Chapter 473: There are discrepancies
As the royal minister of Franc Ji, Alberg was able to negotiate the firearms business with the government on behalf of the caravan, but he did not know about the firearms trade with Gao Shishu, and the reason was far-fetched, so the devil believed their lies.
Su Qi sneered in his heart when he heard this, since he negotiated with Tao Lian and others last year, he had seen some negotiation skills, and he used them without a teacher, and he made up his mind to play the image of a "wicked person" who was not easy to speak, and said unmoved:
"Mr. Eberg's excuse is too clumsy, it seems that you should not have a low status in the caravan, otherwise you would not be qualified to attend this meeting. Since you can negotiate business with me on behalf of the royal family of Franco, will you not know if your caravan has made a deal with Gao Shishu? I'm afraid it didn't mean to trick me."
"We are the kingdom of the Celestial Empire, broad-minded and tolerant of the Heavens, and we welcome foreigners to come to our Dynasty to do business, but the premise is that you must abide by the law. When you go to my Huaxia territory, you must abide by the rules of my Huaxia, and the court cannot rub sand in the eyes of the court, and any behavior that violates the rules and regulations will not be tolerated."
Su Qi's tone was stiff, and his words implied warning. Before contacting, there was no need for a translator this time, and Alberg and Joseph could roughly guess what he meant, and the atmosphere in the room was a little frozen for a while.
After singing with a white face, it was time to sing with a red face next, Mei Feng coughed lightly twice to break the embarrassment, and said in a soothing voice: "China is a country of etiquette, Mr. Joseph and Mr. Eberg came all the way from the West, they are our friends and our guests, and Huaxia has never had a reason to draw a sword against a friend since ancient times."
"General Su Qi is in charge of the anti-Japanese war, and he has always been serious about the matter of implicating Gao Shishu, and he is a little anxious to speak, so don't take it to heart. Since you have said that you will give us an answer, we are willing to believe you."
"When you two go back, you can discuss this matter slowly with the rest of the caravan, it's still early today, we want to know about your caravan's firearms business." I wonder what kind of firearms the royal family can provide us? How many are there? How much does it cost?"
When it came to the firearms business, the other side suddenly came to the spirit again, and Alberg and Joseph assured Mei Feng that they would definitely investigate Gao Shishu's affairs clearly. Then he couldn't wait to take out a few pieces of paper prepared in advance and motioned for Wang Jianyue to introduce them.
Wang Jianyue handed out the papers to several people one by one, and said enthusiastically: "This is the Chinese version of the introduction form about the firearms trade of our caravan, and the questions that Governor Mei wants to ask have the answers on it, including the types of firearms, the price, and the method of delivery...... Wait a minute. Of course, if you have any questions, I am always available to answer them in detail."
As Wang Jianyue said, the introduction form is written in great detail, and it can be seen that Eberger and others should have done many firearms trades, otherwise they would not have made such a mature and systematic introduction form.
Gu Yunji didn't know much about Western firearms, and after a cursory browsing, he couldn't see anything else for the time being, except for the impression that it was "very expensive". Putting down the introduction sheet, he looked at Wang Jianyue: "You said that this is the Chinese version, then there should be a version in the Franc machine, right?" Can you show us the original again?"
Wang Jianyue's eyes flashed, and then he quickly returned to normal, and said with a smile: "For the convenience of communication, the Chinese version in the hands of several adults was specially translated by us, in fact, the content is the same as the Franc machine version, there is no need to read it again."
Gu Yunji keenly caught the emptiness in his eyes, and asked quietly, "Then according to your meaning, if the imperial court and the caravan officially signed a firearms deal, all the documents involved in the process were written in Chinese?"
Wang Jianyue's expression was sneering: "...... This is naturally not, after all, it is a transaction between the two parties, and it must be written in duplicate, in Franc and Chinese."
"And what nonsense are you talking about?" Gu Yunji's eyes narrowed slightly, "You only showed us the Chinese version of the introduction sheet, but when signing the contract, you had to use bilingual, in case you were doing something inside, now that you are doing a good job, there is another version written on the contract, don't we have no place to reason?"
Wang Jianyue was speechless by Gu Yunji, so he had to take out the original Franc machine introduction sheet and hand it to him.
Gu Yunji took the introduction sheet, and then naturally put it in front of Xu Shuhua, and her eyes motioned for her to check and compare.
In the face of Gu Yunji's unabashed act of distrust, Wang Jian
The more embarrassing it is.
However, as soon as he thought about it, he thought that Xu Shuhua almost didn't speak during the whole process, and it seemed that he was really not good at Franc Machine, so he couldn't help but feel a little contempt in his heart: Franc Machine grammar is complicated, and there are many proper nouns about firearms on the introduction table, Rao is that he has dealt with Franc Machine for so many years, and he dare not say that he is proficient in Franc Machine.
After all, there is a difference between written language and oral language, Wang Jianyue's language is listening and reading while getting along with the Franc machine people, and he slowly practiced it day by day, he really doesn't know much about the Franc machine text, let alone writing, just reading is stumbling.
Xu Shuhua is just the opposite of him, she lacks a relevant language environment, and completely relies on herself to learn the Franc machine script by herself with a book, and is very familiar with written language. Even if you come across a few obscure proper nouns, you can understand its meaning by comparing it with the Chinese version.
Wang Jianyue didn't expect Xu Shuhua to look at it, and he really saw the clue.
Xu Shuhua furrowed his brows slightly, and after checking the Chinese version several times, after confirming that there were discrepancies between the two, he raised his head and asked Wang Jianyue: "The Chinese version mentions that within three years after the delivery of the firearm, if there is a quality problem, it can be repaired free of charge."
"In the Franc machine version, there is an additional sentence 'In some special circumstances, maintenance payments will be charged, how are special circumstances calculated?' How much is the cost of repairs, and why is this sentence not mentioned in the Chinese version?"
Regarding Xu Shuhua's series of questions, Wang Jianyue was at a loss: "...... Huh?"
Xu Shuhua was patient, and simply put the introduction sheet of the Franco machine version in front of him, pointed to the problems on it, and said it in detail.
Looking at the dense words on the paper, Wang Jian stared dryly, only feeling that they knew him, but he didn't know them.
Xu Shuhua said it several times, but Wang Jianyue still didn't understand much, as if playing the piano to a cow, it was too tiring to communicate. She frowned, and was about to question Wang Jianyue's language proficiency, when she saw the red-haired Alberg coming over:
"This beautiful lady, please don't worry, King Jianyue sometimes has a bad brain, and he can't understand our advanced Franc machine words, why don't I answer this part for you?"
Xu Shuhua reacted slightly, but still understood what he meant, and replied in a slightly jerky Fran machine: "Okay, please explain it in detail."
Then, the two skipped Wang Jianyue and Cao Xiong, the two translators, and directly communicated in the Francophone language.