Xiao Yiming saw the surprised looks of Johnson and Sharple, understood their thoughts, smiled bitterly, and slowly explained:

"Don't you often say that China is a magical country? Many things are different from your traditions and cannot be measured by your perceptions. Frankly speaking, I was actually quite surprised, originally I thought that even the most fortunate was to be assigned to the newly established 7th Sub-district in the North District as the sub-chief, that is, the new police station on the east side of the street of your German envoy's residence, who knew that he was suddenly transferred to the Governor's Yamen, and his military rank was promoted by one level, which is really unexpected, it is probably the reason why the Governor and General Zhong Ying appreciated the training textbook that the British Royal Army published with the help of Johnson. ”

"Congratulations, Xiao!"

Johnson and Sharpler were both happy with Xiao Yiming's promotion.

Sharpler reached out and took out a pistol from his suit and placed it next to Xiao Yiming's Colt pistol:

"Xiao, please see, this pistol is our navy's standard pistol, Ruger P04 type, both the surname and the craftsmanship are excellent, firing the best 9mm Balabellum pistol cartridge in Europe at present, with high accuracy, I like it very much, and in my country, more and more soldiers like it. If you or the army you play for like it, I can always buy it for you from Germany, with the consent of Mr. Ambassador. ”

"Ruger ......"

Xiao Yiming picked up the beautifully made pistol, looked at it again and again, and there seemed to be a very familiar thing flashing in his mind, but he couldn't catch it, so he finally had to put down the gun and said with a smile:

"This gun is great, but ...... I seem to remember that there was a good gun in Germany, which was very powerful and had a lot of ammunition, as if that gun was made by the Mauser company, and there was a wooden holster that could be attached to the back of the grip as a butt, and we called it a shell gun, I don't know what you call it......"

"Mauser military pistol, code C96!"

Sharpler said the official name of the Barge Gun, then frowned and asked puzzledly:

"Shaw, why would you like that bulky, muzzle-uncontrollable pistol that fires continuously, simply because it can hold ten rounds? As a friend, I have to be honest with you that the Mauser C96 was designed backward ten years ago, it was too heavy as a pistol, its round grip was prone to slippage, and the hammer design was extremely unreasonable.

"I tried the C96 when I was serving in the Bavarian Grenadier Regiment, and it was generally considered by my colleagues and subordinates that its design was a very failure, and so far none of our army and navy have purchased it, only Spain and several small South American countries have purchased it in small quantities. In addition to the original 7.63mm calibre, this gun added a 9mm caliber option three years ago in order to impress the German Army, and used the same Barabylum pistol cartridge as the Luger pistol. ”

Xiao Yiming was surprised, pondered for a moment, and still asked, "Sharpler, how much does the C96 cost?" ”

Sharpler thought for a moment: "When I was in Shanghai three years ago, I heard our gunsmith in Shanghai say that a batch of Mauser C96 was sold to the new army stationed in the Huaihe area, the quantity was very small, and the price was very expensive in my impression, each gun distributed five hundred rounds of 7.63×25mm pistol cartridges, and the price was ninety-five marks, compared with these two good Ruger P04 and American Colt M1903 pistols, the price is almost twice as expensive Xiao, do you really like that kind of gun?" ”

Xiao Yiming scratched his head: "Is there a fully automatic Mauser C96 with twenty rounds?" ”

"Fully automated? No, no, absolutely not, I believe in my memory very much. Sharpler replied honestly.

Xiao Yiming was a little regretful, and it was estimated that the Mauser factory had not yet developed a fully automatic model, so he had to ask tentatively:

"If I'm willing to buy a Mauser C96, Mr. Sharpler, can you help me? Of course, I will pay you a commission in accordance with the practice of the comptoirs in various countries. ”

Sharpler listened to the music:

"Xiao, frankly speaking, I am not a rich person, and I don't want to make your money, but if you really decide to buy it, please hand over the approval documents of your Sichuan Provincial Military and Political Department to me, I am very willing to serve you through the Military Attache Office of the Consulate General in Shanghai, and I will get you a more reasonable price."

"Thank you very much! Dear Sharpler, I believe that there will be such cooperation in the future, and the field of cooperation will be expanded. For example, the Sichuan Provincial Bureau of Minerals is planning to hire European and American technical experts to come to Sichuan to assist in geological and mineral exploration, and my teacher, Mr. Zhou Shanpei, has submitted an application to the Governor's Office, hoping to purchase a new generation of 150,000 kilowatts of thermal power generation units next year, and there are many similar investments from the private sector, but I don't have time to go to his office to learn more about it. ”

Xiao Yiming revealed this extremely important news to Sharpler, and asked him to convey it to the commercial officer of the consulate and the consul who had been selling large quantities of equipment for German companies as a thank you for his selfless help.

