Regarding the question of the British's desire to buy the technology related to the barrel cannon, Scrooge did not intend to knock the British down. In fact, this technology is not insurmountable for the British. In other words, in the original history, the French were very successful in this issue, and they misled the Germans through various means, making the Germans think that the tube retreat artillery relied on metal springs, and then the Germans pounced on how to make good metal springs, and then, well, this difficulty was really very large, and as a result, until the beginning of World War I, they did not create a medium-caliber rapid-fire gun comparable to Miss 75.

But this trick Scrooge can't be used. Because the French Miss 75 is for personal use, while Scrooge's cross-time and space copycat Miss 75 is a foreign trade product. If the British want to understand its related technology, they only need to find a sample and take it apart. And now, there are really a lot of users of this type of artillery, the newly independent Panama, Colombia that is rearmament and wants to recover its territory, Colombia feels very unsafe to watch Colombia strengthen its armaments, so Bolivia, which has also begun to strengthen its armaments, and even Chile and Argentina, they all have McDonald's version of Miss 75 in their hands. And if you count the Type 92 infantry gun of the 1866 Type 70 infantry gun, which also uses the pipe retreat method, the scope of the spread is even greater. With the ability of the British, it is simply a no-brainer to get a sample from these places. And once you figured out the idea of the design, with the technical ability of the British, who was absolutely the best in the world at the time, it was too easy to imitate this thing.

Therefore, the technology of this thing is sold to the British, and it is absolutely impossible to sell it for too high a price. Scrooge didn't plan to make a lot of money from the British, the British had the technology and time, and their navy could guarantee that even if they couldn't produce enough Miss 75 in a short time, no one would be able to invade the British mainland. Therefore, it is impossible to negotiate this deal with the British. What Scrooge really cares about is that the British not only copied Miss 75, but also turned their heads around the world to sell indiscriminately. Don't look at the series of things that the British signed to protect the patent, but how binding this agreement is on the British, that is God knows.

Sure enough, Sir Barkley immediately objected to the request that no exports be allowed: "Mr. MacDonald, I think the question of exports should be reconsidered. Because there are some markets, you know, that aren't really open to all merchants. There are markets, I mean some of the dependencies and protectorates of the British Empire, and some areas within the sphere of influence of the British Empire, which, according to the treaties with which we have concluded, can only purchase weapons of British production. If we can't sell these kinds of artillery to these targets, it will also cause a lot of political and military problems. And even if we sell these guns to them, there is no question of crowding out your market, because it is simply impossible for them to buy weapons from your company. Of course, as a sign of our sincerity, we can agree not to sell this artillery on other markets. ”

Barkley said as he observed Scrooge's face, but no change could be seen in Scrooge's face. So he continued: "Of course, in order to show good faith, we can guarantee that the number of new barrel guns deployed in Canada will not exceed half of the number of new barrel guns in the hands of the US Army, in fact, it seems that the US Army is not equipped with such artillery." That is, for the time being we will not sell such weapons to Canada. ”

"I think you're asking too much." Scrooge's face sank suddenly, "You actually want to sell these weapons to Canada?" Do you want to count Mexico as your protectorate and sell them a batch of this stuff next? Such a request is really ...... These details will be left to the people below to discuss. ”

Apparently Scrooge did not wish to continue the discussion on the subject, and instead agreed with Sir Barkley on the time and place of the two sides to continue the talks, and did not continue the discussion on the subject. However, it is said that Scrooge looked away, and the people sent out to negotiate were not strong, and they were completely led by the British by the nose, and as a result, they left a loophole in the contract, not only allowing the British to lease the advanced tube guns to Canada, but even letting the British lease a lot of the tubes to the Mexicans. As a result, some Mexicans even shouted slogans of reconquista, a national shame. Of course, the Mexicans are just shouting, because under their stimulation, the U.S. Army is also quickly equipped with tube guns, the No. 1 enemy of the U.S. Army, the U.S. Congress even shouted out that for every time Mexico is equipped with a tube cannon, the U.S. Army will be equipped with five, so that during that period of time, if you ask the officers of the U.S. Army artillery unit, who is the cutest person in the world, they will definitely answer: Mexicans! It's up to them to change our equipment.

