"Loom... I didn't expect it could be applied to this..." After hearing what Chris said, Des nodded with an expression of sudden realization.
After a few seconds of silence, Des suddenly raised his head and stared at Chris: "I decided to invest in these machines of yours."
"Investment? This is a bit interesting." This is the opportunity that Chris has been waiting for. What he lacks now is original capital, so he can only choose this small-scale expansion model: "How much do you plan to invest?"
"One and a half million gold coins." Without thinking, Des said a price that he thought was more reasonable.
Chris nodded, then suddenly realized something and looked at Des: "How much did you say?"
Deans and Strider, who were standing aside, were also shocked by the numbers they heard. Adding up the projects operated by Seris City, the total value may not exceed 1.5 million gold coins.
But the other party mentioned the number as easily as he mentioned a dinner, without even hesitating.
"Are you going to buy these equipment? Use the money?" Chris suddenly became interested in Des in front of him and asked with a smile.
"No, Lord Chris, although these devices are very sophisticated, but... they are not worth 1.5 million gold coins." Des shook his head and said formally.
He looked at Chris and told his plan: "I want to follow up on all your achievements. The Longtate family wants to monopolize the sales rights of these machines."
"Hahahaha." Chris burst out laughing after hearing what Des said. He laughed unbridled, as if he had heard something super funny.
From Des' perspective, this investor is obviously very courageous. He is willing to spend 1.5 million gold coins to monopolize the equipment that Chris is still on the drawing board. This can be described as a great adventurous spirit.
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But if you look at it from Chris's perspective, the crystallization of scientific civilization in his mind is far from being monopolized by 1.5 million gold coins.
The intelligence resources of both parties are unequal, which turns the originally ambitious venture capital investment into a childish speculation.
"Mr. Des, do you want to hear me tell a story?" Chris asked Des with great patience.
Unexpectedly, after hearing the 1.5 million gold coins, the other party was still unwilling to make an immediate decision on cooperation. Des frowned slightly.
Money opened the way, and the Longtate family was invincible. This time, the same trick did not have the expected effect, which made Des a little uncomfortable.
It was an uneasiness that was beyond his control, but curiosity still made him remain silent, looking at Chris and waiting for him to finish.
Chris then told his story: Once upon a time, a businessman and his father were discussing the businessman's profits. He asked his father: "How many times can you make a profit from farming?" His father said: "About ten times.
." So the businessman asked again: "How many times can the profit be made by selling pearls and jade?" The father said: "It may be a hundred times the profit." Finally, the businessman asked: "How many times the profit can be made by investing in the monarch of a country?
The father said: "There are too many to count."
Having said this, Chris looked at Des with a smile and asked: "You only plan to spend 1.5 million gold coins to buy a future empire... Isn't it a bit too stingy?"
"Huh..." After exhaling, Des nodded and agreed with Chris: "If you can really build an empire, the price I just paid is indeed low."
After he finished speaking, he looked at Chris again and continued to ask: "But the question is, what can you come up with to build an empire? And after you build an empire, how much benefit do you plan to give me?"
"I'll take you to see something in a moment... I guarantee that after you finish reading it, you will believe everything I say." Chris tapped his fingers on the woodworking machinery beside him and said confidently: "As for what I can give you
benefit……"
He paused and his eyes became sharp: "The Longtate family will become one of the richest families in the world; and there is only one voice in this family, and that is your voice!"
"Hiss..." Taking a deep breath, Des narrowed his eyes. Although some things are the lifelong dreams of many members of the Longtate family, when he said it so straightforwardly, his aura was different.
"I have to see something before I can make a decision." After a long wait, Des finally broke the silence between the two: "Lead the way."
If given the choice, Chris wouldn't want to show off the trump card he just developed to someone he doesn't know well.
But the opportunity in front of him would never come back. He wanted to seize Desel, a capital tycoon, to accelerate his own primitive accumulation process.
As long as he has financial and logistical support, Chris can quickly develop and expand in Seris City. Then he can launch his own expansion plan and expand his strength as much as possible.
There is no way around this: if there is no way to make money, but no corresponding power, you can only live under the oppression of Alant.
