Wu Chongyao sneered: "In that case, then it is better for our Nanyang Company to buy weapons from Europe." www.biquge.info Last time, the Minister of Nabourblon, and the Prince of Prussia, pitched their firearms to the Holy King and me, but the Holy King refused them, believing that we had already ordered them from Monsieur Marshali. Their smoothbore guns cost only twenty-six silver dollars. And those smoothbore guns, all cheaper than Mr. Marshali's offer. ”

Feng Yunshan also didn't say a word and nodded.

Marshali's face changed, and he said, "Then, I'll go talk to those friends." ”

Then, Marshali walked to the side and chatted with the foreigners for a while, and this time came over with a smile: "Your Highness the Holy King, Mr. Wu, after some persuasion from me, they agreed to give a discount to this batch of weapons, but they want to give a discount in the form of bullets and shells worth 200,000 silver dollars, you see?" ”

"Yes! Another point, like artillery and warships, requires you to provide a few instructors to train us and teach our soldiers how to use them. Feng Yunshan spoke.

Ma Shali hurriedly agreed, saluted Feng Yunshan, and said, "Then the cooperation is happy!" Your Highness, I heard that you have other things to ask me for? ”

"Yes, I have heard that last year Commodore Perry, commander of your country's navy's East India Fleet, arrived at Ben with a fleet and asked them to open the door. I wonder how it is now? Feng Yunshan asked directly.

"Oh, His Highness the Holy King was asking about this. It so happened that Commodore Perry sent me a letter saying that his fleet had reached the Strait of Malacca and would be on Hong Kong Island in a few days. The fleet will arrive in Libon in March, and Mr. President will entrust Commodore Perry with plenipotentiary in Benz to force Benz to open the country and trade with him, and Perry will then borrow a general from my side who is familiar with commercial affairs to help negotiate. ”

"I see! This king came to Mr. Mashali to make a deal with your country. Shengguo Nanyang Company is also very optimistic about the market and wants to trade directly with it. Why don't you send a sailor to your country's Perry fleet together with your country's Perry fleet to force it to open a treaty port, so that everyone can communicate with each other? Feng Yunshan directly stated his purpose.

"Well, this, His Highness the Holy King said a little suddenly, and from my personal point of view, Mashali, I am very much in favor of it. Brigadier Perry, however, was not under the jurisdiction of the Minister, so ...... "Marshali was embarrassed and began to play haha.

"Mr. Marshali, as long as you come forward and help persuade General Perry to let the Holy Kingdom and Nanyang Company open the market smoothly, this king promises to give Mr. Marshali a hardship fee of 100,000 silver dollars." Feng Yunshan said calmly.

"Huh? My God, dear Highness the Holy King, are you telling the truth? Ma Shali became excited, and immediately reacted after asking, as if he was afraid that Feng Yunshan would regret it, and immediately agreed: "One word is a certainty!" His Highness is my most faithful friend of Marshali, and I will do it. ”

Feng Yunshan looked at Wu Chongyao and smiled relatively.

This dead Yankee, who loves money like his life, immediately slapped his chest as soon as he heard so much benefit. I don't know how much intermediary money this three million silver dollar deal will allow him to get from which weapons dealers.

Feng Yunshan and Marshali were on good terms, and when Perry's fleet arrived on Hong Kong Island, he took Perry to Guangzhou and introduced him to him.

Subsequently, Feng Yunshan asked Wu Chongyao to lead a group of people from the Ministry of Public Works and the General Staff Department to lead the soldiers of the captive army stationed in Guangzhou to inspect the weapons of the Chinese arms merchants brought by Ma Shali, and Wu Chongyao led the manager of the Nanyang Company to pay 80 percent of the fee, and the remaining 20 percent of the fee had to be paid only after the instructors sent by the foreigners taught the officers and men of the captive army how to operate and drive warships and artillery.

