Chapter 21: The Hidden Cave

The next day, Meng Chang sat on the returning train. The trip to Shanghai was a complete success, weapons and ammunition, machinery and equipment, medicines, and communication equipment were all purchased, and a commercial bank was set up in cooperation with Mu Ouchu. Liu Xiwang let him stay in Shanghai, followed Mu Ouchu to handle the affairs of the commercial bank, and also left them a radio station for future contact. Now the time is very tight, he has too many things to do, running factories, military industry, schools, the army, etc., each of which involves a huge amount of energy. The train was running fast in Meng Chang's thoughts, without saying anything all the way, and arrived in Zhengzhou on the third day, got off the train, and the five people rushed to the accommodation first, and they came and went for about half a month, but the shopkeeper's eyesight was still very good, and he recognized a few people at a glance.

"Uncle, do you still live in room No. 1 in Tianzi, there is no one today" The shopkeeper smiled and ran over to help with the luggage or something.

"Well, you still live in that room, lead the way in front of the head, and reward you," Meng Chang took out a silver dollar and gave it to the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper is broken. After a few people settled down, Meng Chang took Liu Qinghou to the "Baicao Hall" to find Xu Lao.

When he arrived at Baicao Hall, Xu Lao happened to be fine, so Meng Chang entered the inner hall to discuss things with Xu Lao.

"Virtuous nephew, what you are doing in Shanghai, Ou Chu told me, it's really a newborn calf, by the way, yesterday a foreign devil came and said that he brought you a batch of equipment, and if you didn't come back, I arranged for him to go to Gaosheng's old store, which is where you lived before, and he also brought a few foreigners" Xu Lao couldn't hold his mouth when he saw Meng Chang.

"Here, so soon, okay, I'll look for them when I get to the store. Uncle, the medicinal materials I want, you are ready, no, I will use them when I go back. Meng Chang said with a smile.

"Okay, it's all the day before yesterday, just wait for you to get it" Xu Lao was concerned about this matter. "Virtuous nephew, I have a reluctant request, I am very interested in your recipe for hard qigong, I want to follow you to see how to use it, you see if it works." Xu Lao's requirements are really a bit high, because this is a secret recipe, especially the secret medicine of martial arts practitioners, how many generations have been passed down, and each generation is worn alone, you yourself are a martial arts practitioner, or a Langzhong, let you observe on the spot, how can there be any secrets. It's also a little embarrassing to use Xu Lao.

"Okay, Xu Lao, I can't ask for it, I want to split myself into several pieces now, now I am a doppelganger, and when Xu Lao comes to me, won't there be a Langzhong, I will have some injuries in the training I will start immediately, just you help me watch" Meng Chang also knew that Xu Lao was a trustworthy person through a few things, and now he was indeed understaffed, so he had no choice but to let him follow.

"Okay, then thank you nephew, I'm going to prepare a little trauma medicine and other medicines, I'll go live with you for a while" Xu Lao Daxi, the technical personnel have a little problem, and they always want to learn a little more stunts. The two had other things to talk about, and Meng Chang went back to the place where he stayed. When I arrived at the store, I asked the shopkeeper to inquire, and several foreigners were in the store, and they didn't go out, so Meng Chang went directly to find a few people. I tapped on the door, and a foreign devil with eyes came out, thin and tall.

"Excuse me, were you sent by Mr. Law? I'm Meng Chang," Meng Chang said, and took out a business card, which was obtained for him by Mu Ouchu in Shanghai.

"Oh, Boss Meng, hello, we are sent by Rouse, my name is Martin, I am responsible for the installation and commissioning of the equipment, and the leader is Kuhn, who is a close confidant of the boss, responsible for the handover of the goods" Martin opened the door and let Meng Chang in.

"Hello Mistermun, I'm Kuhn, hello, we've shipped all the equipment and weapons you want, just waiting for your acceptance" A blond-haired gringo in his forties stood up.

"I'm sorry, I stayed in Shanghai for a few more days, let you wait for a long time, I'll invite you to dinner later, tomorrow I will send someone to show you the way, and when we get to the place, we will inspect the goods, you have lined up a few people who are responsible for installation and commissioning this time, I want to talk to them." Meng Chang said on a chair.

"This time, Mark is in charge of the installation and commissioning, there are five technicians in total, and you have to arrange for someone to help carry some things or something," Kuhn said.

"No problem, Mr. Mark, that's right, I don't have a few mechanics in my hands, they are all farmers who have just come out of the field, and they have no education, so they will do some simple things, I want you to stay with me for a while, I told Mr. Rouse, I will give you twice your salary at my time, what do you think." Meng Chang said to Mark.

