Chapter 48: Help
On the other hand, Leon solved Crostaff's problem, and he was almost rested, so he went back to his room and Sophia's luggage, and prepared to leave the hotel to continue the trip.
As soon as Roger saw that the two of them were about to leave, he hurriedly said, "Mr. Leon, won't you rest for a while?" ”
Leon stopped, gave him a strange look, and said, "Is there something wrong with Mr. Roger?" Let's just say it. ”
Roger smiled bitterly: "Mr. Leon is really smart, okay, let me make it clear, I am not a person who specializes in dealing with disputes between international friends, I am Mr. Sun Wen's secretary, and I am here to contact you on his orders this time." ”
Leon put down the suitcase in his hand and said to Roger, "Mr. Sun Wen? I've always respected him very much, is he getting better? ”
Leon actually understood that Mr. Sunven's time was running out, and that he died on March 12, 1925.
"To be honest, Mr. Sun Wen's health is very bad, but he still went to Beijing to discuss state affairs with his illness at the end of December last year. So I apologize for not being able to see you in person, sir. Roger said with a sad face.
"Hey, I have heard that Mr. Sun Wen has served the country all his life. Today, he is seriously ill but still insists on going north, which is really a model for my generation. Leon sighed and said heavily, "I wonder what did Sir ask you to come to me?" I can help, absolutely help! ”
Hearing this, Roger looked at Leon excitedly and said, "Please wait for half a day." I'm just a secretary, and someone will come to talk to you about what you want to ask for, and as long as you wait for half a day, the person who will negotiate with you on behalf of Mr. Sun Wen will be able to rush here. Thank you, Mr. Lyon, for being willing to lend a helping hand at this time. ”
Leon smiled and said, "It's okay, I'm not in a hurry." With that, he walked back to his room with his luggage.
Half a day passed quickly.
Leon was reading a book in his room after lunch, when the sound of a car sounded outside the courtyard. Leon put down his book and walked out the door, a little curious about who would be entrusted with the important task by Mr. Sun Wen.
After a while, a person walked into the courtyard under the guidance of Roger. Leon was happy as soon as he saw people, and he knew someone who came to him, who was the chairman of the committee in later generations.
When he saw that Leon had personally greeted him, he hurriedly laughed and went up and held Leon's hand: "Haha! General Lyon is so young, and it is a great blessing that your country has a talent like you. ”
Leon automatically ignored his thick accent and said with a smile in Chinese: "Passing the award is just because of the love of everyone in the country, so I took on this great responsibility." ”
Jiang was surprised and said, "Mr. Roger told me earlier that your Chinese is very good, and when I saw it today, it was indeed so." ”
Leon waved his hand and said: "Chinese culture is broad and profound, I have only come into contact with a little bit of skin, and there is still no comparison with a peerless person like Mr. Then he was invited into his room and talked about the rest of the story.
After entering the room and sitting down, Leon asked curiously, "I wonder what Mr. is looking for me today?" Where I can help, I'll definitely help! ”
Jiang was a little embarrassed and said, "I can't hide it, you must know the current situation in my country." Domestic warlords are fighting each other, the industry is backward, and they really do not have the ability to develop and produce advanced weapons to defend against foreign enemies, so can you purchase a batch of weapons from your country? ”
Leon was a little puzzled when he heard this, and said, "Purchasing weapons? That's no problem at all, you can just contact the relevant officials directly, why bother to come to me? ”
Jiang stubbornly said: "There is no problem in the first place, but we want to blindly purchase and not make our military industry recover, so I would like to ask if you can give us technical support while selling weapons to us?" Let us copy your weapons in our own country. ”
Leon thought for a while and said: "Yes, but we are also a defeated country, so we can't sell any advanced weapons, the only weapons we can provide you with are Mauser Type 98 rifles and a small number of MP18 submachine guns, of course, we can transfer these two weapons to you technology." ”
Jiang Yi suddenly became excited when he heard this, and said, "How many of these two weapons are there?" We can buy them all. ”
Leon roughly counted and said: "There are about 300,000 Type 98 rifles in the warehouse, but there are not many MP18s, probably only about 3,000 surplus." ”
"Where's the price?"
"We'll give you $26 for a Type 98 rifle and $90 for an MP18." Leon said sincerely, this price is really very low, almost the cost price, which also includes the money for technology transfer.
Jiang Wenyan silently calculated, the total price was 8.07 million US dollars, not including the money for bullets, he said with a little regret: "Sorry, this price is too high, we don't have that much money, can you be cheaper." ”
Leon reluctantly spread his hands and said: "This is already the lowest price, and with the money for technology transfer, we almost lose money." Personally, I'd love to lower the price for you again, but our parliament won't agree to that. ”
"That's a shame." Jiang shook his head, China is indeed poor now.
Leon thought for a while and said, "Actually, I have another way, you can use the ore as collateral for part of the payment. ”
"What ore?"
"Tungsten ore, iron ore, aluminum ore, etc., we all need it."
Jiang became excited when he heard this, although China is short of money, the last thing it lacks is these ores.
Both sides were very satisfied with Lyon's method of payment, and the two tentatively agreed that the Chinese side would pay for the purchase of weapons and ammunition at the international prices of various ores at that time in US dollars.
Both sides were satisfied with this, the Chinese side received the weapons and technology they coveted, and Lyon received all kinds of resources that Germany lacked, and in the near future, these resources will be used to build a large number of aircraft and tanks, so that Germany can return to the position of European hegemon.
After signing the contract, Leon said goodbye to everyone and continued the journey with Sophia.
They planned to stay in China for 7 days, and after this series of events, two days had passed, but fortunately it was not far from their destination, and the remaining half an afternoon was enough to reach the small town.
When he arrived at the railway station, a special train was already waiting here, which the Chinese side had specially prepared for him in order to thank Lyon for his help.
Leon couldn't shirk it, so he had to accept the Chinese side's good intentions and get on the train. After more than two hours of turbulence, Lyon and his party rushed to the train station in the town before dinner.
On the platform, several Gestapo, who arrived first, had already prepared a place for Lyon, took Lyon's luggage, and the Gestapo took Lyon to the residence by car.