Traveling through 1942 with space

Chapter 306 Transaction 3

The news that the caravan would stay at the farm for three days was known to the farm members last night.

How could the farm members who had experience as middlemen be confident about this opportunity? Many of them took the farm's cars to the factory area and other farms last night, taking the materials they had exchanged yesterday.

Of course, some members also spread the news of the caravan.

The reason why Hou Xiaoge became a traveling merchant here, in addition to experiencing the experience of being a traveling merchant on the grassland, the most important thing is to lure out some high-ranking officials.

As for whether Hou Xiaoge is afraid of being robbed?

Apart from the ancient rule that regular tribes on the grassland are not allowed to rob itinerant merchants, the most important thing is that these supplies are just Hou Xiaoge's trial and error bait, and he doesn't care.

This time when Hou Xiaoge went to Russia to look for trading partners, it was naturally impossible for him to just run up to someone and grab their pocket and say, "Let's do business."

Given the nature of the Russians, the probability of getting something for free is one thousand percent.

This is also the reason why the Western powers and the Russians are not on the same page. The Russians really don't make sense at all!

As for Hou Xiaoge's connection with the West during his trip to Russia, he didn't need to think about it. None of them were good people. The only ones he had were the Red Army.

In this era, the Red Army has many big figures in Russia. Through them, you can directly connect with the big figures in Russia, which makes transactions much simpler.

However, Hou Xiaoge has always walked on two legs. The Red Army is only the last choice. It is best for him to walk his own path.

When this line passed through Kazakhstan, Hou Xiaoge thought of the Kazakh military.

Kazakhstan itself is poor, so as long as it can provide a batch of supplies to the other side's top leaders at a low price or for free, it can demonstrate its capabilities.

Once the relationship is established, it will be much easier to contact the Russian military through the Kazakh military. Then with the assistance of the Red Army, we can quickly open up the channel to the upper echelons of the Russian country.

At noon the next day, all kinds of supplies, weapons, and artillery shells arrived on trucks.

Hou Xiaoge accepted all the goods and bought them all. By the evening, two and a half of the three trucks carrying eight tons of cargo were empty, leaving less than two tons of honey.

There were fewer goods, but the exchanged materials increased a lot.

Including yesterday's, a total of ten trucks, four tons of explosives, two hundred shells of various types, one hundred thousand rounds of ammunition, nine hundred and fifty rifles, thirty light machine guns, three heavy machine guns, five small cannons, and yesterday's blankets and supplies were replaced.

"Mr. Hunter, there will be a banquet on the farm tonight. The distinguished guests from above hope that you can attend." After the transaction in the afternoon, Old Balza invited Hou Xiaoge.

"Okay, thank you for your invitation!" Hou Xiaoge also smiled happily.

After everyone left, Hou Xiaoge called Billy.

“Billy, I’m going to a dinner party at the farm tonight to meet with some big Kazakh people.

This meeting is very important for the alliance to open up business with Russia. Of course, it is also somewhat dangerous, so the brothers should not go out tonight.

If after I go in, if a large number of people come to rob the vehicles and supplies outside, don't stop them, abandon all the supplies, and ride your horses directly to the mountains 50 kilometers away to wait.

Remember, you can throw away everything else, but don't throw away these horses, they are all rare war horses, and their value is comparable to a tank." Hou Xiaoge warned.

"Deputy Captain, since we might encounter danger this time, do you want me to bring a few teammates with you?" Naturally, veteran Billy stopped laughing when it came to serious matters.

“No need. If anything happens, Black Panther can pick me up outside and take me away. Taking you with me will only cause trouble.

You manage the team well and make sure everyone doesn't have any complaints. If the trip goes well, we will stay longer." Hou Xiaoge waved his hand and refused.

"Yes!"

After Billy returned, he quickly gathered all the mercenaries and explained the mission.

Although sighs were heard from the team from time to time, the mission was urgent and everyone had to put other things aside and stay alert.

After it got dark, Hou Xiaoge gave orders to the mercenaries.

Riding a black panther with a basket hanging on the horse's back, the man and the horse rushed into the darkness.

Kazakh farms have less natural electricity supply than Russian farms.

It is mostly dark at night, with only the villa area in the center of the farm and some major facilities having lights on.

"Mr. Hunter, you're here!" Abra, the youngest son of the farm in Balza, saw Hou Xiaoge and hurried over to greet him.

"Thank you for your hard work!" Hou Xiaoge didn't get off the horse and directly threw a pack of cigarettes to the other party.

"Thank you!" Abra quickly took the cigarette.

The farm was silent at night, with only occasional people passing by in a hurry. The two men rode their horses all the way towards the lighted area in the middle of the farm.

As the horse approached, Hou Xiaoge saw from afar seven or eight people waiting outside the villa.

"hiss!"

The black panther ran very fast, and at the door of the villa, the horse lifted up slightly, neighed, and stopped.

"Sorry to have kept you all waiting!" Hou Xiaoge jumped off the horse and looked at the bald man in a suit who was leading the group. He smiled and apologized to everyone in Russian.

