"Humblely completed the task assigned by the prince and came to repay the son." Li Dawei walked into the hall and said loudly.

"The cavalry regiment did a good job, and I promise you will do the same, but this time I called you here for another matter."

Li Mingyuan briefly told them about the treasure.

"The cavalry regiment is marching at full speed, and Lake Titicaca, which can be reached in half a day, is the prince going to set off now?" Li Dawei said.

"Don't be in a hurry, the brothers of the cavalry regiment have been tired for a few days, let them rest for the night tonight and set off tomorrow morning."

"Yes." ……

Returning from the conference hall, Liu Pu brought his two deputies to discuss the matter.

In Liu Pu's residence, Liu Pu and his two deputies, Zhao Yan and Sun Bin, sat together eating and chatting.

"Chief of Staff, do you want to find more dealers? Shop around, we don't lose easily. Zhao Tingdao.

"First of all, let out the news that we are going to purchase weapons and materials, but the final partner captain is still Prussia." Liu Pudao.

"Chief of Staff, I don't understand why I had to choose to cooperate with Prussia?" Sun Bin was puzzled.

Liu Pu put down the wine glass that was about to be handed to his lips and said, "Balangka has business representatives from Britain, the United States, France, Austria, Prussia, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy and other countries.

Britain is the most powerful, and now the British are expanding their sphere of influence all over the world.

South American countries have been independent for nearly half a century, and each country has accumulated a lot of wealth, and South American countries are vast and sparsely populated, and the land is fertile, which is a natural agricultural production area.

Due to the American Civil War in the past few years, Britain lost an important agricultural production base and a dumping market for industrial products, so in the past two years, Britain has aimed its expansion direction at South America, which is in the virgin zone, and strives to make up for Britain's losses through trade expansion and economic expansion to South America.

The ongoing Paraguayan War was fought on the one hand because of the territorial division of the warring parties, and on the other hand, because British Paraguay rejected the British proposal for freedom of navigation on the Paraná River, and the British, disgruntled, supported Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay behind their backs to go to war against Paraguay.

Britain, as the biggest beneficiary of the current order in South America, will not allow anyone to undermine the current order, so in the face of our war with the Peruvian government, Britain will fish in troubled waters and obtain the benefits of saltpeter and other minerals from the Peruvian government, and will not support our expansion. ”

"What the Chief of Staff means is that the British use us as pawns to blackmail the Peruvians, and that the British will not hesitate to support the Peruvians against us if the Peruvians offer a price that satisfies them." Sun Bin continued.

"Yes, the British, who have been playing balancing measures on the European continent for hundreds of years, have a good idea of how to get the most out of it." Liu Pu nodded.

Liu Pu has read a lot of books, but this knowledge is not something he learned from books, but Li Mingyuan told him intermittently.

"What about other countries?"

"France is the second most powerful country in the world after England, but the French are very proud, and if we ask to trade with them, on the one hand, their asking price will be high, and on the other hand, the arrogant French will certainly not be willing to escort our fleet."

Less than half a century after the death of Emperor Napoleon, under the influence of Napoleon, the French are now very arrogant and regard themselves as loyal to the world, and even Britain looks down on them from the heart. Naturally, they were unwilling to escort the Chinese fleet for some economic interests.

"Austria is similar to France, it holds the identity of a European thousand-year empire, and it will not help us escort, the Netherlands and Belgium are weak, even if we trade with them, they will not be able to get the materials we need within a month, as for the Americans, they have just experienced a civil war, and the economy has not yet recovered, so they can only eat part of our orders."

The development of the United States is based on the Civil War, and the current United States has just ended the war, and the country is in ruins, and has not yet entered the fast lane of development, and it is difficult to meet the requirements of the Chinese Independence Army.

And there is another sentence, Liu Pu did not say that if the Chinese Independence Army wants to gain a foothold in the United States, it will definitely face the blow of American capital in the future.

Since the Monroe Declaration, the United States has always regarded South America as its own backyard, and if the Chinese Independence Army wants to develop and grow, it will definitely not be treated well by the United States.

Therefore, from the very beginning, Li Mingyuan tried his best to avoid getting involved with the Americans and did not give them the opportunity to infiltrate the Chinese base areas.

After the exclusion of the previous countries, only Prussia remained and did not speak.

Liu Pu took a sip of wine, and then said, "Prussia united with the princes of the German region, engaged in industrial construction, and wanted to tie the various vassal states together through economic interests, so for our big list, the Prussians have the ability and willingness to swallow it.

And the last time we had a good cooperation with the Prussians, the Prussians would certainly not refuse in the face of a much larger deal than the last time. ”

"The industrial products of the Germans are good, and the rifles and artillery that were bought from them last time were well received by the soldiers." Zhao Tingdao.

"We have a lot to buy this time, 20,000 rifles, 300 pistols, 100 machine guns, 50 9-pounder guns, 30 12-pounder mountain guns, 1 million rifle bullets, 30,000 machine gun bullets, 2,000 9-pounder shells, 500 12-pounder shells, 100,000 custom military uniforms, 1,000 marching tents,"

Liu Pu said the list of materials to buy in one breath.

"The number of Chinese has reached 120,000, according to the previous habits of the prince, excluding some weak physiques, among the 120,000 people, at least 100,000 people will be soldiers, and the daily consumption of 100,000 troops is a heavenly amount, no wonder the prince wants to purchase so many materials." Sun Bin said with some emotion.

The Chinese Independence Army (CIA) had captured all of its rifles, except for the 2,000 rifles it had traded with the Prussians for the first time.

Relying on the capture, the Chinese Independence Army armed 70,000 soldiers, and the remaining Chinese soldiers had to simulate training with broken rifles.

Of the 70,000 armies with rifles, 30,000 were in good condition and 40,000 were old in condition.

Moreover, among the 70,000 rifles, there are arms from various countries, the most common are the Enfield rifle produced in the United Kingdom, the Spencer rifle produced in the United States, and the Dleiser rifle produced in Prussia.

"Don't you need to buy medicines? We are running out of medicines. Zhao Tingdao.

"Medicines and other daily necessities are listed separately and purchased from other countries."

"We have to buy so many supplies, I'm afraid we don't have enough money." Sun Bin frowned.

"The matter of money will be solved, and your task is to complete the task of material procurement."

Liu Pudao. ……