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Lu Ming sighed, he didn't want to think too much about these things, not to mention the direction of Japan, even the direction of China is hard to guess, let's take one step at a time.

Lu Ming drank a few more glasses of whiskey with Qiantian, and then whispered: "Mr. Qiantian, I am looking for you this time to ask for your help."

"Do you still want to get a blank passport? It's a bit difficult now." Qiantian misunderstood.

"It's not a passport. I want you to help me get a batch of ammunition and medicine." Lu Ming said frankly.

"You can buy directly from the arsenal and the pharmaceutical factory, what do you want these for?" Qian Tian was confused by Lu Ming's request, he is not a black market person.

"I don't want to use it, but to help a friend. It can't be used through normal channels, and it needs to be avoided." Lu Ming explained in a low voice.

"That's it..." Qian Tian pondered, he didn't refuse to say no, and he didn't agree immediately, which means that although this matter is expected to be done, it is quite difficult.

"I can give you twice the price on the black market, but it must be strictly kept secret," Lu Ming said.

"It's twice as high as the black market, what are you going to do?" Qiantian became more and more puzzled.

He also thought that Lu Ming wanted to do business in the black market. Arms and medicines were the most popular commodities on the black market, but since he wanted to offer double the price on the black market, it was obvious that he was not going to put them on the black market.

"Lu Sang, who did you buy it for?" Qiantian understood immediately.

"I bought it for them." Lu Ming admitted with a nod.

"It seems that your situation is more complicated than ours." Qian Tian laughed.

"I can't help it. My friend has begged on my head, so I have to agree." Lu Ming spread his hands and smiled wryly.

"Understand, understand, I can't agree to you right away, I have to go back and find some people to contact, how much do you want?" Qian Tianhe asked cautiously.

"The more the better, money is no problem, cash, gold, Japanese yen, and US dollars are all fine." Brother Lu Ming's tone was revealed again.

"I'm not worried about money. When has Lu Sang ever been short of money? Haha" Qian Tian laughed.

Qian Tian knew that when dealing with Lu Ming, he didn't have to worry about getting the money in place. He had Sheng Youde, the richest man in Shanghai, behind him, so there was nothing to worry about.

Lu Ming gave Qian Tian a list, on which was the quantity of arms and medicines to be purchased.

"So much?" Qian Tian was also taken aback, the amount was huge.

"At least these, the more the better." Lu Ming said.

"Oh, haha, it's still the least, well, I'll try my best." Qian Tian carefully put away the list.

Lu Ming's idea was that Qian Tian could use his status as a staff member of the consulate to bribe people from the Japanese army and military hospital to buy arms and medicines.

Of course, he doesn't know whether Qian Tian has another channel, if there is, it would be even better.

The two came out after eating, Lu Ming opened the trunk of his car, took out a suitcase and handed it to Qian Tian.

"What is this, you don't need to give me a deposit now." Qian Tian said.

"This is not a deposit, it's for you personally." Lu Ming said.

Qian Tian opened it and saw that there were 24 gold bars neatly arranged inside, each weighing [-] grams.

"That's not okay, I haven't saved enough money to exchange gold bars with you." Qian Tian declined.

"You take it first, and you don't need to save money for me. To be honest, the money you have worked so hard to save for a year is nothing to me. We are friends and we have a friendship. Don't worry about it. You Gold must be useful for you, if you don’t have enough, just tell me, you’re welcome.” Lu Ming laughed.

"Then I have the audacity to accept it. To be honest, I really need gold urgently." Qian Tian blushed a little.

"Mr. Qiantian, I have never understood. Aren't dollars and pounds more practical than gold?" Lu Ming wondered.

"Lu Sang, let's put it this way, any banknote is just a symbol of currency, and there is no problem in peaceful times. Once the situation is unstable, only gold is the real currency, and it is hard currency in any country at any time." Qian Tian said Profound and authentic.

Lu Ming shook his head. He couldn't understand Qian Tian's thoughts. Would Japan ban the circulation of US dollars and British pounds one day?

