According to what Enrique had heard through various channels before this, the group of Haihan people entrenched in Sanya had arrived here by sea more than a year ago, and their homeland was said to be on a mysterious continent on the other side of the Oriental Ocean - these Haihan people had not had direct contact with Western countries after they came to Sanya, because he had heard many maritime merchants mention more than once that it would be nice if the Haihan people could open trade channels with the Dutch and the Spaniards. In addition, Enrique himself was often watched in Victory Port because of his appearance, and he asked some of the people, and everyone said that they had never seen a foreigner like him in the local area before.

If the Haihan people did not maintain long-term ties with the forces of Western countries, then how did they come up with the idea of selling arms to Western countries? You must know that in this era, artillery and muskets produced in Europe were a symbol of advanced weapons, and even the Ming Empire, the hegemon of the Eastern world, had to find ways to pay money to buy arms from the Portuguese at high prices. It would be unconscionable to say that there were people in the East who tried to make artillery and sell it to European countries, just as European countries would not think of making silk and porcelain to sell in the East.

At this time, Enrique's chopsticks were also put down, and while his mind was pondering, he continued to listen to the 'exchange' conversation on the other side of the screen with his ears pricked up.

Then Lao Huang asked: "I have never seen a Westerner in the local area before, how did the chiefs know that they can sell arms to Western countries? Oh, I know, it must be the one who lived in Shengli Harbor recently, and he is here to buy arms!"

Enrique laughed in his heart, but he didn't dare to speak, so he could only continue to eavesdrop.

Xiaobai answered: "That's not it, I heard from the leaders that this person came to us to sue for peace because the militia beat their people to the point of 'urine' in Annan. As for the arms sales, the chiefs probably haven't talked to him yet. ”

"Then the chiefs are so sure that the Westerners will definitely buy it?" Lao Huang sounded a little disapproving: "During this time, we have worked overtime to cast a lot of cannons, and the Annan people and the Ming officials and soldiers are afraid that they will not be able to digest it completely, and won't it be piled up in the factory and rusted when the time comes?"

"Who are the chiefs? Those are the gods who know 500 years in advance, 500 years later, and know astronomy and geography!" Xiao Bai's tone was full of sincere reverence and trust: "The chiefs said they would buy it, then they would definitely buy it." Have you ever heard of the chiefs instructing 'Fu Ruifeng' in Guangzhou?"

Lao Huang responded: "I've heard some rumors about this, especially the recent immigrants from Guangzhou, almost all of them. It is said that the leaders of Mr. Tao, Mr. Shi, and Mr. Ning once pointed out the general trend of the world to Li Jifeng, the boss of 'Fu Ruifeng', and then 'Fu Ruifeng' was able to borrow the momentum to make the business bigger. ”

"That's not all!" Xiao Bai added: "I heard that the Li family had a falling out with the former governor of Liangguang, and it was the guidance of the chiefs, but after a few months, the former governor was given the position by the current Lord Wang. The Li family followed the instructions of the leaders and burned the cold stove at Lord Wang's place early, so after Lord Wang took office, he also took good care of the Li family!"

The folk rumors talked about at the next table were actually heard by Enrique. When he went to Guangzhou to find the Haihan people, it was the Li family's father and son who pulled the thread in the middle, and Enrique also asked Li Jifeng with great interest about the true inside story of these rumors. Although Li Jifeng did not elaborate on it, he also admitted that some key 'sexual' decisions had been guided by the Haihan people, and benefited from it. Enrique thought of the later Battle of Lijiazhuang, if he hadn't been fully trusted by Li Jifeng, he probably wouldn't have let the Haihan militia enter his lair to help him defend against foreign enemies, right?

At that time, although Enrique felt that what Li Jifeng said sounded a little magical, he didn't take it too seriously, after all, there were too many things in this mysterious eastern country that he couldn't explain, and maybe the Haihan people really mastered some spells to speculate on the future. But hearing the conversation between the other table, Enrique couldn't help but recall the scene.

When I listened closely, the two people next door had already changed the topic and began to talk about some irrelevant trivial matters of life. Enrique listened for a while, and when he saw that there was no valuable information, he retracted his thoughts.

The two people next door didn't eat for long, and after a while, they checked out and left. Enrique didn't have the appetite to continue eating, so he called Xiao Er to come over and settle the bill, and by the way, he packed the wine and food that he hadn't touched much, and it was not bad to eat it as a supper at the State Guest House at night. After Enrique left the "Ruifeng Building" and left in a hurry with the servants, Lao Huang and Xiaobai, who were supposed to leave here a long time ago, reappeared in a private room on the third floor of the "Ruifeng Building". And sitting upright in this private room were several bigwigs of the executive committee, Tao Donglai, Yan Chujie, Ning Qi, and Schneider were all present.

"You two have done a good job, and when it is done, I will give you credit. Schneider and Yan Yue praised the two with their heads down.

The heads of the two immediately drooped lower: "It is the honor of the villain to serve the executive committee!"

