Li Haidun looked at the Yellow Sea filled with gunsmoke from afar, and his heart was full of sorrow.

On 17 September, aboard the Austro-Hungarian cruiser Empress Teresa, he witnessed the entire naval battle from afar. He was powerless to change history, and the Beiyang Fleet of the Qing Dynasty, which was at a disadvantage, suffered a crushing defeat, and the Japanese Navy did not achieve their goal of sinking the ironclad ships "Dingyuan" and "Zhenyuan" of the Beiyang Fleet, although these two warships were already scarred, but the Japanese were not yet able to sink them.

As the British commented, this was a no-knowing naval encounter between two countries that knew nothing about naval warfare. Theoretically, if the two ironclad ships and other warships of the Beiyang Fleet could keep up with the technological progress of the times and be equipped with the current new breech-fired rapid-fire guns in time, the slightly inferior Japanese should have suffered a crushing defeat.

But the truth is the opposite, the Japanese succeeded.

The outcome of this war is destined to be impossible to change.

Lechelton acted, and he ordered the entire Austro-Hungarian fleet to be sailed to Yokosuka, not to demonstrate, but to negotiate a business with the Japanese.

Japanese Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito was able to hold back his anger, but the eyes of the commander of the Combined Fleet, Yuhiro Ito, were about to burst into flames: "What? You actually offered two million pounds sterling for four old ironclad ships, impossible, impossible! ”

"Mr. Ito, don't be so angry, I didn't force you to do anything, if you don't agree, I'll leave right now, the Qing people are in urgent need of these warships, this is their offer." Li Haidun was very calm, and said slowly, "Two million pounds sterling can not be sold to you, this is the offer of the Qing people, unless you bid higher than them, at least two million eight hundred thousand." He glanced at Ito Yuheng, if you jump again, Lao Tzu will increase the price.

Ito Hirobumi immediately grabbed Ito Yuhiro, who wanted to jump again, and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness Friedrich, there is something to discuss...... The Imperial Navy has decided to buy all four of your existing ironclads, but on one condition, you are not allowed to sell any other ships to the Qing during the war. ”

"Don't worry, I will guarantee that the Great Austro-Hungarian Empire is a very honest country." Li Haiton said that Ito was worried that he would hand over the other three warships to the Qing army, but those three warships were within the establishment of the Imperial Navy, and although he also wanted to do it, he did not have the power.

"One more thing, the empire doesn't have so many funds right now, do you see if you can pay five ...... first? Oh, one-third of the payment, and the remainder from thereafter to be paid annually. Ito asked another question, watching Lehedon's face gradually change, he didn't want to say it, but he couldn't help but say it, because ...... The empire really doesn't have any money.

"Okay." Lechelton pondered deliberately for a while, and then said, "I agree to your terms, but the balance owed will be subject to interest at the rate of ten percent per year. "This is a very demanding condition, and the interest rate is almost twice as fast as what banks are borrowing from countries today.

Ito could only grit his teeth and agree, there was no way, where would he find money now? Only after the war, quickly find the British to borrow money to pay off the account.

"Come, everyone be happy, and I wish us a happy cooperation in the future." Lechelton said with a smile.

Ito could only sneer, "Later? Wishing us no more again! ”

Lee Hayton was so happy that he also sold 200,000 rifles for one hundred and seventy yen and 10 million rounds of ammunition for twenty rounds per yen, almost three times the normal price. Now is a good opportunity to knock on the bamboo, not knock on nothing. 37 million yen, that's nearly 6 million pounds.

"Tokyo, what a great place, I'll come back someday!" On the pier, Li Haiton said with a smile to Yamamoto Gonbei, chief of staff of the Japanese Navy.

Yamamoto's heart thought that you must not come again.

Li Haiton returned to Shanghai, and now the effects of the war were already felt, and the price of raw silk on the international market had rapidly doubled. In fact, the Sino-Japanese War had almost no impact on the production of raw silk in the two countries, and it was a wrong reaction made by Westerners who did not understand the situation in the East.

