Yang Xiaoshan is planning to reach a long-term cooperative relationship with this Charles, and his news is constantly being chimstabbed in his natural words. In some conversation, he learned that this Charles came from an American official family, and although his father worked as a tailor and opened a tailor shop in his early years, his father is now an official in Tennessee, in the southern United States.

Even if Charles didn't say it explicitly, Yang Xiaoshan felt that his father should be a big official, otherwise he would not have the strength to match him with an attendant to take care of his life, and also equipped him with a bodyguard to protect his safety.

At this time, the United States was in a period of rapid economic development, and they defeated Mexico and obtained the land of several large states such as California, New Mexico, and Texas on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean. Through a relatively small war, the territory of the United States has almost doubled at a relatively small cost, and it has become the hegemon of the Americas.

The power of the United States finally entered the Pacific Ocean and opened up the route to the East, just like the previous life when China had just reformed and opened up, the most profitable thing at this time was the downfall. Many people left their previous jobs and came to the East to make a fortune through trade. It was under such circumstances that this Charles wanted to come to China to dig gold. But he was very unlucky, his goods were not suitable for China, not only did the goods not sell, but he was also cheated of a lot of money by this high translator. Now it's almost on the verge of bankruptcy.

"Your family is in the south? Mr. Charles, I advise you to move to the north as soon as possible. Yang Xiaoshan smiled mysteriously, the American Civil War took place in 1961, he still knows this, and there are not many days left now. (For the sake of everyone's reading convenience, Lao Wu's translation will not be repeated.) ）

"Mr. Yang, what do you mean by that? Our family still has some roots in Tennessee. Charles couldn't figure out how this son could make such a suggestion.

"Mr. Charles, you are a Christian, and we in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom also believe in God, if I tell you, it is God who tells me that there will be a great catastrophe in the southern part of the United States, do you believe it?" Of course, Yang Xiaoshan can't say that he is a traverser, so he can only put the reason on God.

"Oh my God, have you seen God?" Charles said in doubt, but he felt that what Yang Xiaoshan said might be true, because the North and the South were arguing over the existence and abolition of slavery in Congress, and there was a possibility that they would go off the rails. He was in the eunuch's house, and he had heard of it.

Yang Xiaoshan smiled and said nothing, and Lao Wu said beside him: "Of course, the title of our son is Tongtianhou, he has seen God, and everyone in our heavenly kingdom knows it." ”

Charles seemed to be skeptical, and for a moment could not accept that this Oriental had actually seen their God. But from what he said, it feels like this son of the world actually knows something about the United States, which is simply incredible, maybe he has really seen God.

Yang Xiaoshan knew that this Charles was difficult to accept, but the future development would confirm more and more what he said, and he was not afraid that he would not believe it. If he believes this, it is equivalent to being firmly locked in by himself, and their relationship will become stronger and stronger. Yang Xiaoshan needs foreigners' weapons to arm his team, he thinks this American is good, without the accident of an old businessman, sleek, refined and calculating. And he is dependent on himself, he needs to open the Chinese market by himself, and the initiative is in his own hands.

Of course, Yang Xiaoshan has a longer-term plan, he hopes to build a bridge between the Kingdom of Heaven and the advanced industrial countries of the West through this American, and it would be great if he could set up a few more factories for the Kingdom of Heaven, train more talents, and strengthen the industrial strength of the Kingdom of Heaven. So Yang Xiaoshan showed considerable sincerity and said: "Mr. Charles, I know that your current economic situation is very bad, so I am willing to invest in you and let you be my partner, and we will do business together." In Wuchang, we have a large warehouse of raw silk. I'm going to take these as my investment in you, you can ship these back to Shanghai and sell them, or you can ship them back to your country and sell them, what do you think? ”

"That's great." Charles was about to jump up with joy, he was now running out of money, even if a large warehouse of raw silk was only shipped to Shanghai and sold to second-tier dealers, there would be thousands of taels of silver, which was a lot of money.

In fact, for the kingdom of heaven, the cost is zero, because it was originally captured. But the transaction value is also zero, one is that Wuchang is now surrounded by Qing troops, and no one buys this thing at all now, and second, the shelf life of raw silk is limited, and the Kingdom of Heaven does not plan to stay in Wuchang for a long time, in case it is transferred, these raw silk will be discarded as garbage. So Yang Xiaoshan gave it to Charles, and he didn't feel distressed at all.

"But I have to send two people with you, and we will split the account fifty-fifty when we make money in the future, you won't mind." Yang Xiaoshan is not a fool, he believes in a person unconditionally, how can he put someone by their side to ensure his right to know.

"Welcome, welcome." Charles couldn't ask for it, they didn't know Chinese, and it was difficult for them to move an inch in China. There are people in this world who have money and connections, they are both buyers and financiers, and doing business with him is much better than colliding with him in the Chinese market alone, which is almost equivalent to giving money to himself, where to find such a good thing?

"Lao Wu, you send your apprentices Ah Fu and Ah Gui to go with this Mr. Charles and be the contact between us." Yang Xiaoshan said to Wu Ruxiao.

"Okay." Wu Ruxiao and Luo Outline both know something about foreigners, and they are not resistant to foreigners. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was much stronger than the Manchus in this regard, and they were more likely to absorb and use advanced things, unlike the Manchus, who turned a blind eye and closed their doors to recognize themselves as the boss, even if the Opium War was bullied by the British into not opening the door to study.

It can be said that if it weren't for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom that let the Han elites such as the Huai Army and the Hunan Army learn the power of foreign guns and artillery, and then they became feudal officials with these military exploits, they started the Westernization Movement. Counting on the enlightenment of the Manchurians, China's modernization has not yet been postponed until the Year of the Monkey.

After this long talk, the two sides got acquainted with each other a lot, and a preliminary relationship of trust was established. Charles took off his hat very gentlemanly and prepared to take his leave.

"Mr. Charles, what I want to buy is the most advanced weapon, and the guns must be rifled. You can't sell us scraps from your war with Mexico. Yang Xiaoshan is still a villain first and then a gentleman, and the meaning in his words is not to think that China is backward, and now he still uses cold weapons such as knives and guns, so he will use some low-end goods to make up the numbers.

Charles was stunned in his heart, how could this son know everything, obviously there was no shadow of Western guns in their army, how could they know rifling? Had he really seen God? Omniscient? The more Charles thought about it, the more frightened he became. This trip to the East shocked him too much.