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"Why, I'm defeated?"

As soon as he went downstairs, Xiao Anguo squeezed his eyes at Yang Qiu, causing Shen Shukai, shopkeeper Dong and others next to him to laugh secretly.

"I will only send the peacock flying southeast, and the one in front will be spared." Yang Qiu glared at him angrily. Seeing that the servant was still packing his bags, he handed the address and content of the telegram to Manager Dong: "Does Brother Shen still go to Chengdu?"

"If you don't go to Chengdu, you're going back to Shanghai." Shen Shukai patted Yang Qiu's bag and smiled: "There's a boat in a while, so I plan to go back immediately. There's 1 million here."

Yang Qiu didn't stop him either. He was more anxious than Shen Shukai. Since the Chengdu bloody incident had already occurred, the Wuchang ruling must be in front of him. Since the Hanyang Factory cannot provide a role now, he must find some foreign aid, otherwise why should he block the elite Beiyang?

After a few people arrived at the dock, there were already crowds of people. Most of them were ordinary people who escaped from Sichuan due to war. Since the waterway to Chongqing had been cut off, they could only escape through Hankou by land.

The spread of war caused many soldiers on the streets, and the tension in the air began to worsen. After finally squeezing into the crowd and seeing Shen Shukai go, Xiao Anguo finally couldn't help it. While holding him, he walked back to the ferry in the camp, and asked, "Brother, I'm not an outsider, let me tell the truth, what is your thing?"

"Design drawings of legal 340mm naval guns and submarine snorkels."

"A naval gun? Or ventilation?" Xiao Anguo was inexplicably surprised, but he was afraid that he would reveal his mud legs in front of his brothers, so he could only hold it back for the time being and not ask again.

His strange appearance made Yang Qiu temporarily forget the scene just now, but he was still worried about Shen Shukai's trip.

The design drawings he took out were fine, and he carefully selected them from the data machine. Originally, he considered selling the materials of the legal system "Miss 75", but considering that the drawings alone Germany might not think that his artillery was not as good as France, and the confidentiality of "Miss 75" was too strict, so the whole world knew that there was such a field gun with an ultra-high rate of fire after the war began, so unless the physical objects were taken out, Germany would also think that this was fake.

The 340mm naval gun is different. Before World War I, the main naval gun of the French Brittany-class battleship. The whole of Europe knew that France was building a new battleship, and the power of this naval gun was higher than that of the British 343mm naval gun. The most important thing is that it has a very special feature, that is, it uses a large-scale retreat and recovery aircraft similar to "Miss 75", which has improved the efficiency a lot.

From the actual sea battle, this kind of aircraft assisting in retreating and re-energy is just a romantic idea for the French man, but no one knows it yet! In theory, the rate of fire of three shots per minute will definitely be jealous of Germany!

Although in fact, the German Navy had almost never fought with the French Navy during World War I, William II and the German Navy would not think much. Before World War I, a large part of the German Navy's goal was to defeat the French fleet, so every move of the German intelligence agency should pay attention to, not to mention the fact that the new forces under construction were in the works, so Germany must have mastered some information. As long as you see the drawings, you will understand and will definitely be willing to pay some price to buy the full set of drawings.

As for the technology of submarine snorkels, it was only after World War I. You should know that submarines during World War I did not have long-term submarine capabilities. To put it bluntly, small semi-submersible torpedo boats must surface most of the time. They can only dive and move for about one or two hours when approaching the enemy, and their survivability is extremely poor.

But with the snorkel, the submarine can be underwater for a long time, which not only improves the concealment ability of the submarine, but also allows the submarine to truly have a certain ability to compete with surface warships in this era of sight and no anti-submarine means!

According to later generations, William II never worried about his army. Instead, the more and more fleets were built, it was a heart-wrenching problem. He was a technology that could quickly narrow the distance from the British navy and gain the upper hand in some cases. He was definitely willing to buy it.

Moreover, the snorkel technology is not so easy to imitate, which is different from his previous attempt to sell tank design drawings. Nowadays, tanks have only no breakthrough in theory, but the snorkel, especially the snorkel, is a very complex technology. First of all, the snorkel also needs to be waterproof. It has a large number of tortuous circuits inside, and dozens of technologies such as strong high pressure, drilling through pressure-resistant shells, etc. According to the data of the data machine, it took five years from the beginning to the successful development of the snorkel technology, so he is not afraid that the Germans will regret it after reading the design drawings. Unless they meet a genius who will never forget them, the Germans will have to pay obediently.

