The journey starts from the Titanic

With Li Chun's promise, Meihua's subsequent investments in Nanjing, Suzhou, Yangzhou, Wuxi, Huai'an and other places will be greatly facilitated.

Needless to say, traditional commodities such as silk, porcelain, tea, etc., by setting up warehouses and terminals in various places, Meihua Company can purchase these traditional commodities at low prices and transport them to the United States and Europe for high-priced sales. At the same time, it can also import all kinds of commodities to large and small In the city.

Even Occidental Petroleum has benefited a lot. It has opened a number of oil terminals in Jiangsu, 30 large and small, surpassing Mobil in one fell swoop, becoming the largest kerosene company in Jiangsu.

"Thank you Mr. Situ for your appreciation." Little Kadoori smiled faintly.During this period of time, he has grown very fast, knowing that some of his achievements are nothing. Even if he changes to another person, the result will not be too bad. After all, the strength of Meihua Company lies there.

"Mr. Situ, don't worry. Next, I will take the arms orders from the Jiangxi Warlord and the Hubei Warlord. They also need a lot of equipment." Xiao Jia believed himself.

After having successfully cooperated with Li Chun, he believed that it would not be difficult to win arms contracts in Jiangxi and Hubei.

Li Chun is just one of the more generous customers. In addition to Li Chun, there are also the Jiangxi Warlord Chen Guangyuan and the Hubei Warlord Wang Zhanyuan, who are directly under the Third Governor of the Yangtze River.These people are sharpening their swords and guns, using force to defend their power.

"Okay!" Situ Nan nodded. According to the plan, all the weapons of the direct army will be provided by the British and American Foreign Firms. Situ Nan naturally hopes that Meihua will get a big share of the pie.

At the same time, with the expansion of steel plants in the Philippines, the construction of Medan’s military factory requires a lot of funds. Selling the hoarded arms to China and using the profits from the arms trade to invest in the Nanyang military industry. This is Situ Nan’s long struggle. Strategies developed.

Because even if Meihua does not participate, the war will continue, and those warlords will find other arms dealers to buy weapons.In this case, it is better to make this money as Meihua Company.

Seeing Xiao Kadoorie, who had been aroused by arms violence, Situ Nan felt a little emotional. After a while, he again ordered: "Someone will go to Jiangxi and Hubei. Now the time is tight, you go find another A real big customer-Wu Peifu, commander of Beiyang Third Division!"

"Wu Peifu?" Little Kadoorie asked in surprise.

Although Wu Peifu and his third division were relatively good at fighting, they were transferred from Zhili to Hunan under Duan Qirui's order to fight the Guangzhou military government.

The military expenditures of the 3rd Division are controlled by the central government, without its own territory, financial resources...

"It's him! Believe me, he may be the decision maker of this war and our biggest customer in the future. He is a potential stock, understand?" Situ Nan warned.

"As you wish, I will invest in this potential stock." Seeing that the big boss is so confident, Kadoorie is not easy to object.

Chapter 119 Arms Wu Peifu

Under Situ Nan’s instructions, Kadoorie rushed to Hengyang, Hunan.

On the banks of the Xiangjiang River, under the Yanfeng Peak, a heroic man looked at the green hills outside the fence, the rushing river flowing eastward, with emotion in his heart.

"The fishing boat sings late, and the sound is on the shore of Pengli; the geese array is frightened, and the sound of Hengyang’s Pu... No exception!"

The man sighed.

He is the Beiyang warlord Wu Peifu, who was born in a talented scholar and joined the army. When he was young, the Russo-Japanese War broke out in the Northeast. He was a scout and collected information on the Russian army for Japan, so he was promoted to a lieutenant.

After Wu Peifu entered Yuan Shikai's Beiyang system, he progressed smoothly all the way, and he was promoted to the commander of the third division.His boss is the cloth seller Cao Kun, and Cao Kun is not very talented, so the true core of the Cao Wu school is the heroic Wu Peifu in front of him.

Well, Wu Peifu is undoubtedly very prominent among a gang of Beiyang warlords who have a rough background, not only because he is a high-level intellectual, but also because he is elegant and talented, and he is considered clean and self-conscious in seeking personal gain, so he is praised .

Xiao Jiadaoli silently analyzed Wu Peifu. Before coming, Meihua Company had contacted Cao Kun in Beijing, so he met Wu Peifu smoothly.

"General Wu, why don't you have something to say! I want to come over and talk to you about the arms business." Little Kadoori said straight to the point.

"Good!" Wu Peifu nodded.A pair of big and dark eyes looked at Xiao Kadoorie, an arms dealer who took the initiative to find his door, and said in his heart: It was a good come, and it was timely.Even if Meihua does not come to find itself, it will find them.

"General Wu has tested the quality of our goods. I don’t need any more nagging about the performance. I know that General Wu will go north soon, and he may even fight the northern army, so I want to know this time. How much arms do you need?" Little Kadoorie smiled.

The Beiyang 3rd Division wanted to return north, and everyone knew it. Wu Peifu himself did not call on the matter, but was consistently rejected by the Beijing Government’s War Department.

