Chapter 723 - Happy cooperation (1/2)
No one would dislike weapons, especially in a place like the grasslands where fighting and killing were common, and even tribes could be destroyed at any moment.
In the grasslands, whoever had guns would have a louder say than the others. In the early years, this was the reason why those large tribes became large tribes.
However, the dilapidated guns in the hands of the large tribes could not even be compared to the brand-new weapons in front of them. The quantity of weapons was also incomparable.
Xu Man, who was standing behind Su Lei, took out an automatic rifle from a wooden box and casually aimed it at a rock a 100 meters away. With two shots, the rock shattered into pieces.
“The effective range of this firearm is 400 meters, with a maximum range of 600 meters.” Xu Man said, “There are a total of 300 automatic rifles here, 20,000 rounds of ammo, a 1,000 grenades, and two heavy machine guns with an additional 20,000 rounds of ammo. It’s just that we came here in a hurry this time, otherwise we would’ve brought even more with us. We can make another transaction at the same time next month. At that time, we can even get artillery if that’s what you need.”
Su Lei was secretly shocked when he heard that. As expected, the Qing Consortium’s people were far more confident with their promises. They were even planning to transport artillery to the grasslands!
Xu Man said to Hassan with a smile, “Actually, we can get you armored vehicles as well, but there’s probably no way to build a supply line in the steppe for armored vehicles. So it wouldn’t be feasible even if we gave them to you. But it won’t be too late to talk about it after you all have unified the grasslands.”
Hassan was looking down at Xu Man from his horse. He suddenly said with a smile, “My master said that if the consortiums in the South were smart, they would have their people tag along for this deal. He told me not to ask who you are and only wanted me to pass you a message. He says that he likes being friends with smart people.”
Xu Man laughed out loud. “Similarly, we also like being friends with smart people. Consider this batch of weapons our meeting gift.”
When Su Lei heard that, his expression immediately turned bitter. How was he going to make money now that the weapons had been given away? Hassan also said, “Then please accept the goods that we brought this time as a gift to you all as well. In the future, when you all visit the grasslands as our guests, I, Hassan, will personally slaughter goats and cows to serve you, my new friends.”
“Deal,” Xu Man replied.
Su Lei was overjoyed. Hassan had brought along quite a lot of fur hides this time, and Xu Man would definitely not be interested in the things. In the end, they would still end up in his hands.
By being the broker just this once, he could already receive such massive returns. Su Lei suddenly had an even higher expectation of the future.
As for the reason why Xu Man had given the weapons as a gift, that was because while the items might be in demand in the grasslands and were very coveted by Su Lei, they were not worth much to the Qing Consortium.
He was basically giving them away by the tens of thousands of bullets and hundreds of automatic rifles. What was that number to the Qing Consortium?
To be honest, Xu Man also realized the master Hassan was referring to was a smart person. What he was trying to find the most right now was also a smart person. Without someone like that, it would be impossible to keep the Wang Consortium in check.
At this moment, Xu Man even regretted that he had brought too few weapons with him!
Be it Xu Man or Hassan, both of them were happy with this deal. However, Su Lei suddenly asked, “I’m afraid y’all have brought too few horses with you. These firearms are quite heavy. Can you transport them?”