According to Ma Zikai, this Russian has come to see him more than once, but he didn't have time to pay attention to him the first few times.

After Wang Bin and Ma Zikai came to the living room on the side, they saw the Russians who had come.

is similar to what Wang Bi saw on TV and the Internet in his previous life.

Long white and clean, with a high nose bridge and green eyes.

For the image of the Russians, Wang Bin is not too good.

In Wang Bin's view, the hearts of Russians are full of ambition for the land in this era.

Just like their ancestors.

In modern times, Tsarist Russia forced the signing of several treaties.

The Treaty of Tientsin of 1858 deprived us of tariffs.

In the "Aihui Treaty", we ceded more than 600,000 square kilometers of territory south of the Xing'an Mountains and north of Heilongjiang in the northeast.

In the Treaty of Beijing in 1860, we were once again forced to cede about 400,000 square kilometers of territory east of the Ussuri River, including Sakhalin.

In 1864, we lost more than 440,000 square kilometers of territory east and south of Lake Balkhash.

In this way, Russia has annexed more than 1.5 million square kilometers of territory in the north of our country through a series of unequal treaties.

Subsequently, it was forced to rent the Lushun and Dalian areas.

After that, north of the Great Wall and Xinjiang became the Russian sphere of influence.

But now their ambitions are no longer directly proportional to their strength.

This period of history was full of humiliation for Wang Bin.

Since you already have the strength to do something, why don't you pit all parties in Liaodong.

The glorious days of Russia have passed, and even now Russia is a world empire straddling the Eurasian continent.

And in Europe for a long time as a "gendarme" role.

But that was only the result of the reigns of Peter I and Catherine II.

In Wang Bin's view, the current Russia is already full of holes.

After being introduced by the other party, Wang Bin learned that the Russian on the other side was called Vladimir, who had come from Mukden and was instructed by Kuropatkin to come in the hope that Wang Bin could provide logistics services for the Russian army during the war.

"Mr. Vladimir, although I would like to help you too, you must know that there is an old saying that it is better to be unprofitable."

Wang Bin replied after listening to Vladimir's intentions. "General Wang, as for this, we will trade with you with silver dollars."

After listening to Wang Bin's words, Vladimir replied in fluent Chinese.

It is enough to see how much effort Vladimir put into this exchange.

After listening to Vladimir's words, Wang Bin said slowly, "So, what do you want from me?" “

Vladimir saw that Wang Bin had plans to trade, so he said, "General Wang, we know that you have recently acquired a large amount of arms from an arms dealer, and we don't believe that you will pay so much money to buy the arms in the warehouse. “

Vladimir said to Wang Bin with deep meaning

The implication is that no one would believe that you would buy a large amount of arms for no reason.

At this time, Japan and Russia went to war, and anyone who was interested knew what it meant at this time.

Wang Bin secretly said in his heart after listening to Vladimir's words

Shortly after the bait was put down, some fish began to take the bait.

It's just that I didn't expect that the first to bite the bait was the Russians.

It seems that the pressure on the logistics of the Russians is a bit great.

Since Wang Bin asked Ma Zikai to go to Tianjin, he sent people to Liaodong to publicize that the new minister of foreign affairs had purchased a large amount of arms in foreign banks.

And deliberately let both Japan and Russia know about it.

Wang Bin just wants to see who will come to the door first, and once one of the two sides comes to the door first, it means that the logistics have begun to be tight.

Now that the Russians have come to the door, Wang Bin then said, "Since you already know about this matter, what price are you prepared to pay for this batch of arms?" “

Wang Bin waited for Vladimir's answer: "General Wang, it depends on how many arms you can provide us." “

Vladimir said confidently to Wang Bin

After listening to Vladimir's words, Wang Bin laughed secretly in his heart

Think I don't have a lot of munitions? When my cheat is kept to see?

Holding back a smile, Wang Bin opened his mouth and said to Vladimir, "Mr. Vladimir, you should know that the Wang family of Zhili is very wealthy, and you should also know that my father is the head of the Wang family. "I don't believe you don't know this, and I can tell you in no uncertain terms that I have a lot of arms in my hands that you can't imagine."

After Wang Bin finished speaking, Vladimir's face did not change.

It seems that he knows a lot about Wang Bin's situation.

At this time, Vladimir spoke: "We already know about General Wang's situation, so we are not curious about the source of the arms in the general's hands, and as for the arms in the general's hands, we have decided to buy them at a price of 30% more than the market price." “

Wang Bin was very satisfied with the price proposed by Vladimir.

Then he said to Vladimir: "I am very satisfied with your price, but I have one more request, I want to get the machinery of the General Directorate of Mukden Machinery." “

(The Fengtian Machinery Bureau historically produced silver coins, and in order to match the plot, it should be a half-dead arsenal, and please Haihan.) ）

Since the Russians stationed in Mukden, the machinery of the General Bureau of the Fengtian Machinery has been idle by the Russians, Wang Bin thought: It is a pity to put such a good machine there, it is better to produce some weapons in your hands.

So Wang Bin made this request to Vladimir.

Vladimir was a little embarrassed after listening to Wang Bin's words.

Wang Bin saw Vladimir's dilemma, and then said, "If you agree, I think the sales price of this arms can be reduced by another two percent." “

After listening to Wang Bin's words, Vladimir thought for a moment and replied to Wang Bin: "General Wang, if you want that batch of machinery, it's not impossible, anyway, that batch of machinery has been left there for a long time, and no one cares about it." "But I need your assurances that you will not sell arms to the Japanese in the future."

Vladimir just thought for a moment and then said to Wang Bin

In Vladimir's opinion, it was very cost-effective to exchange a batch of machinery that no one cared about in exchange for Wang Bin's arms sales to the Japanese.

Wang Bin said in his heart after listening to Vladimir's words

Is it possible to stop me from making money?

However, there is still a look of difficulty in making a choice on his face.

After seeing Wang Bin's embarrassed appearance, Vladimir said: "General Wang, if you agree to this, we can directly give you the machinery of the General Bureau of Mukden Machinery, and you don't need to pay any additional price at all." “

After seeing that he had received a satisfactory answer, Wang Bin pretended to be excited and said, "Since you are so sincere, what reason do I have to refuse?" "Then, I wish us a happy cooperation in the future, as for the machinery you need, it will be delivered soon, but how should we trade this arms General Wang?"

Vladimir raised his own doubts.

Faced with Vladimir's question, Wang Bin replied

"In two days, there will be a foreign company in Jinzhou, and my arms are all bought from that foreign company."

After hearing Wang Bin's reply, Vladimir immediately understood what Wang Bin meant.

The arms I have in my hand are "bought" from a foreign firm in Jinzhou, and if you need to, you can go to a foreign firm to "buy"

Vladimir saw that the purpose of his visit this time had been achieved, and said happily to Wang Bin.

So, thank you General Wang for the "reminder". "Yes, I hope it's a pleasure to work with." Wang Bin replied to Vladimir

Then the two of them clasped their hands tightly together in celebration, and after shaking hands, Wang Bin sent Vladimir out of the office.

And neither of them knew what was going on in each other's minds.