Chapter 341: Arms Race (2)
"Your Majesty Ayev, what you are seeing now is the Blackwater Main Rifle Model 1640, which is produced in the Manchester City Military Factory in mainland Australia, and this gun is the most commonly used rifle in the three units of the Australian Army and Naval Garrison. You must have seen its power, and the effective design distance is within two hundred meters, as long as it is hit by the vital part, it will definitely die. ”
Zhou Yu picked up a rifle and handed it to a Blackwater soldier beside him, acting as a weapons salesman, Blackwater did not intend to sell weapons to Landak, but Ayef himself opened his mouth to say that he wanted to equip an Australian firearms unit, and hoped that Blackwater could send people to help them train.
As a partner, Blackwater naturally can't refuse the request of its partners, and is very happy to recommend the current main 1640 rifle, which is also the only rifle exported by Australia, and the most important thing is that Blackwater also intends to replace the 1640 in its hands with its upgraded version of the 1641 model.
Naturally, a buyer is needed for a replacement and pull-down weapon, and Landak is a good buyer, they are willing to buy it, and they don't have that much cash in their hands, as long as these strong items are sent back to the local factory to be repainted and replaced with some of the almost broken parts, they are no different from new.
"It's really good, it's much more powerful than the bow and arrow, but the price is a little expensive, Staff Officer Zhou, let's see if you can reduce it." Ayev said with some shyness, a sultan personally opened his mouth to bargain, I am afraid that he is also the first one in Kalimantan.
"Your Majesty, the price of the gun is not expensive, the new price of 180 yuan is definitely a preferential price for you, and you can also see that its parts are made of fine dark iron, if it is low, we will have no money at all." Zhou Yu expressed helplessness with a bitter face, this price is actually not high, but it is slightly higher than selling to the Dutch.
"But I don't have that much money to buy, you know the situation in Landak, the war is not over and you have to use money everywhere."
"Yes. I know that Landak is still recovering, which I know less than Your Majesty, but this price is indeed very low, if Your Majesty does not mind using second-hand goods, we can provide a batch, and there will be a big change in price, each gun only needs 120 yuan from the prefect, what do you think. ”
"Second-hand, that is, something that has been used, is this thing good?" Ayev asked skeptically. After all, what others have used will definitely not be too good, and there will be a certain amount of wear and tear.
"You need to know this after you see it, but I can guarantee that the things are absolutely fine, and they are not worse than the new ones, they are all very well-maintained guns, but they will have less service life than the new ones."
After speaking, Zhou Yu asked the soldier to take out a repaired 1640 rifle and give it to Ayev and let him test the gun. After some testing, it was found that there was not much difference in the shooting distance, just a difference of tens of meters, and there seemed to be no change except that the gun was heavier.
"This gun you see was equipped by our troops two years ago. There are a lot of knockout outfits right now, and if you want to buy them, you can get a big discount, and you should even be given some bullets. ”
Ayev was thrilled to be said, after all, it was 50 yuan cheaper. Together, it's a lot of money, and you won't lose money.
"The gun is good, but I think the price is still a bit high, and I can't afford to pay that much." Ayev again said he didn't have enough money. It doesn't seem to be true at all.
"If you don't have money, it doesn't matter, you can collect the domestic tax burden by us, can't you?" Zhou Yu was out of doctrine, thinking about what the chief said to him.
The use of taxes as collateral was invented by Westerners back then, and Hei Shuo planned to borrow this method.
"Is it really possible, then I need to mortgage for a few years to pay taxes." Ayev hurriedly asked, if the time is too long, he is not going to use the mortgage.
"It depends on the amount you buy, if you buy more, then the mortgage will last longer, and of course for the daily expenses of Landak, we will not collect all your taxes, we will only charge a quarter, you see."
Blackwater likes to do this kind of thing the most, and for Blackwater, the longer it takes to harvest, the greater the impact on Landak.
Ayev was still thinking about it, although this method was good, but Landak's so-called taxes were actually very low, only collecting those foreign merchants, and the local merchants did not collect any money, as for Landak's main source of taxes, of course, it was the same as the Central Plains Dynasty, which was grain.
Although Landak is a country that believes in Islam, it was also greatly influenced by the Central Plains Dynasty, and the grain trade during this period was one of the important trades between Southeast Asian countries.
Now that the conditions have been released by the black water, Ayev has no reason to refuse, the most important thing is that this batch of second-hand weapons is well maintained, no different from the new ones, as long as they are equipped, I believe that their army will be able to regain the lost territory, as for Sukkadana, let them jump for a few days first, and when their army is trained, they will definitely be able to beat the opponent's ass and urine.
Ayev couldn't help but smile when he thought of this, he was simply too wise and powerful, and maybe the day when he unified Kalimantan was not far away.
"Very good, Staff Officer Zhou, I think this proposal is very good, I want to know how many of these second-hand weapons you have, you know that I have 5,000 troops, I hope my troops can be equipped."
"We have at least three thousand in our hands, and I think Your Majesty should buy some new guns to equip your royal guard, you must know that the remnants of the former Sultan may still be secretly trying to assassinate you, so your safety is not comparable to a small amount of money."
"Yes, safety is the most important, my royal guards must use the latest guns, equipped with good weapons, Staff Officer Zhou's reminder is very in place, then bring me five hundred new 1640s, to equip my royal guards, by the way, your kind of explosive little wooden sticks also give me a few hundred."
"You're talking about grenades, of course there is no problem, the price of grenades is relatively cheap, only 30 yuan a grenade, if you buy more than 500 pieces at a time, we can give you a price of 28 yuan each."
Zhou Yu smiled and introduced the price, which was not at all like what a staff officer should do, if it weren't for the Blackwater Staff Uniform, Ayef and the others would even think that this guy was an arms salesman.
The two had a good conversation, and Ayev liked the weapon recommended by Zhou Yu very much, and finally Zhou Yu gave him a delicate revolver, and the two sides ended the negotiations and finally signed the treaty. (To be continued......)