Warlords: Rising from the Northwest Border and Sweeping Across the Powers

"Come on, come with me and take a look, business is here!"

Su Zhengyang brought Liu Gangding to the gate of the base and saw Gu Chenghai and his guard Huang Sheng at a glance.

Su Zhengyang squinted his eyes and always felt that the person in front of him was somewhat familiar. He searched for a long time in the original owner's memory and finally remembered, wasn't this kid Gu Chenghai who studied with him in Jiangbei Military Academy?

Gu Chenghai's academic performance in the Jiangbei Military Academy, which was also the Army Officer Academy, was considered to be outstanding at the time, and he was among the top in all assessments. However, he did not have much interaction with Su Zhengyang, so the latter's impression of him was a little vague.

Seeing Su Zhengyang in military uniform, with a leather holster around his waist and shiny military boots, Gu Chenghai immediately took the initiative to walk up to him and said, "Brother Su, we haven't seen each other for more than two years since we parted at the Jiangbei Military Academy. I'm lucky to meet you today. Brother Su is still as charming as ever!"

Su Zhengyang suddenly felt embarrassed. When he was in the Military Academy, he had no charm at all. He had the arrogance of a second-generation rich kid, and he walked with a gait as if he didn't recognize his relatives. He never took other students seriously, and spent the whole day either looking for trouble or going to brothels to seek pleasure.

"I was wondering who was going to do business with our security team. It turned out to be Brother Gu."

After the two exchanged greetings, Gu Chenghai walked into the security team's base at Su Zhengyang's invitation. When passing by the training ground, he was surprised to see the densely packed team. There must be several thousand people.

What made Gu Chenghai even more jealous was that it seemed that every officer here had a pistol on his waist. This made Gu Chenghai secretly think that it seemed that the security team under Su Zhengyang really had no shortage of guns and weapons.

After the two sat down in the reception room of Su Zhengyang's villa, Gu Chenghai said straight to the point: "Brother Su, to be honest, I came here to try my best. I am now the commander of the 29th Regiment, a newly expanded unit under the Zhao warlord in Ganzhou Province. The base is in Zhonghai County, not far from you. But I have people and money now, but I don't have a way to buy enough arms."

Su Zhengyang nodded and said, "Didn't your superiors equip your regiment with weapons and equipment?"

When it comes to this, Gu Chenghai is furious, and says with a somewhat helpless tone: "The Northwest is not as good as the Central Plains and coastal areas. Arms and firearms are more valuable than human lives here. In addition to giving me some development funds and food wages, the higher-ups didn't even arrange a single person with a gun for our 29th Regiment. Now most of the regiment has to go to the battlefield with fire sticks."

"Old Liu, bring two of our committee's rifles over here for Captain Gu to take a look at."

Gu Chenghai was surprised and said, "You are really selling the committee rifles. I see that the soldiers under your command are still carrying rifles imitated by domestic arsenals. Why don't you use these committee rifles yourself?"

Su Zhengyang smiled and did not explain, but said confidently: "We in the security team can't say anything else, but this committee will definitely have enough rifles and bullets."

A moment later, Liu Kangding walked into the room carrying two committee rifles and handed the two guns to Gu Chenghai and Huang Sheng for inspection.

Gu Chenghai was overjoyed when he saw the shiny, brand new committee rifle in front of him that had obviously never been fired.

"Brother Su, I wonder if you have a shooting range here. I want to try out a gun!"

Twenty minutes later, several people had arrived at the shooting range. Gu Chenghai loaded the committee rifle in his hand with bullets and pulled the bolt skillfully. Just from the feel of the gun and the sound of the bolt, Gu Chenghai could tell that this was definitely an original committee rifle imported from abroad, which was not comparable to the old Dongyang-made slide in China.

Gu Chenghai's eyes were sharp as he stared straight ahead. With a bang, a gunshot rang out, hitting the bull's eye three hundred meters away.

Gu Chenghai stroked the committee rifle in his hand with satisfaction, and said to Su Zhengyang: "Brother Su, how much do you cost for this committee rifle? How many do you have? I want them all!"

In Gu Chenghai's opinion, Su Zhengyang could have at most dozens of the committee's rifles in his hands, which was considered a big deal. Su Zhengyang's previous words that he would have enough were just pretentious remarks in Gu Chenghai's mind.

"Committee rifles are 65 dollars each, and come with 200 rounds of ammunition. If you buy the bullets separately, you get 100 rounds for one dollar. What do you think of this price? I have more than a thousand committee rifles, which are enough to arm your 29th Regiment."

"How many?" Gu Chenghai couldn't believe his ears. In this northwestern border area, there were countless warlord troops. The current gun ownership rate did not exceed 60%, and most of them were old-style rifles, or even outdated flintlock rifles. Only large-scale warlord troops could be fully equipped with committee rifles. Su Zhengyang actually said that he had thousands of committee rifles in his hands. Judging from the tone of his voice, he obviously had no shortage of bullets. Gu Chenghai was shocked beyond words.

"Brother Su, please don't joke with me."

"I, Su Zhengyang, never lie. Our security team does not lack the committee rifles."

Gu Chenghai and Huang Sheng looked at each other, their eyes filled with excitement. They didn't expect that by trying a last-ditch effort, they actually solved the problem of arms.

"Brother Su, the price you gave is fair. If I buy in bulk, can you give me a lower price?"

Gu Chenghai looked at Su Zhengyang eagerly, his eyes full of anticipation.

"The lowest price is 62 dollars a gun. We guarantee that they are of the same quality as the gun in your hand, 200% new, and come with a matching bayonet and rounds of ammunition."

Gu Chenghai pondered for a while. Strictly speaking, the price given by Su Zhengyang was not cheap, but in the northwest region, the price of this committee rifle was much higher than that in the coastal areas of the Central Plains. Su Zhengyang's price was considered to be full of sincerity.

"Brother Su, I want 500 committee rifles, and I'm also buying some bullets. I just need you to deliver the goods. You know that there have been constant frictions between the Zhao and Guo factions. It's inappropriate for me to send people to their territory to receive the goods."

A hint of disappointment flashed across Su Zhengyang's eyes. He had about 98 Committee Rifles in his hands, and his soldiers were already using the better K Mauser rifles. It would be better to sell such outdated Committee Rifles to other forces in exchange for development funds.

I originally thought that Gu Chenghai would be wealthy enough to directly place an order for more than a thousand rifles to arm his entire 29th Regiment, but it seems that I was overthinking it.

As for other light and heavy machine guns, pistols and even submachine guns, Su Zhengyang will not sell them, at least not for now. Unless the system rewards more advanced light and heavy machine guns in the future, he will consider exchanging the obsolete equipment for dollars.