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When Xiao Yiming saw Zhuang Sen and Sharp Le in surprise, he understood what they thought, smiled bitterly, and explained slowly:

"Don't you often say that China is a magical country? Many things are different from your traditions and cannot be measured by your ideas. Frankly speaking, I was quite surprised. I originally thought that even the luckiest one would be assigned to the newly established Seventh Branch in the North District as the branch chief, which is the new police station on the east side of the street of your German envoy's official residence. Unexpectedly, I was suddenly transferred to the Governor's Office and promoted the military rank to a higher level. It was really unexpected. It was probably because the Governor and General Zhong Ying admired the training materials I translated with the help of Zhuang Sen."

"Congratulations, Xiao!"

Zhuang Sen and Sharp Le were both happy about Xiao Yiming's promotion.

Sharp reached out and took out a pistol from his suit and placed it next to Xiao Yiming's Colt pistol:

"Xiao, please see, this pistol is a standard pistol of our navy, Ruger P04, which has excellent performance and craftsmanship. It fires the best 9MM Baraberoum pistol bullet in Europe, with high accuracy. I like it very much, and in my country, more and more soldiers like it. If you or the army you serve like it, I can always get the consent of the ambassador and buy it from Germany for you."

"Ruge..."

Xiao Yiming picked up the exquisitely crafted pistol, looked at it again and again, something very familiar flashed in his mind, but he couldn't catch it. Finally, he had to put down the gun and said with a smile:

"This gun is very good, but... I seem to remember that there is another good gun in Germany, which is powerful and has many loads. It seems that the gun was produced by Mauser's company. There is a wooden holster that can be connected to the back of the grip as a butt stock. We call it a wrench gun, and I don't know what you call it..."

"Mauser military pistol, codenamed C96!"

Sharp Le spoke out the official name of the shell gun, then frowned and asked in confusion:

"Xiao, why do you like the heavy, muzzle-out-controlled pistol when shooting continuously? Is it just because it can hold ten rounds? As a friend, I must tell you honestly that the Mauser C96 is a backward product designed ten years ago. As a pistol, it is too heavy, its round grip is easy to slip, and the hammer design is extremely unreasonable.

"I tried the C96 when I was serving in the Bavarian Grenadier Regiment. My colleagues and subordinates generally believed that its design was very failed. So far, our army and navy have not purchased it, only Spain and several small South American countries in small batches. In addition to the original 7.63MM caliber, this gun was added to the 9MM caliber option in order to impress the German army three years ago. Like the Ruger pistol, it uses the Baraberom pistol bullet."

Xiao Yiming was surprised and pondered for a moment, but asked: "Sharp Le, how much does C96 cost?"

Sharp thought for a moment: "When I was in Shanghai three years ago, I heard from our gunman in Shanghai that he had sold a batch of Mauser C96 to the new army stationed in the Huaihe area. The number was very small. The price was very expensive. Each gun was delivered with 500 7.63×25mm pistol bullets, and the price was 95 marks. Compared with these two good performance Ruger P04 and American Colt M1903 pistols, the price is almost twice as expensive... Xiao, do you really like that kind of gun?"

Xiao Yiming scratched his head: "Is there a fully automatic Mauser C96 loaded with twenty bullets?"

"Full automatic? No, absolutely not, I really believe in my memory." Sharple answered honestly.

Xiao Yiming was a little regretful. He probably hadn't developed a fully automatic model yet, so he had to ask tentatively:

"If I am willing to buy Mauser C96, Mr. Sharp, can you help me? Of course, I will pay you a commission according to the practice of various businesses."

Sharp had fun when he heard it:

"Xiao, frankly speaking, I am not a rich man, and I am not willing to make money from you, but if you really decide to buy it, please hand me the approval documents of your Sichuan Provincial Military and Political Department. I am very willing to serve you through the Military Attendant Office of the Shanghai Consulate General, and I will get you a more reasonable price."

"Thank you very much! Dear Sharple, I believe that such cooperation will continue in the future, and the scope of cooperation will be expanded. For example, the Minerals Bureau under the Sichuan Provincial Government is planning to hire European and American technical experts to come to Sichuan to assist in geological and mineral exploration. For example, my teacher, Mr. Zhou Shanpei, has submitted an application to the Governor's Office, hoping to purchase a new generation of thermal power generator set of 150,000 kilowatts next year. There are also many similar investments among the public, but I don't have time to go to his office to learn more about it."