Of course, there are also some psychologically unhealthy, haters of the rich, who always like to use their dark psychology to speculate on other people's guys, saying that the mistake of Scrooge's subordinates is not a mistake at all, because this mistake has caused Scrooge to sell more tubes to the American army and make more money. They also reasoned that the employee who had conducted the negotiations and made a mistake had not actually been punished in any way, but had been given more opportunities to negotiate on behalf of MacDonald Infantry Weapons, both in terms of position and salary. There are even people who say strange things like "arms dealers who do not sell weapons to attack their own country are not really international arms dealers." Don't these people know that Mr. McDonnell Scrooge, a model of patriotism that President Lincoln personally honored, could have done something detrimental to the national interests of the United States? As for the fact that the employee who made a mistake got more opportunities and finally got a promotion, first of all, that employee was not promoted because he made a mistake, he was promoted because of other cousins, and who didn't make a mistake? Not to mention such an unintentional mistake. As Mr. McDonnell Scrooge has said, each of us has made and will continue to make mistakes and even sins before the Holy God. Yet our merciful Father in Heaven will still give us a chance, and even send His youngest Son into the world to save us sinners so that our souls can return to Heaven. Shouldn't we be like our father and give more opportunities to employees who make mistakes?

Having set the tone for the question of weapons, Scrooge began to understand the intentions of Mr. Hill of the Edinburgh Pharmaceutical Factory.

"That's right, Mr. MacDonald. I heard that you transferred patents and technologies related to heroin to the Germans. "I have even heard that you have sold the right to use the heroin trademark to the Germans. I think you may be thinking that the heroin patent is about to expire, and instead of letting everyone do it after it expires, it is better to sell the relevant patents and trademarks while the patent is still two years away. We're also interested in both, can you talk to you about the deal? ”

It's just money coming to your door. However, as to whether to make this deal, Scrooge hesitated slightly. This is because when he negotiated this deal with the Germans, he deliberately wanted to trick the Germans. Scrooge knew that once multiple companies started producing it, there would definitely be problems with the amount control of the active ingredient. Then heroin-addicted addicts will be all over the world. At that point, well, the technology associated with this thing will naturally be worthless, because it will definitely be banned. Scrooge planned to uncover the secret of heroin in the near future, well, after the Germans had returned all the money owed to him. Well, when the time comes, there will be a press conference to announce to the public that a professor at the University of Cleveland has discovered that diacetylmorphine, well, that is, the active ingredient in the drug heroin, will be reduced to morphine in the liver of animals. This means that heroin is definitely addictive and can be used as a drug. After receiving this news, McDonald Chemical and Pharmaceutical Company immediately repeated this real yàn and confirmed the results of real yàn, and the company also used high-purity and large doses of diacetylmorphine to carry out animal addiction real yàn, confirming that animals did have symptoms of addiction after using a large amount of diacetylmorphine. The reason why there have never been reports of heroin dependence before is because diacetylmorphine is so potent that it does not need to reach addictive concentrations to solve the problem. Then I apologized to the society and the patients, and took back the goods that had been sold at the original price (anyway, this will not be too much), and then mobilized the media to praise the spirit of admitting mistakes and the first product recall system, well, and then the biggest drug dealer in history will naturally be whitewashed, and even be washed into a model of conscience and correction. What the? What to do with the Germans who fell for it and spent their money? Of course, the contract shall prevail, and you have not seen that the exemption clause of the contract says "the company is not responsible for losses caused by unforeseeable factors"? Now this situation is "unforeseeable". Not convinced? You flew across the Atlantic to bite me!

What's more, now the media under Scrooge's control have begun to consciously black Germans, such as accusing the Germans of being too greedy, being too harsh on France, accusing the German soldiers of being lax in the French military and doing all kinds of evil, (well, basically following the template of General Sherman's practices in the south, giving the soldiers the names "Fritz" or "Hans", and the poor victims a "Hummel", or "Margaret", "Estes" or accuse the Germans of being greedy for land, forcibly seizing French territory, and forcing the French in Alsace and Lorraine to learn German (what?). You say that it is originally a German-speaking area, and that the people there originally speak German? You dead pentafennie, do you still have a conscience? For the sake of five pinkneys, you actually ...... There is a kind of time when you go out on the street and you see a person and you grab a person and tell him that the place is originally German-speaking! Haven't you heard of rumors and opening your mouth to refute rumors and break your legs? Ah, you see that when I was excited, I said something wrong, obviously I broke my leg by spreading rumors, and I opened my mouth to refute rumors. ）

If the time comes, even if the Germans are trapped, the American people will only feel that this is God's will and applaud it. But if you add the British to the victims, the situation is different, because the British are not the kind of people in Germany who really don't have much to do with Scrooge's business, and Scrooge's lot of money-making business has to cooperate with the British, at least the British need not to make trouble. Therefore, now that the money sent to the door, Scrooge really can't ask for it.