Chapter 40 Trading
I don’t know why, on the afternoon of January 2, I found several officers of the 316th Regiment and discussed with them the matter of buying bullets. Because the chain of interests had not yet been formed, they did not take this transaction seriously. It was not until I wanted to buy 1,000 bullets for three cents per rifle bullet and two cents per pistol bullet that they were concerned about this matter.
"Master Gun, I see that your 315th regiment is so happy to shoot targets. One thousand bullets are definitely not enough to play. So, we sell it cheaper, two cents for rifle bullets, and one cent for pistol bullets. If you buy more, you have to buy three or five thousand rounds to make your brothers happy, do you think that's it?"
I buy bullets not for my brothers, but for my own use. I use them myself, nor do I want to shoot a gun by myself. Because I have too many ideas and are too confusing, I don’t know what my real purpose is. I only know one thing, that is, it is definitely correct to buy a large amount of bullets now.
Even if I buy 10,000 rifle bullets, the total cost is only 200 yuan, which I can afford. According to the current training ammunition quota, a regiment can receive at least 27,000 bullets per month - this quota is not only available for combat troops, but also for auxiliary troops such as transportation companies, and the quota is the same.
In the past, the troops of the Seventh Legion concentrated the training ammunition quotas of the entire regiment and allowed the combat troops to train. In this way, each soldier who participated in the target shooting could have about fifteen rounds of training ammunition every month.
Up to now, the auxiliary troops still do not participate in target shooting training. All 27,000 bullets were distributed to the combat troops, allowing 360 people to shoot 27,000 bullets, and each person would shoot an average of 75 rounds. This number doesn't seem to be much, but as Lao Gang said before, most people get tired of shooting more and don't want to shoot.
Judging from the performance of the officers of the 316th Regiment, 80% of the soldiers in this regiment have regarded target training as a burden. After all, this is the Seventh Legion. The soldiers are used to being casual and getting benefits. They will only try their best to escape for things that have lost interest and cannot get any benefits from them.
In the end, I ordered 15,000 rifle rounds and 3,000 pistol rounds from the 316th Regiment. 330 yuan. If only these officers were given the points, each person would get 40 or 50 yuan, which is already a lot.
Most soldiers did not contribute their efforts in this matter, only the person responsible for transporting goods could contribute some effort. The soldiers who contributed their efforts would get some benefits, but at most they were only a fraction of the money, and the officers would still pay the money.
I don't have that much money on hand and need to go home to get it. I am not in a hurry to ask for this batch of bullets, so I just ordered the bullets first, so I can discuss the delivery of the money later.
The money for buying bullets is not a problem, the problem is the place where the bullets are stored. The arsenal of the 315th Regiment is definitely not good. With my personality, if the bullets enter there, they can only be used by the brothers.
Moreover, I stockpile so many bullets, if I unreasonably "handle" them, it would be a waste of money. I know that many people in the upper class have guns, long guns and short guns. But I have never done business and don't know how to get online with others.
After thinking about it, I think I can't do this alone. As of now, the only one I can find is Bi Jin.
Before Bi Jin took me to ask Si Congpo for help, I always thought he was just a playboy. But after that, I didn't dare to think so anymore.
It was a bit difficult for me to find Bi Jin, but it was not too difficult. When I found him, he was drinking in the dance hall with his playboy friends, surrounded by Yingying and Yanyan. When he saw me coming, he asked me to sit down next to him.
I know all the young masters here, and they all know me. When I came to ask Bi Jin to borrow money last time, a few of them were next to me. In order not to embarrass Bi Jin, I lied that something had happened in the army and found Bi Jin alone. After learning about cousin's affairs, Bi Jin left his young master friend without saying a word and took me away.
This time I still used the same excuse to find Bi Jin alone. After hearing that I ordered a large batch of bullets in the 316th Regiment, he didn't even say hello and dragged me out of the dance hall. There was a big hotel opposite the dance hall, and he took me into the hotel and opened a suite.
We arrived at the suite under the guidance of the waiter. Bi Jin took out a stack of five-yuan denomination bills from his pocket, took out one and threw it to the waiter, asking him to keep the wind at the door and not allow anyone to get close to the suite. After that, he pulled me into the guest room, came to the innermost corner of the guest room, then let go of my arm, and punched me in the chest.
"Okay! Brother!"
He was very excited, but his voice was very small, so only the two of us could hear it.
"It's really a matter of being a man who is not good for three days - alas! No! That's not what I mean! I mean, I really didn't expect you to have a business acumen! We have to do a good job this time and make a big profit before the others can react!"
"Uh... Brother Jin, I understand what you mean. You are not short of money and bullets are easy to use, but if there are too many of these things, can you sell them all?"
Bi Jin smiled slightly, shook his head disapprovingly, and said.
"I can't sell it now, but I can't sell it in the future? Bullets are consumables, like grain. A grain merchant earns 10 million kilograms of grain, and even if he only sells 100,000 kilograms a year, he will not worry! As long as the grain is not bad, he can sell it! If he is lucky and encounters a famine, the grain price will rise rapidly, and the supply is in short supply, then he will make a fortune!"
Good luck encounters famine - although I know that this statement is nothing wrong with merchants, it is quite harsh for me, a poor family.
"Oh! Please help me calculate it! If we only do this ticket, how many bullets can we buy at most?"
Bi Jin asked me to help him calculate, not because he was not good at arithmetic, but because he did not understand logistics. The 7th Legion's arms are distributed every three months, each time for three months. The distribution time is calculated according to the Western calendar. Ammunition is distributed at the end of March, June, September and December every year, as well as inspections of the arsenal.
The Tuta people's military base was bombed in early December. After that, the Seventh Legion was stationed in various places in Yuanxing City in regiments, and the arms of each regiment were transported. Shortly after the regiments changed their garages, a new batch of ammunition was delivered. Perhaps because the Seventh Legion had just suffered a disaster, the superiors only distributed ammunition this time and did not check the arsenal.
It is worth mentioning that the ammunition distribution volume this time was calculated based on the size of each unit before the explosion. No matter how serious the troops lost, the amount of ammunition obtained was as much as at the end of September.
It has only been more than half a month since the explosion occurred, and the recruits have not yet been replenished. The greater the loss of the troops, the worse the ammunition consumption capacity. In addition, excessive personnel losses will seriously affect morale, and soldiers will lose energy, which will make ammunition more difficult to consume.
Because of the heavy snow a while ago, the ammunition ration was a few days late and it was not completed yesterday. If this was not the case, I would have taken my brothers to conduct the first target shooting yesterday. If nothing unexpected happens, the ammunition of other troops except our 315th Regiment should not be consumed.
At this point in time, as long as you are willing to spend money, it will be no problem to buy 400,000 or 500,000 bullets.
"Forty or five hundred thousand!?"
Bi Jin was shocked by the number. But he quickly calmed down and lowered his head to think for a few seconds. After that, the corner of his mouth was pulled high, and a light flashed in his eyes.
"Brother, I have a bold idea..."
Chapter completed!