At the beginning of the Qing Empire, the defense of Han officials was very thorough. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Until the Taiping Rebellion more than ten years ago, whether it was the Eight Banners Army or the Green Camp Army, they were no longer of great use, so they had to reuse Zeng Guofan, the Han governors.

Power is a good thing, and once it is released, it cannot be taken back.

The current Qing Empire, which looks the same as before, is actually turbulent, especially after the death of Zeng Guofan, who was loyal to the central government, and the game between the central government and the local governors has intensified.

Gogil, that is, the little fat man, is a Manchurian nobleman, so his factory can get orders from the Qing Empire, Li Mu is not surprised at all, so now the governor who came to the door is very interesting.

Early the next morning, Li Mu, who had only enjoyed one night of family life in Riverside Town, returned to Springfield and received Cheng Gengchi in his villa on Welsh Street.

"Mr. Cheng, look up for a long time-" Li Mu greeted Cheng Gengchi at the door of the villa and greeted Cheng Gengchi according to Chinese customs.

Seeing Li Mu, the complexity and surprise in Cheng Gengchi's expression flashed away, and when he looked up again, he was already replaced with a smile that made people feel like a spring breeze: "Don't dare, don't dare, Mr. Ream is really young and promising, Cheng has been admiring him for a long time, and he really deserves his reputation when he sees it today." ”

Li Mu keenly noticed that Cheng Gengchi was using "Limu", and immediately knew in his heart that he didn't want to have any connection with "Li Mu".

It is estimated that the name "Li Mu" has become taboo to some extent in the Qing Empire, that is, I don't know whether people who study history should avoid learning the history of the Warring States Period.

In this case, Li Mu also abandoned the idea of asking who the governor behind Cheng Gengchi was, in fact, there was no need to inquire about it, there were only a handful of governors of the Qing Empire, and there were very few who had the ability to go abroad to buy weapons, so on the whole, the people behind Cheng Gengchi were about to come out.

To the living room to sit down, Cheng Gengchi did not say much greetings, and immediately entered the topic: "Since coming to Springfield, it is really eye-opening, I originally thought that my Han family people suffered humiliation overseas, but I didn't expect that there is a different world here, a few days ago Cheng went to Mr. Rim's horse weapons company, what he heard and saw is refreshing, the Chinese spirit of the horse weapons company is excellent, quick and powerful, clean and neat, and self-improvement, as a model for my Han people, All of this is because of Mr. Reem's ability, which is really admirable to the old man. ”

"Being overseas, not as good as at home, everything has to rely on yourself, if you want to be respected by others, you must first respect yourself, the Chinese in Springfield have proven that they are no worse than white Westerners, all this is not a fluke, it depends on the concerted efforts of all Chinese to have today's situation, not the credit of one person." Li Mu is polite, the so-called medicine and medicine do not die of disease, Buddha is destined to be a person, and there are also Chinese in the United States who are bad gambling and alcoholic, and there are even more cheating and tricksters, those people can only fend for themselves, and no one will pity them.

"Hehe, Mr. Reem is too modest-" Cheng Gengchi nodded with a smile, and continued to talk about the Horse Weapons Company: "Cheng visited the weapons show at the Horse Weapons Company a few days ago, and was deeply surprised by the performance of the Horse brand rifle and the heavy machine gun in the rainstorm. ”

Yesterday I was still buying shoes, and today I came up to buy guns directly, which is big enough.

But Li Mu likes it very much.

"Of course you can, we are open for business, and all the people who come are customers, so there is no reason to excuse ourselves." As long as there is money to be made, Li Mu will definitely welcome it, as for what Cheng Gengchi bought a weapon for, this is no longer within Li Mu's consideration.

"Thirty taels of silver for a horse rifle, two thousand taels of silver for a heavy machine gun in the rainstorm, one hundred rounds of ammunition for each rifle, and one thousand rounds of ammunition for each machine gun, we can issue relevant supporting documents according to your requirements." Li Mu made an offer.

This price does not include rebates, Li Mu said, "You can issue relevant supporting documents according to your requirements", which means that the horse arms company can fill in the price on the contract at will according to Cheng Gengchi's requirements, and even if Cheng Gengchi goes back to report three hundred taels of silver and a rifle, as long as it can be said, it is also Cheng Gengchi's ability.

"Thirty taels of silver—but it's a little expensive." Cheng Gengchi did not consider the rebate, but was entangled in the price of the rifle.

"Hehe, this price is not expensive, presumably Mr. Cheng has also been to Gogil's Zaihan factory, and he also knows some about the prices there, compared with the goods in Gogil's factory, our weapons can be regarded as good and cheap." Li Mu is not in a hurry, there is a little fat man in the pit, and the products of the Junma Weapons Company are indeed of good quality and low price.

