"Mr. Zhang Tao, aren't you in charge of the business in Madagascar? Why are you in China?"
"Aha, my business in Madagascar has been pretty good during this period, and the company rewarded me with returning to China for a period of vacation."
Liu Haixin said you were lying. I think you followed me all the way back.
But Liu Hai couldn't clarify this statement, he could only deal with it perfunctorily.
In the end, both parties agreed to meet at Jiangnan Restaurant in City T at noon today.
After Liu Hai put down the phone, his mind quickly turned away. I'm afraid it was a semi-showdown time this time, and he didn't know what kind of policy the country would adopt towards him.
If I could get the support of the country, I would naturally be able to develop faster in the Qing Dynasty, but I was afraid that the country would take advantage of certain people and capture and slice me into pieces.
But imagine if you have the time and space ring in your hand, if you are forced to travel directly to the Qing Dynasty, you don't believe that the country can travel through time and space to catch you back.
After Liu Hai thought clearly about the pros and cons, he decided to go to this Hongmen Banquet.
At noon, Liu Hai arrived at Jiangnan Restaurant on time. As soon as Liu Hai arrived at the door of the ninth floor of Jiangnan, Zhang Tao already greeted him.
After the two parties exchanged a few polite words, Fang Tao took Liu Hai to a private room.
After both parties sat down, the waiter served the drinks and food, and then exited the box.
When Zhang Tao saw that he and Liu Hai were the only two people left in the box, he began to persuade Liu Hai to drink.
But Liu Haizhe was extra careful every time he came, and was very guarded against Zhang Tao's persuasion. He only touched his lips a little every time.
Zhang Tao seemed to have noticed Liu Hai's wariness and stopped urging him to drink.
After talking about common things for a while, Zhang Tao finally turned the topic to his own purpose.
"Boss Liu, is there any oil left this time? If there is oil, we will buy it in full."
Liu Hai glanced at the other party warily, and then said, "I have been busy in China during this period. I haven't had time to go to Malagasy yet. I don't know how much oil the oil field has produced. I will contact Boss Zhang after I ask."
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Zhang Tao saw Liu Hai talking nonsense and put down the wine glass in his hand, "I have one thing I want to ask Boss Liu."
Liu Hai's heart skipped a beat, knowing that the show was about to begin.
"If Boss Zhang has something to say, just say it. I will tell you everything I know."
"Boss Liu is very polite. I'm just a little confused. There was something wrong with the oil that Boss Liu sold us last time."
"Something is wrong. Could it be that the oil is fake?"
"Boss Liu, let's not talk behind the scenes. The quality of the oil is very good, but there is something wrong with the barrels containing the oil."
When Liu Hai heard this, he immediately knew where he had made a loophole in the past. The oil barrels used to hold oil in the United States at the end of the 19th century were completely different from modern ones.
If these were sold to ordinary people, they would naturally not care about them, but Liu Haijiang was sold to the state's monopoly agency.
The intelligence officers in these countries have no eyebrows. As soon as the oil returned to the country, something different was immediately discovered.
After expert appraisal, the quality of the oil is very good, but the oil barrels were exclusively used by the American Mobil Company at the end of the 19th century.
This makes people think carefully. These oil barrels are now used as antiques. Who would use them to hold oil in a luxurious way?
Besides, even if it is a modern imitation, its cost is far higher than the price of contemporary oil barrels, which is totally not worth the gain.
So in the end, the intelligence department came to an incredible conclusion: these oil barrels all came from the late 19th century.
Such important news was naturally known to the great elder of Xia Kingdom very quickly.
Afterwards, the central government held several meetings, and finally came to the conclusion that in the spirit of humanitarianism, we should try to be tolerant of bangs, and we can contact bangs secretly when necessary.
Next, when Liu Hai was in Madagascar, he received the full support of Xia Guo.
And this time Liu Hai returned to China, in the eyes of the country, it was the best time to get in touch with Liu Hai, so this meeting between Zhang Tao and Liu Hai took place.
When Liu Hai heard Zhang Tao asking about the oil poke, he was immediately speechless. He really hadn't thought about this matter.
Zhang Tao didn't speak when he saw Liu Hai, and he didn't continue to force him. He just conveyed the central government's intention to Liu Hai, "Mr. Liu's current status is very important. The country's intention is that Mr. Liu should not go abroad in the future. Mr. Liu can act as he pleases in the country."
, without any interference.”
Liu Hai finally breathed a sigh of relief now. It seems that the country still left some escape routes for him and did not completely slap him to death.
Zhang Tao saw Liu Hai's face relaxed and knew that he had accepted his suggestion, so he continued: "As for what Mr. Liu needs to purchase, hasn't Mr. Liu established a trading company now? The country will fully support it. If there is
If you can't purchase anything privately, you can contact me and the country will fully support it."
