Chapter 679 (2/2)

Roland shook his head and said, “The steel ship I’m building for Thunder is the most cutting-edge technology that the city of Neverwinter has so far.”

He was not making a fool of himself. “So far” was indeed no exaggeration at this point of time… Who knew what would happen five or six years later?

“Then, why are you…” Gammon startled. Then he waved with resignation and said, “No, I’d better not ask. The Crescent Moon Bay is willing to make the deal.”

Why? Since the development of technologies could not be achieved without a foundation, not to mention those of ship construction. Fjords would not have enough manpower to maintain this huge industry, even if they were given mines, machines, and converters. When the first steam engine was introduced, the manufacturing industry could no longer be copied by a pair of skilled hands or a hammer.

Roland could not help but remember the answer of the Black Sea Shipyard director when he was asked about the need of Varyag’s construction, “It needs the central party committee, the State Planning Commission, the military-industrial commission and nine Commissions of Industry for National Defence.” Although steel ships were not so highly demanded, it was also the result of the entire city of Neverwinter’s joint production. Other than the core power parts and hull welding work that Anna was in charge of, the remaining parts had been distributed in batches to the assembly plant and processed by the common people.

It would be an inevitable trend of industrial development.

Therefore, he needed more manpower to achieve his goal rather than protecting the technologies from being stolen. The population of the city of Neverwinter was increasing drastically but it was not fast enough for Roland. However, he did not need to explain this to a businessman. The man would eventually understand five years later.

“What a wise choice! The steel ship will not let you down,” Roland lifted the glass and said, “cheers.”

“Cheers… what?”

“It means drink up the wine in a gulp for celebration,” he calmly explained. “The new etiquette of the king’s city.”

“Well, really? In this case… cheers.” Both of the businessmen from Crescent Moon Bay were forced to drink up the white wine in their glasses.

After a while, Nibelung and Atiyer also returned to the living room and agreed to sign the contract.

As a result, the City of Neverwinter received the biggest order they ever had. It included a renovation deposit of 4,000 gold royals (the remaining 4,000 gold royals would be paid upon the completion of the construction), and a prepayment of 5,000 gold royals for the construction, both of which would be received by the end of the year. There would also be a total price set out according to the subsequent construction progress. He could already imagine Barov’s grinning face. Once City Hall had such great revenues, they would be financially more capable of arranging a job for every citizen.

Nibelung changed the topic after they had reached an agreement of the business, “Your Majesty, we also heard that there are a lot of perfumes for sale here other than the ships, I wonder…”

“Miss Margaret had signed a contract with me six months ago. She’ll be my sales representative and will be responsible for the sale of perfumes in the Fjord Islands after we open the Shallow Beach port. So, you should talk to her instead if you want to buy perfumes.”

Roland added after seeing his regretful expression, “However, the city of Neverwinter is also preparing to promote a brand new merchandise. Perhaps you will be interested.”

At these words, he clapped his hands, and the guard who was on-duty outside the hall quickly came in with three glass bottles.

The bizarre color of the clear liquid in the bottles immediately caught the businessmen’s attention.