Arms is indeed the most profitable industry in the world, Li Mu now has his own steel plant, and DuPont is closely connected, can get smokeless gunpowder at the lowest price, so the cost of the product has been compressed to the extreme, each horse brand rifle, the cost is only about seven dollars, if sold at the price of thirty taels of silver, it is about thirty-seven dollars and five dollars, so that the profit of each one is thirty dollars, which is indeed a huge profit.

But compared to the little fat man's Han factory, the Horse Arms Company is dwarfed.

According to the news that Li Mu knew, three months ago, the Qing government purchased a batch of weapons in the little fat man's Zaihan factory, and this batch of weapons still used the black fire and powder system, and it could only shoot a single shot, not Spencer's seven-shot, Winchester's thirteen-shot, and other similar new weapons, it should have been eliminated after the American Civil War.

This incident has been rumored to be a joke in Springfield, and the Qing government has become the biggest fool in Springfield's population, and even the faces of the Chinese with the Horse Weapons Company are not honorable, and finally the Chinese of the Horse Weapons Company are forced to wear the standard clothing of the Horse Weapons Company when they go out, so as not to be laughed at.

The Qing government, which had become a laughing stock, did not know it, and actually invited Bruce Motley, the mayor of Springfield, to attend the signing ceremony between them and the Zaihan factory, and Bruce Motley attended as promised, and recommended the Horse Weapons Company to the representatives of the Qing government.

In fact, there is nothing to understand, this is the standard Qing government version of the collusion between officials and businessmen, one is willing to fight, the other is willing to suffer, and no one is qualified to oppose it.

"Zaihan factory - hehe, don't mention it." Cheng Gengchi is an understanding person, after hearing Li Mu's words, he waved his hand with a wry smile on his face, and Cheng Gengchi was also ridiculous about some of the behaviors of the Manchurian nobles.

"Hehe, it seems that Mr. Cheng is an understanding person, so it's okay, for the sake of our lineage, I'll give you a ninety-fifty percent discount." Li Mu took the initiative to discount, anyway, after the discount, it was also a huge profit.

"Ninety-five percent off - hehe, Mr. Reem, the number of weapons I want to buy is very large, at least fifty thousand rifles to start, and a hundred heavy machine guns in the rainstorm, can there only be one ninety-five discount?" Cheng Gengchi was dissatisfied with Li Mu's petty family.

50,000 horse brand rifles, less than 1.8 million US dollars, 100 heavy machine guns in the rainstorm, less than 240,000, adding up to more than 2 million points, I don't know if it's because Li Mu's pattern is too big, such a big business, Li Mu actually feels that it is not worth talking about in person-

"Mr. Cheng, you should have been in Springfield for some days, so you must know the current situation in Springfield, I dare to say that in the United States, and even in the world, the Continental rifle is the best rifle, and it is the only rifle that uses smokeless gunpowder as the propellant, and the application of smokeless gunpowder is of immeasurable military value. Li Mu is confident that he is not afraid that Cheng Gengchi will not buy it.

In fact, compared with rifles, the significance of smokeless gunpowder is more reflected in rapid-fire weapons, such as rainstorm heavy machine guns, long before the appearance of smokeless gunpowder, even if it is a large-scale killing weapon such as the Makqin heavy machine gun, it can only be abandoned by the government, because there are too many residues of black powder.

Now the situation is different, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is equivalent to 30 years in advance of the research of smokeless gunpowder, these 30 years for the military role is immeasurable, at least now if the governor behind Cheng Gengchi introduces heavy machine guns in heavy rain, it will play its due role, this is good or bad for the Qing government, it is still unclear.

"Of course, the performance of the Continental rifle is trustworthy, and my governor also intends to buy it, so I will be here in Springfield, if it is Mr. Rieem's intention, it is not impossible, but Cheng has another request, as long as Mr. Riem agrees, the price is easy to say, and my governor will increase the order." Cheng Gengchi is also confident, and he is not afraid that Li Mu will not agree.

"Let's hear it first." Li Mu is not in a hurry, see what Cheng Gengchi wants to do.

"If the Governor of my family wants to set up a smokeless gunpowder factory in the Far East, the machines needed in the factory can be purchased from the Horse Arms Company, and the necessary manpower can be hired from the Horse Arms Company, and if Mr. Ream agrees to this condition, then everything will be well said." Cheng Gengchi tried to see the dagger, and it turned out that he actually got this idea.

"Hehe, what's so difficult about this, the customer is our God, the customer's request is our goal, don't say it's a smokeless gunpowder factory, even if it's an arsenal, it's not impossible to open it to the Qing Empire." Li Mu is bright, and he has no intention of cherishing himself at all.

It is now the nineteenth century, and if you want to get more profits, you should dig out from expanding the scale of production, rather than controlling the output and raising the price.