Chapter 33: Collaboration

I briefly introduced that this woman was bought by Li Muyan with money last night, and her name is Yingcai. She is the most beautiful secret servant in Wuhu County. She sings good songs and cooks good dishes.

At noon, a table of food and wine was set up in the inner room. Li Muyan pulled Fang Jianxiong to sit down, and Li Muyan motioned to Yingcai. The woman led a tidy person from inside and watched the little girl who was only thirteen or fourteen years old come out.

When Fang Jianxiong saw this, he said: "Mr. Mu Yan, why are you doing this? If you have anything to do, you can just say it. It's my duty to help."

Seeing his displeasure, Li Muyan was worried that he might have a misunderstanding, so he waved it off. Then he picked up the wine glass and said, "Fuguo, drink first before talking." The two drank for a while and chatted about some irrelevant things.

"Fuguo, the Futai people have given me full authority regarding the purchase of ordnance. There is something that I need Fuguo to help with." As he spoke, Li Muyan had an extra banknote in his hand and pushed it over gently. Fang Jianxiong stretched out his hand.

He held it down and said, "Mr. Mu Yan is out of town. If you have something to do, it's okay to say it. Fang is not someone who covets his friends' property."

Li Muyan smiled and did not take back the banknote, but whispered: "The imperial court's decree is that Anhui and Jiangxi will each organize and train the new army in one town. The local governors of the two provinces each formed an association on the grounds of financial difficulties. You

It can be seen that the new army still lacks a standard of firearms? The artillery camp is just a shelf, with only 57 guns and 6 guns? Anhui is considered good, but Jiangxi is even worse. Now the whole country is training the new army, and Hanyang has bought 40

Five yuan a shot. Fuguo can get second-hand weapons that are no worse than those made in Hanyang, so the profit is huge."

As Li Muyan spoke, he observed Fang Jianxiong's reaction. He was very uneasy when he didn't accept cash just now.

When Fang Jianxiong heard this, he smiled slightly and raised his hand. Without looking at the banknotes on the table, he picked them up and put them in his pocket. Li Muyan suddenly smiled. This is normal.

"Okay, let's go one." The two clinked a glass, and Fang Jianxiong put down the glass and said: "The 79 rifle, I expressed my position in front of Mr. Futai, I can only quote the highest price, forty yuan, you can use the foreigners to ask for it

I’ll add the repair fee as an excuse. As for the specific price, we’ll see when Victor comes, it’s roughly around thirty-five yuan.”

"Okay, let's just go over to Mr. Futai's side and tell me, apart from the standard equipment, I can sell as much as you can get for other equipment. The price is tentatively set at thirty-five yuan per shot. How about that?" Li Muyan also said

He simply said it, not knowing where this guy came from. He looked very wild.

After talking about guns, it was natural to talk about artillery next. Before speaking, Li Muyan toasted and wiped his mouth before saying: "There are three teams in the artillery battalion, each team has six artillery. There are still two teams missing. I am not the best person."

Greedy, how about adding five hundred yuan to the price offered by the foreigners for each cannon?"

Peat, is this not greedy? 12 guns, this is six thousand oceans.

"No problem, I helped you with this, but Mr. Mu Yan also has to do me a favor." Fang Jianxiong put on a cowardly attitude, and Li Muyan said happily: "It's easy to talk, let's help each other."

"I want the manufacturing bureau in Anqing to move to Wuhu. It would be a pity to put it in Anqing. We can't even make bullets."

Li Muyan laughed loudly after hearing this and said, "What do I think it is? Your Excellency is really worried about this. The people in the manufacturing bureau have emptied the manufacturing bureau long ago, and now there is only some scrap metal left. I'll look back later."

I suggest to you, sir, to close down the Anqing Manufacturing Bureau and move it to Wuhu. This is not difficult to do. The general office assistants in the bureau are not easy to get rid of."

"If you want money, I'll give you the normal monthly rations! The rest, I have the final say. I don't want Mr. Futai to allocate money. I just want the technicians and a name, as well as the bullets that the new army will need in the future.

They all go to the manufacturing bureau in Wuhu. Tell me, I can guarantee the supply of bullets to the First Association of the New Army for at most one year. But these bullets have to be bought with money. How much others pay is what I have here." Fang Jianxiong said.

Speaking, Li Muyan raised his hand with a smile and gave a thumbs up: "Okay! What a good idea! If this business is in Fuguo's hands, I'm afraid he will make a lot of money."

"Mr. Mu Yan, are you interested in taking a share?" Fang Jianxiong put away his smile and thought he wanted benefits.

Li Muyan smiled and waved his hands and said: "I won't get involved in this. To re-run this manufacturing bureau, the money invested is not a small amount. I am worried about Fuguo. Where did you get the money?"

Fang Jianxiong smiled slightly after hearing this and said: "It's just some second-hand machinery and equipment. How much is it worth? Mr. Mu Yan can sell a whole town's equipment, and the foreigners can give me these machines for free. The foreigners' second-hand guns and cannons can be exchanged and sold."

If you don’t drop it, you can only re-smelt it, and the cost of re-smelting it alone is worth the price of the steel that is re-smelted.”

