Kane Hoffman, a descendant of the declining German aristocrats, and the Western industrial revolution brought great changes to society. The new bourgeoisie continued to move to the political stage, gradually replacing princes and nobles, and becoming the dominant players in European political and economic fields. The constitution of Britain and the republic of France brought rapid development to the overall strength of the two countries, and at the same time stimulated the approaching Germany and urged Germany to implement social changes as soon as possible. Germany's subsequent constitution also made it a capitalist power in the later period, and constitutionalism caused a great impact on the interests of the original aristocrats. The Hoffman family was one of them.

Hoffman was originally studying in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Berlin. On the year of graduation, his father passed away. Hoffman had to take on the heavy responsibility of maintaining the family. The extravagance of the upper class made Hoffman take over a family that was heavily in debt. After constantly selling the family's property to pay off debts, Hoffman discovered that he could only control a mansion in Berlin, which was also a symbol of the glory of the Hoffman family. What made Hoffman feel ironic was that living in such a mansion could not afford the basic expenses of family life. The young Hoffman learned from his mistakes and after seeking his mother's consent, he sold the house and bought a smaller residence with the money he had obtained. The remaining money he bought a cargo ship, traveling between ports in Europe, and began his career as a businessman who reselled the business.

However, the profits in this industry were no longer as rich as those of the Age of Discovery, and the profitable merchants had no profits. Hoffman worked very hard, but he did not get much. Until he met the British man Willie Willie at a dance party in London, a shameless opium dealer in the UK, who sold opium in China, allowing Willie to make huge profits. Willie, who made a fortune, also gained a place in the upper class in London.

At that dance, Willy portrayed China as a place full of gold, and those who owned it were all stupid and easy to cheat. China is a paradise for adventurers.

The young Hoffman made Willy excited and worshiped Willy as an idol at that time, and listened carefully to Willy's teachings. After Willy's promise that he could ask Willy for help whenever he had difficulties in China, Hoffman spent half a year on preparations and purchased a shipment of goods and transported them to China.

Who knew that when he arrived in China, he realized that the Chinese were not stupid, and no one was willing to buy the goods he had transported. At this time, Hoffman had almost spent the money on his body. He had no money to promise the sailors to pay, so he had to go to the Thirteenth Army to find Willy for help. At this time, Willy showed a hideous face and only agreed to eat Hoffman's goods at one-third of the purchase price of Hoffman. Hoffman was so angry that he ran to the bar to get drunk. Fortunately, he met Yang Yi and did not sleep on the streets.

"Dear Young, thank you for your hospitality. It's time for me to meet that damn Willy. Unfortunately, my ship of good goods has made this shameless opium dealer cheaper. I promised with the honor of the Hoffman family that from now on, Kane Hoffman is your loyal friend." He said that Hoffman stood up and left.

Yang Yi quickly said, "Sit down, sit down, don't worry, my friend, tell me, what good things you have brought, maybe I can help you."

After hearing this, Hoffmann then said: "Two hundred latest rear-loaded rifles made by the German Krupp Company, 20,000 bullets. I took a lot of effort to get this through my classmate's father. They all said that buying arms is the easiest to make money, so why didn't I find it?" He said that when he said the following sentence, his expression became depressed, his mood was also low, and his head lowered, and he didn't notice Yang's big mouth and a surprise expression.

Hoffman picked up a glass of wine and poured it into his mouth. The strong stimulation of Chinese liquor made Hoffman cry. Hoffman wiped the tears from his face with his hands, and did not dare to see Yang Yi continue to say what he said: "When I set off, I considered the consumption of bullets by the person who bought the gun, and also brought a set of bullet-making equipment. If the raw materials are sufficient, it would not be possible to produce 3,000 bullets." Yang Yi's expression became even more exciting. He said in his heart: "I am a German, I am rigorous in doing things, and even thought of the equipment for bullet-making. It's so cute."

Hoffman then said his goods, "Chinese silk is very popular in the West, but I heard that Chinese people make silk by hand, so I brought four textile looms. I think they can sell them at a good price in China. Who knows, the Chinese people said they don't know how to use it, and when they buy it, they just have a pile of scrap iron. They actually said that my machine, none of them know the goods. The most annoying thing is my two tons of rose oil. The Chinese people say that no one will buy such expensive oil to go back to cook, God!!! Fry, Rose Oil Fry, Lord!!! Forgive their ignorance." As he said that, he made a cross on his chest with his hands.

"Hahaha" Yang Yi finally couldn't help it, and laughed loudly, laughing unscrupulously. Hoffman thought Yang Yi was laughing at him.