Sharpler immediately realized that Xiao Yiming was repaying himself, smiled knowingly, and nodded slightly.

Johnson was in a hurry, he didn't even tell him about such a big thing, the best collaborator, and couldn't help but laugh angrily: "Xiao, you are really not a friend enough, didn't you once taught me a famous Chinese saying?" How to say...... Clothes are good for new, and friends are good for old, right? ”

Xiao Yiming couldn't help but change the tea leaves and make tea leisurely: "Zhuang Sen, don't worry, as long as the Governor's Mansion starts to discuss these possible investment projects, I will tell you as soon as possible, please rest assured." However, since you are so angry, then I will give you a chance to make money. ”

Xiao Yiming put down the teapot, picked up the Colt pistol and raised it:

"Johnson, I would like to get the design drawings of this gun, as well as the complete set of machinery and equipment needed to produce this type of pistol. Sharpler, I would also like to convince our Governor to purchase a new generation of German bullet production lines for the Sichuan Arsenal to produce 9mm Balabellum pistol cartridges and Mauser rifle pointed cartridges......

"Don't be surprised, my friend, the Shanghai Arsenal and the Nanjing Arsenal have successfully copied the Browning M1900 and Colt M1903 pistols, which are on the belts of the Governor's Palace's guard officers, although the quality is not very good, and the processing technology is relatively rough, but they can kill people completely."

Johnson and Sharpler were taken aback, and Johnson asked incredulously:

"Xiao, let's not talk about the bullet production line, do you know how much machinery and equipment is needed to produce a pistol? Even if it's just a medium-volume complete set of machinery, don't get it without 60,000 pounds or even 100,000 pounds! ”

"£100,000 is a lot of money, but how do you think I can't get it?" Xiao Yiming asked half-truthfully.

"Impossible! Xiao, I don't want to make such a boring joke, today is not April Fool's Day, it's Christmas Eve before Christmas. Johnson's attitude was clear.

Xiao Yiming shook his head: "Okay, let's not talk about this first, let's talk about the real estate project we discussed before, Zhuang Sen, I can tell you responsibly now, Quanye Dao and the Merchants Bureau under the Governor's Mansion have agreed to sell me the four hundred acres of land east of the North School Field, the price of each mu of land is seven taels of silver, which is equivalent to a little more than fourteen silver dollars, and I only need to get the approval of the Governor next week, and I can get the land ownership deed within one day."

"You may not know that the order I transferred to the Governor's Mansion has the signature of Lord Zhengtai on it, that is to say, it was Lord Zhao who personally transferred me, a small graduate of the Police Academy, to him, and I am confident that I will have his support, because the desolate land to the east of the North School Field has always been an ugly and nasty scar that the political axes are unwilling to face, and now there is no need for the political axe to pay, but to pay for the political axe to buy and spend money on the construction, do you think, the Governor will not support it?"

"You really did it......" Johnson was dumbfounded.

Xiao Yiming said with a smile: "With less than 6,000 yuan of investment, I can get 400 acres of land located within the city wall, I'm afraid there will be no such good thing in the future!" As of the end of last month, I have accumulated 48,000 yuan of funds, plus this month's profits, and a minimum investment reserve of 60,000 yuan, which is enough to ensure the smooth implementation of the development plan.

"In half a year, I hope that this land will bring me a net income of 600,000 yuan, and maybe even more! What do you think? Dear Johnson, would you like to join in and cut the cake? ”

"You lucky madman...... Well, I don't have much savings, so I can only invest 20,000 silver dollars, but you have to keep my principal safe. ”

Johnson resolutely decided to invest, and no longer wanted to let the huge profits run away from him.

Xiao Yiming shook her head: "What are you doing without risk?" If you're afraid of losing money, just lend me the money and I'll pay you twice as much interest on the loan as HSBC. ”

"Don't you think! Either you do it together or you do it yourself. Johnson immediately refused, causing Sharpler to laugh.

Xiao Yiming poured tea for everyone again:

"Johnson, I like it very much when you give me this birthday gift, if you can, please help me buy five hundred Colt M1903 pistols, plus 100,000 rounds of matching ammunition, I know you have a way."

"I want to emphasize that the commercial banks of various countries have the habit of bribing our procurement officials, and the amount of bribes is usually 8 to 15 percent of the total amount of the purchase, and the promoters are also paid 2 to 8 percent of the total turnover, so I think that the price of a Colt pistol priced at 14 dollars per 14 dollars should be more appropriate at the price of 12 dollars, of course, the bullets are counted separately, what do you think?"

Johnson held his head in pain:

"Whew...... My God! How could I cooperate with you vampire......"

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