"Wonderful gifts, it's just that the value of these things is too great, I can't afford it, and I can't just accept it."

As a special envoy, Andre also has eyes around him, and the dozen or so boxes of gifts prepared by Yang Meng are also high-quality in Europe and are very valuable, and Andre does not dare to accept them at will.

"Hehe, these things don't seem to me to be worth anything, so be it! These things, even if they are souvenirs I sent for our cooperation, I will have some ordinary goods prepared by me, and everyone in your attaché will have a share, as for how these things are distributed, it is the task of Special Envoy Andrei.

This one is specially prepared for my envoy Andrei, try it, it is definitely different. ”

Picking up a large silver jar, Yang Meng handed it to Andre's hand, which was the focus of interests.

"Oh...... It's cloud smoke! I'll give it a try...... It's wonderful! ”

Skillfully used his little finger to make a little smoke in the jar, and Andrei immediately immersed himself in it.

"Huh...... So it's different! ”

After doing this, Yang Meng returned to his seat, Andre must have come for Annan's business, otherwise he could be on the pole like this?

"Oh...... My lord, the purpose of my visit this time is for Annan, don't you have a clever plan? We want to hear it! ”

After hearing this, Yang Meng glanced at Andre, this abacus is croaking!

It's good to say that he has become a traitor who betrays his country, and France is good, and if he doesn't give anything good, he wants to take advantage of it first, and it seems that the French government wants to send it away as a begging for food.

Nearly a thousand artillery pieces, not for nothing. France wants sky-high prices. These decommissioned artillery. Although there is still some use value, but the value is not big, cast iron cannons also have a lifespan, compared with the old cannons, the charge is different, the firing range is also very different, and the sixty-eight-pounder cannon that France gave itself is mostly decades old.

Fourteen or fifteen tons of weight. It is very troublesome to transport, and the power is not a little worse than the new cannon, and there is a danger of exploding when it is used, and now the new 68-pound cast iron cannon is only about ten tons, and the range is longer and more powerful.

A decommissioned heavy artillery, in addition to spending some freight, arrives in Guangzhou, it is three times the price of a new gun. France's so-called sincerity is only a superficial article. If Yang Meng took this seriously, it would be a bit naïve.

The Yunnan Gun Factory can't keep up with its production capacity, otherwise these things transported from France are just garbage in Yang Meng's opinion.

Under the condition that the power and range of the white copper cannon of the same caliber are equal, it weighs only five or six tons, and the bronze cannon weighs seven or eight tons.

Five or six tons of heavy artillery, Yang Meng can pull it to attack the city, but fifteen or sixteen tons of things can only be used as shore defense artillery or to defend the city.

Life is also the fatal flaw of these artillery, after dozens of cannons and hundreds of cannons, most of these thousands of tons of artillery will become a pile of scrap iron, although Yang Meng is very happy to get these artillery, but he is not crazy with joy, there are many crooked thoughts in France.

"Huh...... Andre, it's true that we're friends, and it's not false that we're cooperating with each other, but there's always a reward for paying, don't you think it's a little early to say this now? ”

After listening to Wei Fuzi's lectures for more than ten days, Yang Meng did not gain at all, but he looked at things more deeply, which was Yang Meng's harvest.

"My lord, we have shown full sincerity, and it is our sincerity to arm a country's cannon!"

Looking at Andre's expression, Yang Meng knew that this eighty percent was also played by the French military, if you don't want money, it is called sincerity, and selling it to yourself at a sky-high price can also be called sincerity?

"Sincerity? Andrey, as far as I know, the price of the same sixty-eight-pounder cannon in England is only a quarter of yours, right? And at that time, the newly built cannon, both in power and range, far exceeded the price of these garbage goods you gave me, four times the price, is this the sincerity of Fa Lanxi?

You're not playing with me, are you? ”

Just for a few ships of cannons, he sold Annan, Yang Meng felt sorry for the Annan people, and besides, it was not easy to be a traitor himself, and the pay was not proportional to the return, so it would be boring to do such a deal.

"My lord, the English cannon is cheap, but can you buy it? Doesn't it represent our sincerity that we are risking war with England by providing you with these cannons? ”

As Yang Meng thought, André did not enter the real high-level circle of France, and some things, he was also kept in the dark.

"Huh...... This is the bill of goods that Millican gave me, and the price of the same artillery is only twice that of England, and this extra double the payment is your sincerity? Is it the price you take the risk?

Millican will also take this risk, why is the price so low?

Don't forget that we are in a cooperative relationship, you take risks, I take greater risks, the Qing Dynasty, the Annam Court, once this matter is revealed, I will be attacked from two or three sides, or many other sides, will England easily let me go?

There must always be a person who is willing to make a transaction, what is the use of you not inviting me to do such a transaction? It only increases the hatred of each other!

So be it! If you think that sincerity is enough, then bring back those ships of artillery, and I will give Millican three times the price, and I think there will be more guns over there. ”

After saying this, Yang Meng picked up the tea cup and sent the guests off!

Although Andre said that he knew what Yang Meng meant, he still sat firmly on the chair and thought about it carefully, it was still the same sentence, no one is a fool, Andre who can come out to be an envoy is not short of brains, and the people in the military are playing tricks on themselves, this is the idea that Andre came up with.

"My lord, can't we talk about it again?"

"Talk? How to talk about it? You don't even have the slightest sincerity, is there any need for us to continue talking?

