"Whew, I'm finally back in Shanghai." After getting off the river boat, pulling his collar, Riddle said to Charlie on the side. "Then Mr. Charlie, let's leave it at that."

"I look forward to seeing you again, Mr. Riddle." Because there was no competition, and there were only two foreigners when they were on the river, the relationship between Charlie and Riddle improved greatly after 5 days of contact.

After saying goodbye to each other, Riddle and the others returned to Lihe in a rickshaw.

However, just as he walked into his office to get ready to rest, a clerk of a foreign company suddenly walked in with a telegram.

"Here's a copy of your telegram, sir."

Sitting back in his place, Riddle was a little curious. "Whose is it?"

"It seems that it was Mr. Yan Guang, the customer you went to Sichuan this time...", the clerk put the telegram on the table.

Taking the telegram apart, Riddle read the contents little by little, and only smiled wryly after half a ring. "This Yan will really make trouble for me."

Riddle said this because the telegram sent by Yan Guang demanded that all the original 200 German-made 75-mm field guns be replaced with French-made M1897-type 75-mm guns, and at the same time, he demanded that the artillery production equipment he ordered this time must have the ability to produce this kind of field guns, and the drawings and molds were indispensable.

It can be said that Yan Guang's request is quite troublesome, although there are still three years before the First World War, but now the atmosphere in Europe is already quite tense, I believe that even if there is no Sarajevo incident, the war between the two sides will only be delayed for a few years. Under these circumstances, it was really embarrassing for him, a German merchant, to go to a foreign company in France to buy weapons and drawings designed by the French.

"Fortunately, the relationship with Charlie, the Englishman, has eased a lot, as long as Yan sends a telegram, I believe Charlie should help with this..."Thinking so, Riddle motioned to the staff to send a telegram to Sichuan, the content of the telegram was that he was not suitable for this kind of thing as a German, and hoped that he could talk to Charlie of Jardine Matheson first and ask him to help.

After all, France and Britain are allies now, and although many times businessmen do not have a motherland, but at least it is much better than talking to a German himself.

However, Riddle was also a little curious, why did Yan Guang have to replace the German-made Krupp M1903 75mm field gun with a legal one? You must know that the surname of German-made artillery has always been excellent, and Yan Guang's attitude is also very appreciative of German weapons, especially products like Krupp and Mauser...

After receiving the telegram sent back by Riddle, Yan Guang also felt that what Riddle said made sense. Although the First World War had not yet begun, it was indeed difficult for a strong man to get a German businessman to negotiate business with a French businessman, so after replying to a telegram, Yan Guang sent a telegram to Charlie, who had just returned to Jardine Matheson.

As for whether Charlie will agree, Yan Guang is not worried, as long as Charlie doesn't want to lose himself as a big financier, he has to help with this little favor, I believe Charlie himself knows a little bit.

Then, just as Yan Guang thought, although he couldn't understand why Yan Guang suddenly wanted to replace the 75mm gun with a legal one, but out of the consideration of not wanting to lose Yan Guang's financier, Charlie still came forward to help Riddle contact the French, and then Riddle bought 200 French Type 1897 75mm field guns from the French, and all the required drawings and molds.

Of course, because the matter of changing the gun was suddenly proposed by Yan Guang himself, Yan Guang will also make some compensation.

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"Boss, the Germans have telegraphed back that everything has been settled." Walking into the office, Wang Yaowu said to Yan Guang who was in a daze.

"Oh, that's good." After replying to such a sentence, Yan Guang continued to look at the ceiling in a daze.

Originally, Wang Yaowu should have retreated at this time, but looking at Yan Guang in a daze, Wang Yaowu still couldn't hold back the confusion in his heart. "Boss, why do you want to exchange the German Krupp for the French Schneider?" In fact, Wang Yaowu is not the only one who has this kind of doubt, such as Zhu Qinglan and Yang Shan, as well as Peng Xiu and others who have just returned, are also very strange.

As I said in the previous few words, before World War I, Germany's arms exports to China accounted for more than 60 percent of the total amount, and it can be said that from the very beginning, the squadron has been deeply imprinted with Germany's imprint in equipment, especially German industrial giants such as Mauser and Krupp. Consider that German businessmen at the end of the Qing Dynasty actually sold completely unrelated 1888 Commission-style rifles to China as Mauser rifles, and one can imagine China's appreciation of Mauser and Krupp.

Compared with Krupp, although Schneider cannot be said to be obscure, he is much worse in the land of China after all...

In this case, Yan Guang actually returned the German-made 75-mm field gun and replaced it with a legal 75-mm gun, which made Wang Yaowu feel very strange.

Yan Guang didn't know how to answer the questions of Wang Yaowu and others. He couldn't tell Wang Yaowu and others, some time ago, when he was in a daze, he suddenly felt that there was a tickle named Kiraxu in the dark and told him that the surname of the French M1897 75mm cannon can be better than the German-made 1903-type 75mm cannon, and it must be replaced by a legal gun instead of a German-made gun, right?

If he really said this to Wang Yaowu, I am afraid that Wang Yaowu would have to give himself 3,600 big slaps by the collar, and if he couldn't wake up, he would come back with another 3,600, until he was completely sober...

In order to avoid being slapped, after thinking about it carefully, Yan Guang turned his head to Wang Yaowudao. "Yaowu, do you know what the rate of fire of the German-made M1903 75mm field gun is?"

Although he was just a hunter in the past, Wang Yaowu has studied under Sunil and other German ** officials in recent years, so he can quite understand the surname of German weapons. "It's 10 rounds per minute."

"Then do you know how much Miss 75 is in France?"

"Miss?" Wang Yaowu didn't figure it out at once, but fortunately, Miss was still honored at this time, otherwise...

However, Miss 75 is quite appropriately described, because during World War I, the range of use of the 75 gun was really as wide as that of Miss...

He coughed lightly twice, and after eliminating the bad thoughts in his mind, Yan Guang Zhengse. "It's the French M1897 75mm field gun, do you know what its rate of fire is?"

"I don't know..."Wang Yaowu studied under the German system, and he may still have some understanding of the German son's generation, but he has a good understanding of the French system...

"It's 15 rounds per minute...", Yan Guang asked again. Do you know what the fastest rifle is today? ”

"England's Lee Enfield, 15 rounds per minute." Wang Yaowu hurriedly replied.

"That's right, 15 rounds per minute..."Yan Guang smiled bitterly. A cannon can fire as fast as the fastest rifle, and now you can see why I chose him. ”

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