Chapter 480 Spreading of ideas 2
Chapter 480 – Spreading Thoughts 2
“So, Earl Greiman, I actually didn’t know much about what advanced technologies the Northwest Gulf possessed before I came here.”
Gerd said to Paul.
“After coming here, we inquired about some of them and also learned that there are some technologies that are still under your secrecy, such as firing porcelain and …… your firearms.”
He picked a slip of paper out of his pocket.
“So I’ve gone ahead and made a list, and I’d like you to go through it first to see if all of the technologies in there are open to you.”
“If you are willing to hand over these technologies to us, His Majesty the King will protect your patents in his name, and not just the King’s Domain, but the lords within Aldo – ahem, all those loyal to His Majesty – will abide by the King’s s order to protect your patents.”
Gerd handed Paul the note.
Paul took it and held it up to his eyes, and there were patents for paper making, salt making, canning production, coke production, honeycomb coal, iron smelting, spring wagons, sailing ship building, printing presses, looms, spinning machines, reapers, threshers, guillotine cutters, root cutters, mills, and cotton gins ……
Good man, Paul inwardly spat, are you here to prepare to copy my house? Basically all inquired complete.
“Honorable Earl Glade, distinguished guest.”
Paul had addressed him directly as a guest.
“We can only open up paper making, salt making, canning production, coke production, honeycomb coal, spring wagons, printing presses, and sailing ship building as a few of the technologies to areas outside of Arda right now.”
“Various other machinery manufacturing technologies are currently closed to the public for now, but we can sell finished products. Also so many machines, such as the loom, use hydrodynamic drives, which is a separate technology that needs to be accounted for separately.”
“Iron smelting technology is also not open to the public, in addition coke generation is in conjunction with iron smelting, but you don’t have to worry about the coke produced in the King’s Domain not being useful, you can sell them back to the Northwest Bay again, our metal smelting here will be used in large quantities.”
“At the same time we have researched and developed the exploration and mining technology of iron ore, coal and several other mineral deposits in recent years, you can introduce them over there, and the minerals extracted can’t be digested by yourself can be sold to the Northwest Gulf as well.”
“The spring wagon manufacturing technology inside, you can introduce it, but the technology of manufacturing springs we are not open to the public, the springs can only be purchased from us.”
Spring technology, research flintlock reed by-product, at the beginning of the flintlock firing rate is called a touching, in Paul’s hard money strategy as well as the craftsmen’s “I think” method of slow improvement, the firing rate has finally increased to seventy-five percent of the current.
The horse-drawn carriage with springs for shock absorption was quite a good seller, and was the standard equipment for the high class people in the Northwest Bay.
Gerd asked, “How much do we need to pay in so-called [royalties] for the technology you mentioned?”
Paul held up two fingers.
Gelder asked, “Two thousand silver guilders?”
Paul shook his head.
Gerd continued, “Twenty thousand silver guilders? That’s too much.”
Paul continues to shake his head.
Gelder blushed a little less favorably as he asked, uttering a figure he found absurd, “Two hundred thousand silver guilders?”
Paul nodded at this.
Gelder was incredulous, “Count Greiman, are you mad? Well, pardon my rudeness, perhaps I misunderstood, is this a buyout? That is, only one payment?”
A buyout would not be out of the question.
Paul shook his head and said, “No, it’s an annual royalty.”
“Count Alda, I have to question your loyalty to the kingdom now, are you purposely trying to make things difficult or fool me?”
Paul changed to a serious expression and said in an undeniable manner, “The great Lord of Light can attest to my loyalty to the kingdom, if His Majesty the King were to fight a war right now, I would immediately send the best soldiers under my command to help out, all of them are physically strong lads. However, these technologies are the property of me, the House of Greiman, and I have the right to do with them as I please, according to the sacred laws laid down at the founding of the kingdom.”
“Besides, what’s this royalty compared to the wealth that can be created by these technologies; you could even sell a three-masted sailing ship of good quality for a hundred thousand silver guilders, built with our latest shipbuilding technology.” –Of course, Paul didn’t say the cost.
He made another gesture of covering his face in grief, “Ah! I thought the Royal Government had seen my loyalty during the counter-insurgency wars of the previous years.” Gelder knew that during the counter-insurgency war, the earl in front of him had contributed a great deal in supporting the royal army, including swords, armor, military rations, and a host of other supplies.
He slightly raised his head, “It is precisely because the Royal Government has seen your loyalty that they have restored your family’s honor.”
“Thank you my king, praise be to my king.”
Haha, in fact, Paul knew that the Royal Government couldn’t fight in recent years, verbal loyalty who wouldn’t.
Gelder said with a hard look on his face, “To be honest with you, Earl Gleiman, the budget that His Majesty the King has given me to use for procuring the technology this time isn’t much, after all, it’s only experimental in nature. Since the price is so high. Then, Count Gleiman, I’ve disturbed you, I’ll take my leave.”
After saying that, he stood up and was about to leave the lord’s mansion.
“Slow, slow, slow!”
Paul held out his hands to stop him from leaving.
“Count Gelder, I don’t know if you’ve been aware that we in the Northwest Bay have recently become popular with “shareholding” companies.”
Gelder replied, “Oh, isn’t that just a partnership?”
“Exactly.” Paul smiled and told him, “Actually, I could do without the royalties and replace it with something.”
Gerd cocked his head, “Shares?”
Paul confirmed, “Yes, shares. Alda shares in the technology, while the king’s collar is responsible for contributing money, people, and land, and then dividends are paid in proportion to the shares.”
Gerd pretended to think about it, “That’s fine, so how much of your technology would Lord Earl like to have as a share?”
“Forty percent!”
“No!”
“Thirty-five percent!”
“No!”
“Thirty percent?”
“No!”
……
Paul dropped all the way down to twenty percent, and Count Guerd reluctantly nodded.
“Personally, I think twenty percent is okay, but it still needs His Majesty’s consent.”
Paul smiled and said, “I think His Majesty with His Majesty’s wisdom will definitely agree.”
Gerd had gotten the technology without spending a dime, while Paul had opened up a seemingly promising source of wealth without cost, and both men felt more than satisfied.
Of course, there were still many more aspects to talk about in terms of details, but those would just be left to the two men’s subordinates, and the two of them would just negotiate the framework.
Paul raised his teacup in salute to Gerd.
“Have fun working together!”
Gerd smiled back and returned the greeting.
“I wish us all the best in our partnership.”
(End of chapter)