"No problem! No problem! De Mons agreed: "I also brought a lot of good things this time, including 100,000 fire caps alone, as well as saltpeter, sulfur, and ......."

Although whether it was gold or silver or silver taels, they were only converted to each other, but De Mons still wanted to get the two three-pound gold ingots first, and as a successful banker, he preferred gold.

The price offered by De Mons is about seventy or eighty to one times higher than the concession price in Shanghai, although it is profitable, but in the eyes of Zhou Xiuying, it is a very reasonable price.

You know, when the knives were stationed in the county seat of Shanghai, the price of weapons and ammunition they bought from foreigners was much higher than this, and De Mengs risked his life to deliver arms to Wenzhou, but only doubled the profit, and this General Liu's means of bargaining were also stronger.

As for the freight rate for Demmens to send the rest of their knives to Wenzhou, Liu Chang also gave a very high price, and as for the drill bits, broache bits and sulfuric acid sold by Duncan, he also gave a high commission.

However, after Liu Chang settled the total amount of arms shipped by Demons in detail, he was very dissatisfied: "It's only 7,900 silver yuan, right?" Erase the odds, give you eight thousand silver yuan, the excess is considered the deposit for the next time, you have too little ammunition, I have gold and silver, my troops urgently need advanced weapons to arm them, next time you can't only bring such a small number of weapons to me, otherwise I will cancel your arms agent qualifications! ”

He was indeed dissatisfied with the number of rifles that Deemmons had shipped, and although there were far more black powder, saltpeter, and brimstone than expected, the most urgently needed flintlock and firing rifles were seriously insufficient.

Previously, he purchased sixty-five flintlock pistols and firing pistols from Dermmons, and later obtained thirty-five flintlock pistols from Yang Shanren's Mansion, adding up to ninety-five foreign guns, and this time he purchased forty-five firing pistols and one hundred flintlock pistols, which totaled two hundred and forty foreign guns.

According to the calculation of three infantry squads in one infantry platoon and ten foreign guns in one infantry squad, 240 foreign guns are only the equipment of eight infantry platoons.

And now the dragon lance, Nanxi and Panshi are already three infantry companies, nine infantry platoons are formed, and at least 270 rifles are needed.

The reserve has been prepared to form an infantry company, and Zhou Xiuying brought the remnants of the Shanghai Xiaodao Society to serve, with this part of the force as the backbone, and then add a part of the Dongxiang veterans and Qing army prisoners, it can be formed into an infantry company.

The Western-style equipment of these two infantry companies can only wait for the next ship of Demons to solve it, but the shortage is not limited to these two hundred and ten rifles, Liu Jiajun still has a large number of combat and non-combatants who need better weapons to equip them, and Liu Chang's command will not be limited to five infantry companies, in this case, Liu Chang will need five hundred rifles in the short term.

Thinking of this, Liu Chang solemnly explained again: "Next time, no matter how difficult it is, I hope that Count De Mengs will give priority to transporting infantry weapons, at least least, and also provide me with three hundred rifles!" ”

Zhou Xiuying understood now, when she was on the ship, she heard Duncan, the foreigner who rescued her, say that this Liu Jian was a very rich general, and he placed an order of hundreds of thousands of silver yuan with De Mons. However, Demons's strength was too weak to provide the number of weapons that General Liu needed, and the munitions that Demons could provide were mostly ammunition, and the number of rifles and artillery was not large.

It is Liu Chang who can come up with such a large order, so the price of De Mons is so reasonable.

Liu Chang continued: "I am very disappointed that you did not bring artillery this time, and if you can bring me artillery to my satisfaction next time, you can offer all the reasonable prices you can determine." ”

This is the big fat sheep, as long as Demons can get artillery, then Liu Chang can accept "all the reasonable prices that can be determined", and Demons can no longer find the north: "No problem, no problem!" The reason why I can't provide more guns this time is just a special period after the incident of the Little Knife Club, and after I go back this time, I will organize a large number of rifles and field guns to be transported to your fortress as soon as possible! ”

This business, for Demons, is not as simple as earning thousands of silver yuan.

He confirmed that General Liu Chang was a strongman with sufficient ability to pay and credit, and that he had long been eager for advanced Western arms, and in this case, as long as he maintained a long-term relationship with General Liu, De Mons could earn at least a few thousand silver yuan or even tens of thousands of silver yuan in excess profits every month.

It was as if he had returned to his villa in the Mediterranean, and if this business continued, he might be able to retire in a few years, and then open a major European bank with hundreds of thousands of pounds, and slap the female secretary's ass whenever and wherever he wanted.

What a happy life!

However, after reaching a cooperation, the two sides continued to carry out a long and trivial transaction, Demons refused Liu Chang's invitation to go ashore, insisted on staying on his sailboat, and set off for Shanghai as soon as the deal was over to buy more arms for Liu Chang.

Now the specific details of the transaction do not need Liu Chang to be responsible for personally, Qu Jie and Huo Qiu stayed on the sailboat, personally inspecting all the goods, they checked very carefully, after all, these arms will be used on their sentry.

And Liu Chang invited Zhou Xiuying, Duncan and the old department of the Little Knife Society to come ashore and specially pick up the wind and wash the dust for them.

The place of dining was set in the living room at the south gate of Panshi Village, these people were obviously hungry for a long time, and as soon as the food came up, they ate and drank vigorously, Duncan praised repeatedly: "Delicious, these Chinese dishes are delicious!" ”

He has been down in Shanghai for a long time, those drill bits and broach heads are not appreciated, and they can't be sold at all, so he has no choice but to join a British foreign company as a small clerk, but the British boss of the small foreign company treats the staff as harshly as the Chinese employees, and when Duncan left Shanghai, he still owes Duncan three months' salary.

Of course, Duncan did not suffer a loss, and when he left, he took a lot of goods from the foreign company, including the 100 liters of concentrated sulfuric acid sold to Liu Chang this time.

As for Zhou Xiuying and the old department of the Little Knife Society, they were besieged by the Qing army for a full seventeen months, and they hid in Tibet for a whole month after breaking through.

She wielded the knife, which was more than a meter long, and it was as easy as a backhand pattern, and the blade didn't even touch the tabletop, as if the knife was part of her body.

In fact, Liu Chang only saw the lightning flashing, and the chicken had fallen apart, Zhou Xiuying had already picked up a chicken leg and gnawed it, she asked Liu Chang while eating: "Check, how do you arrange our brothers and sisters?" ”c