"It's coming. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Just two words, simple and ordinary, may be heard dozens of times a day, but they are of extraordinary significance to the people in the room, who are either serious or sad-looking, Mr. Zheng Shiliang, who is responsible for organizing the armed uprising, and his comrades.

They mean that the final conundrum for launching an armed uprising may have been ...... Or "will" be properly resolved.

The mercenaries finally accepted the invitation.

Zheng Shiliang, who had been wrestling with the seemingly unsolvable problem for weeks, felt that his tense nerves could finally relax for a while. With a long breath, he stood up and gestured to the others. "Except for the two Mr. Yamada and Huang Jun, the other comrades please recuse themselves for the time being."

His remarks provoked brief and minor discussions. Several members of the league wanted to stay, participate in the discussion, and help Zheng Shiliang negotiate the most favorable terms, but in the end, they were persuaded by others. The members of the League left their seats one by one, and Yukani walked out of the room. Then three mercenaries walked in.

They were all dressed in the same attire: cowboy hats, long black coats, long leather boots with spurs that made a crisp sound on the floor, bullet-ridden belts around their waists, and pistols dangling from the outside of their thighs. Anyone who has lived in the Wild West will immediately realize that the real intention of these people is not to dress themselves up as ordinary cowboys, but as gang members or bounty hunters - they want to make themselves look difficult to socialize with.

It's just that Zheng Shiliang didn't understand what they were trying to convey - he was a revolutionary, a member of the association, and once the leader of the "triad", but he was really only a pharmacy owner, and he had never been to the United States, and he knew neither the notorious fast gunners nor the mercenaries in the American West.

He still used a very traditional way to deal with these people.

He clasped his hands into fists and said apologetically: "You have come from afar, Zheng has not greeted you, please bear with me if the etiquette is not careful——"

"Mr. Zheng, we can save these useless polite words." The mercenary standing in the middle, who looked like a prodigal man with a scruffy beard and a weed in his mouth, interrupted Zheng Shiliang's opening remarks in a tone of extreme disdain. He took a step forward and said very openly to the leaders of the armed uprising whose face was quickly turning into consternation: "UMBRELLA has a good habit of going straight to the point and never saying a word of nonsense if the discussion is about work. So, let's get down to business. ”

He wasn't asking for it, he wasn't making a suggestion. That is a clear requirement that must be implemented. However, Zheng Shiliang could not say a word - he had already thought of what he was going to say, and every word had been carefully considered, but the mercenary's attitude was completely unexpected, and he began to wonder if those prepared speeches would be treated in the same way.

Not wanting to embarrass himself again, he began to think of a new sentence, and at the same time handed a glance to the Confederacy comrades and the two Yamada who were standing next to him, and motioned for them to say something.

They had to say something, or they would be cold.

However, neither Yamada was willing to get involved in the conversation at the wrong time - one of them, Yoshimasa Yamada, who was still stuck to his identity, a personal friend of the leader of the League, Dr. Sun, and a foreign volunteer, and therefore did not want to impact Zheng Shiliang's leadership; The other Yamada, the demolition expert sent by Hitoshi Kuroshima, was purely joking, wondering how many more mistakes the lame conspirators of the League would make—there was no choice, Huang Fu, Zheng Shiliang's deputy, and reluctantly accepted his instructions.

"Well, as revolutionaries, we should abandon old habits." He complimented, and then the conversation changed gear, and went back to the old ways. "At the very least, though, we should share our names with each other, so we don't know what to call them—"

"You can call me Ashin." The mercenary standing in the middle replied stiffly.

"And what about the other two?" Huang Fu then asked.

The two mercenaries didn't answer the question, like they didn't hear, but Ashin, he spoke. "You don't have to know their names and those of others, that's unnecessary, and they won't tell you." He said aloud, conveying the meaning unmistakably to everyone in the room.

Huang Fu had never seen such an unkind guy, and he was so arrogant, which couldn't help but make him feel a little annoyed. Instinctively, he quickly replied: "Since you have agreed to join the revolutionary cause, you should disclose your real names, and do not hide your identity as you do now, as if your identity is not visible." ”

His words made the three mercenaries laugh out loud, as if they had heard a very funny joke.

Huang Fu's anger increased, his muscles tensed, and his voice increased. "I don't know what's so ridiculous about my words."