"Yang, you are very unfriendly like this. I am your friend. I am looking forward to your help. Even if I don't understand China, the things I bring are ridiculous. You shouldn't laugh at your poor friend like this, right? Am I not worthy of being your friend?" Hoffmann's face turned red, and his handsome face turned distorted.

"Oh, Hoffman, my friend, I'm sorry, you misunderstood. I'm not laughing at you, I just think you are the cutest foreigner I've met in Guangzhou. It's so honor to be your friend. It's my honor to have a noble friend like you." Yang Yi quickly corrected the misunderstanding:

"I remember I seemed to have told you that I am a quartermaster, the quartermaster of the Chinese army." He said, looking at Hoffman with a smile, with a gentle expression in his eyes.

"You mean!! I deserve to die. I didn't pay attention to your introduction." Hoffman said with a sorry look:

"So I said you are so cute. Sitting in front of you was a military officer of the Qing Empire, but you told him that you have a batch of high-quality and good rifles, no one is willing to buy them. Are you laughing at your wisdom? Don't say it? There are two hundred rifles, and even two thousand of them are you, I will want them all."

"Just what?" Could this kid want a kickback? I heard that Chinese people have this hobby as officials. Hoffman quickly took over the conversation, his expression became nervous, and he stood up.

"Haha, don't be nervous, sit down and say, it's just that the price must be fair. It can't be too expensive, my friend." Yang Yi saw that Hoffman was a little nervous and quickly comforted him.

Hoffman is now a mouse that caught a life-saving straw, and Yang Yi is his straw. Yang Yi in front of him is now a person of the same level as God in Hoffman's eyes.

The excited Hoffman could no longer sit still, jumped up and rushed to Yang Yi, first hugged Yang Yi tightly, then pressed Yang Yi's shoulder with both hands, and kept saying, "Oh dear Yang, my friend, you are the cutest person." (He compared Yang Yi with the Volunteer Army) and didn't care about his spit and star splashing Yang Yi's face.

After finally getting rid of Hoffman and expressing his kind greetings, Yang Yi pointed to the seat and said, "Don't be excited, sit down and say, you haven't mentioned your price yet."

"Oh, I'm so excited. The Hoffman family never makes money by making money from friends. If you sell the rifle, just pay thirty taels of silver per piece. As for bullets, you can give 2,500 taels of money." He said he didn't make money, but in fact, Hoffman could still make more than 2,000 taels of silver at this price.

"No, no, this price is unfair." Yang waved his hand and said:

"Oh, my friend, it's already very cheap. I really didn't make your money. At most I wanted to get some expenses back." Did he meet someone who knows what he knows? Hoffman thought that Yang Yi wanted to cut the price and quickly explained. In fact, he was indeed a little lacking in confidence. After all, Yang Yi helped him a lot.

"Haha, you misunderstood again. What I mean is that you came from Germany from afar. How can you not let you make money? That's it, 35 taels of rifles are one, and I will give you three thousand taels of bullets. As for the machines, it's a problem for you to pull them back. I'll give you six thousand taels of all machines, and a total of 16 thousand taels of 10,000 taels of 10,000 taels of 10,000 taels of 10,000 taels of 10,000 taels of 10,000 taels of 10,000 taels of 10,000 taels of 10,000 taels of 10,000 taels of 10,000 taels of 10,000 taels of 10,000 taels of 10,000 taels of 10,000 taels of 10,000 taels of 10,000 taels of ? "

If Hoffman said that Yang Yi was a friend at first and was a little grateful, then Yang Yi in Hoffman's eyes now is a brother, and he is on the same level as his friends.

16,000 taels, even if rose oil is thrown into the sea, Hoffman can make more than 3,000 taels of silver. Hoffman feels that he is overwhelmed by great happiness. He has never made so much money when he grows up. This time, the goods that come to China were paid first, except for the arms, and the other things are all on credit at a friend's factory. Even a lot of money for buying guns were borrowed. I originally thought that I was finished, but I didn't expect that I could turn over the salted fish. Hoffman is now happy and only smiles foolishly on the side, and he didn't notice that Yang Yi was still saying:

"The machine is easy to deal with, and it can always be used, but what did you get this rose oil to make in China? You can't cook."

Yang Yi smiled bitterly as he said that, and suddenly Yang Yi seemed to remember something and muttered: "Rose oil, rose oil? I remembered it."

Yang Yi suddenly jumped out of the seat, not caring about Hoffman being shocked or not Hoffmann understood Chinese, kept saying in Chinese: "NND, I've made a fortune, I've made a fortune, the cute Hoffmann is so cute. Now I don't have to worry about not having money to buy guns and cannons, and I don't have to worry about not having money to recruit soldiers and horses."
Chapter completed!