"It's not too late, not too late. Mr. Hunter's horse is really good and smart." The leading official from Karagan Oblast shook hands with Hou Xiaoge with a smile, then looked at Black Panther with admiration.

Although cars have become the dominant force in this era, for ancient nomadic people, the status of a good horse is much higher than that of a car.

"Haha! Black Panther is my favorite, just like my family." Hou Xiaoge gently stroked the horse whose head was close to him.

The black panther can now understand simple words, and it sneezed excitedly when Hou Xiaoge praised it.

"What an outstanding grassland elf!" The official understood what Hou Xiaoge meant just now. Of course, he was just admiring it and it was impossible for him to take someone else's horse. This would be a provocation on the grassland.

After a round of greetings at the door, Hou Xiaoge also learned the other party's information, who was the head of the state government's Foreign Affairs Bureau.

"Director Arman, these are some fruits and canned fruits, as a small token of my appreciation." Hou Xiaoge directly took the basket weighing more than 100 kilograms from the Black Panther.

Under the lights at the entrance of the villa, there were dozens of cans of various canned fruits, as well as dozens of kilograms of apples, oranges, bananas and other fruits, which made everyone stunned.

For people in the northern grassland areas, fruits, especially southern fruits, are no longer a luxury for them.

It is only in recent years, with the development of airplanes, that we can occasionally see it, but this fruit had never been seen before.

And now it’s April, and it’s a bit shocking for them to see so many fresh fruits.

"Thank you, my friend! Please come in, we have prepared a sumptuous dinner." Taking these supplies back would applaud many senior officials, and Arman nodded with joy.

"Thanks for the treat!"

"Hiss!" At this time, the sound of a horse neighing came from behind.

When everyone looked back, they saw a man who was about to lead his horse being warned by the black panther's neighing, ready to bite him at any time.

"Sir, the black panther doesn't allow anyone to touch it except me, otherwise it will bite you.

You don't need to lead it, just let it wait outside! Don't worry, it's very obedient." Hou Xiaoge said to the frightened man.

After a small incident, everyone came into the villa.

Kazakh banquets are not like the buffets that white people have in the West, where everyone stands and eats while holding red wine.

Instead, like the Arabs and the grassland people in Xinjiang, the banquet hall was covered with various felt carpets, with a long legless table two or three meters long in the middle, and people ate while sitting on the felt carpets.

Maybe because of the invitation, the meal tonight looks quite sumptuous.

But if you look closely, it's just like that, with most of the items on display being farm specialty dairy products.

There were various kinds of milk lumps, milk tofu, and the rest were various grilled meats and a small amount of white bread. The only thing that looked somewhat interesting was a bowl of pilaf.

As for the drink, Hou Xiaoge took a glance and saw only a bottle of vodka.

These are the specifications of the entire banquet, which looks both sumptuous and shabby.

This shows that life in Kazakhstan is very difficult. Is this the best that state officials can offer?

However, the more difficult it is for them, the happier Hou Xiaoge is. If it isn't difficult, how can he build connections and infiltrate the Russians?

Here we eat first and then talk about business after dinner.

While eating, Xiaoge could see more clearly the difficulties Kazakhs were facing.

I saw these people drinking wine with an intoxicated look on their faces. They were afraid of not even dropping the crumbs of white bread, and they ate the barbecue voraciously.

Hou Xiaoge was holding barbecue in his hand and smiled happily when he saw this scene, which made everyone think that Hou Xiaoge liked these foods very much.

"After three rounds of wine, the dishes have five flavors!"

After the table was empty, the plates were removed and the fruit that Hou Xiaoge had just brought was served. Then they started talking about business.

"Mr. Hunter, I heard from Balza that you are a caravan coming from the East, and you are hired by a company called Yanhuang League, right?" Alman asked happily while smoking the cigarette handed to him by Hou Xiaoge.

"Yes, actually we can't say that we are hired. Rather, our mercenary group of thousands of people was funded by the Yanhuang Alliance." Hou Xiaoge continued with a bunch of nonsense, and then revealed some information about the Yanhuang Alliance to the other party.

"I didn't expect that allicin was invented by the Yanhuang League. It seems that the Yanhuang League is really an amazing multinational company." Alman knew about allicin and was shocked after hearing it.

"Mr. Hunter, I don't ask how you transported the goods to Kazakhstan.

What I want to ask is, can you still transport goods? I mean large quantities, the current quantity is too small. "Arman asked.

"Oh! I wonder what kind of supplies Director Alman needs?" Hou Xiaoge pretended that his eyes lit up.

"Food, anti-inflammatory drugs, sugar, tea, fruit, wine, cigarettes, silk, as long as it is not weapons or machinery, we need it," Alman stared at Hou Xiaoge with burning eyes.

“We have all these, but what can you bring to us?

We don’t need fur, beef, or mutton. The profit margin is too low, and we can’t transport them back when the weather gets hot.” Hou Xiaoge raised his lips and asked back.