Yitzhak just sighed slightly and did not want to continue talking about this matter.
As the saying goes, the butt determines the head. As a veteran nobleman, Yitzhak has more or less the habit of despising people's lives.
This habit has been engraved in the bones of almost every noble. Even Artoria will occasionally show such an expression. This is a tradition left over from the mainland for hundreds, even thousands of years.
Nobility is above all else.
If it weren't for the rebellion of the Ten-Party Alliance, Aslan's deviant behavior, which was dominated by the people, would have been punished by the nobles of the entire kingdom.
But it's different now. Aslan has become a warlord force comparable to the Gorlan rebels, and he is more troublesome and powerful than the Gorlan rebels.
The simplest thing is to have money.
The Kyoto Commercial Bank still owes Aslan a loan of 70 million gold coins. Now the Kyoto Commercial Bank has stabilized the financial status of the Kingdom of Cleveland. However, due to successive wars and disasters, although they have repaid the loan in installments for two years, they later lent another loan due to financial constraints.
Come back.
For example, for the formula of five million gold coins this time, it is naturally impossible for Yitzhak to borrow it. He must pay the bill with actual gold coins. However, this time, the entire Kyoto aristocracy and royal family can jointly pay the bill.
Yitzhak clearly understood that as long as they grasped the material channel of Yaqing Saisu, they could still make a lot of money, and they could also let the noble groups join the army of planting Changtong. What the Kingdom of Cleveland lacks most now is
time.
"Steam engines have already appeared in experimental machines, and they are also combined with water pumps, which greatly increases the mining speed of the mine." Yitzhak changed the subject and said.
"What happened then?" Aslan asked casually.
"The experimental base suffered an inexplicable attack, involving a great swordsman mentor and a dozen mentor-level assassins." Yitzhak said calmly.
"There is no magician?" Aslan was surprised.
"Yes, two magisters hid in the city and tried to destroy the entire experimental base, but they all died." When Yitzhak said this, he showed absolute confidence.
"In that battle, we dispatched more than thirty strong mentors and three strong mentors."
Aslan nodded. It seems that the Maxim Empire has suffered a big loss this time. After the flood is over, it will definitely launch a war against the Kingdom of Cleveland.
"The next step will be very dangerous!" Aslan said lightly.
Yitzhak nodded and gave Aslan the blueprint of the steam engine developed by the Royal Academy of Magic.
Aslan just took a look and instantly understood that it was a steam forging machine used for hammering.
"Forging machine! I didn't expect you to be so fast." Aslan said with a smile.
Yitzhak shook his head helplessly. As expected, his guess was correct. Aslan should have mastered the steam engine technology, but he was afraid of being retaliated by the Maxim Empire's assassin troops, so he delayed production. Secretly, he should have produced many.
Steam engines, otherwise the productivity of Merlo City would be so high.
"Yes, please help me produce ten steam forging machines and ten steam drilling machines." Yitzhak said directly without any further temptation.
Obviously, he wanted to use the market in exchange for technology. After buying these two steam engines, one or two of them would be dismantled and then copied.
Aslan had no doubts about whether the Royal Academy of Magic could imitate the steam engine produced in Merlo City. He had never doubted the manufacturing and research capabilities of the Royal Academy of Magic.
It's a pity that no matter how excellent the Royal Academy of Magic is, they still cannot mass-produce steam engines. When technology and culture are still firmly in the hands of the upper class, the scientific research strength of the entire kingdom will not improve much, because these precision-made parts simply cannot
Not ordinary civilians can produce it. As for noble magicians to produce it every day, the price of the steam engine produced must be horribly high.
This is Aslan’s biggest trump card. The increasingly complete industrial system allows him to produce machinery and equipment, including weapons and equipment, cheaper than those produced by the Kingdom of Cleveland, and with higher precision and modularity, allowing many spare parts to be used.
Interoperable.
Needless to say, accuracy is very important. Modularity is very important. The higher the degree of modularity, the easier it is to replace parts and the faster maintenance.
According to the news sent back by Merlin's disciples, the steam engines currently produced by the Kingdom of Cleveland are completely assembled by a group of magicians. Many steam engines look exactly the same on the outside, but many of their internal parts do not match, and even the parts of the same model differ by more than a few centimeters.
So Aslan is not worried that there will be no market for the steam machine he produces.
"Okay! How about we cooperate? I will be responsible for the production and you will be responsible for the sales. Of course, all this must be done secretly. I don't want to be targeted by the Maxim Empire." Aslan said with a smile and gave another business deal.
Yitzhak also woke up instantly and nodded repeatedly.
The two discussed the price of the product again.
A steam engine manufacturing plant will be opened in Kyoto, which will mainly produce various types of steam engines. Its real purpose is to deceive others. On weekdays, it mainly produces steam engines that can be produced by the Kingdom of Cleveland. Other steam engines are produced in Merlo City and then secretly transported to Kyoto.
Of course, Yitzhak will be responsible for the transportation. Aslan will be responsible for the ex-factory price, and Yitzhak will be responsible for the sales price. As for how much Yitzhak can add to the original price, Aslan will not care.
, he is only responsible for shipping, not sales.
Some people will definitely worry that Aslan's downstream sales network is controlled by Yitzhak and will be controlled by Yitzhak in the future. In fact, Aslan doesn't care at all.
There are two reasons for this. The first reason is that steam engines are just obsolete products. After all, Mero City has now begun mass production of magic power engines. Both horsepower and torque are stronger than current steam engines. Even if the Royal Academy of Magic develops fuel
The machine is already lagging behind Mero City, and it is impossible to surpass Mero City. It is not bad to regard it as an additional business.
The second reason is that the steam engine is not completely eliminated. For example, the steam turbine engine can be derived. That is Aslan's goal.
As for the control of downstream sales channels, that is a joke, because except for the Maxim Empire, no place in the entire continent can sell such cheap steam engines. Unless the Royal Academy of Magic does not want to make money, it is impossible to fly alone.
Aslan, who has mastered the advantages of technology and price, may change agents at any time. At that time, as long as the price is lowered, the market will return to Aslan's hands again. This is the key competitiveness of mastering the core technology, because the cost of goods is