Liu Hai raised his head and glanced at Zhang Tao. He was silent for a while, and then said: "I completely accept Mr. Zhang's suggestion, but I may purchase a large amount of weapons in the near future. I don't know if Mr. Zhang can agree."
Zhang Tao laughed after hearing this, "Mr. Liu wants to purchase weapons. This is support for the country. We naturally support it with both hands. From now on, Xia's weapons arsenal will be as open as Mr. Liu. Except for nuclear weapons, Mr. Liu can be unrestricted."
Procurement.”
"Since that's the case, I don't have anything else to worry about. I hope we can have a happy cooperation in the future."
After Liu Hai said the above words, he lit a cigarette and took a deep puff to relieve his nervousness.
"I brought back 2 million barrels of oil this time. I hope Mr. Zhang Tao can sell it for me."
"There is no problem at all. There is a large war preparation warehouse in the suburbs of city T. From now on, this warehouse will be used by Mr. Liu."
Liu Hai was a little happy when he heard this. It seemed that this warehouse was given to him for free. He could save a lot of money and it could be regarded as an income.
"Mr. Zhang Tao, thank you. Also, the ammunition I bought last time is very badly consumed. I hope to be able to purchase ten bases of ammunition again."
"Okay, I will arrange it for you now and store it in a warehouse in the suburbs. As long as Mr. Liu pays, it can be taken away from the warehouse immediately."
When Liu Hai heard the payment, he remembered that he still had 4 million taels of silver stored in the space ring, so he quickly sold it so that he could use it to buy other items.
"I still have a piece of silver here, which is 100 tons. I hope I can't sell it."
Zhang Tao nodded with a smile, then took out his mobile phone, carefully calculated the price, and then said: "I don't care about the quality of this batch of silver. I will just give Mr. Liu 900 million yuan. What do you think of Mr. Liu?"
Liu Hai nodded and thought it was pretty good. They only spent a few tens of thousands of yuan on the Co-trimoxazole tablets, but now they have an income of 900 million yuan. The plane merchants are indeed the most profitable.
Seeing that Liu Hai was satisfied, Zhang Tao also made his own request: "I hope Mr. Liu can provide a large amount of iron ore when he comes next time, and the state will purchase it according to the market price."
Liu Hai was stunned for a moment, and then immediately became sullen, because he had to pay money for reselling iron ore.
It should be because in modern times, due to the extensive use of various mechanical equipment, the production of iron ore is very rapid and the cost is greatly reduced.
But in ancient times, it was not so easy to mine iron ore. The cost was much higher than it is now. Liu Hai also wanted to make a fortune from iron ore at the beginning, but later gave up the idea after calculating the price.
Now that Zhang Tao wants to purchase iron ore by himself, doesn’t that mean he will lose money and make a profit?
"Mr. Zhang, I'm afraid I can't agree to this. If I go by what you said, I'm afraid I'll lose my pants."
Zhang Tao seemed to have known that Liu Hai would say this, so he explained: "If Mr. Liu is really in trouble, I hope Mr. Liu can give us a batch of iron ore at the cost price first. After that, we will see the situation."
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Liu Hai could only nod his head in agreement. In fact, Liu Hai was now thinking again. After some operations, iron ore would not necessarily lose money.
If he could monopolize Xia's ore supply, it would be another way to make money.
Then Liu Hai was not in the mood to eat anymore, so he said goodbye and went back to his house in the suburbs.
At this time, his girlfriend Wang Fang has not come back yet. During this period, Wang Fang was very busy. After Liu Hai left, Wang Fang was left in a mess.
Wang Fang is soft on the outside but strong on the inside. Since she has opened a mom-and-pop shop, she naturally cannot give her employees free wages and not do business.
So Wang Fang single-handedly opened up a sales channel to foreign countries in the mall. Although the business was not big, it was able to maintain the company's operations.
Through this incident, Wang Fang affirmed her ability and became more and more a strong woman.
When Wang Fang came back in the evening, she saw Liu Hai alone, lying listlessly on the sofa. The house was dark, and it seemed that her husband was worried.
So Wang Fang walked over, massaging her bangs on the top of her head, and asked, "What happened today? Didn't you go out drinking this morning? Why do you come back so listless?"
"Nothing's wrong, I just feel a little tired."
Wang Fang looked at Liu Hai's tired look and felt a little distressed: "If it doesn't work out, let's just stop doing it. With the money we have now, we can spend the rest of our lives comfortably."
In fact, Liu Hai doesn't want to think this way in his heart now, but he knows that this is just a fantasy. Will the country let him rest? Over there in the Qing Dynasty, can countless oppressed people allow him to stop?
Now Liu Hai can only rely on his small shoulders to shoulder this important task and become the only connection point between the two time and space. I hope that the Xia Kingdom in both time and space can prosper.