Eight people lived in a cheap inn, Hu Xiaoyan was very dissatisfied, he put on the Western-style clothes he wore when he crossed, and took Chen Yu out of the door. followed by Wu Dawei.

After walking a few steps, Hu Xiaoyan was helpless. So I got into a casino. Two Western-style youths with shaved heads followed by a big pigtail Qing people don't look like they are in Shanghai.

The casino is not huge, but it is noisy. The gangsters guarding the door did not embarrass the three of them, so there were no bloody incidents such as heroes saving the United States or heroes cherishing heroes, they just looked at the skin and haircut on Hu Xiaoyan and Chen Yu.

"Do you gamble?" Hu Xiaoyan asked.

"No, it won't." Chen Yu shook his head. He was considered an elite in this era, and gambling money was a bad thing.

Hu Xiaoyan nodded, and after entering, he began to wander around, while Chen Yu followed and looked around with interest. Wu Dawei, the dog-legged man, followed behind and stared at him deadly. In the palm of his hand that he kept in his sleeve was a throwing knife. If Hu Chen and the others want to escape, the end is not expected to be very good.

But neither of them thought of escaping. Hu Xiaoyan has no money, and no one still has the intention of using Wu Dawei's gang. And Chen Yu has not been interested in the family's property since he knew that he was kidnapped by his family. He himself is full of confidence that he will be able to make more money in the future, and the main purpose of this visit to the mainland is not to inherit property but to investigate.

Suddenly, Hu Xiaoyan stopped. Because there was a commotion ahead.

“**，**。 Shit! You must be out of the way! "It was a middle-aged foreigner who spoke fluently with a Shanghai accent and a slight foreign accent.

"Mr. Lawrence! You can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk nonsense. You already owe us thirty taels, and if it weren't for the fact that you are an American, do you think you would still be able to stand here intact and gamble? The casino steward said calmly. Throw him out! ”

So the two big men threw Lawrence, who kept yelling and swearing, out.

Very good! Hu Xiaoyan added 10 points to Lawrence. He had read a few Qing Dynasty travel texts, and each of them mentioned the importance of having a foreigner partner. He thought so! This era is the era when Chinese lives are inferior to dogs.

He greeted the two attendants and walked out of the casino with the two big men behind.

Lawrence spat out blood in hatred, he was thrown out the door by two big men. Knocked his lip as he fell to the ground. **, he secretly cursed the casino and God! It's unlucky enough to say. Every foreigner who came to Shanghai made a fortune. He is no exception. With the white skin on his body, he also had a value of several thousand taels in Shanghai, but unfortunately, he invested all his money in the ** of the British. But gangsters in Greater Shanghai are too rampant. His goods were swallowed. And there is no one to reason. These gangs that swallowed goods have not yet formed a scale, and they have made a vote and then dispersed in a hurry. Even the patrol house could not do anything.

Today's big Shanghai is not the big Shanghai of more than a decade later. The later gangster Huang Jinrong is now just a small detective, with less than ten people under his command. Du Yuesheng is still playing in the mud in the countryside. As for Zhang Xiaolin, he still doesn't know where the Tiger Roaring Mountain Forest is. Although today's big Shanghai Youth Gang is strong, but these bosses don't obey me, I don't obey you, you have dozens of junior brothers in your second-tier junior brothers, and I also have dozens of junior brothers. Love and kill each other. If you kill me today, the day after tomorrow we will join forces to kill him. In addition, the foreigners in the concession are pushing behind, and they are very willing to see the chaotic Shanghai, rather than the emergence of a concerted Shanghai gangster.

Lawrence was a casualty of this era. Of course, he is also a victim of those big capitalists in the United States, otherwise he would not have come to Shanghai alone to break the world. He looked back at the man who had swallowed him thirty taels of silver, and could only spit bloody phlegm in hatred and turned away. After a while, it disappeared around the corner.

After turning a few corners, he soon came to a chaotic alley. At the end of the alley is a wall. He quickly pulled out his revolver and pointed around the corner.

Three people appeared on the way. Two Western-style dresses, one traditional Qing State braid.

"Hey, buddy! After following me for so long, you should know that I don't have any money! "Lawrence has a solid hand. He was a Southerner in the United States, and his father died in the Civil War, when he was still a child, and the family's fortune was swept away by the Yankees. Eventually, his mother raised Lawrence on a modest salary to do housework for the Yankees, and Lawrence did not have a higher education. Because higher education is not something that a family like him can afford. After dropping out of school, Lawrence followed a veteran to the West where he worked hard to make a fortune, but the cowboys liked it the most, and then he went bankrupt. I had no choice but to follow the veteran's son to Shanghai to break into the world. So his marksmanship is very accurate.

"On the contrary, I'm not here to ask you for money, I'm going to send it to you." Hu Xiaoyan said with a smile, he stretched out his hands and slowly pulled off his suit. Let Lawrence see his waist.

"You see, I don't have a gun."

Lawrence tilted his head to look at the other two.

Chen Yu had no choice but to follow Hu Xiaoyan to do so. Wu Dawei also slowly raised his hands and spun around in place. His clothes were tight-fitting and certainly couldn't fit a gun.

"Okay, so what are you looking for me?" Lawrence was relieved.

