The design of the white gift box is obviously the work of Rusya, and it is as simple and generous as the clothes on her body, but it is the two Colt revolvers with an antique atmosphere that really catch the eye.

That's right, this is the Colt revolver, although Liu Chang doesn't know which early model of the Colt revolver it belongs to, but there is no problem with this early Colt single-handed pistol, he likes such gifts.

Rusya had already seen Liu Chang's smile, she knew that she had achieved a perfect victory, and what he needed now was to expand such an offensive: "I still have twenty such revolvers on my cargo ship, and I believe that His Excellency the General will pay a reasonable price for them." ”

Twenty Colt revolvers? This is really good, at least the company commander under Liu Chang no longer needs to carry a bulky flintlock pistol or a shotgun, as long as the price is not too outrageous, Liu Chang has already decided to buy these twenty revolvers.

"What other gifts? Your Excellency the Holy Goddess? ”

Liu Chang joked, and Rusya also knew that the deal between the two sides was on the right track, and then it was time to show her strength.

This is not easy, as an administrative secretary of Anrui & Co., her salary is enough to satisfy most people, but it is far from the real rich class.

After obtaining information about the generous customer of the arms trade in Demons, Rusya considered selling this information to the rival of Anrui to obtain a rather lucrative gain, but she quickly thought of something: "Why should you tell others about such a lucrative business?" I should do it myself. ”

This was no easy task, as her savings were only enough to buy a very small amount of arms, or even to hire a boat. But this General Liu was a wealthy consumer of arms, and he was able to buy all the equipment of an infantry brigade at once.

But when a woman racks her brains, she becomes the wisest and most terrifying creature in the world, and she manages to embezzle a sum of money from Anrui, and then borrows money by all means, and finally gets five hundred pounds from an American with her rented house as collateral.

But that wasn't enough to buy the arms that would satisfy a big warlord, so she used the reverse thinking, which was the goods that were unsalable in Shanghai and the warlords desperately needed. In that case, she could have taken credit.

She did find such goods, and what she now took out was a white armed belt: "Your Excellency, General, I see that your troops are no different from civilians except for turbans, which is too lacking in military temperament, so I have brought two thousand armed belts." It is exactly the same style as that used by the British Army. ”

The owner of the white belt had mistakenly transported them from the British mainland in an attempt to sell them to the Chinese army, but it was clear that his customers did not accept the design of the belt, and his customers were still a very small number of foreigners.

However, the spending power of foreigners in the concession was extremely limited, and the owner of the goods saw that it was better to hand over to Rusya for sale than to let them be moldy in the warehouse all the time. You may be able to make enough profit.

Liu Chang can accept such goods: "That's right, after my soldiers wear such an armed belt, they will become more military, I can buy it, but the price must be right." ”

"I still have a leather bullet belt here, do you need to see it?"

The standard equipment of the early Hongjun was finalized in the conversation between Liu Chang and Rusya, for these little things. They have no direct effect on the combat effectiveness of the army, but they have an indirect effect.

Liu Chang decided to buy a lot of the equipment she was selling, but what he desperately needed most was weapons, especially field artillery and Mini rifles: "I confess, Lady Rusya, that many of the equipment you have sold me is something that Mr. Deemmons did not take into account, and my troops urgently need it. But what my troops most urgently need right now are field artillery and Mini rifles. ”

Rusya knew that the twenty gifts of the goddess were of limited use, so she said with a smile: "I forgot to explain, I have come from Shanghai this time and brought three hundred flintlock pistols, are you going to buy them?" ”

"Three hundred?" Liu Chang had to know that this was a very large number: "If it's three hundred flintlock guns." Not only will I buy them all, but I'll buy all the gadgets you sell me at a reasonable price! ”

For the Hongjun, these 300 flintlock pistols were simply too important, he was equivalent to halving the number of Western-style rifles in the entire army, reaching the scale of 1,000 rifles, and many auxiliary troops and non-combatants could only be equipped with bird guns and cold weapons for self-defense, but now they can replace them with flintlock guns.

However, the surprise provided by Rusya to Liu Chang was not limited: "I also brought thirty Mini rifles, I think your troops urgently need this batch of long-range rifles, right?" I know that Count De Mons has only offered you ten Mini rifles. ”

"No problem!" Liu Chang was very satisfied, Demons only provided him with twenty Mini rifles last time, and now there are thirty more ones, which is equivalent to one and a half times the increase: "You make me satisfied, I will also satisfy you, is there any other gift from the goddess?" ”

She was referring to Rusya's seemingly dispensable partners, who told Liu Chang: "I have also brought some black powder for barrels, and Mr. Demmons has only purchased black powder for guns in Shanghai. ”

Military black powder has the difference between gun black powder and artillery black powder, and the ratio of the two is different, but in view of the fact that the black powder on the battlefield in China is of inferior quality, granular gunpowder has an overwhelming advantage, so many times the two are not distinguished, and the gun black powder is directly and uniformly used.

