335. Metropolis (3)
Old Song's words surprised Li Du. He didn't expect that this bayonet was quite valuable.
Compared to the trench cannon worth 500,000, the price of 10,000 US dollars may be very low, but this is just an ordinary bayonet. It is rare in the United States where good knives are everywhere.
Lao Song continued: "The serrated bayonet is not used to kill enemies, but to wear it for officers, because the serrated knife is customary as a symbol of power in Germany."
"That is, the nature of this knife is more of a kind of ceremonial weapon than a practical weapon."
"However, the Germans had the best steel forging technology at that time. After the bayonet was formed, they were very successful. They were not only suitable for assassination, but also for chopping and chopping."
"This is because the serrated teeth are pointed forward, the front of the knife is larger, and one knife cuts out the inertia of strength and can split a willow tree trunk as thick as a wrist!"
As he said that, he picked up the knife and waved his hand down to make a chopping posture.
Experts can tell if there is any problem at first. Old Song's move looks simple and unpretentious, but his wrists are stable, explosive, and swings very quickly.
The blade flashed in the air, and no one else could see clearly except Li Du.
The serrated butchers were early on supplied to engineers. After more professional shovels, axes and saws were widely equipped, these serrated knives were still reserved for officers to wear.
Because the number of officers is small, the number of butchers produced by serrated versions is also small, accounting for only five percent, and more bayonets are those without serrated.
And the reason why this saber is so expensive now is its scarcity.
Originally, the output was low, and the knife was later destroyed in large quantities, because during World War I, the British and French propaganda agencies continued to deliberately exaggerate the power of the German serrated bayonet and the terrible wounds it caused, and used the "inhumanity" of this weapon to confirm the cruelty of its users.
Under this propaganda, even German soldiers began to believe this statement.
Therefore, the French soldiers threatened that they would use the method of "treating the person with the same way" to kill all German prisoners who were found to use this bayonet.
To stabilize the morale of the army, the German officers and soldiers on the front line began to use ordinary bayonets or smooth out the serrated teeth on the back of the knife by themselves.
At the end of World War I, Germany became a defeated country. This terrifying bayonet and large caliber cannon were confiscated by the Allies.
In this way, the number of serrated butchers passed down was even smaller. The knife appeared in the United States, which may have been the spoils seized by American soldiers from German officers during World War I.
What Lao Song liked was that this knife was well maintained. It has been around for a hundred years. It still flashed with cold light, sharp serrated teeth, and has great collection value.
Li Du looked at Hans, and Hans shook his head and whispered: "Stop selling."
Seeing this, Li Du also shook his head and said, "Sorry, we don't want to sell this knife."
Old Song sighed, and his fingers urged him to make the bayonet turn smoothly on his palms, showing his extremely high skills in playing knives.
After the bayonet stopped rotating, he pinched the tip of the knife and handed it to Li Du, saying, "We are our ancestors, I can't take action against you. If the Americans come into the store with this knife, they will care about your ball, and this knife will definitely be left behind."
The style of Lao Song and the young man revealed their domineeringness. Li Du didn't like their style very much, so he took the knife back and left.
After leaving the Tang Dynasty Changshengku, Hans breathed a sigh of relief and said, "From the distance between here, God, your compatriots are a little unlovely, just the opposite of you."
Li Du said: "Why is it not cute? Look, my compatriots do business so happily. If they don't bargain, they will pay directly."
This business made him wonder. The other party didn't know why he bought that umbrella, so he was willing to pay 10,000 yuan.
Hans said: "These two are so scary. I don't want to deal with such people. I hope that the umbrella is fine. I have a hunch that if there is a problem with the umbrella, we will also have problems."
As he said that, he cut a cross on his chest.
"What's scary?" Li Du laughed at him, "You are so timid."
Hans sneered: "Just 10,000 yuan was on the table, and Tang held it with one finger. I couldn't drag the ten thousand yuan with my whole hand! Do you know why I didn't let you sell the bayonet?"
He looked back and asked and answered himself: "Dao has a bayonet in his hand, and can maintain a little deterrence. If we don't have weapons, I'm afraid they will be killed!"
This is a bit nonsense. Li Du felt that the young man surnamed Tang and the middle-aged man surnamed Song were not very violent, nor were they willing to cause trouble.
In short, the trip to Los Angeles was very successful. The car logo and umbrella were sold for 40,000 yuan, and I also learned about the real value of the bayonet.
When he returned to the hotel, Hans was having fun playing with the bayonet.
Li Du knew that he would not let the bayonet sell just now. It was not that he was worried that it would not shock people if the knife was gone, but that he liked the knife.
In this way, before going to bed, he threw the knife to Hans and said, "I'll give it to you."
Hans glared at him: "Ah?"
Li Du said: "If you like it, I will give it to you. This knife will not be sold."
Hans was embarrassed and smiled, "How is this good?"
Li Du said: "Who made you like it?"
Hans was slow to go. He did like this knife, but he felt that he had taken too much advantage in Li Du during the cooperation between the two.
His money could not be kept, so he either donated it or spent it. The team bought the car twice and paid Li Du's money. He paid Da O'Ne and Godzilla, and it was almost Li Du's money.
Sometimes when you encounter something you like at auction, Li Du would give it to him directly, with a collector's version of the pistol in front and a bayonet here.
No matter how you look at it, he took a lot of advantages.
Li Du didn't care, because in fact he took advantage of it.
For example, the Patek Philippe watch on his wrist, Hans didn't know that he had taken away their most valuable assets.
There is also the gem saber that no one knows. According to his valuation of the saber, that thing will only be more expensive than Patek Philippe's watch!
The most important thing is the clone of Xiao Feizeng, which is his biggest reliance. As long as Xiao Feizeng is there, he doesn't care about money at all, because there are too many ways to make money.
Since you are here in Los Angeles, you must check if there is a suitable warehouse auction here.
The next day, Hans tickled the computer on the bed for a while and said, "Los Angeles is such a metropolis, and there are so many storage auctions here."
Li Du asked with interest: "How many?"
Hans said: "There are two warehouses at auction today, and in the next few days, well, there are more than a dozen warehouses to be auctioned in the remaining time of this week."
Li Du was shocked. It would be nice to have a warehouse to auction in seven days, and here, more than a dozen warehouses to auction in a week, which is amazing.
Chapter completed!