A Mercenary’s War

After lunch, inspect again, and after receiving some people, Basal was almost five o'clock when he left the airport.

Gao Yang came to the presidential palace with the helicopter team when they came from Basal. The only non-staff members besides Satan and Taylor were Dani, Farouk, and Giranor.

Of course Basal won't be with him all the time, and they are arranged to the lounge, waiting for the dinner to begin.

Basal ’s presidential palace is not glorious, which is different from Gaddafi ’s nouveau-style palace, but the presidential palace ca n’t be connected with simplicity anyway, whether it ’s the building itself or the furnishings. Even some seemingly insignificant small things, in the eyes of a person who knows how, reveals the signal that they are not ordinary.

In the waiting time, Gao Yang and these people were okay, and did not seem too abnormal, especially Gao Yang and Grolev, the old people in their Satanic start-up period, seemed to be at ease. They also entered Gaddafi's palace at the beginning, although they were not invited to enter, and when they left, they also tried to scramble hard.

Gao Yang made them look relaxed, but Faruk did not work for the three of them, after all, their identities were different.

After staying for more than two hours, at 7:30, someone invited them to go to the banquet.

The banquet was set in the banquet hall. It was a very large banquet hall, but there were not many people. Some generals and officials who accompanied Basal to the airport during the day were there, and then they were to promote them and others. Just some work and service staff.

As the master. Before the start of the banquet, it is usual to give a speech. And when he spoke, it was time for Basal to send him gifts for his guests.

After Basal said a few words of welcome, he clapped his hands and shouted, "Take the gift I prepared."

Soon the servants gave the gifts prepared by Basal, the gifts were knives and Damascus knives.

Gao Yang is also a major general, and his gifts must be different from others. Basal prepared a knife for him in the style of an Arab scimitar. Other people's knives are short knives. Arabs are used to the kind of short knives that are inserted around their waists.

Gao Yang always wanted to get a Damascus knife. In Gaddafi ’s palace, he had a chance to get it, but he chose a shotgun as a trophy at the time. He did not expect to get a handful here. It's a good time.

The Damascus knife is called Damascus. In fact, the steel is Uz steel made in India. Damascus is not only the geographic center of the Middle East, but it has also been the center of the Middle East's economy and governance in the past. Of course, it is also a distribution center. In addition, Damascus also concentrated the most outstanding craftsmen of the Arabs at that time. After the ancient Arab merchants imported Uz steel raw materials from India, a large part of the steel was made into finished knives in Damascus by knifemakers.

The reason why Damascus knives are precious is not only a matter of craftsmanship. The main reason is that the only raw material for making Damascus knives is gone. The Uz iron mine in India was mined at the end of the seventeenth century. In the true sense, most Damascus knives are From ancient times.

There is also a small portion of Damascus knives, which were newly made after India accidentally discovered the leftover Uzi steel ingots, but there are very few new knives built on the leftover Uzi steel.

Gao Yang found that the style of the short knife presented by Basal was basically the same. Although there were differences, the differences were small. They should be newly unified and hand-made, so there are still slight differences in style.

What delighted Gao Yang was that the long knife sheath that Basal gave him had no vulgar gems on it.

The scabbard is made of wood, wrapped in shark skin, and wrapped in silver at the mouth and tip of the sheath. The handle and hand guard are also made of silver. It looks very clean, but you can find the knife after a closer look. The silver on the handle and the scabbard has signs of oxidation, so this is an old knife.

Gao Yang really likes the gifts from Basal, but he has n’t been able to play for too long. At the dinner, he was in front of a head of state. He could n’t always carry a knife with him. After a while, you have to return the servant who brought the knife, and ask others to take care of it for you, and then take it when you leave.

For Basal, the recent battle gave him a reason to be happy, and the atmosphere at the dinner was good.

The dishes are also very good, but this is never the time to really eat.

The dinner soon ended, and after eating, they were promoted and invited to the parlor. At this time, it was time for a formal conversation.

In the homes of Middle Eastern people, in order to show their bravery, they will put guns and knives or something. If it is a particularly wealthy local tyrant's home, the reception room is likely to become a small weapon exhibition.

