"Sit down, nephew, these two have come from England to do business in our Qing Dynasty for nearly ten years. We are old friends. Pan Youdu spoke very fluent French, and in Europe at this time, the official language in Europe was to use French.

"I asked you to come here today because of what you need, and these two gentlemen feel that they can do it with confidence, and in addition, they think that our cigarettes have a certain profit margin, and they want to talk to you about the cigarette trade."

"Oh, I've always been interested in business, but I don't know how you two are going to talk to me?" Liang Pengfei straightened his robe, leaned back in the chair, picked up a glass of red wine handed over by Yahuan in his hand, and put it under his nose to sniff lightly.

"This, Mr. Pan, ......" Smith was a little stunned, and turned his face to look at Pan Youdu who was sitting on the side, he didn't understand why Pan Youdu actually allowed this young man to take the initiative to speak here.

"It's all right, dear Mr. Smith, I think he can represent me, you know, he's my partner, and it's important." Pan Youdu had an unchanged smile on his face, and the fluent French that came out of his mouth also came into Liang Pengfei's ears.

Seeing Pan Youdu's gaze and the smile full of meaning, Liang Pengfei curled the corners of his mouth in understanding, and smiled faintly, at this moment, Liang Pengfei completely grasped Pan Youdu's meaning, that is, today he is the protagonist of this business negotiation, and Boss Pan is ready to watch his performance.

"Okay, since you insist." Smith shrugged his shoulders and set his eyes on Liang Pengfei. "Mr. Liang, we learned from Boss Pan that you and Boss Pan own a cigarette factory, producing a kind of cigarette that we have never smoked, very delicious, you may not know, in the past few months, Boss Pan has sold nearly 100 boxes of cigarettes to our friends in Macau, which is very popular, so, as a friend of Boss Pan, I came to discuss whether we have the possibility of cooperation."

Smith's gray-green eyes revealed the unique deceit of a businessman: "In addition, we heard from Boss Pan that you need a patent, but you may not know that in our British Empire, it is difficult to get a patent ......"

"I remember a proverb that says that everything in this world has a value! Moreover, most things can be measured in terms of money, whether it is a patent, or even a territory, or even a country. Liang Pengfei waved his hand absently and said with a smile.

These words made Smith's heart feel like a confidant, which made him even more vigilant, and it seemed that this young man who was less than twenty seemed to be a difficult character.

"This ...... Hehe, what you say makes a lot of sense, in our Europe, it is. Smith touched his green chin.

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"One hundred thousand taels of silver?" Pan Youdu couldn't help frowning, and his eyes fell on Liang Pengfei who was sitting beside him, but Liang Pengfei was still holding the red wine in his cup without even blinking his eyelids.

"It's a must, you know, in our Europe, royalties are very expensive, especially for these things of great commercial value, such as this picric acid, in our Europe, it is the best yellow dye, and the dyed fabric will not fade......" Smith's mouth stirred hard, praising the bitterness in the sky and on earth.

"Are you sure it's 100,000 taels of white eyes?" Liang Pengfei took a small sip of wine, put the wine glass on the table, raised his eyes, and looked at the boastful British businessman, with a mocking smile on the corner of his mouth, yes, it was indeed mockery.

“…… This one. After a quick exchange with Thomson beside him, Smith squeezed out a smile: "Mr. Liang, you must know that the inventor of picric acid is our scientist in the British Empire, I have a friend who happens to know that scientist, and it is already very appropriate to obtain a patent from his hand, and it will cost a lot of money to keep those workers who know how to make picric acid away from Europe." You don't know, France doesn't know how much it cost for this bitter acid......"

Smith originally wanted to say an exaggerated amount to let Liang Pengfei know how much of a preference he had, but when he saw the inexplicable light in Liang Pengfei's eyes that seemed to be smiling, he couldn't help but stop.

Liang Pengfei took a half-smoked cigar in his mouth, sparks were bubbling on the flickering cigar head, and his eyes fell on Smith's exaggerated and vivid face. "I can promise you the patent of picric acid and a complete set of picric acid extraction equipment at the price of 100,000 taels of silver, of course, hire two familiar picric acid production personnel, their salaries are paid by me, I believe, with the generous remuneration I give them, even if they are allowed to join the nationality of the Qing Dynasty, maybe they are willing."

