Chapter 152: The Arsenal Shovel Comes Out
Two days later, Hans called Zhou's mansion and invited Zhou Min to their company's factory in Shanghai to see the work designed according to the drawings.
For safety reasons, Zhou Min took Chen Yunzhang and his group over, on the one hand, the combat effectiveness is strong to ensure safety, and on the other hand, they can try whether the military shovel is good or not. It's just that when he left, Qian Li's small eyes made Zhou Min feel a little weak.
"Hans, I didn't expect your factory to be so big and so conspicuous, it seems that the power behind you is very strong, and neither the concession nor the Japanese have trouble you. Zhou Min and his entourage visited the factory and couldn't help but sigh.
"Haha, unless they don't want to buy weapons from the company, we are just businessmen who sell arms, and we won't clash with political forces, so Miss Zhou and I must be the safest to do business, let's take a look at the engineer's work, I believe we won't disappoint everyone." β
Under the leadership of Hans. Everyone walked through a long corridor to the open space outside the factory, two brand-new sapper shovels were placed on a platform, the army-green body, the sharp blade surface, looked very beautiful.
Zhou Min stepped forward, picked up one of them, weighed the weight, about three or four pounds, and added rubber to the handshake to increase the friction, and it was very comfortable to hold. Zhou Min waved it a few more times, feeling good, and asked, "Hans, how about the hardness and toughness of the armory shovel?"
"We use the best alloys, the hardness and toughness are very good, of course, the main thing is that your design is very good, your design is even more perfect than the domestic Krupp masters. Let's give it a try. With that, Hans picked up another shovel and began to dig through the clearing, digging through the layers with little effort, bringing up some grass and wet dirt.
Chen Yunzhang's hands were itchy, and he took the ordnance shovel from Zhou Min's hand and began to dig, digging a one-foot-square pit in less than three minutes.
Wiping a handful of sweat, Chen Yunzhang gave a thumbs up and said to Zhou Min and Hans: "Good design, good craftsmanship." β
"Let's try this blade again. As he spoke, Hans picked up the Arsenal and made a chopping motion at the log on the ground, which cracked with a snap. He chopped four calf-thick logs one after the other, all of which were split in the middle, but the armory shovel was intact.
"I think the armament shovel is better than the bayonet, and no one can stop it. The big man muttered as he looked at the armory shovel.
"That's right, it was designed to replace the bayonet, or you might as well give it a try. Zhou Min said.
"I'm coming, I'm coming" The big man stepped forward aggressively and took the armory shovel.
Seeing the tall man holding the armor shovel and looking at everyone excitedly, no one wanted to practice with him, and Zhou Min also felt that he could cut off half of the other party's head at once.
"I'll do it. The pillar took the other shovel and began to fight the big one.
The two of them rushed forward and picked up the armor shovel fiercely, and when the two shovels touched each other, there was a metallic grinding sound, which shook their hands numb.
"Come again" The big man thought this weapon was very useful, and shouted at the pillar.
The two picked up the shovels and began to fight again, the sound of metal clashing echoed in the clearing.
"No, it can't be moved, this shovel is easy to use, stronger than a bayonet. The pillar said profusely sweating.
Hearing that everyone was praising the armor shovel, Zhou Min and Hans were very happy.
Hans, in particular, narrowed his smiling eyes. Everyone's praise is a rolling business opportunity for him.
"Ladies and gentlemen, how about we go in and have some cold beer, pure dark beer from Germany. Led by Hans, the crowd went to the factory's reception room, where the waiters poured cold beer.
"Cheers"
The men took a big sip of the beer in their hands, and Zhou Min just took a sip symbolically, she really couldn't enjoy this kind of bitter thing.
"Mr. Hans, I am very satisfied with the advent of the armory shovel, and the quality is relatively good so far. But a qualified military article has to go through countless realities before it is finally launched, and I'm right, Hans?"
"Miss Zhou, I sometimes really doubt your age, are you really a girl under 20 years old, how do you know everything, but you are right. β
"Hans, now that China is at war with the Japanese, we need advanced weapons very much, although the armory shovel is practical, but it has not been strictly tested, and we don't know what hidden dangers will be when you really go to the battlefield, so I hope you can continue to improve it, and I will also help you make a feedback on the use results. β
"That's so thankful, there's nothing like going to war to test a weapon. β
"I need 100 shovels right now, which will be used in a few days. β
"Okay, no problem, but I think we should talk about the price. β
"Hans, you're right, we should talk about the price. β
"Miss Zhou, don't worry, I will give you the lowest price for the 100 armor shovels you ordered. β
"No, no, Hans, I designed this sapper shovel, you just made it according to my design, and you haven't done a complete realization, and I will help you recycle the number of sapper shovels, you know that recycling the number of jΓΉ is very difficult and time-consuming, should you pay me some money?"
".......," Hans stared wide-eyed and did not speak.
"......," Chen Yunzhang and the others looked at each other and did not speak.
"Oh my God, Miss Zhou, are you kidding?" cried Hans.
"Do you think I'm joking?" Zhou Min smiled dignifiedly.
"But you're asking too much. β
"Hmph, Guo is not too much, you know in your heart, if I take this design to the United States to apply for a patent, do you know how much my annual dividend can be so big, if your German company does not need it, I believe the Americans will be very happy to take over." β
"Miss Zhou, you can't do this, according to the Chinese, this is called crossing the river and demolishing the bridge." And we're partners. β
"That's right, we're partners, so we didn't apply for patents ourselves. β
"And what do you mean?"
"This is a joint design between the two of us. β
"Miss Zhou mean, I can sign this design?"
"That's right. β
"Haha, this is amazing, thank you Zhou Min. Hans immediately changed his name.
"Hans, since this is our common design, how are we going to divide the money?"
"In this way, Zhou Min, I will send a telegram back to Europe for patent application, and we will split the revenue in half. β
"I don't need to divide it in half, you are three and I am seven, but I have a request, I am not allowed to sell it to the Japanese. β
"No problem"
"Then I'll take my leave, and I'll come in a few days to get the sapper shovel, and by the way, my new design. β
Zhou Min and the others were happily sent away by Hans, and Hans was also very happy to write the application plan, and now he will be popular all over the world, especially in Europe. Thinking of this, Hans wanted to look up to the sky and laugh. And his status will rise in a straight line, maybe a hundred years later, someone will call him Master Hans.