It was impossible for Dermons to reject Anrui's suggestion in the first place: "You should find Miss Ruthya." ”

Trading directly with Hongjun and Liu Chang may seem like a very simple thing, but in fact it represents huge economic benefits.

With the passage of time, the Hongjun no longer has unlimited purchases of all Western weapons, some old smoothbore guns and light artillery have been abandoned by them, and some old Western weapons will not buy all of them if they are too large, but will only buy some of them, but for arms dealers who can trade directly with Liu Chang, this is not a problem.

But there are only two people with this qualification, one is De Mons, the other is Rusya, no matter they transport arms or industrial products from Shanghai or other places, they are Liu Chang's highest priority, there are too many of them, and the weapons are old Liu Chang remembers their past kindness, and they will not embarrass their good friends, and the price is one or two percent higher than others.

Of course, since Demons and Rusya have the right to trade first, they naturally also have obligations to Liu Chang, but compared to their rights, the obligations they should fulfill can be said to be not worth talking about.

In many cases, some arms dealers had to transfer their weapons to Demons and Rusya first because their weapons were too old or too large, and now Anrui proposed to elevate himself to the same level as Demons and Rusya, which made Demons have more fire in his hands.

If it weren't for the fact that this old Mr. Anrui refused to sell him Minnie rifles and field artillery, there would not have been such a competitor as Rusya, but now it is good, Rusya's limelight is stronger than herself, and she has been pressed several times to give up huge profits, and this Mr. Anrui is not very pleased.

The resources of Rusya and Liu Chang's arms trade were all obtained by her from Anrui Foreign Company, but after she made her fortune, she didn't take care of her old customers at all, and just dug up the foot of Anrui Foreign Bank and poached a large number of senior cadres.

As soon as he thought of these old things, De Mons became more and more angry: "What did you say at the beginning, that you should never sell Mini rifles and field guns to Chinese warlords for the benefit of the British Empire, but now, the most active person in selling these things is you, Mr. An Rui."

An Rui lowered his voice and said: "These are all news from the past, we are talking in the carriage, I have an important piece of news, which can be enough to make you change your mind." ”

"What's the news?"

De Mons was immediately vigilant, sometimes a weighty piece of news is enough to make them a hundred times a thousand times the money, and Anrui can actually think that this news can be moved, obviously not ordinary weighty news.

The two got into the carriage, but Demons still made his own suggestion: "Go back to my apartment and talk."

Although he has made a fortune, De Mons still lives in the apartment, but he has considered buying two independent bungalows to entertain guests, but he has not liked it yet, and An Rui still vigilantly looked at the guard at the door after arriving at De Mons's apartment, and then personally took out a revolver and searched left and right, and then decided to go out with him.

"De Mons, you should know that our British Empire has maintained a policy of neutrality in China for a long time, and does not allow its citizens to sell arms and other strategic materials to the Chinese."

The fact that this policy was just a piece of paper was nothing more than a piece of paper, and the Qing army's purchase of foreign arms in Shanghai and other places was never hindered by any situation, and the fact that the Taiping army could not purchase large quantities of Western arms was not strictly enforced until Li Xiucheng's attack on Shanghai. …,

On the contrary, many Western businessmen had a rebellious mentality, and the British did not allow arms sales to the Taiping Army, and they had to work against them to sell large quantities of arms to the Taiping Army.

It's just that now, this ban has been clearly extinguished, the Qing army in Zhejiang has almost disappeared, in the confrontation between the Baoshun and the Ziwei Star, they have been devastated again and again, and now they have no spare power to intercept the Western merchant ships that sell arms to the Hongjun.

So De Mons said with concern: "How will the policy change? However, no matter how it changes, it will not affect our normal trade, unless the foreign secretary is a madman and will give up the best chance to open China's door

This is a true statement, and Anrui agrees: "According to what I have learned, the British government wants to normalize trade with China in the future, and we will remain neutral." ”

It is completely impossible to normalize trade with China and maintain a neutral status with the United Kingdom at the same time, but the next moment Anrui said the purpose of the British government: "The government wants to allocate quotas for trade in China

This sentence had an earth-shattering effect, and Demons understood it immediately.

This is because some big people in the government have seen the huge benefits of the special trade between Shanghai-Ningbo-Wenzhou, but they have not been able to share the benefits, so they will come up with the method of quota allocation, and he asked a little angrily: "Will our navy replace the Chinese army in the future to carry out merchant ship inspections along the coast?" ”

"Yes!" An Rui replied to him: "That's why I am eager to trade directly with General Liu Chang!" ”

De Mons's breathing became heavy, but he quickly calmed down, and he understood Anrui's opinion.

