The Buick Model D drove slowly through the street, skimming the surrounding streets and low-rise houses, and Bai Yu, who was sitting in the back seat, was holding his head on his hand and looking out the window.

In the song and dance hall, singing and dancing are still leveling, or enchanting or innocent singers are ushered in, intertwined with a prosperous dream; Rickshaws are coming and going on the streets, and the drivers are working hard, and their backs are almost crushed by the heavy life; The patched beggars are begging along the street with their backs bent, living a hungry and full life every day; In the corner, the opium-smoking figure stood on the ground, not knowing whether he was alive or dead; Workers walked out of the factory with tired faces on their faces; After class, students are gathering in groups of three or five, discussing something with an impassioned face; In a high-end hotel, a man in a suit and leather shoes walks out of it with a smile on his face......

One day, this qiē will change, he said silently in his heart.

The car finally stopped in front of a mansion, the driver opened the door for Bai Yu, and two bodyguards followed Bai Yu with a large box.

The blonde-haired envoy greeted him with a smile on his face and shook Bai Yu's hand warmly: "Today's weather is really good, just like my mood at the moment." ”

Prior to this, the British envoy's attitude towards the Bai family had not been very enthusiastic, because the Bai family had rejected the olive branch thrown by the Great British Empire, and the British once listed the southern government and the Bai family as refusing to communicate with each other. It was only recently that he heard that the German-government-government and its allies were courting the Bai family, and his attitude was a little better. Neutrality is better than letting the government of the South fall over to the side of the allies. Although they did not pay much attention to the several forces of Huaguo, but now is the critical moment of the decisive battle with the allies, whether it is him, or the great-British-imperial-country behind him, they do not want any variables to appear in this process. When they have their hands free, it's not too late to clean up these disobedient guys.

Bai Yu's face also put a polite and false smile on his face: "It also makes me happy to see you." ”

At this time, they forgot about each other's contradictions together, and they really greeted each other like two friends who hadn't met for a long time.

The British envoy invited Bai Yu into the mansion and poured him a cup of coffee: "This is the purest taste of England, and we usually use it to entertain our distinguished guests." ”

"Thank you." Bai Yu took a sip slowly and methodically, and praised: "The taste is mellow and fragrant, and it really lives up to its reputation." ”

The British envoy smiled proudly and proudly: "The things of our great-British-imperial-kingdom are always the best. ”

Seeing that the greetings were almost over, the envoy began to get down to business: "My friend, I don't know what you came to me for today?" As he spoke, his gaze swept behind Bai Yu, lingering over the two bodyguards.

The big box carried by the two bodyguards was so conspicuous that he naturally couldn't see it. Instinctively told him that the things in the big box were the purpose of Bai Yu's trip.

"I heard that your country has been short of weapons recently, and I have come to solve your country's problems." He spoke fluent English to communicate with the British envoy, and the two bodyguards behind him couldn't understand it, so he stood with his eyes and nose and nose attentive.

"Oh?" The envoy frowned: "So, that box contains a weapon?" Could it be that the Yankees are finally willing to relent, and sell weapons to you? ”

Britain is not the only one who has been angered by the rejection of the Bai family, but also the United States.

"It's true that the box contains weapons, but it's not a weapon made by the Americans, it's a weapon that we developed ourselves."

Bai Yu clapped his hands, and the two bodyguards immediately put down the big box. The envoy stepped forward and opened the box, only to see a cannon inside.

The British envoy's eyes lit up: "This is ......"

"The self-propelled howitzer with a range of 16 kilometers is the best performance cannon we have ever developed, and we have specially reloaded ammunition for it. What do you think? ”

The eyes of the British envoy fluctuated, and there was a horror in the eyes, if what Bai Yu said was true, it meant that Hua Guo took advantage of the fact that they were busy with the war and could not take care of Asia, and their strength had made a qualitative leap. He did not doubt the authenticity of Bai Yu's words, he had been stationed in City B for many years, and had a lot of dealings with the Bai family's father and son, so he thought he had a certain understanding of them. He understands that they don't lie about such things. He just felt that fact, it was hard for him to believe.

It has only been three years since the start of the European War, and in such a short period of time, has the level of Huaguo developed to such a point? So, if you give China a few more years, will they be able to catch up with their own level? The more the envoy thought about it, the more horrified he became.