Even if he never forgets it, he told Shen Shukai that he could only read half of it before the transaction was completed. In addition, it is already 1911, and it is still hard to say whether Germany can break through the other half of the drawings within three years.

He took this technology after much thought. After all, he couldn't fool these guys without taking some real guys, let alone Germany with the highest mechanical level. Fortunately, the submarine technology during World War I was also subject to factors such as engines and torpedoes. Coupled with Germany's natural tragic geographical environment and the unkindness of the United States later, this technology was not enough to truly change the course of the war. At worst, the Royal Fleet lost more ships, which was nothing to Britain at its heyday.

So he was not worried at all whether he could make money. What he really worried about was whether Germany was willing to exchange arms for weapons. 30 support Maxim, 100 support Madsen m50 and 1 million rounds were just a drop in the bucket for Germany, but for him, it was the key to whether he could save the three towns. The only trouble was that Germany might not necessarily have Madsen. Fortunately, he had told Shen Shukai how to imply that Germany had obtained the supply.

Although Hanyang was worse than expected, it finally laid a solid foundation. In addition, the two factories had been trained for nearly 10,000 years, which was more valuable. Whether it was Hankou or Hanyang, it was the key to this battle. Only by maintaining China's largest and most perfect industrial base can a glimmer of hope in the future.

Ten days later, the shopkeeper Dong, who stayed in Hankou, brought good news. Shen Shukai was worthy of being a bold businessman. Although he didn't believe Yang Qiu's words, he still sent a telegram to the Heshengyuan board of directors and persuaded shareholders to adjust the national and even overseas semicolons under the pretext of preventing problems. He began to accelerate the collection of working capital, and secretly preserved a large amount of cash and cash silver into the warehouse.

At the same time, he did not delay Yang Qiu's affairs. He found a down-and-out Vietnamese royal family from there, pretending to resist France's Vietnamese revolutionaries, and even got a bag company called Far East and Southern Yunnan Company to negotiate with Germany.

The German ambassador to Shanghai didn't believe it after seeing the full set of design drawings of the legal 340mm naval gun, but after contacting the country for detailed comparison of several known details, he almost shouted out excitedly and immediately agreed to buy the full set of drawings for US$400,000.

400,000 US dollars was not even a drop in a bucket for Germany, but it fired the first shot for Shen Shukai. So when he took out the instructions for the submarine snorkel, the German ambassador immediately sent an emergency telegram to the commander of the Qingdao Far East Fleet and the domestic Navy, regardless of the surprise gazes around him.

Two days later, the commander of the German Far East Fleet in Qingdao arrived in Shanghai, and the German General Staff and the Navy immediately demanded that Shanghai must take down all the drawings of this technology.

After seeing half of the snorkel design and manufacturing drawings with one's own eyes, Germany not only agreed to invest $300,000 to purchase the snorkel design drawings and all the information, but also settled in US dollars as required, and paid two total US$700,000 on the same day, totaling 140 taels of silver.

He also gave preliminary agreement on Shen Shukai's proposal to exchange arms through shields, but Germany did not have the Madson M50 light machine gun in his hand. In the end, Shen Shukai conveyed Yang Qiu's hint that Russia had it. Germany then remembered that during the Russo-Japanese War, Russia did order about 500 Madson M50s, but because it was late, most of them did not participate in the war after being shipped to the Far East. Nigul II felt it was troublesome to transport it back, and in addition to being intimidated by Japan, they were all reserved in Vladivostok.

Yang Qiu had been paying attention to this batch of guns, but he had no hope of finding Russia now, so he went around in circles to find Germany. Germany, who was anxious to get the enemy's ship gun and snorkel technology, immediately contacted the Russian Far East. He didn't know how to convince him in the end. In the end, Russia agreed to sell 100 for US$500 per bus, and each with four empty magazines. After receiving the news, Germany sent a warship from Qingdao to Vladivostok that night. After solving the light machine gun, his own Maxim machine gun made Germany worried again, because Germany had no stock in its hands. In order not to delay the time it was transported from Europe, it simply drew 20 Maxim machine guns from the Far East garrison and promised all machine guns to be delivered in Shanghai 15 days.

