Chapter 362 - Chapter 362: Searching for Information (5)
Chapter 362: Searching for Information (5)
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Zhao Yu had his men unload the firearms.
Eagle and his men inspected each gun and found that every one of them was brand new, just as Zhao Yu had said.
“Thank you, Centurion Zhao…”
There was nothing wrong with the weapons, Eagle breathed a sigh of relief, feeling he had been too suspicious.
But he couldn’t help it; with Meng Xian absent, he was the acting leader and responsible for the entire camp.
“About the trade…”
Zhao Yu smiled and had his men load the four barrels of gasoline onto the truck.
Eagle understood that Zhao Yu wasn’t here to cause trouble and dismissed most of the gunmen who were there just for show, keeping only about ten.
Having completed their first trade, Eagle felt excited, sensing potential business opportunities through Zhao Yu.
“Centurion Zhao, what else might you need?”
Zhao Yu stroked his chin, currently most in need of petroleum and ammunition.
With ammunition, his mortars, rocket launchers, and others could be put to use.
Of course, it wasn’t appropriate to directly purchase ammunition so Zhao Yu planned to start with raw materials.
“Did you find your gasoline in the old city?”
“We found it in the old city, but it’s hard to come by. Sometimes we get lucky, other times we might not find anything for days…”
“Do you have sulfur or potassium nitrate?”
“Sulfur, potassium nitrate?!”
Eagle scratched his head, turned to his men, and asked, “Do any of you know what these are?”
Everyone shook their heads without exception.
They had heard of them but didn’t know what they looked like or where to find them.
Zhao Yu tried a different approach, “What about fireworks or firecrackers?”
“Fireworks, firecrackers…”
Eagle recalled for a moment and nodded, “There are such things in the old city, but we don’t have any…”
“The power of firecrackers is too small…”
Although they knew firecrackers were similar to explosive bomb, who had the skill to modify them into bomb?
A thought struck Eagle, “Centurion Zhao, your Re Zhao Corporation wouldn’t be short of ammunition, right?”
“Of course!”
Zhao Yu smiled, “1 have a friend whose kid is having a birthday soon, thought of getting him some fireworks to play with…”
A kid’s birthday?!
Eagle and the others exchanged glances, thinking how extravagant these big shots were, still caring about such things and even having so-called birthday parties.
He suddenly realized he was overthinking. Zhao Yu didn’t need to recycle fireworks for ammunition; it must be for his patron, likely wanting to use them to flatter at the kid’s birthday party.
Eagle remembered what Meng Xian had told him before she left, “Centurion Zhao, can we count on a long-term use of this electricity?”
“Of course, even on cloudy days, it will generate electricity as usual…”
“I’m worried that if you get promoted, the new officer might not supply us with electricity?”
Promoted?!
Zhao Yu paused for a moment, then shook his head, “1 probably won’t be leaving here anytime soon…”
Good news!
Eagle nodded to himself, having gotten some valuable information.
Zhao Yu felt it was about time to wrap up, “I had hoped to get promoted and move to the headquarters sooner, but it seems 1’11 have to develop in this area for now…”
He sighed, appearing regretful he couldn’t go to the headquarters.
Eagle immediately stepped forward to comfort him.
Zhao Yu stopped his act, “Since I’ll be stationed here for a while, it’s necessary to deal with local forces. I don’t understand the situation in this area very well…”
Local forces?!
Eagle inwardly scoffed, thinking Zhao Yu himself was from this area.
But he believed Zhao Yu’s words, as Zhao Yu hadn’t contacted them or even revealed his name until recently.
It was obvious he had initially planned to get promoted and leave, not deigning to deal with them. But now, realizing he couldn’t get promoted and had to stay, he started planning to make money.
Judging by Zhao Yu’s disappointed expression upon hearing they only had 200 liters of gasoline, Eagle guessed he had many more weapons to sell, and was inquiring about other camps because his camp couldn’t absorb them all.
Hawkeye thought to himself, guessing Zhao Yu probably didn’t have that much influence on his own and was likely acting for higher-ups.
However, he didn’t see anything wrong with it; these new guns might not even be available in the city, so getting them directly from Zhao Yu was already great.
Maybe in the future, they would even dare to sell machine guns!
Eagle felt a surge of excitement. If they got machine guns, their camp’s combat power would increase significantly.
“Go, get the map we worked so hard to obtain from our camp…”
Eagle turned to a young man at his side and winked.
The young man, recently promoted by him, was clever and understood his intentions just by his gaze.
“Lord Eagle, our camp’s map is a crucial resource. If the leader Meng finds out…”
“Shut up, I’m acting as the leader now, just go get it!”
Eagle feigned anger as he spoke.
The young man hesitated for a moment before leaving.
Zhao Yu thought for a while and then said, “How about this, 1’11 pay for a copy of the map?”
“All?!”
Eagle was visibly surprised and quickly said, “Flow can that be, you’ve just helped us and even provided us with electricity…”
“Five thousand Black Stone coins, how about that?!”
Zhao Yu casually suggested, and seeing the look of joy on Eagle’s face, he nodded and took a rifle and a pistol from one of his soldiers and handed them over.
“How can 1 accept this…”
Eagle said modestly, but his actions were sincere as he took both guns and handed them to the young man beside him, clearly treasuring them.
Zhao Yu finally saw the map of Meng House Village.
It was hand-drawn, but it covered a wider range, about two hundred kilometers in diameter. However, many areas were blank, with the marked points mainly located near the west.
The largest marked point was Black Stone City, located more than a hundred kilometers to the west.
Eagle became more enthusiastic and began to introduce Zhao Yu to the map.
“This is Black Stone City, established by the four big families. It’s said to have connections with many large groups…”
“It has quite a few factories capable of manufacturing guns. Most of the guns circulating in our area come from Black Stone City…”
Zhao Yu focused mainly on the shelters nearby, which they hadn’t marked, only noting a chemical plant.
However, about twenty to thirty kilometers west of the chemical plant, there was a force marked as ‘Wild Wolf Town’.
He didn’t rush to ask questions but followed Eagle’s introduction to learn about other forces on the map.
“The hierarchy of power, from low to high, is village, manor, fort, town. This is the unwritten rule in the wilderness…”
“The name reflects the size of the power. If one dares to call themselves a town without sufficient strength, it attracts aggression from others…”
Eagle gave a brief introduction and then pointed to a place marked as ‘Black Wind Stronghold’ a fort on the eastern side of the map.
His expression grew serious as he said, “Recently, I heard that Black Wind Stronghold was wiped out. Its leaders either died or fled…”
“Although they had fewer enhancers than us at Meng House Village. But their overall strength was much stronger than ours, yet they were completely destroyed…”
He seemed somewhat reflective, shaking his head and sighing, “1 guess it might be related to Black Wind Stronghold claiming to be a fort without sufficient strength, provoking other powerful forts, leading to its destruction…”
The young man beside him quickly added, “Yes, their leader was too ambitious. If they had just renamed it to Black Wind Manor, all would have been well, right?!”
Zhao Yu, upon hearing this, couldn’t help but touch his nose. It seemed that Black Wind Stronghold was the one he had destroyed.
However, he didn’t explain and continued to listen..