During the Blackwater drill, Takashima not only saw the rifle of rifles, but also saw the performance of grenades. Although the price of grenades is a little expensive, Takashima is still very interested in this kind of infantry portable artillery. The reason is very simple. Since the shogunate is unable to buy enough artillery, the grenade may be a good supplement.

However, now, the military version of Dalimaru is what Takashima is most concerned about. Under the requirements of Takashima, Blackwater provides Takashima with a special experience. First, Takashima will complete a set of training without taking the military version of Dalimaru. The training content is to run two laps around the playground track with full arms, then shoot ten chest targets 100 meters away with a rifle, then arm the obstacles to cross two hundred meters, and then another set of shooting.

"After you complete the first set, we will record your results, including time and hits. Then after you rest for half an hour, we will give you the military version of the Dali Pills and let you perform another test. So you will know how the effect is." Wang Qinian took Takashima into the locker room, asked him to change into a black water training uniform, then hung him four training grenades (the weight and appearance are the same as the real one), and stuffed him a MacDonald 1864 rifle.

"Can you use this thing?" Wang Qinian asked.

"Wang Jun, thank you. Can I try a few shots first?"

"No problem. The target of a hundred meters is there, you can try it yourself."

Takashima first fired more than twenty bullets in one breath, and then came back and said to Wang Qinian: "Wang Jun, I think I have adapted a little to this rifle, so we can start."

"Okay, let's start." Wang Qinian said.

"Hay!" Takashima turned around and ran away.

...

"How is it, Mr. Takashima, let's take a look at the comparison of your two scores." Wang Qinian handed the two score records to Takashima.

In fact, without looking at it, Takashima knew that his second round score was far better than his first round. After the first round, Wang Qinian gave Takashima a small blue pill. After Takashima took it, he felt his whole body full of strength in just a few minutes. Not just strength, he felt that his eyesight and hearing had improved significantly. As for courage, it was even more obvious. When crossing the obstacle, there was a requirement to run over a suspension bridge about twenty meters high. Takashima was a little afraid of heights. Although in order not to be laughed at by Americans and to maintain the honor of the samurai, Takashima forced himself to rush over, but to be honest, after rushing over, his legs became weak and almost fell to the ground.

However, in the second round, not only was the running lap in front obviously easier than the first round, but it felt better when shooting. Even when running to the damn suspension bridge, Takashima was surprised to find that he was not afraid of heights. The shaking suspension bridge actually made Takashima feel very interesting. From this point of view, his courage has really suddenly increased.

"Look at the second round, you completed the whole process nearly one minute faster than the first round. As for shooting results, there are 20 shots in total, and you have 30 rings in the second round. On average, each shot has increased by more than one ring." Wang Qinian said to him another test paper, "Now, I will give you another math test paper and make it in the shortest time."

The content of this math paper is not difficult, but there are many questions. Gaodao lowered his head and started to solve the problem, while Wang Qinian sat aside and waited. In just a while, Gaodao completed the test paper.

"The answer is correct." Wang Qinian looked at the answer, and then said to Takashima, "Takashima Jun, do you think there is a difference between your condition and your drink after drinking strong alcohol?"

"The difference is too big," said Takashima. "When I solved the problem, I felt very clear-headed and my hands were very stable when shooting. This is definitely not comparable to drinking strong alcohol. This medicine is so amazing! This is simply a elixir!"

"But Mr. Takashima, I want to tell you too. In more than an hour, you will probably enter a period of fatigue, and the duration varies from person to person. You just go for lunch first and then go back to have a nap, but sometimes, one of the symptoms of fatigue is insomnia," said Wang Qinian.

"Thank you for your reminder, Wang Jun!" Takashima said gratefully.

...

After lunch, Wang Qinian sent Gaodao to the carriage. Gaodao felt a little tired when he got on the carriage, but he still saw through the window that a carriage stopped beside him and a yellow man walked down from the carriage.

"Isn't this Ando Nobumasa?" Takashima suddenly recognized the yellow man, but he was too tired and couldn't take care of that time.

Unlike Takashima, Ando Masato has a clearer goal, which is to understand the situation of Darimaru. Of course, the military version of Darimaru will never disappoint him.

...

Since it has proved that the goods in Scrooge's hands are good things, of course the following is negotiations on how to cooperate.

The shogunate really hoped to buy a large amount of American weapons, but the shogunate could not afford any money for a while. He had to ask Scozhi for a loan. Anyway, it was not the first time to use the loan money to buy weapons.

