Like a cartel. Portman, an old guy who has gone through ups and downs, has long been stereotyped in his outlook on life and worldview, and it is difficult to impress him with family affection alone, even if Sonia claims to be the cartel's favorite daughter.

That said, although under Sonya's matchmaking, the cartel. Portman met with Li Zhigao and his parents as a parent, and invited Li Zhigao's family to his villa for a banquet, the whole process showed a loving father image of loving his daughter, but that's all, if there is no more substantive thing, the cartel should suppress Li Zhigao or suppress, what to do or what to do.

It is said that the best way to deal with this kind of person is to completely eliminate it from the **, which is not difficult for Li Zhigao, the problem is that Li Zhigao has cooperated extensively with the Rhineland Group led by the cartel before, and if he loses this cooperation object, it will be more troublesome to find someone again. The so-called raw is better than cooked, so Li Zhigao finally decided to let the cartel go.

Of course, superpowers can't be shown in front of the cartel, but there are other ways to threaten the other party, and the cartel has a lot of hobbies, especially collecting, so there are many ways to deal with him.

With the help of Sonya, Li Zhigao visited the cartel's supposedly impregnable collection room in the name of a visit, where there are all kinds of antiques, but the most are weapons, from Roman times to the 21st century.

Weapons that can be used as collectibles are obviously not big road goods, in fact, there are a lot of weapons here, from swords, guns, swords, halberds, to all kinds of armor, from bows and crossbows to muskets, all of them are classified according to time and type, and these weapons are either ivory handles or gilded. Either diamonds, in short, all kinds of luxury, all kinds of luxury. In addition to weapons, some such as crowns, scepters, etc., there are also quite a few.

According to Sonya. The collection in his collection room alone is tentatively estimated to be worth a billion dollars, which the cartel has acquired one after another from the light and the dark channels for more than 20 years, and many of the things in it cannot see the light at all.

It's easy to do now, set the coordinates in advance when visiting, and then teleport over at night, using the space of the ring to sweep away the entire collection room. Even all kinds of infrared detectors were taken away, and then when the alarm bell was loud outside, they were teleported away.

Li Zhigao's method, anyone can only be dumbfounded, and the next day, Li Zhigao pretended to give everything to the cartel as it is, and at the same time returned the things, he also sent a letter. The letter borrowed the tone of the forces behind Li Zhigao. He said that he was very dissatisfied with the cartel's recent probing of their actions, so he punished them with a small punishment. took away his collection, saying that if there was a next time, to explore their identities, it would not be to take the collection, but to take the lives of his entire family.

For this threat, the cartel can only pinch his nose and endure it. After all, people are right, his collection room is the most preserved place, much tighter than his bedroom, and can unknowingly take away his collection and send it back. It has always made the cartel unable to figure out how the other party is doing, and it should be easier to take his life.

In addition, the previous smuggling activities were also full of weirdness, so the cartel decided not to be angry with the other party anymore. The so-called older a person is, the more afraid he is of death, especially at his age, his family is big, and he can't be angry with others casually. The previous tentative move was just a normal temptation of unknown forces, in addition to saving face, it was also to see how many catties and taels the other party had, and now he tried to find out that the other party was not easy to provoke, and he didn't care about himself.

"Actually, you don't have to be angry." Seeing the cartel's gloomy face, Li Zhigao just smiled slightly when he came over to send back the collection and the threatening letter in person, "If someone takes your things and sends them back, it means that they don't want to fall out with you completely, and they still want to continue to cooperate with you, right?" So, it's a good thing. ”

"I still want to cooperate, hehe." The cartel stared at Li Zhigao a few times, "If you want to cooperate, is it such a cooperation method?" What are you guys when I am? ”

"It's called coming and not being rude." Li Zhigao said with a smile, "You sent someone to arrest me first, although everyone knows that I am just a small person in front of the stage, and I belong to an abandoned son who can give up at any time, but the abandoned son is also valuable, and if you move me casually, it is equivalent to losing their face." If they don't give you some color to see, how will they mix it up in the future? To put it bluntly, you guys are the ones who provoked first, okay? ”

"Hmph, I'm just trying to figure out what you guys do." "You're so mysterious, you've bought so much equipment to make munitions, I have to figure out what you do and where you sell it." What if you are terrorists? When the time comes, the whole world will come to me for trouble, and I can't afford it. ”

"Rest assured, we are definitely not terrorists." Li Zhigao shook his head.

