C1027 Arms trade (2/2)
Tang Lei hurriedly continued, ”But unfortunately, these soldiers are all from all over Southeast Asia and do not have their own weapons. Thus, I hope that the Chile can provide me with weapons and equipment as soon as possible … I guarantee that their battle strength will be very strong, and after half a month of training, they will be able to enter the battlefield very quickly! ”
Xi Lapizuo nodded his head, ”Oh, this is an army of 10,000! ”I will do my best, I will do my best …”
Seeing Xi Lapizuo's bitter face, Tang Lei decided to follow his words and asked, ”Your Excellency General, I still have some business to discuss with you in detail. I wonder if you need some cheap weapons?”
The soldier behind Tang Lei took down an oilskin package from his back and opened it on the table. The Chile general shouted excitedly, ”Oh my god! Ninety percent new Enfield? Eighty percent new Springfield? ”Good stuff …”
Tang Lei's face revealed an evil merchant's expression: Not bad, look at the Ripper, it doesn't have much wear and tear. I can equip more than 11,000 people with this kind of weapon, and I also have a lot of bullets.
Xi Lapizuo would not easily be duped, he smiled and said, ”Mr. Tang, when did you become a merchant? However, although these weapons of yours are not bad, they are all second-hand goods, aren't they? ”This cannot be bought at a higher price …”
”Hahaha, I can't hide anything from the General. These second-hand goods were all eliminated by the American Civil War, and then our Ryukyu bought them through contacts. Although it's not completely new, at least we can guarantee an average of 80% new, it's already very rare! I think that it is more than enough to deal with Peru and her armies … ”
”No, no, no, Mr. Tang, you don't understand what I'm saying. I'm just very sorry to have to tell you, our Chile has a very difficult financial situation, I'm afraid we won't be able to handle these ten thousand rifles!”
Xi Lapizuo sneered in his heart, ”You want to do business with me? With so many weapons that you pulled from the Ryukyu, other than selling to me, who else could you give? Sell it to the Peru and the Bolivia? Let them slaughter you Chinese? ”
”If you can't sell it, can you still sell it like how it was in the past? Do you think crossing the Pacific Ocean is child's play? ”Heh heh heh, God has truly blessed me. This business will definitely take advantage of me …”
Just as he was feeling overjoyed, Tang Lei's words directly caused him to choke on the wine in his mouth.
”General has misunderstood …” Who said I was asking for money? I won't take even a single gold coin for this deal! ”
”Cough, cough, cough …” Xi Lapizuo choked on his alcohol to the point that he couldn't breathe, and his face flushed red from holding in his breath, ”What did you say? You don't want gold coins? Are you trying to give it to us Chile for nothing? ”
”Tch!” The group looked at him like he was an idiot. ”General, you sure know how to joke around. We gave you 10,000 rifles for free?” Even if you have money, it's not like this is a despicable method. You have to use something to exchange for it! ”
Five of them will be filled to the brim with silver, five will be filled with saltpeter, and the remaining ten will all be filled with copper ingots. I want these things to fill these ten thousand rifles for you! ”
”No, no, no …” This is too hard, this is blackmail! ” Xi Lapizuo immediately shouted.