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"Zhang Gongzi, this is it!"

Early the next morning, Zhang Renjie took the members of the tenth class to the government office. Not to mention, the public servants of this government office went to work quite early, similar to going to work at eight o'clock in later generations, and he was more than seven o'clock, and there were people not long after the sun rose. I just don't know what I'm doing inside, and it's the same as the staff in the agency, staying for a day with a cup of tea and a newspaper?

Don't say it, people are really different, this is the Ordnance Bureau in the Yamen, responsible for the allocation of weapons in various places in Changzhen Tonghai Road, every once in a while, there are regimental training officers like Zhang Renjie who come to find a way to allocate equipment, or spend a lot of money to buy. Seeing Zhang Renjie come in, instead of giving a face, he was very enthusiastic. Looking at Zhang Renjie's eyes, that is another fat sheep is coming!

However, these public servants inside were disappointed, and their leader, General Manager Wu, was instructed by Ding Shicheng last night to help Zhang Renjie do his job. According to the envoy's speech, of course, this small general office must be regarded as a holy decree, although he did not greet Zhang Renjie at the door, but Zhang Renjie came in and signed up, and he ran out.

"I also guessed that this foreign bank should be in the concession, but there is still the General Office of Lao Wu to help set up the line, you please first!" Zhang Renjie entered the Zhenjiang British Concession under the leadership of General Manager Wu and came to the gate of the British Jardine Matheson.

"Zhang Gongzi is too polite, in fact, the British are very easy to deal with, and the efficiency is also very fast, as long as the money is in place, he can help you send what you want to your home! And the quality of the things is also first-class! Hey, old Tang, long time no see! As he was talking, a fat man like a ball walked in front of him, don't look at the other party who looks fatter than Sammo Hung , but the walking speed is quite fast, and he stepped in front of him in a few steps, stretched out his hand and shook it twice with President Wu's office.

"Let me introduce, Mr. Zhang, this is Mr. Tang Shaode, the comprador of Jardine Matheson, Mr. Tang is responsible for the purchase and sale of all commodities in Zhenjiang, and Mr. Tang is in charge of negotiating prices and signing contracts." General Manager Wu enthusiastically introduced, it seems that these two people are very familiar, and there should be a lot of business contacts between them, or in other words, General Manager Wu has also introduced a lot of business to Tang Shaode. The two are in partnership! "Old Tang, this ship was introduced by the envoy Zhang Renjie and Young Master Zhang! This time it's a big deal again! ”

"Welcome, welcome, Zhang Gongzi is magnificent, at a glance, he knows that he is a person who does great things, and he needs to go all out!" The chubby comprador Tang said with a smile on his face, this is already very fat, and his eyes are still very small, but when he laughs, his eyes are even smaller.

"Fortunately, Mr. Tang. I've admired the name for a long time! Zhang Renjie also replied with a fist.

"Old Tang, will you just let us stand here? Don't invite us to sit down? General Manager Wu asked with slanted eyes, familiar with this place as if it were his own home.

"Oh, sorry, sorry! Zhang Gongzi is here, please! Don comprador immediately made a gesture of please!

Zhang Renjie did not have a good impression of the comprador group, and some of the compradors progressed and became later revolutionary forces, but most of them still regressed and became outright traitors. After the war, without the intermediary agent of the comprador, it would be impossible for the Western invaders to invade the Chinese market as deep and wide.

It can be said that the comprador has objectively promoted the development of China's foreign trade, and the comprador bourgeoisie is the product of foreign aggression against China, while the advent of capitalism has led to the gradual disintegration of China's self-sufficient feudal natural economy, and China's agriculture, light industry, and even heavy industry have developed to a certain extent, which is conducive to China's modernization. In this respect, the compradors and the comprador bourgeoisie also played a certain positive role, and these several reasons were intertwined, which made Zhang Renjie feel that he had an inexplicable feeling about the comprador group.

"General Manager Wu, Uncle Ding Shi said that you should introduce Harrison, the general manager of Jardine Matheson, to me, by the way, Mr. Tang, I don't know if Manager Harrison is here now?" Zhang Renjie didn't go in with him, and said a word when General Manager Wu just raised his feet.

