Hundreds of thousands of silver yuan!

Demons only had that number in his mind, and his breathing became rapid.

It was only after he finally calmed down: "You're joking, right?" General Liu, you certainly don't have so much money to buy arms, you are only leading a small force in a limited rebel army, and I even doubt that your army has 500 men. ”

But he still believed in his heart that Liu Chang was telling the truth, and he was eager for an arms order of hundreds of thousands of silver yuan!

He felt as if he was back at the big desk where he was signing contracts for hundreds or even thousands of pounds, and he could sit in the chair and watch the pretty female secretary bend down to sort out the papers, and the Mediterranean sun shine through the blinds......

"No!" Liu Chang told him: "You need to know more about the situation, my Red Turban Army is a powerful and righteous army, don't you know, we have occupied half of the Wenzhou region, including two complete counties, and there are more than a dozen infantry battalions with strong combat effectiveness." ”

"As for my troops, there are now two infantry battalions with strong combat effectiveness, as well as a large number of auxiliary units, not only can you not provide a price that satisfies me, but you can't even provide a sufficient amount of munitions, how can I hand over this order of hundreds of thousands of silver yuan to you."

The argument returned to square one, but De Mons did not hold on to the temptation of profit: "As a merchant, I must first consider your ability to pay, I would like to know, how many silver coins did Your Excellency General Liu bring this time?" ”

"Three thousand silver yuan, three thousand eagle oceans." Liu Chang replied to him directly: "But you can't even complete such a small order." ”

"On the way, I have repeatedly sold military supplies to the sea forces that are rebelling against the government." De Mons defended: "Including Mr. Ge and Ms. Ye that you know, so the arms I have now are slightly insufficient. ”

In fact, although De Mons sold arms many times, he added Ge Mengjin's "big list", and he only sold a mere 2,500 silver yuan of arms from Shanghai this time, and the profits from these transactions could not be compared with Liu Chang's transaction at all.

You must know that Liu Chang placed an order of 2,400 silver yuan from him, and the cost of Demons's purchase in Shanghai did not exceed 800 silver yuan.

However, De Mengs still doubted Liu Chang's ability to pay: "Since you want to provide me with an order of hundreds of thousands of silver yuan, then you can't take a mere two thousand taels of silver." ”

The common currency in trade in this era was all kinds of foreign silver coins, the so-called "silver yuan", a silver yuan weighed about seven coins and two cents, and Liu Chang's three thousand silver oceans were converted into silver taels, which was more than two thousand and one hundred taels of silver.

However, Liu Chang sneered: "You doubt my ability to pay, and it also opens your eyes!" ”

As he spoke, he unbuttoned his clothes, and there was still a sneer on Demons' face, but the next moment his face was full of laughter: "This is?" Is this gold? Your Excellency General Liu? ”

The belt that Liu Chang took out contained many gold ingots that dazzled De Mons, and De Mons' first question was: "How many ounces of gold are there?" ”

"Each gold ingot weighs ten taels, and there are ten in total here." Liu Changfeng said lightly: "This was originally used as a deposit, but you can't accept such a big order." ”

A gold ingot is ten taels, ten is one hundred taels, if it is converted into silver, it is about 1,500 taels of silver, and when converted into pounds, it is more than 500 pounds, which is not worth more than the three thousand silver yang that Liu Chang took out.

These gold ingots were all obtained by Liu Chang with the divine power of his laptop, and in the face of incomprehensible reality, whether it is in the county seat or Panshi Town, there are people who are willing to take out their treasures in exchange for a void future.

After Liu Chang entered the Panshi Village, he summoned the squire to play an apocalyptic scene, and raised two thousand taels of silver in kind, and someone made a special trip to send over the gold ingots that the county had treasured for several generations, and Liu Chang must be asked to accept it.

Now Liu Chang has about one hundred and twenty taels of gold, and he has people dissolve the gold ingots that have been recast into eleven taels, and this time he hid them on his body and brought ten over: "I still have a lot of forty-eight taels of gold ingots at home, and it seems that Count De Muns has no chance with them." ”

A hundred taels of gold is not worth as much as three thousand silver oceans, but the problem is that gold sometimes has a special charm, and Demons is completely intoxicated by the luster of gold: "Do you really have an order for arms of hundreds of thousands of silver yuan?" Can you leave it to me, you can't find a better price here. ”

"You've abandoned this order." Liu Chang told him: "You can neither provide a price that satisfies me, nor even provide enough ammunition to equip my troops, my troops currently have two infantry battalions and several auxiliary companies, and they are desperately in need of advanced weapons to arm them, in addition to this, I am also ready to form a new infantry battalion and more auxiliary companies......"

Three infantry battalions, plus the weapons of the auxiliary company, this is indeed a big business, even if it does not have the hundreds of thousands of silver yuan that Liu Chang said, it is not a small number, not to mention that Demons has been dazzled by the golden light.

He thought he couldn't afford to miss the opportunity, and if he could take the order, he could make tens of thousands of pounds in profit.

This was an era when governesses could only earn four pounds a month, most British wage earners could only earn thirty pounds a year, and if a person had a hundred pounds a year, he could live a happy single life, and at the most of his personal fortune, De Mons had only a few thousand pounds.

Even if the deal fails, Demons feels that he has nothing to lose, and he thinks of all means to secure this order: "General Liu, I am willing to take this order, if you need a Mini rifle, I have a brand new Mini rifle in my warehouse, not a single round has been fired, in addition to this, I can also provide a standard infantry brigade full set of equipment." ”

But Liu Chang was not interested: "Count De Mons, let's end our deal, I need to change an arms agent." ”

As a banker who had been successful, Earl de Mons didn't want such a big business to slip away like this, especially the ten taels of gold ingots that Liu Chang took out, although it was a private cast, it also made him feel drunk and gold-obsessed.

According to His Excellency Liu Chang, this is just a deposit for this transaction!

That's five hundred pounds! For a governess to earn such a salary, it would take ten years to work for a whole year, and with such a sum of money, she could live a whole year in the most luxurious way in any country in Europe, but here, it is only a deposit.

Count De Mons couldn't wait to say: "General Liu, please rest assured, I can not only provide enough weapons and equipment, but also provide you with the most reasonable price, Your Excellency General......"

Without hesitation, he increased the ante: "I can reduce the price, the Brownbess flintlock musket only costs twenty-five silver dollars for one shot, and as for the Krenswick firing gun, it is also only thirty silver dollars, you can't find a more reasonable price!" ”

He has already made up his mind to grab this order even if the price is reduced across the board.

That's right, it's a price reduction!

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