Chapter 294 Part2 (1/2)
Chapter 294 “The Secret of the coup day” (Part two)
Not waiting for hi more, Du Wei went ahead: “Once upon a time there was a man and he had a lot of chickens in his hos The e forperiod of continuous harvest, the chicken stopped laying eggs altogether It's not due to any special reason, it's because the hen saw that her eggs were being taken away so casually despite her efforts, leaving it with nothing in the end This alone wouldn't be anythingor two per day less for the master, but there were other hens in the ho to lay their own eggs, but seeing what awaited them, none did so out of fear Why? They didn't want to lose their eggs after spending sowould come in the future, those hens would secretly stash it away, never willing to pass it onto their hness, help me do the math for the chicken master In order to reap the ss from all the other chickens What would be his loss? Just think about it If that le egg, or just half will do, then he wouldn't have fallen into that dreaded situation! In order to earn a quick buck, he incurred e than he could ever recoup!”
Prince Son was a clever person so he iood After beating around the bush, you are indrectly scoldingtoo hard now aren't you?”
Du Wei shakes his head: “Scold you? Of course not, I wouldn't dare! But your Highness, to tell you the truth, if you s are after all inventions I created through ive it away so casually, my heart is bound to feel unconvinced… These areto say this You have treated ift here and there is not an issue However, what about later in the future? I' to produce only this one egg now as? Are you just going to ask ain? To tell you the truth, even if we have a good relationshi+p, do you expectcontinuously robbed of my asset?”
Furrowing his brow, Prince Son ponders for a : ”You are correct Even if it was me, I most certainly wouldn't be happy about it”
“And!” Du Wei slowly spoke: “There are soof talented people! When the ic acade philosophy At first you had your doubts, but its proven later that es out there have their own exquisite researches, they just didn't take it out to share So, other than ent people out there who can cos with tireatly beneficial to the country! But if everyone knows that I, Du Wei, was immediately robbed of my invention by the royal family upon reveal… with that example at the forefront, do you think other hens out there would be willing to lay their own eggs? Even if they did lay an egg, they would stash it away and never see the light of day!”
This logic was nothing more than a revised version of the ”Golden Goose” story If this explanation was said to an overbearing ic would fall on deafs ear But Du Wei understands Prince Son was an intelligent person, so this reasoning should ier
Of course, it's not difficult for Du Wei to play a little trick to slide by on this occasion regarding the balloon fuel, but what about the future? When this Regent finds out about the gunpowder and other technical things he didn't show yet, hoas Du Wei going to deceive hiain?
Small little tricks can only be used once or twice, any more than that and the effects won't show In that case, why don't I end it all for once by using soical persuasion?
Moreover, Du Wei does have some confidence in this Prince Son He's not a fatuous monarch and should be quite open minded
Although Prince Son was a little unhappy inside, but after careful consideration, he knew it's the s is correct Umm, in this case, youit, how should we proceed with this business?”
“Very sioods like the hot air balloon to the -term supplier for the army However… I won't sell the techniques involved in the oods”
As he said that, Du Wei pondered for a ive the military about twenty percent less than the uarantee the reliability and quality of the balloon airshi+ps produced by the Tulip House! But in return, I des: the first is not to default onterned directly by your highness the Regent of the empire Business is business, clear and precise If we ever encounter any small disputes, we can rely on the basis of the word”
Noticing Prince Son's face turning glooain, Du Wei hurriedly added another sentence: “We can openly preach about our deal to the public and make this a precedent Once others know about this, there's bound to beto cos!”
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Only with the last sentence did Prince Son look so over the entire proposal, he finally laughs: “Du Wei! You are so clever! Fine, I'm convinced! We shall do as you say It's just that since the deal involves the imperial armament, are you sure you can provide that much supply?”
Du Wei replies: “This is not so you need to worry about I'm also prepared to expand the size of my workshop Now that the army wishes to procure from me in bulk, I intend to establish a new factory in accordance to an idea I got in the northwest”
“Factory?”
“Yes, 'factory'” Du Wei nodded: “Not a workshop, a factory This factory will specialize in theof hot air balloons and related products to the ured out This new industry, I'll call it: Boeing Airlines”
Then Du Wei i process of the hot air balloons wouldn't be difficult Du Wei even made a price quote on the spot In accordance with the different sizes of the hot air balloons in his possession, he divided it into three classes and set the price accordingly Based on the existing technology, the largest balloon can at gest will cost eight thousand gold, six thousand for the middle sized, and a thousand for the smallest balloon But the key here wasn't the balloons, it's the fuel Priced at fifty gold coins per barrel, he accepts the military's procurement plan
Carefully erness to forht away, he issued out six et line for the order
With the hot air balloon thing out of the way, Prince Son continues to laugh as he watches Du Wei: “You've had this idea inthat exploding jar thingy will be the sa to sell ht?”
Du Wei s its lethality and I've already sold sohness, if you have the military make the purchases from me, I'll be happy to lower the price by another ten percent compared to Governor Bohan's price”
With the two business deal down, Du Wei became overjoyed
Hemuch on the hot air balloon … But the fuel was a consu as your hot air balloon takes to the air even once, you will consume the fuel! This type of consuunpowder too!
Like this, he has practically monopolized the imperial army's weapons order With these results, how can he not strike it rich?
In the remainder of the tiain If the Regent's not going toso silly either
Thedoas because he didn't want it leaked into the public and have an outsider receive the baptism of the Pope!
Du Wei's got it planned out already The Pope was selling the decree in the na the relief fund, then he can just spread the news that he bought it for the sake of the refugees!
To the outside, he will say: Although Duke Tulip is not a faithful follower, but as gratitude to the Pope’s kindness, he purchased it as a for to the southern disaster relief fund However, since he's not a believer, the part about the baptism by the Pope can be voided As for the decree, he can use it as a souvenir or momentum in his collection
Hmm, yes, let's do exactly that