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"Our Mexican friends need twenty machine guns, a thousand rifles, four hundred pistols and five hundred submachine guns, as well as two hundred boxes of nine-millimeter caliber ammunition. Rachel, give him the stuff as soon as possible. At the same time as this passage came a formal order, which was the only thing that brought her back to her composure, and once it came to business, the shrewd Rachel . McBride returned.

"Generous." She quickly calculated, although according to the custom, Diaz can enjoy a nine-percent discount, the total value of the weapons he ordered is about 144,000 dollars, and the profit is close to 100,000, although it is not worth mentioning compared to the order of the Abyssinian Emperor, but it is still enough to make the arms dealers tempted in this peaceful era.

And the business included five hundred submachine guns. Both Qin Lang and Rachel had predicted that its market sales would not be very good[note], but now that it looks like it's at least off to a good start.

But Diaz had never bought so many arms at once, which made her wonder what the Mexican wanted to do, use it for himself or sell it to others, or if he was about to do something more sensational? But businessman Rachel was more concerned with that question.

"Fourteen thousand, does he have that much money?" An important rule of the arms business is to ensure that money is paid every time - preferably in advance to a bank account. But Goni. Diaz was not a very wealthy client, 144,000, which was a little more difficult for him.

Even though he was a regular customer, Rachel didn't want to take risks.

Qin Lang shrugged. "140,000, I gave him some more discounts, and he has already paid half of it."

Rachel raised an eyebrow. "Selling submachine guns?"

He acknowledges such speculation. But in reality, the extra $4,000 reduction had nothing to do with the sale of the submachine gun, and Diaz's keen interest in the "debaucher" would have ensured that he did not have to resort to any promotional means, although he had to come up with some money as a payment for the Mexicans to solve a minor problem for him.

Of course, this is just a trivial matter, there is no need to tell Rachel, and she doesn't care.

Rachel only cares about business and profits.

"Mexican silver pesos?" She frowned at Qin Lang. The Viper Arms Company had been doing business with Diaz for two years, and Rachel was well aware of the Mexican landowner's financial situation, and under normal circumstances, he could have taken out up to $40,000 in cash at once, with the rest having to wait for a while, or pay in Mexican pesos — but at no time, she didn't want pesos.

International silver prices continue to fall, and it is not wise to accept silver or any currency that uses the silver standard, with gold, the pound and the US dollar being the only options.

Rachel was still worried, but her worries were still unnecessary.

"Dollars, and cash." Qin Lang said, "Although I don't know where our old friend got so much money, he did give me 70,000 yuan, and at the same time, he still has the remaining 70,000 yuan in his hand." ”

Rachel's eyes narrowed, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face - now that Diaz's ability to pay had increased dramatically, and that improvement had been confirmed, there was no problem with business. "In that case," she declared, "he will be able to get weapons and ammunition tomorrow." ”

The company's warehouses store weapons and ammunition with a market value of nearly $800,000. For a while, she was worried that she wouldn't be able to sell them in time to affect the flow of money, but now that with Diaz's order, that possibility is less serious.

She loves the business.

Qin Lang also likes this business.

Of course, Goni. Diaz also likes the business.

But there are always people who don't like it. For example, the policemen who will be purged (although they do not yet know about Qin Lang's deal with Diaz, and will never know), such as the Mexican peasants who rebelled against Diaz, such as the gang leaders and large landowners who are hostile or competitive with Diaz; In many parts of Baja California, government officials and police don't like such a business either.

Diaz is becoming the largest black-market arms dealer in Baja California, selling new weapons purchased from the Grand Viper Arms Company at high prices to landlords, silver mine owners, tycoons, the military, and the police, recovering old weapons at low prices and then wholesale them to gangsters, bandits, bounty hunters, and even rioting farmers and miners who have no conflict of interest with him.

His business is very successful – especially in the lower end of the market. Diaz's business strategy is similar to that of Yuri. There was no difference when Olof was in Lebanon: "My gun was sold by the kilometre, and although it was second-hand, it still worked very well. He always says to customers who want to get a weapon, but who are shy to get it, "How many kilograms are you going to buy?" ”

So he was liked by gangsters and gangsters who had no conflict of interest with him, as did the peasants and miners who rioted at times - and the opposite was true for government officials and police. In the eyes of the maintainers of social order, he is the source of the turmoil in the whole world.

