Chapter Seventy-two: Weighing Gain and Loss

  Hu Zhiyong is not a tall, rich and handsome man, but his unique military demeanor commands respect. His stern warning made Li Chaolan nod solemnly, still unaware of what kind of weapon he would provide.

  For Hu Zhiyong, the Beiping party organization had a conclusion: "This man has helped our party and sent traitor Chen Xiuqi out of the country. He has no political beliefs and is also a very capable military talent and businessman!"

  After a short contact, Li Chaolan initially affirmed: "He has great wisdom, and he is a person who will not act blindly after considering things!"

  "What kind of weapon can you give me?" Li Chaolan finally couldn't bear it and asked hastily.

  "What do you want?" Hu Zhiyong retorted, jokingly saying: "I don't have an airplane, and a warship is of no use to you. Apart from these, anything else you want is fine!"

  Li Chaolan was shocked, and Hu Zhigang was also shocked: "Third brother, you can't be joking, right?"

  "Big brother, don't you trust your little brother?" Hu Zhiyong blinked his eyes: "There's nothing you can think of that I haven't thought of!"

  Li Chaolan thought that Hu Zhiyong was talking big, but still had confidence in his own trip: "I want a thousand rifles, ten machine guns, four mortars, thirty pistols, and five hundred thousand bullets!"

  "Is that all?" Hu Zhiyong felt disappointed, shaking his head in distress: "I won't take your money, it must be exchanged for steel, copper, leather and other goods!"

  "You don't want money?" Li Chaolan's eyes widened in shock.

  "Little Li, the Hu family is not short of money, and Third Brother is a business genius, he won't care about wealth. Your purpose I understand, as long as you have the raw materials, you can manufacture weapons for us, right?" Hu Zhi Gang's inner doubt: "Could it be that Third Brother has built an arms factory? Under the nose of the Japanese army, he actually accomplished such a big undertaking?"

  "I have business dealings with the US, and as long as I have the raw materials, I can secretly bring back weapons for you!" Hu Zhiyong lied, not wanting too many people to know the secret.

  "I'd like to see your troops, as well as your military school and uniform factory." The Zhuanghe troops were not only well-equipped with weapons, but their unique uniforms also piqued Li Chaolan's interest.

  "Alright!" Hu Zhiyong stood up with a smile: "I'll have the head of the guard battalion accompany you on the tour, but don't reveal your identities."

  A phone call, Su Xiqing hurried over from outside. Hu Zhiyong pointed at Li Chaolan: "This is my brother's friend, take them to see our troops."

  "Yes! Young master, please, guest, please!" Su Xi Qing gave a standard military salute, then turned around and invited the two people to get on the car.

  The guard battalion of six hundred people was fully mechanized. Li Chaolan looked at this unit and asked tentatively, "I'd like to visit your troops first, may I?"

  "Very well! The whole battalion is assembled. Please inspect them, young master and guests!"

  "Yes, assemble!" The company commander stood in front of the formation and assembled all four companies in a short while.

  Hu Zhigang and Li Chaolan looked at each other, thinking that this was a regular 'crack' troop. They walked slowly in front of the formation, paying special attention to all the equipment on the soldiers' bodies.

  "A pistol for each person?" Li Chaolan was surprised to find that this pistol was special, with a capacity of 20 rounds per shot, and had an active handle in the front and a detachable stock at the back.

  The Mauser pistol is a typical semi-automatic pistol. It is said that over 400,000 Mauser pistols were sold in China during the 1920s and 1930s. "Chinese people especially love Mauser pistols, in Asia, getting a Mauser or its imitation can double one's value." The Chinese have given many names to the Mauser, including: recoil shell gun, box gun, box cannon, self-loading pistol, etc.

  Su Xi Qing saw that he was interested in the pistol and hastily took off his own paired gun to show him. Li Chao Lan watched for a long time, sighed and said: "Isn't this a submachine gun?"

  "Yes, it's called an assault pistol!" Su Xiqing was very proud. Only three brigades were equipped with this kind of gun, and the Guard Battalion had one for each person.

  "What is its effective range?"

  "100 meters!"

  Li Chaolan was shocked, holding the gun and staring blankly for a long time: "Can I try it?"

  Su Xi Qing smiled and pointed at the mountain slope, saying: "Hit it!"

  "Rat-a-tat-tat!" The crisp gunfire rang out in a string, and Li Chaolan regretfully said: "What a pity, this thing is too 'wasteful' of bullets!"

  "Give it a try." Su Xiqing handed over the assault rifle and helped him install the magazine. Li Chaolan fired thirty rounds in one go, and the target was an old cypress tree three hundred meters away.

  "Good gun!" Li Chaolan couldn't bear to put it down, Hu Zhiyong also looked at it with envy, nodding in agreement.

  The multi-functional military dagger also shocked the two guests. They had never seen such equipment before, were they all brought back from Country M? Especially the sniper rifle with a scope, when they knew that the 'shooting' range was over 800 meters, they couldn't help but smack their lips.

  "What's new?" Li Chaolan originally said with a smile, but didn't expect Su Xiqing to hesitate and not dare to answer. Hu Zhiyong walked over, laughing loudly: "Let him take a look at the rocket artillery and high-speed machine gun!"

