The construction of the camp began. Zhou Heng planned to build a temporary camp. For lunch, he had canned beef, braised cabbage, and rice. In order to take care of the northern soldiers, Zhou Heng also exchanged some dry bread, which made the northern soldiers happy.
The smell of food attracted many soldiers. Zhou Heng made his choice. The first was whether to smoke. There were too many people who smoked in the warlord army, especially the Gui Faction. They had many dual-spear soldiers, one with a pipe and one with a rifle. They were very strong in a short period of time after smoking.
However, most of the time, their military discipline was lax, and smoking caused their faces to be sunken. They were thin and weak, their eyes were dull, and their minds were numb. They could not fight at all. The twin-spear soldiers were ultimately disposable consumables for the warlords, and Zhou Heng did not want such soldiers.
However, no matter how picky Zhou Heng was, the number of soldiers was expanding very quickly. There was almost an infantry regiment, and Zhou Heng was temporarily satisfied with the number.
In the afternoon, the real construction officially began. First, they leveled the land, weeding, and renting stone rollers from the people to compact the land. Then, they set up tents, beds, barbed wires, toilets, logistics, command headquarters, medical offices, and sentry posts. These scattered soldiers had never built a formal military camp before, so they were in a hurry.
At night, there were many people with diarrhea. Some had eaten too much oil, and most of them had worms in their stomachs. They had been restless for the entire night.
After three or four days of chaos, the barracks were finally built. At this time, the number of soldiers in the barracks had already exceeded 1,500. There were still scattered soldiers in Chanda City, which showed how many scattered soldiers there were in this small county.
To raise so many soldiers, Zhou Heng was under a lot of pressure. He had to pay half a month's worth of military pay first. The supplies were easy to deal with, but the only thing he lacked was money. He had to sell a lot of medicine and food in Chan Da City, just enough to gather half a month's worth of military pay for these 1,000 people.
Fortunately, the day of the transaction with Qi Mazi had arrived. Zhou Heng heaved a sigh of relief. However, he did not go directly to the Dongcheng Area to make the transaction. Instead, he asked his subordinates to investigate first. Soon, news came back.
" Commander, there are a lot of strangers in the Dongcheng Area. They're all dressed in plain clothes, but they all have guns on their waists. There are about a dozen of them. Mazi Qi only brought three people with him, and they're all unfamiliar faces. He's very respectful to one of the middle-aged men. That person should be the person behind him.”
The person who reported the news to Zhou Heng was one of the wounded soldiers lying in the small courtyard at that time. He was originally the platoon leader of a special agent company in Hubei Province. His name was Li Li. His shoulder had been penetrated by a 38th rifle bullet at close range. The bleeding had stopped, but the wound had not been treated properly. It had become inflamed and he had a high fever and fainted.
After the injection of penicillin, the fever subsided overnight and he could walk the next day. Now that the wound had healed, although his body had not fully recovered and he was a little sick, his appearance was very suitable for reconnaissance. No one would suspect a sick soldier.
"Very good, your investigative ability is not bad. Now, bring us there and control those guys.”Zhou Heng said with satisfaction.
He knew that Qi Mazi had someone backing him up. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to get his hands on such a scarce resource like sulfuric acid. Qi Mazi was probably just a small pawn who had been placed in Chan Da to do some black market business.
This time, he had brought back so many rare medicines. The person behind it must have wanted to find out what was going on. It was very likely that he would have other thoughts. Therefore, Zhou Heng was very careful. He first let Li Li investigate. As expected, he found something.
Walking out of the tent, the surroundings of the military camp were bustling with activity. Zhou Heng ordered them to dig trenches along the barbed wire. These guys definitely could not let them idle, lest they had nothing to do after eating their fill. Also, he wanted them to relearn how to construct civil engineering.
"Battalion Commander Lin Yi, bring your military police camp with you.”Zhou Heng shouted at Lin Yi, who was digging a trench in the distance.
Right now, the military police camp was just an empty shell. There was only one company with more than 130 people. They would wait until the scale of the army increased in the future to expand.
"Yes, Guild Leader!" Lin Yi put down the shovel in his hand and jumped into the trench. He began to gather the soldiers of the military police camp. They were all in the same trench, so they gathered quickly.
