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Shanghai Storm Chapter 39 Procurement of Arms Part 2

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    Soon, Liu Chengquan rushed to the general manager¡¯s office located on the highest floor of the building and reported the contents of the transaction discussed with Fang Hua to Lucas, the general manager of the Shanghai branch of Lihe & Co., Ltd.

    Although Lihe & Company did not suffer much losses in the recent stock market boom, its business volume decreased sharply under the influence of the subsequent Shanghai financial crisis.  Therefore, in this period of depression, this order of more than 200,000 taels of silver is extremely valuable.  As the general manager of a foreign bank, Lucas decided to receive Fang Hua in person and strive to complete the business.

    "Dear friends, welcome to your arrival. Please introduce yourself. I am Lucas, the general manager of the Shanghai branch of Lihe Bank." After Fang Hua and others sat down, Lucas introduced himself enthusiastically.

    "Mr. Lucas, I am also very happy to meet you. I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation and gain something." Fang Hua said without being humble or overbearing.

    Lucas smiled and said: "This is what we hope too. I heard from Assistant Manager Liu, Mr. Fang wants to buy a batch of firearms?"

    "Yes, I think Lihe Matheson should be able to fulfill this order, right?" Fang Hua picked up a cup of coffee on the table and took a slow sip, breathed a sigh of relief, and then replied.

    Lucas chuckled and said: "Of course, we can still eat even more orders.

    Fang Hua asked: "So, what price is Mr. Lucas going to give me?"

    After thinking for a moment, Lucas immediately replied: "In view of the large quantity of Mr. Fang's order, I decided to give you some discounts again, Mauser gebsp; To say that this price is already very low compared with usual, after all  Under the influence of the Shanghai financial crisis, the trading volume of the arms business has dropped significantly, which means arms profits have been huge, so Lucas dared to lower prices like this. If it were ordinary goods, he would rather let the goods rot in the warehouse than sell them at a reduced price.

    The reason why Lucas sells at such a price reduction is because he almost regards Fang Hua as a customer with whom he can cooperate for a long time. For such a customer, if you make less money for the first time, the aspect and intensity of future cooperation can be greatly improved.  extension.

    Fang Hua knew that this was the lowest price given by Lucas. If he continued to bargain, he was afraid that Lucas would rather give up the business than make any more concessions.

    Therefore, after careful consideration, Fang Hua nodded and agreed: "Thank you Mr. Lucas, the price you gave is very reasonable. I decided to order 5,000 Mauser GEW98 rifles, 500 Mauser pistols and 50 Marks from your bank  Qin heavy machine gun, and buy an additional 4 million rounds of matching ammunition." Most of the 4 million rounds of ammunition are equipped for heavy machine guns, which made Fang Hua wonder why only six towns in Beiyang are equipped with heavy machine guns in the Chinese army.  , although it is a ground killer, it is also a large consumer of bullets, and ordinary people really cannot afford to support it.

    "No problem, I will notify the domestic shipment as soon as possible, and the goods will arrive within three months at the latest." Lucas said with a red face. The total value of Fang Hua's orders has reached more than 300,000 taels. According to the arms  According to the rules of the transaction, he can get at least 20,000 taels of silver as commission, which is not a small amount of interest.

    Fang Hua also knew that they had to raise supplies from Germany and arrive through a long sea transportation. Three months was already considered fast, but it was not certain whether he would be in Shanghai after three months, so Fang Hua asked  : "I hope your bank can transport this batch of weapons to Datong Prefecture, Shanxi Province. I can pay a 30% deposit first, and then pay the other 70% after receiving the goods. How about that?"

    Lucas was slightly startled. He didn't care about the shipping fee from Shanghai to Shanxi. Compared with the order of more than 300,000 taels of silver, this shipping fee was negligible. However, transporting this batch of arms to Shanxi made him a little confused.  So he curiously asked: "Why should it be transported to Shanxi? You must know that our Lihe and Yangxing business is mainly distributed along the southeastern coast, and we are not familiar with Shanxi in the north."

    Fang Hua smiled slightly and said: "I ordered this batch of arms for the Governor of Shanxi. The Governor's request is to receive the goods in Datong Mansion, Shanxi. There is nothing I can do about this."

