Ali Guo said with a calm face: "Who sold it to him?" We in the British can rule out that our government has just signed an agreement with the Qing to sell 100,000 flintlock pistols at a price of 20 taels of silver each, and that it is absolutely impossible to sell Minnie guns to China until the deal is completed. ”

Jin Nengheng hesitated for a moment, then shook his head: "It can't be us Americans, we in the United States only sell opium~~ at present, and I'm also curious about who would be so greedy." ”

Rawell also shook his head: "It can't be us French, the French are known for their foresight, and they will never only covet small profits in front of them, and the matter of the Minnie gun must be investigated clearly!"

However, since the Taiping army is equipped with Mini guns, even if it is only partial, it will maintain an advantage over the Qing army, and the Qing army is probably no longer an opponent, if it is allowed to fight in Beijing and unify China, this will be a great blow to the interests of various countries in China. ”

"This" Wen Xian's eyes flickered for a while, and he waved his hand: "The trouble is big, the Qing court still has the mentality of a great power of the Celestial Empire, and has not really surrendered, once he is given advanced firearms, it is likely to give birth to dissenting intentions, for the time being, it is most in line with the interests of all countries in China to maintain the balance of power between the Qing army and the Taiping army, so I recommend paying close attention to it first, and even letting the Qing court suffer a little loss, and then report it to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and it is up to them to decide, what do you think?" ”

"Hmm~~" Wen Xian's Jian yì was more conservative and very safe, and the three of them looked at each other and nodded.

Alice is in a complicated mood, on the one hand, she doesn't want Wang Feng to have anything, and at the same time, under the influence of Wang Feng, she also has full sympathy for the Chinese, but on the other hand, she doesn't want to see her compatriots die in China!

"Wang Feng, does this have anything to do with you? I know you're not going to die! Alice silently read Wang Feng's name and cast her beautiful eyes on the pile of ruins.

Wen Xian's brows furrowed, with a hint of displeasure, and also with a hint of worry at Alice, so he said to Xu Naizhao: "Lord Xu, the Taiping army smuggled with illegal traders and obtained a new weapon called grenade, its power, I think you should have an intuitive understanding, although our three countries unanimously decided to crack down on the illegal arms trade, but according to our estimates, there are no less than 50,000 grenades that have fallen into the Taiping army, I am afraid it will have an adverse impact on your battle with the Taiping army. You should do your best to inform the Emperor of your country, and it is better to prepare as soon as possible. ”

"How this should be!" As soon as the translator's voice fell, Xu Naizhao almost jumped up in a hurry, before the bandits threw more than 100 grenades, killing hundreds of cavalry, more powerful than artillery, and then I heard that the Taiping Army had 50,000 grenades, then it was repaid, and more than 100,000 cavalry in the court were directly abolished!

Just by Xu Naizhao's expression, Ali Guo, Jin Nengheng and Rawell exchanged tacit greedy eyes, Ah Li Guo was about to speak, Jin Nengheng couldn't wait to grab it and said: "Lord Xu, you have an old Chinese saying, called to make up for the dead, it's not too late, I think your country should also be equipped with enough grenades to offset the advantages of the Taiping Army, if your country has the intention to buy, I can urge our U.S. government to reach this deal." ”

"Buy, of course!" Xu Naizhao responded without thinking, but cautiously asked the translator to ask: "May I ask Mr. Jin, how much silver is a grenade?" ”

"Ahem~~" Wen Xianqing coughed twice, with a hint of warning in his voice, Jin Nengheng suddenly came to his senses and swallowed back the price he was about to blurt out, his words about to rob Ali Guo were completely carried away by the huge profits from selling grenades, and he had the idea of eating alone, but Britain is the number one country in the world, no one dares to mess with it, and the United States is just the little brother of Britain, leaving aside the big brother of Britain, unless the Americans don't want to mix!

Kim Neng-hyung made a gesture of please!

"Hmm~~" Ali Guo nodded with satisfaction, and said in a deep voice: "The grenade is complicated to make, the cost is high, it is a luxury item in the armies of my European countries, and it is rarely fully equipped, but considering the actual difficulties of your country, the price can be cheaper, just twenty taels of silver." ”

Wen Xian and the others secretly gave a thumbs up, according to the tariff agreement agreed between the Qing court and the British in the 23rd year of Daoguang, three taels of silver to huàn one pound, one pound is equal to twenty shillings, and the cost of grenades in Britain is at most one shilling, which is equivalent to selling a grenade to the Qing court, not including shipping costs, it is nearly one hundred and forty times the profit, not to mention that Britain has an East India Company, which can produce grenades in India, shorten the transportation distance, and virtually save costs!

And the great powers do not equip grenades, that is not very useful, grenades can only play a role in fortress warfare and fortified battles, relatively speaking, the war between European countries is mainly field battles, on the contrary, the Chinese like to ambush according to the terrain, grenades are more widely used.

After the translation of "this", Xu Naizhao muttered to himself, he is not stupid, twenty taels of silver and a grenade must be sky-high, and he can't help but brush his beard, for the sake of it: "A gun is only twenty taels of silver, although the grenade is powerful, it is gone after one use, is it too expensive?" I'm afraid the emperor won't be able to explain there! ”

Wen Xian pulled Xu Naizhao two steps, accompanied by gestures, and whispered in broken Chinese: "Lord Xu, each grenade will give you a silver rebate or two!" ”

In an instant, Xu Naizhao's eyes turned green, in Wang Feng's eyes, he was a clean official, but people have a price, such a generous rebate made him immediately throw away the festival, and immediately patted his chest and said: "The old man folds to the emperor, order 100,000 pieces first!" ”

The two Chinese characters of 100,000 are still very easy to understand, and Wen Ham exchanged a smile of understanding with the other three, and then Wen Ham said: "We, Britain, France, and the United States, are divided according to the ratio of five to three to two, how about it?" ”

Since the end of the Anglo-French Seven Years' War in the last century, France has lost India, Canada and the east bank of the Mississippi River, and in the frenzy of competing for colonies, it has completely lost to Britain, and can only grab some places that Britain does not like, such as Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Guinea and other places, so Rawell has no objection to the 30% share and nodded.

The United States is even more unbearable, although it has achieved political independence, it is still a European colony economically, mainly providing agricultural products, and there is no decent colony overseas, so it vigorously promotes the principle of equal interests, and the starting point is that others eat meat, and he makes some soup to drink, so Kim Nengheng also expressed satisfaction with the 20% share.

"Good!" Wen Xian nodded and said: "The Taiping army should be outwitted, supplemented by the enemy, I have a preliminary plan, let's go back and talk about it." Then he walked to the carriage.

The only thing she could think of was to look ugly, in the face of huge profits, threats and deception were all used, and the greed of human nature was fully revealed, and she had to consider the justice of her service to the colonial authorities.

"Hey~~" Alice looked at the dilapidated Baoshan County again, sighed, lifted the corner of her skirt, and followed behind Wen Xian.