President Meng stretched out a little chubby paw and shook it, the meaning was very clear, the purchase order of no less than 5 billion francs would directly help France quickly get out of the shadow of the Franco-Prussian War and return to the position of competing with Britain for hegemony. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Speaker Jules Armand Stennis Rasdufer nodded and said, "What Mr. Yuemeng means, can you talk about it specifically?" Do you want us to help you build your factory when you purchase in the form of an order? What are the requirements of the product? ”

President Meng smiled: "In terms of military affairs, I want to have a production line that can surpass the Mauser 1871 rifle and reach the same level as the Krupp cannon, have my own dock, and be able to build a 5,000-ton warship." As for the civilian industry, I want to be able to reach the current level of French industry. I am in the East, far from you, and will not pose a threat to France! Also, my colony is small. If this cooperation is negotiated, I can assure you that it will be more than a billion francs. ”

French President Thiers and Speaker Jules Armand Stanislas Duvre fell into deep thought, this is indeed too tempting, but this matter is also too big, it is difficult for them to refuse directly, but it is about the direction of France.

After a quiet exchange of views between French President Thiers and Speaker Jules Armand Stanislas Duvre, Thiers said: "Mr. Yuemeng, we are very interested in the cooperation you mentioned, you are a very peculiar person, I am very happy to be able to deal with people like you, but this matter needs to be discussed by the parliament, and the details of the contract between them also hope that a draft can be reached before discussing it with the parliament." ”

President Meng smiled: "Of course, there is no problem with this!" ”

French President Thiers continued: "But the time for the completion of the contract can never be ten years, you know, European industry has been developing for more than 200 years, how is it possible to bring a place with nothing to the current level of French industry within ten years?" In my opinion, this contract should be extended to twenty years, and I can assure Mr. Yuemeng that by 1892, our French government will definitely make the industrial manufacturing level of the Kingdom of Eastern Hawaii reach the level of our France in 1872. ”

President Meng laughed, "But, I want your full set of equipment, industrial technology, this can be learned slowly, ten or twenty years, this is your business, you want to protect your own technology, I can understand, but, equipment and metallurgical technology, this I need now!" This is the foundation, you must guarantee that I will have my own steel mill within a year, and I will make my kingdom full of railways! This must be written into the contract. ”

Speaker Jules Armand Stennis Las Duvre and French President Thiers have been discussing for a longer time this time, and Speaker Jules Armand Stennis Las Duvre frowned and said: "Mr. Yuemeng, this is okay, but our French enterprises that are put into production in the form of orders in your Eastern Hawaiian Kingdom must be operated independently by our French government before the contract expires!" French companies, foreigners are not allowed to meddle, including your people! ”

These two men were well aware that in order to quickly solve the current economic crisis in France, it was necessary to solve the problem of massive unemployment of workers.

President Meng smiled: "That's okay, but we don't interfere, but you have to use our workers!" Otherwise, you wouldn't be able to send tens of thousands of laborers from France to Asia, would you? ”

Jules Armand Stanislas Duvre Speaker and French President Thiers discussed urgently, this meal was too long, as the topic continued to deepen, the two of them felt that Xuan Yuemeng was not joking, although this was an informal meeting, but the impact was great.

President Meng knew that this was a key point of contention between the two sides, the French wanted to solve the problem of unemployment, and he wanted to strive to train more of his own industrial workers, and President Meng did not want too many foreigners in Danzhou.

Several government officials accompanying Thiers and Jules Armand Stanislas Duvre were also discussing in private, and Xuan Yuemeng's style was indeed somewhat straightforward.

Such a big thing, I actually started to talk about it in detail the first time we met.

French President Thiers said: "Mr. Yuemeng, after you cooperate with our French government, you are not allowed to cooperate with other countries!" ”

President Meng smiled: "Yes, then, you have to ensure that my industrial technology level will catch up with the current industrial level of France within five years!" If you can't do that, how can you ask us to do it? ”

French President Thiers sighed and said with a smile: "Mr. Yuemeng, it's an honor to meet you, you are really a prodigy, and the rumors from the outside world are not wrong!" This can be abolished, but I think you know that even if you try to cooperate with other countries, you will only spend money in vain, and our French industry is the best in the whole world! How about each of our enterprises that have been put into production in Danzhou allowed to have 30 percent of the workers of the Eastern Hawaiian Kingdom? ”