Bai Yu interrupted his thoughts, and he said meaningfully: "Now, the biggest enemy of Britain is not our country, but Germany. In any case, I believe that the relationship between China and Britain will not be worse than that between Britain and Germany at this time. My friend, why don't you set your sights on the real enemies of your homeland, and come and watch out for us? It's simply a pointless thing. ”

The British envoy thought about it, since Prime Minister Bai banned the concessions in the southern government area, Da-Ying had lost his actual power here, and it can be said that there was nothing left to lose. They have no direct conflict of interest with the southern government, but there is no need to be in too much of a hurry.

Now that the southern government is about to rise, it is very obvious that no one can stop this happening unless troops are immediately sent to attack. The problem is that several countries that have the power to stop it are now mired in the European war, unable to separate. Although the United States, which has been watching the fire from afar, has not yet directly intervened in the war, with the sinking of the US ship by Germany's unrestricted submarine, the angry cries of the American people are getting louder and louder day by day, and the attitude of the United States to participate in the war is becoming clearer and clearer. Naturally, the attention of the United States is also completely focused on the European war at the moment, and it will not give its superfluous attention to the divided China at all.

In this case, it is better to reconcile with the Pak government if it continues to be at odds with it. After all, if the Bai government really becomes stronger, it will be more or less a help to bring them over. Moreover, the British envoy believed that even if the Pak government could rise, its heritage would not be comparable to that of the British Empire.

It's just that these weapons are produced only after dismantling imported weapons, and the level of research and development is still inferior to that of our own. As long as after the end of this war, Britain will develop some more powerful weapons, and China will not be afraid at all.

I have to say that the deep-rooted thinking still affected the judgment of the British envoy after all, and he will regret not seeing the true face of the Bai government early in the future, but at this moment, the atmosphere between Bai Yu and the British envoy is quite harmonious.

There is no eternal friendship or hostility between countries, only eternal relations of interests.

At this moment, Bai Yu and the British envoy came together because of the same interests.

The British envoy's eyebrows relaxed: "Say, what do you know, information about us?" ”

"I know that Britain is in dire need of a large sum of weapons right now, and that you are going to buy them from the Americans, but you are troubled by the insatiable greed of the Americans." Bai Yu said: "I fully understand the troubles of you British, who wants to be asked all the time?" ”

The British envoy's eyes moved, and he saw Bai Yu touching the cannon body with one hand: "The performance of our weapons is no worse than that of the United States, and our asking price is only eighty percent of theirs." Doing business with us will be a good deal. ”

The envoy thought for a moment, and finally nodded with a smile: "You're right, my friend. However, you seem to have forgotten that I am in China, just to maintain diplomatic relations between China and Great Britain, and the purchase of weapons is not under my control. ”

"I know your status is not low, Sir, and you have the power to speak directly to the King. His Majesty George V must be worrying about weapons at the moment, and if you can stand up and help him, he will definitely value you even more. Of course, this is not necessary for you, it depends on what you think. Bai Yu spread his hands, and seemed to put the choice back in the hands of the British envoy.

"Well, I'm convinced by you. If your weapons really have the same performance as you say, it would be a good deal to buy them. But isn't your asking price too high? Are you going to learn from the greedy Yankees? How about seventy percent? ”

"You know, the performance of our weapons is not lower than that of the United States, and we have already suffered a lot by setting the price at eighty percent of that of the United States. It's because you're a friend that I'm willing to keep the price so low. If even this is too high for you, the lowest is seven out of five, which is the bottom line that we can accept. If it goes any lower, we're going to lose money. ”

The British envoy secretly scolded Bai Yu for being cunning in his heart. Who doesn't know that since the outbreak of war, the price of weapons has doubled? The British were not unaware of the cost of these weapons, but because they were in dire need of them, they had to pinch their noses and accept the high price, which made the Americans make a windfall.

Now, Bai Yu said to him, will he lose money if he lowers the price? It's a joke!

However, because Bai Yu refused to let go, and his price was indeed much fairer than that of the Americans, he no longer opened his mouth to bargain. The price of weapons in wartime is different from that in peacetime, although the price of these weapons has doubled compared to peacetime, it is already very cheap in today's situation, and the British envoy does not want to provoke Bai Yu. If you can establish a long-term cooperation with Bai Yu and buy weapons at such a preferential price, it is much more cost-effective than buying and selling with a hammer.

If he knew that the actual cost of producing these weapons in the Gu factory was much lower than he imagined, he didn't know how he would feel.