Chapter 60: I Want Your Problematic Guns

In the end, under the offensive of Yang Dongfang's silver bullet, Deng Huanzhuang finally agreed, and Yang Dongfang approved another 1 million to cooperate in the establishment of a company to do some other business, and the 2 million was for the purpose of operating and studying abroad. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In the next few days, Deng Huanzhuang took Yang Dongfang to meet some Cantonese businessmen, and let people buy 2 million deniers of grain, and a large amount of chicken, duck and fish meat.

After solving the matter on Deng Huanzhuang's side, Yang Dongfang went to HSBC to deposit another 2 million taels, and was therefore received by HSBC's senior management, for which he not only proposed to HSBC to buy British machinery, but also to buy arms.

In the end, he relied on HSBC's connections to ask the British Governor in Hong Kong, Rothman, to establish a school.

"Roger, do you think we should agree to allow a Qing to build a school in the British Empire?" Rothmin, who is just over 40 years old, has a balding crown on his head and short white hair, which makes him particularly fond of wearing an old-fashioned upturned corner hat in England.

Roger, who was Luo Shimin's personal assistant, shrugged his shoulders noncommittally on these questions, and said with a smile: "I think Your Excellency the Governor has already had an idea, hasn't it?" ”

Luo Shimin picked up the wine glass on the table, took a sip, savored it, and finally spit out: "Of course, you still know me." ”

It cannot but be said that Yang Dongfang is lucky, as the fifth governor of British Hong Kong, Luo Shimin attaches great importance to education. Before he took office, Hong Kong's colonial history was only a few decades old, and all aspects of society were in urgent need of improvement. During the first few governors, Hong Kong was unrelenting, which made Britain have a bad reputation here.

Only four people in the government knew Cantonese, and only one of them could write Chinese, which made it extremely difficult for the government to communicate with the Chinese, so he established the National University College (Central College), the first government school in Hong Kong, on March 10, 1862, and continued to train British management to learn Chinese.

Now suddenly someone from the Qing Dynasty said that he was also going to build a school here, and it was a foreign Chinese school for business and trade, so that the Qing people could learn English and learn the West, which was undoubtedly good news, and undoubtedly a great circle of light on his political achievements, which opened another door to the Qing Kingdom in disguise, which was dreamed of by all Western countries.

So when Yang Dongfang was apprehensive, his request was approved at a speed he didn't expect.

This made Yang Dongfang very happy, and immediately saved another 500,000 yuan into HSBC for school expenses, and at the same time asked the people in the second place to prepare the school, so he set up the base camp in the school.

He also asked Deng Huanzhuang to contact a group of maritime merchants to collect some clever orphans from Guangzhou, Dongguan, Foshan and other places, which was regarded as the first batch of students.

At the same time, he asked the second department to learn more about contacting some Chinese in Nanyang, and then proposed to Luo Shimin about sending foreign students, but he did not wait for a reply in this regard, and William, the person in charge of the purchase of guns, asked him to come over to negotiate.

"Dear Yang, we can't sell weapons to you, you must know that our government can only sell weapons to your government if your emperor signs the terms of ownership." William's face was very hurt and helpless.

Yang Dongfang didn't believe his nonsense, it is true that he was right, Britain and France and other countries intended to support the Qing court, support the 'My Great Qing' to eliminate the Taiping Army, and fight against the anti-Qing forces in the country.

But in the face of sufficient interests, they will not hesitate to tear up the treaty.

So Yang Dongfang said: "William, we are good friends, you must help me, we buy guns for self-defense, and I promise that we will never let them stay in the southeastern provinces, you can deliver the goods directly to Hong Kong, I believe you can block all the weapons left over there, right?" ”

"This..." William was relieved: "Although I have read the official certificate you showed me that these weapons are for the use of the militia, there are too many. ”

Yang Dongfang relied on some Cantonese businessmen to bribe officials in Guangdong and obtained fake approval slips with official seals, otherwise he would not have dared to directly propose to HSBC to buy weapons.

At this time, as soon as William's words were heard, a thousand grass and mud horses flew by.

How can a seller dislike a buyer to buy more, it is nothing more than wanting to raise the price.

