"Pfft!"
Tea sprayed all over Yamazaki's face, instantly darkening his expression.
"Uh, excuse me, Mr. Yamazaki, I am so sorry! I heard some surprising news and lost my composure, which led to an impolite action towards you. I am truly, deeply sorry!"
Wang Yu quickly apologized to Yamazaki and then took out a handkerchief to wipe him down.
"No need... Wang-kun is certainly not doing it on purpose."
Yamazaki, with a grim expression, refused Wang Yu's gesture. "It seems Wang-kun has urgent matters to attend to. You can go take care of them first and don't mind me."
Hearing Yamazaki's understanding words, Wang Yu nodded, apologized, and then quickly hurried away with Feng Daochun.
"Hmph!"
Only after Wang Yu left did Yamazaki spit out a mouthful of phlegm with a sinister look.
"Manager, are you alright?" Takemoto, rather cluelessly, stepped forward to inquire.
"Baka, do I look like I'm alright? Wang Yu, that scoundrel, has insulted me so!"
Yamazaki, with a ferocious expression, slapped Takemoto.
"Wang Yu, that scoundrel! What could be so surprising about the Ice Bear Kingdom delivering goods to him? Are they going to transport them by fighter jet?
He used such a cheap excuse to humiliate me!
First, he threatened me with a match to accept his goods, and now this!
Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"
Yamazaki uttered "damn it" three times and spun around on the spot.
Takemoto, watching him, fearfully touched his cheek where he had been slapped.
"So, Manager, what should we do now? Those goods from Wang Yu, should we just get rid of them after we receive them?"
"Hmph, since they are forcing them upon us, why shouldn't we take them? Send them back to the country and distribute them to internal staff as welfare, calling them compensation from that arrogant challenger. Don't let his products leak onto the market.
This way, we won't let Wang Yu have his way, and we'll save face, making our countrymen believe that we were the victors!"
"I see, Manager, you are brilliant!"
...
While the crew from Wajima, lost in their own imaginations, were contemplating this, Wang Yu had already left the steel plant with Feng Daochun, his mind still filled with bewilderment.
It wasn't that he was shallow or couldn't keep his composure, but rather that these people from the Ice Bear Kingdom were simply too...
Too hardcore!
Wang Yu couldn't find any words to describe them.
Last time, these guys had brought a colossal, super-sized fighter jet... although it was a transport plane, and unarmed.
But using a fighter jet to transport goods was an unprecedented act, likely with no successors, and it had caught the entire Guanjing Province completely off guard.
Secretary Yang was summoned back to the provincial capital by his superiors overnight for a reprimand.
When Secretary Yang returned, he showered Wang Yu with a series of "concerned" reprimands, like a raging storm.
In short, afterwards, Wang Yu deeply reflected and had a complete awakening... it was that kind of situation, and he repeatedly swore to Secretary Yang, promising that similar extraordinary circumstances would never occur again.
Then, when negotiating the order with the group from the Ice Bear Kingdom, he specifically reiterated his warnings, telling them not to cause any more trouble, and that he didn't need them to deploy their "big killer" fighter transport planes anymore as he was not in a hurry.
And this time, they had actually followed Wang Yu's advice and did not use fighter transport planes again.
Because they had driven in an armored train instead!
An armored train...
Yes, exactly the kind Wang Yu had imagined.
The locomotive was covered with steel plates over ten centimeters thick, and the carriages were also made of incredibly thick steel plates. On the top and at the four corners of each carriage, there were protruding bases and supports.
"MMP! Could these be for mounting heavy artillery turrets or heavy machine guns? That large open space on the locomotive, surely it's not for installing surface-to-air missiles?"
When Wang Yu saw the giant steel monster steaming at his county's small train station, the corners of his eyes twitched incessantly.
This thing... with over twenty carriages winding and stretching out, it was like a living steel dragon!
Even more exaggerated, each carriage was painted with various slogans in bright red paint. Although Wang Yu didn't recognize the language of the Ice Bear Kingdom, he knew with his toes that they weren't harmonious phrases... cough!
"Wang, our dearest brother!"
Makarov stepped forward and gave Wang Yu a very enthusiastic bear hug. The strong smell of sweat and alcohol made Wang Yu's expression twitch.
They had only been apart for a short while, but this guy seemed to have regained his vigor, and there was a strong smell of alcohol on him.
It seemed that now that he could drink again after returning home, his life would be much easier. Especially his thick beard, which had been meticulously groomed, making him look like a very clean and tidy grizzly bear.
"Makarov, didn't I tell you not to use combat equipment for transportation anymore?"
Wang Yu looked at Makarov awkwardly, his gaze helplessly taking in the armored train before him.
The railway in Jiangyang County only had freight service, not passenger service, so it was usually very quiet. However, today, an unusually large number of people had gathered.
"Dear Wang, we listened to your advice this time and did not use combat-series equipment."
Makarov said with a grin, then pointed to the steel train behind him. "This thing was retired more than ten years ago in our country. Now it's only used for simple transport, well, although it's not something ordinary people can get their hands on.
As you can see, the weapons have all been removed, it's just a bit heavier than a regular train, and can carry a bit more cargo. This allows us to transport more quickly and conveniently, and it's also more cost-effective and economical.
So, this time entering your country, the paperwork was handled very quickly and smoothly, not as troublesome as last time."
Makarov's words were filled with pride and a sense of entitlement.
Damn it, you call that "a bit heavier"?
Wang Yu was speechless. He had no doubt that even if all the weapons were removed, this thing, when fully operational, could definitely crush and shatter most things in the world!
And the bases and configurations were still there; as long as someone wanted to, it could become a terrifying war machine in a day!
How on earth did you manage to get such a crude and terrifying thing through customs?
Wang Yu clicked his tongue helplessly, looking at Makarov.
"Actually, you could have had the goods transported by us after they entered our country. There was no need to deliver them in person."
"How could that be? Your country can't issue fake invoices for reimbursement... uh, I mean, our efficiency would be too low then. This is good. We transport goods here, and then we take back the items and materials we need. It's convenient and saves time and cost!"
Makarov said with a smile to Wang Yu.
"..."
Did I just hear something I shouldn't have?
Wang Yu was helpless. These guys were also issuing fake invoices, so it was no wonder their country was in an economic crisis.
"Wang!"
Before Wang Yu and Makarov could finish speaking, a gust of fragrant breeze suddenly swept towards them.