Three hundred flintlock pistols? Liu Chang almost shook Demons's hand and kept shaking.

At Dragon Lance Sentinel, 300 flintlock muskets can arm three infantry companies, and an infantry company is generally armed with only ninety rifles, and the remaining non-combatants are armed with shotguns for self-defense.

With these 300 flintlock muskets, whether it is the green battalion or the regimental bravery, with the current combat effectiveness of the dragon lance battalion, they can cut all the way through like cutting a watermelon.

You must know that including the two purchases of weapons and the seizure in Yang Shanren's Mansion, Liu Chang only has 240 rifles in his hands, and now the newly purchased flintlock pistols alone have reached as many as 300 rifles, and they are completely sideways in Zhejiang.

He managed to calm his mind, and Demmons continued to tell him the second surprise: "Also, I have brought you a hundred and fifty firing pistols!" ”

"Good!" Liu Chang patted excitedly: "Okay!" Very nice!"

Although there are fewer firing rifles, they are better than fast rate of fire and good reliability, one firing pistol can be worth two flintlock pistols, and with such 450 newly purchased rifles, it should not be a problem to sweep the Taizhou capital.

It's just that then Denis gave Liu Chang a real surprise: "In addition to this batch of flintlock pistols and firing guns, I finally purchased a batch of Mini rifles for Your Excellency after repeated efforts in Shanghai?" ”

"Mini rifle?" Liu Chang almost didn't jump up: "How much?" ”

Whether it was a flintlock pistol or a firing rifle, their greatest weakness was that their shooting was not accurate enough and the effective range was too close, but the Minnie rifle brought a revolutionary change, and the ongoing Crimean War became a one-sided show of the Mini rifle, and the effective range of the Mini rifle even exceeded that of all field artillery on the Chinese battlefield.

Although in the following years, breech rifles would knock out the breech Mini rifles. But in this day and age, the Mini rifle is not only the standard equipment of the British and French armies, but also the best and most reliable rifle.

In other words, if the dragon spear battalion with Mini rifles encountered the pure infantry units of Britain and France, the two sides still had the possibility of fighting each other, not to mention the ordinary Qing army.

De Mons told Liu Chang a disappointed number: "After my repeated efforts, I purchased twenty Mini rifles for Your Excellency!"

"Too little!" Liu Chang told him: "I don't care about the price, what I need is more Minnie rifles." Also, I need a lot of Western artillery!"

De Mons said that he had some difficulties, and that he could not buy only Minnie rifles and artillery, which was the reason for the strict control of this advanced weapon by the administrators of the concession, but he assured Liu Chang. As long as he was given time, he promised to supply Liu Chang with a large number of Mini rifles.

"General Liu, by that time, I will provide you with thousands of Mini rifles, thousands of barrels of black powder, and many more weapons and equipment......"

But then, when the two sides negotiated the price, the two sides quickly reached an agreement on the price: "A flintlock pistol." Twenty-five silver yuan, one shotgun, thirty silver yuan, one mini rifle, fifty silver yuan. ”

The value of the 20-shot Mini rifle was as high as 1,000 silver yuan, but the price of a flintlock pistol purchased at a price of 70 silver yuan or even more than Qu Zhenhan was quite reasonable, although the price was much higher than the price in the Shanghai concession. What's more, De Mons also provided a part of the giveaway as compensation.

Only this time although De Mons brought a large amount of supplies, other arms and materials were relatively small, and the final transaction between the two sides was 13,000 Spanish silver dollars, which was less than 10,000 taels of silver if converted into silver taels.

Therefore, Liu Chang once again urged De Mons to work harder: "Count De Mons, I hope your title of earl is worthy of the name, if you can provide more arms!"

Demons didn't know that he had made a super profit on this trade. The transaction of thirteen thousand silver yuan, his cost was less than five thousand silver yuan, and Liu Chang still held countless silver, silver yuan and gold in his hands.

He hated the old-fashioned Englishman, and if he deliberately got in the way, he should have made three times more profits. The order he placed at that time was enough to equip an infantry brigade, and the amount of ammunition he finally got was far lower than he expected, and the Mini rifle was only provided with ten guns in the name of samples, and he found a relationship with an American diplomat to get ten foreign guns from other foreign companies, and reluctantly paid Liu Chang here.

He knew that he would not monopolize this good business for too long, not only the Qing Dynasty sailor ships appeared on the sea of Zhoushan, but many of the big ocean companies in Shanghai were trying to find out who the big customers of their arms business were, and once these big ocean companies were involved in this business, he would only get the most insignificant share of the big business.

It's just that when he was leaving, Liu Chang thought of the prosperity of Panshi Village, and suddenly said more: "Are you interested in tea?" ”

De Mons's body suddenly shook, and he hurriedly said: "My job is to engage in the trade of Chinese products, whether it is raw silk, tea, tongdong, rhubarb or other trade goods, it is my traditional business scope!"