Taxes will only increase, and if you are dissatisfied at all, you will be strangled by ten times the number of enemies. Chris came from time to time, and he does not want to keep putting his life in the hands of others. He wants to seize his own destiny,
Let this world have its own voice!
After taking Des out of the carpentry workshop, Chris took Des into his carriage. For the sake of confidentiality, Deans drove the car himself. Des and Chris didn't even bring their own guards.
The three people made their way to the edge of the forest, where they saw a temporary military camp. Although it was very simple, it was heavily defended.
"What is this?" Under the leadership of Wagron, Chris took Des to see a strange thing. Des had never seen such a thing before, so he asked curiously.
He stroked the dark "iron pipe" lying between the two wheels with his hand. The coldness that reached his fingers made Des feel inexplicable fear.
"With this, the thick city walls will become fragile quicksand, and there will no longer be an unbreakable fortress in the world." Chris smiled and explained to Des the most powerful war weapon and artillery he had ever produced!
This is a European-style infantry field gun from around 1880. The gun mount is made of metal, the overall weight is 1.2 tons, and the caliber is also an unusual number of 90 mm.
But even though this thing is still very primitive, it is already very difficult for Chris to make it: he has to find various steel materials for smelting experiments, and also organizes people to find the raw materials for black powder. Just a few days ago
The manufacture of this cannon was truly completed.
Moreover, this kind of artillery and the shells it uses are basically made by hand, and the manufacturing efficiency is very low. Chris also tried his best to build so many of them.
Although it is a front-loading version of the cannon, and although the range of this thing is only about 6 kilometers, it is still the first artillery in the world, a new weapon that can change the mode of war.
"With all due respect, even if you make a ballistae out of metal, it won't be much more powerful than a wooden ballistae." Using his knowledge of weapons to guess the power of the weapon in front of him, Des curled his lips and said.
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It's not that his family doesn't sell weapons. In fact, several of the oldest business families have their own arms businesses. They understand war and even sell war, and they make huge profits from it.
"Hahahaha." After hearing Des's comment, before Chris could say anything, Waggron couldn't hold back his laughter.
Two days ago, when he was experimenting with this new weapon, he told his city lord Chris the same thing. But when this weapon really roared, he became Chris's diehard loyalist.
Waggron even reworked the oath of the cavalry unit and ordered everyone to swear allegiance with their lives to the city lord, Eilanthil Chris.
"Please forgive him for being rude." Chris said to the embarrassed Des, "We will practice this new weapon soon. You can give us your opinion after seeing it."
Des didn't have to wait too long. A dozen soldiers came forward and started loading ammunition for the two cannons in front of Des.
They had already trained, so they were very skilled in preparing according to the instructions written by Chris, and they were quickly ready for launch.
As Des looked at him curiously, one of the artillery fired a shell at a target 1,000 meters away.
"Boom!" The loud noise made Des fall to the ground. He watched the black iron pipe spit out a stream of white smoke. Just a moment later, the mound that was used as the target was hit by a huge
The force tore it open, and the soil spread everywhere.
"This... this is magic! Gods above... this is magic!" Des, regardless of his embarrassed appearance, looked at the mound in the distance that had not completely silenced in horror, and shouted loudly.
For the first time, scientific and technological civilization made its voice heard in this world, and the voice it made was so deafening that it could change history.
"It's not magic." Chris smiled and stretched out his palm to Des, who was sitting on the ground, and pulled him up: "It's a weapon! Developed by the Eilandhill family, a war weapon!"
"..." Looking at the firing cannon, Des couldn't believe it. Holding the last bit of luck, he pointed to the remaining mounds in the distance and asked, "Can I... specify
A goal?"
"Of course!" Chris took the torch from a soldier and handed it to Des: "You can also fire it yourself!"
Des took over the torch, selected a target and asked the soldiers to adjust the angle of the artillery, then stood next to the artillery.
He waited for a while, took a deep breath, and then resolutely pressed the torch on the match rope.
"Boom!" With a loud noise, the second shell flew into the distance and hit the mound designated by Des, cutting it into flat ground...
