In March 1908, in Shanghai in the late Qing Dynasty, when he got up in the morning, the whole Shanghai was shrouded in mist, Harpy changed his clothes and followed Yang Yuanzhao.

Early in the morning, he was called out by Yang Yuanzhao, and Harpy knew why, but in the end, he couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Yang, what do we want the warehouse for!" ”

"Did you find the warehouse?" Yang Yuanzhao asked.

Harpy was a little embarrassed, you know, for China, for Shanghai, he doesn't know a lot, but he also knows that along the banks of the Huangpu River, there are many warehouses, but these warehouses are controlled by the gangsters in Shanghai, and they need to invest a lot of money to get the control of these warehouses.

"No matter how worried about funds, I don't want a key position, as long as it's big enough." Yang Yuanzhao said: "On a large basis, the cheaper the better."

"Big enough?" Harpy was still slightly strange, but he still said with a straight face: "That's easy to do, I know there's a warehouse, it's big, and it's near the dock!" ”

The vicinity of the wharf is a good place, in China, land transportation has not yet developed, trains or whatever, are not perfect, water transport has always been the best mode of transportation, near the wharf, but it is a popular place.

"Let's go and see!" Now that Harpy has a goal, after turning around, near the Huangpu River, found a wharf, Yang Yuanzhao then knew, why Harpy's expression was a little strange, this wharf has been abandoned, next to a shantytown, it looks dilapidated, along the path, all the way to find the warehouse, but found that this is a large warehouse covering an area of more than 7 acres, compared with other warehouses, this warehouse is very dilapidated, many roofs have been exposed big holes, obviously, there is no business, just a little bigger room, The roof is broken, and on rainy days, it may leak rain.

In Harpy's opinion, this warehouse has no merit, but Yang Yuanzhao's eyes lit up when he looked at it, and he turned back to Harpy and asked, "Do you know the owner's contact information?" ”

Harpy didn't know what to do with such a large warehouse, but he still figured out everything about this warehouse, and he took out a piece of paper with the contact information of the owner here.

went out and found a newsboy, with half a piece of ocean, let him carry a letter, and then Harpy followed Yang Yuanzhao to wait in front of the warehouse, by the way, Yang Yuanzhao also went around the entire warehouse, at this time in the warehouse, there was nothing, only an old man who kept vigil, not only very old, but also very back ears, no matter what Yang Yuanzhao asked him, he couldn't hear clearly.

The owner of the warehouse came quickly, it was a strong man with a long scar on his face, and his eyes were unusually fierce, it was obvious that he was not a good citizen, this Shanghai in this era, it was very normal, the gangsters controlled the docks, almost all the dock workers were under the control of the gangsters, they sold their labor, and were doubly exploited, in addition to this, the gangsters, close to the docks, had a lot of warehouses, you don't use his warehouse, it is difficult to be on the dock, Send the goods out.

The strong man's eyes swept around the bodies of Harpy and Yang Yuanzhao, and finally walked in front of Harpy and said, "Sir, are you going to rent a house?" ”

Directly found Harpy, obviously, Yang Yuanzhao was regarded as a translator, Harpy was about to explain, Yang Yuanzhao shook his head at him slightly, dealing with such Jianghu people, foreigners are far stronger than him, sure enough, the strong man's respect for foreigners is almost obedient, Harpy picked the thorn of his warehouse, he didn't dare to have the slightest rebuttal, very smooth, and signed the lease contract of the entire warehouse.

800 oceans a year, once a quarter, 200 at a time, the strong man did not ask Harpy to hand it over, Harpy did not say much, after signing the contract, the strong man greeted and called the old man who was keeping vigil away, the old man still had very back ears, but when he met a strong man, a fist came up, no matter how old the old man was dizzy, he had to follow the strong man.

The warehouse belongs to them like this, but the mystery in Harpy's heart has not been eliminated, Yang Yuanzhao is so eager to find such a large warehouse, is there anything to put here, but it is so broken here, some things that are easy to be wet by the rain, such as silk, cotton cloth and the like, can't be put here, and the steel machine is not good, if you want to use it, it is essential to transform and repair this warehouse.

Yang Yuanzhao didn't care about this, it only took less than two days to solve the matter of the warehouse, which made him very excited, finding the warehouse is to put things, along the way, when he has free time, he made guns, a large number of jujube wood, almost swallowed by him, replaced by a large number of firearms, these, always have to find a place to put it.

The warehouse looks dilapidated, most of them have leaky roofs, and there are still a lot of intact houses, which are enough for guns anyway.

locked the door of the warehouse, Yang Yuanzhao left a key, and handed the rest to Harpy, instructing Harpy to find one to look at the warehouse today, not to use it today, and come to work tomorrow morning.

Walking out of the warehouse area, Yang Yuanzhao suddenly turned his head and asked, "Harpy, if I want to buy weapons, where is the best place to go!" ”

Buying weapons? Harpy hesitated for a moment and said, "Of course it's our German courtesy and foreign business." ”

"Then let's go check it out!" Yang Yuanzhao nodded and said, the name of Lihe Foreign Company, he has heard of it, it is really a first-class foreign company, in China, many times, it represents the country. In terms of army weapons, Germany has now surpassed Britain, rigorous character, coupled with scientific advancement, so that Germany in land weapons, constantly innovating, although in the Far East, there can be no most advanced weapons, but Germany is still the best.

Lihe is not a small foreign firm like Germany and the United States, he occupies a huge building on the Bund in Shanghai, a six-story building, a wide space, almost all of which are occupied by Lihe and foreign companies, looking from a distance, almost people come and go, very lively.

"Harpy, this is also your German, do you have any acquaintances in it?"

Yang Yuanzhao just asked casually, but he didn't expect Harpy's expression to be slightly weird, and he held it for a long time before he said: "There are acquaintances!" ”

"Then let an acquaintance help, I want to see all the ordnance!"

Yang Yuanzhao said, he has a lot of rifles on hand, enough to equip the last few towns, but relatively speaking, there are fewer supporting things, he doesn't even know, a town or a division, what is the demand, guns are probably just a part of the needs of a regular army, the bigger is still behind, the most important thing is that there are not many guns he can make, at most rifles and pistols, an army, in order to form combat effectiveness, there must be a part of the Makqin and artillery fire, these, have not been obtained before, Especially artillery, I am afraid that in China, there are not many foreign companies that can do artillery business.

Lihe, as the number of the whole Shanghai, is a German foreign company, and there must be something he needs in it.

Yang Yuanzhao didn't enter the Lihe Foreign Bank, Harpy fell in, and in about 10 minutes, he came out with a foreigner who was about his age and looked like a mixed British and German.