"It's done!" John took the piece of paper, looked at it, and said affirmatively.

"It's done, but what does that mean!" Harpy was still at a loss, an hour ago, he really saw the Chinese's cloud and mountain fog cover, himself a good occasion to talk about business, actually talked about what the wind and moon, weather, several times wanted to guide the topic, were unceremoniously interrupted, holding back his face red, but the other party still didn't care, more than an hour later, left, is not successful, can send a piece of paper, even if it is successful, what kind of business is this.

John, who is familiar with China and is well versed in officialdom, glanced at Harpy, with a slight disdain in his heart, this Harpy obviously doesn't understand anything, not to mention the knowledge of Chinese culture, even if his eyes are not good, he has hinted several times, he still does his own thing, but what can be done, people have a good life, meet a nobleman, all of a sudden, he became a big class of the ocean line, suppressed the unhappiness in his heart, and said calmly: "This piece of paper means a kickback of 30,000!" ”

"The rebate is 30,000 yuan, why, I didn't agree to reduce the price!" Harpy suddenly turned into a bitter gourd face, and said indignantly, he was reluctant to pay in installments, and he had to reduce it again, which made him completely unacceptable.

"Don't worry, they have already approved it, besides, this rebate is not for you to come out, can you increase the price, go back and calculate the price, add the 30,000 yuan to the gun, the name or something, you choose it yourself, and use me to say more!"

After John finished speaking, he walked away on his own, leaving only Harpy staring blankly at the piece of paper for a long time.

This lesson, it is really very profound, Harpy only then felt that China's officialdom is really unfathomable, come back to sue Yang Yuanzhao, Yang Yuanzhao laughed, China's officialdom is very complex, I am afraid it is far more than the West, and it is in a series of infighting that China is lagging behind, as for Harpy's worries, Yang Yuanzhao doesn't care at all, it seems that in addition to recruiting a large number of foreign employees, Germany and the United States also need to get some old officials, or teachers who are up and down in the sea, they are familiar with officialdom, many times, It can be done, and it can also save money.

On the evening of the second day, the fleet arrived in Nanjing, and Xu Shaozhen, who had been waiting for a long time, let people receive this batch of munitions, and after inspecting the pass, the entire transaction was completed, and the first 170,000 taels of silver had been paid on the same day, and it was directly deposited in the Nanjing branch of Citibank.

Originally, Harpy was going to let them deposit in German-funded banks, in China, German-funded banks, in this era, slightly weaker, compared to British-funded and American-funded banks, fortunately, they are all foreigners, and everything is easy to do, and the exchange of silver into pounds can be carried out step by step, and within a week at most, it can be exchanged into pounds.

The record, from contact to the completion of the transaction, it took only three days, it was a happy thing, the money was on the one hand, the first single business, representing a large amount of money entered, calculated, a total of more than 150,000 silver dollars were recovered, this money can not be used for the time being, but Citibank still raised their credit limit, and the money can be partially used in disguise.

When Harpy came to the door again, he thought that Harpy was here to send the introduction fee, and the introduction fee was sent, and the full payment of 400 pounds was made, which was much earlier than the expected 10 days, but then, the conditions mentioned by Harpy stunned him, and Harpy's request was very simple, let him help match the match.

If he helps, does he once again underestimate the strength of Germany and the United States, which can still have more spare energy to do more business while paying a target of arms.

Originally, as far as the position of the courtesy and foreign dealers, John should have refused this request, and the trace of greed that bred in his heart made John unable to refuse, for him, many times, there were orders, no goods, the control of guns by the great powers was far stricter than imagined, a large population, rich and rich China, if it was completely armed, it would be a disaster, even if Yuan Shikai, who had received the full support of Britain and France, it only took 20 years to establish 7 towns, It's just 70,000 people, and only the strongest is a full range of weapons, not that he doesn't want to, but the price is too high.

After receiving a satisfactory answer from John, Harpy had just returned to the foreign bank, and before he could catch his breath, a large number of low-ranking officials came, and their purpose was to buy weapons, without exception.

China's officialdom has always been a market for information, there are people in Shanghai who have a large number of weapons in their hands, and the news is spreading in the officialdom, and now China, in the hands of governors around the country, there is really a lot of money, starting from Zhang Zhidong to do foreign affairs, Hanyang Iron Works is a money-losing goods, so it has reduced the taxes of the entire Wuhan, which is a huge amount of wealth, Hanyang Iron Works spent tens of millions of taels, but Zhang Zhidong at least got several times the number from the middle, and the new army has become the mainstream of officialdom now, even if it is not comparable to Beiyang, The creation of a new army as a model is also the choice of most people.

There was no way before, but now I heard that they went to Shanghai to inquire about the situation, and most of them found German and American foreign companies, but these are the bottom, really high-end, but they found John, and the brand of Lihe is still very hard.

John is a small person, he is just a deputy class of a foreign company, not even a big class, but his identity is in Lihe foreign company, Lihe foreign company is the largest foreign company in China, the status is quite high, some governors, political envoys, admirals or something, directly sent someone to find him, John faintly felt that this was not right, but a commission of 400 pounds, which had been handed over to him after the other party paid, this representative 100 ounces of gold, this is a real thing, almost all, He led them all to where the Harpy was.

Harpy also began to get busy, the governors in various places will not complete the transaction as quickly as Nanjing, that is a special case, Jiangsu is a rich place, and the Swiss side is not an insatiable official, many things are carried out very quickly, even kickbacks, not much, these people are a little insatiable.

Fortunately, Yang Yuanzhao has been prepared, the time of Harpy's delivery in the past few days has allowed the Yang Family Chamber of Commerce to recruit some people, one of whom is the master of Shaoxing who has been with the political envoy of Hubei, decades of ups and downs in the Huan Sea, when Dong Weng said goodbye to old age, he came to Shanghai, the Yang family gave a good salary, he agreed, with its help, some obscure hints in the officialdom, and some pinching and proportionality, suddenly vividly, Harpy and local officials, some rigid collisions, because of his appearance, became harmonious and lubricated.

The ability is high and low, but it is suitable, just a few days, a large number of intentions, has been preliminarily reached, in short, several are not the same, there are high and bottom, each gun can reach 150 silver dollars, and the lowest is 80, Harpy looked at these and couldn't help but sigh, it was really insatiable.

In short, this business in Nanjing is a good start. Those that have reached the intention and will soon be able to put it into practice, which accounts for almost half of the sales of the inventory, add up to the total quota of at least five or six towns.

In addition, the daily scattered sales, but also an endless stream, come are low-level officials, governors from all over the country will not come to Shanghai lightly, the previous Swiss side is just a special case, but these low-level officials, mostly with soldiers, these people driven by scattered purchases, has made Harpy can't close his mouth, you know, they have a family, there will be pro-soldiers, these people buy thirty or fifty, can't stand the purchase of too many people, spot trading, is the original German new gun, in this case, the daily transaction volume is refreshed again and again.

Almost every day in more than 50,000 yuan, in just 10 days of opening, this foreign bank, has set an astonishing performance of 1 million, which is almost equivalent to 100,000 pounds, in this era, but a significant wealth, every day there is a large amount of cash, was deposited in Citibank, this money, Yang Yuanzhao except for a small part, the rest are stayed, waiting for a month or two later.