On the one hand, Japan resigned from the head of the temple and cabinet caused by the "rice riots", and on the other hand, it encountered an anti-Japanese upsurge such as the May Fourth Movement; And other countries simply play soy sauce.

Subsequently, despite the diplomatic protests of the Beijing government, the foreign powers took matters into control of their nationals and ordered them not to sell arms to the Chinese. Not only did the Great Powers never sign arms sales contracts with Chinese warlords, but they also put the delivery of previous contracts on hold. The embargo was particularly strict before 1924, and the price of arms skyrocketed as a result.

Of course, our Master Yuan wants to do arms smuggling, money is secondary, and he has even greater ambitions!