Xiao Yiming revealed this extremely important news to Sharple, asking him to tell the idle consulate business officer and the consular who has been selling bulk equipment for German companies as a thank you for your selfless help.

Sharp immediately realized that Xiao Yiming was repaying him, and smiled knowingly and nodded slightly.

Zhuang Sen was anxious. He didn't tell him the best collaborator about such a big thing. He couldn't help but tease him angrily: "Xiao, you are really not a friend. Didn't you teach me a famous Chinese saying? How to say... Clothes are new and friends are old, right?"

Xiao Yiming couldn't help but smile and changed his tea to make tea leisurely: "Zhuang Sen, don't worry, as long as the Governor's Office starts discussing these possible investment projects, I will tell you as soon as possible, please rest assured. However, since you are so angry, I will give you a chance to make money."

Xiao Yiming put down the teapot, picked up the Colt pistol and yang:

"Zhuang Sen, I want to get the design drawings of this gun, and the complete set of mechanical equipment needed to produce this type of pistol. Sharp, I also want to convince our Governor to buy a new generation of German bullet production line for the Sichuan Arsenal, produce 9MM Baraberom pistol bullets, Mauser rifle pointed bullets...

"Don't be surprised. My friend, Shanghai Arsenal and Nanjing Arsenal, have successfully copied the Browning M1900 and Colt M1903 pistols. There are on the belt of the Governor's Office's escort officer. Although the quality is not good and the processing technology is rough, it can be completely killed."

Zhuang Sen and Sharp Le were shocked, and Zhuang Sen asked in disbelief:

"Xiao, don't talk about the bullet production line for now. Do you know how many mechanical equipment is needed to produce a pistol? Even if it is just a medium-production complete set of mechanical equipment, don't get it without 60,000 or even 100,000 pounds!"

"One hundred thousand pounds is indeed a large amount, but why do you think I can't take it out?" Xiao Yiming asked half-truely.

"Impossible! Xiao, I don't want to make such a boring joke. Today is not April Fool's Day, but Christmas Eve before Christmas." Zhuang Sen's attitude was very clear.

Xiao Yiming shook his head: "Okay, let's not talk about this for now, talk about the real estate projects we have discussed before... Zhuang Sen, I can now tell you responsibly that the Quanyedao and the Governor's Office have agreed to sell me the 400 acres of land on the east side of the North School Farm to me. The price per acre is 7 taels of silver, equivalent to more than 14 silver dollars. As long as I obtain the approval of the Governor next week, I can obtain the land ownership contract within one day.

"You may not know that the order I transferred to the Governor's Office was signed by the National Taiwan Master. In other words, Governor Zhao personally transferred me, a graduate of the small police school, to him. I am confident of getting his support, because the desolate land east of the North School Field has always been an ugly and annoying scar that governments do not want to face. Now there is no need for the government to pay, but instead pay the money to the government to purchase and spend money on construction. Do you think, will the Governor not support it?"

"You really did it..." Zhuang Sen was stunned.

Xiao Yiming smiled and said, "I'm afraid there will be no such good thing in the future if I invest less than 6,000 yuan. As of the end of last month, I have accumulated 48,000 yuan in funds, plus the profit this month, and at least 60,000 yuan in investment reserves, which is enough to ensure the smooth implementation of the development plan.

"In half a year, I hope this land will bring me a net income of 600,000 yuan, or even more! How about it? Dear Zhuang Sen, would you like to join in and cut the cake?"

"You lucky lunatic...well, I don't have much savings and can only invest 20,000 silver dollars, but you must ensure my principal is safe."

Zhuang Sen resolutely decided to invest and no longer wanted to let the generous profits run away from his eyes.

Xiao Yiming shook his head: "What are you doing without risk? If you are afraid of losing money, just lend me the money. I will pay you twice the interest on the loan from HSBC."

"Don't think about it! Either do it together or you do it yourself." Zhuang Sen immediately refused, making Sharp laugh.

Xiao Yiming poured tea for everyone again:

"Zhuang Sen, I like this birthday gift for me. If possible, please help me buy 500 Colt M1903 pistols, plus 100,000 matching bullets. I know you have a way.

"I would like to emphasize that commercial banks in various countries have the habit of bribing my country's procurement officials. The amount of bribery is usually 8% to 15% of the total purchase amount, and the seller receives another remuneration of 2% to 8% of the total transaction volume. So I think that the price of each Colt pistol worth 14 US dollars should be more appropriate at the price of 12 US dollars. Of course, bullets are calculated separately, what do you think?"

Zhuang Sen hugged his head in pain:
Chapter completed!