"If you say no, it's not." Cartel pouted, "I've been in this business for a long time, even the depth of this business. Arms smuggling may seem chaotic, but in fact, like the drug trade, there is a context to follow. In short, the world is so big, and there are only a few channels and buyers who buy arms privately, and it is impossible to find no traces. I've inquired, whether it's bright or dark, and no buyer I know has taken the goods from you, so tell me, where did all the things I sold to you go before? In this world, I can't even figure out where to go, except for the national level, there are only terrorists, and the national level, there is no need to hide like you, so what are you not terrorists? ”

"Couldn't it be a new force?" Li Zhigao blinked, "For example, a new force in a country in Africa or South America?" ”

"Africa? I'm Africa! "I know better than anyone what the situation is with arms in Africa in this area, at least, I have not heard of the recent large-scale imports of weapons and weapons manufacturing equipment in Africa." As for South America, what I sell you is not very advanced, and there should be no shortage of countries in South America. ”

"I can't explain that." Li Zhigao really can't explain it, could it be that he told him that everything was sold to another world?

Li Zhigao simply spread his hands: "Look, I'm just a person in front of the stage, and I don't know who they are, so it's useless for you to tell me this." You can still find a way to go, a channel or something, I'm really black-eyed. ”

"You really don't know anything?" The cartel stared at Li Zhigao's eyes and asked.

"I really don't know anything." Li Zhigao shook his head.

"Huh." The cartel burst out laughing. "Then I admire you, you don't know anything, how dare you enter this industry? Did you know that this business is actually more dangerous than drug trafficking? You're having a good day, but what are you wading into the muddy waters here? Really crazy about money? ”

"Well, it's hard to put into words." Li Zhigao also sighed, "Anyway." I also came in unintentionally, and who knew that once I came in, I couldn't turn back. ”

Obviously, Li Zhigao took the opportunity to talk about the ring, but the cartel thought that he was inadvertently involved in a certain turmoil and could not turn back.

"Yes, one misstep becomes a thousand years of hatred, I agree with this sentence of China." The cartel nodded, seemed to be very emotional, and patted Li Zhigao's shoulder with embarrassment. "Young man, if it weren't for Sonya's crush on you, you think I would have bothered to talk to you so much? I really see that you are so young that I can't bear to let you enter this industry. This line of work is not as simple as it seems, if you can stay away, it is good to stay away. ”

"And you're still letting Sonia do this?" Li Zhigao couldn't help but retort.

"Do you think I didn't want her to stop doing this?" The cartel glanced at Li Zhigao, "Sonia is my favorite daughter. I also thought about letting her do something else, so I sent her to study in the United States early. Originally, I wanted her to study art. Who knew that she secretly studied business administration, and, besides, she, she also got into big trouble in the United States and had to go back here. Anyway, come back here to do things. It was her own choice, and since she chose to continue in this business, I could only do my best to help her. ”

"Oh, I see." Li Zhigao glanced at Sonya, who was not speaking next to him, and nodded.

"But I didn't expect that. Sonia actually has a crush on you. The cartel looked at Sonya lovingly, and then turned to Li Zhigao and said, "My daughter is arrogant and never shy away from men, and even once I thought she liked women, but I didn't expect to choose you as a Chinese in the end, which really didn't surprise me." ”

"Why, you look down on the Chinese?" Li Zhigao smiled.

"No, I don't look down on the Chinese." Cartel smiled, "To be honest, the only people I look down on are black people in Africa." They're lazy and stupid, no matter how good things are handed over to them, it's just a mess, just look at South Africa, what has happened to those since they came to power? You Chinese are different, you have perseverance and courage, so you can go from a bullied nation to the second most powerful country in a short period of time. Seriously, if you're a, even if Sonia goes crazy and falls in love with you, I definitely won't agree, but if you're Chinese, I don't care, just let her please. ”

"You've won a prize." Li Zhigao smiled, only then did he realize that this old guy was still a racist, and it was estimated that he didn't look down on the Chinese, but he only said this when he saw that the wood was already in the boat. To look at it this way, white people in South Africa are also quite conservative, which may have something to do with the fact that they are all Catholics.

