I, the prince in distress, send money

Chapter 36 Trust between Men

"Arms smuggling?"

In a tent in the center of the camp, Chris looked at Isaac in front of him. After listening to the latter's description, he could hardly restrain his voice and exclaimed in amazement.

"Is he serious?"

"real."

Isaac also sighed.

"A few years ago, I heard in the military that some officers were secretly selling repaired and scrapped equipment. I never expected that the situation has now developed to the point where officers have started to form smuggling teams and engage in arms smuggling.

Chris, what should I do?"

Isaac, the man who led the caravan across thousands of miles to the border, also showed a confused look on his face at this moment. It was obvious that a pillar in his heart had collapsed.

Although Isaac became a smuggler to make a living after retiring from the army, he still had a kind of persistence. His smuggling was only for the poor and the goods were priced low.

In the process of smuggling, making a little money is just to make his smuggling business more sustainable.

And now, an active-duty officer did such a thing, forcing Isaac to doubt whether his persistence was meaningful.

"What should I do……"

Isaac's sigh sounded almost like a groan of pain to Chris.

What should I do?
Chris didn't know either. He rarely comforted a person, let alone a man.

Besides, did Isaac really need comforting?

According to Chris's idea, he wanted to agree to Popoli's proposal. One more friend means one more way, one more smuggling channel, which will be of great help to the future careers of Chris, the players, and Isaac and others.

If Chris wanted, as long as he had money, he would not lack hot weapons such as flintlock rifles, because the most important part of this muzzle-loading rifle is the barrel.

In the 21st century, there are not too many steel pipes and iron pipes that can be used as muzzle-loading rifles. They are cheap and of good quality. You can buy ten iron pipes for one hundred yuan.

Once you buy an iron pipe that can withstand the impact of black powder explosion, making a musket becomes a not very difficult task.

Even a modern man who has never studied mechanics can make a usable flintlock or matchlock gun as long as he is given the right tools.

It is not difficult to make a musket. The only difficulty lies in the bullet and propellant.

Chris can make black powder, and the more advanced maroon powder. Considering that he cannot improve the technology tree indiscriminately, which may lead to the possibility of larger enemies becoming stronger, he decided to only use black powder as propellant.

The main raw materials for black powder are three types: saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal.

Charcoal is easy to get, but the first two are not easy to obtain. They are strategic mines in any country. Chris doesn't know whether these two mines exist in the Kingdom of Bagnia.

Even if there is, it must be controlled by other forces, and it is not Chris's turn to seize it now.

As for buying it on a shopping platform... Chris tried it and he was able to buy it, but there were two problems.

First, the prices of these two things are not cheap. Saltpeter costs ten yuan for fifty grams, and sulfur is slightly cheaper, ten yuan for two hundred and fifty grams.

With such a price, Chris has no problem buying a small amount, but if the quantity is larger, his wallet will find it difficult to bear it.

Unfortunately, war happens to be an activity that consumes a huge amount of gunpowder. If a real war breaks out, with tens of thousands of muskets firing at the same time and hundreds of cannons roaring, Chris is frightened by the amount of gunpowder needed.

If all this gunpowder is purchased through online shopping platforms, Chris feels that there is a certain possibility that the iron claws of the river crab god will hit him on the head across time and space.

So, it would definitely be a very good thing if there could be an arms dealer who could provide Chris with a second way to obtain gunpowder.

but……

Chris looked at Isaac's somewhat melancholy expression, and sighed secretly, swallowing back the words he had just prepared. "Isaac, what do you think?"

Chris gave the choice to Isaac, and if the latter refused to contact Bopoli, Chris could accept it.

Compared with a channel for obtaining black powder, Chris could not accept the disloyalty of one of his partners.

No matter what you do, talent is the most important thing.

Isaac understood what Chris meant. He opened his mouth to say something, then closed it again and began to think seriously.

Chris also waited patiently.

Over the course of several minutes, Isaac's face changed expression several times until he finally made up his mind. After taking a deep breath, his eyes became firm.

“We’ve been in contact with Popoli… Even if we don’t cooperate with him, the captain will find other smugglers to work with.

So why not do this person a disservice and contribute to our cause?"

"What munitions can he provide?"

"Now he has a hundred muskets, and ten thousand rounds of powder and lead."

"How much does he want?"

"No need to pay for now, 50-50 split... He didn't even ask to insert anyone."

"Ah? He trusts you that much?"

Chris was a little bit surprised, Isaac found it hard to explain, and even he didn't know where Poply's trust came from.

Chris and Axe thought about it for a long time, but couldn't figure out what the problem was, so they simply gave up thinking about it.

They began to discuss how to cross the border of the Bohemian Empire and enter the territory of Bagnia.

"I served in the army and have been to El Province before. I know that there is a military fortress here...here, and here that can accommodate one thousand to five thousand people.

They've blocked the only mountain passage between the Kingdom of Bagniya and the Province of El. It's extremely risky for us to pass through these three fortresses."

"Then what should we do? Take a detour."

“We can only take a detour.”

Isaac said.

"We'll abandon the carriages and use horses and donkeys to transport goods. We'll take remote roads. That's why I stopped in Songmu Town, 50 kilometers from the border.

Twenty kilometers ahead is the first fortress. In these fifty kilometers, we can bypass three fortresses and pass through the woods on the side. I have been to this place before and I know what to do.

I only know the roads within the Bohemian Empire, but once I cross the border and enter the mountains of Bagnia, my memory is no longer useful."

Isaac nodded.

“We need a guide.”

"I will have my followers search the nearby villages and towns. You can go and take care of sending the money and arms first."

Chris guaranteed that the players had used their singing and dancing talents to integrate with the locals during this period of time, so finding a guide should not be a big deal for them.

　PS: My original plan to update tonight was 6,000 words, but I drank a cup of saffron tea to replenish my body. As a result, my head is now aching and very uncomfortable. I can’t continue to update, so I would like to take a leave of absence.

　　Illiterate, drinking anything.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)