After taking the list, Yi Zhizhi took a closer look, there are not many steam engines, there are only ten steam engines with large and small horsepower, and then there are some machines, the name of the machine written in English is too professional, he doesn't know most of them, but looking at the number behind, there are a lot, most of them are ten or twenty units, quickly skip it, and the back is a large number of furs and ginseng.

Seeing him raise his head, Wittmo said, "There is still a merchant ship that has not entered the port, and it is loaded with guns, and a thousand are for you to transport." As he spoke, he handed over another list.

Yi Zhisuff glanced at it, saw the names of the three guns listed on it, couldn't help frowning, and said, "Didn't you only order the Charlville rifle?" ”

Weitmo smiled: "The other two, one is the Hall M1819, the rear loading rifled gun, the standard equipment of the American Army, and the other is the Brunwick type firing gun, the standard equipment of the British Army, Mr. Yi might as well compare it." ”

British and American Army standard equipment? This is a good heart, it seems that Wetmore is very interested in the arms business, no wonder he gave two revolvers as gifts, Yi Zhishu smiled secretly in his heart, sure enough, the gift is not so easy to receive, and after a careful look at the list, he found that there were only two hundred Charleville rifles, and the price was also the cheapest, twenty-five yuan a piece.

The Brunwick type firing gun is also 200 pieces, the price is 35 yuan a piece, and the Hall M1819 is 600 pieces, and the price is 50 yuan a piece. It's been popular all year now? I don't know how the performance is, but if it can be used as a standard equipment, it shouldn't be too bad.

Since it was delivered. There is no need to go back. And it's not a lot of them. However, this price must be cut, and after a slight groan, he said: "Equipping guns is the most taboo and messy, which is why I only order one gun." ”

Hearing this, Wittmo's heart sank, this batch of guns was large. If Yi Zhizhi is not satisfied, he is afraid that he will have to be transported back to China, and the loss will be great, he hurriedly said: "The performance of these two guns is better than that of the Charlville type, and it is also the most advanced at present, especially the Hall type, which is a rear-loading rifled gun, with excellent workmanship and superior performance, can Mr. Yi compare." Make a decision again. ”

"I don't want you to lose money on the first business." Yi Zhizhi pondered and said, "But." The price you ordered was too high, and it was doubled, right? Cut three percent. ”

The price of this batch of guns has indeed doubled, and when he saw him open his mouth, he cut it by three percent, and Wittmore didn't dare to bargain anymore, so he hurriedly said: "Deal." ”

"Don't be busy just yet." Yi Zhizu waved his hand and said, "The consumption of musket ammunition is very large, have you brought the machinery and equipment and technicians of the gunpowder factory?" ”

"This is Mr. Yi's special order, how can he be negligent." Weetmo said with a smile: "It's all brought, enough for Mr. Yi to build a small gunpowder factory." ”

Yi Zhishu nodded, handed over the list to Wu Changqing, and said, "You are responsible for the transfer into the port." Wu Changqing didn't say anything, took the list and glanced at it, then put it in his sleeve and put it away.

Glancing at the two of them, Yi Zhifen shook the list of machines, and said with a smile: "I will arrange to go to the port tomorrow to unload the goods, and the two of you will rest first, and then pick up the wind and dust for you in the evening." ”

Out of the courtyard, Wu Changqing said with some doubts: "Why didn't Brother Yushu pay the price at all, so he accepted the list?" ”

Yi Zhizu put his hands behind his back, slowed down his steps, and said: "We need to import all kinds of machines now, give them high prices, and when there is demand in the future, they will actively purchase. As he spoke, he turned to look at the little guy who was following him, and said, "Give me the revolver." ”

"Don't you have one?"

"I'm going to take this gun and think about it so that I can make it."

"Privately made guns?" Wu Changqing gasped and said, "The imperial court has extremely strict control in this regard, so don't take risks." ”

"Don't worry." Yi Zhizhi said with a smile: "In the past two years, I will first get a small workshop, and develop new guns while accumulating experience, and wait until foreigners can openly set up factories, and then let foreigners come forward to build factories." ”

Wu Changqing said curiously: "Can foreigners openly set up factories in Guangzhou? ”

"Look at India." Yi Zhizhi said: "What can't foreigners do in India? ”

More than 200 American skilled workers moved into Changle Village, which caused quite a stir, and Yi Zhixiang was also surprised when he first came into contact with this group of American citizens, who were obviously very mixed, with brown, flaxen, golden, and red hair, and different eye colors, blue, gray, brown, and green.

The most surprising thing for him is the height, in his impression, white Americans are tall and big, with big shoulders and round waists, and a height of 1.8 meters is very common, but this group of people is generally not tall, most of them are about 1.6 or 7 meters, not to mention 1.8 meters, there are only a few above 1.75 meters, and none of them are big shoulders and round waists, they are quite thin, I don't know if they are hungry at sea, or because of the economic crisis.

Yi Zhishu shouted loudly in English: "Are there engineers and technicians in machine building and machining? There is an application! ”

No one in the crowd spoke, and Yi Zhishu thought he hadn't heard clearly, so he slowed down his speech and shouted again, this time someone said, "Is the mechanic okay?" ”

"Okay!" Yi Zhishu nodded and said, even if he is a mechanic, he has at least seen a pig run, which is much better than the group of workers under him who are as pure as white paper.

As soon as I heard that the mechanic was okay, more than ten people squeezed forward at once, shouting loudly one by one, and Yi Zhizhi shouted, "Quiet! Then he ordered: "Tang Degui, take them to the factory, and let the Yixue translator communicate with them and understand their situation." ”

Immediately, he said loudly: "Shipyard's." Hearing the three words of the shipyard, there was a commotion in the crowd, many people shouted loudly, and when they saw this situation, Yi Zhizhi understood that the American shipbuilding industry was in a stage of transformation, and it was already not very sluggish, and the economic crisis made it even worse, so there were many shipbuilding technicians and workers.

After working for a long time, Yi Zhizhi sorted out this group of American workers who came to Guangzhou to pan for gold, one person gave ten oceans, and vacated the collective dormitory built for apprentices to accommodate them, everything was arranged, he was about to go to the manufacturing factory to go around, but Wu Changqing chased after him, and said: "Almost half of the people are shipyards, are you considering building a shipyard in Guangzhou?" ”

"Building a wooden boat?" Yi Zhishu subconsciously wanted to refuse, now the steamship and the ironclad ship are the king, after thinking about it, he nodded and said, "Yes." (To be continued.) )