"It's not an award, it's a fact." Cartel narrowed his eyes, "Young man, although I admire you, you should know who I am by now. Therefore, I hope you will be kind to Sonia in the future, and you will not let her be wronged in the slightest, and you will not be allowed to make her sad! If she is wronged, I will not treat it as if I didn't see it, I will use my own way to get justice for my daughter, even if you have that mysterious force behind you, do you understand what I mean? ”

"Understood, understood." Li Zhigao glanced at Sonya, who bowed her head and blushed shyly, and couldn't help but grow her head for a while, this rhythm seemed to be a little wrong.

"It's good to understand." Cartel nodded, "You're a smart man, I won't say much more." In short, you and Sonia are good, then it will be your own family, and in the future, you have to distinguish who is close to you. ”

"Yes, yes."

"In the future, I mean that if you get information about the force behind you in the future, remember to notify me as soon as possible." Cartel continued, "No matter how small or subtle, tell me, believe me, I'm doing this for your good, and you can only rely on me so that you don't become an outcast, a scapegoat and a wretch, understand?" ”

"Oh, understood." Li Zhigao knew, the other party said so much, he wanted to be an infernal affair, and in the end. I still want to figure out the forces behind my own "back".

However, if you think about it carefully, it is not bad for the other party to do this, after all, as he said, the arms industry has developed to the present, and who buys and sells things to whom. In fact, there are contexts to follow, and most of them are more complicated situations, which are basically related to terrorists, and it is not difficult to find other drug dealers and warlords who buy weapons.

Although the cartel is a big arms dealer, he does not dare to get involved with terrorists, and once he is involved, no one can protect him. He just wants to continue to make money as he does his duty, but he doesn't want to get into trouble for this, so he is so nervous about himself as a "mystery buyer".

In other words, don't look at arms smuggling and everyone sells it, but it also depends on the situation of the seller. If it is a middleman with a small family, it doesn't matter who it sells to, but upstream producers and wholesalers like cartels think more. You also have to take into account political factors and other aspects, after all, their family has a big business. While more profitable and safer, they are not as flexible as middlemen.

"In short, you can rest assured that they are definitely not terrorists, and terrorists are not that rich." Li Zhigao smiled. "Have you ever seen terrorists take out dozens of tons of gold to buy arms at every turn?"

"That's true, most terrorists are poor." Cartel nodded, "But be careful." ”

"By the way, I'm going back to China tomorrow." Li Zhigao smiled and shook his head, no longer talking about this topic. "That's right, the above gave me a list, asking me to continue to buy goods from you, this time, to buy more artillery and shell production lines, of course, in the future, I will have to continue to buy raw materials for the production of shells."

"Artillery, that's fine." Hearing the conversation, the cartel didn't say anything else, "What do you want?" ”

"Point large-caliber artillery." Li Zhigao said, "First of all, 54 G5 155mm howitzers, with towing vehicles, ten base conventional artillery shells and an automated production line for the production of artillery shells; 10,000 MGL-140 howitzers, each with ten base ammunition, plus a grenade production line; 5,000 Type 93 60-mm mortars of your own copy, with ten base shells; 5,000 Type 63 107mm rocket launchers that you copied yourself, five base conventional rockets, plus two rocket production lines; 10,000 AKMs of your own production, no bullets. ”

"You've got a lot of them." Listening to Li Zhigao's words, the cartel frowned, "Nothing else, 54 G5 155mm howitzers?" This is the formation of a heavy artillery regiment, which is very eye-catching. ”

"Just say no." Li Zhigao said, "As I said, if you can, I will continue to buy it from you, and if you can't get it, I will find someone else." In fact, China, Russia and the like are not untouchable. ”

"Yes, of course." The cartel smiled, "It's just a few cannons, and it's not missiles and biological weapons, what are you afraid of." However, the number you want is a bit large, especially 10,000 MGL-140 howitzers, to be honest, even the South African Defence Force doesn't have so much, you have to say hello over there and start production again, and the same goes for mortars, there is not so much stock at all, they all have to be remade, it will take time. ”

"How long will it take to get it together?"

"It's hard to say, although these things are not technically difficult, if you work overtime, it will take at least a month and a half."

"And the production line."

"The production line is even more fine, I have a ready-made one here, if you are not too old, I can sell it to you immediately, as for the new production line, it can also be re-customized, and it can be customized according to your requirements. For example, do you want a fully automated or semi-automated production line? The price varies depending on the situation, and of course, the manpower required and the level of complexity are also different. ”

"Then there will be a set of fully automatic and semi-automatic ones, which will be customized and brand new."

"Okay, okay, no problem, as long as you give money, it's all right."