"Because you don't realize how ridiculous it is." Ashin stepped forward twice, then raised his hand and held out a finger in front of Huang Fu. "Two points, first, we are not joining your revolution, we are ready to accept your employment, which means that we are by no means your comrades." Then he held out a second finger, "Two, you're engaged in a very dangerous and extremely flirtatious activity, and we don't want our name to be on any government's wanted list, that would cost us a lot of business, you know, man?" ”

After saying that, he turned to Zheng Shiliang and said to him, "Now that the greetings are over, can we start discussing business, Mr. Zheng?" ”

"Of course." Zheng Shiliang nodded mechanically and asked his first question: "How many of you are there?" ”

Ashin nodded with satisfaction and replied, "Thirty." If you can afford it and are willing to wait a few more days, we can get more. ”

Zheng Shiliang automatically ignored his last sentence - in his opinion, three mercenaries were already a problem, and thirty might be beyond his control, and beyond the scope of your comrades' tolerance. More? He's not gone crazy yet. And he didn't have time to waste any more.

However, he deliberately thought about it for a moment before asking, "How many weapons do you have?" ”

"Eighteen rifles, nine carbines, six submachine guns, three automatic rifles, one machine gun, two mortars." Ashin stepped forward a little more so that his suddenly muffled voice could be heard by Zheng Shiliang. "Listen, if you're willing to wait a few weeks, we can get an eighty-one millimeter mortar, which can increase your firepower advantage and reduce your casualties-"

"I'll think about it." Zheng Shiliang prevaricated. It must be admitted that large-caliber artillery was exactly what the armed uprising needed, and the proposal of this mercenary really created a great temptation for him. But the thought that would require him to postpone his plan again forced him to think about it seriously. Thinking about it carefully, once those weapons are in place, the mercenary's voice will inevitably be further increased, and he finally voted against it.

Of course, before the start of the uprising, he will not announce his decision, but will only "consider" all the time.

Ashin shrugged. He could see Zheng Shiliang's delaying tactics, but he didn't care at all—at least for now, there were more important topics.

"Talk about your plans." He took a few steps back, returned to his original position, and then gestured, "The specific plan, how many men you have, how many weapons, and when and where to start a rebellion. ”

"We—"

A hand raised and stopped Zheng Shiliang. Yoshimasa Yamada knew he had to break his silence. "You don't need to know that information." The Japanese man's voice was gentle, but also unusually resolute, and there seemed to be no room for bargaining. "The specific plans for the uprising are top secrets, and only the comrades of the League can know about them."

"And we are not comrades in the League." Ashin grinned. Yoshimasa Yamada used what he had said against him, thinking he would succeed, but that was just another mistake.

He began to fight back. "Sir, you must understand that since your actions are only a business for us, then it should have the appearance of a business. We need to assess the risk of the entire trade before we can come up with a reasonable price. But if we don't know your specific plans, we can't draw accurate conclusions, so we ......"

"Can't get a reasonable price." Yoshimasa Yamada nodded his head to indicate that he fully understood the mercenary's business rules, but was not compromised. "You can make plans as you like, but we won't tell you the exact plan."

His attitude was so resolute that Ashin had no choice but to put away his smile and put on a serious expression. "Since you insisted...... Thirty silver dollars each. ”

It's not high, and it's even extremely cheap – compared to UMBRELLA's fees. Zheng Shiliang's heart, which had been mentioned in Yamada's speech, fell back to his throat. However, just as he was about to accept Ashin's offer, two more words came out of the mercenary's mouth. "Every day."

"What!" Zheng Shiliang and Huang Fu shouted at the same time, and the two Yamada also opened their mouths, looking extremely surprised.

Thirty silver dollars per mercenary per day? It's a robbery!

However they still underestimate their opponents.

"Thirty per person per day, and the cost of ammunition is calculated separately." The smile had returned to Ashin's face, "Don't look at me with that kind of surprise, gentlemen, your plan is very dangerous, and considering that, this is a very low price." And you have to understand that in the past we used to collect dollars. ”

"It's a robbery." This sentence was squeezed out from between Huang Fu's teeth.

"Perhaps, but your plan is worth the price." Ashin said, by the way, he stopped Zheng Shiliang's attempt to speak. "Don't try to get me to change my mind, and don't reason with me. Revolutions, countries, nations, none of this means anything to us. We are mercenaries, who gives money, we help whomever we do. That is, you either accept the conditions or terminate the deal and complete your plans on your own. ”

Zheng Shiliang's face flushed, and Huang Fu could barely resist wanting to reprimand this morally corrupt mercenary, even though he knew it was meaningless.

It was at this time that they heard another phrase.

"Alternatively, you can make concessions in other ways, for example, by giving us the opportunity to reassess the risks of the plan and set new and more reasonable fees." Ashin was still smiling, "How is it, gentlemen?" Think about it carefully. ”

There was a silence, then an answer.

"We need to discuss." (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )