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The night was getting deeper, and the lavish reception was still going on, and the two men in the room were still talking, and Viscount Friuli was very sensible and did not disturb their conversation. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

A political tycoon with thousands of troops. One is a business tycoon, who can create a big storm casually, and he can't afford to provoke these two people.

Brion shook the wine in his glass, looked at Gribovis and said, "I understand your needs, sir. I am willing to support you unconditionally, including sacrificing a lot of things. Of course, if you knew Mr. Ferguson, I think you would have believed me more. ”

"Oh my God, you mean the British weapons expert who made the best advanced rifles?"

Brion looked at Gribois's shocked expression and couldn't help but smile: "Of course, maybe you should take a look at the Ferguson rifle he made for me, which is simply thirty years more advanced than the current smoothbore gun." ”

"Made for you ... Ferguson rifles?"

Apparently Brion's words aroused Gribovie's suspicions, and at the same time it was also true. After all, it is necessary to have a professional military factory to manufacture weapons, and how can ordinary nobles have the heart to hire an expert and spend a lot of money to make thankless arms.

"Yes, I have a lot of military facilities in the Duchy of Baden, and they have formed a military base for me to train my army. Of course, this military factory is also one of my facilities. Mr. Ferguson served here as the factory director and developed rifles. ”

"Munitions factory?" Gribois was still a little unconvinced, and asked Brion half-jokingly and half-seriously: "You have so much money to support the operation of a munitions factory, let's say, how much is all your property worth? ”

"I don't think you have that much money. The corners of Brion's mouth raised: "I invested in a five-star hotel in Paris, which can bring me more than 100,000 francs a month." ”

Brion did not raise the second finger after the first finger: "The Ambrila Trading Company, which is now my most mature and large company, earns a million francs a month. As for the size of this military factory, it is completely insignificant for my large company. ”

Immediately afterwards, ignoring Gribrie's surprised expression, he continued to say indifferently: "There is also the Bank of France that is my property, and as for some small industries in Europe that I have allocated funds to build, of course it is only a fraction of it, insignificant. Tell me, did you buy it?"

Gribeov grinned in surprise and squeezed Brion's hand: "It turns out that the boss of the Ambrila Group, a large trading company famous in the French business world, is you, and the Bank of France also occupies a large position in the financial world. Oh my God, are you really a nobleman?"

For Gribois, this reality was nothing short of a shock to the heart. In his memory, it seems that all nobles are poor and extravagant, but there is a great nobleman who has become a special case. According to Briand's strength, he is completely one of the top five richest people in France.

However, Gribois only saw the money on the surface. But in reality, Brion earns more and goes more. Most of this money was used for the production of weapons, as well as for the expenses and support of the army, and even a large part of the construction of the fiefdom of Baden had to be paid from it.

However, at this moment, Gribois's heart did not expect to be so deep, but his admiration and admiration for Brion were even stronger. This aristocratic consortium is fully capable of annexing one-third of France's small and medium-sized enterprises, and even the scale of the large arms factories, which he has developed for more than ten years and which are deeply rooted in the military industry, cannot be compared with his industry.

Of course, a weak man will show some potential obedience when he meets a big man who is countless times stronger than him, and this psychology is no exception in Europe, and this psychology has also taken root in the hearts of merchants. Otherwise, in this era of aristocratic supremacy, how can you survive safely without relying on powerful forces?

There is also a popular saying in modern times: "Local tyrants, let's be friends." ”

After being stunned for more than ten seconds, Gribois slowly swallowed and foamed: "You have such a rich strength, why do you still have to negotiate with me? What is the benefit of supporting my military factory for you?"

"It's nothing?" Brion stretched out while lying on the sofa: "I know your current situation, the turbulent situation in France has caused your business to suffer huge losses, and I also understand the market, the military industry is also very dangerous as the most profitable industry, I think your business is now a little bit of a sign of regression." ”

Gribeore's face was pale, and he didn't say a word, just nodded slightly. Brion has clearly saved face for Gribois, and although Gribois's company is still a leading company, the market situation cannot be changed. This businessman has seen with his own eyes the cutting-edge enterprises that compete with him are eliminated from the market and even collapse due to insufficient foundation.

