Chapter 51 The Huge Italian Delegation

After ending the negotiations with Zeiss, Xu Jie and his entourage returned to Italy, but they did not go directly to **. Instead, he went to Rome and temporarily lived in a villa arranged by the Admiralty. According to various sources, both Minister Brin and the Italian navy and business circles have great hopes for the Italian military delegation's visit to the Qing Dynasty, and since the Qing Dynasty can purchase a large amount of ordnance from Germany and Britain, it can also be purchased from Italy, and the Italian factory owners hope that this trip will open the door to China, and the Admiralty hopes to establish close ties with the First Fleet in the Far East. Therefore, the Italians are preparing for a work with rare efficiency.

After a period of operation, Vittorio was appointed head of the delegation, Xu Jie as deputy head of delegation, and Giulia as advisor. At the same time, there is a technical advisory group composed of technical personnel of the design bureau. Not only the battleship design bureau, but also the Italians intended to get a piece of the pie in light weapons, so the technicians of the light weapons design bureau also formed a smaller advisory group. In addition, Andosal, a well-known Italian artillery manufacturer, also sent commissioners to join the delegation. (The most powerful 15-inch gun ever aboard the Veneto-class battleships was the Andosal M1934 gun produced by the Andosal Company) and Tycho, as for the new military attaché in China, was appointed to handle some diplomatic assistance for the delegation.

For the safety of the mission, the Italian side provided the delegation with a strong escort of 90 people, all of which were armed with the products of the ** Small Arms Design Bureau. According to Minister Brin's original intention, in addition to taking on the duty of guarding Vittorio and others, this guard can also be used as a model force, so that those old hats of the Qing State can take a good look at the strength of the Italian Army (Xu Jie Khan one, Y's and as the only great power to be defeated by Africans at the end of the 19th century, what is there to say!!). Since the reunification, the Italian Army is really not good) But Xu Jie is still very satisfied with the selected people, although the Italian Army is not good among the powers, but once again it can always select some people, right? And the overall level, again, was not comparable to Beiyang at that time. In terms of weapons, in addition to the guns used by the normal guards, under Xu Jie's instructions, 20 grenadiers were specially brought. When Leo and others were asked the reason, Xu Jie's answer was very simple: there were too many troops in the Qing Dynasty, and the funds were relatively insufficient, so there was no money to equip every army with artillery, so this kind of cheap thing that could be used as a small cannon would definitely be very popular. IT IS ALSO A FACT THAT IN THE ARMY OF THE QING DYNASTY AT THAT TIME, NOT TO MENTION THAT IT WAS EQUIPPED WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF 75MM FIELD ARTILLERY AS IN THE WEST. Even the Grimm cannon is a nowhere to be found. Of the 35 artillery pieces equipped by the Sheng army that entered the Korean War, only 16 were standard field artillery pieces, which is very revealing. And Julia prepared as many as 70 additional 1889-style self-defense pistols for the delegation, and everyone can understand this reason at a glance, why? Gifts, don't you give gifts in the Qing Kingdom??

As for the cost, Minister Brin has already thought about it, except for a few personnel such as Vittorio, Xu Jie and Julia, as well as military representatives, all other personnel will be responsible for the expenses by their units. That is, even the personnel of the ** design bureau will have to pay for Vittorio and Xu Jie and others out of their own pockets!! "How did this miserly fellow, the most stingy minister Italy have ever seen, let me run into it?" Vittorio complained more than once in private. Although now the design bureau has gained a lot in terms of warships. The market for light weapons has also gradually opened up. However, there is still the possibility of ocean travel, and the cost of staying in Beiyang still makes the rich Vittorio and others painful. This move made Julia very disdainful. "You and Xu are both masters in warship design, but you're just a bunch of novices in terms of business operations." Julia commented. Julia then happily agreed to let her be in charge of the design bureau's personnel. "When did this woman become so generous?" Xu Jie asked? "There must be a conspiracy here!" Vitorio said indignantly.

Want Julia to pay for Vittorio and the others out of her own pocket? This is naturally impossible. As a successful businessman, it is unforgivable to shell out an extra lira for something that is not profitable. But just because she doesn't pay doesn't mean no one pays the bill. The number of delegations that can go to Qing is limited. In addition to some large manufacturers and businessmen with good relations with the navy, there were also some scattered places, and Julia put her mind on these "mobile places". Sell places!! However, the number of places is limited, and there are still a large number of factories that want to go abroad whose requests are not met. Agent. Julia said that her subordinates can bring customer information to Beiyang and can directly help negotiate. Of course, intermediary fees are indispensable. As for how much, exactly? Let's bid. …,

For what Julia did, were Vittorio and Xu Jie and others angry and helpless, angry? That's for sure, the head of this delegation is Vittorio, how can this kind of money-making thing be without him? Helpless? That's really helpless, Vittorio doesn't have such a wide relationship, just has contacts with some large enterprises, and those large enterprises and shipyards can naturally find a way to the navy, and small and medium-sized enterprises, Vittorio can't find it, and people can't see him if they want to see him. But fortunately, Julia still understands the rules, and there is no exclusive income, so she still gives some to Vittorio and Xu Jie.

In addition to forming a delegation, another thing Xu Jie did was to contact Gai Lin and others, they naturally couldn't go with Xu Jie, so they had to go to Beiyang in advance. As for Vino, Xu Jie did not agree to go with him, after all, there must be an anti-beam on the design bureau's side, and at the same time, another thing is that Vino's family is in charge of this private light weapons business, and the Peng family has a lot of money after buying a bargain this time, if they feel that they use it well and it is worth the money, they are likely to come to Italy to buy the second batch, so in order to facilitate Peng Haifeng and others, Xu Jie must leave a trustworthy and capable person, so he resolutely left Vino in Italy. And after Vittorio and the others left, Vino, as the actual controller of the design bureau, did not have to worry about the design work of the new warship (the design of the X-class patrol has been completed). And you can get more gray income, this kind of work that can get great benefits without too much effort is naturally good. "If you dare to make things difficult for Mr. Peng, you don't have to mess around in the design bureau." Xu Jie warned again and again before leaving. And Vino has already made the top management of the design bureau quite dissatisfied with him because of the last assassination, and at this juncture, it is naturally impossible for him to get into other trouble. So I said yes.

After arranging a qiē, Xu Jie and others finally embarked on a cruise to China, bidding farewell to Italy, where they had lived for more than half a year, and going to their homeland thousands of miles away. "China, I'm back." Standing on the side of the ship, Xu Jie shouted.

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