The ministers of various countries walked into the lobby with the secretaries of the counsellors, greeted several ministers of the prime minister's yamen, and the bidding officially began.

Li Taitai is now full of confidence, not only because he is well-equipped and the price has also been adjusted, but more importantly, Li Taitai has said that some ministers of the DPRK and China have come forward to exert their own influence for themselves, and there is the strength of the British Empire, such a condition, if you can't win this negotiation, then there is really nothing to say.

Li Taitai took the lead in showing his plan: from the seven warships in the original plan, to the current 12 warships, plus 15,000 shells, the total price is 4.5 million taels, in Li Taitai's view, this is already a very good condition, you must know that the original seven warships, but they have already opened their mouths to the price of 5 million taels, and after calculating it inside and out, it is already a third cheaper.

Most importantly, Li Tai no longer insisted that the British control the fleet, but instead the British controlled the warships, and the command of the fleet was handed over to the Qing generals, which was a huge concession, and also allowed the Chinese to board the ships for study and training.

In Li Taitai's view, such conditions, even if they are not the most favorable, can be said to be one of the most favorable, coupled with the strong influence of the British Empire, it is inevitable to win this deal!

Immediately afterwards, the French also showed their own plan, the total price was 4.2 million taels, and the rest of the conditions were almost the same as those of the British, Li Tai's face changed, but after all, there was no action, the difference between 30,000 taels of silver was still acceptable to Li Tai, and the French couldn't snatch this order!

Next, Spain and the Netherlands jointly presented their own plan, and one country took the order. It's a bit difficult. The two countries joined forces to fight. With a total price of 4 million taels, it can help the Qing government train a navy, but it needs to add another 800,000 taels of personnel funds!

When it came to the Tsarist Russian minister, the Tsarist Russian minister directly threw out an offer of 3.5 million taels, but the requirement was that the fleet must have a general designated by the Tsarist government before it could serve as the commander of the fleet!

Just kidding, designated by the Tsarist government, then the entire fleet has not all fallen into the hands of Tsarist Russia? Tsarist Russia's ambitions for China. That is Sima Zhao's heart, everyone knows it, if you want to play with a careful eye, where can you hide it from Guo Ye's eyes?

Guo Ye behaved quietly, and cast his eyes on Hua Ruohan, and said in his heart, brother, it's up to you this time, don't let me down!

Hua Ruohan stood up confidently and said, "Your Excellency Prince Gong, General Guo Ye." Our offer from the United States of America is two million taels of silver, which may be allowed to be paid in installments. The time limit is three years, to be paid in five years, which will help your country to train a naval force and technicians, and at the same time allow your country to send a team to the United States to study ......"

Hua Ruohan talked eloquently and said his conditions one by one.

Everyone present was stunned, joking, is this Hua Ruohan crazy? In this era, all arms trade is a huge profit, and at least it must be maintained at more than double the profit, so everyone will do it!

Because of the competition of various countries, so everyone has pressed down the price, if there is no public bidding, this list, I am afraid that there is no six million taels of silver will never be done!

Two million six thousand taels of silver! Then the profit that the Americans can get will definitely not exceed 500,000 taels, what is the profit enough for such a small profit? It is even more unacceptable to pay in installments, is Hua Ruohan stupid!

Hua Ruohan is naturally not stupid, and now it is Li Tai and Bruce who are stupid! After all, neither of them dreamed that the Americans would throw out such a plan, this is simply desperate, where is there such a game?

"Mr. Warrhohan! As the British Minister, I make a solemn protest like you! You must not be so much, you are unfair competition, you will seriously damage the interests of arms dealers of various countries by doing so, I ask you to change the current program! ”

Bruce was the first to stand up and shouted at Warren.

"Yes, Mr. Warrhohan, your trade plan in the United States of America is outrageous, it is unacceptable to us, you must change your order!"

The French minister, Christon, also shouted.

If you don't play like this, you will harm others and yourself!

Hua Ruohan said with a smile: "Everyone, we are fair competition, I have not had any contact with the prime ministers here in private, and I have not made any money at a loss, I just compressed the profits, after all, while making money, the United States of America also needs to establish a long-term friendship with the Qing government, this is our gift to the Qing government, and it is also a tribute to General Guo Ye of the Qing Dynasty!" ”

Bruce was not angry: "Hua Ruohan, you don't come to this set!" What long-lasting friendship? I think you're here to make trouble, don't let us attack them en masse! In that case, it's not good for anyone! ”

Hua Ruohan sneered and replied: "Mr. Bruce, this matter is not my own opinion, I have a telegram from Tianjin here, and the two chairmen of our United States of America Colt Arms Company and Zach Shipyard, Mr. Colt and Mr. Zucker Polley, in order to express their gratitude to General Guo Ye, took the initiative to make concessions on the payment. ”

Forehead......

Looking at the telegram that Hua Ruohan threw on the table, everyone was dumbfounded, if it was an act of the state, they could still interfere, but this was a decision made by two arms companies, and this was something that governments could not interfere with, in that case, how could the trade of the countries of the world be promoted? For the sake of such a deal, do governments need to come forward? Forget it, no one has time to care about such a deal, whether it is a president, a king or a prime minister, and ten warships are nothing more than a big deal in front of a head of state.

Bruce slammed his fist on the table, knocking the pens on the table to the ground, "Bastard! ”

Guo Ye on the side nodded slightly to Prince Gong and motioned for Prince Gong to express his position.

Prince Gong stood up and said with a smile: "Ladies and gentlemen, when we sent the invitation letter to the Qing Empire, we have already made it clear that those with superior conditions will win, this is our fundamental principle!" I think it's clear now, Mr. Warrhohan, and I hope we have a happy cooperation......"

Bruce's eyes glared at Gui Liang, Prime Minister, Gui Liang!

Gui Liang opened his mouth with difficulty, but after all, he didn't speak, and said in his heart: "Bruce, I can't help you with this favor, your offer is too outrageous, the difference between the two is close to two million taels of silver, if you jump out to oppose it, I'm afraid that I will be exiled to Ningguta in the first place!" (To be continued.) )