Looking at the busyness of everyone, Feng Yunshan remembered what Ma Shali said about the Sharp Company due to the changes between the shareholders, the insufficient investment funds, and the unsatisfied production capacity, resulting in the insufficient production of the Sharp Spear Musket, so he casually asked: "Mr. Ma Shali, I don't know what you said about the dispute between the shareholders of the Sharp Company, you said that they also came this time, can you summon a meeting?" ”

Having made a lot of money and was in a good mood, Ma Shali hurriedly said: "Your Highness the Holy King, of course you can!" ”

"His Highness the Holy King, inventor of the Sharps rifle, Christine. Mr. Sharps also came. That's the one! Marshali pointed to a middle-aged bald foreigner in his forties among the several foreigners in the distance, and then said: "Holy King, there is also a third shareholder of Sharps Company, the partner of the earliest Mr. Sharps. He and Sharps had a conflict with the other two major shareholders of the company, who were ready to withdraw their capital and wanted to sell their shares in Sharps, but no one was willing to accept them because of the company's losses. ”

The two of them came to Guangzhou this time, and they also wanted to meet so many customers who bought Sharps rifles, and wanted to take an opportunity to find some investment. I wonder if the Holy King is interested? Mashali told the story of the matter.

"Hey, I see! This king is very interested, Mr. Marshali, thank you for this news, very good! Please ask them to come over and discuss. Feng Yunshan couldn't have imagined that this Sharps company, which could produce such an advanced breech rifle, would lose so much that no one invested, and secretly said that this was really an opportunity that fell from the sky. I already knew what bullshit smoothbore gun production machines and drawings I was buying, and I would have to buy this Sharps company directly.

Marshali will Sharps and partner Albert? The two of them brought it to Feng Yunshan.

When the two of them heard Marshali say that the Holy King of the Holy Kingdom had an intention to invest in the Sharps Company he founded, their eyes lit up and they were overjoyed.

Originally, it was just a chance of luck, but I didn't expect to run into a big luck, and the two said their wishes on the spot: they hoped that Nanyang Company would invest $800,000 to acquire two other names named Samuel? Robbins vs. Richard? Lawrence's shareholders hold 80 percent of the total shares.

800,000 US dollars, that is, 800,000 silver dollars, Feng Yunshan did not care, however, he made a request: to relocate the entire Sharps rifle manufacturing company to Guangzhou, otherwise there is no need to talk.

The bald Sharps scratched the top of his hairless head, discussed with his partner for a while, and begged Feng Yunshan that because the equipment and machines for manufacturing rifles had been installed, and the workers were all in Virginia, once relocated, they would not be able to produce for at least a year, and the cost would be huge, and more importantly, the workers in the United States might not necessarily be willing to come to Guangzhou.

Therefore, they suggested that it would be better to keep the company's production base unchanged and simply move Sharps to Guangzhou. At the same time, as long as there is more investment, a second production base for manufacturing rifles can be set up in Guangzhou, and people can also be recruited from Guangzhou to study at the factory in Virginia, USA.

When Feng Yunshan heard this, he smiled, but it wasn't like anything, it was even better than his own idea. Not only has it established its own rifle production base in Guangzhou, but there is also a factory in the United States, which is also convenient for the Holy Kingdom to buy equipment there at any time. In addition, you can also seize the time to produce more rifles for the captive army.

Sharps didn't have a choice. It was his dream to develop the Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company into a world-class weapons company. But now, the company has been losing money, the two major shareholders want to withdraw 80 percent of the capital, he is looking for investors everywhere in the United States, but no one pays attention, and finally has the life-saving straw of the Holy King, so he naturally has to grasp it tightly.

Feng Yunshan immediately asked Wu Chongyao to send trustworthy people to rush back to the United States with the two of them to buy the weapons company called the "Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company" from the two major shareholders. At the same time, let Wu Chongyao then recruit a group of workers in the Holy Country and send them to the Sharps Company in the United States as soon as possible to study, so that they can come in handy as soon as possible.