After the strict investigation of smuggling, the quota allocation will be hot, and it will be a place for those big people to get their hands on it, but even these big people must respect the reality, and he must respect the strong people who are making a lot of noise on this route, and reserve enough quotas for them.

Whoever can seize a sufficient share of this golden route before the introduction of the new policy will be invincible in the allocation of quotas, and he agreed with An Rui's suggestion: "Mr. An Rui, we can cooperate to clean up that uninteresting chick, happy cooperation!" ”

"Happy working together!"

And at this moment, Lusya, the long-legged chick that Demons hated the most, was sitting opposite Liu Chang, and the two sides were talking with pen and paper.

No matter how you look at it, Rusya is a beauty above the standard, which is pleasing to the eye, not to mention that she showed a snowy breast today, which made Liu Chang's face smile.

Zhou Xiuying, who was just standing outside the door and was in charge of the guard, snorted and walked out directly with Bao Meiying: "It's really unlucky to see this demon girl again!" ”

Although from the perspective of later generations, Rusya dresses very conservatively, but the exposed calves and delicate jade hands still make Zhou Xiuying look very unpleasant, and Bao Meiying also feels the same way: "What a shameless foreign girl, dressed so revealing!" ”

"It's shameless, don't learn this Rusya!" Zhou Xiuying said very directly: "Don't wear clothes like that to seduce the inspection point, otherwise I will slash you with a knife!" ”

Bao Meiying stuck out her tongue, she had already come out of the pain of the destruction of her family, she said angrily: "No, I'm not like Shi Yang and the two mothers, I am tired and half dead during the day, and I have to ...... at night."

Zhou Xiuying flicked Bao Meiying's forehead with her fingers: "When I was on the night shift, I ran to listen to the heels of other couples' walls, a yellow flower girl is not ashamed, not to mention that they are still threesomes every time, and you haven't left the cabinet yet!" ”…,

Bao Meiying said angrily: "Sister Xiuying, haven't you heard of it?" By the way, Sister Xiuying, what do you think of inspecting this person? ”

Bao Meiying is a naïve girl, and Zhou Xiuying flicked her forehead again, and reprimanded: "Little girl, you can't think nonsense when your heart is moved, the inspection is a God-given person, isn't it what we women can think."

"But ・・・・・・ it's ・・・・・・" Bao Meiying thought for a long time, and said with a red face: "People are just talking, not thinking about anything bad." ”

Speaking of which, in addition to having two mothers and being a little younger, Liu Chang is indeed a first-class good match in the world, but Zhou Xiuying covered up the past: "Don't say it, by the way, a batch of good horses has recently arrived, transported from the north, I will pick a pony for you." ”

"I don't want a pony, I want a big horse!" Zhou Xiuying replied: "I just like Yingjun." ”

A trace of indifference and sadness slipped through Zhou Xiuying's eyes, but she still covered up the past: "Then you can pick it yourself, but you are only allowed to choose a female horse, not a stallion!" ”

The two girls walked away with a smile on their faces.

And Liu Chang and Rusya are also gradually entering the valley, Rusya came this time not only to sell Liu Chang a few steam engines, she told Liu Chang: "Recently, the Hunan army has purchased a large number of arms from Shanghai, you should pay attention to this!" ”

"We have always paid close attention to the Hunan army!" Liu Chang regarded the Hunan army as the number one enemy to fight in his unification of the world, if it weren't for the Hunan army factor, he would be ready to take Hangjiahu now, instead of managing Wen Shaoning, Taijin, and the six mansions as meticulously as he is now.

The Hunan army is indeed a strong soldier in this era, although the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is self-defeating, according to Li Xiucheng's words, it is "self-provoking death", but without the Hunan army, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom may be able to toss for a few more years.

The corners of Rusya's mouth showed cute dimples, and she said sweetly: "Have you ever heard that this time, in addition to Hu Xingren bringing five battalions of personal soldiers, Li Yuandu will also lead the eight battalions of Hunan troops into Zhejiang!" ”

There are a total of thirteen battalions of Hunan troops, that is, six thousand five hundred, and it is also a side Hunan army, not the old foundation of Zeng Guofan, and the combat effectiveness is average, Liu Chang felt that he should have no problem coping with it, but the next moment Rusya said again: "But in addition to these two Hunan troops, it is said that the north will also send a prince to lead the Mongolian horse team and Han infantry to aid Zhejiang, have you heard the news?" ”

Liu Chang became nervous all of a sudden, and he blurted out: "Monk Greenqin!" Is it Monk Grinqin? It's a pity that it wasn't Shengbao. ”