Chapter 51 Buying Arms with Money
As Xu Bin and Booker reached an agreement on arms sales, Booker, who was still discouraged just now, suddenly became cheering again. After talking about business, he talked to Xu Bin about his family in the Eagle Country.
I learned that although this Booker is a side of the Ellen family, his family has a lot of connections in the military and political senate of the Eagle Country, and the family's business is also all over Shijie. Xu Bin knew that being able to befriend this guy would have a huge effect on him, Xu Jiajun and even Jihua in the future.
Seeing that this guy was about to get drunk, Xu Bin ended the conversation in time and beckoned the stunned Bai Mulan and the two guards to come over. Let Zhao Tielin take the bill of exchange of 20,000 Longyang and accompany Booker to the dock to see if the cargo ship and arms are real.
If it is confirmed that the cargo ship and weapons exist as Booker said, then Xu Bin will take the ferry back to Orange City in the afternoon. In the evening, Booker was asked to follow Zhao Tielin and transport the ship of munitions to the relatively unobtrusive ferry in Orange City. At that time, Xu Bin, who returned to the cottage ahead of schedule, could also lead people to transport the ship of arms back to the cottage overnight.
In this way, it was possible to transport all the weapons and equipment of this ship, which was sufficient to form a main division, back to the mountains without attracting the attention of others. With this batch of weapons and equipment, Xu Bin can imagine that no one will be able to stop his rise in the territory of Orange City.
I was a little puzzled by Xu Bin's proposal to deliver goods overnight, but when he saw that Xu Bin didn't even look at the goods, he handed over the 20,000 Longyang bill of exchange to him as an advance payment. I didn't have the energy to think about why Xu Bin did this, so I decided to cooperate with Xu Bin's request. With Zhao Tielin, who was a little cold, he returned to the cargo ship he parked at the ferry.
Although Zhao Tielin didn't know how many of these goods were, when he saw the mountains of large and small arms boxes and the shiny rifles, he also knew that this Booker did not deceive Xu Bin.
After nodding to Wang Erscar, who was waiting at the dock, indicating that the goods were real, Wang Erscar hurried back to the hostel where they were temporarily staying and informed Xu Bin of the situation. Because of the urgency of time, Xu Bin didn't give any more tasks, only asked Uncle Du, who had just bought the house, to go to the street these days to see if there were any shops suitable for them to do some small business.
In the way of doing business, this intelligence station was temporarily set up, and when Xu Bin negotiated with Booker for the next purchase of Jihua and bought the radio station, the work of this intelligence station could really be put on the agenda.
Leaving a thousand-yuan Longyang bill of exchange for Uncle Du, Xu Bin soon followed when he came, taking Bai Mulan, Wang Erscar and others, who were still a little confused, and got on the ferry back to Linzhou Mansion.
As for Tian Youliang, who was familiar with the route and had contact with foreigners, he boarded Booker's cargo ship with a letter written by Xu Bin in Eagle script. In this letter, there is a delivery location chosen by Xu Bin, and when the time comes, there will be Tian Youliang to lead the way, and I believe that there will be no such thing as getting lost.
The speed of returning by ferry is undoubtedly a little fast, and Xu Bin, who thought that he would arrive at Juxiang Wharf in the evening, saw that it was still early when he arrived at Juxiang Wharf. didn't bother to stay, immediately rented a few carriages, and quickly rushed back to the fork in Baofeng Town and Junfeng Mountain.
When he returned to the cottage and didn't care about resting, Xu Bin immediately asked his second uncle to order him to prepare dinner later, and he would buy a division of equipment with 450,000 Long Yang, and he also told Xu Yizhong and Li Chengbing all about it.
When they heard that Xu Bin's trip to Hero City bought a division's equipment in one go, the two old men of Heifeng Village, who thought that Xu Bin's trip would not be too smooth, also gasped.
But when he heard that he was going to take out 450,000 Long Yang, Xu Yizhong said with some embarrassment: "Xiaobin, I only have more than 350,000 Long Yang in hand, even if I add gold and silver, it is enough to pay for this payment." But after paying for this batch of arms, our cottage will have nothing left. So where will the money come from for the daily expenses of the cottage in the future? Have you thought about it? ”
Regarding the second uncle's worries, Xu Bin said relatively calmly: "Although I said that in the future, Heifeng Village cannot claim to be a bandit cottage, but I didn't say that I can't go down the mountain to rob those local tyrants and inferior gentry!" The Xu Jiajun I trained was not used for decoration. If there is no money in the cottage, will the rich family of the landlord who exploits the people under the mountain have no money?
With so many weapons, it is enough for us to become an armed force that no one dares to provoke in Orange City or even the entire Linzhou Capital. If this opportunity is missed, it may be difficult to buy this cheap arms in the future, even if you have money. Forget it, what's the use of thinking so much about it now, let's arrange things for the evening first.
