In fact, the real situation is that these three people learned the news that Yang Xiaoshan was about to go west, and this group of profiteers immediately joined forces and prepared to slaughter Yang Xiaoshan. After all, the comprador circle is so big, don't look at the fact that they belong to different foreign companies, in fact, they are all their own people, and they don't see each other when they look up. They have privately agreed that no matter who wins the bid, the money will be shared equally among the three of them.

"Old Wu, how much money do I have in my former military account?" Yang Xiaoshan had no choice, knowing that he was slaughtered, he was ready to admit it.

"Shizi, you've been spending a lot of money lately. You are in charge of the expenses of the Nanwang family, and it is a big expense to build Tianhua School, and you advance money to give them grain and grass on Lin Li's side. You only have a few thousand taels of silver in your account, and you have bought foreign guns, and you can't get by. Lao Wu said worriedly for him.

Yang Xiaoshan didn't expect that he would also be stumped by money one day, he had stopped fighting recently, and he couldn't copy the Qing court's treasury. The money in the account is only not in and out, and it is really going to be empty.

"What to do? To buy this foreign gun or not to buy it. Yang Xiaoshan was entangled in his heart.

At this time, a personal soldier came over and whispered a few words in Yang Xiaoshan's ear. Yang Xiaoshan immediately smiled.

"Shizi, you have to think clearly, you rejected our offer this time, and next time you come to us, this time the carriage and horse expenses will have to be doubled with you!" When the buyers and sellers learned that Yang Xiaoshan had rejected all of their offers, they were annoyed and angry.

"Please take care of yourself, send off!" Yang Xiaoshan waved his hand, ignoring their threats at all.

The French and German compradors scolded and left, and the cunning British comprador walked back after leaving, and he smiled at Yang Xiaoshan and said: "We have something to discuss in the British foreign firm, eighty taels of silver, and we can cooperate in the future." "The compradors of the British foreign company thought it was a matter of price, anyway, these guns were eliminated by the British government, they were not worth anything at all, and they were sold for money. He lowered the price of a foreign gun by ten taels, thinking that in this way Yang Xiaoshan would trade with him.

"As for your outdated front-loading smoothbore gun, I don't want ten taels of silver! Get lost! Yang Xiaoshan scolded angrily, I really don't know the goods. Come on, get him out! Yang Xiaoshan said to the soldiers.

The British comprador was scolded so red that he was scared and walked away.

"Shizi decided not to buy a gun?" Lao Wu still didn't understand what was going on.

"These profiteers are too much, and they must not be found to do business with them in the future. Lao Wu, I haven't told you a good news yet, your apprentice Ah Fu just asked someone to bring news, Charles, that American has arrived in Shanghai, and he has brought us foreign guns. Yang Xiaoshan sighed that he was really lucky, Charles came back in time, and he didn't have to be slaughtered by those profiteers.

Two days later, Charles led his group to Tianjing, and Yang Xiaoshan immediately greeted them on the edge of the Yangtze River to his military camp.

"Good fellow, Charles, you've brought so many guns!" Yang Xiaoshan looked at dozens of boxes full of foreign guns and said excitedly.

"Shizi, here are five hundred American Hall-style rifles, all of which were bought with the money you earned from the raw silk you gave me last time, and the price is according to what you said before, fifteen taels of silver each. This rear-loading rifled gun is not cheap in the United States, it is twice as much as the front-loading rifled gun, and it is the latest rifle that you bought according to your requirements. Now they're all yours. Charles pointed to the Hall-style rifles.

Yang Xiaoshan was so happy that he picked up one and watched it, it was really brand new, the design style was simple, and the rough mine was very suitable for military use.

"Shizi, this Hall rearloading gun has an advantage over other guns, its bolt, barrel and bolt assembly can be removed and assembled into another Hall rearloading gun. This is the only rifle in the world where the parts are interchangeable. Charles described the advantages of this gun.

Yang Xiaoshan understood as soon as he heard it, the parts can be interchanged, this is too important, first, this gun can be mass-produced and processed, which is convenient for military factories to increase production, and second, it is convenient for maintenance and assembly, even if the gun is broken, a few bad guns can make up parts and form a good gun, which undoubtedly saves a lot of costs for the heavenly kingdom that has no production capacity.

"Great, Charles, this Hall rear-loading gun is fantastic." Yang Xiaoshan was full of praise.

"Shizi, don't be busy complimenting, there are surprises. Look at me there's still good stuff here. Charles pretended to be mysterious.

Ten Colt pistols and ten six-pounder field guns came into view of Yang Xiaoshan.

"How much do these cost?" Yang Xiaoshan didn't expect Charles to get these for him.

"I don't need money, it's an addition to the five hundred Hall rear-loading guns you bought." Charles smiled, "Shizi, you don't know, your order saved the life of one of our factory owners. I came to my father with your order, and my father introduced me to a munitions factory owner, Mr. White. The poor gentleman was preparing to commit suicide in bankruptcy. ”

"Oh, what's going on?" Yang Xiaoshan asked curiously.

"You also know that our country has a big war with Mexico. Many military factory owners made a fortune as a result, and Mr. White also bought the patent for the Hall rear-loading gun at this time, and built a new military factory dedicated to the production of the Hall rear-loading gun, and the result was short-lived, and the Mexican-American War ended. He couldn't recover the cost because he invested too much, and he persisted for a few years, and his distributors all went out of business, and he couldn't hold on, and he was on the verge of bankruptcy. At this time your order saved his life, and he heard that you would have to buy a lot of rifles in the future, so he gave these to you as a gift, and these pistols and field guns were not paid back to him by the distributor. Charles pointed to pistols and field guns.

"That's a lot of money." Yang Xiaoshan didn't expect that he would make such a good deal by mistake.

"In addition to these, there are a hundred boxes of ammunition, which were also given by Mr. White. He wants you to give him the bullets and buy them. "Charles really brought a lot of good stuff.

"Yes, in the future, all the weapons and ammunition of our heavenly kingdom will be bought from him." Yang Xiaoshan felt that weapons and ammunition must be produced in the same place as the most suitable.

"In addition, I also brought you my personal gift for our future cooperation and business. I brought two gentlemen, Jones and Brown, both officers in the Mexican-American War and now retired. I brought them to teach your soldiers how to use these guns and artillery, and I think you must need them very much! With a wave of his hand, Charles invited out two strong American men, their eyes were determined and their postures were upright, and they could be seen as standard professional soldiers without introduction.

"Charles, I have to say, you were so thoughtful, you exceeded my expectations for you. We will definitely be able to form long-term partners. Yang Xiaoshan was overjoyed, Charles's arrival greatly enhanced the combat power of his team.