Chapter 1616: Discussing Business

Deng En arrived at the second floor.

He heard sounds clearer than those downstairs, and the door to that room was not shut tight, with a sliver of bright yellow candlelight leaking out from within.

Hearing sounds that were more miserable yet filled with an excited tremor with each passing moment, Deng En did not suppress his inner curiosity; he quietly peeked through the crack in the door.

He saw the shadow battle cast by the candlelight onto the wall.

This blood-pumping scene made Deng En's heart thump wildly, yet he tried his best to suppress his expression on his face, not even daring to quicken his breathing by a single bit.

He was terrified of being seen.

Suddenly!

A hand landed on Deng En's shoulder out of the blue; his entire body trembled, and every hair on his body stood on end.

Deng En's mind went blank for an instant, but as someone who frequently monitored the activities of others, he did not scream out in fright, but instead thought of countless possibilities in his mind.

"Deng En, I have waited for you for a long time."

Hearing this familiar yet somewhat strange voice, Deng En's heart pounded violently until he turned around to look at that familiar yet strange cheek.

Only then did Deng En completely set his heart at ease.

"Phew, Haerman, my dear friend."

The chubby man called Haerman glanced at the scene inside the room and revealed a smile that all men understand.

If Wan Shang and Fang Dalong were here, they would certainly recognize that this man called Haerman looked exactly like a certain rich second generation they knew.

He was Ausilige!

"How come you, so pure, also want to try it out?"

Deng En's face flushed red; he neither denied it nor admitted it.

But Ausilige laughed out loud: "If you want to try it, after we finish discussing business, I can let her send you to Heaven, provided that I am satisfied, of course."

Deng En revealed a smile: "Rest assured, Mr. Haerman, the payment I brought this time will definitely satisfy you, but as for the woman, forget it; you know me."

Ausilige smiled and led Deng En to his office.

When Deng En left, he guiltily glanced at the doorway; the people inside seemed not to have noticed his existence.

They were already showing off their waist strength to that woman.

Deng En and Ausilige arrived at his office.

Ausilige sat down, lit his pipe, looked at Deng En, and laughed: "My friend, I heard you brought me a big business deal this time, which is why I am seeing you."

"You won't disappoint me, will you?" A fierce light flickered in Ausilige's small eyes.

Deng En said with a humble face: "Mr. Haerman, you can rest assured; this time, what I have brought you is a big business deal for ten thousand guns."

"You want to buy?" Ausilige was stunned for a moment, his brows furrowing.

He and Deng En often had business dealings, but he had never seen Deng En purchase so many guns.

After all, Deng En was only the person in charge of the Armis Agency in the France region.

Although private detectives generally need to carry guns, the number of detectives at the Armis Agency could not support such a large quantity of firearms at all.

"Middleman, I have no precedent for selling to others; I have always only done business with friends."

When Ausilige said this, the atmosphere in the office grew significantly colder.

Deng En also sensed it.

He revealed a smile: "But that gentleman is willing to pay a great deal of money; the low price he quoted me is thirty Silver Coins per gun, and that does not include the price of the Bullet."

Upon hearing thirty Silver Coins, Ausilige's heart trembled violently.

Just a moment ago, he had calculated the numbers: ten thousand guns, at thirty coins each, would be an unimaginably huge sum of money.

Deng En saw the change in expression on Haerman's face and struck while the iron was hot: "I believe Mr. Haerman should be willing to befriend such a generous friend."

Ausilige laughed: "Such a friend is indeed worth befriending."

"However, the quantity you want is too large; although I can obtain them, I need to take on great risks."

Ausilige looked at him with a smile; Deng En understood his meaning and gave a guarantee.

"Regarding this point, please rest assured, my friend; these things can be discussed, it just requires you, sir, to negotiate with him in person."

Ausilige was very satisfied with this answer.

He snapped his fingers, and soon a scantily clad maid brought over a bottle of champagne and two glasses.

Ausilige opened the champagne and poured a glass for Deng En.

He raised the champagne and toasted: "To our pleasant cooperation."

Deng En raised the champagne and laughed: "Pleasant cooperation."

Ausilige looked at Deng En and revealed a smile.

"I will honor my previous promise."

Deng En's face changed... M..

At this time, on the other side of America.

Qingyang Shuo looked at the map of America.

He began to imagine in his heart: if Britain and France were to launch a large-scale war.

Then the sphere of influence of their Longyan City would inevitably have to shrink to protect their core.

Those mining areas of Longyan in America would also very likely suffer strikes, and if Longyan City were truly to fall, many routes would become unusable.

The ore extracted from these mining areas would have no way to reach Yun City quickly.

Some factories established in Yun City would face a lack of raw materials, and most terrifyingly, the life energy of these factories: coal.

If the transportation of coal encountered problems.

At least half of Yun City would be paralyzed, and the Panama Canal project would also have to be halted.

Qingyang Shuo immediately felt a headache coming on.

He looked at the most important coal mines Longyan had in America.

Once war broke out, the locations of these few coal mines would truly be a bit dangerous.

"Sigh, why isn't there a transport route that can lead directly to the factory area?" Qingyang Shuo sighed.

They, the Longyan, currently possessed the most powerful naval fleet and the world's most formidable Giant Steam Engine, yet they lacked an efficient land-based transport tool that could rival the Supply Ship.

Meanwhile, in Britain, Europe.

Newton was researching the development of the Dreadnought-class Battleship.

It had to be said, this Giant Steam Engine from Longyan was simply magnificent.

Although he did not know how the Longyan did it, the Longyan had indeed pushed the steam engine to its absolute limit.

The type of steam engine they invented was capable of achieving highly efficient kinetic energy transmission.

If one were to use it to build a steamship, it would be difficult for it not to be fast.

However, other dissenting voices had appeared within his experimental team.

"It is simply a pity that such a steam engine cannot travel on land," Stephenson sighed.

Newton looked at the fellow who had let out the sigh and said, "Stephenson, His Majesty will not allow us to pursue that concept you mentioned."

"You should know the reason why," Newton said.

Stephenson glanced at Newton and did not speak.