Magic Industrial Age.

Chapter 289 Chapter 287: Negotiation (500 monthly tickets plus additional content last month)

Perhaps, almost all mechanics' laboratories are not neat and clean.

Lilia's laboratory has only been completed for half a year, and it's already like this.

Several processing machines are placed in various places, and the ground is covered with various parts. Although there are shelves for placing things around, it is impossible to place them at fixed points!
Don’t think this is a mess. For the mechanics themselves, it is a kind of order in chaos, and they can always find what they want.

But if someone helps them clean up, they won’t be able to find anything.

His Majesty Bartholomew took Roy and the other two through the laboratory and into the reception room inside.

The area here is not very large, but it is covered with expensive cashmere carpets, which are very comfortable to step on. It is also close to the window, so you can look out.
It can be seen that on the Ruhr River, countless people are busy, and boats are shuttling back and forth, creating a busy scene.

Although this is Lilia's home ground, His Majesty Saint Bartholomew is more like the host.

He sat down first, then pointed casually for everyone to sit down as well. Then he raised his hand and took out a cup of steaming black tea from the dimensional bag and automatically pushed it in front of everyone.

Apart from other things, he has already mastered the spell of 'Hand of the Mage' to perfection.

However, he did not give Luo Yi time to taste the tea, but asked directly: "Tell me, what do you want?"

Luo Yi did not answer immediately, but picked up the teacup, took a sip, and then said slowly: "I want an order!

Regarding the Maxim Magic Heavy Machine Gun order, the time can be extended, but the order quantity and profit must be very considerable, and the payment must be quick. "

His Majesty Saint Bartholomew's expression froze, and he looked up in surprise. He stared at Roy and said, "I thought you would ask for a large sum of gold tyres, and let the empire pay you in the name of the patent."

Luo Yi smiled and said with some self-mockery: "It's fine for ordinary machinery, but this is a firearm, a powerful weapon on the battlefield. It's a bit ridiculous to restrict it with so-called patents.

I believe that when Christina produced the first product, she would have sent the data back to the Empire, and the Imperial Military would have already completed the trial and started small-scale deployment."

"My request is not excessive. After all, it is just a small part of this huge production capacity. It is enough to keep me busy."

"But why? Can you tell me? In my opinion, it's okay if you just ask for money directly!"

“Wealth is just one of the criteria for measuring a person. It seems extremely important and everyone loves it, but it is not that important.

What I want now is actually a hotbed for cultivating talents, a workshop for honing skills, accumulating sufficient technology, and manufacturing high-quality products. "

Saint Bartholomew still looked a little puzzled. It was obvious that although this person was powerful and proficient in magic machinery,
However, he did not understand the principles of economics very well, let alone the operation of a factory.

Luo Yi thought for a moment and then changed his words: "Your Majesty, I built an arsenal. You know about that, right?"

"I know about the Brussels Arsenal. What's wrong?"

"You see, once the arsenal is built, we need people, products, and sales channels, but these are not important. The most important thing is to have orders!"

“As long as the Empire gives me enough orders, I can transfer mechanics, recruit apprentices, purchase raw materials, and produce these heavy machine guns.

Although it will be slow and there will be problems at first, as long as you take the first step, everything will go smoothly.”

"And when these heavy machine guns are delivered to the Empire, I can exchange them for Jintir, pay salaries and bonuses, maintain relationships with suppliers, organize new R&D teams, and even ship them by rail or sea...

You see, it's just a few more orders, but I gained arsenals, skilled workers, weapons production lines, and various technologies.
It even earned gold, gave the knights and vassals hope, and supported the upstream and downstream industrial chains."

"This is what orders can bring. There are many benefits, which cannot be compared with simple patent fees!"

Roy looked at His Holiness Saint Bartholomew again and asked, "Am I asking for too much?"

His Majesty Bartholomew shook his head slightly and said, "It's not too much, but too little.

In a sense, you are the creator of this magical weapon and should own most of its intellectual property rights.

Now, we only need a few orders, which makes our Habsburg Empire seem very stingy."

Luo Yi couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Your Majesty, this should be your idea, not those ministers of the Imperial Cabinet, right?"

"I didn't exchange ideas with them, what's wrong?"

"If it were them, I'm afraid they would go even further, maybe even eat it all up and not leave a single bit for me."

"how is this possible?"

"Your Majesty, this heavy machine gun is a powerful weapon that can change the war. You should imagine that the Empire will never give up.

I am afraid that if I ask for too much, those in the cabinet will have other ideas.

For example, he stopped supporting Xianhualing and instead gave up the Raymond family just to monopolize the knowledge and patents of heavy machine guns.