"You're very wise." Smith originally thought that Liang Pengfei had seen through his tricks, and he was already mentally prepared to be bargained by Liang Pengfei, but he never thought that the young businessman of the Qing Kingdom in front of him would agree so easily. One hundred thousand taels of silver, Smith felt that his heart was trembling when he thought about it, this was the wealth that took him seven years after arriving in the East, and now, there was not even any expected difficult negotiation, let alone bargaining, in less than a day, one hundred thousand taels of silver actually smashed on his head.

Pan Youdu looked at Liang Pengfei, his head turned into a mess, and he also didn't quite understand whether Liang Pengfei was in too much of a hurry, so that he left his reason at home, or whether this little guy was drunk last night and still not sober.

"He's talking about 100,000 taels of silver, nephew." Pan Youdu still couldn't help but speak.

Liang Pengfei gave Pan Youdu a reassuring smile and nodded, his eyes under the smoke were still clear and rational: "I know this, so I will agree to him." ”

Liang Pengfei's answer made Pan Youdu speechless for a while, the loser was not so defeated, Pan Youdu lit a cigarette stupidly, he felt that he was simply salty and eating radishes, forget it, anyway, this kid doesn't listen to persuasion, and he can't blame himself for suffering when the time comes.

"This guy is either two hundred and five, or an upstart who doesn't put money in his eyes." Smith, who saw all this in his eyes, was annoyed in his heart, why didn't he be bold enough to say 150,000 taels of white eyes, or even 200,000 taels of silver, and this young businessman who was full of money might also agree.

"However, I have a small request, if you can't do it, then the conditions I just promised you will be null and void." Liang Pengfei Shi Ran's words raised Smith's careful liver from his chest to his throat.

"Mr. Liang, please tell me that since we have become business friends, out of friendship, I will definitely try my best to help." Smith is not stupid, although Liang Pengfei said a small request, but who knows what kind of request this incomprehensible young businessman of the Qing Kingdom will make?

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"I need you to attach the patent for mine mercury, as well as its production equipment, and I also need to help me recruit two workers or scholars who know how to make mine mercury." Liang Pengfei tucked the cigar between his fingers, tilted his head and smiled nonchalantly.

"Thunder mercury?" Smith was confused, he didn't even know what was called thundermercury, let alone where to find it.

"You're talking about thunder mercury?" At this time, Thomson, the assistant accountant and lawyer beside Smith who had rarely spoken, asked Liang Pengfei.

"Do you know about Thundermercury?" Liang Pengfei set his eyes on Thomson, and Smith also looked at his assistant with a puzzled expression.

"Yes sir." Thomson nodded and said, "The chemist E. Howard once published a paper on the preparation of mine mercury, and at that time, I was still studying at Oxford, and I knew some of it. ”

"So what is the use of thunder mercury?" Smith's mind immediately quickly calculated whether he could get more benefits from this thing and from this Qing businessman.

"There's no use, it's just a newly discovered chemical. However, this kind of thing is somewhat dangerous and can easily explode. Thomson knew what his employer was thinking, but he couldn't figure out what Thundermercury could do.

Liang Pengfei retracted his gaze, cocked Erlang's legs, and tapped his fingers lightly on the armrest: "Mr. Smith, how is it?" I'm sure you only need to invest two or three hundred pounds in that chemist, E. Howard, and he will be happy to teach you how to make it, and scientific research is a very expensive job in itself. ”

Smith was just about to speak, when Liang Pengfei raised a finger at him: "Don't talk to me about the price again, I made you at least seventy or eighty thousand taels of silver in this business, do you know why?" Liang Pengfei's eyes were full of the shrewdness of a businessman, and there was a faint smile.

"This, in fact, we can't earn so much." Smith licked his dry lips and squeezed out an ugly smile, like the miser who couldn't even eat to eat, saw the look on the face of a guest coming to the door.

He had a feeling of being completely seen through by this young man, which made him very uncomfortable in his heart, he felt that the initiative of today's business negotiation was actually completely controlled by this young man of Qingguo, and there was a feeling of being completely seen through by this young man, and his original excited emotions were like being poured a basin of cold water on his head, and he became vigilant.

(To be continued)