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Robert? Ferrari told Scott that he needed 1ooo MacDonald 1857 rifles for his first orders. If the performance satisfies the Kingdom of Sardinia and its allies, they will continue to purchase more MacDonald 1857 rifles, which may eventually be in the tens of thousands.

It's a big deal, and if it does, Scrooge will become a millionaire with this business. But Robert? Ferrari's various wrongs made Scrooge suspicious. So he said to Robert? Ferrari Says:

"My dear friend, don't know when you need to deliver?"

"Of course, the sooner the better, the sooner you get the goods, the sooner you can train the army." "If your company is at full capacity, how long can it be delivered?" ”

"This ......," Scrooge deliberately made a look of embarrassment, "you may not know, but our rifle is very popular, the current production capacity is completely saturated, and now the company's order is scheduled for a year, so it is difficult for me to provide you with so many rifles in a short period of time." ”

"Can't you find a way to increase your production capacity?" Ferrari said disapprehantly, "I've heard that workers in your company only work eight hours a day, while workers in other companies work at least fourteen hours a day. Therefore, if your company is willing to increase the labor intensity a little and extend the labor time, your company should still have room to increase production capacity. ”

"Well, Sir really knows our company very well. It's just that some cases are not very clear, you know, the reason why our rifles can sell well is because of its unparalleled shooting and accuracy, and these are achieved by the delicate work of workers, especially skilled workers. I know that workers in most companies work 14 hours, and in some factories, workers are even forced to work 16 hours straight. But the workers in this working state are so tired that they fall asleep even when they are standing. In such a state, how could they possibly create the most reliable and accurate rifle in the world? In fact, according to our experience, a skilled worker's 8 hours of dedicated work is already the limit, and continuing to work longer hours will only lead to a skyrocketing rate of defective products. And the workers who made the exact MacDonald 1857 could only work for 5 hours. Moreover, our equipment is also running at full capacity, our workers are resting, but our machines are never resting. Therefore, it is not possible to increase production capacity by extending working hours, at least in our company. In fact, the previous boss of this company had to sell the company to me because of arbitrary extension of working hours and a series of strict quality accidents. Scrooge looked helpless.

"But it's really hard for me to accept that I won't be able to get this batch of guns in a year." Ferrari said.

"Not a year later will be delivered, but a year later the production of rifles for you will begin, and to fulfill your order, it will be another two months. Unless ......," Scrooge said.

"Unless what?" Ferrari asked eagerly.

"Unless you can give me the full amount of the purchase first, so I can use it to buy new equipment, recruit more workers, and then produce these guns specifically for you." Scrooge replied.

"If so, how soon will I get the goods?" Ferrari asked.

"Half a month to prepare the production line and workers, and in another two months, that is, two and a half months, I will be able to provide you with 1ooo rifles." Scrooge replied.

"I can agree to that, but I also have some special requirements. First of all, I ask you to give me a discount on the price. I know that now the price of each MacDonald 1857 is fifty dollars. I asked for the price to be lowered to $4o. Because, giving you the full amount of the payment in advance is equivalent to giving you a loan, and it stands to reason that I should have interest income. Second, I request that all my orders after this be processed as the highest priority. Of course, as an equivalent condition, I can pay 50% of the price for each order thereafter. ”

"Seventy percent." "And the price of the gun can only be lowered to $47." Otherwise, I might as well go straight to the bank for a loan. ”

"Let's all give a little, I agree to pay 60 percent of the price each time I go forward, and you agree to lower the price of each gun to 44 yuan, how about it?"

"Okay. We make a deal! Scrooge said.

"Okay, I'll send the first payment to your account early tomorrow morning. I hope that our future cooperation can be so pleasant. Ferrari smiled.

……

"Scrooge, I heard that you have made a big deal in the past few days since I was away?" In Scrooge's office, Rockefeller, who had just returned from New York, said to Scrooge.