"This, Mr. Harrison is in the manager's office now, Zhang Gongzi come with me!" Tang comprador looked at General Manager Wu's office, and then said with a smile. This boy wants to see the head of the foreign bank, so let him see him. "Zhang Gongzi, I want to remind you that this Harrison manager can't speak Chinese, you"

"It's okay, I know English!" Zhang Renjie said casually. The captain of the special operations group is quite a few so good, he learned English during college, and later learned German and French and the language of Little Japan in the army, plus his own mother tongue, Zhang Renjie can speak five Chinese, but because he uses English and Japanese more at sea, he is fluent in these two languages, and German and French are much worse, but it is no problem to barely have a conversation.

When the two heard Zhang Renjie's words, they both nodded slightly after looking at each other, combined with Zhang Renjie's call to call the envoy Uncle Shi just now, it seems that this is really a very good idea to think that the son. is an ordinary son, even if he has a background, there are few who can speak foreign language.

"Please, please, please, please!" Speaking of this Tang comprador is even more enthusiastic, in China, everywhere pay attention to a relationship, human affection, make friends with a person with identity and background, maybe it will help you when you can!

"Tuk Tuk!"

"Comm hard!" There was a standard London accent in English, the voice of a young man.

"Mr. Harrison, this Zhang Gongzi wants to negotiate a deal with you, and please receive it personally!" Tang comprador said respectfully.

A little old man sitting at the desk inside, about fifty years old, with a white beard, without which Zhang Renjie would almost recognize him as Churchill. In front of his desk stood a young Englishman, Harrison's assistant, but he looked older than Zhang Renjie, about twenty-five or sixteen.

"I'm glad to see you, Mr. Harrison, for your precious time!" Zhang Renjie also said it in a marked London accent, which made a room of people look at him with some surprise. There are very few people in China who can speak English so well.

"Oh, nice to meet you young man, your English is amazing! Have a seat! Welcome to Jardine Matheson Matheson. "As soon as I sat down, the staff of the foreign company outside served a few cups of tea, and it seems that this foreign company is also following the local customs and knows that it will serve tea to the guests." Mr. Zhang must also know the power of Jardine Matheson, and it can be said that the largest foreign company in the Far East is us, is there anything we can serve? ”

At this time, comprador Tang just nodded at Harrison and the others, and then went out, this kind of business negotiated by the manager personally, he could not be present, he was not an assistant after all, but General Manager Wu did not go out, after all, Zhang Renjie was brought by him, and he followed the whole process.

"Of course, it's a big deal, otherwise I wouldn't have to make a trip myself! This time I came here to purchase a batch of rifles from Jardine Matheson, and the number may not be a minority! The first batch will cost 1,000 pieces, 500,000 rounds of ammunition, and I would like to purchase some machines from Jardine Matheson, with a total value of about 100,000 taels of silver. Zhang Renjie threw out a huge bait, and the business of 100,000 taels was already a large transaction amount, and Harrison couldn't help but be not serious.

The current foreign exchange to huàn ratio is 4.8 US dollars for one pound sterling, and 35 dollars for silver. That is to say, the 100,000 taels of silver is equivalent to more than 28,000 pounds, which is really a huge amount of money, and his manager's salary is only 1,500 pounds a year, which is already considered a high-income group, although he still has additional income, nearly 30,000 pounds, he has to earn almost ten years.

"The gun thing is easy to do, now there are several samples of rifles in the foreign company, do you want to see the gun now? Come with me now! Oh, by the way, may I ask Mr. Zhang whether he brought the permission of your government, we have signed an agreement with your country, and arms and weapons can only be sold to the Qing Dynasty government and its subordinate agencies! The old man Harrison saw Zhang Renjie nodding, just got up, and then said.

"Of course!" Zhang Renjie replied. "Mr. Wu, you brought the paperwork with you!"

"Here, the fallen lord personally approved it last night!" General Manager Wu immediately handed over the document signed and stamped by Ding Shicheng!

Harrison's young British assistant took it and looked at it: "Sir, this is Ding Daotai's approval, and it is fully qualified to import arms and weapons!" "It seems that Ding Shicheng has also dealt with this British, think about it, this Yamen is only a kilometer away from here, and it is so close, it is strange that he has not dealt with it!

"No problem, let's go now!"