However, because of the deep roots of this military factory, it temporarily blocked the commercial depression and other problems caused by the turmoil in France.

However, Gribovis must admit that his business empire is slowly declining.

Gribeovie nodded in agreement with Brion, and after a few seconds of silence, Brion continued: "It's not that I choose to be with you, it's that this era chooses me to join forces with you." The future will be the time of your capitalists, and I need to support you to get the support of the businessmen, do you understand?"

This sentence instantly made Gribovis relax his inner vigilance, as an experienced businessman, he generally does not easily trust other people's promises or guarantees. However, the fact that this sentence has such a big effect is not that Gribois has much trust in Briand, but that he trusts the regime. Coupled with the fact that the market is unpredictable now, he needs a strong supporter.

He had to believe Brion's words, but this sentence also showed that Brion had no idea of competing with Gribois, which should be called sponsorship in modern times, and the investment needs to be returned, but the sponsorship is completely a gift.

"What will I get?" said Gribois, sullenly.

"My Ambrila Group will invest 300,000 francs in your Gribois arsenal free of charge, which I believe will be enough to revive your business. Also, I can use the power of the army to place a large order for your military factory, of course, it depends on the progress of our cooperation. ”

Briand smiled and took out a cheque from the Banque de France, wrote down the numbers smoothly with a pen, and gently placed it on the table. On the other side, Gribois is looking forward to it, which is too tempting. Although he can still get this money now, it is also emergency money for the arms factory to fight in the arms market again.

Of course, Brion did not give this order to the Rhine Corps, but threw it to the Central Army to solve the problem. First of all, this is thanks to Marshal Philippe, whose forces have become the hub of the military department, controlling almost a third of the French army.

Marshal Philippe is known to have always supported Brion, and this time there was certainly nothing wrong with that. Add to this the face of Languedot, and Marshal Philippe will inevitably buy the account. Anyway, there is nothing to lose, the weapons made by Gribois have always been good and cheap. Buying a few batches of weapons can not only give enough face to the Baden area, but also use it as a reserve of weapons and ammunition.

Anyway, they don't spend their own money, they all allocate money from the state.

Secondly, Brion also deliberately did not give these weapons to the Rhine Army. The 1st and 3rd Divisions of the Rhine Regiment were his descendants, and both armies had a foundation in new weapons, and these soldiers would inevitably resist these smoothbore guns, which were already outdated compared to the Ferguson rifles.

This is not good for the army and Brion, after all, it was very difficult for him to eliminate those old weapons before, and once again let these weapons reappear in everyone's eyes.

"See the progress of the cooperation?"

"Yes, it's progress. My sponsorship of you is limited, but if we can deepen our relationship, perhaps we will support you even more. ”

Gribois narrowed his eyes, but he was not surprised at all: "I think you must have some needs besides the support of the business community." Such generous conditions are given to us, even if I give it to others, it will be mixed with some other intentions. ”

Brion smiled, "This may not be a big deal to you at all, I hope we can actually join forces with the resources we have." As you know, I have a large military factory on my hands, but this is only responsible for my army. If you can ally with your arsenal enterprise, turn Lyon City into a huge military base. ”

Briand looked at Gribois seriously and continued: "If you can, I want to invest another million francs to merge into your military factory, so that the two of us can unite and coexist, and with the help of the army's orders and your original sales channels, we can open up the entire French market in one fell swoop." Also, I've heard that you have a secret weapons research studio in Lyon?"

"That's right, we can make better smoothbore guns. Ever since he heard about the investment of one million francs, Gribois was energized and listened with great interest to Briand's explanation. Of course, this should also be considered lobbying.

"Smoothbore guns?" Brion laughed, as if he had heard a big joke, "It seems that your mind is still stuck in the era of smoothbore guns, these weapons are almost obsolete, and they are all going to be obsolete." You still keep saying that you want to innovate and create?"

"You're just a nobleman who doesn't know what a weapon is. Gribois said contemptuously.

"I don't think you've ever seen a rifle before, have you? Brion stood up with a smile: "I think our cooperation can already begin, as long as we both cooperate on an equal footing, the entire French business community will be subverted by us." ”

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