Li Wenshou then took out the written document from his sleeve, put it in front of him and read: "I adhere to the principles of the imperial court, and come here specifically to ask you and other barbarians to make shotguns quickly, and limit the selling price to three or two cents." Within, no scheming or dissent is allowed, otherwise the law will be abolished and expelled from the mainland, and no tolerance will be tolerated!"
After that, he put down the documents and looked around with contempt. There was silence.
Ye Yongjia suddenly became nervous. He was eager to smooth things over for everyone, but his mind was like a mess at the moment, but he couldn't think of a word. He leaned back in despair, and then felt that his entire back was soaked with sweat.
But the silence could not last long. The man with the beard stood up manically, knocked his chair aside violently, pointed at Li Wenshou's nose and cursed. The other three people also stood up, all with red faces and thick necks, and excited voices. , the noise continued.
Li Wenshou, on the other hand, disagreed, and his attitude was still tough: "If you and other foreigners don't accept Wang Hua, just leave on your own, why do I need to say more!"
These words made the merchants even more angry. They no longer showed respect and simply waved their sleeves and walked away. In the blink of an eye, he and Ye Yongjia were the only two people left here.
"Master Li!" Ye Yongjia slapped the table and stood up suddenly, "The court called you here to destroy the New Deal! How can you talk about business like this? Let alone a thousand shots, one shot They won’t even be made for you!”
Li Wenshou glanced at him coldly: "Shang Shu, these foreigners don't admire kings at all. They are just barbarians. They only use deceit to deceive others. How can you give them a good look? If you treat them If you are like a guest, you can take and give as you please, how can you show the power of our heavenly dynasty?"
"Li Pingyi always looks like a humble gentleman. How did he end up here..."
"I told you, these people don't respect me, so they shouldn't be treated like gentlemen." Li Wenshou shook his head.
"Does it count as respect for them to be submissive? Okay," Ye Yongjia laughed angrily, "Then Master Shotgun will make it? Master Suidi will guard it? Anyway, this matter was messed up, and you have to bear the responsibility."
"What did you say?" Li Wenshou fiddled with a corner of the document with his left hand.
"I said, if we can't reach an agreement here at the firearms factory, I will report it to the court and report my fault." Ye Yongjia pinched his fingers and said.
This was a clear threat to him, but Li Wenshou had to admit that this was indeed an effective and ruthless move.
"Okay," he had no choice but to compromise with Ye Yongjia, "You can do whatever you want, I won't interfere. But I hope Mr. Ye can make a clear attitude for the country... After all, these merchants are making muskets, and you know how to condone them. What are the consequences?”
"I have been an official for more than 20 years," Ye Yongjia replied, "I don't need you to teach me these principles. Please go back to Ninghe first, Mr. Li, and don't interfere with things here. My first priority is to take care of the current situation." This mess is cleaned up.”
"I'll leave now. But how will the court respond?"
"Just say that the situation here is complicated and it will take a few days to make a decision. You cannot return to Beijing immediately."
"I understand," Li Wenshou curled his lips reluctantly, "I wish Mr. Ye a bright future and take my leave." Then he bowed deeply and walked away.
Looking at his back, Ye Yongjia felt a burst of unknown anger in his heart, "Xiang Niu, the situation in Beitang is obviously good, but you insisted on sending this person here, but you caused me a lot of difficulties!" ’ He stared blankly at the setting sun in the distance and complained secretly.
Seeing the merchants walk out of the living room angrily, Wu Sixing, who was standing by the flowers, suddenly smiled with satisfaction.
"Sure enough..." Wu Sixing picked a flower and murmured, "The opportunity has come again."
"Bishop," a young priest walked up to him, "it's time for mass today..."
Wu Sijing waved his hand: "You go on your own first, I have more important things to do." After that, he followed closely.
"Oh, did your negotiation go well?" On a long corridor, Wu Sijing was walking towards the businessmen with a smile.
"With that bastard official here, what do you think can be done?" The bearded man sighed, still cursing.
"You don't need to be harsh on him. After all, he is not from the same country as us, and he has a grudge after all." Wu Sixing said slowly with his hands behind his back.
"But he is too arrogant! That Ye Yongjia is not like this."
After hearing this, Wu Sixing patted his chest and laughed.
"What...are you laughing at?" The bearded man was quite puzzled.
"I'm laughing at you for being naive. I don't know if you have seen Chinese operas. There is a saying that one of them sings the red face and the other sings the bad face. This is the strategy they are implementing. You think, the decree is issued by the imperial court. This How can the construction of the factory be controlled by the people who execute it? It must be done step by step in accordance with the imperial edict. So Ye Yongjia’s attitude is just for you to see. In fact, it is to force you to surrender as soon as possible so that you can become a Drive out the slaves who make shotguns for them!"
Everyone was still angry. After listening to his explanation, it was like adding fuel to the fire. Their emotions could no longer be suppressed. The four of them kept cursing, their eyes were red, and they slammed their fists against the wall: "These bastards! They swore to us back then! We will call soldiers to plunder this shore before leaving, and we will never step into this situation again!"
Wu Sijing realized that he had gone too far, and quickly grabbed their arms: "Everyone, everyone, don't be angry, there is still this bishop...don't you want to make money!"
"Then tell me, the four of us have been forced into this situation, how can we collect money from them?" Beard threw his arm away and asked.
"The government always needs us to make guns and can't do without us. Since he is unkind and unjust and limits our selling price, then give them crudely made things. Even if they are discovered, what can they do to us? For the sake of border customs If we want to win a war, we should not look at us like we are praying for rain from God.”
"Please come up with an idea." All the merchants bowed in unison.
Wu Sijing said: "You can take out the old firearms one by one and sell them at a limited price. They know very little about firearms and may not necessarily see through the whole story."
Everyone nodded in agreement, but the bearded man still hesitated: "I think that Ye Yongjia knows a little bit about guns, and he doesn't even remember what a shotgun looks like. I'm afraid if we can't pass him, the government will be wary of us in every possible way in the future. "
Everyone nodded "yes".
Wu Sijing touched his chin and wandered around in the corridor. He suddenly had an idea, turned around and said to everyone: "I suddenly have a better plan that will allow you to get a steady stream of silver!"