But what Liu Chang needed now was to knock on the walls of the walled city, and he welcomed it: "I'll buy them all, but when will Ms. Rusya be able to provide me with field artillery?" ”

"As long as you provide enough deposit!" Rusya is not shy about her ambitions: "I am definitely much more capable than His Excellency De Mons, and can provide more weapons and ammunition. ”

Liu Chang is very welcome to the emergence of a second arms agent, which can solve the problem of the monopoly of the arms supply by the De Mons family, although Rusya has more partners in the goods, but the rainbow army can also use these equipment.

"No problem, what do you need to pay with? Gold, silver, silver dollars, or opium? ”

"Give me a batch of Mexican silver dollars!" Rusya told Liu Chang a little fun story about Shanghai: "Although opium has more profits, but it is too slow to sell, when I came here, His Excellency De Mons was still looking for a successor everywhere, and it is estimated that the next time he will transport arms to Wenzhou will be a long time ago, so I still choose the Mexican silver dollar, so that the second batch of arms may be shipped as soon as possible." ”

"No problem!" Liu Chang was very happy because of the increase in the strength of the troops: "You can freely purchase all materials in our control area, and since you are coming to my Rock Town for the first time, I will be exempt from all taxes and fees!" ”

"Happy working together!"

Rusya was unwilling to give up any opportunity to make a profit, although she gave up the more lucrative but very slow to pay for arms with opium: "I will immediately notify my cargo ship to enter the Rock Village!" ”

The next step is the matter of professionals, and the two sides have to inspect the goods and the payment, but this time Rusya took 15,000 Mexican silver dollars from Liu Chang, which is not a small number.

The details of the specific transaction were carried out for a whole day, and then Rusya transported a considerable amount of special products from Panshi Village, as long as they were transported to the port of Shanghai, there would be a good profit.

But what Liu Chang didn't expect was that Rusya did not go straight to the port of Shanghai, but first sailed to the port of Ningbo, she had already investigated the prices of the port of Ningbo in advance, and after making a rather profitable transaction in the port of Ningbo, she sailed to the port of Shanghai.

She did not tell Liu Chang that the 300 flintlock pistols had been purchased from a cargo ship in the port of Ningbo, and that she had just sold a suitable cargo to Ningbo in exchange for a reluctant down payment, and then had taken the ships on credit from the munitions ship from Hong Kong according to the predetermined manifest.

This is the triangular trade between Shanghai-Ningbo-Wenzhou, which Lusya has enjoyed super-profits exclusively for a long time.

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And after solving the trade problem on Ruthya's side, Liu Chang turned around to care about the two princesses, who were still placed in the West Flower Hall.

All kinds of Chinese and Western snacks filled the small half of the table, and Zhou Xiuying obviously understood the meaning of Bao Liu Chang's words, and protected these two national emperors very well, so she guarded the door with a horse chopping knife and did not let them step out of the West Flower Hall.

She even led people to arm the dozen or so guards of the two princesses, and now Yang Changmei and Shi Tinglan could only be trapped in the West Flower Hall, not daring to take a step out of the room.

But Yang Changmei and Shi Tinglan's mood was much better, they were eating snacks and talking in a whisper, using Guangxi dialect, and Zhou Xiuying couldn't understand half of a sentence.

Obviously, as long as Liu Chang didn't kill people, they would have a chance to turn over, and life would go on, and they laughed from time to time, especially when Liu Chang appeared at the door of the room, Shi Tinglan smiled so brightly, and she didn't know what was happy.

"Brother Chang!" Yang Changmei waved her hand at Liu Chang on the table, and she couldn't tell that she and Liu Chang had only met for the first time today: "Brother Chang!" ”

She didn't know whether to call her brother or her younger brother, but Shi Tinglan gave Yang Changmei a box: "Give it to you on my behalf, brother and brother!" ”

Is it peach blossom luck today, or is it a special day? There were three girls who gave me gifts.

Liu Chang thought about it carefully, March 21 was just an ordinary day.

After Liu Chang withstood two silver bullet attacks, he felt that Shi Tinglan's gift could not touch his heartstrings no matter how much it was, no matter what, it was better than Yang Changmei's eight large pocket watches or Rusya's pair of Colt revolvers, these two gifts Liu Chang could use, and now he has been carrying them with him.

But he clearly guessed wrong. (To be continued)