I believe that they can not only do it, but will even be happy to do it.”

"So, I want to be careful and only ask for very little to put everyone at ease!"

Luo Yi's idea is not groundless. There is a saying that goes "great favors can turn into hatred." When a favor reaches a certain level, it can turn into an enemy.

At this time, all the enemies are destroyed, and there is no need to repay the favor.

The size of the empire was there, and in comparison, the Flower Territory was really nothing. He was afraid that if the things he brought out were too good, it would cause a situation where "a child brought gold to cause trouble", and then life would be really difficult.

So, this time, Roy was even unwilling to negotiate with the Imperial Ambassador Lord Robin Water, but went directly to His Majesty Saint Bartholomew.

Although this man actively participated in the affairs of the empire, it was obvious that he was not one of those black-hearted politicians.

But even so, Luo Yi spoke frankly without hiding anything, and carefully put forward his requests.

But even so, he still felt it was not enough, and added: "Of course, in order to facilitate this order, I have also prepared two gifts."

"Gift?"

Up to this moment, His Holiness Saint Bartholomew had already caught up with Roy's thoughts.

After all, he was a man of rich life experience, and after a little thought, he realized that Luo Yi's worry was extremely necessary.

Those people in the cabinet are so cruel and ruthless that they are capable of taking advantage of everyone.

At this moment, he looked at Luo Yi with a higher opinion, narrowed his eyes slightly, and asked: "I want to see what gift you prepared?"

Luo Yi raised his hand, took out a parchment scroll, handed it over, and said: "This is 20% of the shares of the Brussels Arsenal. In the future, you will also be one of the shareholders of this factory.

The specific amount of profit depends on how the factory is run and what level it has developed to.”

His Majesty Bartholomew paused after taking the parchment scroll, his expression became restrained, and even a bit of anger was brewing: "Are you bribing me?"

“No, no, no, you can think of it as a ceremony of apprenticeship.

After all, Lilia has studied with you for such a long time and gained a lot. She should show her love and courtesy in some way."

“It’s just that Your Majesty’s vision is too high, and I don’t have much to offer, so it has been delayed until now.

This 20% of the shares can also be converted into some money, and there will be some dividends every year, which can be regarded as pocket money to subsidize the needs of the experiment."

"That's a beautiful thing to say! It makes people feel comfortable, but it doesn't change the nature of bribery."

Luo Yi laughed and said, "The second gift I prepared is actually a bribe. Would you like to take a look?"

“Take it out and let me see it!”

This time, Loyi took out a large stack of information from the dimensional bag, placed it on the table, and pushed it in front of His Majesty Bartholomew.

He said: "Since I promised Your Majesty that I would come up with some interesting mechanical designs, I will not break my promise!

The Maxim Magic Heavy Machine Gun is just a small test. I also prepared a six-barrel Gatling Heavy Machine Gun, as well as a single-soldier blasting weapon that can be used directly in castle attack and defense, grenades! "

In fact, the grenade was not originally created by Roy. The Habsburg Empire had such a design before, but its instability caused multiple explosions.

There was even an incident where a warehouse was bombed, killing dozens of people, and it was not well received.

Luo Yi picked up this design again. As for the solution to the safety problem, it was ridiculously simple. It was just adding a safety device!
This time, he really got to the point of keeping Saint Bartholomew, and he directly picked up the information and read it.

He reads very quickly, often just taking a quick glance and then turning to the next page.

After reading halfway, he separated the drawings and materials, because the lower half was the design drawing of the grenade.

But at this moment, a hand stretched out and was about to touch the design drawing placed aside, but was quickly stopped by him.

"What are you going to do?"

This was a question from His Majesty Bartholomew, and the person he questioned, Mage Christina, smiled awkwardly at first.

But after she realized what was happening, she jumped up again and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this should have been mine. Give it to me! Can't I even take a look at it?"

"no!"

At this moment, he no longer looked at the drawing in his hand, but looked up at Luo Yi.

As if he was organizing his words, he finally spoke after a moment: "This is a good gift, I like it very much."

"What about the order?"

"I agree! I will discuss it with the Imperial Cabinet, and it shouldn't be difficult to resolve."

"In your name?"

"In the name of Saint Bartholomew!"

"That's good! That's good! Thank you!"

"I should thank you too. You used your wisdom to let the magic machinery take another path and try another possibility. That's great!"

At this moment, Roy and His Holiness Saint Bartholomew smiled at each other. The originally tense atmosphere disappeared into thin air, and became much more relaxed.

(End of this chapter)