As Li Long listened to Liu Shanmin, he knew he definitely would not be leaving today.
Liu Shanmin did not dawdle either. Once he had finished thanking him, he took Li Long to look at the goods he had brought back this trip.
"Gaolou said the GAZ-69s were popular over your way, so I got another three. One's fairly new, only driven for three years. The other two were converted for civilian use, like the ones we brought back the first time. They're fine for everyday driving too."
Li Long nodded as he looked at the GAZ-69s loaded on the trucks.
At a glance, one of the three vehicles was painted military green, while the other two had civilian paintwork, cream on top and pale yellow below. Instead of canvas tops, they now had hard roofs, like cars.
They looked more conventional this way. He wondered whether his customers would like them.
"There are still plenty of hides, but it’s Start of Spring now, and some of the hunters have gone back to herding. This is the last fairly large batch, five thousand hides. Any more we get later won’t come in numbers like this."
"There are quite a few antelope horns, though. Some came from hunting, and some I had people go out and collect. People over there don't care about them. Once they've picked them up, you can get them for next to nothing. There's a pretty good profit in it."
Liu Shanmin was quite casual as he introduced the goods. As for the last truck, covered with canvas, he merely said, "I won't go into what's in here. It's for fulfilling my assignment. Anyway, I made quite a bit this time."
Li Long understood what he meant. Although the country was short of foreign exchange, it was