However, there are still many people like Diaz in the world, Qin Lang and Rachel; Duncan. The same goes for Duke Sandy, who is selling weapons and ammunition to the Mahdi army in Sudan; Finally, Wang Zhen and Easter. Hartman was also among the arms dealers, but not successfully.

For a whole year since the end of the Sino-Japanese War, the two commercial representatives of the two large Viper Arms Companies, which were in charge of the Chinese market, have not sold a single munition.

"It's not our fault," Hartmann said to Wang Zhen, who was trying to figure out why they couldn't achieve anything, "and the problem was that His Excellency the Minister of Beiyang had ordered too many weapons during the war. ”

"It's a bit much." Wang Zhen admitted. Throughout the First Sino-Japanese War, several key officials, including Li Hongzhang, ordered a total of 100,000 rifles, which, at the time, was a good thing for the arms dealers, but now appears to be a major disaster: most of the rifles were not delivered until after the end of the war, so there was no need for the Qing government to order new weapons when it began to build a new army.

But in fact, this is also the fault of Hartman and Wang Zhen, and even Rachel and Qin Lang must be responsible for this: the Great Viper Weapons Company produced the vast majority of the 100,000 rifles, and except for the first batch of 15,000, the rest were all delayed until the end of the war according to Qin Lang's instructions.

So now the company has to pay for it.

"You see, how bad things are." Hartman lamented, "The monopoly on arms sales that the company gets doesn't mean anything at all." ”

"That's true." Wang Zhen can only admit it.

But this is not what Hartmann wants—it would be too much to conclude after so long that most of the blame lies with him...... It's depressing.

He believed that there were other factors that needed to be identified.

Hartman thought about it seriously. "There is also the arsenal in Hubei, which is producing vintage German rifles, which has also affected our performance."

"Indeed." Wang Zhen admitted his statement for the third time.

The Hubei Gun Factory, founded by Zhang Zhidong, is a real nuisance to foreign arms dealers, and although the M1888 "committee rifles" it is producing are clearly outdated, high-ranking officials in power who are reluctant to buy foreign weapons – such as Zhang Zhidong himself – are still willing to choose it as an effective substitute for imported weapons.

It's easy to say: firstly, domestically made rifles are at least cheap enough to satisfy the pride of some; Secondly, although the performance is not so advanced, the "committee rifle" can still kill and injure the enemy; Finally, according to the quality of the Qing Army, no matter what they were equipped with, the "Committee Rifle" or the Predator, there would be no difference in their performance on the battlefield.

Therefore, the performance of the weapon is not important, but the price is what officials need to consider: it will save money and leave room for embezzlement.

The situation is very clear and completely unsatisfactory.

"We have to rectify this situation." Hartman looked worried, and of course he should be worried, "If we can't make a little bit of performance, we're going to be fired by the company." ”

Wang Zhen nodded habitually. "Indeed—"

"Can you say something else, King?" Hartman cried out, "It's a problem for both of us, not mine." ”

"What do you want me to say? Easter, I can't do anything about it. Wang Zhen shook his head pessimistically. What I'm good at is selling vinegar, not arms. ”

Hartman cleared his throat. "Vinegar is one necessity of life, and arms is another necessity of life. We can always find a way to sell it. ”

"So, what's your solution?"

In a beautiful arc, the ball was kicked back into Hartman's arms by Wang Zhen. But unfortunately, despite his apparent confidence, he is in fact just as pessimistic and helpless as Wang Zhen. The situation has always been clear: they are trapped, and there is only one solution to it.

"We'd better consult the headquarters, maybe Mr. Qin and Miss McBride will have a solution." Of course, he would prefer Qin Lang and Rachel to turn a blind eye to their sales in China – though for the most part, this is just an illusion.

Wang Zhen showed his attitude as always. "Indeed." After a pause, he added, "I'll leave the matter of telegraphing to you, Easter." ”

Hartman couldn't say anything.

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Note: Regarding the market demand for submachine guns, Qin Lang is obviously more pessimistic than Rachel, because he is well aware of how scarce the sales of Thompson submachine guns were before the outbreak of World War II. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )