Chapter 480 Spread of Thoughts 2
“Well, Count Graiman, actually before I came to the Northwest Gulf, I didn’t know much about the advanced technologies that the Northwest Gulf has.”
Gel De said to Paul.
“After we got here, we made some inquiries, and also learned that there are some technologies that are still within your confidentiality, such as firing porcelain, and...your firearms.”
He picked out a note from his arms.
"So I made a list first. Please check whether it contains all technologies that can be opened."
"If you are willing to hand over these technologies to us, His Majesty the King will give your Patent protection, not only the royal territory, the lords in Aldo - well, all those loyal to His Majesty - will abide by the king's order to protect your patent."
General Gerd. Pass the note to Paul.
Paul took it and glanced at it. There were paper making, salt making, canning production, coke production, briquettes, iron smelting, spring carriages, sailing ship manufacturing, printing presses, looms, spinning machines, and harvesting. Machine, thresher, hay cutter, root cutter, mill, cotton gin...
Good guy, Paul complained in his heart, are you here to raid my house? Basically everything has been inquired about.
"The distinguished Earl of Glade, distinguished guest."
Paul addressed him directly as a guest.
“We can only open papermaking, salt making, canning production, coke production, honeycomb briquettes, spring carriages, printing presses, and sailing ship manufacturing to areas outside Alda now.”
< br>"Various other machinery manufacturing technologies are currently not open to the public, but we can sell finished products. In addition, many machinery, such as looms, use hydraulic transmission devices. This is an independent technology and requires separate calculations. . ”
“Iron smelting technology is not open to the public. In addition, coke generation is in conjunction with iron smelting. However, you don’t have to worry about the coke produced in Wangling being useless. You can sell it back to the Northwest Bay. It will be used heavily in our metal smelting”
"At the same time, we have researched and developed the exploration and mining technologies of iron ore, coal mines and other mineral deposits in recent years. You can introduce them from the past. The mined minerals that cannot be digested by yourself can also be sold to the Northwest Gulf."
"You can introduce the spring carriage manufacturing technology inside, but we do not open the spring manufacturing technology to the outside world. The springs can only be purchased from us."
Spring technology, research on flintlock reeds As a by-product, the firing rate of the flintlock gun created at the beginning was impressive. With the slow improvement of Paul's money-spending strategy and the craftsmen's "I Xunsi" method, the firing rate finally increased to the current seven percent. fifteen.
The carriage with springs for shock absorption is quite easy to sell, and is a standard equipment for the upper class in the northwest bay.
Gelder asked: "How much do we need to pay for the so-called [patent royalties] for the technologies you mentioned?"
Paul held up two fingers.
Gelder asked: "Two thousand silver shields?"
Paul shook his head.
Gelder continued to ask: "Twenty thousand silver shields? That's too much."
Paul continued to shake his head.
Gerd asked with a somewhat uneasy expression, and said a number that he found ridiculous: "Two hundred thousand silver shields?"
Paul nodded.
Gelder was in disbelief: "Count Grayman, are you crazy? Well, please forgive me for being rude. Maybe I misunderstood. Is this a buyout? That is, it is only paid once. ?”
It’s not impossible to buy out.
Paul shook his head and said, "No, it's the annual royalties."
"Earl of Arda, I have to doubt your loyalty to the kingdom. Are you deliberately making things difficult or fooling me?"
Paul put on a serious expression and said without doubt: "The great The Lord of Light can prove my loyalty to the kingdom. If His Majesty the King goes to war now, I will immediately send my most elite soldiers to help. All of them are strong young men. However, these skills are all mine—— According to the sacred laws established at the founding of the country, I have the right to dispose of the property of the Graiman family at will."
"Besides, compared with the wealth that these technologies can create, this is nothing. It doesn’t matter what the royalties are. If you use our latest shipbuilding technology to build a three-masted sailboat, you can even sell it for 100,000 silver shields.” Of course, Paul did not mention the cost.
He made another gesture of hiding his face in grief, "Ah! I thought that during the counter-insurgency war in the past few years, the royal government had seen my loyalty." Gerd knew that in the counter-insurgency war, At that time, the earl in front of him made great efforts in supporting the royal army, including a series of supplies such as swords, armor, military rations and so on.
He raised his head slightly, "The royal government has seen your loyalty, so it has restored the reputation of your family."
"Thank you, my king, and praise my king."
Haha, in fact, Paul knows that the Royal Government has been unable to fight wars in recent years, so who can’t be loyal verbally?
Gelder said with an expression of embarrassment: "To tell you the truth, Count Graiman, the budget His Majesty the King gave me for purchasing technology this time is not large. After all, it is only for experimental purposes. . Since the price is so high, then, Earl Grayman, I’ll excuse you.”
After that, he stood up and left the Lord’s Mansion.
"Slow, slow, slow!"
Paul stretched out his hands to stop him from leaving.
"Count Gerd, I don't know if you have heard about it. "Joint stock" companies have recently become popular in our northwest bay."
Gelder replied: "Oh, isn't it just a partnership business? ?”
“That’s right.” Paul smiled and said to him: “Actually, I can replace it with something without the royalties.”
Gerd tilted his head: "Share?"
Paul confirmed: "Yes, shares. Alda will invest in technology, and Wang Ling will be responsible for providing money, people, and land, and then according to the share ratio Dividend."
Gelder thought for a while, "That's okay, but how much share does the earl want to have in your technology?"
" Forty!”
“No!”
“Thirty-five percent!”
“No!”
“Thirty percent?”
“No!”
… …
Paul lowered it to 20%, and Count Gerd reluctantly nodded.
"I personally think 20% is okay, but His Majesty the King still needs to agree."
Paul smiled and said: "I think His Majesty will definitely agree with His Majesty's wisdom. ”
Gelder obtained the technology without spending a penny, while Paul opened up a seemingly promising source of income at no cost. Both of them felt quite satisfied.
Of course, there are still many aspects to discuss in terms of details, but these can be left to the subordinates of the two of them. The two of them can just negotiate the framework.
Paul raised his tea cup in greeting to Gerd.
“Wish us a happy cooperation!”
Gelder returned the gift with a smile.
"I wish our cooperation all the best."
(End of this chapter)