"I really didn't expect that Leffel and they actually went to North Korea."

Carlo was looking at a telegram that had been sent by Leffel and the others after they had just gone on a mission. In this telegram, Leyfer described the civil unrest in Korea against China, and they drove the ships Zhi and Jing 2 and other warships purchased by the Qing court to Pusan to deter the Japanese who were causing trouble behind their backs.

And the effect was not bad, and the Japanese immediately stopped after seeing that the two ships of Zhi and Jing actually appeared in Busan.

Because his fleet is tied together, it is not enough for these two ships to patrol and fight. The two Venice class ships can be used as armored ships in front of the Japanese fleet.

And on this telegram, Yuan Xiangcheng's name appeared for the first time in Carlo's eyes, and this young man who pacified the Shenjia coup showed his ability for the first time. However, the current Yuan Xiangcheng is not worthy of his attention, he is still concerned about Li Zhongtang, Zhang Nanpi and others, because it is these governors who hold local power, and Carlo let Italy participate in this Sino-French war, not for the money from the sale of arms.

But it's not bad, Howard, the white glove, has brought a lot of business to Italy.

Carlo put down the telegram sent back by Lefer and others, picked up the telegram sent back by the businessman, and looked at Qingguo's return with satisfaction.

This is a procurement list, which records in detail the materials purchased by the provinces of the Qing State, mainly various machines. Among them, weaving, printing and dyeing machines occupy the majority, and there are also a lot of various equipment for shipbuilding. The list is worth a whopping 110 million lira, and the returns are quite significant. This can also be seen that the Qing country has a rich foundation, and hundreds of years of trade surpluses have accumulated enough wealth for it.

Needless to say, the people who played a role in promoting this list were able to send it back immediately after the end of the Sino-French War, and of course it had a lot to do with the fact that Italy had the lowest price among all kinds of machines.

As far as looms are concerned, the textile machines currently in the Far East countries are of the highest quality in the United Kingdom, followed by France, and then Germany, Austria, Belgium and Italy. Of course, the same is true in terms of prices.

And this time, in order to open the Qing market, Howard carried various machines on the price list, which were generally 20% lower than the prices of Deobi and other countries. Such a price was very tempting for the Qing State, which was eager to develop its own industry. So when the Qing State had the best impression of Italy, this Mr. Howard traveled all over the southeastern provinces.

These lists are the results of their rundown.

In the face of Howard's achievements, Carlo certainly attaches importance to it, and this is a good opportunity to open up the Qingguo market. In addition, this order can be regarded as a return for Italy's domestic manufacturing industry. alleviate their dilemma of being suppressed by German products.

And for this order, Carlo was more nervous than anyone else.

Because it is about whether Italian products can sell well in the Far East. In terms of quality, Italy can't catch up at present, let alone Britain and France, even Germany and Austria can't compare. But in terms of service, Carlo still has some ideas.

Thanks to Huawei's praise from the network in his previous life, Carlo knew a lot about the company's early development. At that time, Huawei's products were not comparable to their foreign counterparts, and they relied on services to open up the situation. Carlo doesn't say anything else, it's still okay to paint like a cat and a tiger.

Come to think of it. Carlo called the chief of the guard, Felimich.

"Your Majesty, what do you command?"

"This is the purchase list of the Far East, and you immediately gather all the manufacturers and ask them to deliver the goods to the guests of the Far East according to my requirements."

The chief of the guard took the list from Carlo and was surprised at the amount of the order.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured, I'll do it."

What are Carlo's requirements?

Quite simply, each manufacturer makes a list of its own easily damaged parts, and when it is shipped, send more of these easily damaged parts. In addition, whenever an order is received, the manufacturers must send maintenance personnel to the Far East, ready to provide maintenance for those machines.

It sounds like a lot of trouble, and it's also increasing the spending of manufacturers. But only Carlo knows that at present, Italian products are not comparable to similar situations, so they can only fight for service.

As for whether these manufacturers are willing or not, there is no need to worry about this. Before the outbreak of the war, Carlo had already begun to prepare, and he deliberately selected those manufacturers with good technology and difficult operation to negotiate an agreement with them, and the rules of the agreement were basically the Italian version of Carlo in his previous life.

For this agreement, which has various rules, these manufacturers who are in difficulty have no right to refuse at all, so they naturally agree. But when it comes to sending people to the Far East, these shrewd businessmen already have a way to deal with it. Of course, not to mention the large order, the small order, basically several manufacturers share a place, saving costs.

Therefore, this order can not only help Italy's manufacturing industry, but also help Carlo control the domestic capital, which can be described as killing multiple birds with one stone.

That's why Carlo attaches so much importance to it, not only to expand his power, but also to use these orders to win over the capitalists. However, this needs to be based on the fact that the governors of the Far East have a good enough impression of Italy.

But when it comes to good feelings, the current Li Zhongtang is full of interest in Italy.

More precisely, there was a lot of interest in the Italian Navy.

Not to mention the performance of the two ships in the naval battle, it can be described as wonderful. In addition, the Italian officers and men who operated the warship were also unanimously recognized.

For this reason, Liu Buyun also specially reported to Li Zhongtang, believing that the future officers and soldiers of the Beiyang Navy Division could go to Italy to see the world.

Liu Buyun's words made Li Zhongtang have another deep meaning, so he specially recruited the chief confidant Zhou Fu to discuss the thoughts in his heart.

"Yushan, how about you say to recruit another teacher for the water master?"

In the study, Li Zhongtang opened his mouth to Zhou Fu beside him and said his thoughts.

In fact, there are many Beiyang sailors currently in preparation, and there are all from all over the world, whether they are mainly British. If he really recruited a teacher, Li Zhongtang wouldn't

As a confidant, Zhou Fu certainly knew the meaning of Zhongtang's words.

"Zhongtang wants to divide the power of the British?"

In the face of Zhou Fu's temptation, Li Zhongtang did not deny it at all.

"The British have too much power on the ship, which is not conducive to the construction of the sailors, and I also have the law to practice the people, so maybe I can invite one to come over and weigh one or two."

That's right, Li Zhongtang just wanted to weigh the power of the British in the preparation of the sailor. At present, there are more than 30 instructors and consultants in the preparation of the British sailors, and there are only more than 10 people from other countries combined, which inevitably makes Li Zhongtang a little muttered. Moreover, Lang Weili was strongly recommended by Hurd of the General Administration of Customs, and this Hurd cared too much about the sailor, which made Li Zhongtang have to think a little more.

So taking this opportunity, Li Zhongtang wanted to test Italy's attitude. Of course, he did not intend to remove Luang Weili, and it would be better to have an extra backup to avoid the sailors being restrained by the British.

Faced with Li Zhongtang's thoughts, Zhou Fu thought about it and spoke. "Be prepared and thoughtful."

"Okay, you're a jade mountain, and you have also learned to play an official tone, and you have slapped your beard and walked on a horse."