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Chapter 124 Selling Guns, Slave Merchants

After following Xiao Lin back to the first town of the company for some time, James walked home with his already wounded guards. Xiao Lin was also afraid of this unlucky brother-in-law. With Nina and Britney acting coquettishly, he gave him two Type 17 pistols to strengthen his firepower. If he encountered the same crisis again, with these two Type 17 pistols with powerful firepower, James himself could escape and not be arrested by the enemy and imprisoned or executed directly in secret.

Of course, Xiao Lin also believes that with the current British technology, it should be impossible to imitate the 17 pistol. Even the steel used to make the pistols is not smelted by the British. This is also a test for Xiao Lin for James. Next time he can bring these two guns back intact, and there are no traces of dismantling. In the future, Xiao Lin thinks that he can sell them some breech guns. If the requirements are not met, then unless the Charles family clearly joins the company, they should not want to get the weapons made by the company.

Even though he had eaten his two daughters, Xiao Lin could only do it with shamelessness when it came to the company's development. And James did not disappoint Xiao Lin. Xiao Lin, who had just finished his camping and playing activities with Yu Wei and a few girls, returned to the company to handle the training of recruits, received a message from James' arrival again, and said that he had brought a stranger to see him. Xiao Lin asked him to come in, and James immediately returned the two pistols that Xiao Lin had lent him.

Xiao Lin took it and saw that there was no sign of any dismantling. As a person with the most elite special forces in the 21st century, Xiao Lin still has this vision. It seems that the Charles family is indeed planning to stand on the side of the company. Since that is the case, he cannot continue to be on guard against them here and there. Xiao Lin smiled and returned the two pistols, then took out a box of 100 rounds of bullets from the drawer, and pushed them together to James.

"What does this mean?"

"Okay, brother-in-law, don't install it. How about it? I've tested the performance of the pistol, don't you want it?"

"Hehe, I'm going to tell you, I really encountered robbery on the way back, and I was knocked down by these two pistols. The firepower and accuracy are really more accurate than the revolver. I didn't want to pay it back, but my father said, you can't be greedy for your things."

"Okay, now we are a family, and there is no need to use honorific words. These two guns are yours, and there are still a hundred bullets. This is the last time. If you want them again, you have to pay."

"You mean, can you sell guns to us? Really?"

"No, I'm just talking nonsense, but I have to make three rules."

"You said."

"First of all, it is not allowed to dismantle and study it privately."

“That’s for sure.”

"Secondly, it cannot be exposed casually, it must be used confidentially."

"Of course, it's not good for us to expose it."

"In the end, it is not allowed to be resold privately."

"Not to mention this, this is a military weapon. Whoever sells it is a fool."

"Okay, this is the list, you can take a look, by the way, who is this?"

"Oh, I forgot to say that this is Ijik, the second largest slave trader in Boston. This time, he came to me and wanted to discuss a business with you."

"Hello, the great ruler of Yanhuang Trading Company."

Following James' introduction, the white man with triangular eyes came up politely and bowed solemnly. In this era, the slave trade is a big deal, and every farmer, miner and nobleman needs slaves. But the white man, as long as he can't survive, he will not choose to become a slave to others. Even if he can't survive, he may choose to rebel. In this way, he needs black slaves.

The black slave trade began in the 15th century. European colonists sold African blacks to America as slaves, and a large number of African blacks came to America. In the Americas, European colonists occupied Indian lands and established plantations, and wanted to massacre and enslave Indians, which reduced the number of Indians and could not provide enough labor for the plantations. So planters began to buy African blacks and worked on the plantations as slaves, which opened the way for European slave traders.

In modern human history, slave trafficking wrote the most shameful and despicable page. The European colonists, who were obsessed with greed, regarded African blacks, who had the technology of tropical crop cultivation and could adapt to tropical labor as the targets of slave hunting. From the mouth of the Senegal River to the vast area of ​​the mouth of the Congo River, there were slave traffickers from European colonial countries. The black bow was like an open bloody mouth, waiting to swallow human flesh.

According to statistics, the "Slave Hunting War" of the black tribes, tens of millions of African blacks were killed during the 400 years of slavery. In the first half of the 18th century, Santo Domingo imported a total of 2.8 million slaves, while by 1976, there were only more than 65,000 people left, with an average of more than 40,000 deaths per year. According to the calculation method of at least about 10 African blacks per year, the slave trade caused Africa to lose 100 million people, which is equivalent to the total population of Africa in 1980.

