Double-Cut During the War of Resistance: My Wife Came from 1937

"An underground arms market?"

Xia Weiwei asked, "Is it the black market?"

"In Peshawar, the manufacture and sale of firearms are legal!"

Ma Hongwei said, "In one town over there, there are several family-run gun-making workshops that semi-manually manufacture guns using scrap steel, steel pipes, and refurbished parts."

"The firearms we make are inferior to those from the arsenal, and their accuracy is also average, but the price is very cheap."

As Ma Hongwei spoke, he directly opened Bilibili and searched for videos.

The video features a Chinese blogger who travels alone to Peshawar for an adventure.

He walked down the street, where shops selling "equalizers for all beings" were everywhere.

Xia Weiwei noticed that the shops in the video blatantly displayed guns on their signs, as if they were afraid people wouldn't know they sold guns.

Since the other party dares to be so blatant, it means that selling firearms in the area is indeed legal.

After all, Xia Weiwei doesn't sell firearms in China.

Ma Hongwei, standing nearby, remarked with considerable emotion, "No wonder Peshawar is known as the Huaqiangbei of the arms industry; there are so many gun shops here!"

The blogger entered one of the shops, chatted with the owner for a few minutes, and then the owner started to introduce the shop.

On the three walls of the shop, various models of pistols and rifles were hanging.

A replica of a Type 54 pistol costs 20,000 local currency, which is 500 yuan.

A replica AK costs 56,000 local currency, which is about 1,400.

"You can buy a handgun for five hundred dollars?"

Xia Weiwei exclaimed in disbelief, "This price is too cheap!"

According to her understanding, during the Republic of China era, a counterfeit Browning coin cost around 30 silver dollars, while an imported one cost more than 40 silver dollars.

That was before the war; the price must be much higher now.

Thirty or forty silver dollars was equivalent to ten months' wages for a worker.

In contrast, in Peshawar, Pakistan, the price of a pistol is less than one-fifth of the salary of a female teacher in a small town.

Even the price of a rifle was enough for a female teacher in town to buy two with her monthly salary.

In other words, 1400 million is enough to buy 10000 rifles.

Forty-odd large yellow croakers could buy about 20000 rifles, enough to arm two infantry divisions.

Most importantly, the price will definitely be cheaper if you buy in bulk.

Xia Weiwei suddenly looked at Ma Hongwei and said, "Hongwei, let's go to Peshawar!"

"You don't have an ID card, so you can't board a plane and can't go. I'll have to go by myself!"

Ma Hongwei shook his head and said, "Besides, I've never been abroad before. I need to get a passport and a visa, and all of that takes time."

"Also, that area is a bit chaotic. I need to find a guide. I think I could contact this video blogger, Xiao Zhong."

"This Xiao Zhong has over three million followers on Bilibili, he's a big influencer, he probably wouldn't sell me off to a kidney-grilling business!"

"Is it that complicated?"

Xia Weiwei was stunned.

She enjoyed a lot of convenience in New China and thought that the whole world was convenient, but she didn't expect that just going there would be so troublesome.

"It will take at least a week for the passport to be processed, so I'll go and apply for it in the next few days."

Ma Hongwei said, "Let me get my passport sorted out first!"

"OK!"

Xia Weiwei nodded.

Ma Hongwei reached out and took Xia Weiwei's small hand.

Xia Weiwei asked, "What are you doing?"

Ma Hongwei chuckled, "Can't I touch my girlfriend's hand?"

"Can!"

Xia Weiwei blushed slightly and lowered her head.

"Ha ha!"

Ma Hongwei smiled and looked to the side.

A virtual panel appeared beside the two of them.

[Bound Hosts]: Xia Weiwei (female, 22 years old, born in 1915), Ma Hongwei (male, 26 years old, born in 2000)

Current time and space: 2026.

[Anchoring Time and Space]: 1937.

Storage space: 180 cubic meters (6 meters long, 6 meters wide, 5 meters high, upgradable)

[Time-Space Teleportation Countdown]: 45:56:05

[Important Note: The two hosts must not be more than 100 meters apart, otherwise they will be separated into two different timelines!]

"That's already 180 cubic meters!"

Looking at the numbers on the screen, Ma Hongwei said to Xia Weiwei, "Now we can transport rice over there. Not only rice, but also some canned braised pork and canned luncheon meat!"

"Great! That's wonderful!"

Xia Weiwei exclaimed happily, "The soldiers can finally eat rice and meat!"

"Although transporting fresh meat is the best option, there aren't many refrigerators and freezers there, and we wouldn't be able to store too much if we brought it over."

Ma Hongwei explained, "My idea is to use 150 cubic meters of the 180 cubic meters to store rice, and the remaining 30 cubic meters to store braised pork and canned luncheon meat."

"Based on the previous calculation of 850 kg of rice per cubic meter, 150 cubic meters would be 255000 jin of rice."

"But that was bulk rice. We'll definitely buy bagged rice, since bags don't take up all the space."

"If we calculate based on 80%, that means we can transport 204000 jin of rice at a time."

"Each soldier receives 1.5 jin of rice per day, which is enough to feed 30000 soldiers for four and a half days."

Upon hearing this, Xia Weiwei exclaimed with delight, "I can travel through time every two days, and one shipment of rice is enough for four and a half days. Doesn't that mean that one shipment can guarantee the food for 60,000 Eighth Route Army soldiers?"

"Moreover, the storage space will continue to increase in the future, and the number of soldiers that can be supplied will also increase."

At this moment, Xia Weiwei's mind began to conjure up the joyful scene of the Eighth Route Army soldiers eating fragrant white rice.

"Then I'll order the rice now!"

As Ma Hongwei spoke, he began searching for the rice mill's contact number.

They are very close to the new city, and Yuanyang is the origin of Golden Sunny Japonica Rice, with dozens of rice mills.

Buying grain directly from the rice mill, without middlemen, is much cheaper than buying from primary or secondary markets.

Ma Hongwei asked, "Hello, I'd like to ask what the price is for your local grade 2 japonica rice?"

The rice mill said, "The new late-season rice, which meets the color sorting and impurity removal standards and is strictly grade two according to national standards, is priced at 4600 yuan per ton (2.3 yuan per jin). The old late-season rice, which is conventional grade two, is priced at 4400 yuan per ton (2.2 yuan per jin)."

Ma Hongwei said with a smile, "I need a large quantity, 102 tons, can you give me a discount?"

The rice mill then asked, "Are you local or from out of town?"