Elizabeth. Daubers stared at herself in the mirror, trying to figure out her choice: whether she should comply with her parents' request to return to her home in London, resist the pressure to return to Berlin to continue her education, or ...... Staying in San Diego?

To be honest, she didn't want to go back to London. Mr. and Mrs. Doubers were busy choosing a new fiancé for their eldest daughter www.biquge.info Elizabeth was well aware of that. Although she is not prepared to blame her parents, she also does not want to marry anyone.

At least not yet.

Not having feelings is not a problem, it's just that the vast majority of husbands can't accept their wives studying chemistry at home. Ordinary people want housewives who can take care of the housework and discipline their children, while wealthy people want to have a vase that looks dignified and elegant on the surface. But no one wants to marry a chemistry enthusiast.

If married, she will be forced to give up her hobbies. She didn't want that.

But many things cannot develop according to man's individual will. She was under a lot of pressure—family pressure, family pressure, family pressure, and pressure from neighbors and friends—and if a woman was not married by the age of twenty-one, she would have these problems.

Of course, it wasn't impossible to go back to Berlin to continue her studies despite all the pressure, and she did decide to do so before arriving in San Diego, but now she's hesitant.

At that time, the pressure she was experiencing was not as severe as it is now. At first, Mr. and Mrs. Daubers thought that their eldest daughter would return to London after a stint in San Diego, but now that Christmas was approaching 1893, she had no intention of leaving. So they started to get nervous.

And in the telegram she sent back to London, she also repeatedly mentioned Qin Lang and his "profound" chemical knowledge. This made Mr. and Mrs. Daubers acutely aware that their daughter had become interested in a Chinese because of her interest in chemistry, which was a dangerous sign.

That's how things happen, first there is interest, then interest becomes goodwill, then goodwill becomes affection, and finally affection becomes love...... But they didn't want their daughter to marry a Chinese – even if, according to the telegram, the Chinese was rich, they couldn't.

Mr. and Mrs. Daubers felt that they had to act as soon as possible to nip that dangerous possibility in its cradle.

So they demanded that Elizabeth return to London at once, and that telegrams to San Diego be sent one after another, and the wording became more and more forceful; And they also strictly forbade her to return to Berlin. The threat was unmistakable, and if she returned to Berlin, they would no longer provide her with the cost of studying and living.

Although this was not an insurmountable difficulty for Elisabeth, it was enough to shake her determination to return to Berlin.

At the same time, after meeting Qin Lang, the professors of the university were no longer attractive to her - Qin Lang's level of knowledge was not inferior to that of any professor, and he had many novel theories, and finally, the rigorous but rigid Germans were not as interesting as him.

Many times, Elizabeth felt that the best way to improve her chemistry skills was to stay in San Diego.

But this is what her parents fear the most, and she is strictly forbidden to do. Staying in San Diego makes them extremely angry, and then, what will happen next, becomes very unpredictable.

Elizabeth is not willing to break with her parents, and at the same time, she will cause problems for Qin Lang and Rachel.

Although they are not at all afraid of trouble......

While Elizabeth was thinking melancholy in the room, Qin Lang and Rachel looked elated, because the Great Viper had just received two of the largest orders since the company's establishment: the U.S. Navy ordered 5,000 "Anaconda" revolvers, while the Mexican government purchased 5,000 Predator rifles and 500,000 rounds of ammunition.

Although the unit price of the weapons in these two transactions was somewhat low because they were procured by the government - the unit price of the "Anaconda" was only $15 and that of the Predator rifle was $35 - overall, the two transactions brought in nearly $260,000 in sales for the company with bullets.

However, Qin Lang and Rachel don't value this little money at all, they are more interested in the market.

Not the United States, but Mexico. According to normal history, Mexico should have purchased the German-made Mauser rifle, the M1895 model, but now, after getting the Predator, which has better performance than the M1895, the possibility of the Mexican army purchasing Mauser products again is very small.

Unless the Mauser company pays a bribe, or the German military council develops the 8mm ×57JS type pointed bullet ahead of schedule. However, these means take time, especially sharp bullets, and until the Germans have completely modified their own M1888 Commission rifles to models that can fire new bullets, or completely replace them with new rifles, Mauser will hardly have the opportunity to produce a new generation of products for foreign customers.

In other words, Qin Lang and Rachel have a lot of time to do all the work that needs to be done.

By the way, they can also eat some of the market for Mauser rifles: Chile, Uruguay and Iran, and perhaps Brazil. The first three countries are users of M1895 or M1896, and there is a great opportunity to seize the market, as for Brazil, historically it purchased the M1894 Mauser with a 6.5mm caliber, and Qin Lang does not know whether it has signed a contract with Mauser.

If not, that's his chance.

"I've asked Duncan to go to these countries to sell the Predator rifle." "Hopefully he can bring back some good news for us." ”

"Bribery of officials in these countries is inevitable." Qin Lang suddenly hated the current United States a little. Neither a formidable military nor the consciousness to become the world's policeman – let alone act – the United States today has little international standing to speak of.

And, despite the fact that James. Monroe has long proposed the "Monroe Doctrine", but in an era when even the Chilean Navy can expel the US Navy, who would think that Latin America is the backyard of the United States?

This did not help him in the slightest in selling his own arms.

The pleasant mood disappeared in an instant, but it soon returned to Qin Lang. "Thankfully, our sales targets aren't exactly targeted at the government." "As long as Duncan can get South American gangs and rebels to buy our weapons, his event will be a complete success," he said. ”

"Speaking of gangs and rebels......," Rachel thought for a moment, "Goni. Diaz asked us to find another transport route, which was no longer safe on land. A new inspector has arrived at the border, and arms trafficking is strictly regulated. ”

"Which side?" Qin Lang refers to the nationality of the prosecutor. However, he thinks that the guy may be an American official. Egony. Diaz's forces in Mexico are unlikely to meet guys he can't solve.

"It's a federal official." She shrugged, "And there's no way to buy it." ”

"That's because the price we offered wasn't high enough." Regarding the character of that prosecutor, Qin Lang seemed a little unimpressed. "But that's good, since there's such a problem, the boat I bought can work."

And Yi Shui should also go on board for practice.

"Really?" Rachel surprisingly looked a little lost—perhaps because she had lost a coolie to carry her things when she went shopping, perhaps because of something else. Of course, Rachel and Qin Lang are the same kind of people who always put business first, so she has no objection to his suggestion.

"So be it." She nodded, "What else do you suggest?" ”

"I was thinking maybe I should send someone to China to sell the Predator." Qin Lang hesitated, "I have a hunch that next year, China will break out into war with Japan, and the Qing government should urgently purchase a batch of weapons and ammunition." But...... The Qing government was stingy and ......"

He shook his head. As long as there are no problems with weapons, there is no need for arms dealers to care whether their customers can win the war. It's just that, "Yi Shui and I can't go back to China." Without that braid, we would have been caught as soon as we came ashore. ”

"Then let's wait for Duncan to come back from South America." She was really disappointed. If there's a business that's put out there and you're forced to give it up because of a problem with braids, that's really bad.

But this matter is a bit far away, and now there is a very bad thing in front of her. "Qin, I want to talk to you about Elizabeth."

"What's wrong?"

"Her parents, my uncle and aunt, demanded that she return to London immediately."

"So?"

"Are you going to let her go just like that?"