President Meng shook his head and said, "It must be fifty percent!" Otherwise, it will hurt my people emotionally, and they will think that these businesses belong to France, not to the Kingdom of Eastern Hawaii! You know, you're a profitable business! I'm going to buy both your equipment and your products! ”

Speaker Jules Armand Stennis Las Duvre and French President Thiers discussed again, and French President Thiers smiled and said: "Okay, Mr. Yuemeng, I can preliminarily promise you, but this is only a preliminary intention, and it still needs the approval of the parliament!" ”

French President Thiers whispered to Speaker Jules Armand Stannis Les Duvre: "This Chinese kid is too rude!" ”

Speaker Jules Armand Stennis Rasdufer replied softly: "Orientals are like this, not yet civilized!" For the sake of money, we should agree, and, in less than ten years, when the time comes, let a strong French fleet go and snatch this colony, just right, and become a strategic fortress for us in the East! ”

French President Thiers smiled slightly and said softly: "Yes, old man, you are the same as I think again!" ”

Speaker Jules Armand Stennis Rasdufer smiled: "Don't worry, he can't learn anything, even if he invests in building a factory in his colony, our engineers are not fools, they know how to keep it secret, not to mention half of the workers, even if 90% of them are his workers, when it comes to the core technology, it is not a child's game, it is not something that can be seen by following it, many principled things, you must lay a good foundation in school!" ”

President Meng saw that the two people had been muttering in front of him, of course, guessing what the two people were thinking, in fact, before coming to Europe, he had already thought about this problem, there are American equipment and a group of technicians to lay the foundation, he is not afraid of technical secrecy, but it is true that his own workers should be trained as soon as possible, President Meng believes in the wisdom of the Chinese.

French President Thiers smiled at President Meng, raised the whiskey in his hand, and said: "Okay, it's preliminary, starting tomorrow, entering the formal draft talks, after that, I will have people submit it to the parliament for discussion as soon as possible!" ”

President Meng smiled, raised his small cup, took a sip of milk and said, "Okay! ”

Leaving the Speaker Banquet Hall, President Meng was sullen, this was not the result he wanted, however, he found that he really didn't have any better way!

In fact, it is not cost-effective for him to spend such a large sum of money, and it can only take twenty years to catch up with the current French industrial capacity, and twenty years later, that is, in 1892, his Danzhou is still only at the level of the French in 1872!

Of course, after there are many prototype factories, the construction of the entire basic industry will be accelerated a lot, and there will be many unnecessary detours, so that it will not reach the level of 1892 or 1872, but according to this catch-up speed, by 1892, it will be able to reach the level of 1880, which is already remarkable!

Twenty years of time, should be able to get up the basic industry, military industry, civilian industry, but the high-end technology is not as good as others, however, twenty years of time is enough to reserve talents, but this speed is not the ideal speed of President Meng.

Princess Katrina Kafu saw that President Meng was sullen, held his hand, and asked softly, "Is it too expensive?" ”

President Meng smiled bitterly, "It's more than twice as expensive!" Moreover, it is not clear whether it will meet the requirements, this is our money to buy technology. It's us begging for others, it's a last resort, and if you want to interest the tiger, you have to have a very fat piece of meat. ”

Princess Katrina Kaaf sighed and said, "These people seem to look down on us, and they are very rude. ”

President Meng didn't take this to heart, you are backward, how can people be polite to you, and you have to rely on yourself to fight for face.

Rob Cles Chief of the General Staff interjected: "Mr. President, I have looked at the European guns of the same period, and only the 1871 Mauser is the most suitable for our large-scale equipment. This gun was invented in 1866 by Peter Paul Mauser, a famous German firearms design expert, and was officially adopted by the German army in 1871. The bolt rotating locking mechanism is adopted, and the locking burst is located at the nose part. When locking, the protrusion tenon is supported in the locking at the front end of the knot, which is symmetrical and evenly stressed. Due to its stable and reliable locking and firing mechanism, it has been widely used in modern rifles. It was the first rifle in history to use a metal cartridge case. The main elements: the caliber is 11mm, the gun length is 1292mm, the barrel length is 852mm, the gun weighs 4.54kg, and the firing range is 300-1600 yards. There is also a carbine, with a length of 953 mm, a barrel length of 648 mm, a gun weight of 3.2 kg, and a range of 200-1100 yards. (To be continued.) )