Opening game, American Tycoon

Chapter 174 Layout of the world in advance (second update, please subscribe)
"These places are almost unclaimed land, or some small indigenous countries. We just need to change the way, enter in the name of the company, and then buy the land through purchases, transactions, etc., step by step, step by step Just come."

Smiling at Li Hui'an, Zhu Xianhai said to him.

"In the future, this matter will be handled by your immigration office. As for how to operate, you can hire a few foreign consultants to learn from them. Europeans are experts in this area!"

More than just experts, Europeans are even more proficient at playing this game, and they are proficient in it. Not to mention other countries, but Germany. This country has just touched the tail of the colonial era, but this tail is a little bit How did you touch it?
It is definitely not a country, but a private person. Even from the beginning, Bismarck, the German prime minister, firmly opposed Germany's overseas expansion. He could stop the government, but he could not stop German adventurers and businessmen.

Thanks to the efforts of those businessmen, German trading companies began to enter the Pacific Ocean in the 70s, which is the famous Bismarck Islands and other places in later generations. In fact, they are New Guinea Islands and Samoa. They bought land locally and developed trade. Set up ports.Because those areas did not attract the attention of Britain, France and other countries at that time, their progress was extremely smooth.

After the initial success of private trading companies, a group of German bankers privately hatched a secret plan in September 1880 concerning German interests in the South Seas to establish a German colony in Papua New Guinea: the group planned to bring its own dry provisions first Occupy and operate New Britain or other islands, and then gradually upgrade to a behemoth like the Anglo-Dutch East India Company.

It is with the efforts of these companies that Germany has touched the tail of the colonial era.

But right now, someone is planning to cut them off.

Zhu Xianhai looked proudly at the German region that had not yet been truly unified, and then said proudly.

That's right, it's down!
There is no way, the Pacific Ocean is too big, and Nanhua always needs some footholds to connect Huaxia and Nanhua!In the future, those ships will burn coal.

This means that ships sailing in the Pacific need to replenish fresh water and coal midway.So these seemingly inconspicuous islands will play a role in the future far beyond the imagination of the world.

Of course, more importantly... time!
In terms of time, Nanhua was at least ten years ahead of the Germans!

No way, why have no European countries been interested in those regions for a long time?

Since there is a power vacuum, let's make arrangements in advance!
"Ten years, fifteen years, maybe twenty years..."

After Li Hui'an left, Zhu Xianhai stared at the locations on the map, his eyes narrowed slightly, and then he sneered.

"Twenty years later, it will not be certain who will arrange whom!"

If you find the mastermind behind the scenes, you must make a targeted layout, and this is just Zhu Xianhai's first dark game!
What is this move?

It is to lay a chess piece in another direction of the British Empire. What role will this chess piece play in the future?
It's hard to say right now, but what is certain is that if there is a war, the flames of war will definitely not be limited to the Atlantic Ocean!
Access to the Atlantic is the main battleground, but the Pacific Ocean will also be another battleground.Once the war breaks out, the way the war is carried out must not be carried out as the British envisioned.

If there is a way to lead the British by the nose, that's the only way.Only then can he have a chance to defeat this seemingly extremely powerful opponent. Of course, at the moment, this is just a conception.

But if you want to win, you always have to plan ahead, just like a chess player playing chess.Not only to look at the present, but also to consider the next step, even ten steps later.

In fact, the world is a big chessboard. Although in 1862, there were not many "chess players" qualified to play chess on this big world chessboard, but there were corresponding small chessboards and small chess players in every region.

Some "chess players" are even small and difficult to attract the attention of others.He may not even know that he is a chess player on this chessboard. At least for Liu Kunpeng, the interpreter of the American company Shanghai Ocean Bank, he has no consciousness of being a "chess player" at all. He feels that he is a chess player. Just a businessman.

As a businessman, Liu Kunpeng is undoubtedly competent. Although there is a black executive in name, it is well known that he is the real head of the foreign firm.As for the officials of the Qing Dynasty in Shanghai, they are more willing to deal with Liu Kunpeng than to deal with foreigners, even if he has no braids.

Gunshots, continuous gunshots, echoed on the shooting range of the Huai army. Mr. Li, who was on the shooting range, looked at the soldiers who were able to line up and shoot according to the foreign instructor's command, and nodded in satisfaction.

"Shuren, you were able to defeat Li Xiucheng for the first time at the beginning of the year, all because of the 1000 foreign guns you donated. You have made great contributions to the court! If it weren't for you being British, a fifth-rank Ding Dai would definitely be indispensable. yours!"

A few months ago, as the governor of Jiangsu, Mr. Li, the governor who rushed to help Shanghai from Hefei, oh, no, Anqing, although he was welcomed by the officials and people in Shanghai, was stuck in military expenditures by Su Songtai Dao Wu Xu and others. He only pays a mere [-] taels of silver as military salary a month, and Wu Xu refuses to buy some advanced foreign guns and cannons.

That is to say, under such circumstances, Liu Kunpeng came to the door and expressed his willingness to give him 1000 foreign guns and 4 foreign guns on credit. For Governor Li, this was definitely a timely help. Master Li's trust.

Right now, Liu Kunpeng has even arranged for the purchase of arms for the Huai army. Of course, Master Li has taken back more than half of Wu Xu's financial power in Shanghai in the name of rectifying corruption, and cleared Wu Xu and others of his cronies. took over Shanghai.

No, the reason why I came to the shooting range today is to inspect the goods.

"Master Futai, I'm just a businessman for the next generation."

Smiling, Xu Kunpeng said.

"Are you satisfied with this batch of foreign guns?"

The foreign guns are all first-class P1853 rifled rifles. Although the quality of Indian products is slightly inferior to that of British products, no one is picky about this on the side of the Qing army, and they can't tell what is original and what is Xibei.Even counterfeit goods, they can't tell the difference.

"Satisfaction is satisfaction, but..."

Turning to look at Liu Kunpeng, Master Li smiled.

"At the beginning of the year, we met Changmao's fast gun battalion. I heard that under the puppet king Li Xiucheng, there are 500 masters who specialize in seven-shot chain guns. I heard that the gun can fire seven shots in a row, as fast as lightning. If For good hands, one person can be used by dozens of people, have you ever seen that gun?"

"I've seen it, I've seen it..."

Liu Kunpeng nodded again and again, how could he have never seen it before, the "seven-shot serial gun" at Li Xiucheng's side was sold by Nanhua's side.

"Oh, do foreign companies have one?"

Master Li's eyes lit up.He had seen that gun before, its firepower was so fierce that it could be called a sharp weapon to defeat the enemy.

"There is no stock at the foreign company for the time being. If you need it, you can bring it to your lord within three months at most. But the gun is expensive! It costs at least one hundred yuan!"

Liu Kunpeng gave a price that was neither high nor low. This price must be cheaper than the one sold to Changmao. There is no way, one is legal trade, and the other is smuggling, so the price must be different.

"One hundred yuan!"

Master Li opened his eyes, and after a moment of stunned, he said again.

"That's seventy taels of silver!"

Looking at the Huai army who are training, the rifles in their hands are only 30 taels.

"Seventy taels is just the price of a gun. Its bullets are more expensive. There is a nickname called "Golden Bullet"!"

"Golden bullet?"

"Yes, this kind of bullet is extremely powerful, but the price is also very high. It is named after the golden yellow appearance of the brass shell, and it costs a hundred yuan per thousand rounds of bullets..."

Two hundred yuan made Mr. Li feel unsavory in an instant, but after thinking about it, he still said.

"Well, let's buy 500 first!"

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