After concluding the negotiations with Zeiss, Xu Jie and his party returned to Italy, but they did not go directly to Japan. Instead, they went to Rome and stayed temporarily in a villa arranged by the Ministry of the Navy. It was learned from various sources that whether

Minister Breen is also the Italian navy and business community, and they have great hopes for the Italian military delegation to go to the Qing Dynasty. Since the Qing Dynasty can purchase a large amount of ordnance from Germany and the United Kingdom, it can also purchase it from Italy. Italy

The factory bosses hope that this trip will open the door to China, while the Navy Ministry hopes to establish close contact with the First Fleet in the Far East. Therefore, the Italians are preparing everything with rare high efficiency

Work.

After a period of operation, Vittorio was appointed as the leader of the delegation, Xu Jie as the deputy leader, and Julia as the consultant. There was also a technical advisory group composed of technical personnel from the design bureau. Not only did the battleship design bureau

Yes, the Italians also plan to get a share of the pie in light weapons, so technical staff from the Light Weapons Design Bureau also formed a smaller advisory group. In addition, the famous Italian artillery manufacturer Andosar also sent a commissioner to join the representatives

Regiment. (The most powerful 15-inch naval gun in history on the Venetian-class battleship is the Andosaar M1934 artillery produced by Andosaar Company.) As for Tycho, he was appointed as the new military attaché in China, responsible for the delegation.

Handle some diplomatic help.

Considering the safety of the delegation, Italy has equipped the delegation with a powerful escort team, with a total number of 90 people. All weapons use products from the National Small Arms Design Bureau. According to Minister Breen's original intention, this guard team except

In addition to taking on the responsibility of protecting Vittorio and others, it can also serve as a model unit to let those old haters in the Qing Dynasty take a good look at the power of the Italian Army (Xu Jiehan mentioned one, and Y's sum was the only one at the end of the 19th century).

What's there to say about a great power that was defeated by Africans?! Since the unification, the Italian Army has really not been doing well.) However, Xu Jie is still very satisfied with the people he selected. Although the Italian Army is not among the great powers.

Why, but some people can always be selected again? And the overall level is not comparable to that of Beiyang at that time. In terms of weapons, in addition to the guns used by the normal guards, under Xu Jie's instruction, they also specially brought

20 grenades were purchased. When asked by Leo and others about the reason, Xu Jie's answer was simple: the Qing Dynasty had too many troops and relatively insufficient funds. There was no money to equip every army with artillery. Therefore, this kind of

Things that are cheap and can be used as small artillery will definitely be very popular. This is also true. At that time, the Qing Dynasty army was not equipped with a large number of 75mm field artillery like the West. Even Gatling cannons

There are very few things. Only 16 of the 35 artillery pieces equipped by the Sheng army that entered Korea were standard field artillery. It is very clear that Julia prepared as many as 70 additional 1889-style artillery pieces for the delegation.

Self-defense pistol, everyone can understand the reason at a glance. Why? Give it as a gift. Is it okay not to give gifts in the Qing Dynasty?

As for the cost issue, Minister Breen has already thought about it. Except for a few personnel such as Vittorio, Xu Jie and Julia and military representatives, all other personnel will be responsible for the expenses of their units. In other words, even if

**The staff of the design bureau must also pay for it out of their own pockets like Vittorio, Xu Jie and others!! "How did I get to meet this stingy guy, the stingiest minister in the history of Italy?" Vittorio said privately.

He complained once. Although the design bureau has made a lot of gains in warships and has gradually opened up the market in light weapons, the expense of ocean travel and the possibility of stationing in Beiyang still makes Vittorio and others who are suddenly rich feel heartache. This

This move made Julia very contemptuous. "You and Xu are both masters in warship design, but in terms of business operations, you are just a group of novices." Julia commented. Then Julia agreed happily.

It was agreed that she would be responsible for the expenses of relevant personnel in the design bureau. "When did this woman become so generous?" Xu Jie asked? "There must be a conspiracy here!" Vittorio, who was despised, said angrily.

Want Julia to pay for Vittorio and others out of her own pocket? This is naturally impossible. As a successful businessman, it is unforgivable to pay an extra lire for something without profit. But she did not pay and did not

It doesn't mean that no one is paying the bill. The number of delegations that can go to the Qing Dynasty is limited. In addition to some large manufacturers and businessmen with good relations with the navy, there are also some scattered places, so Julia focuses on these "mobile

"Quota" is up. Sell quota!! However, the quota is limited, and there are still a large number of factories whose requests to go abroad have not been met. What should I do? Agent. Julia said that her subordinates can bring customer information to Beiyang

In addition, we can directly help with negotiations. Of course, the intermediary fee is naturally indispensable. As for how much it is? Everyone bids.

For everything Julia did, Vittorio, Xu Jie and others were angry and helpless. Angry? That's for sure. The leader of this delegation is Vittorio. This kind of money-making thing

How can we miss him? Is it helpless? That is really helpless. Vittorio does not have such a wide range of connections, he is only connected with some large enterprises, and those large enterprises and shipyards can naturally look for the navy, while small and medium-sized enterprises

, Vittorio couldn't find him even if he wanted to, and people couldn't see him even if they wanted to. But fortunately, Julia still knew the rules. She didn't have any exclusive profits, so she had to share some of them with Vittorio and Xu Jie.

In addition to forming a delegation, Xu Jie's other thing was to contact Gai Lin and others. Naturally, they could not go with Xu Jie, so they had to go to Beiyang in advance. As for Vino, Xu Jie did not agree to go with him. After all,

The design bureau needs to have someone who can resist the beams. Another thing is that Wei Nuo's family is responsible for the private small arms business. After buying cheap goods this time, the Peng family still has a lot of funds. If they feel that they can use it well.

, and if it was worth the money, he would probably come to Italy to buy the second batch. Therefore, in order to facilitate Peng Haifeng and others, Xu Jie had to leave a trustworthy and capable person, so he resolutely left Vino in Italy.

After Vittorio and others left, Vino, as the actual controller of the design bureau, no longer had to work on the design of new warships (the X-level cruise design had been completed). Moreover, he could get more gray income, which was free of charge.

It's a good job to get great benefits with too much effort. "If you dare to make things difficult for Mr. Peng, you don't have to hang out in the design bureau." Xu Jie warned again and again before leaving. And Wei Nuo had already been killed because of the last assassination.

The senior management of the design bureau was quite dissatisfied with him. At this juncture, it was naturally impossible for him to cause other troubles. So he agreed wholeheartedly.

After arranging everything, Xu Jie and others finally boarded the cruise ship to China, saying goodbye to Italy, where they had lived for more than half a year, and heading to their homeland thousands of miles away. "China, I'm back." Standing on the side of the ship,

Xu Jie shouted.
Chapter completed!