Wenzhou is a relatively traditional tea export port, and now at this time, new tea is about to go on the market, and in the area controlled by the Red Turban Army, affected by the war, farmers are very worried about the sales of these important products.

"Then I can issue you a permit, and you can carry all the trade you want in Rock Town and the nearby ports."

"Thank you very much for your permission, General, I will protect you and pay five percent of the tax according to the regulations."

For De Mons, his arms trade is a purely unilateral trade, if he can transport back some trade goods from Wenzhou back to Shanghai Port, then his profits will increase exponentially, but De Mons quickly thought of a point: "Then please ask Your Excellency General, can I export opium to the port under your control!"

"At this point, we remain consistent with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and the ports we control protect only legitimate trade relations, but not the illegal opium trade," Liu said categorically. ”

It's just that he quickly thought of a point: "However, you need Gongban land, in the recent military operation, I have captured a large amount of Gongban land, and I must find a market for this batch of Gongban land." ”

"Leave it to me!" You can't import opium, but it's good to be able to export opium, and De Mons told Liu Chang good news: "Recently, the public land in the Shanghai market has risen to 1,300 silver yuan a box, and now it is just right to sell." ”

"But I have twenty boxes of land." Liu Chang told De Mons: "Even if the lowest price is calculated, a box of 700 silver yuan, this is 14,000 silver yuan." ”

Twenty boxes of public class land were seized in Yang Shanren's mansion, and Liu Chang wanted to find a market for this batch of public class land, but the premise was that he could not sell it in his own control area, and he wanted to sell it to the Qing control area, but only now two boxes of public class land were sold, although the price of one box reached 1,800 silver yuan, but the sales speed was too slow.

In the military operation in Ruian City, the dragon spear battalion confiscated more opium, including Gongban soil, Calcutta soil, Jinhua soil, Persian opium, and even a small amount of self-produced opium in Wenzhou, adding up to fifty or sixty boxes, but Liu Chang did not want to bet on Demons alone.

Twenty boxes of public land can't make any waves in a big port like Shanghai, but for Demons, he can't find enough collateral in his hand, even if this arms trade is all paid for by public land, he still owes Liu Chang a lot of money, not to mention that Liu Chang paid him a deposit.

It's just that he quickly thought of a way: "If you hand over these twenty boxes of public class land to me, not only will you pay any silver yuan for this transaction, but I will also be willing to pay you half of the excess profits from the sale of this batch of opium in Shanghai as a deposit for you!"

Liu Chang agreed to his conditions: "I agree to such conditions, but I don't want to make an example, I hope you will send a new batch of arms as soon as possible, and I will inform you of an important news privately!"

"My unit is about to launch a military operation against the Taizhou capital in the near future, and if it goes well, our trade will be carried out on Yuhuan Island or a good port off the coast of Taizhou."

"May you be invincible!"

The arms deal with De Mons lasted three days, and finally De Mons bought a batch of local agricultural products from Panshizhai and sailed back to Shanghai, and both sides were very satisfied with the trade.

For De Mengs, despite the obstacles of the old-fashioned British, De Mengs still made three times the profit, and for Liu Chang, he didn't have to pay a silver dollar, and only used twenty boxes of captured public land to exchange for a whole shipload of weapons, and also sold out a part of the backlog of agricultural products in Panshi Town, which was really a triple win.

It's just that after obtaining this large number of weapons, the entire Panshi Village is filled with gunpowder smoke all day long, and from day to night is the scene of rifle live firing, and now in addition to the dragon gun battalion, the Nanxi battalion with Nanxi post as the core has been newly formed, Liu Chang has achieved what he once boasted to Demons, he has two complete infantry battalions in his hands.

The two infantry posts are composed of three foot posts, the dragon lance battalion is the dragon lance post, the dragon lance second post and the rock whistle, the Nanxi battalion is the Nanxi post, the newly formed Nanxi second post and the cattle knife post, and the extra Jintang post is used as the mobile force of the entire Panshi Village.

A full 470 new rifles, plus the original 240 rifles, enabled the Dragon Lance Battalion and the Nanxi Battalion to basically realize the transformation of foreign guns, and even the main sentry non-combatants were able to replace the shotguns with brand-new flintlock guns.

It's just that the training intensity is also very high, and Liu Chang has already issued a death order, and he must complete all the reorganization and training of the two battalions before the end of March, and then march to Taizhou.

It was only before Taizhou marched that Liu Chang held a confidential meeting of the officers above the platoon level of the main force.

In the auxiliary troops, except for a few people such as Shi Huiji and Shi Yunqing, they were basically not qualified to participate in this meeting, so the atmosphere of this meeting was extremely solemn, and everyone did not even dare to talk to each other, not to mention that Liu Chang said very clearly at the beginning: "This meeting is the most important meeting since the establishment of our group!" I would like to make it clear in advance that all the contents of this meeting are not allowed to be recorded or conveyed downwards. ”

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