"What?" Wang Haoshan could no longer put on a stern father's face, and asked happily, "Mo'er, do you really have a way to buy a large number of guns and ammunition?" ”

This can't be blamed on Wang Haoshan's lack of calmness, it's really that the channels for large-scale arms purchases are too important. Although his ambitions are inflated, he also knows that the army in his hands is the foundation of his hegemony in Fushun Town. If he can have a channel to buy guns and ammunition in large quantities, he can fully arm the Wang family's army, and then take the initiative to seize the territory. The current confrontation between the Shu military government in Chongqing and Zhao Erfeng in Chengdu is a great opportunity for the Wang Jiajun to rise in southern Sichuan.

If you miss the opportunity to grow in the gap between this weak and small forces, you will inevitably fall into the quagmire of complex factions in the Sichuan army in the future, and if you want to develop and grow rapidly and dominate Shu, I am afraid that the difficulty will increase tenfold or hundredfold.

Wang Mo nodded, and replied: "My instructor at the Baoding Military Academy, Rachel, has a Westerner arms dealer friend, and he can buy the standard weapons of various Western teams, as many as he wants, and the active ones are fine, but the price will be slightly more expensive." ”

Wang Haoshan was already ecstatic in his heart at this moment, and laughed: "Okay, good, this is really a great thing, it was really worth spending a lot of money to send you to Baoding Military Academy!" ”

"If my father thinks that Western firearms are too expensive, I still have a classmate at Baoding Military Academy who knows people inside the Hanyang factory, and he can also buy relatively cheap Hanyang-made ones." Of course, Wang Mo would not be stunned and said bluntly that as long as he has money, he can buy all kinds of weapons and equipment.

The smile on Wang Haoshan's face became even bigger: "Okay, Mo'er thinks about it, since the beginning of the army, I have tried my best to raise only 100,000 oceans, so I have to leave half of the salary and buy grain." If the remaining 50,000 oceans are to buy Western firearms, I am afraid that they will not be able to buy much. ”

50,000 oceans are used to buy arms, which is really pitiful. Based on the normal market price at this time, Hanyang will cost 36 oceans, Mauser 98K will cost 70 oceans, and 100,000 oceans will only be enough to buy nearly 1,400 Hanyangs or 700 Mauser 98Ks. This is not counting the cost of buying bullets, 79 caliber round bullets cost 81 oceans per thousand, in fact, the cost of consumable ammunition is the largest.

Of course, Wang Mo doesn't need this price to buy from the industrial machine, Hanyang only needs 10 taels of silver, Mauser 98K only costs 20 taels of silver, which is converted to almost 14 oceans and 28 oceans. However, in Sichuan, an inland region with inconvenient transportation, it is almost impossible to buy arms at market prices, and it would be hellish if they could be bought at cost price.

Therefore, it is already good to buy arms for Wang Jiajun at the market price, so that Wang Mo can also leave funds to start his plans.

As soon as Wang Mo said the specific price, Wang Haoshan's smile just now suddenly disappeared without a trace, leaving only a sad face.

Wang Haoshan did not have any objection to this price, he knew very well in his heart that this price was already quite favorable for Sichuan at this time, but he was worried about whether he could scavenge another sum of silver, but Fushun Town, a poor rural area, really had no oil and water to squeeze.

After thinking for a while, Wang Haoshan shook his head helplessly: "Forget it, Mo'er, let's buy it made in Hanyang." The Mauser 98K is good, but it's too expensive. A total of 50,000 oceans, in this way, you contact your classmates to buy 1,000 Hanyang-made, and the rest of the oceans will buy all the ammunition, how much can you buy. In this way, the troops can also spend some ammunition for live-fire training, and most of the newly recruited soldiers have not even touched a gun, so they have to shoot a few shots for practice. ”

Wang Mo calculated a few times, nodded and said, "If you buy 1,000 Hanyang-made ones, the remaining 14,000 oceans can probably buy 177,000 caliber round bullets." I'll talk to them again, and for the sake of my classmates, it shouldn't be a problem to get 200,000 bullets. ”

As long as the army is not equipped with broadswords and spears, the importance of ammunition reserves is well understood, and sufficient ammunition reserves are the guarantee of the combat effectiveness of the firearms army.

After the discussion was settled, Wang Mo took two guards and a deposit of 20,000 oceans to purchase ordnance. In fact, he just went around Yibin County, exchanged the 20,000 ocean silver tickets in the bank, and then collected them into the industrial machine. What made him more speechless was that after the industrial machine swallowed the 20,000 oceans, it actually spit out a bunch of copper and a small amount of lead, iron and other metals, and then the balance was shown as 0 gold and 14,764 taels of silver. It seems that the industrial machine only collects gold and silver, and all other metals contained in the silver dollar are stripped away. But forget it, anyway, the cost of buying arms is very low.

Wang Mo calculated, he used the industrial machine to buy 1,000 Hanyang-made and 200,000 79 caliber round bombs exactly needed almost 20,000 oceans, so that he could still leave 30,000 oceans for his own use, which was simply a huge profit. It seems that this arms business is worth doing in a big way, and if he buys a production line to produce firearms and ammunition in the future, I believe that the cost will be further reduced and the profits will be even more lucrative.

Just when Wang Mo was busy covering up the details of his arms purchase, and Wang Haoshan was busy training Wang's army, there was already a dark tide surging in Yongning Road in southern Sichuan.

