In addition to the above three giant bandits, there are also countless wandering and small-scale bandits in the Northeast, and these bandits are the Northeast bandits who are known to later generations as 'robbing homes and houses, kidnapping and tearing tickets'. And although there are countless of these small-scale bandits, they cannot have the same great influence as the three giant bandits.

But then again, this so-called huge influence is only from a civilian point of view, and in the eyes of the real military and political leaders, the three bandits are just ants, and they can be used or beaten.

Zhao Dongping is also one of the middle and high-level members of the Third Mixed Association, and he also knows most of the information about the bandits in the Northeast.

Sure enough, I saw Zhang Zuolin continue: "Although our hundreds of brothers have received more than 100 guns from Fengtian, they are still our old guys, and I heard a few days ago that your ministry has replaced a batch of old guns, so I just thought, can we give hundreds of brothers evenly!" ”

Zhang Zuolin continued: "Of course, brother, I will never take it for nothing, I will give as much as I should be!" ”

Zhao Dongping heard Zhang Zuolin say that he wanted to buy old guns, and he didn't care, it is not a secret that the Third Mixed Association has a large number of old guns in his hands, and this batch of guns is relatively complex in its models, and they are all single-shot rear-loading guns, whether it is Zhao Dongyun's Third Mixed Association or other new armies in Beiyang, it is basically impossible to want, so for the Third Mixed Association, these thousands of old guns are basically useless except for training recruits and temporary guns used as supplementary targets.

In addition, with the Hubei Hubei Gun Factory, Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, and Fuyuan Machinery Factory, the three major arsenals of the Type 88 rifle have formed a large-scale mass production, the three factories together, the daily output of more than 100 pieces, not day and night overtime, only with normal daily shift production, the annual output will exceed 30,000 pieces, not to mention that the three major factories are still continuing to expand production, and it is possible to wait until next year's annual daily output will reach 150 pieces, and then the annual output of 50,000 rifles will be enough to supply the entire Chinese army.

The above output is still normal production in peacetime, if it is a war, then under the overtime work day and night, with sufficient funds and raw materials, this output can even be doubled, and the Hanyang factory during the Xinhai Revolution once reached the level of more than 200 rifles per day.

In addition to the rifle itself, including the three major factories, many machine factories and bureaus have begun to introduce the production line of 7.92 mm rifle cartridges, so in 1903, the Qing government has issued an informal guidance document to the provincial military and political departments and other training institutions, requiring the guns used by the standing army and defense army in all provinces to be 7.92 caliber Type 88 rifles.

This can be regarded as one of the changes brought by Zhao Dongyun to contemporary China, in history, Yuan Shikai chose a new caliber as a standard rifle, but the reason why Yuan Shikai did this in history was because there was no arsenal in his jurisdiction to produce guns anyway, and the guns used by the Beiyang New Army were imported, so he casually boasted about choosing a 6.8, and specially asked the Germans to design 6.8 caliber rifle cartridges and Mauser rifles.

However, with the establishment of the Fuyuan Machinery Factory, the Beiyang New Army, which has a source of self-produced rifles, will naturally not go far to engage in any new caliber and new rifles, but has chosen the Type 88 rifle as the standard rifle without suspense, and Yuan Shikai also took advantage of the situation to promote it with Zhang Zhidong and others, positioning the Type 88 rifle as a standard rifle nationwide and setting 7.92 mm as the standard caliber.

With the further increase in the production of Type 88 rifles in the three major arsenals of China's Fuyuan Machinery Factory, Hubei Gun Factory, and Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, it is very possible for China to fully replace Type 88 rifles in the future.

Now Zhang Zuolin said that he wants to buy old guns, which is not a big problem for the Third Mixed Association, anyway, those old guns are too much to take up space, if this can be exchanged for a large amount of funds, then the Third Mixed Association will be able to have more funds to buy Type 88 rifles from the Fuyuan Machinery Factory.

However, Zhang Zuolin is not stupid, doesn't he know what kind of goods this old gun is?

Although the Northeast bandits are poorly equipped and have uneven models, they have a lot of water beads (Monasin dry) and golden hook rifles (Japanese' 30-year-old style) in their hands, and if they want to buy firearms, people with a little brain know that they should buy new rifles, and they will also want the batch of old goods in the hands of the third mixed association?

Zhao Dongping immediately said quietly: "Oh, this matter is easy to say, but difficult to say!" But I'm curious, Brother Zhang, your patrol battalion is not bad, and there are more than 200 fast guns in your hand, right? ”

Zhao Dongping naturally wouldn't agree, he had to know what Zhang Zuolin thought!

Zhang Zuolin smiled: "Section Chief Zhao, you don't know how difficult it is for a villain, this new gun is dozens of taels of silver with a casual shot, and the new bullet is also expensive, our small business can not afford too much!" ”

This is purely modest, if Zhang Zuolin and these giant bandits are equipped with artillery and machine guns, it is naturally impossible, but the rifle is still not a big problem, even if a rifle is higher than a forty taels of silver, these five hundred are only 20,000 taels, and 20,000 taels of silver for an armed group of 500 people, gritting their teeth will never be unable to take out.

Zhao Dongping didn't answer after hearing this, but continued to look at Zhang Zuolin with a smile on his face!

Zhang Zuolin looked at Zhao Dongping's face, and immediately pretended to be cheerful and said: "We want three hundred, old Mauser and Martini can do it, and you will be given fifteen taels of silver at a price!" ”

This price was in Zhao Dongping's ears, but it made him frown, fifteen taels of silver? Or is it the kind of old Mauser who throws it away and no one wants? This Zhang Zuolin is either sending money to the Third Mixed Association, or he is here to tease him Zhao Dongping!