After they were assembled, Zhou Heng brought them to collect their weapons. The M3 submachine gun was a cheap Miliken II submachine gun. It had a magazine of 30 rounds and a range of 200 meters. It was a good submachine gun.
The M1903 Springfield Rifle was a replica of Hans 'Mauser 98, but with a smaller caliber of 7.62mm. The recoil was smaller, but the accuracy, power, and range were not reduced. It was one of the best rifles of World War II.
Zhou Heng took the guns and began to assign tasks. Each squad was divided into two groups of six people. They restrained the plainclothes and then caught them in the courtyard he had rented before and blindfolded them.
Meanwhile, Zhou Heng brought two squads to carry the medicine to the transaction. This way, even if the other party had any bad intentions, they would not be his match.
This time, Zhou Heng used the remaining 4,000 plus points to exchange for medicine. If it worked well, he could increase his Krypton Points to about 100,000. He hoped that this was a long-term business. After all, he needed a lot of things in the future, so he had to take the risk.
According to Li Li's identification, the military police rushed into the Dongcheng Area to control those suspicious people. Zhou Heng had already arrived at the transaction location. As expected, Qi Mazi only brought three people with him. The middle-aged man standing behind him stood straight and had a sharp gaze. On the contrary, Qi Mazi, who stood in front, had a hunched body. One look and one could tell that he was not the one in charge.
When the people on the other side saw Zhou Heng leading more than 20 soldiers with submachine guns and rifles, their expressions changed. Clearly, this was a big discrepancy from the information they had received before.
"Hey, Qi Mazi, do you know who you brought?”Zhou Heng was too lazy to pretend to be polite and asked the middle-aged man behind him.
Knowing that his identity had been exposed, the person did not hide it anymore. He took off his hat and walked forward." I am Hong Shuting, the secretary of the confidential department of the Dian Province Military Administration. My Dian Army is out of the province to fight the war and is short of medicine. I heard that there is western medicine here, so I came to take a look."”
"The Dian Army!" Zhou Heng finally understood. The other party was a local tyrant, and Qi Mazi was their pawn to make money. However, this did not affect Zhou Heng's business." Then, Mr. Hong, do you want to buy it? It's not easy to get this thing. You have to rely on the English people over there."”
Zhou Heng didn't like foreigners, but he was still too weak. The name of a foreigner was very useful at this time, so he could only use it.
Hearing Zhou Heng's words, Hong Shuting narrowed his eyes. If the foreigners were involved, they would be a little afraid. They had no choice. After being beaten up by the foreigners for so many years, the fear of their allies being shocked was deeply rooted in their brains.
"May I know which division you belong to? Master Yu? I've never heard of Chan Da having other troops.”Hong Shuting asked about Zhou Heng's background.
However, Zhou Heng was not in the mood to waste time with him. He asked directly," Do you want to buy it? If you want to buy it, come and get the medicine every ten days. Each time, it's worth 100,000 silver dollars. We only accept silver dollars or antiques. If you're not willing, then forget it."”
"You…" Hong Shuting's face turned red. He was a little angry. This person was so arrogant because he had the support of the Westerners. He wanted to kill them, but he could not afford to offend the Westerners, especially the English. The Yunnan-Myanmar Road was the only way to extend the country's life. If he offended the English and blocked the Yunnan-Myanmar Road, he might die a miserable death.
"Alright, trade. Once every ten days. You better not run out of stock.”Hong Shuting decided to calm this kid down temporarily and investigate his background.
"That's right. We're just making money. Oh right, if you can pull more people here to trade, then I don't mind giving you 1% of the price of the medicine every time.”Zhou Heng was not very satisfied with the 300,000 yuan a month.
Now he urgently needed money to enrich his strength, so he didn't mind giving Hong Shuting some benefits. One percent was not a small amount. With the current price of medicine, it was easy to increase the annual transaction volume to more than ten million. Then, Hong Shuting could earn 100,000 silver dollars, which many small warlords couldn't even get in a year.
Hong Shuting's face turned red again. This time, he was not angry, but excited. Zhou Heng's money made his heart beat fast. He could not resist such a big temptation.
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