After clearing out these underground forces, the security of the entire Yanyuan County was much better than before. This time, a total of thousands of people were arrested. The county prison could not fit them at all, so they could only be locked up in other places in batches.
It was also at this time that Chu Zian realized how rich these people were. The money they had obtained from the raid alone was more than three million yuan. Together with the antique calligraphy and paintings, they had at least five million yuan in income. The financial crisis of the county government was greatly alleviated after obtaining this unexpected wealth.
The three million silver was enough for the government to operate for a while, which also gave Chu Zian some buffer time. At present, he could only rely on selling drugs and weapons to make money to subsidize the government. When the industrial and agricultural construction was completed in the future, he would have the money to do other things.
However, weapons could not be sold openly. In this case, Liu Wenhui would not mind bringing his troops to surround Yanyuan County.
Therefore, they could only do it through other means, such as letting the spies set up an arms trading company that seemed to have a certain relationship with Chu Zian, so that they would mistakenly think that Chu Zian was just the agent of this arms trading company.
Therefore, a company called Reaper Arms Trading Company was established in the county. More than 10 spies with foreign appearances became employees of Reaper Arms.
It was very easy to sell firearms in China. Even though the warlords didn't seem to be very rich, if a batch of firearms was placed in front of them, they would not hesitate to take out a large amount of money to buy it.
In this era of war, only those with guns could have territory. Unfortunately, the western world had very strict restrictions on domestic firearms. Many warlords did not have good channels to purchase firearms, especially in the southwest region.
There were many warlords around Sichuan that Chu Zian was familiar with, such as Long Yun from Yunnan, Li and Bai from Guangxi, Liu Xiang from Sichuan, and Chen Jitang from Guangdong. These people were all wealthy warlords.
Liu Wenhui was also rich, but Chu Zian would not sell him too good weapons and equipment. Otherwise, he would be cheated in the end. What could be sold and what couldn't be sold, Chu Zian still had to grasp it himself.
The establishment of the Reaper Arms Trading Company did not attract much attention, so they began to contact Long Yun, who had cooperated with Chu Zian in the pharmaceutical trade.
Since it was his first time trading arms, Chu Zian did not bring out too many good things. He only bought some light weapons, such as rifles, machine guns, submachine guns, pistols, and so on.
In the Long Residence in Kunming, Yunnan Province, Long Yun was dressed in casual clothes. He held a small teapot in his hand and asked a young officer in front of him,""Zhihui, are you saying that a foreigner contacted you? They said that they have guns and are willing to sell them to us?"
This young officer called Zhi Hui was Long Yun's trusted aide, and at the same time, he was also a distant relative of Long Yun's. One could only hear Zhi Hui say,"General, these people contacted us through Shennong Pharmaceutical Company. They should be reliable!”
"Moreover, the other party said that they have a batch of ready-made firearms in their hands. The scale is not small, and we might not be able to swallow them!”
"What do they have?" Long Yun said after pondering for a moment.”
"Kra98 rifles, Maxim machine guns, ZB26 light machine guns from the Russians, and they also have mortars!”
Although the Yunnan army was located in the southwest, their weapons and equipment were still relatively good. Compared to many warlords, they were much better. Moreover, the 1st regiment of the Yunnan army was a true elite trump card unit. They were well-equipped and well-trained, and their combat strength was relatively strong.
“Kra98? Wasn't this the standard rifle that the German army had just entered service with? They could even get their hands on such a thing?”Long Yun revealed an astonished gaze after hearing it.
He was quite concerned about western weapons and equipment. Now that the German army was in the limelight, he naturally knew that they had begun to use standard rifles on a large scale.
He would never complain about the lack of weapons. Many times, even money might not be able to buy these. Since they were delivered to his door, he naturally had to take them.
If he didn't buy this batch of firearms, it was very likely that it would be bought by others. The firearms market in China was completely in a state of short supply.
"Buy! Don't hesitate!"
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Chu Zian received the news from Yunnan very quickly. Sure enough, selling firearms was the fastest way to make money. Anyway, these light weapons were not a big threat to them.
This time, he took out 2000 Kra98 rifles, 100 Maxim machine guns, 200 light machine guns, and 50 81mm mortars. Just one Kra98 rifle was priced at 100 dollars, so these 2000 rifles were priced at 200,000 dollars. The Maxim machine guns were priced at 1500 dollars each, so this was another 150,000 dollars.
The price of the light machine gun in the Republic of Azeroth was 800 dollars. Together with the 81mm mortar that was worth 2000 dollars, the total was 260,000 dollars. The various bullets and shells were 200,000 dollars in total. The transaction volume reached more than 800,000 dollars.
Although the deal this time was not as good as the drug deal last time, the amount of arms traded this time was not large. These weapons were about enough to arm two divisions of the Yunnan army.
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