Steel, Guns and the Industrial Party Across the World Chapter 81

Mr. Bennett Todd, who lives in Port Fulllands, is a wealthy man, the master of five cargo ships in the prime of his life.

Bennett's grandfather was originally a land merchant, and accumulated a fortune by traveling all over the world for many years. In his father's generation, the family began to set their sights on the sea.

Under the puzzled eyes of relatives, my father used the money left by his grandfather to buy the first galley of the Todd family, and recruited enough sailors to start shipping business on the Northwest Bay.

By the time Bennett took over, the Todd family owned five cargo ships.

The existence of pirates has not affected the business of the ship merchants too much. It is distressing to pay a protection fee every year, but since the rise of the great pirate Edward, the pirates have learned the truth that they cannot kill the hen that lays golden eggs. Only by letting the hen eat fat can he get more golden eggs.

Only the unlucky ones with hard bones will be snatched up by the pirates.

And even if the money is not given to the pirates as a protection fee, it has to be handed over to the lord as a tax.

That's right, the only loss is the lords whose territories are close to the sea. On the whole, if the pirates charge more protection fees, the lords will have to collect less taxes. After all, one sheep can't afford two skin.

But this year, things have changed in the Northwest Gulf.

Edward, the leader of the pirates, and his main fleet suddenly disappeared, and the remaining scattered pirate gangs lost their restraint, and began to act recklessly regardless of the previous rules.

This caused the sea merchants to suffer a lot of losses.

Then, several pirate groups came ashore to plunder one after another, and a pirate group whose leader was called "Shark" still occupied Fulan Port and did not leave. What is even more surprising is that they also ambushed and killed the lord of Arda, the old Earl Greman.

Local businessmen, including Bennett, were extorted a lot of money by the pirates.

However, the good days of the pirates didn't last long. The new succeeding lord, Paul Grayman, quickly recruited troops to fight back against the pirates. After a few months of prosperity, Shark and the other pirates were hanged on the square in Port François.

At first, in the eyes of Mr. Todd, the young Greiman Jr. was an ambitious person, and of course it can be said that he was very ambitious.

After he regained Fulan Port, he summoned the merchants to give a briefing, saying that he would establish an "Ocean Trading Company" in the future, and hoped that everyone could participate together.

In the prospect he depicted, the business of merchants will no longer be limited to the northwest bay area, but will go farther, such as the west coast of the kingdom, such as the horned bay in the south, or even go east after bypassing the horned bay .

At that time, everyone thought that the lord was either dazzled by the victory in the eradication of pirates, or he was trying to ask them for money in a different way. How long would it take to travel by boat to such a far place.

However, what happened to the lord recently made Mr. Todd and some of his business friends feel that he was not bragging or cajoling everyone.

Little Earl Greiman did not force everyone to "invest" in any company as everyone had guessed at the time, but he first created a few novelty things that sold well.

Cheap new paper, exquisite porcelain, and harvesters that attracted landowners to order, all came from the young lord.

Then it seems that it is not impossible for him to invent a ship that can sail on the ocean.

But even so, is there anything in the remote northwest that can be used as a commodity to arouse the interest of people in the wealthy areas in the south?

Oh, right! The things that Earl Greiman created by himself can be sold, no wonder he wants to set up some kind of "Ocean Trading Company".

No, the Earl once again came to Fulan Port and called the merchants to the government affairs hall for a meeting.

Bennett came to the government affairs hall at the stipulated time. The original church had been remodeled and turned into a place where the mayor and other affairs officers handled daily government affairs.

He entered the original chapel, which has now been converted into a conference room, with tables and chairs ready-made.

There were already many familiar faces sitting there, not only businessmen present, they greeted Bennett one after another.

The lord has not yet arrived, and everyone is talking about what the Earl is going to do this time.

"Earl Greiman is here!"

Hearing the loud announcement from the guard standing at the door, everyone fell silent immediately.

The lord came in through the side door with Theodore, the mayor of Fulan Port, and Peter, the mayor's advisor.

After the three of them sat down one by one, Earl Greiman came up and got straight to the point.

"Gentlemen, you are not called here for anything else, but to discuss a good way to make you rich."

make us rich? The merchants below looked at each other in blank dismay, didn't the nobles regard them as fat sheep? When you are short of money, you will kill with a knife.

"If you make a fortune, I can collect more taxes!" The earl said without any concealment.

It turns out that the sheep must be fattened first, and then slaughtered.

But it's okay, at least I can have more meat left on my body, and many businessmen's minds have become active.

The lord continued to speak: "I think everyone knows that the south is at war. What does war mean? War means getting rich!"

As a vassal of His Majesty the King, when the old man was in such a big trouble, he said such a thing, everyone complained in their hearts, but they all agreed on getting rich.

"The ocean-going trade I mentioned before is not ready for it now, but my shipyard is building ships suitable for ocean-going voyages. I believe it will produce results soon, and we will need everyone's support by then!"

Hearing these words, Bennet thought to himself, "It seems that Earl Graham should be prepared."

If it is really possible to build a ship suitable for ocean sailing, the Todd family, who are ship merchants, will not be left behind no matter what.

Of course, Bennett was not the only one present who had similar thoughts.

I only heard the lord say: "Although the conditions for sea transportation are not available for the time being, we can still transport it by land. Even though there are many checkpoints on the road, we can still make money."

The merchants didn't take it seriously. It's not that everyone hasn't tried what the lord said just now, it's just that they all lost badly.

There are very few special products in the Northwest Bay area, and most of the products produced are also produced by other people, and they are transported over long distances~www.mtlnovel.com~Passing through layers of peeling in various territories and checkpoints, in order not to lose money, there is no way to legalize too much at the destination low price.

And because the price is too high, it is natural that it cannot compete with similar local products, and it will lose money if it cannot be sold in the end.

So for a long time, the merchants here have either produced and sold their own products on their own territory, or sold other local specialties to the Northwest Gulf.

The outflow of wealth caused by the trade deficit has become one of the important reasons for the economic depression in the Northwest Bay area. If it were not for the support of food and some small quantities of special products, the situation would be unimaginable.

"I know what everyone is thinking, so I decided to develop several 'fist industries' for us Arda."

"Fist industry"? A new term came out of the lord's mouth, and the merchants all pricked up their ears.

"For example, the recent new paper, porcelain, harvester, we can manufacture but others can't, or we can manufacture better quality, more quantity, and cheaper price."

The merchants suddenly realized that the paper, porcelain, and harvesting machines that have emerged recently can indeed be regarded as special products among the special products of the Northwest Bay area.

There is only one family in the whole world, without a semicolon. This family is the Gleiman family.

Many people here have already purchased paper and porcelain from Lord Earl's "factory", and then sold them in other places.

Only the harvester was strictly restricted by the Lord's Mansion, and only the agricultural machinery factory was allowed to sell directly to the indigenous customers in Arda and Bairdin.

But the output of these things is still too small to be called an industry.

Many people have an idea in their minds that they think is a bit ridiculous:

Could it be...

Earl Greiman wants to share the manufacturing technology of these things with everyone, so as to expand their production?

Chapter end

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