"yes, so we're going to have to buy more equipment and recruit more workers." Scrooge replied, "There's a formal contract here, you're an investor in the company, and you come and see if there's anything wrong with it...... Oh yes, how did you get this time in New York? ”

"Not bad." Rockefeller picked up a glass of water that Scrooge had placed on his desk and drank it with a clatter. After drinking the water, Rockefeller put down the cup and touched his mouth with his hand, "The old equipment for making hollow macaroni from the Denardi company is in good condition, although some things need to be replaced, but the whole is still good." ”

"How much did you spend on it?" Scrooge asked.

"Guess what?" Rockefeller said proudly.

"Look at your virtue, you must have picked up a bargain. $25oo? Scrooge, who had made a big deal, was also in a good mood, and he guessed with a smile. Scrooge knew that a brand new set of equipment would cost about $4ooo, not including shipping. And the device that Rockefeller mentioned has been in service for less than 4 years.

"$2ooo including shipping!"

"You're amazing! Terrific! Scrooge gave Rockefeller a thumbs up. When it comes to doing this, he's much better than himself. "If you had been here two days ago, maybe we could have earned more."

By this time, Rockefeller had already sat down on the sand and began to look through the big contract that Scrooge had signed.

"Scrooge, you hit me." Rockefeller said, "I was half exhausted and saved five or six hundred dollars, and you stayed in the office and made tens of thousands of dollars in the blink of an eye." The world is so unfair...... Wait, there's something wrong with this guy who bought guns. In particular, he emphasized that it was up to him to determine what this meant by the ships transporting these guns? ”

"The guy declared it to be a secret, lest the Austrian guy find out about our deal. But I think this is complete nonsense, Austria's maritime power is simply not enough to interfere with Sardinia's trade. Although that guy claims to be Italian, I think this guy is a southerner. Under the guise of the Italians, he was secretly stockpiling arms for the South. If we were to prepare the ship, it would be easy to leak the secret. In addition, I observed that the guy had a thick callus on the second joint of his index finger, which was clearly the result of long-term use of a firearm. I deliberately gave him an accurate version of the 1957 and invited him to test it. By the way, deliberately mentioning what would happen if the Lone Star Republic had such a thing in the war with the Mexicans. Here I deliberately mispronounced the names of the generals on both sides. He didn't correct my mistakes, but I could tell from his face that he had made them. It is impossible for an Italian to be so familiar with this war...... To say, the Southerners are much more serious about preparing for war than we are. Scrooge said.

"That's because the federal government is now under the control of the Southerners." Rockefeller said, "And it's not a bad thing for the South to be a little prepared." Otherwise, the war starts today, and tomorrow we will completely defeat the South, so what will we do to make money? Rockefeller laughed, "But, Scrooge, there must be a limit to arming the South, but don't let the first stick of the Southerners directly knock us down." ”

"I'll pay attention to this, of course." Scrooge said.

Scrooge had studied many times with Rockefeller and Gardner about what would happen after the war began. In the end, they concluded that as long as the war continued, the South had no chance of victory. Therefore, the only chance for the South is to take the initiative to attack as soon as the war starts, and defeat the North before the North completes its mobilization.

"We've talked about these issues together, haven't we? I've also shown you that cheap means of defense, in times of crisis, relying on this, plus our stockpile of guns, we will definitely be able to help the North get a breather. Scrooge paused and continued.

"Oh, by the way, wasn't there a representative of the federal government that afternoon? How did they react? Rockefeller remembered one more thing.

"How can the Democrats strengthen the federal army? That's just going through the motions - for both of us. But the representative sent by the Union Army was an interesting figure. Scrooge smiled and replied.

"Oh, who did they send?" Rockefeller immediately became interested.

They commissioned a retired major, now a faculty member at the Virginia Military Academy, who was said to have been on a trip with his new wife, and when he heard about it while chatting with his old comrades, he volunteered to come and see. Well, the 6th Army also entrusted this matter to this person very casually. From this, you can see that the 6th Army did not take this seriously. But the retired major is really an interesting character. ”

"What's that major's name?" Rockefeller asked.

"Thomas? Jackson. Scrooge replied.