"This wonderful use is: lead energy and antimony can be used as lead-antimony alloy, lead-antimony alloy can be used to make lead-acid batteries, the cost of this battery is much lower than nickel-cadmium batteries, and there is no toxicity, in the future, our warships, tanks, armored vehicles will definitely use all kinds of batteries, and then lead-acid batteries will come in handy."

Lin Yuan said: "In that case, what are you looking for me to do?" Wouldn't you just buy the ore? ”

Chen Fei said: "Things are not as simple as you think, the British are smart, in order to monopolize these war metals, they control the local miners, and also control the transportation channel, these ores can only be sold to the British, others can't see it, we think what can we do?" I can't fight hard, so I'm looking for you. ”

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "Can the two things of snatching these minerals back and selling them to foreigners for civilian goods be combined?" Lin Yuan thought of a way to arrange things in Beijing, and then got up and came to Shanghai.

Since the signing of the Sino-British Treaty of Nanjing in 1842, Shanghai has officially become a port of trade between China and foreign countries, and for a long time afterward, Shanghai was the largest port in China, and there is a reason why Shanghai can become the largest port in China.

First of all, Shanghai faces a large depth in the East China Sea, which can berth many 10,000-ton cargo ships, and secondly, Shanghai is backed by the Yangtze River, and the goods from the four provinces of Hunan, Hubei, Anhui and Jiangxi can easily and quickly arrive in Shanghai through the Yangtze River shipping. In this era, China's foreign trade exports mainly include tea, raw silk and soybeans, of which tea is the most, with an annual export volume of up to one million quintals, more than the sum of raw silk and soybeans.

And Hunan, Hubei, Anhui, Jiangxi four provinces, has always been the main production area of tea in China, so it is not surprising that it is shipped abroad through Shanghai, Shanghai in this era, there is already a concession, Britain, the United States, Germany and France concessions, in Shanghai there are nearly 10,000 acres.

Lin Yuan came to Shanghai through official channels, so all walks of life in Shanghai came to visit, Lin Yuan didn't pay attention to them, but went straight to Chen Fei's location - No. 10 Zhenghe Street.

Zhang's group is also rich now, so when he comes out to do things, he can't look shabby, so Chen Fei rented a small building with a front and back garden, as an office location, when Lin Yuan arrived, Chen Fei was talking to a middle-aged man, and the middle-aged man saw Lin Yuan coming, got up and wanted to say goodbye.

Chen Fei waved his hand and said, "No, no, no." Then he pointed at Lin Yuan and said, "He is my horse boy, I don't hide anything from him." ”

Lin Yuan smiled helplessly, sitting next to the middle-aged man, Chen Fei introduced to Lin Yuan: "This old brother's surname is Zhou, his name is Zhou Sihua, he is the captain of the British Yangtze River fleet, tungsten ore is produced in Jiangxi, and the tin ore in Yunnan is also transported from the Yangtze River, all of which are transported to Shanghai Port through their fleet. ”

Lin Yuan asked, "Then do you have something to do with him?" ”

Chen Fei said: "In order to wait for you to come, we wanted to delay this batch of goods, so we found him." ”

Zhou Sihua said helplessly: "Boss Chen, 20,000 tons of ore have been shipped to Shanghai, we really can't do anything, but there will be more ore in the future, you can rest assured, we promise to delay the time for you, as long as you can delay!" You are right, we Chinese good things, why do you want to give foreigners! ”

After Zhou Sihua finished speaking, he walked out, and Lin Yuan asked, "Have you discussed with the British now?" What reaction did the British have? ”

Chen Fei sighed helplessly and said: "The British are doing this at Swire & Co., their leader is a Chinese, and they were very polite to us when we first met, and they served us tea and snacks, but when we explained our intentions, guess what?" ”

Lin Yuan asked, "He raised the price very high and refused to sell you?" ”

Chen Fei said angrily: "That's okay, we explained our intentions, that kid turned his face at that time, and let people drive us out, his subordinates are still talking in the back, if I were young, I would have to wash them with a kitchen knife!" ”

Lin Yuan smiled helplessly and asked, "Then has the bottom of this Chinese been carefully investigated?" ”

Chen Fei said helplessly: "No one on the dock knows the details of this comprador, they all say that he is new, and everyone knows what happened to him before." ”

Lin Yuan frowned, and said worriedly: "Since he turned his face after you explained his intentions, it means that he is very reluctant to talk to you about selling these minerals, I originally thought that I could get this batch of goods by purchasing them at a higher price, but I didn't expect them to have this attitude, it seems that what I am most worried about has happened." ”

Chen Fei asked, "What are you worried about?" ”

Lin Yuan said: "I'm worried that the buyer of this batch of goods is the British military, and this batch of materials is completely for the military, so we have nothing to do." ”

Chen Fei asked: "I'm a little confused, these materials are all needed to develop weapons, not purchased by the army, can it be purchased by someone else?" ”

Lin Yuan said: "You don't understand what I mean, there are different situations for military purchases, one is that the army comes forward, finds a commercial company, and buys from a commercial company, and this purchase is regarded as an ordinary purchase of goods, so the commercial company, driven by greater interests, will choose to breach the contract with the army, and then turn to the party with a higher bid." ”

"There is also a situation where when the military buys such materials, it shows that such materials are very important for national defense, and if commercial companies default on the contract for profit, the army will take severe sanctions with only one purpose, that is, to ensure that the goods can be delivered to the army."

Chen Fei touched his head and said, "I don't understand, can the army's orders still be disguised as ordinary orders?" ”

Lin Yuan nodded and said: "That's right, I have experienced such a thing, because commercial companies are different from the military, many commercial companies are joint-stock companies, there are several major shareholders in them, and there are many small shareholders, and the company's trade situation must be clear to all shareholders, so the army's orders cannot be kept secret." ”

"For example, in the early days, our navy ordered a batch of target designation radars from Europe, but these radars came under the guise of civilian use, and commercial companies did not know what they were used for. I don't know if I have explained it clearly? ”

Chen Fei nodded and said, "You said so much, just want to say that we can't get this batch of goods out without unconventional means?" ”

Lin Yuan nodded and said, "As far as the current situation is concerned, this is the case. ”

Chen Fei said: "Then we will be pirates again and get these goods down." ”

Lin Yuan said: "Didn't Zhou Sihua just say that a batch of goods will arrive in Shanghai recently? We're going to get that shipment. ”

Chen Fei asked, "Then where are we going to do it?" ”

Lin Yuan said: "If you do it on land, it will definitely attract the attention of the British guards, and it will cause international disputes, I think it is better to do it at sea, there is no radio communication device on their ship, as long as they get to the sea, they will be isolated from the world, where we can do whatever we want!" ”