Chapter 528： Another business (2/2)

"Tifeng is reforming the land system, is promoting education, is developing technology, reorganizing the army, opening up new land, their civilians have been able to eat meat once a week, and our people have not enough black bread in winter. Even Ansu It’s hard to catch up with Tifeng now, and our only way out is to quickly bring Ansu’s power into the hands of a powerful new king, and let Tifeng avoid it, even if it’s only ten years or even five years, we There are still opportunities..."

Gao Wen interrupted this passionate young man: "Edmund is your 'powerful new king' in your mouth?"

"Prince Edmund has vision and appeal," Berk Loren said very earnestly, and there is no lack of admiration in his tone. "He tried the arable reward law, the road construction bill, the commercial bill, and the farm system in the east. All have produced results, as long as the Holy Spirit Plains will send a good aristocrat to take a look, they will also realize who is the qualified king, but they obviously do not dare."

It seems that the young Marquis did not know the connection between Prince Edmund and the end of all things. I don’t know that the truth about the death of Francis II may be that he is acting superbly, deliberately pretending not to know?

Gao Wen didn't care if Berk knew or didn't know anything. He patiently waited for the other party to finish. Then he nodded. "I probably know some because I know this. I am willing to try to give you some trust. Only the merchants of the Principality are allowed to go to the east to establish a trade route. You know, I have been lying in the grave for seven hundred years, and the people I know who I trust are basically gone, even for anyone and power in this era. I have to re-understand the people of the past friends."

Belk sat on the sofa and unconsciously rubbed his index finger knuckles. This seemed to be the subconscious movement when he organized the vocabulary: "Yes, my father and I understand this... Mr. Cod left us I was deeply impressed that the pharmacy he brought was exactly what we needed. My father sent me over, and it was just to talk to you about this..."

"We talked about this issue two days ago," Gao Wen nodded. "I know what you mean. You have a huge drug gap, so you not only want to order a large amount of alchemicals, but you also want to buy a factory. Equipment, I also want Cecil to train you to train a group of people who operate the machine... To be honest, you are asking for a lot of things."

"We have no choice," Berk Lauren said.

The young Marquis knew that what he was asking for was a sensitive "technical fundamental" that was difficult for the Duke of Cecil to agree to. However, before the departure, Prince Edmund explained to him the necessity of all these alchemicals. The things that survive or die in the military cannot be always controlled by people. Only by letting the east have the production capacity, can we ensure that we will not fall into a passive situation after the sudden interruption of the supply of pharmaceuticals in the south.

The negotiations two days ago were the deadlock on this issue, but today the Duke of Cecil has come again, which means that there is still some talk about this issue.

Gao Wen quietly thought that it seemed to be very entangled and hesitant. The amber next to it couldn’t help but say: "Our machine is only costly to study. It is knowledge, but it can't be bought with money... ..."

Gao Wen sneaked a thumb on Amber, his face full of seriousness: "But the East is always part of Ansu."

"But if we help them build the factory, they will go back and learn the technology directly, not only do they produce it, but also do not allow our syrup to enter the country?"

Berk immediately said: "I swear by the family blood, the East will not do such a violation of the spirit of the Cavaliers, Prince Edmund explained before I set off, we set up our own factory just to prepare for the unexpected, we still It is an alchemy agent that needs to be in the South."

Gao Wen did not believe in Edmund’s promise, but he nodded in trust and said: "I want to believe in you."

Then he turned his head again: "But I want to protect the interests of the South and protect the interests of my business loyalists. So if I want to establish a pharmaceutical factory in the East, I have a condition: the businessman I must design must be associated with you. Building a factory."

“Jointly building a factory?”

"Yes, half of the cost, build together, manage the factory together, and the benefits should be equally divided. The business representatives in the South will protect the core technology from leaking in the process, and will also provide technical guidance to you. This is me. The biggest concession that can be accepted."

Belk indulged, then got up and talked with a few people around him in a low-key and quick way.

After a moment, he returned to his seat: "...I agree, on this matter I can represent the will of my father and Prince Edmund."

Gao Wen smiled: "Good, then we have to recalculate the price..."

When the final price was estimated, the young Marquis fell into horror.

"so much?!"

“Isn't this normal?” Gao Wen spread his hand. “If it is easy to establish an alchemy factory, I don’t have to hesitate to do so today. And I have more than one factory to help you build. The quantity of the first batch of alchemy pharmacies you want to buy is equivalent to the sum of the traditional alchemy pharmacies produced in the entire past three years. Think about the price of traditional alchemy pharmacies, you will find that the current price is nothing. It is."

"This...this is true," Belk once again rubbed his knuckles and his face looked distressed. "But... frankly, the price is a bit more than we expected."

Gao Wen said faintly: "This is because you have made requests outside the plan."

He then proposed a method that was previously described by Victoria: using materials to offset half of the cash.

However, this time, Berk still showed a very difficult appearance.

After all, the east is only the east. Although the army is strong, the proportion of the extraordinary in the army is much higher than that of the kingdom. However, from the perspective of the area of ​​the territory, the population and the output of resources, it is impossible to occupy the plain of the Holy Spirit. - The Ogure tribal country is compared to the kingdom army supported by the trade line.

Obviously, their "paying ability" is very problematic.

Negotiations seem to be deadlocked, but Gao Wen suddenly broke the silence: "There is still a plan."

The young Berk immediately raised his head: "What is your plan?"

“In the southwestern part of the East, near the triangle intersection of the South and the Dark Mountains, is there a section called the 'White Sand Hills'?” Gao Wen said slowly and unhurriedly, “It is said that iron and copper are produced there. There are a small number of magical crystal veins."

“Would you like a white sand hill?” Belk widened his eyes and then immediately shook his head. “I forgive me for refusing this. It’s not yet developed, but it’s a long-term mineral deposit in the east, and it’s also A valuable territory in the east. It is too expensive to exchange a piece of permanent land for temporary alchemicals and factories."

"I don't plan to ask for it," Gao Wen interrupted Berk. "I only exploited it for five years. The south was exploited in the white sand hills for five years. Then there is still yours. According to the current situation, this civil war is in five. How can it be over after the year, when all the dust settles, we can just start to enter a new era."

Looking at the serious expression on Gao Wen’s face, the future successor of Dongjing, the young Marquis of Berk hesitated for a moment.

Five years...

He got up again and quickly discussed with his accompanying consultants and his subordinates.

After a few minutes, he returned to Gao Wen again.

It should not be mined.

"We agreed."