Because she had greeted Su Qiaomei in advance, after bringing Yingzi over, Qiaomei was very happy. Since Qiao Mei left the women's camp, there is no one else around her except Sister-in-law Zhu, Xiaoshan brought Yingzi over, and Qiao Mei was very happy.

The longer Yang Xiaoshan and Qiaomei get along, the more she can appreciate the benefits of Qiaomei, she is not jealous, and she thinks about Xiaoshan in everything. She regards Xiaoshan as her own sky, and whatever he says, Qiaomei thinks is right. With such a wife, Xiaoshan is very content.

After settling Yingzi, the stone in Yang Xiaoshan's heart finally landed, and as for that Meng Deen, Xiaoshan didn't treat him seriously. If he dares to trouble himself, there are ways to deal with him.

The top priority now is how to improve the combat power of the Taiping army, which is also the task assigned to him by the king of the east.

"Xiaoshan, who do you think I brought you?" Luo Xuan walked into Yang Xiaoshan's barracks excitedly.

Yang Xiaoshan raised his head and was startled, and behind Luo Outline stood a Chinese and three foreigners. The foreigner at the head was a white man, about twenty years old, very tall, estimated to be more than one meter eight, with a hooked nose, sunken eyes, a tall nose, wearing a black dress and a gentleman's hat, typical of Westerners in this era. It's just that he doesn't look very good and looks a little down.

"This is Charles? Mr. Johnson, who is an American, has come to us to do business, and the last two are his entourage. This is Mr. Gao, a translator brought from Shanghai by Mr. Charles, and his commercial agent. Luo Outline introduced to Yang Xiaoshan.

Yang Xiaoshan was stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted, and said very politely: "Welcome, welcome." ”

"I'll just say, the prince is a very enlightened person, if you have anything to trade, you can talk to the prince." Luo Xuan turned back to the high translator and said. Luo Jian had met foreigners in Guangdong in his early years, and he knew that foreigners had powerful firearms, so after meeting foreigners in Wuchang Church, he knew that they were here to do business, but his authority was not enough, so he led them to Yang Xiaoshan.

"This Mr. Charles is an American, the first time he came to China to do business, this is his manifest, see what you need." Gao Translator handed over a slip with both Chinese and English.

Yang Xiaoshan took the list and looked at it, and smiled dumbly, this American is really stupid, no wonder he will go to Wuchang to do business, even if these things go to Chongqing, they can't be sold. It turned out that the manifest was a piano, a violin, a suit, a top hat, a silver fork, a silver plate and other items. These things seem to be ordinary things for food and clothing, but they are not sold in China.

In this era, there was such a group of dumb-headed foreign businessmen, influenced by "Marco Polo's Travels", thinking that China was full of gold, and they did not inquire clearly, and dared to sell anything to China.

"Mr. Gao, please tell Mr. Charles, these things can't be sold in China at all, these are Westerners' belongings, and we Orientals don't need them." Yang Xiaoshan replied politely.

Gao Translator relayed Xiaoshan's words to Charles, and the big man was a little crazy and said a lot of things sadly.

"Mr. Charles said that he went from the United States to Hong Kong to Shanghai to Wuchang, and he thought that hundreds of millions of people in China needed it, and his goods could be sold out. Who knows, but he can't sell a single one, he wants to ask the prince, what do you Taiping Heavenly Kingdom need? Gao Yi relayed.

"We need your guns." Yang Xiaoshan immediately replied that this era has begun to enter the era of hot weapons, and the fastest way to improve combat power is to equip these foreign firearms.

That Charles listened to Gao Yi's words, took out a pistol from his arms, and gestured with his hand.

"He asked, how many taels of silver do you take for this short gun?" Gao Yi asked for the foreigner.

Yang Xiaoshan took the pistol, this is a revolver, it looks quite small and chic. This kind of workmanship is only available in industrialized countries.

"Let Mr. Charles set a price, as long as the price is fair, we will charge as much as we want." Yang Xiaoshan is not boasting, now the Taiping Army has a lot of silver, but he can't spend it.

"Thirty taels of silver for a short spear, forty-five taels of silver for a long spear, how will the prince see it." As he spoke, the tall and thin translator unconsciously pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose, and his small eyes narrowed.

Yang Xiaoshan sneered in his heart, you and I don't know English? Although he learned dumb English in later life, he was okay for exams and couldn't communicate, but he could still understand English numbers. That Charles clearly said that there were ten taels of short guns and fifteen taels of long guns, but this high translator had all tripled.

"What do you do, Mr. Gao?" Yang Xiaoshan wanted to touch the bottom of this person.

"The contemptible people in Shanghai help foreigners do business and trade some goods for them." Gao Yi replied.

"It turned out to be a comprador. This person is too black-hearted, he wants to deceive at both ends, and he wants to make such a big difference with his mouth. Yang Xiaoshan has the bottom in his heart, this Charles must have been deceived by him for the first time to do business in China, no wonder he looks so depressed.

"Come on, put this high translator out for me!" Yang Xiaoshan's face changed and he said sharply.

Xiaoshan's guards immediately came over, grabbed Gao Yi's arm and pulled him out.

"Why did you drive me away, do you know English? Do you still want to do business? Translator Gao was not reconciled, he struggled and shouted.

"Gao Yi, you have tripled the price, am I right?" Yang Xiaoshan stared at Gao Yi fiercely with both eyes, and immediately broke his trick and made him more interesting.

"You know English, how is that possible? You can actually speak English! "Gao Yi never thought that there would be Chinese people in Wuchang who could speak English, and you should know that there are not many people in Shanghai. And he inquired, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is all mud legs from Guangxi, and they don't necessarily know Chinese characters, but the son in front of him actually understands English!

"Shizi, what's going on?" Luo still hasn't understood the outline.

"I'll explain to you later, you go and invite Lao Wu of the Holy Treasury over, and say that I have something urgent to find him." Yang Xiaoshan knew that Lao Wu had worked as an accountant in the 13th Bank in Guangzhou, and he knew English. Then he turned back to the overwhelmed foreigners and explained, "He is a cheater! You say ten ，he say thirty.”

Now Charles was surprised, this Chinese looked so young, he actually understood English, and praised again and again, "Oh my god!"

Yang Xiaoshan knew that his broken English was only to this extent, and he had to let Lao Wu explain this exchange to the foreigners. After a while, Wu Ruxiao came.

This time the exchange was much smoother, and Yang Xiaoshan planned to talk to this American about business.