The war in the north did not have much effect on southern China at all, and people were still doing what they were supposed to do. This war was just a matter between Li Hongzhang and the Japanese, and his Huai army was completely embarrassed to his grandmother's house this time.

Li Haidon quickly sold the inventory in his hand, and made a net profit of more than five million pounds in the middle of a hand.

He is still busy selling arms, Liu Kunyi, the governor of Liangjiang, is the big head, and the court is only looking at his old Hunan army to defend Shanhaiguan. The governor of Hunan, Wu Dawei, was one, and there was also Wei Guangtao, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, who fought well in Liaodong and could sell him some more Makqin and artillery.

Who else?

Oh, Li Bingheng, the governor of Shandong, this thing doesn't know how to defend Weihaiwei, but he has organized more than 100,000 people to defend Jinan, and I don't know if his brain is in the water.

With 400,000 rifles, 300 Makqin, and 200 artillery pieces and ammunition, Li Haidun swept away a total of 45 million taels of silver, more than 10 million pounds, in the Qing Dynasty. Such a huge profit frightened him, these things were much faster than the four ironclad ships that he had spent half a day trying to figure out.

It's no wonder that the arms dealers in this world are selling war everywhere and fighting for it.

Li Haiton went to Wuchang for two months, and he gave voluntary guidance to Zhang Zhidong's iron factory for a while, and by the way, he also gave some free education classes to this half-conservative and half-open duplex.

History still continues to move forward according to the original trajectory, the Japanese occupied the Liaodong Peninsula, and then, successfully landed on the Jiaodong Peninsula, and the once glorious Beiyang Fleet became a historical term.

What made Li Haidun feel a little depressed was that Zhang Zhidong refused to agree to his idea of taking a stake in Wuchang Iron Works, making his nearly two months of compulsory education in vain. Oh forgot to mention, the historical Hanyang Iron Works is gone, and the location of the iron works was chosen in Qingshan, west of Wuchang, which is now called Wuchang Iron Works.

Maybe it won't be long before it will be called Wuhan Iron and Steel again, hehe.

Before the Treaty of Shimonoseki was signed, Helton set out for Europe, bringing with him more than twenty cargoes and taking with him more than twenty cargoes. Wave your sleeves as you leave...... Oh, and forget, there's still over £20 million in the sleeve.

In the Pacific Ocean, the steam engine clanged loudly, breaking the tranquility of the sea.

That's right, it was the Pacific Ocean, and the cargo ship returned to Europe, but Lehedon took several warships around the world for most of the world, from South America, to the United States, and back to Europe, and toured Wèn.

Rumble! Boom!

The Austrians' naval fleet conducted a gunnery training in the Gulf of Mexico, which frightened the Mexicans and saved some face for Lehedon's second uncle, the Mexican emperor's second uncle, who died tragically.

Are you rich now, brother, you have nothing to do when you're full, right?

Not really.

Lehydon received a grand and warm reception from Mexican government officials in Mexico City, which is due to the shells.

Later, the Omo Oil Company was established, and Helton Lee was able to acquire the rights to explore and exploit the entire state of Campec for only £300,000. He knew that Mexico's largest oil field was here, and that the location and how to drill the well was a matter for geologists, engineers and drillers.

He didn't have the idea of being a Rockefeller, and he didn't have the ability to do it, but he still made a lot of money by opening some oil fields, and he could sell them to the Yankees.

As a serious business, he casually sold 30,000 rifles to the Mexican government, and he can only be sorry for Mr. Mauser, who let his Mauser 95 not be built yet.

The cruiser "Empress Teresa" returned with a full load of Lechelton and returned with honors - this is not a good thing, and now the whole world knows that Lealhadon can almost be called the blackest arms dealer in history, and he has been pitting all the way to the Japanese pit in the Qing Dynasty...... However, his legendary fortune story will still be talked about, but unfortunately, everyone will not open the golden finger.

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