After Li Mingyuan led the cavalry regiment to set off, Sun Bin and Zhao Yan also set off for Balangka.

After a small business with the Netherlands and Belgium, the two went to the Prussian commercial representative office in Barangka.

The Prussians had a strict character, even built houses

Also in a simple and practical style, the Prussian commercial representative office was a three-storey castle building.

The castle has a well-defined appearance, with doors, windows, and arcades in semi-circular, barrel-shaped, or cross-vaulted roofs, giving it a thick, solid, and steady feel.

"Please inform Mr. Hoffman that a representative of the Chinese Independence Army has come to visit." Sun Bin asked the Prussian guards guarding the gate in front of the castle.

"Wait a moment, I'll inform Mr. Hoffman." When the guard had finished speaking, he turned and walked towards the castle.

"How sure is Brother Sun that the Prussians will cooperate with us," Zhao Ting asked after the Prussian guards left.

"Seventy or eighty percent sure, we want a lot of goods, and the Prussians will not easily give up the deal with us."

"Let the Prussians use the navy to escort us secretly, and not let people in other countries know."

"I'll explain it to them when we negotiate." Sun Bin nodded.

"Two gentlemen, Mr. Hoffman, please come in." Sun Bin and Zhao Ting said a few words, and the Prussian guards guarding the door came back and said.

Sun Bin and Zhao Ting followed behind the guards, bypassing more than a dozen rooms and arriving at the location of Hoffman's office.

"What are the two gentlemen looking for me?" Entering the room, Hoffman got straight to the point.

Hoffmann was a middle-aged man in his forties, tall and thin, with a traditional Prussian beard and a large German trench coat.

After glancing at Hoffman, Sun Bin said, "Nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, I came today to discuss a big deal with you on behalf of the Chinese Independence Army." ”

"You have found the right place to talk about business, and the reputation of the Prussians in doing business is the highest." Hoffman laughed.

"We have a lot of supplies, this is the purchase list, please take a look." Sun Bin handed over the list.

Hoffman glanced at it twice and said, "You have a lot of goods, I need to take the time to transfer them from other places, and it will take at least a month for the items on the list to be ready to be shipped to Balangka." ”

"We'll have to wait for a month. The key is that the quality of the weapons we need is guaranteed. Sun Bin said.

"You can rest assured about the quality of weapons, we are doing business for a long time, and we will not smash our own brand in order to make more money."

"We're starting to negotiate the price of weapons now," Sun said.

"Okay," said Hoffman, sitting down, pointing to the list, "twenty taels of silver for each Mauser breech gun, two thousand taels for seventy-five mm steel guns, one thousand twenty-one for nine-pounder mountain guns, and eight hundred and one taels for machine guns."

The weapons you are going to buy this time are 20,000 rifles, 300 pistols, 100 machine guns, 50 9-pounder guns, 30 75-mm mountain guns, 1 million rifle bullets, 30,000 machine gun bullets, 2,000 9-pounder shells, 500 12-pounder shells, 100,000 custom-made military uniforms, and 1,000 marching tents.

Add it up, remove the fraction, and count you to a million taels of silver. ”

One million taels of silver, converted into gold, is 12,000 taels, 1,200 catties of gold. With so much money taken out, it suddenly emptied the family funds accumulated by the Chinese Independence Army.

"Mr. Hoffman, we believe in your credit, and since you said one million taels of silver, we will not bargain with you, but you must promise us one condition."

Sun Bin also felt pain in his heart when he heard the price of one million taels of silver, but spending this money was for the future development of the Chinese Independence Army, so he had to spend the money even if he was reluctant.

"Please." Hoffman said politely.

"After the transaction is completed, I would like you to send a few warships to help escort our fleet."

"Mr. Sun, I cannot agree to your request, Prussia adheres to a position of neutrality and will not intervene in the war between you and the Peruvians."

Hoffman thought that Sun Bin wanted the Prussian Navy to help them fight the Peruvians, but decisively refused.

"Mr. Hoffman misunderstood, I didn't mean to let your army fight the Peruvians, I just wanted your army to escort our fleet and help us pass through the Pacific coast."

"I can promise you that."

As long as he did not intervene in the war between the Chinese workers and the Peruvians, Hoffman did not have to worry, and as for the Chinese hiring the Prussian Navy to escort the Pacific coast, Hoffman thought that the Chinese wanted to escape, so he simply agreed.

"Hehe, thank you very much Mr. Hoffmann for your sincerity and congratulations on our successful cooperation."

After successfully completing the task, Sun Bin was very happy, and got up with a smile to shake hands with Hoffman.

"I'm also very happy to work with you, and I hope we have the opportunity to work together next time." Hoffman shook hands.

"Looking forward to our next collaboration." Sun Bin said.

In Lake Titicaca, a Chinese figure emerged from the clear and deep blue lake.

Chen Sen took a breath and said, "Shizi, there is no trace of the treasure in the lake. ”

Chen Sen was a captain of the Chinese fleet, and he was well acquainted with water, so Li Mingyuan specially brought him and a dozen other water experts to explore the bottom of the Titicaca.

"Call all the brethren up, we won't be in the water today." No gold was found, Li Mingyuan was disappointed.

"Shizi, is the legend of the treasure true, the brothers searched for a radius of thirty miles, but found nothing."

After searching for seven or eight days near Lake Titicaca, he did not find a single clue about the treasure, and Li Dawei became anxious.

"The treasure is not so easy to find, we will search the neighborhood for another two days, and if we can't find it, we will go back." Li Mingyuan didn't want to return in vain, so he spoke.

"Yes" knew that he would have to look for two more days, and all the soldiers around him retreated to rest.

Under a wooded area of Lake Titicaca, thirteen or fourteen Chinese Independence Army sailors gathered to talk.

"Chief Chen, I haven't found the treasure after seven or eight days of searching, has this treasure been stolen by someone else?"

"I think there is such a possibility, the Inca Empire has been destroyed for more than 300 years, how can the treasure still be hidden." Another soldier said.

"Regardless of whether the treasure is still there or not, we will wait for two days according to the request of the prince." Chen Sen said.

"Boss, I believe the treasure is here."

"Oh, why are you sure?" Chen Sen said curiously.

"At noon today, I picked up a gold jewelry under a waterfall not far from Lake Titicaca."

"Li Ergou, why don't you hand over the gold when you pick it up?" Chen Sen said with a dark face.

"Boss, I didn't just pick it up and report it to you." Li Ergou smiled and took out the gold gesture he had picked up, which was a bracelet made of gold.

"You're lucky, you kid, you found gold when no one else found anything." Chen Sen tiptoed the weight of the bracelet, which was about three or two.

"Boss, do you want to report to the prince now?" Li Ergou said.

"Don't disturb the prince yet, let's go to the waterfall and have a look, and it's not too late to find out the whereabouts of the treasure and tell the prince."