Chapter 336 335. Big City (3)

Li Du was quite surprised by Lao Song's words. He didn't expect this bayonet to be quite valuable.

Compared with a trench gun worth half a million dollars, the price of $10,000 may be very low, but this is just an ordinary bayonet. It is rare to be able to sell it for this price in the United States where good knives are everywhere.

Lao Song continued: "Adding sawtooth to the bayonet is not used to kill the enemy, but to be worn by officers, because the serrated knife is used as a symbol of power in Germany."

"In other words, the nature of this knife is more of a ceremonial weapon than a practical weapon."

"However, the Germans had the best steel forging technology at that time. After the bayonet was formed, it was very successful. It was not only suitable for stabbing, but also suitable for chopping."

"This is because the serrated teeth point forward, and the front part of the knife is relatively large. It has power and inertia, and can split a willow tree trunk as thick as a wrist!"

As he spoke, he picked up the knife and waved his hand downwards in a hacking gesture.

Experts can tell if there is one as soon as he makes a move. Lao Song's movement of swinging the knife looks simple and unpretentious, but his wrist is stable, full of explosive power, and his swing speed is very fast.

The blade flickered in the air, but no one could see it clearly except Li Du.

The serrated version of the butcher was supplied to the engineer troops in the early days. After the more specialized spades, axes and saws were widely equipped, these serrated knives were still reserved for officers to wear.

Because of the small number of officers, the number of saw-toothed butchers produced is also small, accounting for only 5 percent, and more bayonets are non-serrated.

The reason why this saber is so expensive now is because of its scarcity.

The output was low at first, and this knife was destroyed a lot later, because during the First World War, British and French propaganda agencies continued to deliberately exaggerate the power of the German serrated bayonet and the terrible wounds it caused. Humanity" to testify to the brutality of its users.

Under this kind of propaganda, even German soldiers began to believe this statement.

Therefore, the French soldiers threatened that they would kill all German prisoners who were found to use this bayonet by using the method of "treating others in the same way".

In order to stabilize the morale of the army, the German officers and soldiers on the front line began to switch to ordinary bayonets, or to smooth the serrations on the back of the knife by themselves.

At the end of World War I, Germany became a defeated country. This terrifying bayonet, together with large-caliber guns, was confiscated by the Allied Powers.

In this way, there are fewer sawtooth butchers handed down. This knife appeared in the United States, and it may be the spoils of war collected by American soldiers from German officers during World War I.

What Lao Song likes is that this knife has been well maintained. It has been around for a hundred years, and it is still shining with cold light and sharp serrations. It is very valuable for collection.

Li Du looked at Hans, Hans shook his head and said in a low voice, "Don't sell it."

Seeing this, Li Du also shook his head and said, "Sorry, we don't want to sell this knife."

Lao Song sighed, and moved his fingers to make the bayonet rotate smoothly on the palm of his hand twice, showing his extremely high knife-handling skills.

After the bayonet stopped turning, he held the tip of the knife and handed it to Li Du, saying: "We are an ancestor, I can't do anything to you, if the Yankee enters the store with this knife, I don't care about you, this knife must be kept. Down."

The demeanor of Lao Song and the young man revealed dominance. Li Du didn't like their demeanor very much, so he took back the knife and left.

After leaving the Tang Dynasty Changsheng Library, Hans breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Stay away from here in the future, God, your compatriots are not cute at all, just the opposite of you."

Li Du said: "Why aren't you cute? Look, how happy my compatriots are doing business, they don't bargain, they give money directly."

This business made him feel puzzled. The other party didn't know why he bought that umbrella, but he was willing to pay 10,000 yuan.

Hans said: "These two people are too scary. I don't want to deal with this kind of people. I hope that the umbrella is okay. I have a hunch that if there is a problem with the umbrella, we will have problems too."

As he spoke, he made a sign of the cross on his chest.

"What's so scary?" Li Du laughed at him, "You are so cowardly."

Hans sneered and said, "The 10,000 yuan was on the table just now, that Tang held it down with one finger, and I couldn't move the 10,000 yuan with my whole hand! Do you know why I won't let you sell the bayonet? "

He looked back, asked himself and answered, "Da'ao has a bayonet in his hand, so he can still maintain a little deterrent force. If we don't have weapons, I'm afraid they will kill us!"

This is a bit of nonsense, Li Du felt that the young man surnamed Tang and the middle-aged man surnamed Song were not very violent people, nor were they willing to cause trouble.

All in all, the trip to Los Angeles went well. The car logo and umbrella were sold for 40,000 yuan, and the bayonet's true worth was also learned.

Back at the hotel, Hans was enjoying himself playing with the bayonet.

Li Du knew that he didn't let the bayonet be sold just now, not because he was worried that losing the bayonet would not deter others as he said, but because he liked the bayonet.

In this way, before going to sleep, he threw the knife to Hans and said, "I'll see you off."

Hans stared at him: "Huh?"

Li Du said: "If you like it, I will give it to you. This knife is not for sale."

Hans felt very embarrassed, and said with a sneer, "How is this good?"

Li Du said, "Who makes you like it?"

Hans dawdled, he really liked this knife, but he also felt that he had taken too much advantage of Li Du during the cooperation between the two.

He couldn’t keep his money, so he either donated it or spent it. Li Du paid for the team’s two car purchases, and it was Li Du who almost paid for Dao and Godzilla’s salaries.

Sometimes when he came across something he liked at an auction, Li Du would give it to him directly. He gave him a collector's pistol, and here he gave him a bayonet.

No matter how you look at it, he took a lot of advantage.

Li Du didn't care, because in fact he took advantage of it.

For example, this Patek Philippe watch on his wrist, now Hans doesn't know that he has taken away their most valuable asset.

There was also the gemstone saber that no one knew about. Based on his valuation of the saber, that thing would only be more expensive than a Patek Philippe watch!

The most important thing is Xiao Fei Chong's avatar, this is his biggest reliance, as long as Xiao Fei Chong is around, he doesn't care about money at all, because there are too many ways for him to make money.

Now that I have come to Los Angeles, I must see if there is a suitable storage auction here.

The next day, Hans fiddled with the computer on the bed for a while, and said, "Los Angeles is really a metropolis, and there are so many warehouse auctions here."

Li Du asked with interest: "How much?"

Hans said: "Two warehouses are being auctioned today, and in the next few days, well, there will be more than ten warehouses to be auctioned for the rest of this week."

Li Du was taken aback. In Flagstaff City, including the surrounding area, it would be nice to have one warehouse up for auction in seven days, but here, there are more than a dozen warehouses up for auction in a week, which is amazing.

Seeing his surprised expression, Hans waved his hand and said, "Don't be surprised, buddy, there are thousands of unowned warehouses across the country that take photos every day. How much is it in Los Angeles?"