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Christian said the original intention of staying here, Yu Zixun was noncommittal, Xu Huafeng was excited, Krupp is world-famous, and he has been coveted once in the St. Louis World Expo Pavilion, and now he can finally come to the manufacturing plant, how can he not be excited. It's just that he was depressed on the second day, Yu Zixun didn't know why, and asked, "Mr. Hua Feng, who are you?" ”

Xu Huafeng sighed with a worried face: "Before I left Shanghai, I thought that although my country was backward, it could still be chased with the efforts of the ancestors and their colleagues, but when I looked at it today, I felt that it was hopeless." ”

Yu Zixun was still young, and he was careless about the skills such as steelmaking and cannons, and asked: "Isn't it artillery, isn't there also one in the Jiangnan Bureau in Shanghai?" ”

"Jiangnan Bureau?!" Speaking of Xu Huafeng of the Jiangnan Bureau, he was resentful, "What will those general offices do besides flattering Shangguan and enriching their private pockets?" More than 10 years ago, the Jiangnan Bureau could still make 30 and 5 artillery guns, and it stands to reason that the skills should be better today, but now all countries use tubes to withdraw guns, but the bureau can only make 23 barrels and guns, isn't it getting worse and worse? Today I see the Germans' cannons, the largest one has made a forty-five-life giant cannon for Italy, the caliber is the first in Europe, the smallest one is the seven-life tube retreat gun, the fire is extremely fast, each interval under the five is only 12 seconds, and the Jiangnan Bureau made the seven-life tube retreat gun every interval takes 22 seconds. No matter how big or small, we can't compare. ”

Seeing that Xu Huafeng's words were convincing, Yu Zixun had no way to persuade him, so he had to say: "If our concoction can't build others, then it's best to buy someone else's......"

As soon as these words came out, Xu Huafeng was even more sad, and said: "Who wants to sell the sharp weapon of the military state?" Beiyang Li Zhongtang thought so before, but at the time of the First Sino-Japanese War, all countries did not sell warships to our country, and there was no place to make it if there was no silver. No, I'm going back to discuss with Jingcheng, this cannon and steel must not be negligent. "Ignore Yu Zixun. I went straight back to my room and wrote a letter.

After this trouble, the next few days of the visit was in soy sauce, Christian's cousin Knabe had figured out the guò artillery trade to make a profit, and seeing that the two leading Qing people had no spirit, they knew that what they had planned could not do, so they immediately set off for Düsseldorf. On the way, Yu Zixun and Knabey had a thorough communication. "Mr. Knabey, I think we should have a good discussion about the division of labor and ...... in this negotiation Pay. ”

Unlike his chubby cousin, Knabey was a skinny gentleman of about forty years of age, of course, and this was only known from the way he dressed and the gentlemanly words and deeds he tried to express, but if you looked closely at his eyes that were turning in circles from time to time, you could sense the greed hidden in his heart. He's just a businessman. In Christian's introduction, Kebener knew that this young Qing man was one of the key figures in the deal, and he was much more difficult to deal with than the old guy next to him. Knabey said: "Mr. Yu, I have agreed with Mr. Yang about these things before, do you want to change it?" ”

Knabe's eyes turned again, Yu Zixun looked dizzy, and said directly without nonsense: "Mr. Knabe." I understand your help to us in this transaction, the remuneration agreed between Mr. Yang and you will not change, but I would like to add some content, for example, even if the transaction is not successful, I will pay you 10,000 marks, and at the same time, if the transaction is completed, the equipment is running well. If the purchase price is low, then I will pay at least another 2% on top of the original agreed 3% commission, but this 2% will take about three years to pay you. You don't need to worry, we can sign an agreement like before, your cousin's friend Leo. Mr. William can vouch for this. Then he looked at Christian next to him and said, "Mr. Christian, we will also be paid, and I think the amount will satisfy you." ”

I heard that Yu Zixun raised the conditions of the transaction. Christian couldn't help laughing, and Knabey's eyes finally stopped rolling, and he looked at Yu Zixun straightly, and said in surprise: "Mr. Yu." Is this true? Thank you so much. ”

Yu Zixun ignored his thanks and said: "Mr. Knabey, we Oriental people pay attention to friendship in business, even if the transaction is not completed, friendship still exists. I just want to buy a good machine, not garbage, and then I can use the right price, not the outrageous price, so if there is anything inappropriate in the transaction, or the business is not worth the deal at all, you also have to remind us, I will increase the remuneration appropriately based on this reasonable information. ”

Knabey didn't care about friendship or unfriendship, as far as he knew, his cousin had been hired by this group of Qing ** militants, and his cousin's friend Leo. William had a good relationship with their leader, and if he guaranteed it, the subsequent remuneration was guaranteed. Although the young Qing man in front of him didn't like him very much, it was still a very happy thing that the remuneration had increased by at least 2% now, and he stood up and took off his hat and bowed slightly to Yu Zixun, which was regarded as a thank you.

Forty kilometers away, the factory host, 68-year-old Heinrich. Chairman Erhardt had been waiting for Burke for a long time, and Knabey hadn't told him who the buyer was, but he knew what Yu Zixun and the others were wearing. Since Rheinmetall bought the Someda Arsenal in March 19o1, the company's cash began to tighten, and Rheinmetall's net worth at this time was only 1.2 million marks, which was much less than the Renaissance Society's Tianchu MSG.

Although Russia ordered valuable ammunition and artillery from factories because of the war, Russia was not prepared for this war after all, and all kinds of ammunition preparations were very incomplete, so although the order was large, the delivery time was very rushed. In order to fulfill the order, Rheinmetall had to urgently order a lot of production equipment, but as everyone commented, Russia will quickly defeat Japan, so it is likely that this equipment will have to rest for a long time before the next batch of orders. For Rheinmetall, the result is basically no cash at all, just some new machines. Seduced by the war-monger Kernabe, Heinrich . Erhat soon decided to sell the equipment after the war was over.

After dinner, Chairman Erhard said to the two buyers, Yu Zixun and Xu Huafeng: "Mr. Yu, Mr. Xu, for some well-known reasons, we can only be responsible for shipping the machine to the hamburger in this transaction, and the rest of the matter has nothing to do with us." ”

Yu Zixun had heard about the deal before, but he still felt that he had to fight for it, and he said, "Mr. Hart." I understand your difficulties, but I still hope that you can help us in this matter, of course, this is only help, if something goes wrong, then this matter will not be involved in any way. Please rest assured. ”

"We can also help with customs clearance, but this kind of help is only technical." "It's some lathes that are clearly military-based. For example, we will help disassemble the machine into parts in the factory, and then bid for ordinary machinery or accessories to go out of customs, so that the customs will not notice anything. You're going to get out of the country very smoothly. ”

Selling dog meat on sheep's head is a common means of large-scale smuggling, and last year's entry of guns presided over by Yu Zixun was to disguise guns as machinery and transport them into Tonghua, but those guns and bullets could not be disassembled. He was about to nod, but was stopped by Xu Huafeng, "Zixun, reloading the lathe after dismantling will affect the accuracy, it is best for them to send engineers to Tonghua, so that you can rest assured." ”

Xu Huafeng said that most of the smuggling machines this time were new. If these equipment want to be fully effective, someone still needs to install and debug the training, but Aihart still emphasized, "After leaving the port, then this matter has nothing to do with us, and it will be inconvenient for me to send engineers to the Far East for subsequent installation and training." ”

Yu Zixun and Xu Huafeng were already prepared in their hearts, and Yu Zixun said: "Mr. Erhardt, this matter has nothing to do with you after the machine leaves the factory, and I understand this very well. However, you should still send a few engineers privately to guide us. For these engineers, we first fully guarantee their safety, you should know that in my country, the status of Westerners is very high. In addition, we will also give them generous remuneration and accident insurance. They can ask you for leave and go voluntarily. ”

See in this way. Chairman Ehart had no opinion, and he said: "I have no problem with this if it is voluntary to go privately, and if these engineers go to the Far East of their own free will." Then the company will keep their position and wait for them to come back. Also, Mr. Yu, I may not be able to provide the most advanced of the firearms design drawings that Mr. Knabey told me last time, only the 88 Committee rifles can provide. ”

Hearing that there were only 88 committee rifles, Yu Zixun became disappointed, and before he left, Yang Rui also asked on the telegram to get the design drawings of the Mauser 98 or its series. As if seeing the regret in Yu Zixun's eyes, Chairman Echhardt said again: "Mr. Yu, frankly speaking, the Somaida Arsenal actually produces very few guns, and the main production is hunting guns. The main products of the factory are bullets, shells and fuses, as well as various types of artillery. That's why we can't provide you with state-of-the-art gun blueprints. ”

Chairman Erhardt spoke very slowly, Yu Zixun understood every word, originally thought that this place had everything, who knew that in addition to ammunition and cannons, only shotguns were produced, so it seemed that it was worse than the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau. But fortunately, the two were hit once in Krupp, and their hearts were much calmer. The next day I got up very early, accompanied by the factory personnel to participate in the entire arsenal, after seeing the whole factory, the two of them regained some confidence, although this factory is not good at making guns, but the equipment is very new, the factory is estimated to never focus on the production of guns, but the scale of making bullets and artillery is not small, the accompanying staff said that the annual sales of artillery ammunition in the factory will reach 20,000 vehicles.

Take things as they come. After the third day, Yu Zixun began to negotiate the contract with Chairman Ehart. The main content of the contract is equipment for the production of guns and ammunition, and the equipment for iron-making and steel-making is naturally ordered from other companies. According to the previous plan, the Tonghua Arsenal needs to support 30,000 to 50,000 people in the early stage, and it will produce at least 10 million bullets and 100,000 mortar shells per year. As for artillery, mortars were the main ones in the early stage, and this aspect was considered when the steel mills were mature and could produce cannon steel.

