The year 1857, a very important year for Scrooge, had passed. Just a month after the New Year's bell rang, Scrooge sent his older brother, Carroll, away to New York Harbor. After Scrooge's fortune, it became clear that it was unrealistic for Carroll to continue running his father's small shoe store. Scrooge's business is very open and expanding fast, and he needs help, extremely reliable help.

Frankly speaking, in Scrooge's opinion, big brother Carroll is not a person of outstanding ability, not to mention Rockefeller, or with the heart is not all in the business of Gardner, and Clark then, he is far. After all, although Clark is only a middleman, they at least have a lot of experience.

But compared to these people, big brother Carroll has a huge advantage, that is, reliable. The tiger is a brother, the father is a soldier in battle. This saying is not without reason, at times, reliability, is even more, important than ability.

After the strange "Italian" visited him and signed a big contract, Scrooge realized that Europe now does not seem to be particularly peaceful. If history had not changed too much, by 1959, the Kingdom of Sardinia and France would have united to start a war with Austria for the unification and independence of Italy. Scrooge thought that Robson Ferrari, the man with the Italian flag, would be the only one who would be able to fight against Austria. The Italian flagged southerner, Robson Ferrari, had given himself a heads up, and it would be good to go to Italy to make a copy before the Civil War started.

So Scrooge immediately went to New York and met Joshua Rothschild, whom he had met during the last hunting trip. He knew that the kingdom of Sardinia was in the midst of a war for the sake of the people. He knew that the Rothschild family played a big role in financing the war in the Sardinian kingdom. So he asked Joshua directly if he knew anything about the preparations of the Kingdom of Sardinia and Austria, and whether they might purchase guns from the United States. And Joshua immediately laughed after hearing his question.

"Scrooge, you have a good sense. Yes, the Kingdom of Sardinia is preparing for a war with Austria. Well, it's not hard to know that. The last peace in, well, I mean 1849, everyone knew that it was just an intermission. But how long the break was, no one knows - at least, not the general public. And you're not among the general public when you suddenly want to know about Italy at this time. I don't know how you know this time, and I don't want to ask about it. Everyone has their secrets, and rushing to inquire about them can turn friends into enemies. First, let's talk about what you want to get out of this war and what you want from me, and then we can talk seriously about how we should work together."

"What I want, of course, is to get more orders. In the last war between Sardinia and Austria, over 100,000 troops were used by both sides. Scrooge said, "Not to mention, I think after the last war, maybe this time the scale will be further expanded."

"You don't seem to be saying much." Joshua added, "You still want to use this war to make a name for your rifle. In the United States, even if your rifle is very good, because of cost considerations, the U.S. military is difficult to equip your rifle for the time being. But the European countries are different from the United States, which is free from foreign threats, and they have more frequent wars with each other. The conflicts between them were sharp. Britain and France, Austria and Prussia, Austria and Russia, and so on, the possibility of them paying for a relatively expensive rifle will be higher. I think that this market is your real concern."

"This is a longer-term plan," Scrooge replied.

"But, those powerful countries, most of them will not tolerate their guns completely rely on imports. They will demand patent licensing and technology transfer. What is your attitude toward this?" Joshua looked at Scrooge with a critical eye.

"This concern is completely understandable." Besides, I can't eat in such a large market by myself. Besides, even if I refuse to authorize it, will those countries not copy it? For example, if the British copied the MacDonald 1857, can I expect the U.S. Navy to do me justice? The federal government probably wouldn't even nibble. As long as they are willing to pay me a small royalty for each rifle, and in addition, not transfer the technology to any organization or individual in other countries, and not sell these guns in the international and civilian markets without my authorization. Of course, the last point is not out of the question."

