1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Chapter 354 The Best Advertisement
"Thank you, James, for your kindness, but Standard Oil has just received £100 million in funds from your bank, and Standard Oil currently has ample funds.

The question that Standard Oil has to consider now is how to make good use of the 100 million pounds on hand, rather than needing more funds. "

Liang Yao put the teacup in his hand on the tea table and said.

"I'm here to tell you good news. His Majesty Napoleon has decided to provide California with another huge order, an order for 50000 sets of military uniforms." Le Goff said.

"It will be completed within half a year?"

Faced with this sudden large order, Liang Yao wanted to be happy but couldn't.

Last month, Gibson also threw an order for 13000 military blankets and 5000 uniforms to his clothing factory.

In addition to these military orders, the garment factory also has original civilian orders.

Liang Yao's Lotus garment factory occupies more than 75% of the production capacity of California garments. The scale and output of other garment factories are still relatively small. Even if Liang Yao transfers some orders to these garment factories, he may not be able to complete the 50000 sets within half a year. Orders for military uniforms.

"His Majesty hopes that you can complete this order within half a year. If you really cannot complete this order, you can complete this order within nine months." Le Goff said.

Napoleon III hoped to get this batch of military uniforms within a year. After deducting the transportation time, completing the order within 9 months is already the bottom line that Legoff can accept.

"If it's nine months, then I will definitely complete this order as scheduled. You just need to wait at home for the good news of the delivery of the military uniform." Liang Yao breathed a sigh of relief.

In 9 months, the workers were allowed to work overtime, and they were still able to complete the order of 50000 sets of military uniforms.

"In addition to military uniforms, His Excellency James also won a military industrial order for you." August cut in from the side.

"A military order? Your Majesty is interested in our rifles made in California?" Liang Yao's eyes lit up.

Although Hong Mingxiang helped him digest the inventory of 5100 Walter 1851E rifles, due to the large inventory, including the newly produced guns in the past three months, the Sacramento Armory still has 33000 Walter 1851E rifles in stock.

As for Liang Shaoqiong's Yueyong, they purchased the full-blood version of the Walter 1851 rifle. The output of this type of rifle is not high, and the inventory is relatively small.Liang Yao was not worried about the problem of too many Walter 1851 rifles in stock.

After all, he had to use this type of rifle himself.

The reason why the sales of the Sacramento Armory has been poor is that apart from the fact that those damn congressmen in Washington have always refused to purchase more advanced rifles for the Army to replace the old Springfield M1842 rifles, poor export sales are also very important reasons.

The smell of wine is also afraid of deep alleys, and the low popularity of the Sacramento Arsenal is the main reason for the poor export performance of the export-oriented Walter rifle.

In addition to giving priority to purchasing weapons from their own arsenals, the militaries of various countries tend to purchase weapons from established arms manufacturers when importing weapons.

Because the weapons of those established manufacturers have been tested by the flames of war, their quality and reputation are relatively guaranteed.

Compared with Springfield, Enfield, Dresser and other old military factories, the Sacramento Arsenal has almost zero popularity.

The best place to test the quality of weapons is the battlefield, and the battlefield is the best advertising platform for weapons.

The only record of the Walter M1851 rifle participating in the war is Liang Yao's expedition to Japan.

However, the influence of this battle on the continent of Europa was lacklustre.

If the French army can use the Walter M1851 rifle to achieve good results in the Near East, the reputation of the Sacramento Arsenal will naturally follow.

It is difficult to find customers like France who can fight with the army and the country is not short of money.

It was Liang Yao's dream to be able to sell light weapons produced in California to France.

"Exactly, His Excellency James has offended many people in order to sell your rifle to His Majesty," August said.

Auguste is not exaggerating. Selling foreign weapons to the French army is bound to offend the arms dealers in France.

If it weren't for the face of the kerosene business, James, an old fox, would definitely not help him recommend California's arms products to Napoleon III.

"I owe His Excellency James a great favor for these again." Liang Yao said with a smile, "I wonder how many rifles Your Majesty wants?"

Liang Yao thought to himself that since the French army needed equipment and the Crimean War was imminent, the number of rifles Napoleon III wanted must be very considerable.

"50000 pieces." August said with a smile, "but His Majesty hopes that the price can be cheaper. After all, the price of a rifle is 155 francs, which is too expensive." (1 dollar is approximately equal to 5.1823 francs)

The order of 50000 rifles made Liang Yao laugh from ear to ear. After all, he was an old European power with deep pockets.

"How about 150 francs each?" Liang Yao wiped a zero.

"You are not sincere enough, Mr. Liang, this is a large order of 50000 rifles. The British army began to replace the 1851-type Minie rifles in 1851, and it has only replaced less than 2 rifles until now. Our Majesty But under pressure, I placed a big order for 50000 rifles for you." August was not satisfied with the price.

"What price do you think is enough to be sincere?" Liang Yao narrowed his eyes and looked at August.

"130 francs each." Auguste quoted the price.

130 francs is 25 US dollars. This guy directly cut the unit price from 30 US dollars to 25 US dollars, which is a bit beyond Liang Yao's bottom line.

"The price is 140 francs ($27) each." Liang Yao had a pained expression on his face.

"Okay." Ossuster reluctantly accepted the price.

After negotiating the price, the next step is some minutiae matters, such as when all the guns will be delivered, the amount of ammunition, and the percentage of the deposit paid by the French side.

In the end, the two parties reached an agreement that the Sacramento Armory will deliver 33000 rifles immediately, and the remaining 17000 rifles will be delivered within half a year.

The French side paid 60% of the payment, that is, 390 million francs as a deposit, and the remaining 40% of the payment was guaranteed by the Bank of France and the Rothschild Bank.

Payment will be made after delivery and acceptance of the remaining 17000 rifles.

The French government currently has a good reputation, and after Napoleon III came to power, the political situation in France has gradually stabilized, and the economy will also enter a period of rapid development.

Liang Yao didn't have to worry too much about the French government's default.

Of course, the Rothschild bank guarantee also made Liang Yao feel at ease. After all, the final payment of 260 million francs was hard to say that it would be a huge sum of money for the Rothschild family.

In order to increase the production of kerosene, Liang Yao decided to form the California Petroleum Association to open the refining technology of Standard Oil Company to the members of the association.

However, before opening up Standard Oil's refining technology, Liang Yao had a bold idea, that is to establish a chemical company in which the government holds an absolute advantage in order to improve the financial situation of the California state government in the future.

(End of this chapter)