Of course, loans require collateral. Compared with the Qing Dynasty, the market in Japan is much smaller, but there is not no money that can be made.

"As far as I know, the Japanese market is small and lack of funds. Even if you can fully open the market to us, how much money can we make in Japan?" Skoji told Takahashi. "And if the shogunate uses tariffs or a small island as collateral, it will definitely be called a traitor. I heard that there are a group of madmen in Japan who hold broken knives all day long, clamoring for "expelling the barbarians" all day long, and launching terrorist attacks on the Japanese. I don't want Mr. Takashima to be called the target of these people because of our business and sale. Moreover, the dumping of colonial goods will only cause harm to Japan in the long run. This is inconsistent with our MacDonald family's philosophy of pursuing win-win."

"Mr. MacDonald, do you have a better way?" Takashima was a little excited. It would be perfect if he could get a loan without signing an agreement such as mortgage tariffs.

"Japan is small, with limited resources, and backward economy. If you want to do large-scale industry like the United States, there is no future." Scourge said, "But the Japanese people are hardworking and it is still OK to engage in some things that require a lot of labor. I bought a large piece of land in the Isthmus of Panama and planned to dig a canal there. This plan is very important to the United States. I have convinced most members of Congress that this plan will undoubtedly be supported by the United States. The only problem now is that the conditions in that place are difficult, and if American workers are used to dig canals, the cost will be very high. Some of Japan are hard-working people..." Scourge said.

"Mr. MacDonald, what you mean is that you plan to hire a large number of Japanese to dig canals," Takashima asked. Digging canals often kill people. Takashima, who is familiar with Sinology, knows this. In China, Emperor Yang of Sui caused the death of hundreds of thousands of people in order to dig the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, and eventually led to chaos in the world, and brought the entire Sui Dynasty into it. Now Shi Kozhi planned to use the Japanese to dig canals. In addition to the wage cost, the bigger reason is that the Japanese are not worried about death.

"Yes, the Panama Isthmus belongs to the tropical rainforest landform, and the conditions are very difficult. Only a strong and brave nation like the Japanese nation can accomplish such a task." Scoji said calmly, "And I can assure the shogunate that I will treat the Japanese workers well. Treat them like American workers. (More than 100,000 people died in the construction of the Panama Canal, and the main problem is falciparum. This is a parasitic disease, and sulfonamide is useless. As for quinine (kinchonafloss), the yield is limited and it is not enough to treat so many people. In the rainforest climate, it is very difficult to eliminate the mosquitoes that spread malaria. So, even if you really treat them like American workers, the mortality rate will definitely not be low.) I think so, we lend money to the shogunate through banks, and the shogunate through the shogunate.

After getting the money, order goods from us immediately. At the same time, the shogunate should come forward to organize a labor company and organize workers to dig canals in Panama. We sign a contract with your labor department to pay you the wages for the wages. You can give part of the money to the workers, and the other part of the shogunate can also use these to repay our loans. As far as I know, in Japan, I can't eat a meal, and I have never eaten a dry rice ball in my life. There are many poor people on the verge of starvation. They will also lend a lot of problems to the shogunate. Now, they come to me to work as workers, at least there is no problem with eating. There will also be some income and a little savings. The financial difficulties of the shogunate have been solved, and I have made money. Japan's sovereignty is also respected. Do you think this is not what everyone wants and is happy to win?”

"Anyway, those poor people stayed in Japan, either starved to death or were hacked to death during the rice turmoil. It was not a bad thing for them to let them die of exhaustion. At least before death, Americans should be able to give them a full meal." Takashima thought this way, so he immediately felt that throwing the poor Japanese people to build the canal seemed to be a very humane thing. So he immediately replied: "Mr. MacDonald, your wisdom is really admirable. I just don't know how much wages you can pay Japanese workers."

"I want to make money, too." Scozhi replied, "If I give the same salary as Americans, why should I use the Japanese? And this is not reasonable, because I know that the physical fitness of you Japanese is not as good as that of the Americans. What did the British say? "The Sick Man in East Asia" (this word was originally used by the British to mock the Japanese. Later, after Japan developed, it was re-exported to the Republic of China) or something? We have to review the workers you sent to us, and the unqualified "Sick Man in East Asia" is also asked to take back the freight for qualified workers. We pay for these. Considering these, we can only give each qualified worker who has passed our review equals half the salary of the American workers. Of course, this is for your labor service company. As for how many workers you are willing to give, it is a shogunate matter. What do you think of this arrangement?"
Chapter completed!