"But you also remember, don't mention anything after you return to the unit, and if you say anything you have done, you can't 'expose' a word, you know?" Yan Chujie jumped out at the right time to play the role of a white-faced horn.

"Yes, yes, the villain knows!" the two replied hurriedly.

"Alright, you go down first, this is a little action allowance, and there is another reward afterwards. Schneider handed over the two envelopes, and the two of them respectfully followed, without even daring to raise their heads, and quickly opened the 'door' and withdrew.

After the militia outside the 'door' closed the 'door' again, Tao Donglai spoke: "It seems that the first step is relatively smooth, but I don't know if Enrique will fall into this trap." ”

Of course, the encounter between Lao Huang and Xiaobai that Enrique met in "Ruifeng Building" was not a lucky encounter, but a play carefully planned by the Executive Committee. Lao Huang is naturally not a cannon casting technician, and Xiao Bai is not a staff member of the "Haihan Military Industry", they are just two naturalized people who have been in the troupe. These two people are currently working in the Propaganda Department, and they were completely arrested and participated in the planning of this time, and the content of their conversations was basically performed according to the written script.

And in order to wait for such a suitable opportunity, the two extras have been waiting for two days in the "Ruifeng Building" before finally waiting for Enrique to appear. Enrique went upstairs on the front foot, and someone went to Fort Victory to inform the executive committee, so several executive committee members who happened to be free immediately rushed over to work on the spot. In order to be able to hear the live broadcast clearly, the Executive Committee also brought a microphone for the radio, and listened to the whole process of the conversation between the two almost word for word, ensuring that there was not too much omission of the information prepared in advance.

Enrique didn't even finish his meal, so he hurriedly packed it and left, and I think he was a little anxious. If my prediction is correct, he will go to the Military Commission to find you within today. Ning Qi squeezed his eyes at Yan Chujie and said, "Business is about to go to the 'door'!"

"Then I'll have to catch him again. Yan Chujie said with a smile: "If it's too easy to get it, the plot won't be 'realistic' enough." ”

When Enrique returned to his room at the State Guest House, he sat down and went through what he knew, making sure of a few things. First, it is highly likely that the Haihan people have mastered some of the more sophisticated cannon casting techniques than European countries, giving them the confidence to sell their weapons to Europe. Second, the Haihan people may have relied on some mysterious means to learn about the current situation of the lack of weapons in Europe, and thus gave birth to the idea of arms trade with European countries. Third, the Haihan do not seem to have any identified arms trade partners at the moment.

Whether the technological level of Haihan's munitions manufacturing has really surpassed that of European countries is not very certain, and further evidence is needed to confirm this. The mysterious method of predicting the future shape of the Haihan people seems to have been used more than once, and the accuracy rate is also very high, but this also lacks personal verification, after all, the information known is from the hearsay of others. As for the third point, Enrique had already identified potential contenders almost instantly, the Spaniards and the Dutch. These are also the two biggest rivals of the Portuguese in the Far East, and as for the French and the British, they are now fighting happily on the European battlefield, and they do not care about the interests of the Far East.

After thinking about the cause and effect, Enrique felt that he could not sit back and wait, and that he had to do something to clarify the situation. If the Haihan people do not have such an actual plan, then naturally there is nothing to say, but if the rumors heard are true, and the Haihan people really plan to sell weapons to European countries, then this piece of 'fat' and 'meat' cannot be snatched away by competitors from their mouths.

So Enrique, who didn't have a hot buttocks, hurried to Fort Victory with his servants, wanting to ask Yan Chujie of the Military Commission to mention the matter of visiting the live ammunition 'shooting' again. However, his luck seemed to be a little worse, and the guards at the gate of the 'gate' told him that Commander Yan was not working in the Military Commission today, but was teaching at the military academy, and at the same time he had no time to meet outsiders.

Undeterred, Enrique turned to the office of the "Haihan Ordnance", but unfortunately he also did not find the person in charge here - Bai Kesi is in the Tiandu Industrial Zone, and it is estimated that he will not return today.

Enrique reluctantly went to the office of the Executive Committee, but here it was also a no-brainer - all the members of the Executive Committee had gone out to inspect the work at the grassroots level, and there was something to do tomorrow morning.

Originally, Enrique felt that the busy way of working of the Haihan people was 'very', but now he can't wait to find a Haihan person at random, and ask him why he has to work so hard, there is no shortage of status, money, and everything, can't he honestly stay in the office and enjoy the cold coconut water?

Angry and angry, things still have to be done. Although he couldn't sleep well that night because of this, Enrique still came to the Military Commission very 'spirited' the next morning, and this time he was not disappointed, because he actually blocked Tao Donglai, Bai Kesi and Yan Chujie in the office at once. But for some reason, Enrique always felt that the three of them had strange eyes when they saw him, as if some kind of beast had seen its prey.

"Dear three gentlemen, it is great to see you here, so that I don't have to visit one by one. Without waiting for them to greet him, Enrique went into the house and sat down on a wicker chair. He didn't know when the next time he would see these leaders at the same time, and since he bumped into them here, there was no reason to miss them.