Every slave trader is a person covered in blood with his hands, and I don’t know how many lives have passed away miserably in their hands. According to Xiao Lin’s initial values, the first move he would definitely kill him with one shot. But now, he has developed a strong interest in Ijik. Although the black men of this era are not good soldiers, they are good at working hard and hard work.

If the company had more labor, it would free more adult whites and Indian men, and the size of the guards would increase rapidly. Igeek found the Charles family and asked James to match him with the company, so it was naturally not as simple as showing his face. Igeek was originally doing well in Boston, and could be said to be the leader of the dark forces in Boston, but he did not expect that this attracted the hostility of Governor Charlie Mill.

Originally, Charlie was not strong enough, so he didn't dare to do anything. Later, Adolf came with 30,000 Hessian mercenaries, giving Charlie the confidence. The Hessian mercenaries who had not completed the equipment upgrade might be a bit difficult to deal with the company's guards and the French army, but it would be easy and pleasant to deal with the gangsters and gangsters. If I hadn't been in business for many years, had a wide connection, and Charlie was not the only local emperor in the colony, Issian would have died.

Even if he survived, Ijik's current situation was not very good. Charlie robbed a large share of the slave trade, and his relationship could not be stopped at all. Now he has nearly two thousand slaves in his hands, and he can't sell them and has no place to work. Ijik is reluctant to starve them to death. Even if he has a wealth of money, he can't help but consume it. Moreover, if the slaves cannot be sold, the partners who provide slaves will probably not cooperate with him again.

Ijik is also a local snake. For some reason, he found out about the relationship with the Yanhuang Trading Company hidden by the Charles family. From the several attacks of the Yanhuang Trading Company, a civilian did not kill them, and they all brought them back to the company and became a company person, the Yanhuang Trading Company was very short of manpower. It is very likely that it was a big customer, and the Yanhuang Trading Company's products are now very popular in the colonies.

Sell ​​the slave to the company, then buy some of the company's goods and sell them back to the colony. As soon as they go, the price difference is enough to support him and all his subordinates. Both of them have an intention, so the business will naturally be easy to negotiate. Xiao Lin thought that the price of this slave was probably very expensive, but Ijik directly quoted an adult man's price of 600 yuan, while other old, young, women and children were sold at half price. Xiao Lin remained silent and suppressed a price of 100 yuan.

Ijik seems to be very clear about the company's situation. He wants Yanhuang coins instead of pounds because buying the company's products with Yanhuang coins is much more cost-effective than buying them with pounds. In fact, it would be better if Ijik wanted pounds. Anyway, Xiao Lin had the technology in his hand and continued to print counterfeit money, which could have a bad impact on the British colonial economy. However, Xiao Lin would not refuse to sell more company goods and expand the company's influence.

James was also on time and could accept Ijik's transaction. This was a win-win situation, and Xiaolin's profit was even greater. Yijik confirmed the trade contract and went back to prepare that afternoon, without any stop. The slaves still used the Charles family's channels to transport them to the trader's tribe for trading. After obtaining the Yanhuang coins, they would purchase the company's goods themselves. James naturally stayed and prepared to talk to Xiaolin about the purchase of new weapons.

Xiao Lin prepared some good things for them. The original mature Colt revolver I gave them as a gift, and one of them would be given to them was the former Yanhuang coins. Xiao Lin did not intend to let Yanhuang out in one style. The rifle prepared for them was the Hall m1819 type rear-mounted rifle. Many domestic information mentioned that the Dresse m1841 was the world's first military rear-mounted gun with a large amount of equipment, but in fact, Hall m1819 is the only one. However, the m1819 still uses the flintlock firing method, while the m1841 uses more advanced needle hair.

The Hall M1819 breech loading rifle was designed by Captain John H. Hall. It was patented on May 21, 1811 and officially served in the US military in 1819. The caliber of the early Hall rear-loading gun was 0.52 inches (13.2mm), the barrel was 572mm long, and 16 rifles. The metal parts on the gun were basically the same as the m1812 musket. Except for the surface-hardened bolt, all metal parts were painted with a layer of brown paint. According to soldiers who used the gun at that time, the biggest defect of the gun was that the gap between the bolt and the barrel would cause excessive gunpowder to leak out, and there was a safety hazard for gunpowder to leak into the bolt mechanism.
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