In Huize County in April and May, the sun is already hot, and there are a few followers waiting for him, Zhang Shusheng's life is good. If you have money and do things, invite a group of people to act, and you can do it smoothly up and down.

"Young master, there are two foreign devils looking for you." The housekeeper played by Lao Sheng stepped upstairs and alarmed Zhang Shusheng, who was enjoying the cold.

"Two? So fast? Zhang Shusheng walked downstairs in wonder, but saw a burly guy with a fierce spirit, who was obviously a soldier. The other person was the old Jewish man.

"You two have something to do with me?"

"Hmm!" The two looked at each other, seemingly hostile, but didn't say much.

Zhang Shusheng nodded, motioned to the housekeeper behind him, and said, "Uncle Fu, take this Jewish businessman below to rest, and I'll talk to this one first." ”

When he came to the secluded room upstairs, the person who came suddenly said, "You are not the warlord young master!" ”

The cold tone almost made Zhang Shusheng not understand, although the foreign language learned through the dream machine is very convenient and fast, but after all, it lacks the opportunity to fight, especially this kind of German with strong local characteristics.

"Guessed right, unfortunately there is no reward." Zhang Shusheng also said coldly, using an alternative humor.

"Zhang, don't be nervous, I'm really here to do business with you." The Germans smiled wryly, and the unique sense of humor of the Germans made Zhang Shusheng a little uncomfortable.

"What do you want to buy? I don't know what Your Excellency is called. ”

"Tanks, tank drawings!" The German seemed to be in a hurry, and paused before replying, "You can call me Feng." Shidman. Zhang, how much money do you need to sell. ”

Zhang Shusheng said calmly: "The tank drawings are drawings with a very high professional surname, and I don't remember that you once took the drawings from me!" ”

"I've seen it from other merchants. Kenneth may have mentioned to you that I was the German Major who came to Yunnan with him. Shi Deman was a little anxious, he was originally ordered to try to see if he could contact the Sichuan warlord behind this young master, but when he came, he found out that it was an impostor, and those fake soldiers betrayed Zhang Shusheng. Temperament is a thing, sometimes it's okay to deceive laymen, but the kind of soft-footed shrimp that hasn't heard the sound of gunshots can't fool Steerman.

"You have to give me a reason to buy the tank blueprints, and the price!" Zhang Shusheng asked tentatively.

Stadman pondered slightly, and only began to speak in a half-loud voice.

It turns out that things in the world are often so coincidental that the approximate history that Zhang Shusheng knows is slightly different from the fact that during World War I, not only Britain was secretly developing a "water tank", but Germany, which had obtained top-secret information, was also secretly demonstrating the feasibility of this weapon.

Before coming to China, Schadmann happened to be one of the military designers who participated in the design of the "land mobile armored fortress", but it was only because of a serious conflict with the chief designer on the main design ideas such as whether the tank needed to be equipped with a gun emplacement, so he was transferred to China to become a civilian military attaché. Unexpectedly, he could find the kind of tank design drawings that were almost perfect and exactly the same as the tank he was expecting in his heart in China.

Zhang Shusheng's almost the most primitive tank design drawings have become priceless in his eyes. Judging from the few drawings I have seen, compared to the German plan that is still on the designer's desk, this drawing can be built according to the start.

What this means, Schsteadmann knows better than anyone else.

As long as he has it, he will be able to return to China in style, and say that this drawing is the credit of his meditation in China, and when the time comes, everything he has will come back, the ridicule of relatives and friends, and the glory of the family's loss will return.

To hell with those who humiliate themselves, to hell with the broken water tanks of the British.

He will never suffer from the eyes of the family again, will not be regarded as the waste of the family, will not become the shame of the soldiers, and can even spit on the old designer of the dead ghost in person.

"A million marks, that's the highest price I can offer." Steadmann gritted his teeth and calculated the personal assets he could mobilize in the family, if there were too many, it would not be good, "You must know that the blueprint of the tank, even if you put it in front of the German ambassador to China now, he will not know what it is." In the whole of China, only I am the most likely to buy it. Moreover, I am privately funded. No country, including Germany, would be willing to pay a high price for this drawing. Because, even in the UK, it is currently top secret. ”

Zhang Shusheng smiled and said, "If I don't sell it, you can't buy it." Moreover, once your dilapidated fortress dies, the British's water tank will be on the scene, and seeing the power of the tank, won't my tank drawings be better sold? ”

"You should also think about your own safety, the Chinese have an old saying, called Huaibi is guilty." Steadmann sweated on his forehead, this Chinese is too simple, completely different from other Chinese who are subservient to themselves.

"Really?" Zhang Shusheng smiled slightly, picked up an iron ashtray next to him, and with the force of his right hand, the entire ashtray was deformed. "Don't think of me as a sheep, it's a big deal if I burn the drawings and take them to the coffin, and I will be buried with myself."