"By the way, aren't you afraid that we're terrorists right now?"

"Hehe, terrorists don't buy this kind of thing." The cartel smiled slyly, "Terrorists play with bazookas or explosives, and if terrorists use cannons, then anti-terrorist people should laugh." In the past few years, we have been playing with missiles and satellites, and targets the size of 155-mm cannons are expensive, cumbersome to use, and the targets are so large that they cannot be hidden at all, so terrorists will not use them. To be honest, things like towed 155-mm guns are becoming less and less marketable, and many countries have decommissioned them. At worst, it is also with self-propelled guns. ”

"By the way, is there a 203 mm cannon?"

"203 mm? Yes there is, how, are you interested? ”

"Of course I am."

"This, not that I said, the 203-mm gun is too heavy. The rate of fire is low, and it is not cost-effective at all. The cartel shook his head, "The power of two 155mm guns is much more powerful than that of one 203mm gun, and the firing speed of the 155mm gun is much faster than that of the 203mm gun, although the 203mm gun has an advantage in range, but there is no mention of accuracy." In other words, more than thirty kilometers, it is really better to use missiles. Unless it's a covering shot. But that was the same as the 155-mm gun. In short, since the advent of missiles, the 203-mm guns have basically been eliminated in the world. ”

"Of course I know that." Li Zhigao shook his head, "I, no, it's for another reason that the above wants this kind of cannon." Well, you say, can you get me this kind of cannon? Preferably the kind FGT-203 howitzer of the Chinese kind. Can you get it? ”

"Yes." Cartel smiled, "You have to." I can give you a way to think of how much you want? ”

"I want 54 doors, and it's best to get me the production line."

"The production line? Do you really want to mass-produce this thing? Cartel asked curiously.

"Yes."

"Then why don't you talk to China yourself?"

"No way, I'm in a special situation." Li Zhigao said, "I know you have a way, if I have direct contact with the Chinese side." It's inconvenient, it's better to go through you. You say, can you get it? ”

"This, I have to talk about it before I can say it's okay." "But it should be fine." The kind you said. It's the North Industries Company, they have now dismounted this kind of cannon, and the production line is naturally abandoned, if you are willing to spend money to buy it, they should not be able to ask for it. ”

"That's great!" Li Zhigao clapped his hands happily, "It's so decided, the production line of 203 mm guns and 155 mm guns, I want one set, no, two sets!" ”

"It's not cheap." Cartel said lightly.

"It's okay, it's easy to talk about money." Li Zhigao smiled, "In addition to these, I also need three 10,000-ton hydraulic presses, 10 3,000-ton hydraulic presses, and 20 1,000-ton hydraulic presses." In addition......"

"Wait!"

"Huh? What's wrong? ”

"Looks like you really don't understand." The cartel shook his head, "Those presses you were talking about...... Let's be honest, the artillery production line itself comes with its own hydraulic press, don't you even understand this? For example, a 203-mm gun, which has to be freely forged by 10,000 tons, has no hydraulic press, where is the artillery production line? ”

"Oh, that's right, that's good." Li Zhigao nodded, "But I heard that the hydraulic press is very sensitive, is it true?" ”

"To say that in the past, it was good that the 10,000-ton hydraulic press was sensitive." Cartel shook his head, "But now, with the advancement of technology, this kind of thing is no longer a sensitive product, but it is used less often." ”

"That's right." Li Zhigao nodded, "Well, according to the previous statement, the production line must be fully usable." In addition, I also want five sets of 50,000 kilowatt thermal power generating units, three sets of petroleum cracking equipment, three sets of chemical equipment for three acids and three alkalis, two sets of fertilizer production lines, and two sets of pesticide production lines. ”

"Are you sure what you want?" The cartel frowned, "What oil cracking, what triacids and three alkalis, this is too general, can you elaborate on it?" Even if you can't name the device, at least you should know what kind of technology you need, right? ”

"I don't know much about that." Li Zhigao shook his head, "Then, don't do it for the time being, I'll ask someone, and then I'll talk about it if I understand." ”

"Hey, I'm finally relieved now." The cartel sighed suddenly.

"Huh? What do you mean? Li Zhigao asked curiously.

"According to your Chinese words, your power can use an unreliable guy like you to come to power, no matter how mysterious it is, it is limited." Cartel shook his head, "You just met me, and you want to change someone else, you are a typical wronged boss, it's only strange if you don't kill you." (To be continued......)