C3755 (2/2)
”Anyways, the British and French combined forces took over the Beijing, and the last family took away 8 million silver … ”Say, with this 16 million silver, how many airships do you guys have to buy?!”
Don't slap him in the face, curse him and don't expose him! Cai Bixia had directly cut their wounds, all of them were extremely embarrassed!
Hun Mao saw that it was no good, although his foster father had told him to be a little tense, Cai Bixia was too tense, he did not give him even the slightest bit of face!
”Mm …” General Cai, don't talk so much. Such a big deal in arms has not been settled in one day, let's take it slow! ”
”My lords, you should think about it carefully. After all, this airship is something that the Chinese and the Prussian Kingdom made jointly, and the patent right is still in the hands of the Head of the Guards and Duke Qi Bolin!”
”It's the only one in the world to begin with, it's normal for them to ask for a higher price!”
”Sit down...” If it's tea time, let's clear our anger! ”
Everyone returned to their seats, and it took a few princes a while to regain their composure. General Xie Zi Liu gave his brothers a look, telling Yi Xuan to control the pace of the negotiations.
He really couldn't say anything else. The anger in his heart was burning to the point that his head was about to pop out. If he continued to talk, his head would jump!
Yi Xuan's temper softened a little as he smiled at Cai Bixia and said, ”Mr. Cai, I see that the airship is only worth the technology money that it earned, how can the cost be as high as that?”
”The air sacs are all empty. If you look at them from the inside, they're actually just a layer of skin... Isn't the inside of the steel plate covered by the suspension chamber still wooden? ”
”The most valuable thing is that small steam engine. While heating up the heat, I still need to use that propeller. But, no matter how valuable it is, it's still not worth 600,000 taels of silver!”
”Forgive me for being blunt, but even if it's four hundred and fifty thousand silver taels for His Majesty, it should still be a lucrative sum, right?”
”Since you want to do this business, why don't you be honest and give us a real price?”
Cai Bixia shook her head: ”Hehe. ”Right now, the issue isn't how much money is needed, but that I don't understand. Who bought this airship?”
”The His Majesty has to place an order, and the Head Office has to place an order as well. Isn't this Great Qing the next chess game? ”
Yi Xuan waved his hand, ”Mr. Cai, you don't know! This Great Qing is not like those small countries in Europa. The north, south, east and west are vast.
”Therefore, the imperial government has delegated the authority to purchase arms! Great Marshal Zeng has the right to purchase arms, Zuo Zongtang, Li Hongzhang and the rest have it too! ”
”Even local daoyin have the right to purchase Western weapons. This is the custom of the imperial government!”
”The Xishan Camp has the same right. If we were to rely on the military to buy everything together, who knows how long it would take!”
”Mr. Cai, your price …”
Cai Bixia laughed: ”I understand your meaning, forgive me for speaking bluntly, but I cannot do it, I must report this to the leader!”
”However, I have to remind you not to hold too high of a hope. The airship is in a hegemonic business right now. Other than the leader, there are no other families here!”
”Don't always think about saving money on firearms. If you save money, you might suffer big losses!”
”We are all smart people, there is no need to waste words …” War is originally a business. You have to consider how to complete this business, not just saving money! ”