Quartermasters can also fight the devils

Hu San asked Chen Mingzhang last night where he planned to discuss the deal with the buyer today. How would Chen Mingzhang know? In his eyes, it was either the casino or Chunfeng Building, there was no third place. As for going to the hotel to discuss, Chen Mingzhang felt that running around was too tiring and would waste his time for gambling, so he finally decided to discuss the deal in the casino.

Zhang Wenwu introduced three buyers in total, and Chen Mingzhang negotiated well with all of them. Finally, he selected a buyer with the highest bid. The two agreed that Chen Mingzhang would be responsible for shipping the goods to the designated place at 9 o'clock tomorrow night, and the two parties would settle the payment on the spot. Chen Mingzhang readily agreed.

That night, when Zhang Wenwu arrived at the casino's private room, he saw Chen Mingzhang approaching him with an excited look on his face and saying, "Brother Zhang, I have reached an agreement with a buyer."

Zhang Wenwu said to Chen Mingzhang with a little surprise: "Mr. Chen is very capable. He got the job done so quickly. Mr. Chen is indeed very capable. It is the right decision to entrust this matter to Mr. Chen. Then I, my brother, will be waiting for good news from Mr. Chen. Hahaha, come on, let's go to the table and play." Zhang Wenwu pulled Chen Mingzhang to the gambling table.

Chen Mingzhang wanted to show off his negotiation process and results, but then he thought, Brother Zhang trusted him so much, and it would be the same if he talked to Brother Zhang about it on the day of dividing the money after he got the money for the goods. In addition, since he was already at the gambling table, he didn't care about anything else, so he followed Zhang Wenwu and started to play with money.

In the private room of Mr. Xue Si, Hu San, as usual, used the excuse of going to the toilet to come to Mr. Xue Si. Mr. Xue Si was lying down and smoking a cigarette leisurely. He looked at Hu San and asked slowly, "Hu San, have you finished your work for the afternoon?"

When Hu San heard what Fourth Master Xue asked, he immediately clasped his fists and replied, "Fourth Master Xue, rest assured. The buyers we arranged have all contacted Chen Mingzhang. As expected, he finally chose the one with the highest bid. As planned, the transaction will be carried out outside the western suburbs at nine o'clock tomorrow evening."

"Well, that's good. Tomorrow night, you just accompany Chen Mingzhang. You don't have to worry about other things. I will arrange the manpower. Okay, it's okay. You go and look after that kid Chen Mingzhang." Mr. Xue waved his hand with his eyes closed.

Hu San left Xue Siye's room, smoked a cigarette outside before entering the private room, and then came to Chen Mingzhang to cheer him on. He had to work hard. After Chen Mingzhang talked to the buyer today, he told him that he would give him 10% of the profit, so he had to perform well.

The next day, Chen Mingzhang slept in Chunfeng Building until 3:30 in the afternoon. Hu San did not come to urge him to get up, so he had a good sleep. After he washed up, he drank a bowl of preserved egg and lean meat porridge with the company of the girl from Chunfeng Building. Just after he finished drinking the porridge, Hu San walked in and said, "Mr. Chen, I have found a truck and two coolies. Shall we go to the clinic to move the goods now?"

Hu San saw the bowl of porridge on the table and thought to himself, you loser really knows how to enjoy yourself. I'm the one running around, but you're just sleeping until almost evening.

Seeing that Hu San had found a truck and laborers, Chen Mingzhang stood up and said proudly: "Brother Hu, tonight is our day to make a fortune. Let's go to the clinic to load the goods, and after the transaction is completed tonight, we will return to the casino to tell Brother Zhang the good news." After saying that, he walked out, and Hu San pouted and followed immediately.

At the edge of a forest thirty miles west of Zhenjiang City, Hu San looked at two coolies who were moving goods from a truck and said to Chen Mingzhang with a worried look on his face: "Mr. Chen, we haven't hired any guards. Nothing will happen in the wild, right?"

Chen Mingzhang looked around and said nonchalantly, "Brother Hu, it's okay. Look, isn't this road right next to us? If anything goes wrong, we can just drive away. Besides, Zhenjiang is the defense zone of the 102nd Division. If something really happens, we can find Brother Zhang and he will definitely help us." He thought Hu San was too timid. The road was just over meters ahead. We had a car and we had nothing to be afraid of. Besides, hiring a guard would cost money. It would be better to spend the money on the gambling table. That was all our own capital.

After the coolies moved all the goods under the truck, Chen Mingzhang gave them money and asked them to go back to Zhenjiang by themselves. The two coolies refused, saying that it was late at night and they would have to pay more if they walked back. Otherwise, they would have to go back with the truck.

Chen Mingzhang couldn't let the coolies know that he was selling opium, so he could only reluctantly give each of them another three dollars in French currency and told them to return to the city quickly because the buyers would be arriving soon and it would not be good if they saw him.

At nine o'clock, a truck came from a distance. Chen Mingzhang said excitedly, "Brother Hu, look, the buyer is here. He is quite punctual."

After the truck stopped ten meters away from the two of them, the buyer and his three men walked over from the car. From several meters away, the buyer clasped his fists and said, "Mr. Chen, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time. It's hard work, hard work."

Chen Mingzhang said quickly: "Boss Wang, it's okay. We just arrived a while ago. Let's start the transaction. The goods are here. Have you brought the money?" Chen Mingzhang was excited and wanted to make the transaction quickly. Thinking of the white dollars, he couldn't wait even a minute.