    In fact, the reason why Fang Hua asked for gifts and foreign goods to be transported to Shanxi was to confuse the attention of interested people. In the late Qing Dynasty, the words of foreigners in China were often more effective than the orders of the emperor in Beijing. Under normal circumstances, the government did not dare to search foreigners.  Goods, this saves a lot of trouble.  If Fang Hua were to find someone to escort the arms, he would have been interrogated many times along the way. Such a large amount of arms flowing into Shanxi would also attract the attention of the Shanxi governor's office.

    Lucas nodded suddenly. He originally guessed that Fang Hua was a crony of the governor of a certain place and secretly came to Shanghai to buy arms. Now that Fang Hua personally admitted that he was from the governor of Shanxi, Lucas was convinced.  China in the late Qing DynastyThe local governor had great power, and sometimes even the orders of the imperial court were obeyed and disobeyed.  At the same time, in order to strengthen control over the people under their rule, arms were purchased and trained to strengthen the army.  Among the Qing government's foreign arms sales, the arms purchased by governors from various regions accounted for a large part.

    After talking about the business, Fang Hua politely chatted with Lucas for a few words and was about to stand up and leave.

    At this time, Lucas suddenly had an idea and suddenly thought that there was a batch of private goods that he had carried in the warehouse that had not been sold. In front of him was another large owner who was in urgent need of arms, so he asked tentatively: "I wonder if Mr. Fang is interested in buying it?"  Where¡¯s a batch of new pistols?¡±

    Fang Hua was stunned and didn¡¯t understand why Lucas suddenly asked this question. Didn¡¯t he just order 500 Mauser pistols?  So he asked with some confusion: "I don't know what type of new pistol Mr. Lucas is talking about. I just ordered 500 Mauser pistols. If there is nothing special, I have no interest in buying it."

    "Mr. Fang, please rest assured. The new pistol I am talking about is the Luger 08 pistol manufactured by Mauser Company. It is definitely the latest model." Lucas said nervously. Since taking office, he has brought these batches from China.  I wanted to make a lot of money from these private goods, but who would have thought that the Chinese would not care at all about unknown weapons, so this batch of private goods fell into their hands and has been stored in the warehouse until today.  I have tried to sell it several times before, but all ended in failure. I hope I can meet someone who knows the goods today.

    "Ruger 08 pistol?" Fang Hua was slightly stunned. He seemed to have an impression, but he was not sure.  So he smiled and said: "I'm really sorry, I have never heard of this model of pistol. Can you let me take a look at the product?"

    Lucas was overjoyed. Since he wanted to see the goods, it meant he was interested and there was a possibility of a deal. So he quickly stood up and said, "Of course there is no problem. These pistols are all in stock and are stored in the warehouse of the foreign bank.  If Mr. Fang doesn¡¯t mind, please come with me to see the goods.¡±

    This was not the first time that Fang Hua visited the warehouse of Lihe Matheson Co., so he followed Lucas into the somewhat dim warehouse with ease, and looked at the novel-style pistol that he handed over.

    When he heard about the Ruger 08 pistol, Fang Hua didn't know what kind of gun it was, but he had some impressions in his mind. This time he asked to see the goods. Unexpectedly, when he saw the goods, he realized that it was the famous Luger pistol. Looking at the gun in his hand,  Fang Hua couldn't help but be a little excited about the pistol with its unique shape and excellent workmanship. He remembered how he wished he could see the real thing when he browsed the world-famous guns on the Internet in his previous life. He didn't expect to have such a pistol in his hand now.  .

    Playing with the weapon in his hand, Fang Hua smiled at Lucas and said, "This gun has a very unique shape. I like it very much. I want this box."

    There were fifty Luger pistols in the box in front of him, which was not too much. Since he had bought more than 300,000 taels of arms, it was not enough, so Fang Hua just went ahead without asking the price.  Ask to buy.

    Of course, Lucas was very happy. This batch of goods had been suppressed for so long and it almost became a problem for him. Finally, he met someone who was interested. Naturally, he did not dare to raise the price too high, so he offered a price of 50 taels per tube.  .

    Fang Hua was very satisfied with the price. With the famous reputation of later Luger pistols, the price was not too high, so he bought this box of fifty Luger pistols for three thousand taels, plus each  The pistol comes with five boxes of matching 7.65 mm bullets.
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