Gu Yunji and Xu Shuhua are husband and wife, and it stands to reason that they can't be overstated how intimate they are. But in Shen Baiyi's eyes, Xu Shuhua is just the "maiden sister" of Gu Yunji's "wife", and it would be great if he misunderstood.

Hearing Shen Baiyi's voice, the two were shocked, and hurriedly pushed each other away and kept their distance from each other.

Gu Yunji was embarrassed for a while, first looked up at the sky, then looked down at the ground, pretending to be very busy, and showed a surprised expression when he saw Shen Baiyi, as if he had just discovered his existence: "...... It turned out to be Lord Shen, why are you here? ”

Shen Baiyi was far away before, and his vision was blocked again, so he couldn't see it very clearly, but he vaguely felt that the two were very close, as if they were hugging each other.

When I got closer, there was almost a foot between Gu Yunji and Xu Shuhua, and I was afraid that I had to shout to hear what I said. If it weren't for Gu Yunji's strange behavior, Shen Baiyi would have thought it was his own delusion.

After looking at the two of them and finding nothing abnormal, Shen Baiyi had to suppress the doubts in his heart: "It's nothing, it's just that the family wealth left by the widows is almost counted, and to discuss with Albert about repaying the payment for firearms, Mrs. Xu needs to be the translator." ”

If it goes on like this, it will only become more and more embarrassing, Xu Shuhua was trying to find a way to get out, and when he heard the words, he hurriedly said: "Then I'll go over first, so as not to make everyone wait for a long time." ”

After that, she blessed the two of them, subconsciously staggered her gaze with Gu Yunji, and then turned to leave, but the red earlobes exposed the panic in her heart. Gu Yunji also didn't dare to look at her, looking at the sky for a while and the sea for a while, like a thief.

Shen Baiyi glanced at Xu Shuhua, who left in a hurry, and then at Gu Yunji, who wanted to cover up, and the doubts in his heart grew.

Could it be ...... What kind of illicit relationship do the two have?

As soon as this idea popped up, it was immediately pressed by Shen Baiyi: Not to mention Mrs. Xu, the key is that Lord Gu is a decent person, very affectionate with his wife, and never does abusive things, how can he have an affair with his wife's maiden sister?

Shen Baiyi shook his head, put aside the messy thoughts, and stopped studying them in detail.

After Xu Shuhua left, Gu Yunji and Shen Baiyi quickly followed and went to Gao Shishu's private residence, which was used as a temporary meeting hall by the government.

In addition to Mei Feng, Su Qi and other court officials, Alberg and Joseph, as representatives of the Franc machine caravan, also arrived and waited for the meeting to begin.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Mei Feng took out the contract he had signed and said, "According to the cooperation contract, your caravan will provide us with firearms first, and after the Japanese of the Gao Shishu faction are completely eliminated, we will use their remaining family funds to pay for the firearms." If his family is not enough to pay for it, Daxia will give some preferential treatment to the franc machine in the trade of some important goods in the next three years. ”

"Although Gao Shishu escaped, fortunately, the entire clean-up process went smoothly, and now it is time to fulfill the contract. The good news is that the Japanese have a rich family, and a lot of gold and silver treasures have been found on Mingsha Island, which is more than enough to pay for the goods. ”

As he spoke, Mei Feng handed the counted list to Albert: "Mr. Albert, please see, this is the counted family list, do you want the government to pay directly in kind, or convert it into cash?" ”

After tossing back and forth for such a long time, the Japanese on the southeast coast were finally uprooted, and it stands to reason that both the government and the Franco-Rang caravan should be celebrated. However, Albert showed a lack of interest, took the list casually, looked at it twice, and threw it on the table, looking unwilling to talk.

Seeing this, Mei Feng raised his eyebrows: "What, is Mr. Eberg still dissatisfied?" ”

Alberg bowed his head and said nothing, neither satisfied nor dissatisfied.

Su Qi couldn't stand this attitude the most, and immediately frowned: "As long as the contract is not destroyed for a day, everyone is still a partner, and there is something to say." Mr. Eberg is so silent, and he looks like he is aggrieved and difficult to explain, but it seems that our government has bullied you. ”

"Haven't you bullied us yet?"

Before Alberg could speak, Joseph on the side couldn't hold back, and said with a red face: "After signing the contract, we are partners, we treat you with sincerity, and we provide you with artillery and let you visit the warship, but how do you repay us?" ”

"You have deceived the gunsmiths on our ship, stolen our technology, and made an identical cannon in imitation of the Franco's cannon, you are thieves and thieves!"

"So it's because of this." Gu Yunji finally understood where their dissatisfaction came from, and simply admitted generously, "Yes, you are right, we did it." But you have to understand that we are not thieves, we are not using conspiracy, this is a fair and honest conspiracy. ”

"First, the gunsmiths were not coaxed by us, Zhao Jinbao voluntarily followed us after weighing the conditions set by the government. But as long as you treat them better, they will not go without nostalgia, and if you are not benevolent first, you will not blame others for a better future. ”

"Second, we did copy your Franc cannon, but how did we steal the technology? We didn't steal your drawings, nor did we peek at your manufacturing process, we just groped for ourselves, and now we have succeeded in copying, this is our ability, and it has nothing to do with you. ”

"Finally, the cannon we have created is called the Kamui Cannon, and it is not exactly the same as your Franc machine. The Shenwei cannon has seven guns, and the effective firing distance is nearly three miles, and the lethality has increased by more than two or three times compared to the Franc cannon. Such an advanced artillery that condenses the wisdom of our Chinese people, do you think that your Franc cannon can touch porcelain casually? ”

Gu Yunji's logic was clear, and Joseph was speechless when he said one by one, and at the end he glanced at the two of them, and his tone was provocative: "At the beginning, we just looked at the Franc cannon a few times, and we can imitate it when we go back, then you also saw our Shenwei cannon last night, and if you have the ability, you can also imitate one for us to see." ”

"You!"

The government has the ability to imitate the Franc cannon, but the Franc machine man does not have the ability to imitate the Shenwei cannon, Eberg was speechless for a while, his face was extremely ugly, he really couldn't stay, and he was about to get up and leave immediately.

"Mr. Albert, slow." Mei Feng stopped him, and his tone was leisurely, "The matter of repaying the payment for firearms has not been discussed yet, since you don't say the way of payment, then we will convert it into cash by default, and in two days we will send it to the ship of your caravan in accordance with the contract." ”

"After all, I am a big country in China, and the pattern is so grand, I will not tear up the contract because of a little unpleasantness. Although this cooperation has come to an end, it will not affect the friendly exchanges between the two countries, and we will still welcome Francois to do business in China in the future. ”

Listening to Mei Feng's sarcasm, Albert snorted coldly, turned around and brushed his sleeves away.