For this reason, Wu Peifu and Duan Qirui had a very unhappy fight.The Zhi-Anhui War is about to start, and the day Wu Peifu goes north is the day the war begins.

Before that, it is essential to purchase weapons and ammunition to expand the army.Wu Peifu had long been thinking about purchasing armaments, but before he had time to start, Little Kadoori took the initiative to come.

Seeing that Xiao Kadao was so simple, Wu Peifu picked up the pen and wrote down the ordnance equipment he wanted to buy on the spot.

Brush up!

Wu Xiucai repeatedly swiped his pen, but what fell into the hands of Little Kadoorie was "30,000 rifles, 2,000 pistols, 1,000 machine guns, 50 75mm cannons, 3 base ammunition, and emergency medicine worth 500,000."

Little Kadoorie smiled slightly, nodded, and smiled: "We will deliver the first batch of munitions within three months, with a share of not less than one-third. We will send the rest to Hankou at one time. If General Wu’s It would be better for the troops to come to Hankou to pick them up."

"Hankou?" Wu Peifu frowned, glanced at Xiao Ka Daoli, and thought: Hubei Supervisor Wang Zhanyuan was incompetent, and temporarily placed his arms in Hankou. Forgive him for not daring to swallow his own goods.Moreover, Meihua is a foreign company, if it keeps a little secret, it won't let too many people know about it.

Thinking of this, Wu Peifu nodded, planning to pass through Wuhan and after getting all the equipment, he would immediately attack the participating troops in the north along the railway. Unexpectedly, the participating troops made of cotton could not face their Tiger Wolf Third Division. Frightened?

Wu Peifu made up his mind secretly.

At this time, seeing a wild goose flying by in the sky, he took a Mauser rifle from the guard, aimed and triggered.

With a sound of "pop!", the wild goose fell off.

"Good marksmanship!" Little Kadoorie praised, at least he had never been so handsome when he played a gun himself.

"Maybe it's just a frightened bird!" Wu Peifu smiled faintly, somewhat contented, he was quite confident in his marksmanship.In his mind, Wang Zhanyuan, Zhang Jingyao and others of Beiyang were the scary birds he had seized.

As long as you think about it, no one can stop the Third Division from returning to Zhili!

Seeing a faint blue smoke from the muzzle of the blue, Wu Peifu touched the rifle in his hand, his eyes a little infatuated.

In his opinion, this imitation Mauser rifle imported from Meihua Company is almost comparable to the German Mauser rifle, only slightly worse, but it is also more powerful than the 38 rifle made in Japan. It is even a bit cheaper than the Japanese 38 rifle.

Well, the rifles sold by Japan to China are often ridiculously high.

Wu Peifu is secretly scolding the Japanese for being guilty, and he is also surprised by Meihua. An arms dealer with arms and legs is self-evident to a soldier like him who aspires to unify China.

"A good gun produced by Meihua Company! When will our arsenal also produce such a rifle?" Wu Peifu tentatively asked.

As far as Wu Peifu knows, there are two types of rifles sold by Meihua, one is the m1903 rifle used by the US Army in World War I, and the other is the Mauser rifle in front of us.

Wu Peifu thought that he had American products, but it was actually made in Medan.The barrels drawn by the steel plant in the Philippines were shipped to Medan for processing into various parts. After secret assembly, even Nanyang's own army was shipped out of China before it could be equipped.

Even Xiao Kadoorie himself didn’t know this, but he knew that Meihua Company was capable of producing all the necessary weapons.

"If there is a chance, we are not opposed to doing our part for General Wu's arsenal. As long as the price is affordable, the machine technology, and everything is easy to say."

Little Kadoori smiled faintly. Regarding Wu Peifu's ambition to build an arsenal, he couldn't help taking a high look at Wu Peifu.

Because warlords, large and small, would rather spend 1 million each time on weapons than 3 to 5 million to build their own arsenal.Buying is worse than buying, renting is worse than buying, and renting is worse than borrowing. This concept has been deeply rooted in the minds of major warlords.

The reason is complicated, but Wu Peifu's vision and actions made Xiao Ka Daoli feel that it is necessary to re-recognize this general who is called General Xiucai.

"By the way, I think of the Hanyang Iron Factory, which is about to fall into the hands of Japanese companies. I don't think it is reasonable for China. Don't you know that General Wu thinks the same way?" Little Kadoori suddenly remembered something and said .

"Hanyang Iron Factory? Hey, the president is not guaranteed in the evening, and the disaster is not shallow!" Wu Peifu said with some heartache.

"That's fine. General Wu, if one day you gain power, please remember to do us a little favor.

To be honest, we are seeking to seize Han Yeping Company and have also acquired some shares. If we add the shares held by the Chinese government, we are confident that we will repel the Japanese.

If the Hanyang Iron Works is controlled by us, I will promise to invest heavily in the Hanyang Iron Works to make it the leading steel complex in Asia and the most important arsenal in China.This is also the attitude of Meihua Company.There will be as much production as the rifle in your hand."