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After asking this question, both De Mons and Rusya had smiles on their faces, and they felt that there were indeed conditions and conveniences for cooperation between the two sides.

If nothing else, just for the absolute advantage of the two of them in trade with the Rainbow Army, you must know a very clear fact, that is, they once monopolized the entire arms trade of the Rainbow Army.

Even in the early years after the opening of the port of Ningbo, De Mons and Rusya still accounted for 70 percent of the arms and industrial goods trade, but with the continuous entry of new competitors, their share of the market soon fell to 60 percent.

This 60% is also due to the fact that some foreign firms have to hand over their goods to Demons and Ruthya as agents because they cannot directly trade arms with the Rainbow Army, allowing them to obtain additional excess profits.

It's just that with the passage of time, although the total trade volume between Dermance and Rusya has continued to rise, more and more foreign companies have obtained the right to trade directly with the Rainbow Army, so that their market share is declining more and more, and in the long run, this is an irreversible direction.

Since the beginning of this year, the trade volume they have joined forces has fallen to less than 50 percent, and with the passage of time, it continues to decline sharply, and according to the latest statistics, they only occupy less than 40% of the market.

However, no one dares to underestimate their joint efforts, knowing that the most important and profitable arms and industrial equipment market in the entire arms trade is still in their hands, and the Hongjun has special care for them, and the prices and profits have been appropriately raised compared with other foreign companies.

But now Rusya and De Mons clearly know that it is only the glory of the past, and the next construction in Hupu is the real business opportunity of this country, and whoever grabs this order is often followed by hundreds of business opportunities.

For example, although Hongjun did not mention the construction of railways, according to traditional experience, the construction of coal mines must be carried out on the special railway for coal mines, and the suppliers of gauges, locomotives, rails and other equipment for this special railway will become the standard for the railway industry of the entire Eastern country.

You know, just the gauge, there are different options for standard, narrow gauge and broad gauge, and there are four different standards between narrow gauges, for example, the French prefer to use the 762 mm narrow gauge in the colonies, and now there are many agents who are pushing their own equipment, and are even ready to drive down profits.

You must know that such a large country, according to the experience of Europe, needs thousands or even tens of thousands of kilometers of standard railways, and the scale of the special railway market is enough for a European enterprise to operate for a lifetime.

As for other similar markets, such as blast furnaces, such as machine tools, there are similar examples, whoever takes this order, followed by at least dozens or even hundreds of large orders, and De Mons has made it very clear: "We should specifically subdivide the market between us, should not simply compete in price, when I heard the news, I knew that the cause of the rainbow army will rule the entire eastern ......"

Although he had obtained a large amount of excess profits from Liu Chang before, and was very optimistic about the Rainbow Army, De Mons still questioned the possibility of the Rainbow Army ruling the entire Central Kingdom and the Eastern World, after all, there were too many variables that could happen.

However, the Rainbow Army's Coal and Iron War marked that the vision of this army far surpassed that of any emperor, warlord and governor of the Eastern world, and as long as the Rainbow Army was given a year, the Rainbow Army would establish a standard industrial system capable of producing weapons, steel, and other industrial products close to Western standards, just like some local governments in Japan. …,

There is an example that has surprised Westerners before, that is, the Shimazu family of the Japanese samurai, these Japanese samurai simply performed miracles, they formed the first industrial area in the Eastern world without the assistance of a few Westerners, including Westernized weapons factories, steam engines and steel factories, most of the industrial materials came from the Western books that these Japanese samurai came into contact with, and they achieved a small industrial revolution according to the records in the books.

It's just a pity that this industrial zone is only the personal effort of a small Japanese warlord, whose health is a cause for concern, and whose territory is too small to be worth investing in by Westerners.

But Liu Chang was different, he had all the conditions for an industrial revolution, he occupied a vast area of 40 to 50 million people, which was devoid of minerals, but was the traditional source of grain, tea and silk in China, and had astonishing wealth enough to support the leap of an agricultural country into an industrial country.

More importantly, the Battle of Coal and Iron represents that General Liu has an astonishing vision, his army is brave and good at fighting, although there is a gap between it and the first-class armies in Europe, but the limitations of Western military investment in the Far East mean that he is invincible for a long time.