"Okay. I admit that you won, you make a price. "Shideman is out of options, he just wants to hear the other party's offer first.

"Two million marks, I'll keep it a secret for you. However, you have to provide me with a complete set of equipment for the production of Mauser rifles, and I don't care if you steal or rob or smuggle it, without it, everything is not discussed. And, remember, don't try to fool me with the old ones. Zhang Shusheng said coldly.

The price seems to be very high, but in fact it is very cheap, and if it is sold to a European war country a year later, the price of this entry-level tank blueprint can be at least doubled several times. Fundamentally speaking, the sale of tank design drawings related to Germany's national strategic issues at this time should be even more priceless. It's just that Zhang Shusheng made a time difference, and it also made Steerman change history a little.

Moreover, trading with private individuals is what Zhang Shusheng is most satisfied with. This technology can be said to be left by foreign teachers, but it can't withstand the deep study of national forces.

"Okay, no problem!" To Zhang Shusheng's surprise, Shi Deman agreed with great ease. "There happen to be two large arsenals in the family, as long as you give me the drawings completely, my mother will definitely not blame me for dismantling the production line of the spare workshop."

This kid's family arsenal actually has a Mauser gun production line, and it is estimated that because of the war, the Mauser company temporarily relaxed some restrictions.

Zhang Shusheng scolded wildly in his heart, damn, this is okay, it turned out to be a loser, dismantling the spare equipment of the factory at home in exchange for his reputation and future. But what is the point?

"Deal! Three months later, here is the transaction. You ship what I want from Germany, I give you perfect drawings, and of course, for fairness, we need an intermediary. If you renege, he will ruin your reputation and give away the blueprints to other countries for free. ”

Zhang Shusheng is ready, life is cheap in troubled times, and he has to be careful.

"No problem." Shi Deman wants to die, this Chinese Zhang is too cunning, but he still has to have it, this drawing will be the most important weight for himself and his family to re-speak in the German [***] world. "But I have one request, I hope to continue to cooperate in the future."

got a deposit of 100,000 marks, and sent away the future upstart of the German design industry who had regained his confidence, and Zhang Shusheng received the old Jewish man.

"You want to buy a blueprint for the production of gas masks?" Zhang Shusheng asked strangely, what does an old Jewish man need this thing for.

"Not bad." The old Jewish man's name was Gruni, and he was a shrewd Jewish businessman, "Make a price, ordinary gas mask drawings, I don't think you'll ask for a price." You know, it's not the same as the tank drawings. ”

"I didn't expect you to see the power of tanks. Then you know the purpose of gas masks. "Zhang Shusheng's mind is in a hurry, the old Jewish man, as a person of later generations, the first thing that comes to mind is the unlucky Jews in Germany, although it is still early, but this old man can not only see the huge role of tanks, but also know the business opportunities of gas masks, and he is definitely not an ordinary person." It's a pity that you Germany seem to have produced gas masks. ”

"Since it's a commodity, there will always be a market." Gruni said lightly.

Market? Yes, Germany can't sell it, but Britain and France are in dire need of it. Moreover, at that time, not to mention the production of secret gas masks in Germany, even gas masks were not distributed in large quantities, and the old man knew that it was possible to make some noise, and he estimated that the specific production method was a little worse. Zhang Shusheng thought to himself, it seems that this old man has a lot of energy.

Gruney continued: "How? ”

Zhang Shusheng admired this crazy old Jewish man, but he had a different idea, "I heard that Jews are very smart in business. If gas warfare catches the attention of the British and French leaders, gas masks will play a strategic role. And as long as it is applied, it is possible to achieve certain political goals. ”

"Huh?" Gruni's eyes suddenly lit up, he didn't expect this young man to see the problem so thoroughly, so he had to say, "Zhang, you won." Gruni knew in his heart that it wasn't because of how high-tech it was, but because he was in short supply of it. This time I came to China to find one of the largest rubber suppliers in Southeast Asia. The trial production of gas masks has not been up to the mark, but unexpectedly, it has encountered a turning point in China.

Zhang Shusheng was not polite, waved his hand, and pinched up the gas mask drawings: "1 million marks, and provide me with a 3,000-ton hydraulic press." ”

"Okay, Zhang, you're very good at business!" The old Jewish man gritted his teeth and agreed, if it weren't for the urgency of time, he would not have made such a decision that seemed to be a loss. "I think we're going to be best friends."

also received a deposit of 100,000 marks, and after leaving the contact method, Zhang Shusheng sent away this mysterious and shrewd old Jewish guy.

With money, everything is easy to do, and the next day, Zhang Shusheng asked Kenneth to inform the other merchants to come to the inn, threw out 150,000 marks, and said arrogantly: "You just have to transport things to Lao Tzu, here is the deposit!" ”