Shanghai Consulate, meeting room.

"Mr. Dong, come, please drink a cup of our Western black tea!"

Hua Ruohan said to Dong Haichuan, who was sitting on the sofa.

Dong Haichuan nodded slightly to express his gratitude and said, "Mr. Hua Ruohan, thank you very much!" This time I came to Shanghai to see you, it is on the order of the Wing King, to discuss with you about the arms trade, this, the Taiping Army and Guo Ye's Lu Army is about to fight, the Taiping Army's arms are not very sufficient, I want to buy another batch of arms from you, in case of emergency, the price is naturally negotiable......"

Hua Ruohan was stunned for a moment, and asked with a smile: "Mr. Dong, aren't you General Guo's father-in-law?" Why, why is General Guo going to war with Shi Dakai, and you still have to help Shi Dakai buy arms? Are you kidding? ”

Dong Haichuan's face turned red, sighed, and replied: "Mr. Hua Ruohan, I can't hide it, I'm really in a dilemma now, on one side is my son-in-law who rides the dragon, and on the other side is my friend of life and death, the two sides are fighting, what should I do?" The Winged King said that this was the last thing he asked me to do, and after I was done, I would choose ......"

Hua Ruohan smiled bitterly and shook his head, this old man is also interesting, arms, this is not an ordinary thing, if it is really sold to the Taiping Army, then General Guo Ye still hates the old man to death?

"Mr. Dong, I'm afraid I can't do anything this time......"

Dong Haichuan was stunned for a moment and asked: "Mr. Hua Ruohan, I have already said that this time the price is up to you, and the Wing King has already agreed, as long as you are willing to sell, he will not be stingy with money!" ”

Hua Ruohan shook his head and replied, "Mr. Dong, this is not a matter of money, but a matter that I do not have the right to......"

Power?

Dong Haichuan was even more dizzy and asked, "What right?" It turns out that you have made a lot of money by selling arms to the Taiping Army, is there still a lot of money in the world? ”

Hua Ruohan said helplessly: "Yes, Mr. Dong, this money is too hot, I don't dare to ask for it, and I don't have the right to take this money, just the day before yesterday, I have received a telegram from our federal government, the federal government has just issued a decree prohibiting all arms dealers in the United States from sending any weapons to the Taiping Army and the Twist Army, violators will be severely punished, I am just a minister, the government has a decree, where can I still do such a deal?" ”

"Why?"

Dong Haichuan was in a hurry, after all, he was also from the Taiping Army, so he naturally had to think about the soldiers of the Taiping Army, there was no follow-up arms, even if Shi Dakai wanted to surrender, he would not have enough capital to negotiate with Guo Ye, and the fate of the Taiping Army completely depended on the fate of the soldiers of the Taiping Army!

Hua Ruohan shrugged his shoulders indifferently, spread his hands, and replied, "Why?" Isn't it your good son-in-law yet? He did not allow the US federal government to sell arms to the Taiping Army, so where would the US federal government dare to sell them? Now the federal government can't afford to provoke this ally, unify the whole country, and rely on the Sixth Army he has prepared to fight! ”

Dong Haichuan's head was dizzy, when will Guo Ye, this kid, be able to be the master of the American emperor? This kid is too capable, isn't he?

"Mr. Warrhohan, won't you? Guo Ye is still able to control the emperor of your country? ”

"Mr. Dong, there are still many things you don't know, do you think this son-in-law of yours is so capable? You know too little, do you know that I didn't sell ten taels of silver, and nearly half of the profits were distributed to your son-in-law? ”

Hua Ruohan grabbed the white road.

Dong Haichuan's head was a little unturnable, before he sold ten taels of silver, nearly half of the profits went into Guo Ye's pocket, so now, together with the Hunan Army and the Huai Army, plus the Taiping Army, the arms purchased by the two sides are almost millions of taels or nearly 10 million taels of silver, so doesn't it mean that millions of taels of profits have been taken away by Guo Ye? This kid......

"You really don't know?"

Hua Ruohan was a little surprised, and then said, "If it weren't for that, do you think General Guo Ye would let you come forward to help me run this trip for no reason?" Is this a run for nothing? I'm just earning money for running errands, and General Guo Ye earns at least ten times more than mine! At present, the largest arms company in the United States, the Colt Company, has 40% of the shares of his shares, and I only have less than 5% of the shares, you understand? Now that Guo Ye is going to fight to the death with the Taiping Army, do you think he will be stupid enough to let his company buy arms for his direct opponents? Isn't that self-inflicted? ”

Dong Haichuan then understood, and he was completely dumbfounded, it seems that this time, it is completely ruined, the things explained by the Wing King, it will never be completed, this Guo Ye is too good at calculating, it is really turning his hands into clouds, covering his hands into rain, what is special, even the old man has calculated it!

When there is no conflict of interest with yourself, then you will ruthlessly buy weapons from the Taiping Army, make a fortune, and when you want to fight with the Taiping Army, in a word, you will block the way to sell arms, in a hurry, where will the Taiping Army find other weapons suppliers?

Pit! Huge pit!

Pit the Hunan Army, the Pit Huai Army, the Pit Chu Army, the Pit Taiping Army, and even the old man is pitted, and he is the only one in the world to reap the benefits!

Dong Haichuan is so angry that he has a toothache now, but now, he is helpless, the one who sells arms is Guo Ye, and now that Guo Ye is at war with the Taiping Army, even if it is the price of a rifle of 1,000 taels of silver, Shi Dakai doesn't want to take a shot from Hua Ruohan!

"Mr. Dong,"

Hua Ruohan frowned and said: "As a friend, I advise you, you had better stay out of the matter, a small Taiping army is definitely not General Guo Ye's opponent, in the United States, General Guo defeated our southern rebels with a group of recruits, can your Taiping army be stronger than our rebels equipped with countless weapons?" You will die of this heart, even if the Taiping army doubles the strength, it is useless, under the blow of firearms, no matter how many people there are, they will only die! Vulnerable! ”

Dong Haichuan nodded silently, stay out of the matter? Joke, how could he watch the Wing King and his brothers die on the battlefield one by one? Even if you fight hard, you have to convince the Wing King to change his mind!

Dong Haichuan said lightly: "Mr. Hua Ruohan, as a friend, I ask you for one thing......

Hua Ruohan asked, "What is it?" ”

"Prepare three fast horses for me, the better the better, I know you have it, I want it now, I want it directly, I want to go directly to northern Anhui, this damn Guo Ye, such a big thing, he actually hid it from me! I'm going to settle accounts with him! (To be continued.) )