And Rusya told De Muns bluntly: "You should know that the French have a lot of hostility towards General Liu, and Guan Jian is in the Catholic problem, but you and I don't mind religious problems, right?" ”

"It's not just the French!" De Mons's intelligence is more accurate: "France can only deploy a few thousand people on the coast of China at most, and if they are put into the battlefield of China, it will be at least half a year later, and the key is Russian..."

In fact, although France was slowly industrializing, the limitations of communication and other conditions made it impossible for the French to fight a large-scale war in the Far East, while the British were apparently quite satisfied with the sale of industrial goods.

De Mons told Rusya: "Now the Russian Tsar is showing excessive concern for the territory outside the borders of the Chinese government, and they are trying to obtain from the government a piece of land of millions of square kilometers to make up for their losses in the Crimean War..."

"But General Liu is their worst enemy!" Rusya expressed optimism about the situation in the entire Chinese theater: "Within this year, General Liu will have more than 100,000 troops capable of fighting well, and even if there is an embargo at sea, they will still be able to produce a large number of rifles, artillery and military supplies. ”

"Do you confirm this fact?" De Mons said with a smile: "Previously, they produced some weapons that had been eliminated in the Western world, such as firing rifles, such as some small artillery, but the production of these weapons completely relied on semi-products and raw materials purchased from Shanghai and other sources, strictly speaking, it was just assembly. ”

"Building an industrial system is a long process, but to give him a foundation, it will only take a few months, and it will be faster if there is the help of Westerners."

De Mences was very satisfied with Rusya's answer: "Lady Rusya, you are the smartest woman I have ever met, you are right, this battle will change a lot of things, if the Russians and the French do not do it now, in half a year, they will not be able to change the facts." ”

"In fact, I hope that the French and the imitation Ross will do it with our patrons!" Rutha told De Muns what it meant: "That's going to be a million pounds in profit!" ”

"That's a wonderful point!" Bombons replied, "But now it's a profit of tens of millions of pounds, and I will provide General Liu with all the industrial equipment, raw materials, and whatever he needs at the most reasonable price possible." ”…,

"Actually, I think you're thinking too simply!" Rusya put forward another point of view: "For example, if the Rainbow Army can produce its own firing rifles, even if the price is higher than that of the purchased ones, and the production is limited, they will not continue to buy firing rifles in large quantities from us, unless it is an urgent military need, so this is a large order, and in a sense it will reduce the low-level orders in our hands." ”

He used "low-level orders" to describe some military materials in hand, such as flintlock pistols and small artillery, in fact, now the Rainbow Army has greatly reduced the procurement of these materials, but in the future, unless it is an extremely urgent military need, the Rainbow Army will generally not place orders for these materials, but turn to its own industry even if its own military industry is low in quantity and high in price, but as long as the most basic quality is maintained, the Rainbow Army will definitely support its own heavy industry.

"I agree with you, in fact, it is not the Hongjun who are buying these low-level products now, but some Qing Dynasty officials."

This is an indisputable fact, as the Hong Army increasingly developed the advantages of foreign guns and cannons on the battlefield, Qing Dynasty officials also had to buy a large number of foreign guns and cannons to arm their own troops.

Some people once had such a point of view, that is, the Western-style movement could not be called the Western-style movement at all, it was simply pushed forward slowly, and there was no movement at all, but the Qing army suppressed the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom before, and due to the survival of the time, there was a situation of movement.

In the current situation, there is indeed such a thing, whether it is the monk king, Shengbao or Hechun, after suffering a big loss in front of the foreign guns and foreign cannons of the Hongjun, they all began to purchase a large number of foreign guns and foreign artillery, but due to financial resources and other relations, they are now purchasing the old Western firearms such as flintlock pistols that the Hongjun has begun to obsolete.

Even Zeng Guofan and Hu Linyi considered Western firearms earlier than in history, and after the initial completion of the industrial base of the Hongjun, the procurement of low-grade industrial products will continue to decline, and even affect the purchase of some semi-finished products.

But for Ruthya, this is undoubtedly an opportunity: "You should know that for us, this is both a challenge and a great opportunity, for this industrial battle, we should not be satisfied with the role of equipment and material suppliers, but should take the initiative to participate, I am ready to set up a joint venture with General Liu to run a large industrial company, what is your opinion?" ”

"What you said is exactly what I wanted to say!" Deemmons replied, "That's why I came to you!" ”。 Bring the fat duck girl that the master owes me to update

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