Siheyuan, Me and the Yu Sisters

At nine o'clock in the evening, Zhang Renkang released his perception. Xu Damao was already sleeping soundly and snoring loudly. Liu Haizhong and his family were also lying in bed without any movement. Zhang Renkang put on a camouflage mask and gently pushed open the gate of the courtyard. He felt his way to the wall leading to the alley and climbed over it. He disappeared into the night, avoiding the patrolling police all the way. Not long after, Zhang Renkang arrived at the woods three kilometers north of the city and turned on his perception to drive around.

After confirming that it was safe, Zhang Renkang placed two baskets of eggs and two thousand kilograms of fine white flour on the open space at the edge of the woods. He used the power of space to slaughter eight hundred large roosters (each weighing twelve or three kilograms) and put them in more than twenty large baskets and put them aside. He lit a Daqianmen cigarette and slowly waited for the arrival of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill.

After a while, a flash of light appeared in the distance, and two Jiefang trucks (load capacity of four tons, 8000 kilograms) carrying the trading team of the steel rolling mill came. The truck driver saw Zhang Renkang on the side of the road and slowly stopped. As soon as the car stopped, Yang Weiguo and Li Huaide jumped out of the co-pilot seat impatiently, walked up and said

"Hello, we are the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. Did you bring the stuff?"

Zhang Renkang pretended to be a middle-aged man and said in a cold voice

"Where's the money?"

Li Huaide waved his hand, and two security officers carrying 56 rifles and two brown canvas bags followed behind him. Li Huaide said

"Here are 500 small yellow croakers and large black coins. Please check them."

Zhang Renkang took it and checked it with his senses. There were 20 gold bars and 500 banknotes inside. He was not afraid of the steel mill forgery. Unless Yang Weiguo and Li Huaide were mentally ill, he would not care if there were real or fake ones. He said

"The stuff is in the back, go check it out."

Yang Weiguo and Li Huaide nodded, signaling Chen Gang to take four people to check. They were also relieved. Since someone had indeed come tonight, they would not be fake. Li Huaide said

"Comrade, when can we trade next time? What can you offer?"

Zhang Renkang thought about the current warehouse material situation of the steel mill and said

"10,000 catties of rice and flour, 6 or 7 catties of rabbits for 5,000 rabbits, and 10,000 catties of eggs."

"How much do you want?"

Li Huaide thought for a moment and said

"I want rice, flour, eggs, and two thousand rabbits. Do you have beef, mutton, or pork?"

Zhang Renkang thought for a moment and said

"We can provide you with 5,000 kilograms of mutton. Beef is not so easy to get. We will notify you when we have it. Pork is currently out of stock."

Yang Weiguo nodded and said

"We want all 5,000 kilograms."

Yang Weiguo thought of the expansion requirements issued by his superiors some time ago. In the next year or so, the steel mill will have to expand to at least 20,000 people. It would not hurt to stock up on some rice, flour and meat. Anyway, the meat in the factory's cold storage would not go bad for a while.

Zhang Renkang thought about it and said

"I've told you the price, right? Rabbit meat is cheap, so I'll charge you 50 cents a pound. Add 20,000 pounds of rice and flour, and 10,000 pounds of eggs, totaling 20,000 yuan. Mutton is 80 cents, so I'll charge you 4,000 yuan, totaling 24,000 yuan. Is that okay?"

Li Huaide said

"No problem, but we don't have that much gold. We can only provide a maximum of thirty small yellow croakers, and the rest will be 1680 big black ten."

Zhang Renkang nodded and said

"Okay, delivery in half a month, still trading here at this time"

A security guard came over and said

"Director, the food is fine. It's all refined flour and fat chickens. They look like they were just slaughtered and are still warm."

Yang Weiguo and Li Huaide felt relieved when they saw that the things were correct. Yang Weiguo said

"Okay, then it's a deal."

After saying that, Zhang Renkang nodded and stopped talking. He watched them load the things into the car and saw them off. After Yang Weiguo left, Zhang Renkang once again felt around and confirmed everything before riding back along the avenue to the city.

More than half an hour later, when approaching Sijiucheng, Zhang Renkang collected his bicycle and sneaked into the alley in the dark, disappearing into the darkness. It took him half an hour to reach the abandoned courtyard where he had agreed to meet with Mr. Lu Sanye, the representative of the Eight Banners' remnants. After checking around, he found that no one had come yet. Zhang Renkang placed the chickens and mutton, rice, flour and eggs for the transaction in a room, then went up to the roof and was on guard. These remnants were not as reliable as the steel mill. If these guys robbed the remnants or leaked the news, Zhang Renkang could escape in time.

Fortunately, within ten minutes, two people slowly approached the courtyard in the dark and shouted softly as soon as they entered.

"Mr. Kang?"

When Zhang Renkang heard that it was Quanzi in front of Mr. Lu San, he quietly jumped down from the wall and said

"Here, are there just two of you?"

Quan Zi was frightened by Zhang Renkang's sudden appearance. He put the gun he had just taken out back into his pocket and said with a fist.

"Mr. Kang, I'm here to confirm the situation first. My master is behind me. To ensure safety, only my master and I know the location this time. No one else knows."

Zhang Renkang nodded and said

"Go look inside the house."

He motioned for Quanzi to go into the house to check. Quanzi went in and came out once and said

"Mr. Kang is really capable. My master will be here soon."

The three of them waited quietly here. Ten minutes later, there was a sound of hurried footsteps. Master Lu San came in with five or six followers. Seeing Zhang Renkang clasped his fists and said

"Mr. Kang, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. I'm old and my legs and feet are not so convenient, so please forgive me."

He glanced at Quan Zi and Quan Zi understood.

"Master, the goods are all good, no problem, they are in the inner room."

Master Lu breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile

"Brother Kang, you guys are really powerful. To be honest, I put two hooks here. I didn't see how you guys got the stuff in all night."

Zhang Renkang smiled and said

"Master Lu, have you brought your things?"

Master Lu waved his hand and an attendant came up with a wooden box and handed it to Zhang Renkang. Zhang Renkang felt the thirty-five small yellow croakers and said after confirming that they were correct.

"Master Lu is particular. The extra money you have will be counted towards the next transaction. The place will still be here. You'd better buy this place. Otherwise, it will be inconvenient if there are any changes later."

Master Lu nodded and said

"That's exactly what I was thinking. Since this deal is the best of both worlds, I'll arrange for it to happen tomorrow."

Zhang Renkang nodded and said

"Since the money and goods have been paid, then you can move back by yourself. I won't bother you anymore."

After that, Zhang Renkang agreed with Master Lu about the next amount and walked out with the box in his arms. Master Lu told the six or seven guys to move the box out quickly and clean up the yard.

Back at the courtyard, Zhang Renkang lay on the bed thinking

"When Lou Xiao'e leaves next year, I will at least prepare 300 small yellow croakers (one 100 grams, a total of 60 kilograms) for her to take with her, and about 110,000 US dollars in gold bars. This can be considered as a little protection for her."

(The system signed in more than 55 pieces, which are explained in Chapter . Today, I got pieces from the transaction, so let’s count it as pieces. Lou Xiao’e plans to leave in June next year, so the goal of pieces is still easy to achieve.)