Doing your own thing generously with others' generosity is also a core idea in Li Zhongtang's telegram.
The Suppression Army is already the king and hegemon in Dongdi Kingdom. Although those interests are very important to us, they are far inferior to our local territory. It is different for these Western powers. The east is not bright. It's bright in the west, and the Daqian Empire has retreated, but we were able to obtain a piece of land in Dongdi Kingdom, which can be regarded as a kind of compensation for them.
The most important thing is that the Renault family's coal can be sold. This has long been enough for Mr. Renault. Now he is just looking for a fig leaf for the Gallic Empire government. The fig leaf sent by Gao Shaoyi is the right size. suitable.
"As a friend, I can't let you suffer too much. We will be responsible for the transportation of the coal produced from Annan every year."
Mr. Renault said with a smile that although it was only a few hundred nautical miles away, and some places could even be transported by land, he still had to at least express his attitude.
"I have one more thing, and I hope to get your guarantee."
Just when the two were about to shake hands, Mr. Renault suddenly made another request.
"Please say."
Gao Shaoyi didn't know where he had not made concessions in the negotiation.
"I hope you can make a personal promise to me that your army will not attack Annan."
Now the Annan Kingdom is almost the private territory of the Renault family. Gao Shaoyi has established absolute dominance in the three southern provinces. Although the Annan Kingdom does not border the three southern provinces, it does border the three southwestern provinces. If Gao Shaoyi can win the three southwestern provinces, Then Gao Shaoyi's ambition will grow exponentially, and Annan Kingdom will definitely bear the brunt.
"I can only promise that I will not attack Annan within the scope of the agreement. As long as you and I are still friends, then I will guarantee your interests."
Gao Shaoyi's words were already very ambitious, but Mr. Renault still shook hands with Gao Shaoyi helplessly. The rise of a big warlord is unstoppable. As long as we can maintain our position during the rise of this big warlord, It is not easy to keep the original benefits. The more you ask for, the more you may lose.
"I heard that your army has been equipped with the latest rifles. Can the production patent rights for the previous generation rifles be sold?"
The Renaud family was also the third largest arms dealer in the Gallic Empire.
Now the Suppression Army has completely changed its equipment to the 98K. Originally, only the security regiments and militia were still equipped with the eight-round rifles, so foreigners have become interested in this aspect.
Foreigners have tested rifles loaded with multiple bullets many times, but unfortunately they have not been verified on a large scale. Rather than researching their own rifles, it is better to directly buy one with mature technology. For Western countries that are now trending towards strictness, this is indeed the case. A very good way.
The magazine of the old-fashioned rifle is under the gun and can load eight bullets at a time, but the bullets must be loaded one by one.
The new rifle can hold five rounds of bullets at a time, and can shoot farther and more accurately. It is not that the Western powers have not thought of hitting the target in one step, but they also know that Gao Shaoyi's team is more concerned about the new rifle, so now they are better off aiming at the old rifle .
"The transfer of production technology is temporarily impossible. Now only physical objects can be transferred, and the quantity purchased at a time must not be less than 100,000."
Gao Shaoyi smiled and shook his head. We have reached an agreement on the previous matter. Now we are talking about another matter. In this matter, we must earn enough profits.
“How much does each gun cost?”
Mr. Renault felt a little uncomfortable because in the past two hundred years, the Daqian Empire purchased weapons from the Western powers. This was the first time that the Western powers purchased weapons from the Daqian Empire.
"One hundred and ten silver coins."
When Gao Shaoyi said this, the smile on Mr. Renault's face had already disappeared. The current standard rifles in the West fire one bullet at a time, and they need to be loaded immediately after firing. Their cost price is about sixty silver coins. Selling It’s 150 yuan to Daqian Empire.
Gao Shaoyi's price of one hundred and ten yuan is indeed much more conscientious than what they had originally. Of course, this is not because of Gao Shaoyi's real conscience, but because this rifle has also appeared in Western research laboratories. However, what they have researched has not been verified on a large scale. It is better to directly buy what Gao Shaoyi produced. The international situation is different from the original purchase by the Daqian Empire, because the Daqian Empire cannot research it at all.
In other words, Gao Shaoyi's price of one hundred and ten yuan was already excessive.
Moreover, you have to buy 100,000 of them all at once, and this transaction is worth tens of millions of silver coins.
"One hundred yuan a piece, I will buy 100,000 pieces immediately."
Mr. Renault set his own price. Of course he knew that he must seize the opportunity now. As long as he could still make some profit after purchasing these 100,000 pieces and return to the country, of course, the most important thing was to seize the opportunity.
"A hundred dollars a piece is no problem, but you have to buy three hundred thousand."
Gao Shaoyi certainly knows the power of capital and knows that this rifle has already appeared in laboratories in Western countries, but if the Renault family buys enough, they will find a way to get their country to adopt this rifle.
Gao Shaoyi thinks in the long term. Maybe you can imitate it after buying it, but if your country enters a state of war, can you still make it? Maybe your arsenal has been blown up, but your soldiers are already used to it. If you use this rifle, you will have to come to us to buy it, but the price will definitely not be this price. You are in urgent need of this rifle to save your life on the battlefield, so you have to buy it even if I offer two hundred silver coins.
"My friend, are you too greedy?"
Mr. Renault is also a smart man. He can make the decision to purchase 100,000 rifles. If it is 300,000 rifles, it will have to be operated within the Gallic Empire to equip many armies with such rifles before they can be consumed.
"You and I have a community of interests. Only if you make money can I make money."
Gao Shaoyi didn't say much else. He knew that Mr. Renault understood this very well.
Now we have reached the original stage again, which is to cheat your country and make your own money. Just see if you can bear it. In the past, you chose money... This chapter has been completed!