Breaking through Guandong, I became Zhu Chuanwen

Chapter 21
Sanjiangkou became lively again.

The small merchants in the surrounding towns heard that the newly opened Zhujialiang Shop was buying wheat at a price [-]% higher than the market price, like a shark smelling fishy, ​​smelling profit, and brought the wheat to Yuanbao Town, Sanjiangkou .

When Zhu Chuanwen heard the news, he also withdrew from the surrounding villages and sat in the grain store in Yuanbao Town.

In three days, the remaining 600 taels of silver on the book were replaced with yellow-orange-orange wheat.

The water mill was really powerful, grinding flour non-stop, and when [-] catties were collected, Zhu Chuanwen took the Russian Army's approval document and flour, and boarded the train to Bingcheng.

Why not make enough, Zhu Chuanwen has his own calculations.

ice city station
After getting off the train, Zhu Chuanwen saw Andre at the train station who had come to sign for the flour.

"Master Andre, how have you been these two days?" Zhu Chuanwen greeted Andre with a smile on his lips.

"You gave me a big surprise." Andre said, he did not expect that in just 5 days, Zhu Chuanwen got together 80% of the flour, and his side swept the grain shops in the entire ice city , and collected more than 30 catties of flour. With Zhu Chuanwen's arrival, he can make a part of the mission to General Ivanov in advance.

The army on Fengtian's side is in a hurry.

"To serve adults, of course you have to wholeheartedly."

"You are very good, come with me, the ruble can be paid in cash." Andrei directed his subordinates to put the flour into the warehouse, while he took Zhu Chuanwen to his office.

The two horses, one behind the other, came to the headquarters of the Bingcheng garrison.

In the office, Andre rarely ordered a cup of coffee for the Qing Dynasty people.

"Are you used to drinking?"

"Bitter first, then astringent, then the aroma of coffee beans, and of course the aroma of brandy." Zhu Chuanwen said like an expert.

What Russians add to coffee is also different from those in continental Europe, except for the most common milk, sugar, and honey.In addition to jam, they will also add brandy, egg yolk and other strange things.

This fighting nation is born different, so Europeans always jokingly call them European barbarians, and rude nicknames like polar bears.

"You are the most spiritual Qing Dynasty person I have ever met. I can't see fear in your eyes, as if we were born equal." Andre also dragged his coffee cup, tested Zhu Chuanwen, and brought his foreigner here The arrogance of this piece of land, not to mention that Andre was originally an aristocrat of Tsarist Russia.

"The Lord once said: Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; whoever humbles himself will be exalted. We are all equal, aren't we?" Zhu Chuanwen remembered a sentence quoted in the previous life House of Cards, which was not an allusion to Ander He did not think that a Tsarist Russian nobleman like Lie would be like a bereaved dog in the future, but he was expounding the concept of equality for everyone.

"Interesting, have you read the Bible? And your accent is very strange, I have never heard your accent anywhere." Andre said, among the Qing Dynasty people he met, he thought Zhu Chuanwen was the most special, It is very interesting to say that this strange accent can still be understood by him.

"When I was learning Russian, I read some. This is the wisdom of the sages, and I will always gain something. My accent always has a Chinese way of speaking. But it doesn't affect my communication with adults, does it? " Zhu Chuanwen explained.

"Indeed." Andre nodded. He was very happy to communicate with Zhu Chuanwen without an interpreter.A small businessman who has read the Bible, a smart man with ambition and brains This is his evaluation of Zhu Chuanwen.

After speaking, he took out 4 rubles from the drawer and handed it to Zhu Chuanwen. He believed that this Qing Dynasty man would fulfill his promise.

After all, the entire Bingcheng is the Russians' world. Of course, he will also send people to watch the shop called "Mai Xiangji".

Zhu Chuanwen was not polite, and put the ruble in his sleeve.

Then he said: "Master Andre, I wonder if you have any battle-damaged fast guns and bullets here?"

"Why are you asking this?" Andre asked in surprise. He didn't expect Zhu Chuanwen to be so wild and wanted to buy guns from him.

Could it be that even the people of the Qing Dynasty knew about his private arms trading?

If this is the case, I have to find a way to find out the source of the news from Zhu Chuanwen.

This Zhu Chuanwen, his right hand lightly slid across the holster of his pistol!