In this day and age, the bolt-action rear-loading rifle is a weapon of mass destruction, and once its effectiveness is proven in war, I'm afraid there will be copycats of it everywhere in the world. Those big countries don't care about intellectual property rights in such matters. The Russian people are not just talking about their intellectual property. The Russians can only protest a few times, but there is nothing they can do, not even let you continue to see. In this era, those powers will only be more reckless. The company's main goal is to provide a better solution to the problem.

"Well, you're good," Joshua said. The company's main goal is to provide the best possible service to its customers. He paused for a moment and then said.

"Both the Kingdom of Sardinia and France have financial dealings with our family, and the Kingdom of Sardinia is indeed making financial preparations for war. We have provided them with some financing services. So if we are willing to recommend your rifle to them, I believe the possibility of making this sale will be very high. However, I do so with conditions." Joshua said.

"I understand. What are your conditions?" Scrooge asked.

"The right to represent MacDonald's rifles throughout Europe," Joshua said as he looked Scrooge in the eye.

Scrooge considered for a moment and asked, "How many years of representation do you need? What are the other models involved?"

From this answer, Joshua understood that Scrooge thought his asking price was a bit high. But that's okay, business is done through bargaining.

"Scrooge your company's products to us to represent will not let you lose. Our advantage in financing will make more countries in Europe willing to buy your products and patents. This is compared to your work, the speed of opening the market, as well as the final revenue, will be much higher. For example, I am now sure that within this year, Europe sold more than 50,000 rifles, and next year, the year after can be based on the previous year to let this number double. Even though we will make another share of the money in the process, I can be sure that you can make more money by leaving it to us than you can by doing it yourself, or by finding someone else to represent you." Joshua said sincerely.

Scrooge knew that what Joshua said was not wrong, but it is very dangerous to leave the sales channel to others at any time. This is like putting your lifeline in the hands of someone else so that you have to rely on others to survive. And this almost means that the other side can do whatever they want to you. Such a condition cannot be agreed to under any circumstances.

"Mr. Joshua, you have just mentioned that some powerful countries do not tolerate their main weapons being completely imported, and they do not tolerate this because of the price, right? I think, for a company, there will be a similar insistence." Scrooge replied after a moment's deliberation of language.

Joshua looked at Scrooge and said slowly, "You know, this is going to slow you down a lot."

"But it will also be much more stable. Besides, if you try to go fast, you will only end up halfway, and you will not be able to achieve great things if you only see small benefits." Scrooge replied.

Joshua suddenly smiled, "Scrooge, I didn't expect you to read so widely, even the Chinese quotes! There is a prerequisite for a country not to allow its main weapon to be imported oil, and this prerequisite is - this is a country with great ambition; there is also a prerequisite for a company not to rely on a business partner for its sales channels, and that is the leader of the company has high ambition. I admit that I had some bad ideas during the negotiations in the morning. Of course, this is only a bad idea for those aspiring entrepreneurs. Many businessmen ......, ah, let's not mention these things of the past. Let's talk now, just about this business in the Kingdom of Sardinia - well, our family is pro-France, and France is now pro-Sardinian. And Sardinia is also a country that can accept complete importation of rifles - you wouldn't consider selling rifles to Austria first, would you, Scrooge?"

"At least not at the moment, only the weak and eager for revenge after a defeat will be more willing to accept new things," Scrooge said.

"The French also want to sell rifles to the Sardinians, and their rifle companies have ties with us. So if you want me to support you, you have to show some sincerity."

"I can transfer the relevant patent rights to a company of your choice on the most favorable terms. However, their weapons using my patent are restricted to domestic sales only and may not enter the international market ......"

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Two days later, the parties reached an agreement. Rothschild acquired the exclusive right to sell MacDonald rifles to the Kingdom of Sardinia for ten years (this right was later extended to the whole of Italy). At the same time, Macdonald Infantry Arms would send several staff to Italy to perform various after-sales tasks with the weapons. Of course, this personnel had two other important tasks: 1) to establish some basic presence in Europe and try to establish contact with potential customers in Europe, and 2) to sell Blackwater's services to Italians.