Yongning Road, Luzhou, Sihai Tea House, private room on the second floor.

More than ten young people with lofty ideals from the alliance headed by Yang Zhaorong, Huang Fang, and Deng Xiling gathered in the secret meeting, looking excited, and did not hide the joy on their faces.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I just received a telegram that Liu Hanqing, the commander of the Wanxian County Patrol, had raised the banner of revolution yesterday and marched to Kuifu today. Since then, most of the eastern Sichuan region has been recovered, and we should also respond as soon as possible in the southern Sichuan region to recover our Han rivers and mountains! Huang Fang's words were generous and powerful, and his expression was impassioned.

Although most of the attendees had known this exciting news for a long time, they could not suppress the excitement and joy in their hearts when they heard it again. In this turbulent era, how can these young people not be agitated when they can personally participate in it, personally promote the change of color of mountains and rivers, and change the banner of the city.

Yang Zhaorong was quite calm: "It is gratifying that the success of the great cause of the revolution is in sight, but now is not the time for us to raise a glass and celebrate. Luzhou has not yet recovered, and there is no room for negligence, so everyone will report on the situation in all aspects of Luzhou. ”

"What Brother Yang said is that now is not the time to celebrate." Huang Fang simply admitted his mistake, "The top priority is to contact all parties in Luzhou and seize the opportunity to start an incident." ”

"Most of the officers and soldiers of the Luzhou garrison have promised to do it anyway, and it is not a problem for the remaining few officers and soldiers to be removed or coerced."

"The Luzhou Metropolitan Division has been properly contacted, and it only needs to send a signal to raise the flag anyway."

"The patrol battalion stationed in Luyan has the help of the elder brothers of the elder brothers, and they can participate in the revolution at any time."

"The Yongning Provincial Artillery Corps in southern Sichuan is either a member of our alliance, or an officer and soldier who is committed to the revolution, as long as there is a counter-order, it will definitely start an incident as soon as possible."

"The squires of Luzhou, such as Chen, Wang, Lu, and Li, all expressed their willingness to raise money and food for our revolutionary army, and after the success of the uprising, they also promised to contribute to the new revolutionary military government."

Everyone in the room reported their work some time ago, which can be described as fruitful, and almost all the people in Luzhou City were infiltrated by them. The current Luzhou City is like a ripe peach, and it is more appropriate to receive the banner than to raise the flag to revolt.

"There is another person who must be vigilant, I once had people hint at Liu Chaowang of Yongning Daotai, but he has always been unclear and does not seem to have a heart for revolution. In case he gathers troops to resist, it will be a trouble and a variable after all. Deng Xiling said with some concern.

Huang Fang smiled coldly: "This kind of loyal lackey of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, kill it cleanly." Even if he is Yongning Daotai, almost all the available troops in Luzhou have been infiltrated and controlled by us. At that time, the whole city will be opposed, and how can a mere Liu Chaowang return to the sky. ”

Yang Zhaorong shook his head: "Liu Chaowang is Yongning Daotai after all, it is better not to kill or not to kill." It's better to persuade him to do it anyway, and if he doesn't want to, then we'll force him to do it. With Liu Chaowang's platform on the table, it will be much easier for us to recover the rest of Yongning Dao. ”

Everyone nodded when they heard this, after all, there is a precedent for this, wasn't Li Yuanhong the governor of the Wuchang Uprising who was pointed at the head at gunpoint? Although there were many revolutionaries with lofty ideals, most of them were not well-known, and it was difficult for them to gather local anti-Qing people. It is true that this idea is a bit naïve, so much so that it is used by all sides to usurp the fruits of the victory of the revolution, but it is the innocent idea of the majority of revolutionary youth in this era.

"That Wang Haoshan in Fushun Town may also be a trouble, I have sent people to persuade him many times to participate in the revolution and lead the army to belong to the Shu Military Government in Chongqing, but he has found various reasons to shirk it." Deng Xiling's main duty is to check and fill in the gaps, and he keeps a close eye on anyone who may endanger the great cause of the revolution.

Huang Fang still looked indifferent: "It's just a patrol battalion sentry officer, and he actually claims to be the marshal of the Southern Sichuan Revolutionary Army." What kind of Wang Jiajun is even more ridiculous, pulling strong men everywhere to expand to 1,000 people, but there are only more than 100 guns, and most of the soldiers are carrying spears and big knives, which are just a few. After Luzhou is recovered, only a battalion of soldiers and horses is needed, and it will be easy to exterminate him. ”

Huang Fang is not wrong to think so, most of these revolutionary youths are highly educated, and they are one of the few people in China who have opened their eyes to the world, and they know very well the difference between the army carrying spears and broadswords and being equipped with fast guns and artillery. Therefore, it is normal for him not to take the thousand-strong troops that Wang Haoshan pulled up in his eyes.

"It's better to be cautious, but this Fushun Wang Haoshan can take a break for the time being, and the top priority is to recover Luzhou. Ladies and gentlemen, each of you will contact the part you are responsible for, and at nine o'clock tonight, with the rocket as the trumpet, raise the flag and revolt. Expelle the Tartars and restore China! Yang Zhaorong made a final decision and made a plan for the uprising.

"Expelle the Tartars and restore China!"

"Expelle the Tartars and restore China!"

The passionate slogans ignited the revolutionary fire in Luzhou and even the entire Yongning Road, illuminating the dim night sky at the end of the Qing Dynasty.