Chapter 1183 Diplomacy and Trade
After being drunk once, Wojin learned from the experience and decided to quit drinking! Stay away until after this negotiation is over! Until then, he plans to stop drinking!
This made Xiao Wang, who learned about the situation at the time, speechless.
[Do you have any misunderstandings about quitting drinking? 】
Of course, complaints are complaints, but Xiao Wang still smiled and encouraged the other party. Anyway, whether Wojin drinks or not does not affect them.
"Lord Woking, it's time to set off, the carriage is already waiting downstairs."
The meeting place was not far from the Diplomatic Hall. It only took ten minutes to get on the carriage and make two turns to get there.
After getting off the carriage and walking into a large building, looking at the hall with people coming and going, Wojin couldn't help but ask.
"Comrade Xiao Wang, where is this?"
"This is the State Education Office."
After simply indicating where he was, Xiao Wang obviously had no intention of further explanation.
The main reason is that it is difficult to explain this matter clearly to foreigners.
While talking, Xiao Wang, who was holding his work permit, led Wo Jin into the office area unobstructed, and then opened the door to the reception room.
"Just rest here for a while, and I'll inform our minister."
After Xiao Wang left, about ten minutes later, a middle-aged man wearing a black tunic suit and his hair combed meticulously walked in with a smile.
Looking at this unfamiliar yet vaguely familiar face, Wojin unconsciously felt a little nervous.
On the other hand, the other party was much more at ease and stretched out his hand directly towards Wo Jin.
"Hello, I am Kong Daqian, the main person in charge of this project. We have met at a banquet before."
When mentioning the previous banquet, Wo Jin felt even more embarrassed, but this time he didn't stay stupid and shook hands with Kong Daqian very neatly.
Because life has indeed gotten better these years, Kong Daqian is getting younger and younger, and he can't see the old demeanor of the old farming man at all.
Within the Zhou Dynasty, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was under the command of the Propaganda Department, and now diplomacy and trade were an extension of diplomacy. In this way, this matter turned around and fell to Kong Daqian, who was the head of the Propaganda Department of the State Church. On the head.
But at the same time, I have to admit that Kong Daqian's talent of being "eloquent" is indeed very useful in this field. It's more work for those who are capable.
The current situation is that Wojin talks to Kong Daqian first. It would be best if they can reach an agreement directly. If the negotiation fails and Kong Daqian cannot make the decision, then he should ask Zhou Xu for instructions and get Zhou Xu's answer before talking.
At this time, some people may find it strange, can Zhou Xu just talk to Wo Jin directly?
For this question, the answer is no, or it is inappropriate.
Just like after the arrival of their reinforcements from the Great Zhou Dynasty, the person who mainly discussed and communicated with them was Balai Bronze Furnace, not Otto Bronze Furnace.
From an identity perspective, Zhou Xu's equal should be King Otto Copperfurnace of Copperfurnace Castle, not his youngest son.
At the same time, according to Zhou Xu's identity, if he bargained with Wojin over some diplomatic and trade matters, this move itself would damage his image, and his ministers tried their best to stop him.
After a simple handshake, Kong Daqian sat down opposite Wojin.
"Then let's start now."
Kong Daqian said as he opened the documents in front of him.
"Let's make sure first. You want to trade gunpowder from our Da Zhou, right?"
"Yes." Wo'jin nodded and straightened his body unconsciously.
"Is it pure gunpowder, or is it an explosive bomb after production?"
Kong Daqian asked the question again.
Faced with this problem, Vol'jin hesitated.
They, Copperhearth Castle, were trading gunpowder with Dazhou, and they must have done so with research in mind.
If it is just for research, then pure gunpowder will suffice.
But if they want to obtain gunpowder weapons quickly, they need to choose explosive bombs instead of buying gunpowder and then researching and processing it into weapons themselves.
They feel that way, but the greenskins on the opposite side may not be waiting for them.
From the perspective of Copperforge, they definitely want to end the war with the greenskins as soon as possible. After all, the longer this war drags on, the greater the risks they need to bear.
The best way to quickly improve combat effectiveness is to obtain ready-made gunpowder weapons directly from Dazhou.
As for research, you can definitely wait and do it later.
In just one breath, Wo Jin had clearly sorted out the thoughts in his mind.
"If possible, it would be best to have both gunpowder and explosive bombs."
"It is not easy to make gunpowder itself and collect raw materials..."
At this time, as soon as Kong Daqian opened his mouth, he first raised the value of the gunpowder to facilitate subsequent negotiations.
In fact, the manufacturing cost of gunpowder is indeed not low. The raw materials are not available everywhere, and the transportation cost is even higher.
Of course, Wojin, who does not know this at the moment, would be willing to pay a high price for it even if they just looked at the performance of Dazhou's explosive bombs on the battlefield. Moreover, even before setting off, his uncle Balai had already followed He went through the bottom.
In the absence of unified standards for transactions between the two countries, their respective currencies are definitely not useful, and gold and silver are not easy to use.
Currency and gold and silver essentially represent purchasing power, but now there is no unified standard among countries, so where does the purchasing power come from?
Therefore, for transactions like this, the most primitive method is often chosen, which is to exchange things for things!
When it came to the bidding process, Wojin also acted very straightforwardly, saying directly from the beginning...
"We can use our Copperhearth Castle's individual heavy crossbows to trade. You may not know it well. Our Copperhearth Castle's heavy crossbowmen are the strongest among the entire coalition. Many forces in China are covetous of our heavy crossbow equipment.”
Speaking of the latter, Wojin didn't forget to give some gold to their individual heavy crossbows.
Just as Shi Lei and Bale had judged before, as long as they didn't confront his eldest brother Balon, Wo'jin himself was definitely a man with brains and ability.
But what Wojin and the others didn't know was that Shi Lei had already mentioned the individual heavy crossbows aimed at the dwarves in his previous report.
According to Shi Lei's close observation, to be honest, the dwarves' individual heavy crossbows are indeed more powerful than their Dazhou individual crossbows, and their range is also longer.
However, according to Shi Lei's observations, the root cause of this most likely comes from the power of the dwarves.
To give a not-so-appropriate example, if you are strong enough to carry a city defense crossbow for individual operation, then the power and range will definitely destroy the dwarves' individual heavy crossbow. To put it bluntly, it is a matter of equipment specifications.
The dwarves of Copperhearth Castle relied on the physical advantages of their race to equip their crossbowmen with heavier individual crossbows.
(End of chapter)