"Hey, this foreigner's calculations are shrewd, grandma's!" Li Muyan was a little drunk, and he spoke more casually. Furthermore, the two of them were working together to make money, so they were not polite.

"For this foreigner, if you have milk, you are your mother, and if you have money, you are your father."

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Victor acted very quickly, and he arrived only two days after the telegram. Nachev from Lihe & Company's office led him to Fang's house. Fang Jianxiong happened to be at home, and when he met Victor, he made a surprise gesture and stepped forward to ask for it.

Embrace.

Fang Jianxiong reached out his hand in time, and Victor had no choice but to shake his hand and said: "Fang, after receiving your telegram, I came here without delay. Sally wanted to come, but I didn't even agree." Fang Jianxiong said with ambition, you are the one

The coquettish wife probably didn't want to come, but she didn't want to come with her so she could take the opportunity to hook up with a man in Shanghai, right? Actually, Fang Jianxiong thought wrong. Sally really wanted to come because there was a big benefactor here who she had always wanted to hook up with.

"Thank you for your hard work, let's go into the room and talk." Fang Jianxiong was not polite and acted like he was the boss.

The senior manager of Wilder who came from the Shanghai headquarters is so respectful. Naturally, Nachev, a practical little clerk, does not dare to act like a foreigner. He can't quarrel with anyone but his future and money, right?

"Nachev, you can go back." Victor turned around, put on a different face, and left Nachev with a dark look on his face.

When there was no one else around, Victor's expression became more respectful and he took out a telegram letter from his bag. The reason why it was called a telegram letter was because this guy Pierre wrote a credit telegram and sent it over.

When Fang Jianxiong saw that it was a copy of a newspaper, it was a thick four-page paper. After reading some of the beginning, he was so angry that he couldn't finish it. He cursed at that time: "This is a prodigal thing. How dare you use something as expensive as a telegraph as a letter."

The first page of El is full of nonsense about brotherhood. No wonder Fang Jianxiong wants to curse. This is a telegram. A telegram of this era would cost half an ocean per word.

Then looking down, Fang Jianxiong's demeanor gradually became normal. There are three main contents in Biel's letter. The first is the large-scale production of sulfa, which was put into production one month after Fang Jianxiong left. Once launched,

Shocking the whole of Germany, the military directly requested to buy one year's production. The confident board of directors rejected this request on the grounds that it was for the health of all mankind. However, they turned around and signed a contract for one million bottles a year.

Sales contract. At the same time, a resolution was passed to immediately start the new pharmaceutical factory project with a loan. Judging from the current situation, three pharmaceutical factories of the same size can be added before the end of the year, with a monthly output of 500,000. It is expected that the first settlement will be in the first half of next year

, converted into silver dollars, Fang Jianxiong could make a profit of about 8 million. This result is basically the same as robbing money. The second thing is that the German Army's redressed committee in 1888, through Bob's relationship, used eight oceans of cabbage.

I bought the rifle at a price of 150,000 yuan. Lihe and Yangxing strongly protested because of this matter. After negotiation (everyone closed the door and quarreled), the final result was that Lihe and Yangxing charged ten yuan for shipping for each rifle. This shipping fee is the most cheating in the world.

The freight has been paid. We are waiting for notification from Fang Jianxiong when it will be shipped to China. The equipment for a brigade that Fang Jianxiong requested earlier has been shipped for a month and is expected to arrive in Shanghai in a dozen days. This batch of equipment, Lihe Yangxing

There was no protest. As for the German second-hand artillery, they have not yet started to change their equipment. If Fang Jianxiong wants to buy it, he can only buy it from a gift or a knife from a foreign company. Even if the German army starts to change its equipment, he will still have to take this knife. The reason is very simple. An agreement has been reached.

, from now on Biel can only engage in the recycling business of rifles. For this, Biel expressed deep regret. The last thing, Biel paid attention to, "the great designer Fang Jianxiong", has he made any new designs recently?

?In addition, Bob also took up half a page of paper. Bob said very little nonsense. He just wanted to give Fang Jianxiong two horses.

After reading the letter, Fang Jianxiong smiled bitterly and shook his head. This Biel didn't look like a German at all. Bob, on the other hand, although a little more sinister, still looked like a very standard German.

"Victor, a buyer has been found for the equipment of a brigade. When you go back, you can replenish 12 57 guns, and I will send someone to Shanghai to pick up the goods from you. By the way, why didn't the telegram say how much a rifle costs?

What equipment does this brigade have?”

Fang Jianxiong remembered and asked quickly. Victor was relatively well prepared and took out a list and said: "From the list, this batch of equipment includes 5,000 rifles, 6,500 sets of leather armed belts, and engineer shovels.

Five thousand, 18 Maxim machine guns. In terms of price, second-hand rifles are 18 yuan each, and others are normal prices. Details..."

"Okay, I don't care about anything else. I want a rebate of five hundred yuan for each artillery piece. The price will be as you say. Your commission this time is five thousand oceans. Remember, the harder you work, the higher you climb.

, the more you earn in the future, the more you can find countless lovers."

Victor shook his head repeatedly: "No, no, no, my love for Sally is loyal, and my feelings are exclusive."

"Dedicated to peat, you think you are Young Werther!" This sentence was in Chinese. Victor didn't understand it and thought that someone was praising him with a smile.
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