As for bullets, Germany was very hesitant. According to custom, countries rarely sell bullets directly, especially such large-scale smuggling. In the end, Shen Shukai gritted his teeth and quoted 10 bullets and 2 oceans, which was twice the market price. He also expressed through his agent the temptation to stop trading if there were no bullets. After hesitating, Germany agreed to sell 300,000 7.92mm pointed bullets at this price, and also pulled them from the Far East garrison.

After receiving the news, Yang Qiu was both happy and amused. Although Maxim was 10 less than expected, Maderson M50 finally got it, and he also earned the first money after his reincarnation. He cried that the submarine snorkel that he thought could be sold at a high price was sold at a low price. The legal 340mm main gun design information, which was originally thought to be worthless, the German man didn't even blink, but the snorkel hesitated for a long time, and there were too few bullets in urgent need!

If he was there, he would definitely claim $2 million first. Unfortunately, Shen Shukai didn't understand technology and only knew that Yang Qiu said that he would sell at least 500,000 yuan. He saw that the price of the two drawings was slightly higher than that and then the deal was completed.

Alas, it’s still the traditional thinking of giant ships and cannons!

However, Shen Shukai is not an ordinary person. When he was happy with Germany's new technology, he signed a pre-sale contract with Germany to purchase 100 m1908 75mm field rapid-fire guns produced by Krupp at a price of US$2,000 per unit. Originally, Shen Shukai wanted to settle some shells, but Germany refused.

After consideration, Shen Shukai still agreed to the contract. According to his telegram, he bought it first with a cheap price, and he could make a big profit when the time comes.

Selling cannons but not shells! This kind of thing is probably only possible in the Far East of the late Qing Dynasty.

Yang Qiu looked down on such field artillery that were purely exported. First, it was slow fire speed and too heavy. His ideal artillery composition should be the "Type 92 Infantry Cannon" and the German 105 Krupp howitzer. As for the French Miss 75, which represents the highest level of artillery before World War I, he didn't think that a big guy of more than a ton may be able to be field light artillery in Europe, but it was no different from waste when he got it in China. Moreover, even if he wanted to buy France, it would not be possible to sell 75mm field artillery before the war. As for the 105 Germany, he was willing to sell it, but even if he won the complete Hanyang, the logistics could not be afforded for the time being. However, whether it was for the Yangxia War or future development, he also needed a military transition, so he agreed to sign it first, but the condition was that the first batch of 54 must be delivered within two months.

As for shells, I am not afraid, because Hanyang Guns and Cannon Factory has been producing 75mm shells at present. As long as it is stable and modified, it can create a well-powered improved shell.

Shen Shukai was a steady man and did not send a telegram until everything was agreed. Although he did not say when the arms could be obtained, he said that Germany had promised to complete the transaction within ten days, and calculated by time, it should be able to keep up with the delivery before the Mid-Autumn Festival. As for how to secretly ship it to Hanyang, I believe that Shen Shukai, a big merchant, also has his own way. The two transactions totaled 700,000 US dollars, which is approximately 1.4 million yuan in China (except for specific foreign currencies in the book, the other yuan is calculated based on the equivalent of one tael of silver or an ocean). He also temporarily existed in Bank of America in the name of Yang Qiu.

This money seems quite scary, but now it costs about 200,000 yuan to support a town (excluding equipment) every month, and the Hanyang Guns and Cannon Factory is even more bottomless, so for Yang Qiu, who is determined to wait for the future situation to stabilize and innovate in Hanyang, money is still a big problem.

Seeing Yang Qiu rubbing his temples, Ma Kui smiled. He had already learned about this from Xiao Anguo, but he didn't expect that Yang Qiu would come to tell him about the progress in his busy schedule. He was very happy to believe him so much. He heard that he exchanged so many good things with dozens of drawings and earned 1.4 million, and he was even more impressed.

But soon he frowned and asked, "Brother Huzi, it's not that brother who said discouraging words, your Maxim... and that Madson M50, no one in the new army has ever used it. Who are you looking for to use it?"

Yang Qiu: “…….”

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Chapter completed!