"Mr. Enrique, did you come to us so early, did you have something urgent?" Tao Donglai said confusedly: "Are you not used to living in the State Guest House?"

"No, no, no, the guest house is very good, I am very satisfied with the qiē. In fact, I wanted to talk to the three of them about things that had nothing to do with accommodation. Enrique didn't want to go around in circles too much, and quickly cut to the chase: "I want to talk to the three about the arms trade. ”

"Arms trade?" The three of them exchanged glances with each other, and then Bai Kesi took over: "Mr. Enrique, have you made a mistake? The weapons of our armed militia have always been manufactured by ourselves, and we have never intended to buy them from the outside world. ”

Enrique coughed dryly and said, "No, no, no, you misunderstood me, I didn't intend to sell weapons to you...... Actually, I'm wondering if you've ...... to us No, the intention to sell weapons to Western countries?"

The three old fritters all had the same thought in their hearts.

"With regard to the arrangement for the sale of weapons to foreign countries, our side has always adhered to a very cautious attitude, and the final decision will only be made after strict argumentation and voting. Tao Donglai immediately started the 'maze' boxing that he was good at: "So about this matter, my answer is...... No comment at this time. ”

Although Enrique is also considered to be 'fine' and fluent in Chinese, he still has to hear the last word before he slowly understands that Tao Dong said a bunch of things that actually did not reveal anything. He thought about it for a while, and then put forward a request from a different angle: "Then let's put aside the matter of the arms trade, can I have the opportunity to have a deeper understanding of the 'sexual' capabilities of Haihan's weapons?"

"Please give me a reason. Tao Donglai replied unhurriedly.

"If the weapons you make are really superior to those of Western countries in terms of 'sexuality', then I think it will be a good business to sell them to Western countries, and it will be a good profit for you and for us. Believe me, the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce in the East Indies can give orders of considerable size that cannot be compared with the arms orders you have so far sold to Annam and the Ming Dynasty...... Of course, you have to prove that your weapon is good enough. Enrique made no secret of his thoughts, and he knew that the most effective way to 'deal' with these Haihan people was to make them understand the benefits they could gain - yes, yes, in Enrique's opinion, this was a group of extremely realistic and mercantile merchants! If there was enough profit to drive them, they would not hesitate to sell their weapons to their enemies!

After these words came out, the three bigwigs of Haihan were silent for a while, and then talked about it in a very low voice. Although Enrique was a little apprehensive in his heart, he tried his best to make a calm gesture and waited for the other party to make a decision.

After a while, the three of them terminated the 'exchange' talk, and Tao Donglai nodded and said, "I have to admit that there is some truth in what you said. In fact, we have learned about the multinational war that is currently going on on on the continent of Europa through some special methods, so we have actually considered the export of weapons to Western countries. But you also know that as a responsible weapons manufacturer, we also have a lot of concerns......"

Enrique couldn't listen to Tao Donglai's nonsense, because his attention was attracted by the first half of what Tao Donglai said. What is the meaning of "a special method of knowing the war situation on the continent of Europa"? Enrique would not think that this was a hasty decision to sell weapons by the Haihan people after hearing a few words from some Western merchants, these guys are all taking one step at a time and seeing three steps, and they are more 'sophisticated' in business than ghosts, and they will never listen to the wind or rain. Tao Donglai dared to say such things, it must be that they had some more detailed information in their hands, and the source of this information, Enrique could not think of a more convincing explanation than "special methods" for a while.

“...... The culture of our Haihan people is to love peace and cherish life, and we have always been very cautious about intervening in wars, especially wars in foreign countries, so in the arms trade, we must be thoughtful because we are not willing to be scolded by the people of other countries as arms dealers after we are sold out, and we do not care about their 'lives' ......at all."

Tao Donglai's mouth cannon continued, and Enrique's thoughts couldn't stop at all. They could only get some information about the latest developments on the battlefields in Europe through the crews of merchant ships that came to the Far East in half a year, and this information was outdated and hardly time-sensitive. If the information of the Haihan people also came from similar channels, then the news they got was nearly a year ago at the earliest, which is certainly not enough to serve as a reference for the arms trade. Where does the confidence of the Haihan people come from with such a determined attitude?

The person who said it didn't care, and the person who listened didn't care, so the two acted quite tacitly. Tao Dong probably had a dry mouth when he said the back, and finally stopped after expounding on the ideal of "defending the peace of the earth". Yan Chujie took over the conversation very tacitly, and returned the topic back to weapons: "I don't think it's as good as this, let's arrange for Mr. Enrique to go and see the live ammunition 'shooting' first, if it is eye-catching, then we will talk about the follow-up business, if it is not eye-catching, then we are talking about the sky 'flowers' and 'chaos' falling, and there is no practical meaning." "Yes, yes, Mr. Yan has a point!" Enrique suddenly came back to his senses after hearing this, and quickly answered.