But Yang Dongfang didn't plan to let him eat too hard, so he only said: "Then reduce it from the original 10,000 rifles and 50 artillery pieces to 5,000 thousand guns and 20 artillery pieces, and I will buy the rest from the United States." ”

William's big eyes bulged out, and he began to gag before the price was raised, but he was not a vegetarian either, and reminded with a friendly face: "Dear Yang, you should know that American cowboys are at war, where are the spare guns to sell you." ”

Yang Dongfang pretended to have a forgotten expression: "Yes, I forgot that the United States is still fighting a civil war, and I don't know whether the south will win or the north, it seems that I can only ask the French if they have fought a civil war and whether they have weapons." ”

William's face is full of black lines, he can still block it on the American side, now change to France, don't guess, if Yang Dongfang really finds it, this group of broccoli will definitely laugh happily.

"Ahem! Dear Yang, let's talk about the 10,000 rifles and 50 artillery pieces, whether they fight the civil war or not has nothing to do with us. ”

Yang Dongfang got serious at this time and said with a smile: "Okay! Then let's take a look at the matter of 10,000 rifles, and I still insist on the breech bolt. ”

"Yang, I think it's better to have a front-loading Mini rifle, this thing kills people a lot, it can directly penetrate people, it has a strong deterrent effect, and the quality is guaranteed." William follows the good steps and plays the role of a treacherous businessman to the fullest.

"Nope! No! I still like your paper cartridge case guns that are not of good quality, have little lethality, and will cause problems in wet weather. ”

What's more, William's face is full of tears, don't mention the shortcomings of our guns, okay?

How can you raise the price like this, slaughter the big households, this Qing man is too bad, and he has no business ethics at all.

In the end, Yang Dongfang still bought 18,000 breech bolt rifles at a good price, of which 4,000 were horse rifles, and 100,000 rounds of ammunition were included.

Then Yang Dongfang bought another 600,000 rounds of ammunition in large quantities.

In the end, the two men bought 100 Armstrong guns and 80 front-loading guns, as well as 100,000 shells.

After adding a few other things, a total of 1,500,000 taels of silver were spent.

Of course, this is a huge deal, and it will take at least half a year before it will be shipped to Hong Kong.

After negotiating the deal, William was very happy to take Yang Dongfang to eat a Western meal to celebrate, but Yang Dongfang was disrespectful.

At the wine table, he also deliberately released a news that there was a big gold mine somewhere in Africa, which was discovered by Zheng He in the Ming Dynasty when he went to the West, and he was willing to share the development with the British, which aroused the taste of many British businessmen.

Of course, this is a later story, and it is a long line put by Yang Dongfang.

He drank until late at night, and then he turned back, and kept saying that the amount of alcohol from foreigners was really not small.

When he returned to his lodgings, he fell asleep, and in the middle of the night, a naked, delicate body carefully burrowed into his bed, and became entangled in a daze.

The soft sunlight of the early morning sprinkled in, Yang Dongfang opened his eyes slightly, closed his enjoyment again, and a delicate body as white as jade, naked and naked was as warm as jade and snuggled on his chest.

Yang Dongfang stroked the surface of the silky skin, shook it gently, and the coquettish moan came out of his nostrils slightly, making him extremely satisfied, stroking Hu Lili's hair, and asked casually:

"Why are you doing this? Don't worry, I will definitely slaughter Tang Butcher with my own hands, does it still hurt? ”

"It doesn't hurt anymore. I want to help you share some things, you said that medicine is the foundation of a country, so I want to stay and learn, I hope I can in the future. Hu Lili replied softly, her body was more like eight catching fish and being wrapped around Yang Dongfang's body.

Yang Dongfang didn't expect Hu Lili to have this thought, and asked: "Chinese medicine or Western medicine." ”

"I want both."

"It's not good to be too greedy!" Yang Dongfang agreed, and Hu Lili shook her head slightly: "Don't be afraid, I can take my time." ”

"Okay, just set up a medical department in the business foreign Chinese language school, and I let them select some girls to send in to learn medical care, so that you won't be too lonely." Now that it's decided, just be generous, anyway, doctors are a scarce resource, and it's not a bad thing to train more now.

Isn't it just money! 500,000 taels remained.

"It doesn't hurt, then it's coming." After all, Yang Dongfang was young and frivolous, and when he first met the taste, an evil fire rose in his abdomen, and he was very domineering.

"Ahh Hu Lili exclaimed, then closed her eyes, enjoying the rain and dew in the early morning, and a sultry moan between her nostrils gradually increased.

"Phew, daytime prostitution, a pair of dogs and a man! The teacher is really not a good person, I am really disappointed. ”

Bai Li, who got up early at the door to eavesdrop, squeezed her thighs with her jade hands, snickered and bent over, she seemed to have forgotten who had instigated a certain girl who was lying on the bed and was shot.