  When the quadruple and octuple rocket launchers were revealed from the cars, Li Chaolan almost couldn't believe her eyes. So many barrels firing at the same time, was this possible?

  Li Chaolan didn't want to continue the tour anymore. He believed that Zhuanghe had many rare weapons, and with these weapons, what was there to question about the combat effectiveness of such a troop?

  "Let's go, I want to take a look at the military school!" Li Chaolan decided not to visit the troops anymore and instead took a look at what was special about the military school here.

  Zhuanghe Military Academy has twenty 'door' courses. Foreign languages, shooting, military boxing, wrestling, command department, artillery department, infantry department, staff department, logistics department, armored tank department, air defense department and so on. Seven M-country instructors, more than a dozen top students from the first graduating class of the Teaching Department.

  Li Chaolan and Hu Zhigang personally attended the course here, and also had meals with everyone in the cafeteria. After a day, they didn't have any thoughts of leaving. Su Xiqing sincerely said: "Young masters, if you're not too busy, can you stay here for a few more days?"

  "Can it be done?" Li Chaolan was particularly obsessed with the military, and in his excitement, he didn't wait for Su Xi to respond before saying: "You go back and tell your Third Master that I'll be staying here for a few days!"

  "Can do, if you're willing, any course can be done!" Su Xi Qing led the guard battalion away, leaving the guests at the military school.

  That night, the Hu brothers had a long conversation. The two brothers sat in the living room, talking about life and ideals. Hu Zhiyong's understanding of Marx's theory was higher than that of Hu Zhigang, which surprised him greatly.

  "Third brother, you're not a secret member of our organization, are you?" Hu Zhigang couldn't help but suspect, because what he knew was far less than what Hu Zhiyong understood.

  "Me?" Hu Zhiyong chuckled: "I've had a great awakening, I'm determined to become a businessman, a super rich man!"

  "You have military talent, it's a pity that you can't exert your ability!" Hu Zhigang admired his younger brother more and more.

  "Big brother, one day when our party has taken over the country, do you want to continue making revolution or go into business?" Hu Zhiyong asked tentatively.

  "This... I really haven't thought of it!" Hu Zhigang asked excitedly: "Do you think we can win the world?"

  "Maybe!" Hu Zhiyong joked: "After achieving success and retiring, how about we brothers join hands to build a business empire?"

  Hu Zhi Gang shook his head and said to Hu Zhi Yong, "In those days, Father hoped I would take over his responsibilities, but I was not interested in business. Third brother, since you are not interested in politics, the Hu family's industries will be entirely managed by you."

  "Haha, in the future, I won't be able to keep this business either, it will all be confiscated. But I'm not worried, I'll leave ahead of time and go to Country M to continue developing!"

  The two brothers chatted happily, and Hu Zhigang had many speculations in his heart from then on. He remembered San Di's words and hoped to verify them later. After dinner, Hu Zhigang returned to the military school to live.

  "Young master, are you prepared to give them so many weapons? It will be a huge loss of silver!" Huo Feng only spoke up after everyone had left.

  "Weigh the pros and cons! For every gain, there must be a loss. It's up to you to decide if your investment is worth it!" Hu Zhiyong gazed at the three 'women': "We can't take any of Zhuanghe's fixed assets with us, so we might as well give them away as personal gifts while we still can!"

  "Report, Hu Pengsheng has arrived safely in Pyongan Province with his entourage!"

  "Hu Zhiyong's heart skipped a beat: 'Tell Hu Pengsheng that there is an abandoned gold mine over there, find it and report back to me quickly!'"

  "Yes!"

  Hupeng Sheng received a telegram and couldn't help but think: "The young master is very interested in that place, has he been there before?"

  "Come on, let's go northeast and take a look!"

  Daeheung 'Cave', is an abandoned gold mine. Located in Pyonganbuk-do, Sinuiju, it sits between two large mountains in a deep valley. In a small valley on the south mountain, Hoo Bong-shik found a very large mine 'cave'.

  "It's there!" Hu Zhiyong looked at the telegram and said to the postal worker: "Order! The special warfare team in Korea recruits 'fine' strong labor, must use local materials to build a good mountain 'cave' hiding place!"

  "Yes!"

  The clerk walked out, and Hu Zhiyong thought for a long time before picking up the phone: "Hello, Lieutenant Colonel Kame, I heard that Korea is in a tight food situation. Can I go there to do some food business?"

  "Okay, okay!" Kameda was so grateful that he wanted to kneel down and kowtow to Hu Zhiyong. Korea lacked flour and rice, but Hu Zhiyong could get grain from the US. He exclaimed excitedly over the phone: "I'll give you a permit, you can open grain stores all over Korea!"

  "Major, I'll take the south coast, it's vast and rich. I don't want to join the crowd, as long as the north allows me in!" The two men had their own agendas, but surprisingly, they reached a deal at once.

  Put down the phone, Hu Zhiyong found Su Xiqing again: "Prepare with Blood Wolf Team at the same time, 100 cars loaded with flour, rice and salt will set off to Fresh Country early tomorrow morning!"

  "Master, are we going to Korea for business?" Su Xi Qing couldn't understand why Hu Zhi Yong wanted to go to Korea, a war zone.

  "That's right, this business involves a battle twenty years later, we must prepare in advance!" Hu Zhiyong made up his mind to build the Daxia Cave into a secret base.

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