Fifteen taels of silver sounds like a lot cheaper than a new rifle, but even if it is, it is extremely expensive compared to a single-loading rifle. In 1903, the prices of various types of new rifles varied greatly, for example, for the expensive and well-known German Mauser 1898 rifle, the import price fluctuated between 60 and 80 taels of silver, while the price of each 30-year rifle in Japan was between 28 taels and 30 taels of silver, and the price of the 88-type rifle in Tangshan Fuyuan Machinery was about 30 taels, which was basically the same as the price of the 30-year rifle in Japan, while the price of the 88-type rifle in Hubei Gun Factory and Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau was more difficult to calculate, because there is no need to buy it, but directly allocate funds for production, so the cost is more difficult to estimate than the self-use price of the Hubei New Army.

However, if it is estimated purely from the commercial cost and does not calculate the profit, a Type 88 rifle of the Hubei Gun Factory is slightly higher than that of the Fuyuan Machinery Factory, while that of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau is even higher than that of the Hubei Gun Factory.

You must know that the ex-factory price of the Type 88 rifle of the Fuyuan Machine Qì Factory includes commercial profits, while the ex-factory price of the Hubei Gun Factory and the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau does not include profits, and only calculates the cost.

From this, it can be seen that the Fuyuan Machinery Machinery and Hubei Gun Factory and the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau are completely different system products and cannot be unified.

Whether it is an imported rifle or a domestic firearm, the price is around thirty taels. But this is only to say that the newly produced rifle, if it is a second-hand goods, it is much cheaper, a German eighty or ninety, well-sealed second-hand 88 rifle asking price is generally between 17 taels and 20 taels, depending on the different fineness.

And the old single-loading rifle, no one has purchased it on a large scale at all, and it can only be circulated in the domestic private market and in the private market.

Therefore, when Zhang Zuolin said that he would spend fifteen taels of silver to buy 300 old-fashioned rifles from the Third Mixed Association, Zhang Dongping immediately knew that things were definitely not as simple as they seemed.

Fifteen taels and three hundred are four thousand five hundred taels of silver, this price may not be anything for a country or an army, it is equivalent to the annual salary of an infantry commander in the Beiyang New Army, the Beiyang New Army implements high salaries, and the salary of the military attache is more than that of the local officials who have taken the incorruptible silver, taking Zhao Dongyun himself as an example, his monthly salary is two hundred and fifty taels of silver, but because he is the commander of the mixed association, the public silver is more than the infantry commander, four hundred taels per month, The sum of the two means that you can get 650 taels of silver every month, and the annual salary is 7,800 taels of silver, and the annual salary of a town is as high as more than 10,000 taels.

So these four thousand five hundred taels of silver are nothing in the eyes of those high-level officials, but for ordinary people, it is undoubtedly a huge amount of money, even if Zhang Zuolin has a lot of money and nowhere to spend it, he doesn't need to use it like this.

If he wants to please Zhao Dongyun, he might as well send the money directly, Zhao Dongping keeps his cousin to meet him for the sake of the money, and then say a few words of praise, and maybe even have a meal together, of course, there will be no more.

"You and I are both understanding people, and I have drunk this wine, so if there is anything, Brother Zhang will say it directly!" Zhao Dongping has frowned, he naturally likes others to send money, but he doesn't like others to beat around the bush, and he also hides evil intentions that he doesn't know.

Zhang Zuolin seemed to have expected Zhang Dongping's reaction, and immediately laughed and said: "Since Brother Zhao said so, I will say it directly, and the four thousand five hundred taels of silver will be regarded as a donation to Lord Zhao!" ”

Zhao Dongping was unmoved: "Oh? ”

It's just a slight oh word, but the dissatisfaction on his face is already even stronger, Zhao Dongping promised that if this Zhang Zuolin in front of him continues to play tricks, tomorrow he will instigate his cousin to destroy that Mabu guerrilla. Don't look at what your identity is, I will accept the money, you have to say thank you happily, and Nima will play a trick on Lao Tzu.

Zhang Zuolin continued to laugh, but when he saw that the dissatisfaction on Zhao Dongping's face seemed to be getting stronger and stronger, he knew that something might be wrong!

Then he gritted his teeth and said: "I am not satisfied with Brother Zhao, three days ago my batch of local goods was robbed by Du Lisan's giant bandits, and I can't explain to the more than 500 brothers if I don't repay this revenge, but you also know that I have that little people, and Du Lisan has more than 1,000 ......people."

"So you want us to fight for you?" Zhao Dongping spoke directly.

Zhang Zuolin said: "That's right, as long as it's ......"

However, as long as his one hadn't finished speaking, Zhao Dongping stood up all of a sudden: "Thank you Zhang Guandao for entertaining me tonight, I have to go back late at night!" ”

After that, Zhao Dongping just didn't care about Zhang Zuolin anymore, and got up and left directly, and Zhang Zuolin immediately became anxious when he saw it, and he hurriedly got up to catch up: "Section Chief Zhao, listen to me, this matter is very beneficial to you and me!" ”

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Zhao Dongping turned around and scolded: "What do you think you are, just a few thousand taels of silver and a mouth, you want me to send troops to fight in the Third Mixed Association, do you think this is the Romance of the Three Kingdoms?" ”