There are only two situations where the US dollar and the British pound cannot be circulated in Japan. One is that Japan has ruled the world and Britain and the United States have been defeated by Japan, and the other is that Japan has disappeared from the world.

Neither scenario seems likely, but Kenda is right that gold is a hard currency in any country at any time.

Seeing the chunky Qian Tian getting into the car with his suitcase, Lu Ming felt relieved. There is no doubt about Qian Tian's ability to handle things. Since he didn't refuse, it means that he should be able to do it.

The biggest stone in his heart fell to the ground. To be honest, his energy is not small, but it is also very difficult to get so many arms and medicines.

The key is not to show the horse's feet, this is too difficult to do.

Lu Ming figured that if Ning Zetao could get some from there, together with Qiantian's, it should be able to alleviate the Communist Party's crisis in ammunition and medicine for the time being.

He can't say whether he is pro-communist, but he just doesn't want to see the Communist Party's armed forces wiped out by the Kuomintang, unless the Kuomintang can first wipe out all the separatist forces in various places.

In his view, the Communist Party should eventually be able to occupy one or two provinces and become a vassal like the separatist forces in Guangxi, Guangdong, Shanxi, and Yunnan.

The most important thing is that he believes that the Communist Party is sincerely fighting against Japan, and it is much stronger than the Kuomintang and the separatist forces that hold Japanese money and arms and clamor to fight against Japan.

This is the only reason why he bit the bullet and agreed to Mr. Dong and An Yi.

Lu Ming returned to the apartment, and continued to plan how much to distribute the purchased materials among the shops, companies, and firms in various places.

These companies, firms, and stores are located in several provinces and cities around Shanghai. If they are purchased in stages and in batches, they will not trigger market reactions.

Otherwise, if the purchase volume in one place is too large, it may trigger a wave of panic buying in the market, and the government will investigate the reason immediately.

Lu Ming filled a few sheets of paper, and finally set up the distribution of the areas where the materials will be purchased, and then called each place to ask them to purchase various materials. As for the money, he will remit it tomorrow.

But in this way, there is a problem, which cannot be settled on the books.

People from Fuxingshe will not review his accounts, but Sheng Youde, Yuan Ziyuan and Sheng Muyi will also. Accounting business is his shortcoming. out of the ordinary.

After thinking for a long time, he still called Sheng Muyi.

"Sister, I'm busy, how are you?" Lu Ming asked.

"Oh, the sun came out from the west today, and my younger brother, the major general, knows to greet me." Sheng Muyi said with joy mixed with complaints when she heard Lu Ming's voice.

"Sister, I have something to do with you, it's a little troublesome." Lu Ming said a little ashamedly.

He seldom contacted Sheng Muyi. Recently, he was busy going to Nanjing to award honors due to the current situation. When he came back, he met An Yi and was arrested. He didn't attend the party this week, let alone Sheng Muyi, and even Yuan Mingzhu didn't meet.

Seeing that he is so busy, everyone understands him and even sympathizes with him. You must know that Lu Ming used to be an idle son, and now it is not easy for him to be in charge of such a big mess.

"Yes, if you have nothing to do, can you call me sister?" Sheng Muyi teased.

"By the way, sister, how do you know I've been promoted to major general?" Lu Ming hadn't turned his head around, and didn't take this matter to heart.

"Who else, Deputy Station Master Huang, ran to announce the good news to Zi Yuan immediately, so happy, as if he was the one who got promoted." Sheng Muyi giggled.

Lu Ming usually calls Sheng Muyi by his name directly. They have always called each other by name since they played together since they were young.

But since he has something to ask for, Lu Ming lacks confidence, so of course he has to sweetly call her sister.

"If you have time, let's take a walk by the river." Lu Ming said.

"Since you want to flatter me, I must have time. I'll go downstairs in a while. Let's meet in 10 minutes." Sheng Muyi was actually very happy, and maybe she could get some information from Lu Ming again.

They agreed to meet at a pier and hung up.

Ten minutes later, Lu Minger drove to the Jiangbian pier, where Sheng Muyi was already waiting for her.