Go back to your ship and tell your boss that Lao Tzu can help you get Annan. It can also allow Annan to stand tall on the southeast peninsula. The Southeast Peninsula in your eyes. With me or without me, I will have two endings.

Cooperate with me, the southeast peninsula is the golden peninsula you think, hostile to me, it can also become a bloody peninsula, land warfare, don't say it's you, even if you join forces with England, I'm not afraid!

You are heroes at sea, but on land. In the surrounding areas of Yunnan, you are not even as good as a dog in the eyes of Lao Tzu!

It's not impossible to talk, the conditions have changed! The most advanced drawings and proportions of the cannon casting in France, without this, the southeast peninsula, you don't even think about it, even if you can land, I can let you bleed dry! ”

The negotiation scene that had just returned to the happy scene immediately turned into a meeting before the war in Yang Meng's anger. France is not sincere enough not to force them. Yang Meng also felt unwilling.

France doesn't treat himself as a character, and Yang Meng can only raise his own value, otherwise I don't know how many moths are waiting for him on the French side!

"Lord Lord......"

Yang Meng's unintentional words set off a monstrous wave in Andre's heart, the people behind him, how did this Lord Yang know about the Dao, that group of people secretly boarded the ship in France, and they had never been in contact with outsiders, so it seemed that they were still being toyed with.

When he set out from France, he was toyed with by high-level people, looking at Lord Yang sitting in front of him, and then thinking about his plaything-like self, André felt very sad.

"Take my gift back! Look at Lao Tzu's sincerity, and then look at yours, Andre, I treat you as a friend, can friends be so deceitful to each other?

Take my words back and consult them well, don't think about the conditions, what do I say, there are no drawings and no comparisons, Prussia is a better choice, they also have this demand, and they do much better than you.

These things you gave, last time a person named Detrich gave them, and they were only according to the market price, how much discrepancy there was in them, if you don't know, go back and ask those people in the military, play tricks, you are still tender! ”

There is a master behind Andre, it's just a guess by Yang Meng, I didn't expect it to be true, then there is a lot to do.

"My lord, is there no other chance?"

Up to now, Andre still wants to ask Yang Meng to back down, but this is impossible, cooperation must be reciprocal, charity, that is for beggars, Yang Meng thinks that he has not yet reached the point of begging.

"Leave with a gift, and don't let me drive you out of the city, for once I do, France will never have the opportunity to march into the South-East Peninsula again."

As soon as he lifted the lid of the bowl, Yang Meng splashed the tea in the teacup, which was a bit of a slap in the face, and Andre had no choice but to take dozens of boxes of gifts and leave Lixiang Garden in frustration.

"Third master, didn't you talk about it well at the beginning? Why did you turn your face all at once, and besides, this batch of heavy artillery in France is not exactly what we need? ”

Ding Taichen, who had been standing next to Yang Meng, was a little incomprehensible, and he talked about it well at first, but he didn't expect the third master to turn his face at once, which doesn't seem to be any good!

"It's just a matter of retreating, France is too underestimating us, and the price adjustment for us is too harsh.

It's not a good thing for us to get on the pole, and besides, France doesn't hold back any good fart, he's taking advantage of us!

Selling a vassal country, this is no different from selling a country, just a thousand artillery pieces want to play casually, they are far behind!

The southeast peninsula is the guiding point of the French Asian strategy, and it is a place that must be contested, and they are more anxious than us!

They look down on us, we can't look down on ourselves, our worth is not high, we can only lift it ourselves, there are some things, we are not in a hurry they are in a hurry!

France sells this batch of artillery, what can you see? ”

After talking about the reason, Yang Meng didn't forget to test Ding Taichen, ninety percent of the French things have already reached the top, and they will definitely agree to the conditions they prescribed, and there is no burden in their hearts, so Yang Meng will also take Ding Taichen with him.

"Could it be that the French are short of money? They also had no choice but to sell this batch of artillery?

Ahh Not only did they sell it to us, but they could also make a lot of money, if it weren't for Ren Reis who got us a batch in advance, this plan of killing two birds with one stone would really make these foreign devils play! ”

Triple the price of artillery, if you think about it carefully, it is not difficult to find that it is greasy inside, seeing these two points, Ding Taichen is quite financially alive.

"There is a third point, so many old guns in hand, we will not buy or cast new guns in a short time, presumably the maximum range of these artillery, the French military has made a record, if there is a war, this group of people know the detailed performance of our artillery, you say that after this war, can we have a good child?

The terrain around Guangzhou, presumably the foreign devils are more concerned than us, where the forts can be built, what kind of artillery should be placed there, presumably the French will not let go of these things.

Without concealment and suddenness, if we are prepared for war, what are our chances of winning?

Don't think that you can sit back and relax if you build a fort, these calves are scheming!

This is the reason why I want artillery drawings and comparisons, which are also exquisite, if I want the proportion of bronze, this transaction will be smashed, and the drawings and proportions of artillery are not a secret to be strictly kept, to put this thing bluntly to show our attitude, and by the way, mention our value.

Another point is to turn this thing into our hole card, with the new artillery drawings, then we have the possibility of casting, the French want to do something to us, but also think about it, in case we have a new artillery, they lose a fleet. ”

After hearing this, Ding Taichen could only shake his head and sigh, who are these people! Aren't you tired of stabbing on both sides and calculating each other? (To be continued......)