Boss Wang and his men walked up to Chen Mingzhang, and without any nonsense, they signaled two of their men to go and inspect the goods. Hu San left with the two inspectors, and Boss Wang asked another of his men to put the prepared large suitcase between the two of them and open it. After the suitcase was opened, it was filled with wrapped packets of dollars. Chen Mingzhang's eyes lit up when he saw it, and he picked up a packet of dollars on the spot, opened the paper and began to examine it.

When Chen Mingzhang was immersed in the excitement of counting the ocean, more than 20 masked men in black holding Mauser pistols rushed out from the woods. Chen Mingzhang heard Boss Wang exclaim, "Who is it?", and then he felt the muzzle of a gun against the back of his head, which scared Chen Mingzhang to death.

Almost at the same time, Boss Wang and his men on the opposite side were also pointed guns at their heads by several other people, while Hu San and the two men who went to check the goods were already walking towards them at gunpoint.

"Boss, see what I said was right. Haha." One of the masked men in black said excitedly to another masked man in black.

"Don't shout and talk less, and you will get a bigger share." The man who was called the boss said in a low voice.

Boss Wang clasped his fists and said nervously, "I don't know which hero you are, but my last name is Wang. I have some connections with the Green Gang in Shanghai. I met you heroes today. This money is a greeting gift to you heroes. I only ask that you use it for my next life. I will definitely thank you again in the future."

The big boss glanced at Boss Wang, but did not answer him. Instead, he gestured to the masked subordinate who was holding Boss Wang with a gun. The subordinate knocked Boss Wang unconscious with the butt of his gun, and at the same time, the three subordinates he brought with him were knocked unconscious.

"Drag them all to the woods over here and deal with them quickly." The boss instructed his men.

Chen Mingzhang saw the men in black dragging Boss Wang and his men into the woods. He knew without a doubt that Boss Wang was dead. He was so scared that he had no idea what to do. He could only look at Hu San beside him. It was not a big deal, but he saw Hu San trembling all over. He probably couldn't count on him.

"Boss, there are three more here. I've also brought the truck driver here. Should we drag him into the woods and deal with him as well?" A masked man in black walked over and asked, escorting the terrified truck driver.

"Well, you three take them to the woods and deal with them, don't make too much noise." The boss answered casually, and then directed the rest of the people to move the goods to the truck driven by Chen Mingzhang and his team. He himself carried the big suitcase with the money brought by Boss Wang.

Chen Mingzhang, Hu San and the driver were pointed at guns and walked into the woods nearby trembling all over. After walking in the woods for about two minutes, a man behind them said, "Don't go any further, this is the end."

Just as that person finished speaking, Chen Mingzhang saw Hu Sanmeng kneeling down and kowtowed to the three men, with snot and tears streaming down his face: "Three good men, three heroes, please spare our lives. We are here to help people. You can take the goods. We won't say anything. We also have money. We will give all the money to the three heroes. Please spare our lives. I have an 80-year-old mother and a three-year-old child. Dear heroes..."

As Hu San spoke, he took out all the money he had on him, a total of more than 300 French francs. When Chen Mingzhang saw Hu San like this, he suddenly came to his senses, knelt down, repeated Hu San's words, and took out all the money he had on him. He had a little more money on him, after all, he was going to go directly to the casino after the transaction, so he took out a full 1,100 French francs from his pocket. The driver was poorer, with only 5 French francs on him, but he also took it out. Suddenly, the three of them screamed and howled, it was very lively.

The three masked men looked at each other, and one of them took the money without saying a word and put it in his pocket. Before Chen Mingzhang could say anything, he felt a pain in the back of his neck, his eyes went dark, and he passed out.

When Chen Mingzhang opened his eyes dazedly, the three masked men had disappeared. He suddenly felt pain on the back of his neck, but that was a good thing because he was still alive.

He struggled to get up from the ground and saw Hu San and the truck driver still lying on the ground beside him. He quickly shook Hu San's body and called out his name. After several minutes of struggling, he saw Hu San slowly waking up.

The two men sat on the ground, not in the mood to care whether the truck driver was dead or alive. Hu San picked up a pack of cigarettes that he had taken out of his pocket, took out a cigarette and handed it to Chen Mingzhang, then lit it with a match, muttering to himself: "Fortunately, those three heroes didn't take the cigarettes away. I guess they didn't like them." As for other valuables, they were all looted.

Chen Mingzhang looked at his empty wrist and cursed distressedly: "These bastards, my gold watch."

Hu San also comforted him with a distressed look on his face: "Mr. Chen, you are lucky to have saved your life this time. Money is something outside of your body, and you can earn it back in the future. If you lose your life, then you really lose everything."

Chen Mingzhang shuddered when he heard this. Indeed, he almost died just now. Why was he still thinking about the gold watch? He couldn't lose his life. He hadn't enjoyed it enough. Losing the money was nothing. His family was not short of money. He suddenly felt that Hu San was right. Brother Hu had many ideas. If it weren't for Brother Hu's quick thinking and spending money to buy his life, he would really be in danger of losing his life.

Thinking of this, Chen Mingzhang also said to Hu San with gratitude: "This time it is really thanks to Brother Hu. Don't worry, I will definitely not treat you unfairly in the future."

Hu San also said with gratitude: "Mr. Chen, we are brothers. It's too formal to say these things."

After the two smoked a cigarette, their mood and spirit recovered a little. The truck driver also woke up, so the three of them walked out of the woods. When they arrived at the place where the transaction started, the three of them looked at the empty land. Where was the truck? It seemed that they had to walk back to Zhenjiang City.