"Boss Meng, this time to come, the boss told me, I basically agreed, however, our living habits are not the same as yours, you still have to think about this, and please invite enough technicians as soon as possible, we still have to go back after all." Mark nodded and said hesitantly.

"There is no problem with this, because I still have a lot of equipment to be shipped over, and there will be some French and Americans who will come over, so I hired two chefs in Shanghai who can cook Western food, and they were supposed to come with me, they have to arrange some things, and they will come over tomorrow, you can rest assured." Meng Chang chatted for a while, stood up at five o'clock, and took Liu Qinghou and a few Germans to a Western restaurant on Erma Road to eat.

On the second day, Meng Chang asked Liu Qinghou to lead the way for a few foreigners, and Liu Xicai and Xu Lao took the lead first, and they had to load the car or something with the equipment, and they had to wait for a day before they could set off.

When he returned to Liujiatun, it caused a boil, and the patriarch Liu Shanpu led people to let Meng Chang and a few people into the house, chatting a few words, Meng Chang saw that Xu Lao and the patriarch were chatting well, so he arranged Xu Lao in the patriarch's house, and asked the patriarch to find a yard to prepare for Mark and others, and then hurriedly went to Xiaoshan Pass to see how the house was built.

Time is not big, come to the small col, see a big change, in the small col built a dozen houses, in the right opposite the mountain pass, a five-room big tile house, the others have seven or eight tile houses, the others are built with wood, the small hill pass around the expansion of more than 30 acres of open space, there are three football field size, the perimeter along the high around a circle of fences, all with large wooden positions, look strong, firm, at the entrance is now building a walled gate, is beginning to build a gatehouse. When Meng Chang arrived at the gate of the village, everyone found him.

"The captain is back, the captain is back," everyone shouted, and they all put down their work and looked over.

"What do you see, I haven't seen it, hurry up and work, the fourth captain Liu Qingyun, let him come to see me," Meng Chang asked everyone to hurry up and work, go to Liu Qingyun, tomorrow the equipment will come, put it there, if it really doesn't work, put it in the barracks, and see another barracks. Meng Chang has no bottom in his heart now.

"Captain, you're back, Liu Qingyun is still in the cave behind the mountain, hey, I can't tell you clearly, you can go and have a look with me" Liu Shanming, the deputy of the second team, happened to be here at Jianzhai Gate, got up and said to Meng Chang.

"Okay, you hurry up and lead the way" Meng Chang did not enter the barracks, so he walked directly to the back mountain with Liu Shanming, the road was easier to walk at the beginning, and after walking for half an hour, he turned into a small road, the cliffs on both sides were more than 200 meters, the two mountains sandwiched a ditch, and there were less than two miles forward, it was a vacant land, there were more than 100 acres, surrounded by mountains on three sides, there were people coming in and out of the place near the east, where should it be the cave, Meng Chang and the two walked to the entrance of the cave, and several team members hurriedly said hello.

"Liu Qingyun should be in the cave, captain, you follow me, it's a little dark inside," Liu Shanming said and took the lead into the cave, the entrance of the cave is more than three meters high, two meters wide, and he went in a zigzag, and after turning three corners in a row, he saw a large square with five or six acres, Meng Chang was stunned, how could it be such a big cave, this is so good to see Liu Qingyun, and shouted Liu Qingyun hurriedly came over to see the captain.

"Captain, this cave was discovered by accident, at first it was relatively narrow, I asked people to widen it, there was just a big stone blocking it, and when the big stone came out, I found this cave, this one is big, and a few other places were found to be a few of the next point, there are three of them with the size of one or two acres, and there are more than a dozen of the others about half an acre. Now the whole cave has been explored, and the rest of the cave is made of solid stone. Liu Qingyun was a little excited, he was looking for a small cave, who knew that he had found this. That expression, that is, praise me, praise me.

"Well, it is worthy of praise, Liu Qingyun, you have made a great contribution, how many people know about this place now, and who else has been here" Meng Chang asked.

"Captain, there are many people who know this place, after all, this place is less than ten miles away from Tunzi, and some people will come here to collect firewood, hunting or collecting herbs, but there are not many people who know about this cave, and any captain and deputy captain I brought with me know about opening the big cave, and no one else has told them" Liu Qingyun hurriedly said, although he didn't know what Meng Chang was going to do, but after all, finding the cave was a secret thing, so it was not publicized.

"Yes, yes. It's a bit of a sense of security, now you don't clean up the cave, arrange people, first block this place, I have a lot of use in this place, arrange three posts, no entry and exit without my orders, Liu Qingyun you take a few people to get them to eat, wear, use, all for me, you first arrange sentry posts, and then build a gate for me, Liu Shanming, you go back immediately and bring your people over, you don't want to go home from now on, just eat and live here, I have arranged the outside, Come here right away, it's estimated that it will take a few days," Meng Chang said.