As for the foreign devil who arrived that night, I will let him stay in the cottage for two days, and when I take someone down the mountain to grab another ticket, the money will come back. Moreover, even if you don't rob those landlords, just selling some arms to the bandits in the mountains is a lucrative business. I can't bear the child to catch the wolf, and this fat meat in the mouth can't be missed anyway! ”
Seeing that Xu Bin had already thought about everything, Xu Yizhong couldn't say anything more. He knew very well that Xu Bin emptied the savings of the cottage and ate so many weapons, which was indeed a sure-fire deal. It's just that Xu Yiren, who finally found this wealth, felt a little difficult to accept when he thought that this money would become someone else's after tonight. Since the nephew promised to go and find the money back for him, he naturally wouldn't say anything.
Considering that it was not convenient to march at night, Wu Dao immediately gathered all the subordinates of the Xu family army and prepared all the oxen and carriages brought back from the last robbery of the Tu family. After a hurried breakfast, when the night began to cover the land, a team carrying torches quickly walked down Junfeng Mountain.
The location of the delivery was chosen this time, which was a little far away from the wharf in Juxiang City, but relatively close to Junfeng Mountain. It happened to be a turning point suitable for smuggling goods, and when Xu Bin arrived here with more than 100 fully armed members, he quickly extinguished the torches. From the information reported by the spies who were released, although many people in the village saw their trip. But there was no one who dared to easily inquire into their movements. Therefore, there is no need to worry, this group of ordinary people in the middle of the night went to the county seat to report.
When Xu Bin sat by the river and waited anxiously for Booker and his party to arrive, the shipowner, who received Booker's payment for the boat, was naturally willing to continue this long-term business. As for Booker's request to sail overnight, although they had not walked much on the Linsha River, there were many fewer ferry sailings at night and during the day, and the danger was undoubtedly much reduced.
Compared to Booker, when he was fantasizing about Xu Bin's identity, he sat in the business house with Erlang's legs on his legs, waiting for the owner of the Eagle Country Foreign Bank to arrive. Seeing that the sky was starting to darken, the Eagle Country people who were doing business in Longhua Country laughed at the fool boy Booker before he came.
The profiteer was also a little unable to sit still, but when he learned that Booker had not even paid for his lodging during this time, and that he had been fortunate to spend the night on the ship, he was very confident that he was willing to eat the cargo at a discount. This foreign company and family in Gannan Province, I'm afraid no one dares to eat that batch of goods.
It's just that with the loss of time, the confidence of the owner of the foreign bank has also disappeared little by little, and when this dinner is almost digested, he has not waited for Booker to come to the door. The boss of the foreign bank finally couldn't sit still and asked people to see if the fool boy was lying on the boat waiting for death again.
When the foreign company guy ran to the dock to check on the Booker cargo ship, which had been docked at the dock for a few days, but unexpectedly disappeared, he realized that his boss's wishful thinking might have been wrong. This stupid and bold young foreigner who came to Longhua to do business really would rather starve to death than transfer this goods to their boss at a low price.
After realizing that the cargo ship had left, the guy also hurried back to explain the situation, which made the owner of the foreign bank, who was about to make a good profit with this batch of excellent weapons, very disappointed and curious, where did this Booker, who had spent all his copper plates, have the confidence to dare to drive this cargo ship away from the dock of Hero City? So where will he go to sell weapons next?
It's just that after thinking about it for a long time, the boss of the foreign bank who didn't come up with the reason for it finally felt that this stupid boy couldn't sell this ship of weapons that was enough to form a division in such a complex Longhua country. You must know that the warlords in Longhua Kingdom now have no background behind them.
And the foreigners who support these warlords, who don't have a large number of such scrap metal prices in their hands? Those foreign companies are worried that they can't digest these second-hand goods for compensation, how can they eat Booker's batch of higher-priced arms? Doing business at a loss, these shrewd foreign bank bosses will not commit.
With this confidence, the boss of the foreign bank felt that it was a pity and did not expect that there was the same stupid and bold Xu Bin in this Longhua country. Dare to ignore the iron-clad rules set by the warlords everywhere and swallow a batch of weapons that can shock the local governor. It's normal for two stupid people to come together and do something shocking.
When the boss of the foreign bank regretted that he missed this opportunity, Booker, who was in a big mood, also sat on the bow of the boat, chatting with Tian Youliang, who knew a few words of eagle writing, and chatting about words that made Zhao Tielin feel a headache. Because these two guys, one is an eagle and half a tone, and they are always half Longhua and half Yingwen. As for the other one!
Obviously, Yingwen speaks smoothly, but he likes to show off the weird-sounding Longhuawen. And what made Zhao Tielin smile bitterly was that the pair seemed to like this kind of chatting method, and they were not noisy at all talking on the bow of the boat.
Only the crew members standing next to them and Zhao Tielin felt a little unbearable, and finally fled from this place one after another, finding a relatively quiet place and waiting for the arrival of their destination.
Although there are few boats on this river at night, it is the first time that boats have sailed in this inland waterway. The captain in charge of driving the boat still controlled the speed to the limit, and it took nearly five hours. arrived at the pick-up location that Xu Bin handed over to Booker!
Xu Bin, who was also waiting here until midnight, quickly lit two torches when he heard the sound of the cargo ship gradually slowing down and stopping. Standing in the river beach, he sent a joint code to the cargo ship that could not dock.
And Booker, who was also anxiously waiting, was also very excited when he saw the appearance of these two torches. Because, the appearance of these two torches means that the business that he almost smashed in his hands finally has a chance to get rid of it smoothly!