Chapter 29: Dad is Still the Easiest to Deceive! 100,000 Ocean Dollars for 30,000 Laborers!
What is 100% loyalty?
This is what 100% loyalty looks like!
Even if Ma Maoxun cries, he has to take the blame for Zhang Xueming.
“I’ll kill you!”
Seeing that Zhang Zuolin on the other end was about to explode with rage, Zhang Xueming took the phone.
“Dad! Please calm down, I’m in Harbin and just made contact with the people from the Bear Country.”
“They have a batch of guns that can be obtained under the pretense of being scrapped.”
“A total of 2,000 rapid-fire guns and over a dozen cannons! However, the Bear Country is asking for 600,000 ocean dollars.”
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Wait a minute!
This time, it wasn’t just Ma Maoxun.
Beside him!
Yu Fengzhi was also dumbfounded.
What the hell, when did you make contact with the Bear Country people?
Didn’t you just go to a Bear Country jewelry store?
And this 600,000 ocean dollars.
You’re not trying to report the 60,000 ocean dollars worth of jewelry you just bought as 600,000, are you?
I’ve seen scams before!
But I’ve never seen one this outrageous!
At this moment, however, Zhang Zuolin calmed down.
“2,000 rapid-fire guns and over a dozen cannons? Son, is this true or false?”
“I’m your own son, you wouldn’t doubt my words, would you? If you want, I can have someone send you two samples, they’re definitely new guns you’ve never seen before, they fire like ‘water pearls’!”
After all, the army has a system that provides Mosin-Nagant rifles.
This is a famous weapon from World War II, a weapon ahead of its time.
It wouldn’t be too much to use two to deceive my old man!
Seeing his son so confident.
Zhang Zuolin hesitated. He had just taken the position of Commander in Fengtian and urgently needed to strengthen his power. If these 2,000 guns and over a dozen cannons were real,
he could at least form a brigade!
But this 600,000 ocean dollars...
Right now, the Fengtian army is in dire straits.
Even if he took out all his savings, it wouldn’t be enough.
Just as Zhang Zuolin was looking troubled,
Zhang Xueming quickly spoke up.
“Dad, I know our Fengtian army is short on money! But, the Russians need to build a road and require a large number of laborers.”
“I told them we could send over 30,000 laborers!”
“When the Bear Country people heard this, not only did they waive the 600,000 ocean dollars, but they’re also willing to pay us 100,000 for our trouble!”
Wow!
Upon hearing this, both Ma Maoxun and Yu Fengzhi widened their eyes.
What a clever trap!
This is clearly squeezing his old man’s pulse tightly.
He’s planning to exchange 100,000 ocean dollars for 30,000 laborers from his dad!
As expected.
On the other end of the phone, Zhang Zuolin had already fallen for it.
“30,000 laborers are easy to gather, but... can we get the Bear Country to pay in advance?”
Zhang Zuolin is an old fox.
Of course, he wouldn’t let the eagle fly without seeing the rabbit!
Zhang Xueming smiled: “Dad, we’re in this together. I told the Bear Country people the same thing, and they said they can only pay 50,000 ocean dollars in advance.”
“If you agree, I’ll have them transfer the money right away!”
“However, they’re in a hurry and said they need to send over 10,000 people within a week. Otherwise, they’ll sell the guns and cannons to the Mongolian princes in Chahar!”
“Damn it! Those wild men from Menggu dare to snatch our Fengtian army’s supplies? Tell the Russians that as long as they pay first, I’ll recruit laborers tomorrow!”
After hanging up the phone,
Zhang Xueming patted the completely dumbfounded Yu Fengzhi.
“Let’s go, the Citibank is next door, we’re going to wire money to Dad!”
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Half an hour later.
Inside the Fengtian Commander’s Mansion.
Zhang Zuolin looked at the Citibank savings bond of 50,000 ocean dollars in his hand, lost in thought.
“This kid Xueming actually managed to strike a deal with the Russians!”
Beside him, the fifth concubine chuckled.
“I’ve always thought Xueming was extraordinary since he was little.”
“Back then, it was he who urged his brother to kill my Samo Tiger!”
“This time, the anti-bandit campaign is quite impressive. People are saying Xueming is the reincarnation of the ‘Living Yama’!”
“You should go to the tavern outside and listen. The name of Zhang Xueming, your son, is now much more famous than yours!”
“That brat has even made a name for himself!” Zhang Zuolin cursed, but inside he felt as sweet as honey.
What parent doesn’t wish for their child to succeed?
Although he still had doubts in his heart, the money was already in hand.
Where is the scammer who pays first?
This Bear Country may be a scammer,
but they probably won’t scam too much!
Seeing Zhang Zuolin stand up and dial the phone.
“Yuting, give the provincial government an order to recruit 30,000 laborers to send to Zhang Xueming!”
“Right! Make it quick!”
After doing all this, Zhang Zuolin still looked incredulously at the bank bond in his hand.
“Damn it, this brat really has some skills, he actually got the Russians to pay first!”
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“Grandpa! Are you really not worried about deceiving the old commander?”
After leaving the bank,
Yu Fengzhi felt uneasy.
On the contrary, Zhang Xueming was exceptionally carefree: “Fengzhi, your question is problematic. How did I deceive my dad?”
“We clearly didn’t make contact with the Russians!”
“Whether we made contact or not doesn’t matter. My dad’s main goal is to get guns, but I can make guns myself! Why bother looking for the Russians?”
“But we haven’t made them yet!”
“We haven’t made them because we didn’t have people. If my dad sends people over, once we have workers, won’t we be able to make them?”
Uh...
Yu Fengzhi was completely stunned.
She felt her brain was about to short-circuit.
Which came first, the egg or the chicken?
It seems her husband easily solved an unsolvable problem.
“Pregnancy makes one foolish for three years, you might as well not think about such complicated issues.”
Zhang Xueming hugged Yu Fengzhi and continued forward.
“I heard that the ‘Matilda’ ice cream shop next to St. Sophia Cathedral is very famous. I’ll take you there to try it today!”
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