"I think Russia will surely win this war. But the Japanese have invested enough troops, and the loss in this war should not be a small number! So I want to buy some quick guns and bullets, not too many, just 1 Quick gun, 1 rounds of ammunition. As you know, Sanjiangkou is not very peaceful. This time, some bandits robbed the flour I prepared for you." Zhu Chuanwen said seriously.

He needs a gun, which is for Zhu Kaishan. When He Laosi and others heard that Zhu Kaishan wanted to fall into the grass, they all chose to follow their elder brother without exception.

Zhu Chuanwen still underestimated how well people of this era practice the three words "speaking loyalty".

"How much was robbed?" Andre asked pretending to be a little angry. He didn't care how much was robbed. He just wanted to know who told Zhu Chuanwen that he could buy and sell arms from him.

"It's nearly 2 catties. The flour for adults can be collected in advance." Zhu Chuanwen continued to make up lies.

"Your government is really incompetent!" Andre complained. In Russia, the robbers were all sent out by them to rob other countries. How could they have time to do evil in their own land.

This can be seen from their national emblem, the double-headed eagle, one head is staring at the west, the other is staring at the east, and there are white horse knights fighting constantly below.

"Who says it's not? So I want to protect myself. It doesn't matter if I suffer some losses. The main reason is that I'm afraid of delaying the big business of the adults. After all, we have an agreement for [-] catties of flour." Zhu Chuanwen also followed Andre Said.

Andre looked at Zhu Chuanwen carefully, trying to see something from his face.

But after a while, he changed his face again: "I have a batch of fast guns worn out after the Battle of Lushun here. I wonder what price you want to buy them?"

"Is 60 rubles okay for an old gun that can be used?" Zhu Chuanwen asked.

At this time, the price of fast guns on the market is about 30g of gold per gun, which is between 6 taels of silver and 60 rubles.The most expensive is the German Mauser bolt-action rifle, each between 80-100 rubles.And the Russian army, after the light weapons armament reform of small-caliber bullets with smokeless propellants in Europe, replaced the original Berdan rifle (single-shot rear-loading gun) in Europe.

It was equipped with a 5mm caliber rifle with a 7.62-round single-row magazine. This rifle was later the famous Mosin-Nagant rifle.

This 5-shot rifle is also called a fast gun by the Chinese, and its rate of fire is not a bit faster than the previous single-shot rear-loading gun.

As for why the caliber 7.62 is used, it is because according to the old Russian weights and measures, this gun is called a 3-wire caliber, and 1 wire is equal to 0.1 inches or 2.54mm. Therefore, 3 wires are equal to 7.62mm or 0.3 inches.

Andre thought about it, and the price was much higher than what he sold it for.

This Zhu Chuanwen is interesting, didn't that person tell him the price of the ammunition?

Or is it someone from the Military Supply Department who is eyeing his position and wants to dig a trap for him at a high price?
Simply follow the plan.

"I have 400 "broken" firearms here that need waste disposal, and 2 rounds of "unusable" bullets, 3 rubles!" Andrei said after some calculation, and said "broken" and "unusable" The tone of the two words was obviously emphasized, and he believed that Zhu Chuanwen could understand.

Zhu Chuanwen didn't expect the Russians at this time to be so casual in selling arms, but he couldn't bear the price.Although he now has 4 rubles in his hand, this is the capital he started with, and he cannot pay Andre in full.

400 fast guns are enough for Zhu Kaishan to develop. Although there are more than he thought, the more this thing is for him and Zhu Kaishan, the better.

Zhu Chuanwen's mind was spinning quickly, and he tried to ask: "Master Andre, can I use flour to cover the bill? I will gather another 3 catties of flour before March 31 and ship it to Bingcheng. Your day will be in there too."

This made Andre hesitate, earning two money for one thing.

After hesitating for a while, the money still touches people's hearts.

But before that, he had to determine who Zhu Chuanwen really belonged to.

"This is the passport of the headquarters. I think you will deliver the 12 catties of military flour on time, right?" Andre stared into Zhu Chuanwen's eyes.

Zhu Chuanwen had no ghosts in his heart, so he was naturally not afraid, and then Andre waved his hand to signal that he could go.

Just about to go out, I heard Andre behind him say: "Remember! Come and give me "Leba" at night!"

　Thank you for the monthly tickets of the folk chatter, the flying demon pig, the young master, and the sloth bear.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)