After being full of wine and food, the two parted at the door, and Wang Wenwu didn't care whether the shipload of arms was sent to the barracks, and he couldn't care about it.

However, by mid-July, some people said that there was a war on both sides of the Beijing-Tianjin Railway and the Beijing-Hankou Railway. When the owner of the grain store in BJ City heard the news, he immediately sold the grain.

The price of grain was still six yuan and four cents per stone in the morning, but in the afternoon it rose to seven yuan and four cents. Wang Wenwu was also shocked when he looked at the rise in grain prices.

Within a few days, there was a rout in the city, and the price of this grain exceeded ten yuan. Wang Wenwu also asked his men to close the door, the street is now chaotic, and Wang Wenwu is hiding at home and not going out. Hire a few kids to run errands.

Wang Wenwu originally thought that tens of thousands of people would fight for ten days and a half months, but he didn't expect that only a few days later, he saw Boss Duan's Shimono telegraph and report.

The telegram said: "The Lord's Throne has sent a telegram on the Japanese side: Recently, the diplomatic corps has warned that there are many expatriates in Beijing, and life and property are extremely important, and if the war is prolonged, the danger will be unspeakable. The two sides should be ordered to cease fighting on the same day, and the front guards the line, stop the attack, and wait for the express order to solve the problem. Zha Qirui organized the Dingguo Army this time, protected the Beijing Division, and covered it with Zhengang and discipline, and was not a military poor soldier at the beginning. Virtue is thin and fresh, and the measures are not appropriate, causing the blame of outsiders, and the main seat of labor? Read. Feeling guilty, good and deeply frightened. On the day of the investigation, it was stated that there was a fallacy, and it was at your own responsibility. Now it is urgent to impeach oneself and use it to relieve one's sorrows. The presiding officer of the army general will be dismissed, and all the titles and medals he has been awarded will be revoked, and the name of the national army will be disbanded on the same day. ”

To put it simply, give up the army, resign from all positions, and take away all medals.

After a few more days, Wang Wenwu heard from the errand runner that two armies had entered BJ City, and now they are catching deserters outside.

Then when the streets were too peaceful, these two armies, one was Zhang Dashuai's, and the other was Cao Dashuai's. Lao Qian doesn't know where he and Lord Xu have gone, and now they are wanted nationwide. The Anfu Club and the National Assembly were also dissolved.

However, everyone has reopened their doors to do business, and although the price of grain has not changed to six yuan per stone and four cents and two cents at the beginning, it is still much better than more than ten yuan.

Now there are all kinds of jokes about the war on the street, and Wang Wenwu heard one that is quite outrageous: when he heard the news that the Anhui army on the East Road was attacking unfavorably, his subordinates hurriedly came to report to Duan Dashuai and ask for his opinion. At that time, Duan Dashuai was busy playing cards in the car, and he didn't care about the battle situation at all. After listening to the report of his subordinates, Duan Dashuai was furious: "Don't argue, don't argue, I'm going to make a peace." "When the coach is playing cards during the war, it is outrageous, but when he plays cards and doesn't care about the situation of the game, such a coach is really laughable.

Wang Wenwu arrived because of the war in the past few days, which delayed the receipt of the arms that he was supposed to accept until the end of the month.

Wang Wenwu received a total of 500 Mauser Gewehr98 rifles, 1,000 Austro-Hungarian Manlisha M1895 rifles, 208 Madsen machine guns and a full set of spare parts. Luo Guo and Snake brand are ten each, and Parabelen is played with 3,000 rounds.

Wang Wenwu checked almost every gun, and there was no rust. These guns are quite well preserved.

Manager Xiao said to Wang Wenwu: "Master Wu, this batch of guns is good!" ”

Wang Wenwu put down the gun and said, "Well, it's okay." After speaking, Wang Wenwu handed the rest of the money to Manager Xiao. HSBC cheques, you are more familiar than me. ”

Manager Xiao took the check, looked at it and said, "Can I still not believe you?" ”

Wang Wenwu glanced at Manager Xiao and said, "Okay, I'll ask someone to transport it away." ”

"Okay, but you'd better cover it when you're lucky, and don't be all over the street."

"Can I not know?"

"Then everyone in your neighborhood knows that you are in the arms business."

Wang Wenwu glanced at Manager Xiao suspiciously, "I still know it!" ”

Manager Xiao also said with a puzzled face: "You don't know, your neighbors near you are all rumoring that you are in the arms business." ”

"I really didn't pay attention, how do you know?"

"Isn't it, when I went to inform you of the arrival, you were not at home, watching the old man play chess on the street, listening to the old man and the old lady chatting!"

"Well, can I put my things on you for a few days?"

"Yes, in a few days. Do you want to? ”

"Find a place to put arms, you can't always keep them at home! I'm afraid in case it blows up, isn't it? ”

"Yes,"

"Thank you," Wang Wenwu said.

Wang Wenwu came out of Hadley Foreign Bank and found Lu Fangyazi, who introduced him to buy a house last time. Wang Wenwu came to the door, and Lu Fangyazi was sitting at the door chatting with people.

Wang Wenwu stepped forward and said, "Lu Fang Yazi, Lu Fang Yazi, come to business." ”

Lu Fangyazi saw that Wang Wenwu was coming, and said with a smile: "It turns out that you are here, Master Wu, you have a good thing thinking about me again." ”

"Of course, there are good things, the first thing I think of is you."

"Thank you, sir. Lord, please inside! ”

"Okay, okay."

Lu Fang Yazi invited Wang Wenwu into the house, and after sitting down, Lu Fang Yazi's daughter-in-law stepped down after tea.

Lu Fangyazi said: "Master Wu, what advice do you have for this time?" ”

Wang Wenwu said: "Advice is not counted, I want you to help me find a land to be used as a warehouse." ”

"I wonder how much land you want?"

"I don't have a lot of things, just have a yard to enter, and that's it. You can rent it. ”

"In this case, there are a lot of them. I'll show you there. ”

"Okay, let's go."

Lu Fangyazi took Wang Wenwu to see several sets of yards, some only rented the front yard, and some rented a few rooms. There are two yards that can be sold, but they won't be able to buy them for a while.

Wang Wenwu said to Lu Fangyazi: "Isn't there a detached yard to rent?" ”

Lu Fangyazi said: "There is this kind of single-family yard, but it is far away from here!" ”

"Far away,"

"Okay, there is a yard for rent, but it's in the east of the city."

"Lead the way!"

Lu Fangyazi led the way, and the two came to the east of the city again, and after meeting with the landlord, Wang Wenwu saw that the yard was very clean, and it seemed that the landlord often cleaned it.

Lu Fangyazi introduced to the landlord: "Second Master Wu, this is Master Wu, that is, he wants to rent your yard." ”

Second Master Wu is a person with a lot of spirit, and said loudly: "This is my grandfather's yard, after he goes, this yard will belong to me, if you want to rent this yard, thirty-five silver dollars a month, bet one and pay three, what do you think?" ”

Wang Wenwu looked at the courtyard and said to Wu Erye: "I want it, but I use it for the warehouse, I don't want these furniture, but I bring the lock myself, you can't keep the key, okay?" ”

Second Master Wu nodded in agreement, and Lu Fangyazi said when he saw this: "Okay, okay, then I'll write the paperwork, and Ming'er will meet in the teahouse on the street, how about the deed." ”

Both sides said yes.