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

Rachel's question confused Qin Lang for a few days. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoElizabeth is her cousin, and whether she chooses to follow her parents' orders to return to London, or return to Berlin to continue her studies, or stay in San Diego, it has nothing to do with him. What did she mean by that?

Does she want to......

It's not a good idea. Although Qin Lang had a very good feeling for Elizabeth, regardless of her figure, appearance, personality or knowledge, she fully met his requirements, but he didn't really want to keep her.

There were a lot of obvious problems, and the key point was that Elizabeth's parents were so desperate to urge her to return to London, he was a big factor. If she had stayed in San Diego because of his invitation or request, her parents would have been very angry.

In that case, the consequences will be severe.

Qin Lang was not afraid that Mr. and Mrs. Daubers would travel across the Atlantic and the United States to San Diego in search of their daughter, but he was more worried that one of the two old people would have a heart attack or a sudden cerebral hemorrhage and would be called by the grace of the Lord - this would be a serious tragedy.

Even though the contact was still short-lived, Elizabeth's character had already been investigated very clearly. If she had known that her parents had seen God because of her disobedience, she would have been depressed forever and would have been reunited with Mr. and Mrs. Daubers in heaven within a few months.

It is bound to be.

But this is not the ending that Qin Lang or Rachel want to see. There is no doubt that since the end result of his rash invitation to Elizabeth to stay in San Diego is to make her ascend to heaven early, it is better to send her on her way with a bullet, which is easy and quick, and does not carry any psychological burden.

And Rachel wouldn't be going to follow her cousin and suffocate herself to death.

Therefore, Qin Lang didn't want to ask Elizabeth to stay, unless there was definite evidence that her parents did not have heart disease or cerebral thrombosis or other diseases.

It's just that it's a shame to let her go back to London like this, especially knowing that she will marry whoever she wants when she returns. What did Zhou Xingchi say? "There was once a sincere love in front of me, and I didn't cherish ......"

Yes, for Qin Lang, this sentence should be changed to "There was once a single beauty standing in front of me, and I didn't cherish ......" - he didn't have much affection for Elizabeth, but from any point of view, it was indeed not a good idea to watch a beautiful woman slip out of front of him like this.

So what's a good idea? It would allow Elizabeth to stay in San Diego without triggering a family tragedy......

Qin Lang felt that he needed to think seriously for a while.

He thought about it for a whole month—he was a very busy man, he had a lot to attend to every day, and when he had free time to discuss chemistry with Elizabeth, he rarely had the opportunity to seriously think about the good idea he needed.

Rachel didn't rush him either, and most of her energy was focused on business, and as the world entered January of 1894, she had one more business to care about.

Luncheon meat, Qin Lang finally decided to put this kind of "mysterious meat" that has made everyone except him disgusted when they see it into official production. He, Rachel, Yi Shui, and a city councilor named Rickman have formed a joint venture called "Hommel Foods" and are planning to produce luncheon meat in large quantities under the name "Spam" after it is patented.

However, this company is not affiliated with the Great Viper Weapons Company or Umbrella Security Services. Rickman is the company's largest shareholder, of course, the boss, while Qin Lang, Rachel and Yi Shui are only shareholders, with 19%, 12% and 5% of the shares respectively, and they do not hold positions in the company.

After all, they are arms dealers and smugglers, and their main focus is on the arms business, and the company does not have that much money to open a food company, so it can only cooperate with others.

But it was also a successful collaboration.

Although he did not hold a position in the company, all Qin Lang needed now was "Spam" canned luncheon meat and the right to sell it.

Except in Italy, the regular armies of the United States and other countries do not need canned luncheon meat, so his current plan is to smuggle it to customers such as the Boer Army. And because he is both a shareholder and a smuggler, he can get the product at a low price and then sell it at a markup.

For potential customers who don't have a choice, as long as the price hasn't been added to the point where they can't afford it at all, they're bound to buy it.

Of course, Qin Lang would also sell some canned food through regular channels, for example, to the Italian army that invaded Ethiopia, which might make the descendants of the Roman Empire slightly more combative. If they could put a little more pressure on the Ethiopians, he could also sell more arms to Emperor Menelik II.

And also......

Qin Lang slowly stirred a cup of coffee that was already completely cold with a spoon. "Actually, Japan can also be one of our customers, but the country is a little poorer...... The commander of the Japanese army will probably prefer to use the 'on-the-spot' method of obtaining supplies. ”

Rachel didn't hear the word "on-the-spot" clearly, and she didn't listen to it carefully. "Do you think it's appropriate to sell lunch to the enemies of your homeland? If China really breaks out into war with Japan. ”

"'Arms dealers who do not sell arms to attack their own country are not real international arms dealers,' this is my credo." Qin Lang picked up the coffee and took a sip, "And, as long as I like it, I can also sell special luncheon meat to the Japanese." ”

"Do you want to poison luncheon meat?" Rachel frowned, "If the Japanese get poisoned for eating our canned luncheon meat, the company's reputation is over, Qin." ”

"If I'm going to do this kind of thing, I'm not stupid enough to use the most clumsy and revealing method, Rachel." Qin Lang smiled sinisterly, "You must know that there are many chemicals in the world that are extremely harmful to the human body and difficult to detect at the same time-"

"Don't tell me, Qin." She immediately interrupted him. In Rachel's eyes, chemistry was something so profound that she would never be able to figure it out.

She prefers to talk about things she can figure out. "Do you think Rickman knows about our plans?"

Rickman is a partner carefully selected by Qin Lang and Rachel. He's a talented proprietor, but he's a little older, and his only son is the kind of typical loser who is best at spending money on women. They like this kind of family, and once the old Rickman is called by the Lord's grace, it will not be long before all the property he has worked so hard to run will be consumed by the little Rickman.

Of course, it was the Rickman family's stake in Hommel Foods that were acquired by the company's three partners — of course, that Yishui was just a stain.

It's just that to Qin Lang and Rachel's regret, both Duncan and O'Connor refused to invest in the Hommel Foods Company - because they have been completely disgusted, they don't believe that Qin Lang's "mysterious meat" can make money - otherwise, their shares in the company can be increased to forty-nine, and it will be easier to seize control of the company in the future......

But only if Rickman is unaware of their intentions.

If Rickman had known of their intentions, the worst outcome would have been for the Welsh-Fargo bank, or some other bank, to become the largest shareholder in Khomel, in which case they would not have the power to fight back.

Rachel was worried about that.

"I can't promise you anything, Rachel." Qin Lang sighed, "We can only carry out our plan very carefully. ”

"We need more money." Rachel bit his lip, "The situation is too dangerous right now. ”

"Then we need to do more illegal business." He stood up abruptly and announced calmly but firmly, "I have decided to let Elizabeth stay in San Diego. ”

"You've figured it out, Qin?"

"Just now." However, Qin Lang was sure that Rachel's guess must have been wrong. The key to his figure out was not love or anything else, but a new way to make money: just now, when she said she was poisoning the canned luncheon meat she sold to the Japanese, he suddenly thought of a chemical that could make a lot of money while no one realized its danger.

Methamphetamine.

He didn't have much time to develop and produce it himself, but Elizabeth could do the work for him.

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