Chairman Erhardt was taken aback for a while when he saw Yu Zixun make such a big order, but he thought of the bank loans that were about to expire and the rumors that the German army was about to adopt the latest Ip rifle cartridges from insiders, so he gritted his teeth and took the order, and finally offered a price that was neither high nor low: 2.85 million marks. There are hard-working Knabey and Christian, as well as experts Xu Huafeng and drunkard Ludwig present, Yu Zixun can't see anything wrong with Ehart's offer, it's not normal for foreigners to be so honest, why doesn't this unique business make a lot of money? If you sign the contract, you will cheat me. Or is it because I'm handsome? Yu Zixun fumbled for a few days but didn't come up with any reason, and the experts looked at the equipment in the contract several times like the Monkey King guarding blank scriptures, and finally determined that there was no problem at all.

So, on a hot August afternoon, the contract was signed smoothly and the deposit was paid. In addition to those details previously discussed, it is also stipulated that the latest delivery time of the machine is before the first half of 19o6. During this period, Yu Zixun can send a small number of personnel (must be short, the braids are too ostentatious) to come to the factory for internship, but the internship fee must be borne by himself, and the same is true for the steel plant, but it involves some special steel formulas. It is necessary to purchase a patent before it can be authorized to produce. Chairman Ehart knew exactly what these people were up to, and although he did not yet know that mortars were already known in the Russo-Japanese War, he was sure that artillery was also needed by these revolutionaries, and offered a relatively favorable price for four seven-barreled guns with 2,000 shells for a total of 200,000 marks. After Xu Huafeng's accounting, he still felt that Krupp's artillery was cheaper, but he did not completely refuse at the moment. Just look at the need later.

The gun and ammunition production machine is a key business in Germany, and everyone is happy after the contract is signed. Knabey and Christian got part of the early payment, and the two of them are now a little eager to hope that the Russo-Japanese War will end as soon as possible, so that after the business is completed, they can get a huge sum of more than 40,000 marks, which is a huge amount of money in 19o4, when the average daily wage in Germany was only four marks, and Mr. Yu also added an additional 2% reward, which adds up to a large amount.

Knabey carefully took the check written by Yu Zixun. Looking at the string of numbers on it, he lowered his head and kissed some of the freshly signed checks, carefully placing them in the prepared clip, and then into the inner strap of his coat. For him, a peddler, when has he ever done such a big business? He suddenly thought that Yu Zixun seemed to have to purchase equipment for the steel mill, and his eyes began to roll again, "Mr. Yu." Thank you so much for your generosity. As a token of my appreciation, I would like to invite you and Mr. Xu to visit my hometown of Berlin. Of course, if you still want to buy a machine, I can still do it for you. ”

Yu Zixun said: "Thank you very much. Mr. Knabay, we are not going to Berlin. Our next stop is Urch, Luxembourg, you know, we're going to set up a steel mill, and the iron ore from China will be tested there in a few months, and I'm going to wait there. Yu Zixun knew what he was paying attention to, but the steel plant, diesel internal combustion engine, synthetic ammonia equipment, and the itinerary in Denmark and Switzerland were not for him to intervene in, so he had to politely decline.

Seeing that he couldn't get any benefits, Kenabey was not polite, and left with Christian, while the drunkard Ludwig stayed with Yu Zixun all the way. After they left, Yu Zixun asked, "Mr. Hua Feng, don't we really put the students of the steel factory here?" ”

Xu Huafeng said: "The factory construction is too small, and all the personnel should not be here, but the smelting of artillery steel can be learned here." I will adjust the previous plan, and it turned out to be tens of thousands of miles away, how can I think of anything here, I will explain it to him. Luxembourg, on the other hand, is a small country, but it produces more than one million tons of iron every year, more than 20 times that of the Hanyang Iron Works. Earlier, the machine of the Hanyang Iron Works was purchased there, and now the general office of Hanyang has heard that it is a native of this country. ”

Luxembourg is still so capable, Yu Zixun was very surprised to find it with a map of Europe and spent half a day, is this still called a country, even a place in China is bigger than him. Xu Huafeng ignored his surprise and asked, "When will Xiao Xu be able to transport the ore, coal, and people who are learning to smelt?" As an insider, Xu Huafeng is clear about what the problem of Hanyang Iron Works is. In order not to have a situation like Hanyang, Xu Huafeng asked to transport the iron ore to Europe for testing and testing, and during the safe period, even the coal was planned to be transported to see how the coal was coking.

Although Yu Zixun didn't understand ironmaking and steelmaking, he knew the situation in the Northeast better, and sighed: "Then it depends on when the naval war between Japan and Russia ends." Otherwise, the steamer would not be able to enter the Yalu River, and the ore, coal, and iron would not be able to be transported. Mr. Hua Feng, let's go to see the diesel engine and synthetic ammonia first, and when the ore arrives, we will divide into two routes, Ludwig and I will go to Denmark, Switzerland and other countries, and you will stay in Germany to take charge of things here. ”