Chapter 20 Arms Trading
As the war was approaching, Hu Fei came to the headquarters to wait for the command, but he didn't know that there were only a few people in the huge convention hall. Zhang Haitian was sitting on top, next to him were Zhang Hechun, Zhang Binglin and several other trusted generals of the Zhang family, and there were only five or six people in total. Xiang Qingshan, Gai Zhonghua and other generals were all present.
"Hu Fei is here." Seeing Hu Fei come in, Zhang Haitian quickly raised his hand and said hello, "I was about to ask someone to call you, but I didn't expect you to come just now. Haha, come and sit down."
After he asked Hu Fei to sit down, Zhang Haitian looked at several confidant generals in the conference hall and his face was flat, "The arms of Fengtian Foreign Company are almost here, and only Hu Fei knows them. Since this deal was brought by Hu Fei, you can do more work and hand over the handover with the foreign company to you! Although those Japanese people have bad intentions, our volunteer army cannot lose their reputation. Hu Fei, bring money to trade with them and pay for arms!"
"Ah? Yes!" Hu Fei was stunned and agreed quickly. He thought he was going to send him to fight, but he didn't expect that Zhang Haitian asked him to do business with the Japanese. However, what Commander Zhang said made sense. If others don't know Shiji Takahashi, even if they go there, they don't know what to say. Apart from Hu Fei, someone else can't do this!
"You go to the Finance Department to collect the money. I have already greeted them. The scout just reported that the army train convoy had passed the leek station. You can get the money to welcome them now."
Hu Fei originally wanted to stay here to hear how Lao Beifeng divided his troops and sent generals, but he didn't know that Commander Zhang asked him to welcome Takahashi Jinger! Hu Fei was assigned a task without even knowing whether the troops were fighting or leaving, and he was quite anxious! He wanted to ask again, but Zhang Haitian waved his hand and signaled him to go quickly. Hu Fei had no choice but to bow and leave the conference hall to go to the Finance Office.
The Finance Department is quite smooth here. Hu Fei said how much money he paid, how much money he gave, and there was no discount at all. The arms were discussed by Hu Fei and Takahashi Jing and the other two. How much money he didn't know? Although it was a huge sum of money together, you might not be able to buy so many weapons with this amount of money!
Although weapons were rampant that year, craftsmen who traveled to villages and towns could make weapons privately. However, the ones that could be bought from gunmakers were just local weapons such as unicorns, muskets, and bird guns. Well-made high-quality weapons were difficult to buy, and you could not buy them without any way! Hu Fei bought them from Takahashi, all of which were standard weapons used by the Japanese Kwantung Army, so that thing was even more rich and had nowhere to buy them!
Lao Beifeng also saw the preciousness of this path, so he asked Hu Fei to bring the money. If you give the money this time, you can buy it next time! Otherwise, what else can you pay if both sides should go to war? Isn’t it okay to grab it?
After packing the money in two large pockets, he put it on the horse and carried it. Hu Fei and Li San and Li San returned to his brigade headquarters one by one. Commander Zhang asked him to go to trade. He was not allowed to arrange the family affairs? After returning, he told Ning Xiaocui to take Wang Wenhua to pack up the gold, silver and fine materials, pack all the things he could bring, and be ready to evacuate at any time!
When fighting, I was expected to lose before I could win. Who knows whether the Volunteers could block the attack of a Japanese corps? Fengtian, who is guarding hundreds of thousands of Feng army, could not be saved. A small Shaling Town is probably a tough one!
After hearing Hu Fei's words, Ning Xiaocui was not too panicked. Niuzhuang had experienced such a big change, and this woman had become stronger! Not to mention Wang Wenhua, she is still wearing a military uniform. After the two women agreed, Hu Fei was relieved.
When Liu'er Monkey was called over, he would be fully responsible for his family. Not only Hu Fei's family, but also many of them had family members in the Volunteer Army. As long as the families of officers and soldiers of the Ninth Brigade were all under Liu'er's care.
After arranging the family, he solved his worries. Hu Fei ordered Sun Laoliu and Feng Quan to command the troops to stand by on the spot. He took Li San, Ji Jinbiao, Gou Tianxiao, and Xiong Wei with four generals, and ordered another hundred cavalry, and brought two bags of money for trading to rush to Jiucaitai Town.
Jiucaitai Town is in the southeast of Shaling Town, and the two towns are not far away. It can be said that Shaling is Jiucaitai. Hu Fei brought all kinds of cavalry, and he arrived after dozens of miles of war horses.
There were still several miles away from the chive moss, and I saw dust flying in front of me. A convoy came from the direction of Chicaitai Town. I saw clearly that it was a carriage consisting of more than a dozen cars. The carriages were not moving fast, and the horses pulling the carriage didn't look like they were in a hurry to go. The coachman drove the carriage slowly forward.
Hu Fei brought his cavalry like a gust of wind and stopped the carriage convoy. The driver who drove the carriage quickly took the horses and looked at the troops coming in panic. They thought they had encountered a robber.
"Is Manager Takahashi here? Let Manager Takahashi come out!" Hu Fei rode his horse and carried the ghost-headed knife in his hand, and Yuema raised the knife and shouted loudly at the convoy.
"Mr. Hu, Mr. Hu, I am Takahashi!" Hu Fei called twice, and someone in the large convoy answered. Shizuo Takahashi jumped out of one of the carriages and ran to the front. When he saw Hu Fei, he didn't dare to go over.
The main reason is that Hu Fei is so scary now! He rides a tall horse and takes hundreds of fierce cavalrymen, the ghost-headed sword he holds in his hand is too fierce! The ghost-headed sword with a wide and long shape reflects the sun's shiny eyes, and just looking at it makes people shivering in his heart. Takahashi looks at Hu Fei now, and he feels a little timid.
"Manager Takahashi!" Hu Fei also saw Takahashi. As soon as he lifted the reins, the war horse stepped forward.
Takahashi took several steps back, "Mr. Hu, can you put away the knife first? We are friends and are here to do business. Why do you hold the knife?"
"So Manager Takahashi was afraid of my knife? Hahaha, this is the treasure knife passed down by my family! Well, since you don't like it, I'll put it away." Hu Fei wrapped the knife in cloth and carried it behind his back, jumped off his horse and walked over to stand with Gao Qiaojing.
As for handing over arms, it is actually the same as ordinary commodities, but ordering goods, inspection, delivery, and payment, just a few steps. There were more than ten vehicles of arms brought by Takahashi Shizuki, and Hu Fei could not check it alone. Among the cavalry he brought, there were more weapons, so a few people came over to look at the carriage and looked at the goods.
After confirming it, I casually drew a rifle and conducted random inspections with a light machine gun. How to inspect the goods? Of course, it was a test-firing. Load the rifle and machine gun with bullets, and test-firing a few shots into an open place. Then I can pay.
Chapter completed!