"No problem! No problem!" Demons agreed: "This time I brought a lot of good things, there are 100,000 fire hats, saltpeter, sulfur, and..."

Although they were just a relationship of mutual conversion, whether it was gold, silver, or silver, Demons still wanted to get the two three-pound gold ingots first. As a successful banker, he prefers gold.

The price offered by Demons is about 70% to 80% to twice the price of the concession in Shanghai. Although it is huge profits, it is a very reasonable price in Zhou Xiuying's eyes.

You know, when Xiaodao was guarding the county town of Shanghai, the price of buying weapons and ammunition from foreigners was much higher than that. Demons risked his life to transport arms to Wenzhou, but the profit was only twice as much. General Liu's method of killing prices was also stronger.

As for the freight rate that Demons sent the remaining knives to Wenzhou, Liu Chang also gave a very high price. As for the drill bits, broach bits and sulfuric acid sold by Duncan, he also gave a very high commission.

However, after Liu Chang settled in detail the total number of arms transported by Demons, he was very dissatisfied: "It's only 7,900 silver rounds, right? Erasing the fractions and giving you 8,000 silver rounds, the excess is the deposit for the next time. The arms you transported are too little. I have gold and silver. My troops urgently need advanced weapons to arm them. Next time you can't just bring so few weapons to me, otherwise I will cancel your arms agent's salary!"

He was indeed not satisfied with the number of rifles brought by Demons. Although there were much more black powder, saltpeter, and sulfur than expected, the most urgently needed flintlock and firing guns were seriously insufficient.

Previously, he purchased 65 flintlock rifles and firing guns from Demons, and later obtained 35 flintlock rifles from Yang Shanren Mansion, which totaled 95 foreign guns. This time he purchased 45 firing rifles and 100 flintlock rifles, and a total of 240 foreign guns.

According to the calculation of three infantry squads in one infantry platoon and ten foreign guns of one infantry squad, 240 foreign guns are only the equipment of eight infantry platoons.

The dragon spear that has been compiled, Nanxi and Panshi, are now three infantry companies, and nine infantry platoons require at least 270 rifles.

The reserve team has been prepared to form an infantry company, and Zhou Xiuying brought Yu Zhong from the Shanghai Xiaodao Society to serve. With this part of the strength as the foundation, and then joining some Dongxiang veterans and Qing army prisoners, it can be formed into an infantry company.

The Western equipment of these two infantry companies can only wait for the next ship of Demons to solve, but the shortage is not limited to these 210 rifles. The Liu family army still has a large number of combat and non-combatants who need better weapons to equip them, and Liu Chang's command will not be limited to five infantry companies. In this case, Liu Chang will need five hundred rifles in the short term.

Thinking of this, Liu Chang solemnly explained again: "Next time, no matter how difficult it is, I hope that Count Demons can give priority to the delivery of infantry weapons, at least at least, and also provide me with three hundred rifles!"

Zhou Xiuying now understood that when she was on the boat, Duncan, the foreigner who rescued him, said that Liu Jiandian was a very rich general. He placed an order of hundreds of thousands of silver dollars with Demons. However, Demons's power was too weak to provide the number of weapons that General Liu needed. Moreover, the arms that Demons could provide were mostly ammunition, and the number of rifles and artillery was not large.

It is precisely because Liu Chang was able to take out such a large order that the price of Demons was so reasonable.

Liu Chang continued: "I am very disappointed that you did not bring the cannons this time. If you can bring the cannons that satisfy me next time, you can drive everything you can determine for the reasonable price."

This is the big fat sheep. As long as Demons can get the artillery, then Liu Chang can accept "all reasonable prices that can be determined". Demons can no longer find the North: "No problem, no problem! The reason why we cannot provide more guns and cannons this time is just a special period after the Little Knife Incident. After I go back this time, I will organize a large number of rifles and field cannons to transport them to your fortress as soon as possible!"

For Demons, this business is not as simple as earning thousands of silver dollars.

He confirmed that General Liu Chang was a strong man with sufficient payment ability and credit, and that he had long been eager for advanced Western arms. In this case, as long as he maintained a long-term cooperative relationship with General Liu, Demons could earn at least a few thousand silver dollars or even tens of thousands of silver dollars per month.

He seemed to have returned to his villa in the Mediterranean. If such a business continued, he might have retired within a few years, and then brought hundreds of thousands of pounds to open a leading bank in Europe, and could also slap the female secretary's butt anytime, anywhere.

What a happy life!

However, after reaching a cooperation, the two sides carried out a long and trivial transaction process. Demons rejected Liu Chang's invitation to him and insisted on staying on his own sailboat. As soon as the transaction ended, he set off for Shanghai to buy more arms for Liu Chang.

Now Liu Chang does not need to be responsible for the specific details of the transaction personally. Qu Jie and Huo Qiu stayed on the sailboat and inspected all the goods themselves. They checked them very carefully. After all, these arms will be used on their whistles.

Liu Chang invited Zhou Xiuying, Duncan and Xiaodao Association's old subordinates to come ashore and specially welcomed them.

The dining location was set in the living room at the south gate of Panshizhai. These people were obviously hungry for a long time and ate and drank wildly as soon as the food came up. Duncan praised repeatedly: "It's delicious, these Chinese foods are delicious!"

He had been in the Shanghai beach for a long time. No one appreciated those drills and thorns and could not be promoted at all. In desperation, he had to go to a British foreign business as a small employee. However, the British boss of that small foreign business treated the employees as hard as Chinese employees. When Duncan left Shanghai, he still owed Duncan three months' salary.

Of course, Duncan did not suffer any loss. Before leaving, he took away a lot of goods from the foreign company, including the 100 liters of concentrated sulfuric acid sold to Liu Chang this time.

As for the eating behavior of Zhou Xiuying and Xiaodaohui's old subordinates, they were besieged by the Qing army for a full seventeen months. They hid in the whole month after breaking through. They were naturally not as elegant as they were hungry. What made Liu Chang even more amazed was that a beggar chicken was brought up. Zhou Xiuying picked up the horse-slashing saber in her hand and used magic to divide the beggar chicken into several pieces.

She waved the saberatta that was more than one meter long, as if it was as easy as a backhand pattern. She didn't even touch the blade, as if the saberatta was part of her body.

In fact, Liu Chang only saw the lightning flashes, and the beggar chicken was already falling apart. Zhou Xiuying had already picked up a chicken leg and started to chew it. While eating, she asked Liu Chang: "Check, how do you arrange for us brothers and sisters?";
Chapter completed!