“Iwanttodosomebusinesswithyou.” Hu Xiaoyan said in English.

“Hmm？” Lawrence, though strange, put away his gun.

“comeon.”

The four of them came to a teahouse. Went to the second floor. It's not that Lawrence likes tea, it's that Lawrence doesn't have money. I don't know if this business can be done yet. If it can't be done, then the cost in the café is not something that Lawrence can afford now. And the price of tea in the tea house, Lawrence is barely acceptable.

"What kind of business do you want to do?" Lawrence pretended not to care.

“guns! MauserorMosinNagant。 Gewehr98。 ”

“what？” Lawrence was taken aback. He himself is a cowboy, and he still knows a little about rifles from various countries. Since the other party said Mossinagan and Mauser, then it will definitely not be those imitations. But the Mosingana rifle is the standard equipment of the Russian Army, and the latest Mauser rifle has just left the factory.

Big business? Lawrence's heart was on fire, but it was then extinguished. Because big business will definitely not be his turn. Moreover, the Mauser 98 is not a Type 1888 commission rifle, and even the German Army is not fully equipped, let alone exported.

“sorry！” Lawrence had to explain, he didn't think about deceiving these three, but since Hu Xiaoyan said the name Gewehr98, it must not be so easy to be deceived. If such a character really throws him into the Huangpu River, no one will really come to avenge him.

Hu Xiaoyan listened thoughtfully. On the one hand, it comes from the word Gewehr98, which pops into his mind when he says Mauser.

This is the original memory of this body!

On the other hand, there are words from Lawrence. At the time of Lawrence's explanation, because the English of this era was somewhat different from later generations after all, and Lawrence's hometown accent was very strong. Just when Hu Xiaoyan felt a little struggling, his mind had to change again.

A dialog box appeared in his mind, with a box on the top of Lawrence's words and a translation into Chinese below. This made Hu Xiaoyan both frightened and excited.

“hey！” Lawrence couldn't wait for a response after speaking, so he had to pat the table.

Hu Xiaoyan smiled weirdly: "MosinNagant! IwantTenfortest！ ”

“onlyTen?” Lawrence shook his head in disappointment.

“10000infuture!butTestfirst!” Hu Xiaoyan drank tea unhurriedly.

“really！！！” Lawrence stood up.

“butIdonntwantanyoneknowit‘smewhobuytheguns!evenifIamthegoverment!” He turned his head to look at Wu Dawei, "Give him a hundred taels, this is a deposit." Also, I don't want the price to be more than sixty taels. ”

Hu Xiaoyan stood up and straightened his suit: "forIalsoneedsomebigmeninfuture!"

Wu Dawei closed his lips tightly, and only put down a hundred taels of silver on the table after half a sound. He glared at Hu Xiaoyan and Lawrence hatefully. It was then that he realized that he was indeed illiterate.

Lawrence grabbed a hundred taels of silver and put it in his pocket. "Where can I find you if there is news?"

"In three days, this Mr. Chen will come to you!" Hu Xiaoyan went downstairs unhurriedly, and said softly: "The third master, give him a little bit of power." ”

Wu Dawei was stunned for a moment, then waved his hand, and a flying knife passed through Lawrence's crotch and stared at the wall.

"If you lie to me!" Wu Dawei withdrew his hand and went downstairs.

Lawrence looked at his crotch in a cold sweat and at the knife on the wall behind him. Weakly wiped the cold sweat that did not exist. Indeed, when he heard that there were ten thousand sticks, he had already decided to deceive. Because 10,000 Mosinagan rifles are simply not something that a small person like him can get his hands on.

Forget it, let's get ten first. Lawrence didn't want to go to the patrol room, but thinking about the throwing knife, he decided to take a look. As the saying goes, those who stand up to death die die starve the faint-hearted. If the profit of 10,000 rifles is enough, it is not impossible.

Not to mention the tangled Lawrence.

After the three of them went downstairs, Chen Yu asked puzzledly, "Why are you looking for him?" I think this guy is a hooligan ruffian. ”

Hu Xiaoyan sighed and pointed to Chen Yu's face: "Who called us yellow-skinned." Guess what the court would have thought if anyone knew that we were buying such a large sum of rifles? ”

"But isn't this guy going to leak secrets?"

"Then it depends on whether we give enough profits!" Hu Xiaoyan will not worry about this problem. Because in 1898 the Manchu Qing Dynasty did not have any powerful revolutionary party. Naturally, there is no question of rebels.

And as long as he hasn't paid off the money for 10,000 Mosingana rifles, I believe that no one will come to arrest him, the so-called thief and dirty!

"Then why do you want a Mosingana rifle? Mauser 98 What's that going on? ”

"Mauser 98? Haha, that kind of rifle has only been developed for a short time, and even the German Army is not equipped yet. That's why I told him so much. The name of this rifle is not known to everyone. Hu Xiaoyan explained unhurriedly.

However, the cost of 10,000 Mosingana rifles, even 60 taels will cost 600,000 taels. What's more, sixty taels may not be able to be taken down. This is a problem.

Hu Xiaoyan turned around and asked, "Do you want to do a big ticket?" I know you've been thinking about returning to the Nie Army. ”

Wu Dawei pursed his lips: "Who are you?" ”