Modern firearms are used as decoration, and they do n’t show any grades. The homes of elegant people usually hang the old-style smooth-bore guns with rich Middle Eastern style on the walls. The smooth-bore guns are luxurious and beautiful, and they have no use value, but they must be able to Start.

As for the oil tyrants, or the homes of people like Gaddafi, naturally, what kind of gun can be hung out as a craft, it will be hung up, so the European antique shotgun, then came in handy, and this also That is why many valuable antique guns made by famous European gunsmiths will appear in the Middle East.

If you are invited to a dinner party, it is natural to visit the host ’s house. Although it is impossible to look at all the houses in the presidential palace, the rooms prepared for guests will definitely be led by people to take a look. Take a look at the owner's collection.

Since arranging guns is a custom, of course Basal ’s house is no exception.

Helping Morgan find a gun for a long time, Gao Yang is sensitive to antique shotguns, and other places are okay, but two old double shotguns are hanging on the wall in the parlor, so once he entered the reception room, Gao Yang ’s eyes were blocked by the wall. The antique gun hanging on it couldn't help moving your eyes.

It ’s impossible to hold the gun in your hand, but it ’s okay to take a closer look.

According to the appreciation knowledge taught by Morgan, Gao Yang looked at a few key positions first, looking for any names or marks left by the gunsmith.

Gao Yang didn't have any special in-depth research on antique shotguns. After watching for a long time, he couldn't recognize who his gun was. The metal plate above the trigger of one of the guns was engraved with the name of the gunsmith, but how did Gao Yang I can't think of the gunman's details.

After studying for a long time, Gao Yang concluded that these two guns are not particularly precious antique guns, and they will not be very old, and they will not go before 1900 at the earliest, and they are certainly not particularly famous works of gunsmiths. .

While researching and concentrating, the people around me suddenly said: "It seems that General Ram is very research on shotguns?"

Gao Yang turned his head and looked at it, but Basal was talking. He quickly waved his hand and said: "There is no research, but I am very interested, understand, understand."

Basal said with a smile: "I heard more than once that General Ram is very good at your marksmanship, and the shotguns are also very good. People with good marksmanship will naturally be interested in guns."

After talking, Basal stared at the two shotguns on the wall and said in a deep voice: "These two shotguns are not precious treasures, but they have a very special meaning to me. Both guns are me Father ’s, he often used these two guns to hunt, and I have used one of them many times, so I hung these two guns here. "

Gao Yang didn't know how to interface, so he pretended to look at the two shotguns with great interest, but then Basal turned his words and smiled, "It seems that I was negligent, I should It ’s the right thing to give you a gun, not a knife, because you seem to like the gun more clearly. "

Gao Yang hurriedly said: "No, no, you misunderstood. I am very interested in guns, but I have the same love for knives, and I very much like the gifts Mr. President gave me."

Basal smiled and nodded, then turned and walked away ~ www.readwn.com ~ After whispering something to his servant, he walked back to Yang Yang again, whispering: " Mr. Ram, during your time in Damascus, you have done a lot of big things. Maybe you did n’t realize how critical you played. I must admit that your arrival will be very helpful to us. "

Gao Yang whispered: "Mr. President, you have won the prize. A person's ability is limited. I am very happy to do something, but I dare not think that my role is irreplaceable."

Basal smiled: "Mr. Ram, no, I should call you a general. Syria needs talents like you. Are you interested in thinking about the possibility of staying in Syria for long-term development?"

Afraid of anything, Gao Yang was afraid that Basal would propose to him again, but since Basal had raised it, there was no way to do so, so he had to refuse.

"Sorry, Mr. President, I have very important things to do, so I can't stay for a long time. In addition, I think that as time goes by, more and more outstanding people will appear under your command. Will I stay? In fact, the significance is not very great. In addition, I actually have a great possibility to return here again, hoping to get your support by then. "

Basal shrugged and said: "Well, I have no intention to force you, I respect your choice, I just want to tell you a word, Syria welcomes you at any time."

At this moment, Basal had just ordered the attendant to return, and he was carrying an antique shotgun in his hand.

After taking the shotgun delivered by the servant, Basal lifted it forward and smiled: "I don't know much about antique guns. I only know that this gun is a 19th-century work. It came from Europe. Now it belongs to you. I hope this gift will make you like it. "(To be continued ...) R1292