"I'm really sorry, Frontier Town is currently short of manpower, and the cement steamship built is planned to be kept for personal use, and there is no plan to sell it for the time being."
The main reason is that Owen wants to form a fleet of ships belonging to the border town as soon as possible and purchase a large number of raw materials from outside."
That's right."
Garden's face was full of regret, but he still did not give up, and said: "If Marquis Eisen has the idea of selling one day, please inform the Crescent Chamber of Commerce as soon as possible." ”"I will."
Owen nodded.Is it necessary to build an additional greenhouse on the bank of the Weishui River to build a cement ship?
He was thinking.At this time, Andy's eyes rolled, a smile appeared, and he said, "Marquis Eisen, I have a proposal. ”"What proposal?"
Not only Owen, but everyone present turned their heads to look."
Since Marquis Eisen said that the border town is short of manpower, then I will provide you with enough manpower."
Andy slowly said his proposal: "No matter what kind of craftsmen are needed, I can provide them, let them work for you, I will pay for them, just sell the boats they built to the Gap Island Chamber of Commerce, what do you think?"
Marquis of Eisen. ”"Andy Gna, don't think I don't know what you're up to."
As soon as the other party finished speaking, Garden hurriedly pierced: "You want to secretly learn how to make steam engines, cement, and ships by borrowing people, and then use them for yourself." ”Truth be told, Owen wasn't very averse to such proposals.Remember that Winster mentioned a business cooperation model - technology partnership, that is, one of the parties provides the technology to earn the maximum profit.As long as you make sure that the technology provider has more advanced technology in your hands, you are not very worried about the backward technology being learned by the other party."
Garden Darnell, what are you talking about!
How could I possibly have such thoughts?
”Andy glared at Garden, then looked at Owen and continued: "Ten years, Marquis of Eisen, I am willing to send them to the border town to work for you for ten years, and you only need to provide food and shelter to have a group of skilled craftsmen. ”After a pause, he threw out another temptation: "Marquis of Eisen, I have also heard that you have purchased a large number of goods such as iron ingots from other places, and if you still need them, I am willing to supply you with the goods you need at a preferential price." ”"How can you have the advantage alone?"
Garden couldn't help it, got up from his seat, and also offered Owen an invitation to cooperate."
Marquis Eisen, I can also provide manpower and let them work for you for fifteen years!
There are also cheap goods to sell the goods you need, I hope you can consider our Crescent Chamber of Commerce. ”Wow!
The working life has also risen to fifteen years, and these two large chambers of commerce are really-for-tat, and no one will let anyone."
Alright, alright, let's not fight for the two of us."
Owen had to stop the argument between the two, and if the quarrel continued, there would be no need to eat this lunch."
I'll consider your proposal, so let's have lunch now.In the afternoon, I will show you around the real thing, and then I will have a good talk. ”"Giggle."
Heynt covered his mouth and snickered a few times, and said enviously: "The goods in Frontier Town are really popular." ”Other businessmen also laughed on the sidelines, knowing that their financial resources were far less heroic than those of the Gorge Island Chamber of Commerce or the Crescent Chamber of Commerce, otherwise they would also want to be involved in the purchase of cement ships.After lunch, Owen ordered the merchandise to be brought in, and Clive explained it to the merchants present.The goods that had been sold before were also taken out again, two qualities of paper, cement powder and pencil.The difference is that the pencil is made with a new manufacturing process, and the outer layer of the pencil lead is wrapped in wood, so you can sharpen the nib with a knife, or you can use a new product pencil sharpener.The eraser appeared after the pencil, and the merchants who were about to buy the pencil went to try the product and found that the handwriting wiping effect was very good, and immediately decided to include it in the procurement catalog.The appearance of glass products (mainly cups of various forms) made everyone's eyes shine, but I didn't expect that Bianshu Town could also produce glass, and all of them were transparent and colorless, and the quality was very high.In addition to the lab equipment, Owen also asked Rob to try making other things.This time, all the works sold are his practice works, and the number is not too much.It wasn't too long ago that Owen asked Rob to start recruiting apprentices to expand the glass industry, and it would take some time to ramp up production.However, thanks to this, most of the glass products were bought by the Crescent Chamber of Commerce and the Gap Island Chamber of Commerce at a high price.What these two people fancy is generous, and other businessmen are basically not qualified to participate.And the appearance of the telescope made Andy and Garden almost fight.Because it is more troublesome and time-consuming to make a qualified optical lens by hand, Rob does not do much, so the number of telescopes is even less.For this reason, Owen had to step in and limit each person to only one pair.He had planned to sell Heynt a pair of binoculars to thank her for bringing the luxury caravan over.If the two major chambers of commerce of Gap Island and Crescent are allowed to compete with each other, Heint estimates that it will be difficult to buy.However, the two chambers of commerce later placed a pre-order and paid a huge deposit to order the next batch of telescopes.It seems that Rob will be busy in the future.In addition, other goods have been sold out one after another.These purchases and pre-orders were all negotiated between Clive and his apprentices, and Owen knew that he was not good at business, so he left it to Clive alone.As it turned out, this was correct.Clive was even able to bargain with Andy and the two presidents, Garden, and sell the goods for a good price.After the product promotion meeting, Owen led everyone to the field to see how the steam engine pumped water, transported ore, and the cement steamship.Not only Sharp, the mining merchant, but everyone was stunned when they saw the steam engine in continuous operation, and the mine carts that were pulled out one after another.Sharp had several mines on hand and wanted to equip all of them with steam engines to increase mine production.After negotiations, he won 10 steam engines and 5 sets of rail ore transportation systems, which were delivered in batches.If it weren't for the fact that Sharp only had miners under his command, he would have actually wanted to send craftsmen to work in order to shorten the delivery time.The cement steamship involves a lot of things, and the two major chambers of commerce will also send craftsmen over, and there are many details that need to be discussed in detail.So Clive and the two presidents talked for two days.In the end, Owen signed a twelve-year contract with the two chambers of commerce of Gap Island and Crescent at the same time.The next time the fleet comes, the two chambers of commerce will each bring two hundred craftsmen, mainly blacksmiths and carpenters.They would stay in the frontier for up to twelve years, paid by the two chambers of commerce, with Owen provided only food and shelter.During the work period, the steam engines and boats made by these people will be sold to the two major chambers of commerce first.This lord is backed by a tech tycoon