"I haven't seen you for so long, and you're still so direct." Laughing, Charlie took the papers.

Because Yan Guang had already prepared two copies in advance, after Charlie took one, Riddle took the other.

"Let me explain it first, this time the business is very big, and my finance minister calculates that there is basically no problem with more than 10 million." After the fingers of his right hand tapped on the tabletop, Yan Guang continued. "That's why I'll contact the two of you first, in addition to Jardine Matheson and Lihe are the two largest foreign companies in China, and I also have the best relationship with you, but if you can't meet my requirements, then I don't mind doing business in another foreign company..."

However, hearing Yan Guang say this, Charlie and Riddle just smiled with satisfaction. "Please rest assured, if we can't meet your requirements, then I believe that there will not be any foreign company in China that can meet your requirements." As he spoke, the two of them opened the documents in their hands.

A business of tens of millions of silver dollars? For them, they can't ask for it.

Merely...

"Committee 1888 rifles 60,000 rods..."Seeing the first row of the document, Charlie's face darkened first, because Jardine Matheson was a British foreign company, and it was impossible to get so many German-made rifles in a short period of time. Seeing Charlie's dark face, Riddle snickered in his heart.

However, when he saw the second line, Riddle's own face darkened.

"10,000 Browning M1900 pistols...", like the commission rifles, so many Browning pistols can only be obtained by British foreign companies in a short period of time.

"3,000 Danish-made Madsen light machine guns..."

"400 Maxim heavy machine guns..."

"75 mm caliber field guns, 100 mountain guns ..."

"Observation, reconnaissance, correction of 20 balloons..."

Charlie and Riddle, who looked at the rows of numbers, were dumbfounded, and now they finally understood why Yan Guang would say that the business would exceed 10 million this time. You know, the total value of the 60,000 commission rifles alone is more than six million silver dollars (with 1,000 rounds of ammunition).

"How? Can you eat these? Carefully appreciating the expressions on the faces of the two people, Yan Guang asked with a smile while holding his chin with his hands.

"......," Riddle scratched his head as he looked at the form in his hand. Let me think about it first. ”

Although Lihe Foreign Company is the largest German foreign company in China, 60,000 commission rifles cannot be obtained at once, not to mention a large number of other things. However, this business was indeed a rare big business, so Riddle did not want to give up, so he thought about which German foreign firm he could get enough rifles.

The same goes for Charlie, and it's a bit more problematic than Riddle.

Because of the official refitting of the Mauser G98 rifle, there are countless commission rifles that have been replaced, although the number of 60,000 is a lot, but as long as you find a few more German foreign companies, it is not a difficult thing to make up, but 10,000 Browning pistols...

Compared with rifles, the market for pistols is not very wide in China, and the Browning brand is not as popular in China as it was decades later, so the number of 10,000 is probably only limited to the headquarters in London.

In addition to the problems of rifles and pistols, there are also problems of heavy machine guns, light machine guns and mountain artillery, field artillery.

To put it simply, none of the things Yan Guang wanted could be taken out by the two foreign firms.

Although stumped by the current problem, Charlie and Riddle never doubted Yan Guang's ability to pay. Now people all over the world know that the gold spraying land in Mexico was discovered by Yan Guang, and he also sold it to Standard Oil by himself, although no one knows what the amount of their transaction is, but thinking about 10 million silver dollars can only be described as "mediocre" for Yan Guang.

Because it was already December, Yan Guang had set up a lot of charcoal stoves throughout the Governor's Mansion, which could not only increase the temperature in the room, but also make the air in the Governor's Mansion drier. And such an environment also made several people in the living room seem very comfortable.

Although it was a bit troublesome, after identifying a few German foreign companies with good relations in his mind, Riddle finally nodded. "It's a lot, but if you give me a month, we can still get the 60,000 rifles you need."

Charlie, who was on the side, also spoke at this time. "Because the pistol market is not very popular in China, we don't have so many Browning pistols in China, but if we can give us a month and a half, the headquarters will be able to get a sufficient number of pistols from London."

"And what about the light and heavy machine guns, field artillery, and mountain artillery I need?" Yan Guang's attention to these things is higher than that of committee rifles and Browning pistols, because rifles can now produce more than 100 rifles in the arsenal, and the demand for pistols is not very urgent, but light and heavy machine guns and various artillery pieces are not something that can be mass-produced in the current Sichuan Arsenal.

"This—" Charlie and Riddle scratched their heads in embarrassment.

Before leaving, they had expected that Yan Guang's appetite would be great, so they made a lot of preparations in advance, but when they arrived in front of Yan Guang, they knew that Yan Guang's appetite was beyond their imagination.

3,000 Madsen machine guns, 400 Maxim heavy machine guns, 200 field guns and 100 mountain guns, these are not enough in a hurry. (The arms embargo was started after the end of World War I, so there is no need to worry about not being able to buy the weapons you need) Some things are not even in stock, so you can only contact the place of origin later.

"I'm sorry, Governor Yan, about the machine gun and artillery, we need to contact the headquarters first before we can get back to you." After thinking about it carefully, the two of them could only give Yan Guang such a reply.

Although the two of them have been in a competitive relationship until now, when they saw the list listed by Yan Guang, they already knew that this business was not something that either of them could eat alone, such as light and heavy machine guns and artillery, and even needed the joint efforts of both parties to eat.

Because of this, the fighting emotions that the two cultivated on the river wheel also diluted a lot at this moment, after all, this business is so big that there is no need for two people to compete anymore.

For the recovery of the two people, Yan Guang nodded in understanding, but then he took out two more forms and handed them over. "You're looking at this to see if you can meet my request."

"And?" The two of them felt a little stimulated, but they quickly took the form.

This time, the list listed all kinds of machinery and equipment required by Yan Guang, mainly focusing on mining, smelting, and munitions and munitions.

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